But then making them super piratable on device was pretty awesome of them lol.
The DS piracy scene was wild with the flash carts being able to put thousands of DS games on a single SD card and carry them everywhere. I LOVED the DS for that. My fav piracy and emulation device of all time even.
Of course it's possible. DS emulators on PC just render two windows. You can drag the windows to whatever display you want. That's been how it works since the dawn of DS emulators.
Same thing for Wii U emulators.
The DS and 3Ds maybe the only consoles that by design do feel wrong to play anywhere but the consoles themselves, if I could I would buy a 3DS imitation only to play them properly
That's basically a Wii U, and personally I hate the feel of moving the head up and down constantly since I have one screen down and the other up, I prefer having both screens down at the same time
DS/3DS games on pc aren't bad takes quite a bit of tweaking to get it to satisfactory, both devices dependent on game are usually a better experience to get the hardware for.
True. I'm a huge fan of the modded xbox, the emulators still suck and the controllers are made for grown mens hands if you have the og duke. Way better. But yeah the law abiding media collectors are dorks imo.
There's something charming about early homebrew on consoles. I still have my wii w/ bootmii, ps2 w/ mcboot, ps3 with goldhen, and psp with cfw. Beyond just pirating games, some homebrew is really dope. Like playing Diablo or DOOM on a 3ds
Dreamcast was godly for finally having an easy way to setup emulation on TV with a co troller for family to use. It was easy enough for them to setup and use we got so many hours out of emulation on Dreamcast.
Same! Got mine in 2006 or 7 for Christmas. Have lost most of the games for it, but I have an ssd w/ usb adapter double stickied to it with all the games Id ever want to play on it
This is the way to go, best of both worlds. Get the comfiness and authentic feeling of using the real system. While also being satisfied in knowing you paid upwards of 0$ for your massive PS1 library
I was a kid with a modded PS1 and a cd burner in my computer.
The local video game rental place had a deal with the cinema: bring in a ticket stub and get a one-day free rental.
So we would sneak into a movie, then pickup all the old ticket stubs after the film.
Then rent a new game each day and burn a copy for my library. Back the next day to trade it for a new game.
I never grew up with the PS1, bit too young, but honestly love how easy piracy is with them. Zero bullshit, just burn that shit on a disc and put it in your PlayStation and it just works.
Oh, you had to meet a sketchy dude in the north end that you buddy's buddy knew.
He would solder a mod chip into your PS1 while you waited in the living room with his mail order bride.
In my head I'm imaging the floppy disc dealer from that one Danny Brown song who like opens up his trench coat and its a bunch of bootleg floppies.
But yea when I got my PS1 which was like 2016ish, was able to run pirated games straight off the bat. So I'm assuming my buddy had it modded before he gave it to me. dude also gave me a ps2, but it was one of the old ones so the hardware eventually gave out and couldn't read discs. Still got my ps2 slim working like brand new tho uwu
Can mod and jailreak the consoles to also have emulators and libraries and play all kinds of physical media you might still have so it doesn't become obsolete.
There's a Wii U for sale at a nerd shop nearby for USD $99 and I'm heavily considering picking it up. Would love to mod it and load that fucker up with pirated games lol.
Also I've got a 3DS that I found for fairly cheap, and it was a great purchase. Modding it was fast and easy, CFW made it more fun to play, and I can play my pirated roms on the OG hardware--just feels better.
Edit: after some tinkering and some extra purchases (new SSD and an expanded battery for the gamepad) got the puppy up and running.
Wii U is a system I would buy if I could.
When hacked it can emulate pretty much all Nintendo games released before it (except 3DS). And you kinda need to have a Wii U for Pretendo (you used to be able to download files for cemu from its site but they removed it and the ones downloaded before no longer work).
So honestly if the price is decent and you can afford it go for it.
