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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2022 10:02:04 GMT
Dreamcast up and running again with the GDEMU device, needed a quality sd card so stuck with the only spare 32GB one that fits the bill. Put my old collection on it and checking everything works, tomorrow I'll narrow down what VMU I have them on. I got 3 controllers still working, 4 VMU's and my fishing rod, just need to buy a lightgun and figure out why my scart lead and VGA cables didnt work on the first tv I tried so ended up getting out my 14in crt. So simple to instal and just ordered a noctua fan and 3D printed bits to pretty it up. I used to love Sega bass fishing with the rod. Good times. Loving tactics ogre, but I made a boo-boo. I was stuck on a castle level and getting my ass kicked. Didn't realise there were other areas I should be accessing before attempting it. Wondered why it was so hard lol. |
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Post by Psiloc on Jan 14, 2022 11:16:15 GMT
Dreamcast up and running again with the GDEMU device, needed a quality sd card so stuck with the only spare 32GB one that fits the bill. Put my old collection on it and checking everything works, tomorrow I'll narrow down what VMU I have them on. I got 3 controllers still working, 4 VMU's and my fishing rod, just need to buy a lightgun and figure out why my scart lead and VGA cables didnt work on the first tv I tried so ended up getting out my 14in crt. So simple to instal and just ordered a noctua fan and 3D printed bits to pretty it up. I think it's a matter of time before I end up with optical drive emulators for most of my consoles simply from a preservation standpoint. I think my plan is as each of my optical consoles breaks down I'm going to make that move rather than replace them. It's a losing battle at this point. |
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Post by KD on Jan 14, 2022 11:29:55 GMT
My Dreamcast would only play a few of my demo disks, all games stopped working as the laser slowly died. My Saturn is next with the same issue.
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Post by Psiloc on Jan 14, 2022 11:34:30 GMT
Yep, I've already adjusted the potentiometer in both my Saturn and DC, which while it works, is a sign that the drive is slowly dying.
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Post by malek86 on Jan 15, 2022 22:13:10 GMT
So tell me, gentlemen. If one wanted to play Archon today, what would be the best way/version?
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Post by KD on Jan 16, 2022 15:09:04 GMT
Just speaking to a relative, he wants to play his old Colecovision but its long gone, he has an original Atari 2600 but doesnt really care about accuracy and I mentioned a retro pi and avoiding the cost. Can anyone recommend something simple and cheap ready made off ebay? I'm assuming its all on a sd card and same structure for cores as the pc build of retroarch and I can fill out any missing things.
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Post by Psiloc on Jan 16, 2022 19:19:42 GMT
I don’t really think you can go wrong with 2600 emulation. As long as the listing says the library is included it mostly depends on what extras you want
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Post by malek86 on Jan 19, 2022 10:06:02 GMT
Wow, STCC is so bad. Terrible handling, some of the worst keyboard controls I've ever seen in a racing game. How did Sega go from Rally Championship to... this?
A waste of five bucks, I guess.
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Post by KD on Jan 19, 2022 12:03:45 GMT
At least you know now, Saturn one sounds worse than usual.
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Post by snackplissken on Jan 19, 2022 12:05:13 GMT
Sigh… found a manual on eBay to complete a game. Taking the piss with it being over £20… do I care that much to get a complete game for one of my favourites?
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Post by Psiloc on Jan 19, 2022 12:27:54 GMT
Sigh… found a manual on eBay to complete a game. Taking the piss with it being over £20… do I care that much to get a complete game for one of my favourites? What's the game? |
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Post by snackplissken on Jan 19, 2022 13:28:16 GMT
Sigh… found a manual on eBay to complete a game. Taking the piss with it being over £20… do I care that much to get a complete game for one of my favourites? What's the game? Gregory Horror Show. I bought the disc fairly cheap and then found a replacement case on Etsy. Maybe I should have just paid the £60 + for a complete.. |
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Post by simple on Jan 19, 2022 14:08:17 GMT
Master System Sonic running on a C64 is so many childhood dreams come true
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Post by erekose on Jan 20, 2022 9:23:15 GMT
Mind blown!
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Post by suicida on Jan 20, 2022 9:38:44 GMT
In a similar vein to the Sonic C64 port, some mad lad has ported the OG Tomb Raider to the GBA  |
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Post by erekose on Jan 20, 2022 15:00:16 GMT
I always thought the GBA was under-utilised. It seemed to be much more capable than the Snes-like stuff devs were churning out on it.
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Post by snackplissken on Jan 20, 2022 15:13:02 GMT
Picked up a mint condition of Vagrant Story from CEX. Been on my list for years to pick up. Pretty sure I bought it on PS3..
