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His daughter is the SteamDeck, only loaded with indie games and more emulators.
I thought his daughter was a sega Jyn-esis?
Does this mean that she’ll end up dying in an atomic explosion?
Genesis!?!?
I emulate on the SteamDeck more than I ever have on any PC. It’s such an easy emulation machine.
battery on my steamdeck lasts way longer doing retrodeck things and no internet needed.
My guilty pleasure: 4k TV, 4080 gpu, and I’m playing mother fuckin’ Super Smash Bros Melee.
Time to add some raytracing?
Did someone say ray tracing?
Please! I can only replay doom so many times in one year!
Yeah but you can play Mario 64 at like 20x default rendering
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Why weren’t they playable before?
They were, but now you can play Majora’s Mask with dual analog camera controls and there are fewer errors because you aren’t emulating a 30ish year old system.
They were playable before. They are now too, but they were before as well
Well, I’m glad that they’ll be finally still playable! Lol
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I believe Goemon is a pretty popular game in retro gaming circles. It comes up on many people’s “Top 10 N64” games or list of “hidden gems” on the console
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I feel like there’s a lot of overlap between the people who are interested in the recompiled ROMs and the people who are involved in N64 discussions on the internet, haha
The Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
I fucking loved that game.
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You can play Render96 with raytracing
Your machine serves you, not the other way around.
However there is such a thing as budgeting and spending money wisely.
I have a high end machine and I also have emulated GBA games on it. (I also play modern titles)
I do know someone who has a high end osrs machine, not wise spending.
I emulate GBA games on my beast of a gaming PC if I’m home because that’s the most comfy setup
If I leave, I used to use my hacked PSP and manually synch the files, then it was my hacked Vita and a program that synched them automatically, and now I use retroafch and my steam deck so my files are synched automatically without even having to think about it
Everyone I know who’s just playing emulators is doing so on their phones these days anyway
I used to use my hacked PSP as well but now instead I RDP if I’m casually gaming. And if I can’t RDP I just take it as a break from gaming.
Steam Deck absolutely changed my habits. I played more Elden Ring on it than I have my high end gaming PC. It’s just more convenient to turn on a play. Where lately, my gaming PC distracts me with emails, YouTube, random kinks like it can’t see my controller.
I don’t think Ill ever buy a gaming PC anymore and might fully switch to buying Steam Decks every few years.
If the other option ate those shitty games, then yeah, emulation it is.
I fell in love with emulating last summer. My one complaint is that multi disc ps1 games ask for disc 2, and no matter how many tutorials i watch on YouTube, i just can’t get it to work…
I mostly use handheld emulators, so not sure about one’s experience on the computer. In my experience, RetroArch makes it easy enough to swap discs. It’s not obvious how without instructions, but once you find those online it’s not hard to do. Try RetroArch if you have not yet done so.
I am on retroarch. Did all the steps to put the discs into a single folder. And reading your comment has made me realize i forgot to eject, and load. I’m a major dumb…
I’m glad you got it working!
Why has nobody commented about the examples of demanding games being Call of Duty, Hogwarts Legacy, and Diablo 4 of all games?..
The first two recommend a 1080Ti and the latter recommends a 2060 on high graphics
In his defense, that’s one of the best games.
I’ve been considering my options for a living room, couch gaming/emulation system for a while. I want something with a mid tier GPU for anything remotely modern that I might want to play there… My criteria for couch gaming vs desktop is whether it’s easier/better to play the game with a controller… One example would be driving/flight sims, the analog controls are generally better than mouse/kb… The only way desktop wins in that scenario is if you own a driving sim wheel/hotas for your desktop, otherwise, gamepad is generally better for the fine controls.
I don’t generally play a lot of driving/flight sims, but it’s a good example.
Anyways. The primary focus is on console exclusive games via emulation, specifically retro stuff. SNES/N64/Genesis/etc. Maybe to stuff as new as the Wii? IDK. But being able to play other PC titles would be helpful.
I’m thinking about a fair high clock speed, fairly recent CPU with a fair amount of memory. IMO, clock speed is more important so the reaction times of the emulation is minimized. I don’t think emulators can really take good advantage of multi threading.
My main issue is that any systems that fit the bill are super expensive. Something small/compact, with a high clock CPU, and something for graphics better than integrated… It’s not easy to find something like that for cheap.
It’s not something I would use all the time, so it’s not really very high on my priority list.
Steam Deck + Docking station.
You can get a knock off dock for about $25, and a non-OLED deck is $400. Minimal setup to get. Emulators running, and the whole thing is portable if you want to relocate to a different room / a buddy’s house / a projector in the backyard.
Someone suggested this before, and I’m not a big fan. If I get a steam deck, I’ll probably be buying it for portable/handheld gaming.
Having a fairly useless screen on my gaming computer, behind/beside my living room TV seems odd at best…
Understandable, I was just suggesting it as a cost-effective choice. Consoles are usually more hardware than you pay for, and ≈$500 for a ready-to-go solution right out of the box isn’t bad.
