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General Emulation Discussion
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Aye, the one for the ASP that came out recently is called the Hylohack, and basically allows you to play the games you already own on the stick
The Neo Geo 'mini' scene is certainly a curious one, with not one of the implementations really nailing it. Go back to the X and its dodgy performance, right up to the Mini with its ropey output and even though the ASP is a surpringly competent controller (even for other systems) and resolves the output issues of the Mini, the games included (even the hidden official ones' are not varied enough if you're not a SNK fight fan.
Used to have an AES a lonnnng time back, but never got into it beyond the 4 games we had at the time IIRC, so was offloaded (can't even remember for how much) so at least the ASP allows me to revisit the system in an official manner even if it there has to be sacrifices. More accurate implementations out there, but a decent AIO if the games tickle your fancy.0 -
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so saved a nice a bit of money and the hassle fun of building it myself.
Slight correction :P
I actually love building PC's....setting up the software though, getting too old
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Does anyone know any comprehensive retroach guides for PC including recommended shaders for what systems?. I think I might try and actually figure out how to use it since on my PC before I waste my money buying another one of the retro handhelds.
I was toying with the idea of making a guide for the forum here, from start to finish with RetroArch running under LaunchBox etc. The limitations of 15 images per post kinda put a stop to it, as it would have got pretty messy and would have been hard to put together with a nice table of contents etc.
I'll summarise it right down for you:
1) Install RetroArch to your PC & set it for full screen.
2) Install two or three 'cores' from within RetroArch to start with. These are essentially dedicated emulators, some bespoke for RetroArch, some are ported. So the cores do the emulating, RetroArch itself is a frontend for the cores.
3) Set up a nice easy game directory, and create dedicated folders for your roms (e.g. Sega MegaDrive, Sega Master System, Sega Saturn, etc).
4) Ensure you can run the games then in RetroArch
5) Some systems need a bios file placed in the RetroArch 'system' folder, so ensure any cores you want have the required bios files placed there.
6) Come back here when you're at this stage 0 -
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What do you reckon is the best way to set up CRT filters?
I have it running pretty well but it doesn't look as nice filter wise as that old MAME HLSL filter setup, so there's probably a lot more I can do!
When you're running a game, say a Snes game...press F1 to go into the RA Menu. Then down near the bottom of the menu you'll see Shaders. Go into there, click load shader preset, shaders_glsl, crt, and choose one of your liking (I recommend crt-hyllian.glsl).
Depending on your screen, it should make a dramatic improvement (some sizes/resolutions give differing results). If you have a screen which is happy with a preset, happy days...click save, and you've four options then:
Save as global preset - don't choose this. It will apply the shader to EVERY system and game that RetroArch runs.
Save as core preset - this means any game run by the chosen core, will have the above shader applied to it.
Save as content directory preset - applies the shader to every rom loaded from the same folder the current rom is loaded from (extremely handy for cores that run consoles AND handhelds, ie, Genesis Plus GX runs GameGear and Megadrive and you'll want different shaders for handheld systems).
Save Game Preset - applies the shader to the current game only.
^^ So whatever your needs are will determine which saving option you choose.
There's one other option, "save shader preset as"....this will create a new shader based on any customisation you've done to an existing one, so you don't overwrite the preset. You'll see in the shader menu you can change the amount of passes the shader does, you can chainlink different shaders together, change shader parameters etc. It can easily turn into a hobby unto itself, so try find a shader preset you like and make as few changes as possible if you absolutely have to make changes at all.I do go a bit mental with the shaders in RetroArch. I such a fussy fecker when it comes to the visuals I'll spend hours on it.
Then get a new monitor and have to start again
Rabbit hole doesn't even begin to describe the possibilities... Thankfully the tv screen I use absolutely loves crt-hylian, so I'm more than happy with using the simple preset. I tried the same preset on the smaller screen a while back, and the scanlines weren't evenly spread etc so I'm glad to be back on the bigger screen.0 -
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^^ I don't use RetroArch for GameCube or Wii - standalone Dolphin for those, tied into LaunchBox so its seamless. I also don't use ANY shaders for PSX, N64 or DC...with the internal upscaling available on those cores I prefer a high resolution & clean look to them
You do need a half decent card to run some of the higher end shaders alright, crt-royale comes to mind (it does several passes). Your 2080Ti is probably laughing at RetroArch though
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^^ I don't use RetroArch for GameCube or Wii - standalone Dolphin for those, tied into LaunchBox so its seamless. I also don't use ANY shaders for PSX, N64 or DC...with the internal upscaling available on those cores I prefer a high resolution & clean look to them
You do need a half decent card to run some of the higher end shaders alright, crt-royale comes to mind (it does several passes). Your 2080Ti is probably laughing at RetroArch though
You're right on the Gamecube and Wii, i dont use RetroArch either(not sure what I was on about).
I thought my 2080ti was the business until i started playing the Flight Sim 2020 beta! That game certainly puts your GPU in its place.0 -
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The new Ashens video gave me several laughs!
Relevant to general emulation also.
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