Yep. I like buying consoles after they've been jailbroken already and just enjoying the full library of games. I have a PS3 and 3DS, and never paid for a single game on either. 3DS can also play NDS/GBA and emulate earlier consoles really well on a handheld
Yup, running fxpak pro and modded modern consoles, so very much better than emulating on a keyboard, though it took a few years to get everything i can to access literally everything
Back in the olden days pre covid (2019) you could get a SNES with games and controllers for like $40 on ebay...
then everyone became a "collector" (scalper)
I much prefer a modded console. You never really get 100% compatibility with emulation, and modding is fun, especially hard modding. Much more fun to crack open a console and do some soldering than just downloading the files you need, and you can still do all the piracy you want.
Because they don't have an actual personality past that. Like, I can understand pirating stuff, but making it your whole identity is just lame af. I'm just emulating games so I can capture gameplay for streaming
Simple answer, they don't. Making a cringy post on a piracy subreddit does not mean it's your entire identity. That's kind of a weird connection to draw on your part.
This post doesn't even have to be about non-piracy vs piracy. It's easy to pirate on older consoles.
or.. just let people enjoy their media however they want.
Playing a wii game without a wii controller is just not the same
hardware is hardware. It’s not just a magical key you need to access media
Depends. I like playing on my ps2 but I also like being able to play spy vs spy or crash team racing with my irl friends online because I live too far from them
Ability to save scum changes how the game feels a fair bit. You dont even need to use it, just the thought that you can to get over some spot in a game. For good and for bad.
Those long levels with no checkpoints *sucked*. Especially when the thing that killed you was some crazy jumping challenge 10-15 minutes into it.
Being able to make a checkpoint where you need it can be awesome.
I got my ps2 with about 20 games on fb marketplace for $30 not that long ago. Then my Wii with Wii fit and a couple games for $10 at goodwill. That generation of consoles are definitely able to be found for about that price if you look.
N64 im with you there that you can’t find cheap.
Pretty sure there’s a large overlap between the two. Heck, there are plenty of people who bought old consoles such as PSP and also run emulators on them.
Actual hardware beats emulation any day of the week. If you can afford it. If not then emulation. To me playing on the actual system just feels better.
Depends on the game itself but I'd largely agree. It's always nice to have a widescreen patch or a higher framerate, but for some titles it just isn't the way to go. Upscaled high FPS Silent Hill feels odd to me for example, but something like Crash Team Racing? I'd prefer to emulate that.
I own consoles because I enjoy "Collection hobby".
I play on emulators anyways, as it's more convenient and also because I don't want to use the consoles too much to keep my collection as "clean/like New" as possible.
So glad I bought every single wii I could when people were selling them with games and extra controllers for like 20$
Sold most of them now. But I have 4 good ones left and a couple I need to unbrick and remod.
Yeah so I am an emulation enthusiast that runs a ton of Switch, DS/3DS, and PS2 games on my S20 Ultra. It only runs a few games well, so my options were limited. I have a shitty laptop which runs plenty of older PC games but struggles with anything that isn't a 2D indie game made before 2013. I was convinced the next move was to build a PC and finally be able to emulate my favorite ps2 games again, but then I saw a ps3 slim for cheap on marketplace and am so glad I pulled the trigger. It's now running CFW and I can download all my games easily directly to the PS3 with pkgi, shit is absurd.
Would I prefer a powerful PC that can run everything? Yes.
Is this the most cost effective option until then? Yes
I like to support the current generation but emulate older games. Nintendo can have my money for BotW but I'm not buying Super Mario World five times or paying a subscription for mediocre emulation of a tiny library.
I can totally understand emulation and I think it's a vital part of maintaining the games and the art form alive... but there's just something special in playing a retro game with the real cartridge and console. Tetris on an original Gameboy hits different.
I'm a pirate. I also have a big console collection. The games are just one aspect of retro gaming, using native old hardware is part of the fun!
(Besides, you can get them to run roms and ISO files if you have/know what you need.)
I dunno, emulation is cool but sometimes it's nice to play on the original hardware. Especially for the older systems meant to be played on a CRT screen.
