Retrogames: Most of them were opened just to sniff the shit out of them

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Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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I wonder if it could dump battery saves to the SD, that + transparent plastic option would put me over the top. Is it silly to wish it had 4k output? Actually I guess 720p would work fine, it still divides evenly.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2017 17:27

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 21:00

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Nate RFB posted:

I wanted to love the Gamecube-style N64 sticks, but I found them to be intolerable for a large swath of games due to a combination of oversensitivy and having a terrible ramp up curve (in that you go from zero to 100% without needing to push the stick far). Games like Turok or Rogue Squadron were unplayable, and even a platformer like Banjo-Kazooie was twitchy as hell.

Having tried a few other options, the best method is in my view to get an original stick that has not worn its plastic components down too heavily and clean it/grease it with ceramic grease. It's very important to get a stick that is not too heavily damaged, as all the grease in the world won't help in that case. Even with a tighter spring it will be loose and feel like poo poo.

Alternatively, getting one of the OEM sticks from ebay (weirdly getting harder to find these) also works provided you also take them apart/grease them, because out of the box they are super tight and grindy.

Is there a particular grease to recommend? I've been meaning to clean my original set up for awhile now. They're still in pretty great shape, even the one I always used for like single player stuff. I just want to keep them tip-top because we do occasionally use them, even just for emulators because I've never liked any Xbox-style pad mapping.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2017 19:54

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Nate RFB posted:

I dunno if this kind is better/worse than the rest but it was the first seemingly popular thing that came up when I looked for "ceramic grease" and so far my controllers seem to be doing alright:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0028N2DPM/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Oh, I already have that exact grease for my bike. I thought you might be referring to some specialist electronics stuff, but thinking now yeah I don't see why this stuff wouldn't work.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2017 20:13

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

Yes the GBA Everdrive firmware has a built in GB/C emulator. I believe it�s Goomba Color? But it runs fine. If there�s any deficiencies I haven�t noticed them past the inherit screen differences.

Hell I remember back in the day getting low impact SNES games running on gba, but that was with sound disabled and probably a lot of frame skip.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2017 21:36

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Random Stranger posted:

Wile E's Deception.

I'm trying to think of a WB cartoon based game that I've enjoyed and the closest I'm getting is Crazy Castle which I'm not really sure should count.

Sure they're just reskins but they're far from the only licensed games to have little to no connection between the license and the gameplay

# ¿ Jan 6, 2018 20:42

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:

A wild successful kickstarter appears!!!

Mine came yesterday too. Are all the Kickstarter ones just gray? I know it wasn't one of my preferences in the survey.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 23:34

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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FireMrshlBill posted:

Yep. Survey was for future colors, they are doing the top 2 (black and atomic purple) and will try to do top 4 or 5. We�ll get codes next week to get a colored one at the Kickstarter price of $20 instead of the $25 or $30 retail price.

I plan to get purple and maybe gold if they get that far, was 5th place. Especially if they offer a round gate option.

Oh okay. That works I guess. Atomic Purple was one I wanted.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 03:50

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Discount Viscount posted:

Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge, It's like playing Punch-Out!! with a bazooka and the fighters are mecha.

This is the most succinct description I�ve read of it, in terms of gameplay as well as quality

# ¿ Mar 24, 2018 20:32

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

It's actually all about Jezzball, Falldown, Sokoban, and PlainJump

# ¿ Apr 22, 2018 16:56

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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The only person who says "Nezz/Snezz" that I respect is Jeff Gerstmann

Silhouette posted:

It's pronounced "Regular Nintendo"

this

# ¿ Jun 13, 2018 21:48

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Light Gun Man posted:

Anyone have one of these? How is it on PC?

Unless something new has come out the AimTrak is the best option. I've wanted one for a few years but have never quite pulled the trigger because it's pricey for something I'd use, generously, once a month. PC & PS2 (Guncon 2) compatible. I don't believe Guncon 2's work with PS1 games in backwards compat either. So no native PS1, but it'd work via emulator.

https://www.ultimarc.com/aimtrak.html

# ¿ Jun 30, 2018 20:10

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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absolutely anything posted:

i bought a wii u at launch and ended up using it more than my ps4 for the majority of its lifespan. wii u good

I still play it more than PS4. Do not listen to the raving lunatic who says it's bad because it didn't have enough numbers

# ¿ Sep 13, 2018 01:47

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

It's not a money thing, this port looks to be using Sony's PSP emulator, the one they used for the "remasters" of Parappa, Locoroco and Patapon on PS4, and if that's the case it'd mean Konami would have to put in actual work to bring it anywhere else and they sure as gently caress aren't going to.