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 20, 2022 17:15:01 GMT
I always thought the GBA was under-utilised. It seemed to be much more capable than the Snes-like stuff devs were churning out on it. Conversely, a portable SNES is what I loved about it. The GBA Fire Emblem sprite work will always be some of my favourites. Every critical was a joy to behold |
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Post by malek86 on Jan 20, 2022 17:57:33 GMT
I always thought the GBA was under-utilised. It seemed to be much more capable than the Snes-like stuff devs were churning out on it. It was hampered by its low resolution (so you really couldn't make games with lots of details), and almost anything 3D was going to have a fairly crappy framerate so it wasn't worth it. I guess its graphical capabilities were around the same ballpark as the 32X. |
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Post by RadicalRex on Jan 20, 2022 22:00:01 GMT
Those ports are mind-blowing. I love how some genius programmers push the limits of old hardware further to this day. Here's someone recreating Axelay graphics on the NES:
Also seems to exceed the sprite limit, no idea how they did that
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Post by erekose on Jan 21, 2022 0:44:43 GMT
I always thought the GBA was under-utilised. It seemed to be much more capable than the Snes-like stuff devs were churning out on it. Conversely, a portable SNES is what I loved about it. The GBA Fire Emblem sprite work will always be some of my favourites. Every critical was a joy to behold So true. FE GBA was just beautiful. |
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Post by snackplissken on Jan 24, 2022 9:40:42 GMT
Ooof Vagrant Story didn't disappoint. Feels like a FF dungeon crawler.
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Post by pierrepressure on Jan 24, 2022 11:38:26 GMT
Would love a remastered version for the PS5, never got round to completing it on the PS, I got it around the time I had the PS chipped which meant every game got about an hour of my attention before something else distracted me. Kind of like gamepass now.
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Post by malek86 on Jan 25, 2022 10:44:33 GMT
So I'm on a bit of an 8-bits computer emulation binge lately.
From what I can gather, the Amstrad is basically an improved Spectrum, so there's no reason to play games for the latter if a port is available. The C64 is so much smoother, but boy, does the color palette look a bit drab. The Atari 400 is basically a lower resolution C64, possibly even smoother though.
Turns out not many of these old games are still playable, but as long as you stick to the classics, things aren't so bad.
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Post by One_Vurfed_Gwrx on Jan 25, 2022 11:27:39 GMT
Be wary that a lot of Amstrad colour games have really awful scrolling and can be worse than the mono Spectrum equivalent... From what I remember back in the day anyway.
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Post by malek86 on Jan 25, 2022 11:31:41 GMT
Be wary that a lot of Amstrad colour games have really awful scrolling and can be worse than the mono Spectrum equivalent... From what I remember back in the day anyway. From what I've tried, Spectrum games aren't much better at scrolling. Even burst scrolling is usually too slow to be useful. Unless the game is a multi-screen platformer (Jet Set Willy), you are better off with the C64 version. That said, Prince of Persia is pretty impressive on the Amstrad, if you can accept the jerky animations. I'm also quite impressed with the Atari 400, I thought it would be way worse given its release date. Boulder Dash and Bruce Lee look and run basically the same as the C64 versions. Might try some Amiga games too eventually, but that's on a completely different league, I guess. Maybe the Atari ST will be a little bit closer. |
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Post by uiruki on Jan 25, 2022 12:45:47 GMT
Bit late but Sega Touring Car absolutely requires analogue controls. If you lose grip then you massively lose control and speed so you have to get into each corner at the right speed and throttle level - the Saturn version had half accelerator and half brake buttons for that purpose but it's just not possible to be as smooth as the game demands without the 3D controller. In a way it's similar to Vanishing Point if you ever played that, where you have to basically drive as fast as you can for the turn you're making. The game itself also being extremely fast makes it very satisfying when you get it down, honest! Probably best playing the Model 2 version emulated though as that's running at full 58fps.
You can sort of trace the way it plays through to Initial D Arcade Stage as AM Annex became Sega Rosso, though that game's a lot more forgiving and the speeds top out at around 100mph so you can see what's coming a bit more easily.
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Post by Danno on Jan 25, 2022 13:13:43 GMT
Would love a remastered version for the PS5, never got round to completing it on the PS, I got it around the time I had the PS chipped which meant every game got about an hour of my attention before something else distracted me. Kind of like gamepass now. If they could streamline the menu'ing some it would be great. |
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Post by One_Vurfed_Gwrx on Jan 25, 2022 15:08:23 GMT
Be wary that a lot of Amstrad colour games have really awful scrolling and can be worse than the mono Spectrum equivalent... From what I remember back in the day anyway. From what I've tried, Spectrum games aren't much better at scrolling. Even burst scrolling is usually too slow to be useful. Unless the game is a multi-screen platformer (Jet Set Willy), you are better off with the C64 version. That said, Prince of Persia is pretty impressive on the Amstrad, if you can accept the jerky animations. I'm also quite impressed with the Atari 400, I thought it would be way worse given its release date. Boulder Dash and Bruce Lee look and run basically the same as the C64 versions. Might try some Amiga games too eventually, but that's on a completely different league, I guess. Maybe the Atari ST will be a little bit closer. You could also try the MSX1 as it had an interesting tech gulf between its cassette games (often but not alway straight Spectrum ports) and it's cartridge games. And of course the SAM Coupe the 8 bit machine designed to compete with the ST (very short lived but it had its own Prince of Persia port for you to compare). |
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Post by snackplissken on Jan 25, 2022 15:41:00 GMT
Would love a remastered version for the PS5, never got round to completing it on the PS, I got it around the time I had the PS chipped which meant every game got about an hour of my attention before something else distracted me. Kind of like gamepass now. If they could streamline the menu'ing some it would be great. The menus are pretty damn confusing. And it would be nice to explain some of the mechanics like risk etc. But I suppose that's part of the fun.. like Dark Souls just figure it out yourself. |
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