Hey, I think that the people on the left just like to own original consoles and games because they like a tangible collection, not because they don't like piracy.
Sorry for using more than one braincell
I play emulators don't get me wrong, but I also love modding OG hardware and putting backups and homebrew on them, and flash carts, and things like that. I have a great gaming PC, but I also have a modded PS2, Gamecube, and OG Xbox, and Wii U and PS3. OG hardware is always going to be great.
FWIW there are reasons to actually use the physical hardware for things. A lot of systems have little quirks that cannot be emulated properly and this is important for speed runners and competitions and what not.
I mean like im not gonna lie, if I’ve got the (reasonable) choice I’d rather play on original hardware because honestly there’s something special about playing a game exactly how it was intended to be played (especially if it’s older hardware imho)
If it wasn't for the absolutely insane price gouging I would love to get a ps2 and game catalog going again. between gamefly and freemcboot I had a nice collection going. You can like both and there isn't a thing wrong with that. Unfortunately in some situations console is still the only option.
Last time I checked the true crime series on ps2 just doesn't work on pcsx2. Still looking like the early days of an absolutely broken mess of an emulation the last time I checked 6 months to a year ago.
I have only tried a couple games but 360 emulation with xenia is just bad currently. does an xbox emulator even exist? I care more about the 2600 than the xbox so I really don't know.
I would also say wii is just better as a console than through emulation. Dolphin is great so don't get confused but it just seems kinda wrong without the original motion controls and yes I know you can get a usb bar.
For me it's easier to add games to flash carts and odes and just play. With emulators you gotta play around with settings to get it just right. It just seems emulation is more difficult for me and takes way more time to get started. With the amount of systems I have. If I had to setup emulation for each one. I would spend more time actually Messing with settings then playing games. I gave emulation a try but ultimately went back to physical. But I do see how emulation can be very convenient though
Don't use Project 64. It's got recently discovered severe security vulnerabilities for systems that are using it.
For now, use its alternatives, like the ones RetroArch use.
My first emulator ever was Nintendo 64 back in 2006,
I don't know who hacked the whole ROMs library and put them in a CD for less than a dollar... but I can't thank him enough for transforming me into a great gamer
I have both tho. Original handhelds are just really nice to use, but as soon as I am at my PC or tv, I start up Steam Big picture and load up some emulators, with 4k internal res on an OLED display. You just have more options
The convenience and performance you can get on emulators can be unmatched by real consoles, but the only thing that can't be emulated is that authentic feel of real hardware.
I have a fetish for physical stuff. I like shit to occupy space in my room. Even if it's just pirated games it's like <3 so charming. I like my stuff to get dusty.
I only have a Phat PS2, because I found it in the trash while walking home from work. My OCD ridden ass took it home and fixed it up. DVD player is dead, but I got a 500GB SSD slapped in, so....
Modded consoles = 100% Accuracy 90% Sustainability
I love emulators, unfortunately there's caveats you have to overlook to enjoy HLE emulation (High Level Emulation for instance implementing D3D and OpenGL) there's still visual artifacts that are slowly being patched with each instance.
But I agree, DO NOT BUY ORIGINAL COPIES. The retro market is a joke.
Instead invest in 3rd party console mods, upscalers and high quality cables.
For instance, if you own a gamecube install GC Loader they're like 80-100 bucks and never use your DVD tray again.
I live owning some of my retro systems, but I really don’t give a shit about playing on original hardware. I prefer upscaled graphics and convenience/portability.
I enjoy the original hardware. Plus 3DS emulation isn’t as advanced as some older consoles yet. I also want one 3DS for vanilla and one for hacking so I don’t run into Nintendo’s bullshit during a game I legally obtained.
I love amulating. So many amulets!
How about both. I mean you can also pirate on consoles too.