Anyone expecting more than another hastily upscaled PSP port is going to be sorely let down. Rondo and SOTN on your PS4 is all well and good but don�t think they�re going to put any effort into it.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2018 03:42

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Quiet Feet posted:

Qix rules. I have a mini-collection of these PS1 arcade revivals going and I'd been hoping to come across a copy of this version in my irl hunting. But knowing it's this cheap online (and sealed) I guess I'll do an eBay.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2019 20:50

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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GutBomb posted:

I heard the D-pads are kind of bad on the initial run. Like, they were a little too sensitive so you could hit down when pressing right. Don�t know if they ever changed them.

I haven't run into any issues with my new green one playing The New Tetris (I think that and Dr. Mario are the only N64 games I have that actually use the d-pad). I don't remember if I had any issues with my gray one either though, that was also a kickstarter edition.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2019 07:30

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

The Shantae games are the answer to the question "What if eurotrash platformer, but explicitly by and for the Sex Offender Registry"

# ¿ Feb 11, 2019 18:52

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

Detective No. 27 posted:

I've been meaning to get one for Pi Hole. Anyone have any experience with that?

If you've ever used a bash prompt it's fine. Download Raspbian, boot, fiddle with the OS configurator if you want, punch in the command that downloads and installs it. Once it's running you shouldn't have issues. I wish it had some way of updating from the web UI, but it's a simple task over SSH.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2019 16:46

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Corin Tucker's Stalker posted:

Impulse bid on an original Xbox and won. Now I'm oddly excited about it! I wasn't even thinking about picking one up, but the second controller was one of these so I had no choice:

I'm putting together a game wishlist and so far all these titles are far cheaper than I was expecting. I'll probably wind up spending more on a good component or scart cable than my ten favorite games.

If you had asked I probably could have dug up the one you sold me back in 2005 or whatever :v:

# ¿ Mar 13, 2019 04:55

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

A new, flush GBA Everdrive is wonderful news, but I've been playing both systems a lot again recently and I can't help but be more excited about the DSi developments. The DSi XL screens and buttons are just too good.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2019 17:51

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Silhouette posted:

This take is so hot that I got sunburn from reading it

In what rear end-backwards version of reality are Genesis Aladdin and The Lion King considered bad games?

The normal one we are in

# ¿ Aug 28, 2019 22:33

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Vikar Jerome posted:

that kickstarter n64 pad is pretty good, tested one out in person last month and it felt great and it was only 30 quid, looks and feels much better than the horipad.

Yeah, I have the first run and one of the newer, tweaked color models. I like it quite a bit.

And no one has mentioned the second most important d-pad game: The New Tetris

# ¿ Aug 30, 2019 18:33

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

Star Man posted:

Sony co-created the compact disc with Phillips. So no, there aren't licensing issues. My educated guess is that the PS4 doesn't have an app in its OS that plays CDs.

It also doesn't play 4k blurays, and that was also a Sony joint. Unlike the PS3 where they stuck a little of everything on there, they stripped the PS4 down as much as they could get away with.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2019 22:12

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

Annath posted:

Anyone have experience using RetroArch?

I got the program itself working, but it only sees my 8BitDo M30 as an Xbox Controller.

This makes setting input bindings a pain.

I keep reading online that if you load a game and then select "controls" from the quick menu, it's only supposed to ask you to assign buttons for the device you're currently emulating, but that hasn't been the case for me.

I fire up a Master System game and it still asks me for ABXY, LR, Triggers, etc.

Any advice?

By default all the 8bitdo controllers will start up in Xinput mode. So, your computer reads it as an Xbox pad. But after you bind it for a system I think Retroarch should remember that for next time? You could try and mess with DirectInput mode I guess.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2019 07:07

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

I never played FF6 or Chrono Trigger until last year. CT holds up. Delightful, absolutely lives up to the hype. FF6.. I would have enjoyed as a kid (if it didn't cost the same as four other games)

# ¿ Jan 7, 2020 18:35

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

+1 on the Brawlers. I have a gen 1 and a gen2, to go with two good condition official ones. But I pretty much always reach for the brawlers first.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2020 07:58

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Echophonic posted:

I just looked it up and I didn't realize it was that rare, apparently there's <10k of them. I think I even might still have the box, because I have most of my video game boxes.

I don't think I've ever seen that color in an N64 controller before. It does remind me of the Lego space stuff

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# ¿ Jan 13, 2020 22:31

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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katkillad2 posted:

Beat Aerial Assault on SMS today. It had a really awesome stage two background:

As you play, the sun keeps setting further and each time the colors change. Thought it was pretty impressive for a SMS shmup. Unfortunately I didn't care for the gameplay. The game gives you weapon powerups pretty frequently, the problem is not all of the weapons are good and the powerups actually seek your ship out so you have to dodge things you don't want. This also applies to bombs, if you've got the bomb powerup that basically destroys anything you have to dodge the lovely bomb drops. Also applies to speed ups... if you get more than one speedup you are going to run into poo poo and die. A lot of the games difficulty is wrapped up in spending a lot of time dodging the powerups you don't want and it just seemed kind of lovely.

