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sanpedropeddler ,

My only real problem with emulation is that I haven’t found a good way to connect my pc to a crt. I’ve been wanting to play oot randomizers on a proper display but I’m not willing to buy an everdrive at the moment.

FunnyUsername ,
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I know this is the exact opposite of what you want in a sense, but with a little fiddling you can make the highest definitions of TVs look pretty crappy and old with fancy emulator settings. I had a friend with so many scan line and fuzzy plugins and crt color abberation and flicker fakers installed, i swear it was basically the same thing visually

Eccitaze ,
@Eccitaze@yiffit.net avatar

It’s not just “worse” graphics. CRTs have little/no input lag, which is crucial for some older games like Punch-Out!.

SRo ,

FPGA master race!

Toneswirly ,

Aren’t they kinda of hard to get a hold of still? During the pandemic they were going for 100$ and up

Warl0k3 ,

you can at least get them directly instead of paying scalpers now, but yeah it’s still $80 for an 8GB board.

Nuke_the_whales ,

This is like people who insist building your own PC is easy.

No. It’s not.

It is if you know everything about it sure, but that applies to most things.

I don’t care about your raspberry Pi that I have to house, program, etc. I just wanna pop in a game and have it work. Easy peasy

bitwolf ,

I agree that it’s easy in the sense that you can learn enough to do it via YouTube.

It’s certainly not always easy to actually do the thing though.

RmDebArc_5 ,
@RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works avatar

Sure it ain’t as easy as just using a console, but batocera on pi is ridiculously easy compared to most other solutions:

  1. Download the batocera image
  2. Flash it with raspberry pi image writer
  3. power on the pi
  4. connect a Controller
  5. connect it to network
  6. the pi will automatically appear as network share, just drag and the Roms
  7. play

If you already have used a pi and disregard the download time this can easily be done in less than ten minutes. I know first hand using something like a Gameboy/DS is way more convenient, but compared to how long it took me to get the game running that came with my Xbox one that’s at least twice as quick (not even considering Xbox 360 games on one) so I’ll gladly take the time to learn how to setup and then do it

Weezard ,
@Weezard@lemmy.world avatar

I feel this in my very soul.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

A controller that looks like an old SNES with a PS2 form factor is all the retro authenticity I need

g00 ,

Like this?

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

That’s the bitch

LemUrun ,
@LemUrun@pawb.social avatar

Oh, no fucking way.

bitwolf ,

I like the balance of EmulationStation + Pi. And original hardware controllers modded to work via USB.

Best of both worlds

Jarix ,

It is not, nor can it

kewko ,

I can’t tell if your comment is dramatically flawed or logically

Jarix , (edited )

A raspberry pi is neither 30$ A raspberry pi cannot emulate every game ever

Also, remember just because you can be an asshole, doesnt mean you have to be.

Do you have a mirror? Try looking into the next time you feel like being a toxic member of a community, say the things to yourself and then ask yourself, did i just come across as a toxic asshole?q

If yes dont continue

kewko ,

Sorry it came across like that wasn’t my intention, I may have been intoxicated. I meant to say grammatically, but don’t even understand what my comment means anymore. Thanks for explaining anyway

Jarix ,

Appreciate the honesty

GraniteM ,

I’ve got an Anbernic 353p and I LOVE it for handheld, but trying to use it as a console has proven tricky. I just want a device that I can plug into my TV and play games on with a minimum of tinkering. I shouldn’t need to remap controllers every time I turn the thing on. I don’t care to follow along with a three+ hour long tutorial to get all the settingsjust right. Plug into TV. Turn on. Play game.

This is where original hardware, or even those SNES Mini or Playstation Classic devices have appeal, because they aren’t tinkering hobby devices, they’re game systems first, last, and only. Everything above and beyond that should be very optional.

emeralddawn45 ,

Steam deck. Not as cheap as an ambernic or raspberry pi, but I’ve been blown away by how painless and plug and play everything is, and I’ve played games on it from every console generation up to ps3 so far, plus modern pc games. Steaminput makes controller settings a breeze even for games or applications that don’t have good input settings. I knew I’d like it before I got one last year, but since then I can’t say enough good things about it, it’s honestly everything I dreamed of as a kid playing video games, almost every game under the sun all in one handheld package, it’s honestly incredible.

RagingRobot ,

I have a nice collection of old games but I also have a nice collection of emulators and devices to run them on lol

kibiz0r ,

Miyoo Mini

https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/fa3cce2f-6b80-4eba-bddd-feb78f1ec24d.gif

callouscomic ,

How well does it emulate Metal Gear Solid 4?

ArmokGoB ,

Can it emulate Crysis?

Crashumbc ,

Probably, but at one frame a minute…

ATDA ,

Both are awesome.

One for general use, not scuffing up my gear or games, travel, etc.

The other when I want to really have a beer and just retro out for an afternoon.

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