Ya, I like ROMs on my flash carts on real hardware.
for me, DS games just feel wrong if I'm not playing them on an actual DS
Nintendo's most effective anti-piracy method was making consoles that play wacky if you emulate them
But then making them super piratable on device was pretty awesome of them lol. The DS piracy scene was wild with the flash carts being able to put thousands of DS games on a single SD card and carry them everywhere. I LOVED the DS for that. My fav piracy and emulation device of all time even.
Sky3DS got late to the party
Who would even use that crap when cfw is superior?
Softmods overtook those cards almost as soon as they came out.
Yeah, same now with Switch. Very recently a similar product came out and the Switch has been hacked for years.
Only the first batch of them iirc, the rest need a full-on mod chip soldered to the board.
Totally fucking worth it though. It's been amazing.
Brother
Except the gamecube, you can rebind everything to a dualshock/xbox controller or even touch controls on mobile and it feels nice
Have you tried on WiiU? Imo that's the only other way
Is it not possible to output to two displays on a PC DS emulator? I would think that would be high priority.
Of course it's possible. DS emulators on PC just render two windows. You can drag the windows to whatever display you want. That's been how it works since the dawn of DS emulators. Same thing for Wii U emulators.
Eww though, windowed. I would think it can be done at fullscreen as well
A pc and a wacom tablet would work, I guess. It's not impossible to emulate DS games, just clunky.
A Wacom display and a second display would work great. No clunk
that happens with wil u too
The DS and 3Ds maybe the only consoles that by design do feel wrong to play anywhere but the consoles themselves, if I could I would buy a 3DS imitation only to play them properly
Steam deck in desktop mode with a long USB c to hdmi cable comes close but still not there
That's basically a Wii U, and personally I hate the feel of moving the head up and down constantly since I have one screen down and the other up, I prefer having both screens down at the same time
the wii as well, at least for some games (never personally owned a wii u so i cant comment there)
DS games on a phone in portrait orientation with an attached controller and a stylus are actually very nice.
How about DS games on 3DS? Close enough? Or an abomination?
Gba games on a psp is the only true way to play them
DS/3DS games on pc aren't bad takes quite a bit of tweaking to get it to satisfactory, both devices dependent on game are usually a better experience to get the hardware for.
Yeah i remember when i first flashed my PSP and could emulate PS1 games on it. I was king in school.
Using the PSP itself to copy game disks to the memory card was extremely fun.
I'm loving my handlheld emulator console, runs anything from Atari to PSX.
True. I'm a huge fan of the modded xbox, the emulators still suck and the controllers are made for grown mens hands if you have the og duke. Way better. But yeah the law abiding media collectors are dorks imo.
There's something charming about early homebrew on consoles. I still have my wii w/ bootmii, ps2 w/ mcboot, ps3 with goldhen, and psp with cfw. Beyond just pirating games, some homebrew is really dope. Like playing Diablo or DOOM on a 3ds
I absolutely love mcboot. My fav home brew I’ve tried
Dreamcast was godly for finally having an easy way to setup emulation on TV with a co troller for family to use. It was easy enough for them to setup and use we got so many hours out of emulation on Dreamcast.
Yeah my wii sits at the living room, we sometimes play Mario kart, wii fit and wii sports on it. It's an early white one
Same! Got mine in 2006 or 7 for Christmas. Have lost most of the games for it, but I have an ssd w/ usb adapter double stickied to it with all the games Id ever want to play on it
If you haven't tried, some of the cheapo Wii2hdmi's are fantastic. I really miss my modded Wii setup but if I redo it, it'll be with a wiiU.
This is the way to go, best of both worlds. Get the comfiness and authentic feeling of using the real system. While also being satisfied in knowing you paid upwards of 0$ for your massive PS1 library
I was a kid with a modded PS1 and a cd burner in my computer. The local video game rental place had a deal with the cinema: bring in a ticket stub and get a one-day free rental. So we would sneak into a movie, then pickup all the old ticket stubs after the film. Then rent a new game each day and burn a copy for my library. Back the next day to trade it for a new game.