The useless screen isn’t much different than a docked switch, or using an old laptop as a HTPC.
Bonus is if you ever want to upgrade the system, you can still use the deck as a portable solution later.
Well, previously, I had a mid tower on a large shelf above my TV, partly for this, but it was primarily built for VR. I still have my original Oculus cv1, from before Facebook bought them, then rebranded to meta…
I ran away screaming when they started to force everyone to use their Facebook account to log into Oculus.
Since then it’s been on my mind to replace it. I recently moved house, and just didn’t set up the VR PC again. I want a cleaner look.
The old system was a full ATX board with an Intel core i5 (4th Gen? IIRC), 16G of RAM and a GTX 1080 8G. Complete with some RGB and everything to be a bit more flashy because it was in a windowed case above my TV… It was a bit of a show piece.
Now, I just want something thats small, simple, and will do the job without too many compromises. I have an Xbox PC dongle (one of the old school fat ones), and a small assortment of Xbox controllers. Recently, my partner and I wanted to do so couch gaming so I dug it out and just plugged it into HDMI. It’s sitting on the floor and we haven’t played anything on it since. Wires everywhere.
When I replace it, I want something that won’t look out of place, and definitely little to no RGB stuff. It got annoying having it blinking and changing all the time, distracting from what I’m trying to watch.
The system is meant to be forgettable, just humming away in the background, ever ready to cater to whatever couch gaming whims I may have.
The TV is 4k, and I’d like to have enough power in it to play high res, especially for somewhat older or simpler titles.
Long term, I kind of want two (or at least a second system with similar performance), so for games that don’t do split screen, I can play on a smaller, closer screen, and my partner can take the TV. I’d have it wall mounted near my usual couch seat, with a display on an arm (also wall mounted). I imagine I’d use that for more than just games, since I’m not always a fan of juggling my laptop around trying to get comfortable on the couch.
The main problem I’m beating my head off of, is finding an adequate system that’s not huge, and doesn’t look like shit in my living room, with enough power to meet the demand.
I just want to install it and more or less forget about it until I want to play something. It should blend in, not stand out.
Sounds like you just need to do a case swap on the VRPC. A case w/o all the RGB gamer aesthetic solves most of your issues for about $50, since you already have decent hardware available.
For your use as a secondary system, not that I’m a Valve shill, but I kinda still suggest the Steam Deck… You wouldn’t have to mount a secondary screen, since it’s already built in, and it gives you the option to kick back however you want on the couch to play.
The amount of times I’ve sat on the couch playing on mine with one earbud in while my wife is watching TV is pretty significant, so a bit of asynchronous play would be available there as well. A small, black, zippered case can be tucked away a lot easier than a wall mounted swing arm as well.
I had looked into getting a Micro PC for a living room setup, but ended up getting the Steam Deck because it gave me more options for around the same price. I got mine about a year after they released & after getting it I realized I should have gotten it sooner.
Surprising it’s not too expensive! There are a few small form factor GPUs of the current generation that could absolutely crush any emulated game from the Wii and back. I would say one of the best is the 1650 super for the high end. Or if you are really budgeting a 1650 would suffice. Everything else is a matter of taste a few YouTubers are creating awesome PCs out of old office PCs that are tiny in comparison. If you are building from scratch ITX, can get expensive but since it’s a low power pc for your tv similar to a console the parts should not be bad especially going with last generation parts that would still blast through Wii at the highest fidelity and anything lower would run incredible based on the emulator.
If I’m going that way, then I’m building a custom PC for the purpose and I’ve built enough PCs at this point that I’m not keen on building more… Especially when looks are a nontrivial point.
Finding a good looking small case that I can mount on the wall (or shallow shelf) seems like a gigantic headache. Plus building in such a case is probably a nightmare since it’s mostly built for looks, not for build friendliness.
I’m considering the minisforum nucxi7, to give you an idea. That whole thing is smaller than a 1650 super, and it has an rtx 3060/3070 built in, with a clean, minimal look. Not busy, but not boring.
It’s just… Basically impossible to buy, and/or afford.
Lol, I would imagine it’s not that difficult to buy an office PC and throw a graphics card in it if finding an itx case and planning a build sounds like that much of a headache. At the point where you want a machine so specific and you are tired of building PCs why bother at all on atheistics? Just buy a console my friend no point in doing any sort of planning. If you want a machine that looks nice is small and runs multiple emulators then I’m pretty sure you are out of luck… Wiis be cheap and don’t look bad and you can mod them to run any sorta games just by getting homebrew on a thumb drive. Small form factor cases and the hobby of building computers are fun for some but it’s not everyones cup of tea.
I used to play the free online version of that on friv games in primary school
You need a good PC to use the crt with reflection shaders ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Teach me your ways o wise master. I’ve been trying to get crt shaders to not look like dogshit for years and I have yet to accomplish it.
PS3 emulation is pretty heavy, but yeah, retro games give me the right mix of simple and entertaining. Maybe I’m just old.
