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This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games, including consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games. Retro gaming means platforms launched in 2001 and earlier, and official game titles for those platforms released no later than December 2007 (homebrew console games made after this date will be permitted). The Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, and Sony PlayStation 2 will now be considered "retro".

Helpful links:
Game Tech Wiki
Emulation General Wiki

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>Links
Retro sizer https://retrosizer.com/
Retro handhelds spreadsheet https://pastebin.com/ZyqXr19r
SoC Comparison https://versus.com/en/mobile-chipset

>Where to buy
Aliexpress, gogamegeek, litnxt, keepretro, mechdiy, Anbernic/retroid store

>What to know about brands
Retroid: Well built, powerful, but expensive (100$+)
Anbernic: Balance between price, power and build quality. Just avoid the RG Nano
Powkiddy: Cheap, low quality builds, interesting shapes (square, clamshell, big screen)
Miyoo: One hit wonder
Game Console: Copycat popular products with lower prices, better specs, but weaker build qualities
TrimUI: Good build quality, shitty software with no good CFW alternatives

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>>10810491
btw still haven't bought a new analog nub for this since the one it came with is fucked. Looking into the cheapest option for a replacement nub, new battery, and maybe neat coloured buttons especially since the volume/start/select button strip is bent. Likely gonna keep it tho once it's fixed up proper, but not gonna mod it since lul modding a PSP what, just lets you play SNES roms poorly? I already physically own UMDs of every PSP game I could ever want to play.
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Also a fun thing I did recently, besides buying a copy of Vortex for the SNES because I am facinated with "3D" SNES and GBA games specifically, is see which of my retro emulation handhelds from China include Vortex in their ROM libraries.

Surprisingly, one did.
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>>10810536
Or, maybe, have some nuance for the best results. When an anon is just sperging out spamming "le sneed, le tranny, le fr fr" without actually discussing anything relating to retro video games or handhelds/emulation devices that play them, can them. If somebody is on topic but making snide remarks, as long as it doesn't derail into a full fledged flame war, ignore it.
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>>10810546
Nah I'm with him, enforce the rules or don't. None of this selective enforcement bullshit.
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>>10810527
I now own every FX SNES title except for Winter Gold which I have never heard of before looking up all SNES FX titles just now.

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Did you ever beat these 2 arcade versions on 1 credit?

What happened to zniggy
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>>10810464
This board used to be comfy, tourist
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>>10810454
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>>10810464
>t. assholes
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>>10810520
>You're all assholes!
.well fuck you too
>SEE?? ASSHOLE REEEE
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>>10810526
Proofread before posting
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>>10810445
>It blows my mind that this is the most unnecessarily hostile board on the site

Not even close, I like it here because it's one of the least hostile boards I have seen on the site. You want hostile, look at /v/ or /g/

>>10810445
>despite your obvious psychological failures

Sounds like projection to me

Literally how were you supposed to know?
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>>10810468
>The final fantasy 7 strategy guide has a shit load of missing items and weapons
Didn't matter at the time. You don't know what you don't know, faggot
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>>10810483
>it doesn't matter if the guide that tells you everything about the game that we're charging actual money for is missing stuff
???
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>>10810507
I like the cut of your jib
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>>10810507
Uhh yeah?
I said "At the time"
There was no way to know if it was missing anything unless you found it in the game yourself, and then you didn't need the guide for it did you?
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>>10810549
>bruh it doesn't matter if the guide that claims to tell you everything about the game is missing stuff because you wouldn't know anyways
???

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What's the best Tony Hawk game?
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>>10809929
THPS3, end of discussion
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>>10809929
THPS3 or THUG.
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My favorites are 1 and THUG2, because those are the only two I owned. Simple as.
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>>10810136
Where would Sk8land appear on your list?
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>>10809991
Most things are fun when they don't have to compete with a device purpose built to occupy as much of your time and attention as possible.

Liking scoring games helps the appeal though, if you don't care about points I suggest THPS4 or THUG as a first game if you care to try them.

