Who else is into retro gaming?
Although I've been emulating old consoles for a while, sometimes I've missed having a real console. A long time ago, I had an original NES, a Nintendo 64, and a TurboGrafX-16. For a while, a SNES as well. I just
I am a bit. Set up a raspberry pi in my living room and have some old NES and SNES games on it as well as a few DOS sidescrollers like Duke Nukem and a few others. I don't play a ton of games anyway. It seems to get more used by my wife and my (college-aged) youngest daughter. Usually Dr Mario.
Getting ready to build my mom basically the same setup with some SNES and DOS games as well.
Personally I prefer playing DOS games through DOSBox on my PC (or Steam if they are available).
I haven't used a Raspberry Pi, but they sound interesting.
I like playing old DOS games sometimes too. Last year, I looked more
into using DOSBox and started playing a couple DOS games I always liked.
Who else is into retro gaming?
Who else is into retro gaming?
I really started getting into retro gaming when I first saw emulators appearing in the late 90s. I thought it was really cool that there were emulators that allowed playing NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, and other console games on my PC.
Some emulators also had some fairly interesting features, such as allowing multi-player gaming with other people over the internet.
I just bought one of these for my brother: https://retrododo.com/powkiddy-max-2/
and based on his experience/review, will consider getting something similar for myself. I didn't realize how hot the market is for retro gaming handhelds. There are a ton of options!
That review for the Powkiddy says it's "stacked full of ROMs" - It sounds like it comes preloaded with ROMs for various game systems? I'm not sure how customizable it is from that review. One thing I liked about the GCW Zero is that you could install whatever emulators and ROMs you wanted on it - and people even developed native games for the GCW Zero (though the developer community for the GCW Zero wasn't all that large).
That review for the Powkiddy says it's "stacked full of ROMs" - It
sounds like it comes preloaded with ROMs for various game systems?
I'm not sure how customizable it is from that review. One thing I
liked about the GCW Zero is that you could install whatever emulators
and ROMs you wanted on it - and people even developed native games for
the GCW Zero (though the developer community for the GCW Zero wasn't
all that large).
Yeah, it's similar in that regard: add your own game ROMs, custom firmware, screen bezels, etc. Similar to the other RK3326 based devices, it runs EmuELEC (https://github.com/EmuELEC/EmuELEC) to emulate many different retro game platforms. Appears to be infinitely customizable. -- digital man (rob)
Yeah, it's similar in that regard: add your own game ROMs, custom firmware, screen bezels, etc. Similar to the other RK3326 based devices, it runs EmuELEC (https://github.com/EmuELEC/EmuELEC) to emulate many different retro game platforms. Appears to be infinitely customizable. -- digital man (rob)
That's cool. I might look into buying one.
Does it only run emulators, or are there also native games/apps developed for it?
I love retro gaming and was probably into it before it had a resurgence. Collected a fair amount of NES and Genesis in the late 00s/early 10s but have a wide swathe now of a bunch of consoles and handhelds. Hell, even got rid of some that I was less interested in keeping [like the Dreamcast... not because it isn't good, but because I am not nostalgic
for the hardware].
Anyway, emulation has gotten really solid. I can't always say much about those underpowered retro handhelds [some I hear are good, some are not and/or have bad sound], but even a Raspberry Pi 4 has a good emulation
of N64/PS1 era gaming and older ones can go 90s hardware no problem.
Even tough I have hardware, I often emulate for convenience. The trick
is, however, to never use "modern" scalers [keep the pixels crispy and
add a CRT filter if you like them] and use actual hardware controllers.
I have drawer of NES/SNES/Genesis/etc. adapters for USB and a bunch for the Wii [which when hacked is an amazing retro machine]. Having an
actual controller in your hand takes you back in a way that playing with
a modern controller does not.
Cheers,
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The CRT emulation is a necessary feature. It doesn't look right with crisp pixels. These games were designed for CRT's, for older TV's. In fact, I would say an emulator with CRT emulation is more true to form
than the REAL hardware on an LCD monitor.
For all of you retro gamers. To relive some of the days I can not
support the books of BitmapBooks enough. They are a UK based publisher
and release awesome books with art and stories about all C64, NES, SNES, SEGA, etc etc era.
Also a Point and Click book which I browse through every now and these. Beautiful printer hardcover books.
For all of you retro gamers. To relive some of the days I can not
support the books of BitmapBooks enough. They are a UK based publisher
and release awesome books with art and stories about all C64, NES, SNES, SEGA, etc etc era.
Also a Point and Click book which I browse through every now and these. Beautiful printer hardcover books.
They have some create books on microcomputers too - I have one of their Amiga ones and I've checked out their C64 one.
The CRT emulation is a necessary feature. It doesn't look right with crisp pixels. These games were designed for CRT's, for older TV's. fact, I would say an emulator with CRT emulation is more true to form than the REAL hardware on an LCD monitor.
Off-topic, but I want to use one of those CRT-emulating terminals on my 4:3 LCD. I spent my youth staring into green phosphors into the early hours as a CS major, want to remember what it was like.
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