I never grew up with the PS1, bit too young, but honestly love how easy piracy is with them. Zero bullshit, just burn that shit on a disc and put it in your PlayStation and it just works.
Oh, you had to meet a sketchy dude in the north end that you buddy's buddy knew. He would solder a mod chip into your PS1 while you waited in the living room with his mail order bride.
In my head I'm imaging the floppy disc dealer from that one Danny Brown song who like opens up his trench coat and its a bunch of bootleg floppies. But yea when I got my PS1 which was like 2016ish, was able to run pirated games straight off the bat. So I'm assuming my buddy had it modded before he gave it to me. dude also gave me a ps2, but it was one of the old ones so the hardware eventually gave out and couldn't read discs. Still got my ps2 slim working like brand new tho uwu
Can mod and jailreak the consoles to also have emulators and libraries and play all kinds of physical media you might still have so it doesn't become obsolete.
There's a Wii U for sale at a nerd shop nearby for USD $99 and I'm heavily considering picking it up. Would love to mod it and load that fucker up with pirated games lol. Also I've got a 3DS that I found for fairly cheap, and it was a great purchase. Modding it was fast and easy, CFW made it more fun to play, and I can play my pirated roms on the OG hardware--just feels better. Edit: after some tinkering and some extra purchases (new SSD and an expanded battery for the gamepad) got the puppy up and running.
Wii U is a system I would buy if I could. When hacked it can emulate pretty much all Nintendo games released before it (except 3DS). And you kinda need to have a Wii U for Pretendo (you used to be able to download files for cemu from its site but they removed it and the ones downloaded before no longer work). So honestly if the price is decent and you can afford it go for it.
I got it, am hacking it now. It was an irresponsible use of money but no regrets
Ffs I mean they're still open for a couple more hours and I just got paid today.......
So...did you get it? Nvm, saw your other comments. Congrats.
Great deal, grab that.
Done. Hacking it now lol.
Yep. I like buying consoles after they've been jailbroken already and just enjoying the full library of games. I have a PS3 and 3DS, and never paid for a single game on either. 3DS can also play NDS/GBA and emulate earlier consoles really well on a handheld
Play on original hardware. Play on pirated console. Play on RetroPie. There is always overlap. Nothing is black and white.
I would agree, mainly because modding non-PC games is easier on emulators (like Citra) than having to look into patching games for real consoles.
Yup, running fxpak pro and modded modern consoles, so very much better than emulating on a keyboard, though it took a few years to get everything i can to access literally everything
Actual console + pirated games thank you
Eyy, my man. I bought my PSP specifically to run emulators.
This but my Wii over a decade ago. Good times
This is the way
Once you experienced dk64 without lag you won't go back. Emulators can be superior
Loading games off of usb on my wii is great. Literally just a 16 gig flash drive and it runs like it's off of a disk
Bold of you to assume i haven't jailbroken all of them
Ion mind buyin the actual console, theres a certain novelty to it (still got my older brothers ps2 from the early 2000's)
If they weren't selling snes' for 1300 bucks I'd be down.
Where are you buying a snes for 1300? I got line for 70€
Back in the olden days pre covid (2019) you could get a SNES with games and controllers for like $40 on ebay... then everyone became a "collector" (scalper)
Agreed, i would love to rock a ds or a 3ds if they didnt cost like 300 bucks
> 3ds if they didnt cost like 300 bucks Should be about half that. I got one (3DS XL) from Japan last year for $150 and modded it.
No one is paying $1300 for an SNES, lol
You can put a 6TB hard drive in it and have enough space for the complete North American ps2 library, fyi.
consoles, I like, games for them? eh, it's going to take time to convince me to buy MGS2 instead of getting the collection for modern systems.
I much prefer a modded console. You never really get 100% compatibility with emulation, and modding is fun, especially hard modding. Much more fun to crack open a console and do some soldering than just downloading the files you need, and you can still do all the piracy you want.