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How important is setting and lore in your video games?
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>>10809858
>The lore is also important.
lol
A game can exist without plot or lore at all even if it has a setting, which something a game doesn't even needs at all. All of that is just layers of flavor that can increase or diminish the game itself.
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>>10809872
Read the rest of the post, dipshit
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>>10809876
no
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Gameplay>UI>Setting>How the story is told>Story itself>Lore
That's how I order it.
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>>10809085
Not very actually. In 36 years I dont think Ive ever cared about setting, lore, plot, unless it was necessary to progress in the game, at least I never did in my first playthrough of a game. If I like the game enough, then, maybe, in additional playthoughs Ill pay attention to whats actually happening in the "lore". Finally if I want this kind of stimulus Ill simply read a book. No video game narrative has gone beyong YA fiction novels.

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Now that I think about it, Mischief Makers is basically a better executed Yoshi's Island. It has a similar structure where every level has a new gimmick but without the slow pacing and gay collectathon bullshit. Also, the gold gems and S-ranks make the game a lot more rewarding to 100%.

Why is /vr/ so obsessed with this console?
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>>10810347
contrarianism (autism)
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Imagine if GTA5 was on the Saturn though. It could've been saved.
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>>10810452
frfr on cuh
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>>10810347
Not the console itself, but the history behind its creation. I've never seen such a successful worldwide company suddenly turn so dysfunctional and destroy themselves in just 4 years.

The Saturn is the poster child for everything Sega did wrong.
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i guess because its kind of like an obscure console (e.g. 3do, jaguar etc) that got more games and attention due to being sega rather than panasonic or atari or something.

i actually had one growing up but barely used it once we got an N64 and later a PS1.

someone needed to tell rare that bigger is not always better
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>>10808274
I dunno maybe cuz it's a vertical cylinder full of unmarked swiss cheese hole caves everywhere
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>>10808274
>How the fuck did people get lost in Terrydactyl land

The specific section you need to pass through to get to the upper sections isn't immediately obvious, and so tons of content in the level is locked behind this.
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>>10809685
And Doom is a bunch of hallways and rooms that all look the same. Point is people have spacial awareness and memory to recognize where they have and haven't been and the geometry of things. It shouldn't be hard to have a grasp on things after your natural exploration of a stage the first time.
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>getting filtered by Tooie in 2024

You're not getting any upboats here faggot
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>>10808274
God I love Grunty Industries. Exploring and uncovering it's secrets was such a fun time

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DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>10792591

Doom/Quake/Duke/Heretic/Hexen/Unreal/Sam/Half-Life/etc
Gameplay, WADs/Maps/Mods, Source Ports
All other 90s FPS welcome
~ Let's post like gentlemen ~

FAQ/PASTEBIN
https://rentry.org/vrbin

SO YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME FUCKING DOOM
(or Quake, Duke, Marathon, Deus Ex)
https://imgur.com/a/wWS8zXz

Same thing, in video format:

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>>10810502
>"Kegan doing a simpler mod" feels like breaking some law of reality.
No the really fucked up part is both mods aren't going to have any callbacks, references, or sounds from NES games.
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>>10810505
Bros... it's all over...
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>>10810505
Alright the jig is up, what have you done with the real Kegan!?
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>>10810510
there's only one way to check...
Get the stadiometer.
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>>10806085
For me it's Nugget Doom

ITT:
games that had control methods that the world was just not ready for.

this is Zarch, a game that use mouse controlled flight to perfection but never became popular because it required practice, skill and intellect to master. I've never found a mouse controlled game as good as this.
https://youtu.be/DbENFcmurbo?feature=shared

what you got /vr/?
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There are a few FPS games I played in the 1990s that come to mind. CyClones, Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri, and a few others had a control scheme where the mouse moved your reticle / cross hair. Instead of turning your character.

So you'd have some abomination like...

