/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.5841698]

I'm looking for some recommendations on how to get into the hobby. I've done some gaming but mostly on newer consoles and I found out about retro gaming from getting some free PS1 games my neighbor gave me when he moved. I have a good salary so I could put a few thousand dollars into a setup but I'm wondering if I should start getting more actual PS1 discs and real consoles or spend that money on a computer and just emulate?

[Anonymous No.5841710]

We are full, go away

[Anonymous No.5841724]

>>5841698
PS1 is cheap and so are most of the games. PS1 emulation is also good there are many potential configurations for ps1 style setup. I recommend using a fat ps2 because they are still cheap af and they have better lasers than original ps1.

If you feel like you wamt to emulate, then do it. Theres no rule saying you can't emulate now and buy later if you feel like it.

You could even get a modded PS2 and play burned games, that's cool too.

[Anonymous No.5841726]

>>5841710
No we aren't, zidiot.

[Anonymous No.5841737]

go play panzer bandit and mad stalker
right the fuck now

[Anonymous No.5841739]

>>5841698
>I have a good salary so I could put a few thousand dollars into a setup
Start with the essentials: real hardware + CRT
Then decide if you're willing to compromise to save some money by going with flash carts/optical drive replacements, or if you'd rather just aim straight for the heart and buy some real games. I'd buy all real stuff, slowly, and give each new game the time it deserves.

[Anonymous No.5841786]

What's preventing you from
>getting into the """hobby"""
?

This is not some rocket science shit, just download an emulator and play whatever you want. I was emulating everything up to 5th gen just fine in 2003 so unless you're posting with a literal toaster you should be just fine.
>but muh crt muh accuracy muh input lag muh what the developers intended
Irrelevant, you didn't play any of those when they were new so you're not going to notice anything wrong, just have fun.

[Anonymous No.5841791]

>>5841698
just use your phone bro

[Anonymous No.5841925]

>>5841698
Recommendation: Don't shit up the board any more than it already is asking for recommendations

>>5841726
You mean we're overfull?

[Anonymous No.5841934]

>>5841786
>muh
A word that goes hand-in-hand with bad opinions and low standards.

[Anonymous No.5841978]

>>5841934
He has no prior experience with retro systems and he's probably young, what does he need those high standars for exactly? Nerd points? Dealing with minor input lag and modern displays is only bothersome when you actually remember the real thing.

[Anonymous No.5842082]

>>5841978
>he has no prior experience and he's young
>so his first experience should be as shitty as possible.
Found the kid who grew up with a wii shaped polystation instead of the real thing

[Anonymous No.5842084]

>>5842082
>Found the kid who grew up with a wii shaped polystation instead of the real thing
haha

[Anonymous No.5842523]

>>5842082
>I don't know anything about films so my first experience should be MAKING MY OWN PROJECTION ROOM FUCK NORMIES I'M NOT SETTLING FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT REEE
Found the retarded hipster. No, you're not special for playing retro, yes, they'e just games.

[Anonymous No.5842561]

>>5841698
>I'm looking for some recommendations on how to get into the hobby.
Which hobby are you talking about? Actually playing games for fun or collecting old shit you've never played to put on display in a basement for people to cringe inwardly at as they nod politely?

[Anonymous No.5842575]

Emulation is for literal cocksuckers. You use the original console, with the original disc/cartridge, with a CRT. Anything else is pure faggotry

[Anonymous No.5842612]

>>5841698
If you are just getting into the hobby and are interested in ps1, do one of three things: 1 mod chip a psone and play burned disc's. 2 modchip or buy a chipped PS2, you can play iso from a USB drive or hard drive on fat PS2. This is a great option and no burning disks. 3 emulate.

Under no circumstances is it worth collecting now. Only buy childhood games but do yourself a favor and don't get in the rabbit hole that is retro game collection.