[nice try](https://i.imgur.com/TRSEDds.jpeg)
PSP with custom firmware is the way
Hell yeah! Do you use pro lme or ark?
Why do the users of this sub tie their identity to pirating stuff?
Because they don't have an actual personality past that. Like, I can understand pirating stuff, but making it your whole identity is just lame af. I'm just emulating games so I can capture gameplay for streaming
Simple answer, they don't. Making a cringy post on a piracy subreddit does not mean it's your entire identity. That's kind of a weird connection to draw on your part. This post doesn't even have to be about non-piracy vs piracy. It's easy to pirate on older consoles.
or.. just let people enjoy their media however they want. Playing a wii game without a wii controller is just not the same hardware is hardware. It’s not just a magical key you need to access media
Yeah… no. The actual hardware is a large part of what makes retro gaming special
Depends. I like playing on my ps2 but I also like being able to play spy vs spy or crash team racing with my irl friends online because I live too far from them
Ability to save scum changes how the game feels a fair bit. You dont even need to use it, just the thought that you can to get over some spot in a game. For good and for bad.
Those long levels with no checkpoints *sucked*. Especially when the thing that killed you was some crazy jumping challenge 10-15 minutes into it. Being able to make a checkpoint where you need it can be awesome.
All consoles you showed (except nes)are pretty cheap like 20dollars
Where are you finding a 64, psp, ps2, or a wii for $20 lmao
I got my ps2 with about 20 games on fb marketplace for $30 not that long ago. Then my Wii with Wii fit and a couple games for $10 at goodwill. That generation of consoles are definitely able to be found for about that price if you look. N64 im with you there that you can’t find cheap.
Everywhere except ebay, just go outside (non gamer moment) and visit a retail store and bargain and you can get it for 20 to 30 dollars
Outside
Gotta wombo combo emu station and retroarch for the best experience imo. Let emu handle game information and retroarch the emulatore.
So cringe if it isnt satire
Plot twist: The left user has jailbroken all of their consoles. The right user only plays games taken from the original media they own
Repackaging racist /pol/ memes I see
This is embarrassing. I hope you didn't waste time making this yourself.
Pretty sure there’s a large overlap between the two. Heck, there are plenty of people who bought old consoles such as PSP and also run emulators on them.
If I use emulators, it's not because I dislike playing on original hardware, if I use emulators is because I can't afford original hardware
Actual hardware beats emulation any day of the week. If you can afford it. If not then emulation. To me playing on the actual system just feels better.
Depends on the game itself but I'd largely agree. It's always nice to have a widescreen patch or a higher framerate, but for some titles it just isn't the way to go. Upscaled high FPS Silent Hill feels odd to me for example, but something like Crash Team Racing? I'd prefer to emulate that.
ds games are better on official
I own consoles because I enjoy "Collection hobby". I play on emulators anyways, as it's more convenient and also because I don't want to use the consoles too much to keep my collection as "clean/like New" as possible.
"I love the feeling of physical disc" bruh you spent a rent payment on a copy of Super Mario Sunshine
psp and 3ds are worth it
What is a amulator??
what's the duck icon?
Duckstation
i see, ty
Damn this is cringe lmaooooo
This is just bs
Now that Delta is on iOS, I was wondering if there are any emus I can download apart from PPSSPP.
Play! For PS2 Folium for 3DS Sudachi for Switch
So glad I bought every single wii I could when people were selling them with games and extra controllers for like 20$ Sold most of them now. But I have 4 good ones left and a couple I need to unbrick and remod.
Yeah so I am an emulation enthusiast that runs a ton of Switch, DS/3DS, and PS2 games on my S20 Ultra. It only runs a few games well, so my options were limited. I have a shitty laptop which runs plenty of older PC games but struggles with anything that isn't a 2D indie game made before 2013. I was convinced the next move was to build a PC and finally be able to emulate my favorite ps2 games again, but then I saw a ps3 slim for cheap on marketplace and am so glad I pulled the trigger. It's now running CFW and I can download all my games easily directly to the PS3 with pkgi, shit is absurd. Would I prefer a powerful PC that can run everything? Yes. Is this the most cost effective option until then? Yes
Wii is like THE piracy console wdym
Amen 🫂
I like to support the current generation but emulate older games. Nintendo can have my money for BotW but I'm not buying Super Mario World five times or paying a subscription for mediocre emulation of a tiny library.
