General Emulation Discussion

This is a good written guide. There's a Rom collection called Tiny Best Set on archive. org that has the artwork all ready to go for the rg35 too, and it's a lot better than the collection that comes with the device, I'd advise getting a better quality microSD card as well, as the one that comes with it is supposedly very flaky.

Tl;dr probably an hour or two of messing will make it a better experience.

I quite like the design of that - as with all these cheaper handhelds, it'll be made or broken based on how good those controls are. I even found the PSP hard to use as an emulation machine due to the D pad being awful.

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I don't know about you guys but I was always referencing female dogs with that line.

This has been delivered and I am very impressed (have only had a quick dabble) feels re-assuringly solid, and the screen resolution is great.

Had a little game of crash bandicoot and bubble bobble that was preloaded on it. Going to give the tidy up advised above a go, and should be all set for Xmas morning.

Thank you for the advise, this seems to be exactly what i was after.

Im sure il be back next christmas for an upgrade/dads or mums gift 😁

I always liked the PC engine games, has anyone heard of this new system?

https://www.wired.com/review/analogue-duo/

Just got the Anbernic RG35xx + which was released in November. It's an upgrade to the RG35xx and has WiFi, Bluetooth and an upgraded chipset. Still plays up to to PS1 so really best for that console and previous. The firmware is not there yet, but the GarlicOS which is meant to be brilliant on the RG35Xxx is being redeveloped to V.2 so I'd say when that gets done it will become a brilliant machine. It's a shame Anbernic don't spend more time on firmware before releasing their devices, they really let themselves down in that regard. Both these devices have a mini-HDMI out port so it is a great option for using as a console as well as going mobile with it. Overall great value for money if you are prepared to do the leg work with the firmware and replace the cheapy SD card that comes with it. I'd say a goodly number of the ROMS are not the best either, so I have the previously mentioned Best Set Go collection ready to deploy but will hold until GarlicOS 2.0 comes out.

My 15 year old self and his friends from 30 years ago would be absolutely beside themselves if they could see the devices playing the games we played back then now. Truly, we are living in the future!

Unfortunately our one is going back to santas workshop.

Played and loved for 3 days solid by young lad, day 4 didn't switch on (back light lit up but fails to boot) tried the tips online about replacing cards and etc but no joy.

Very disappointing, but will chance another one as it was such a big hit with my son. Loves bomberman and Mario.

I know he didn't drop it or anything as he literally didn't leave it out of his hands

Anyone using a steam deck for emulation? Just wondering if the form factor suits any particular genre/generation. I assume it has the horses to do ps1/dreamcast without sweat?

Really? I've been trying everything to get gran Turismo 4 (ps2) working. Would you happen to know if this title works?

I will download this only if someone confirms that it gives you brain damage like the original did. I want that authentic experience.

The release of the emulator coincides with me sending my VB to inviere for an attempted repair. Thread incoming in the coming weeks I expect. Experimental permanent-repair of the (presumed to be the problem) dodgy ribbon cables.

Converting a 1up into a raspberry pi arcade for a friend.

Just wondering what's the best solution? Retropi or is there anything else?

Take some photos as you go! Would love to see how that all works.

Yeah I was looking more at Retropi there and tbh I'm not up on emu stuff a whole lot but the recommended mame for pi4 anyway

That and LHX Attack Chopper are crying out for someone to do an optimisation on them like that Road Rash improvement version.

This made me look again what the improvement version was, ended up with Road Rash 1-to-3 playing on MiSTer with CD music in the MegaCD core (but low/regular fps). Didn't realise that the normal roms would have a FPS improvement in the old Mega Drive core, which should have been obvious when you use the 'CPU Turbo' setting.

RR3 is still a let down when you had the 3DO version looking amazing at the same time

Road rash 3 was the first one I played and I still prefer it to road rash on the playstation / pc / 3do. I'm like a broken record saying it at this stage but the latter is missing the mechanic where the faster opponents match your speed and you get into some epic fights and combat on the mega drive games.

That is totally missing from the latter and ruins the gameplay for me as you just speed past the leading racers most of the time.

Still had one of the best game intros though with Soundgarden's Rusty Cage!