Hey, I remember that game. I had the Game Gear version. I wonder if it's appreciably different from the SMS version. I remember it not being very good, but it was a shmup I could play in short bursts so it was in the regular rotation.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2020 05:32

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Teenage Fansub posted:

You can't just casually drop that in a retro games thread.
If you haven't played Yoshi's Island, you haven't played video games at all.

Sorry, Yoshi's Island is a certified Stinker

# ¿ Jan 22, 2020 20:56

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

Pegnose Pete posted:

Also most of the Megaten games were reprinted semi-recently and can be had new on Amazon for dirt cheap, with the exception of the Devil Summoner Raidou games which went up in price last time I checked.

Yep, I picked up most of them brand new off ebay last year for ~$10 a pop

absolutely anything posted:

heres my response: shin megami tensei nocture is bad rear end

# ¿ Jan 26, 2020 00:57

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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ItBreathes posted:

Other than that final checkpoint I'm inclined to say CV3 is easier than CV1, but it's been ages since I've played either.

I feel very much the opposite, but I'll admit I've had way more practice with 1

# ¿ Jan 26, 2020 19:42

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

Bank posted:

Anyone use an Nvidia Shield with Retroarch? I'm planning to play stuff pre-N64/PS1 (NES/SNES/MG mostly).

Yeah, I've had my shields for a few years now, they work great when it's not having the typical android device struggles. It used to be the best box for streaming video apps too but that's probably leveled out to a degree. Retroarch works pretty well on it, and you shouldn't have any issues with those systems.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2020 23:25

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

I have a sealed copy of Bloodstained for switch from the Kickstarter because when it finally came I realized I'd rather have a digital copy to actually play. :eng99:

# ¿ Jan 28, 2020 21:14

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

It helps that SMB2 was always an enjoyable game, and even if it didn't quite feel like a """Real""" Mario it was a weird(er), fun offshoot.

Zelda II's a different story. They purposefully intended to change things up. While having those Zelda expectations didn't help, it doesn't really work as its own thing either.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2020 19:23

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Chumbawumba4ever97 posted:

Even the box art is just so drat epic and iconic. I love everything about the game. Some stages have two bosses, cause, why not! Hell I even think there's a stage where you can get a third mushroom.

It's good, and solidified by the Nintendo merchandise machine really revving up at the same time. That specific Mario was on everything for a good while. I remember I had a blanket and little fold out floor gamer seat thing with that art on it.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2020 19:30

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

40-Degree Day posted:

I want to preorder an Analogue Pocket

# ¿ Feb 18, 2020 03:56

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

Color Splash is fun. Sticker Star isn't that bad either it just explicitly breaks nerds' JRPG-hoarding-every-item brain.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2020 01:09

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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LODGE NORTH posted:

I'm pretty sure eBay asks what your max bid is and will do the whole back and forth shuffle for you. If you bid $50 and say your max is $65 and someone bids $55 with 3 seconds left, eBay will just outbid a dollar more.

You do put in your max bid, but not until 15 seconds left so the other bidders don't have a chance to reconsider their maxes

# ¿ Mar 18, 2020 15:52

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Random Stranger posted:

Bloodlines is one of the hardest Castlevania games. I don't know if I'd go with absolute hardest, but it's pretty tough.

Play Super Castlevania IV. It's got the style of the classic games without being brutally difficult.

Yeah, I wouldn't begrudge anyone for using savestates on Bloodlines (well I wouldn't begrudge anyone for savestates in general play however you want idgaf). It just has so many gauntlets of bullshit. It definitely is worth playing though, just because it's so loving weird and it keeps throwing new gimmicks at you. And the gimmicks are fun unlike SCIV's "LOOK AT WHAT THE SNES CAN DO :aaa:

" as a bunch of ugly sprites rotate at 8 fps.

Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:

Hardest Castlevania is probably Haunted Castle, followed closely by Vampire Killer for MSX. I cannot recommend either one.

Yeah, that's probably the objective answer, but as you said you just don't need to bother.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2020 21:51

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
satellites in every home

When it comes to Goldeneye/Perfect Dark, I can only play it with the hacked up 1964 emulator to add mouse and keyboard controls (and 60fps). It's just easier than unraveling two decades of muscle memory of Halo style controls. The mouse and keyboard injector works better than I thought it would. It's almost as good as a native PC game. Yes, it makes the game insanely easy but that just gives you many more opportunities to mess with the AI (crotch shot only run)

https://archive.org/details/1964GEPD

# ¿ Apr 27, 2020 22:38

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 21:00

Chilled Milk: Jun 22, 2003; No one here is alone,
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Pretty good posted:

My money's on the EB devs and blockbuster marketing people having coincidentally pulled the same sample from a commercial sound library.

It's almost certainly this

# ¿ May 7, 2020 18:27

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