[Anonymous No.5842613]

First emulate, then consider buying up the games that you've enjoyed. Just bear in mind that some games are ridiculously overpriced on the reseller market. Even though some platforms are generally inexpensive to collect for, this rule doesn't apply to literally every game released for said platforms. e.g. PS1 is one of the cheaper second-hand mediums at the moment, but even its library has some very rare or otherwise expensive titles.

Let me also warn you that second-hand sellers (especially pawn shops) are in the practice of resurfacing used game discs. Resurfacing is a process by which a layer of the disc is shaved off, reducing the appearance of scratches. And while this treatment can indeed make some discs more readable, more often than not it just fucks them up even worse. So be careful of what you purchase online, because it's much harder to assess the condition of a disc's surface layer just through photos. If you receive a game disc and pop it in only to be greeted by stuttering FMVs and skipping or absent audio tracks, then you probably bought some garbage disc that was run through a resurfacing device.

>>5841724
>I recommend using a fat ps2 because they are still cheap af and they have better lasers than original ps1.
Quite the opposite. PS2s are notorious for losing the ability to read CDs. This applies to blue-backed PS2 discs as well.

I'm not sure the technical reason for it, though. Maybe the optical assembly just needs to be realigned after a while.

[Anonymous No.5842617]

>>5841698
Honestly I'd recommend emulating and then if you really want an "authentic" experience later you can invest in some hardware and buy the games you really liked. Some will disagree but having grown up with this stuff when it was new I think emulating is mostlt better anyways and will give you fast access to far more games which will let you find the stuff you really like more easily ( don't just rely on what's popular) and you will have a much better time over all.

>>5841710
We need more traffic here, not less.

[Anonymous No.5842621]

>>5842617
>We need more traffic here
Absolutely wrong.

[Anonymous No.5842631]

There's no reason why you can't have a balance of emulation and real hardware. I have just three consoles in my setup, all of which are modded in some way so I can juggle emulators, Flash drives and other backups.

What's important is that your setup ultimately doesn't introduce any serious input latency or emulation / hardware inaccuracies. You'll have to experiment with different options until you find the right balance. As an example, I do all my Sega gaming on a modded GameCube running Genesis Plus GX. The video output looks good, there aren't any bleeding pixels, no noticeable latency, etc. This turned out to be more preferable than trying to rig all kinds of real Sega hardware to my TV because 1) it saves me a ton of space, and 2) Sega hardware has a high failure rate for some reason. It seems like old Sega consoles constantly need to be recapped.

[Anonymous No.5842635]

>>5841698
Real consoles are better specially if you have an PVM RGB setup for anything 240p. It's not that you can't do that do that with a PC connected to a crt, but it's more roundabout and takes a lot of setup. Even then it's hard to get a PC to do proper 240p.

[Anonymous No.5842642]

>>5842621
I strongly strongly disagree. Seeing the exact same dozen posters giving the exact same replies to everything is tedious. If you disagree you are probably the scotformer spammer or someone similar who are the reason we need more people here in the first place.

[Anonymous No.5842657]

>>5842617
Sauce on this machine?
>>5841698
Emu first, whatever you're posting from can probably handle it, so can a PSP and possible Vita. Then buy what you like for official hardware/discs.

[Anonymous No.5842672]

>>5842657
Breath of Fire IV. Pretty decent jrpg.

[Anonymous No.5842682]

>>5841698
>how to get into the hobby
Start playing retro games? Do Americans always start hobbies by spending a few thousand dollars?

Computer + emulators, no contest. You get all games for pretty much all platforms for free , you get perfect picture quality, use whatever controller you want, enjoy translations, romhacks, cheats, whatever you want. In addition to that, you get a workstation you can use to play modern games too. So just get a proper PC (good i7 CPU, no need to go crazy with the graphics card), a controller, and that's it.