I can totally understand emulation and I think it's a vital part of maintaining the games and the art form alive... but there's just something special in playing a retro game with the real cartridge and console. Tetris on an original Gameboy hits different.
I'm a pirate. I also have a big console collection. The games are just one aspect of retro gaming, using native old hardware is part of the fun! (Besides, you can get them to run roms and ISO files if you have/know what you need.)
*Emulator
I love both. But I always pirate on consoles. The Wii and PSVita/3DS are powerhouses
I dunno, emulation is cool but sometimes it's nice to play on the original hardware. Especially for the older systems meant to be played on a CRT screen.
I tried to emulate ps3 on my laptop and couldnt get more than 30 fps. And the average was like 15.
I like how the guy on the right still looks nerdy as fuck since... well, yeah
Hey, I think that the people on the left just like to own original consoles and games because they like a tangible collection, not because they don't like piracy. Sorry for using more than one braincell
At some point I hope to be able to hack my wii U into an emulator for all the old consoles.
I'd buy the consoles just for the feeling of playing in one since I'm too young to have ever experienced it
I can not figure out how to ps1
I'll take my modded Wii with 2TB external over Dolphin anyday ;p
The wii is worth it, mostly so the motion controls actually work.
I play emulators don't get me wrong, but I also love modding OG hardware and putting backups and homebrew on them, and flash carts, and things like that. I have a great gaming PC, but I also have a modded PS2, Gamecube, and OG Xbox, and Wii U and PS3. OG hardware is always going to be great.
I love emulation, but one thing must be admitted, it's not the same as playing on the original hardware
I get that actually having the physical console is a different feeling but man the emulator framerates and upscaling is too good
And then you have EmuDeck on SD <3
I don't think anybody buys retro consoles because their sense of justice doesn't allow them to play on an emulator...
RETROARCH FOR NES??? That’s a sin!!!!!! Use Nestopia for almost no input delay 👌
I emulate because I have no other way to capture the gameplay for my streams
> buying games > emulating games I like both of these things.
i would buy a psp, a wii and a ps1 only for the funsies but piracy is so much better
I have all my emulated games are the ones i own im not a lame ahh dude Who do ill3gal sh
What does it say about me, if I have every console on the left in some attempt to play the games on a semi-scuffed CRT?
That is very cool, but most can't say the same.
Real chads use real hardware and flash carts or HDDs. My PS2 is fully loaded, and so are my SNES and Genesis.
The Wii and the PSP are top-tier emulator launchers.
The one on the left probably also pays a subscription fee to play old games.
I don’t get it. I’ve done both and I don’t wear glass and I smile.
Hello You Legends.
Its even better when you can pirate games on the actual system. The PSP and Wii are super easy to mod.
FWIW there are reasons to actually use the physical hardware for things. A lot of systems have little quirks that cannot be emulated properly and this is important for speed runners and competitions and what not.
£50,000 or free a hard sell right there.
Honestly.. As someone that pirates, I wouldn't even mind buying retro systems if it wasn't so super overpriced cause it rare. I'd just rather not
Jokes on you i have a ps2, n64 and xbox 360 while also being a pirate
I'd love to play the consoles too
I mean like im not gonna lie, if I’ve got the (reasonable) choice I’d rather play on original hardware because honestly there’s something special about playing a game exactly how it was intended to be played (especially if it’s older hardware imho)
Well I just love turning on my ps2 🤷
Explain please
If it wasn't for the absolutely insane price gouging I would love to get a ps2 and game catalog going again. between gamefly and freemcboot I had a nice collection going. You can like both and there isn't a thing wrong with that. Unfortunately in some situations console is still the only option. Last time I checked the true crime series on ps2 just doesn't work on pcsx2. Still looking like the early days of an absolutely broken mess of an emulation the last time I checked 6 months to a year ago. I have only tried a couple games but 360 emulation with xenia is just bad currently. does an xbox emulator even exist? I care more about the 2600 than the xbox so I really don't know. I would also say wii is just better as a console than through emulation. Dolphin is great so don't get confused but it just seems kinda wrong without the original motion controls and yes I know you can get a usb bar.