Wasd for move forward back, strafe left right
Q and E to turn left and right
Actually X was move back. S was move forward slowly. LOL
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>>10810264
sounds unplayable. did it even work?
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>>10810178
I liked Zeewolf and it's Sequel: Zeewolf 2: WILD JUSTICE. Basically took Zarch/Virus and spliced with EA Strike Series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m-lXzskT4I
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The Colony (1988) had the retarded idea of using the mouse to look around and wasd for forward/back&strafe
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Alien: Resurrection on the PS1 is infamous for having what were essentially modern dual-analog controls, but had people slam the game for them for what they felt was a weird and awkward control method.

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Is crazy to think a good amount of ports are based on this version and not the original one.
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>>10809884
Fizzbuzzing on /g/ doesn't make you a programmer
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>>10807751
That's the power of early 90's HRT, sweetie!
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I like the remixing of the original levels, especially for the PS1 version.
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Who the fuck is Randy? Pitchford?
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>>10810301
Linden

I just beat the Saturn version of RE1 and I have to admit, after beating Director's Cut, RE2 and RE3, the lack of autoaim actually makes a difference
I don't know if Hunters are weaker in Director's Cut or if it's just the lack of auto-aim, but they actually weren't that easy to take care of.
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I didn't even know there was a auto aim in RE2 until I already completed a A/B playthrough
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>>10810472
Yeah, in the international versions you have to choose the Type C controls which are identical to Type A except it has autoaim
In the JP version, autoaim is not only on by default but you actually have to use a cheat code to disable it
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>>10810472
>>10810492
Interesting, I played it on Dreamcast first and that was one of my first RE experiences. It took me some getting used to not having auto-aim when going to RE1 Longbox and Saturn.
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>>10810328
I get that autoaim was initially something they just hacked in at the last minute for the first game but it would have been nice if they refined it a little for the sequels. imo it should have been more of an assist to nudge you on target as long as the enemy was within a fairly generous cone in front of the character. No reason to make it super picky in games like these. But instantly snapping 180° and locking onto an enemy behind you or aiming with laser precision at an enemy on the other side of a huge room like the dining room balcony is really dumb. Zombies playing dead also should have been excluded from critters it would lock on to.
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OP here, I should have checked TCRF earlier:
>The international versions have an adjusted difficulty.
>Auto-aiming was disabled in the international versions.
>Enemies have more health and deal more damage.
>The player is given three ink ribbons in the Japanese version with every pickup, but only two in the international versions.
The auto-aim and ink ribbons are obvious but this confirms the enemies also being more difficult. It explains why it takes so many shotgun shells to kill a hunter in the US longbox and US Saturn versions

>Boasts incredible audio capabilities
>Mono
Why
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>>10809035
No, and you're being too clever by half. I was too though, to be fair.

Sticking headphones into any socket that fits them isn't going to imply stereo unless it is obviously their purpose e.g on a consumer level device that plays audio (I did suggest this at the outset). I'm sure that original anon meant it in this generalised sense and I am being too pedantic for the average anon but that doesn't nullify my point or justify yours or the deranged replies I received.
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>>10809070
Me too. I have IBS so I can make my own genesis music any time I want.
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What's the best Genesis version? I can mod.
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>>10809254
The third reply to OP specifically referred to a headphone jack assumedly because "phones" and a headphone icon is labeled by the jack on the console, he wasn't referring to a mysterious unlabeled 3.5mm jack output. Bringing up the undisputed fact 3.5mm trs is a standardized socket type with many applications is entirely irrelevant to the discussion of headphone jacks specifically and indicates becoming lost in the conversation. While it is correct to assert the jack may not necessarily be outputting stereo audio due to software that doesn't negate the hardware capability or its labeling, the capability and labeling being the actual subject of discussion.

I don't care who you are. If you have difficulty expressing ideas without assigning them to specific people that tells me you're more concerned with popularity than discussion. Don't worry though, I'm sure you're definitely someone else which is important for some reason.
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>>10810378
"High Definition" model 1


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