[Anonymous No.5842689]

>>5842672
Thanks brother, I'm gonna play it

[Anonymous No.5842706]

Old TV, PS1, just start with those games u got
>few thousand dollars
Save it kid

[Anonymous No.5842793]

>>5841698
Raspberry pi + retropi

[Anonymous No.5842818]

>>5842642
What kind of posters so you think you're going to attract? Be prepared for scotformer guy 2: electric boogaloo and even more /v/ tier retarded shitposting.

[Anonymous No.5842854]

>>5841925
>Don't shit up the board any more than it already is asking for recommendations
Sometimes I really wish /vr/ would take up /a/'s stance on recommendation-threads and ban these fuckers for 3 days.

[Anonymous No.5842868]

You could easily spend a couple thousand dollars on a retro setup but you could buy a computer for a few hundred that would emulate everything before the sixth Gen, which people still haven't quite cracked the code on.

If you don't have a nice computer, do that! You'll need that computer.

BUT if you really want to check out retro games I would recommend picking up some old consoles, physical games, and trying to score a nice old CRT for $20-$60 bucks off Craigslist or Facebook marketplace.

I've spent $400 bucks (that's with shipping) sniping auctions on ShopGoodwill in the past month and it's netted me two PS2s, a Dreamcast, an N64, a Super Nintendo, a PS1, and a Sega Genesis model 1 and 2. Plus controllers and at least a few games for each.

And then I got my 32" Sony Trinitron for $30 bucks in a neighboring town.

[Anonymous No.5842871]

>>5842854
>sometimes I wish that people who tried to use his sub wouldn't.
Me too, I like waiting days for new comments in a thread. Very healthy board we have here.

[Anonymous No.5842874]

>>5841710
Fuck off, this board is near death. If you old fuckheads are so afraid of anyone under 35 using this board why don't you all just dial each other on a landline?

[Anonymous No.5842889]

>>5842871
better than the semi-weekly editions of "PS1 HYDEN JEMS"

[Anonymous No.5842921]

>>5842523
>seething fucktard detected

[Anonymous No.5842931]

>>5842523
Getting a fucking PlayStation and some games will cost next to nothing and will take only marginally more effort. Even if he goes and gets a free or cheap used CRT it will cost next to nothing.

Emulation is a totally valid way to go, especially if you're trying to play stuff that's rare. But OP obviously is trying to understand these games in their original context.

I prefer the real thing but I think emulators are great. But why are emulator people so fucking angry all the time? It's weird.

[Anonymous No.5842936]

Getting a PS1 and 10-15 good games for it won't cost very much, really. Go for it. That system and the majority of its library is cheap.

[Anonymous No.5842937]

>>5842523
Yeah dude getting a PS1 for $15 dollars is exactly the same as building a home theater. What a retard.

[Anonymous No.5842939]

>>5841698
>. I have a good salary so I could put a few thousand dollars into a setup
Just get a CRT TV or TFT panel and play the games on it to experience the retro feeling. It's not thousands of dollars needed to spend too get a setup.
>I'm wondering if I should start getting more actual PS1 discs and real consoles or spend that money on a computer and just emulate?
I would recommend if you are poor to emulate on a computer if not then you could just go with a regular setup.

[Anonymous No.5843050]

>>5841698
Counter-point: Original console and flashcart

[Anonymous No.5843080]

>>5841698
buy wii
put rom on wii
play game

[Anonymous No.5843196]

>>5842868
The only time I will get a good computer to emulate games is when I become 40 years old and unable to keep up with a physical collection. Having a retro setup is the way to go otherwise.

[Anonymous No.5843228]

>>5842818
Meh I'd be happy with just different bait at this point.

[Anonymous No.5844548]

>>5841698
Both. Emulate what you want to try. Buy what you love if you feel you must have it physical. Thats what most sensible people do as opposed to being religious about it one way or another.

[Anonymous No.5846352]

>>5841698
Emulate everything. Spend money and time on Setup: hardware, per-game configs, metadata etc

[Anonymous No.5846639]

>>5846352
This guy gets it