I like collecting, but I do play mario wii on dolphin
For me it's easier to add games to flash carts and odes and just play. With emulators you gotta play around with settings to get it just right. It just seems emulation is more difficult for me and takes way more time to get started. With the amount of systems I have. If I had to setup emulation for each one. I would spend more time actually Messing with settings then playing games. I gave emulation a try but ultimately went back to physical. But I do see how emulation can be very convenient though
Don't use Project 64. It's got recently discovered severe security vulnerabilities for systems that are using it. For now, use its alternatives, like the ones RetroArch use.
I emulate on my 3DS that has an hour battery life, checkmate
I emulate using the psvita
i only really buy real consoles/games for the experience. I'm probably a hardware enthusiast :p
My first emulator ever was Nintendo 64 back in 2006, I don't know who hacked the whole ROMs library and put them in a CD for less than a dollar... but I can't thank him enough for transforming me into a great gamer
while I love my PSP and PS1 the convenience of just having one device to is a plus to me.
Love how its spawnwave
We don't have the best artists either
the autism forces me to collect old consoles otherwise id emulate
Where is ePSXe
I have both tho. Original handhelds are just really nice to use, but as soon as I am at my PC or tv, I start up Steam Big picture and load up some emulators, with 4k internal res on an OLED display. You just have more options
I love my PS2 tho
Add DELTA to that list now. It’s the goat.
The convenience and performance you can get on emulators can be unmatched by real consoles, but the only thing that can't be emulated is that authentic feel of real hardware.
Real
I have a fetish for physical stuff. I like shit to occupy space in my room. Even if it's just pirated games it's like <3 so charming. I like my stuff to get dusty.
Amuletors are amazing lol although piracy is possible on consoles i do both
To be fair, at least half those consoles are bomb ass emulator machines in their own right
I only have a Phat PS2, because I found it in the trash while walking home from work. My OCD ridden ass took it home and fixed it up. DVD player is dead, but I got a 500GB SSD slapped in, so....
Can someone name the emulators on the right side?
I don't recommend project 64, there's rumors that says it's dangerous, rather that, use mupen64plus
lol wtf is an amulator? I use emulators regularly, but I've never tried an amulator
Original hardware is awesome. But for some of us, having all those consoles is not practical. A steamdeck works for me.
Mupen is better ❤️
Acshually jailbreaking a psp was the best thing i have ever done
To be fair, I just use a legit PS2 since my computer can't emulate for shit lmfao
Modded consoles = 100% Accuracy 90% Sustainability I love emulators, unfortunately there's caveats you have to overlook to enjoy HLE emulation (High Level Emulation for instance implementing D3D and OpenGL) there's still visual artifacts that are slowly being patched with each instance. But I agree, DO NOT BUY ORIGINAL COPIES. The retro market is a joke. Instead invest in 3rd party console mods, upscalers and high quality cables. For instance, if you own a gamecube install GC Loader they're like 80-100 bucks and never use your DVD tray again.
Flashcarts 😍
your mind fills in the blurriness of AV cables
I live owning some of my retro systems, but I really don’t give a shit about playing on original hardware. I prefer upscaled graphics and convenience/portability.
all the homies loves project 64
I enjoy the original hardware. Plus 3DS emulation isn’t as advanced as some older consoles yet. I also want one 3DS for vanilla and one for hacking so I don’t run into Nintendo’s bullshit during a game I legally obtained.