/vr/ - Retro Games

not if you have an iota of brainpower and are capable of reading basic instructions on how to set up an emulator

Depends on how badly you really want to play the games on it imo. I grew up with a NES and bought the Classic at launch, probably haven't played more than 10 hours on the thing collectively. Plus if there were specific NES games you just never stopped playing, you probably already had other ways to play them and wouldn't need the Classic anyway.

So honestly no.

>>4907754
https://www.mesen.ca/
https://archive.org/details/no-intro-nintendo-nintendo-entertainment-system-20170618

There, I just saved you $60+.

>>4907762
NES emulation doesn't require setup. A chimpanzee could figure out how to drag and drop a rom.

it's always nice to have dedicated hardware that does one thing only
seems to be something that's lost on kids these days

Depends on what you value my dude.

I love mine. It has a nice UI which I've customized to my liking, a nice, accurate controller ( which unfortunately needed an extension cord ), and it was easy as hell to add every NES game worth playing to it.

If I wasn't such a Ninten-drone, I'd probably just have given it a pass since I could emulate for free on my PC or a soft modded Wii.

>>4907754
fuck no, get out

>>4907771
Maybe it would be if it actually did it well. Sound delay, video noise, shimmering, etc. It's just worse than a free emulator.

>>4907781
so there you go, the absolute only reason to buy this overpriced hunk of shit is if youre a infantile nintendrone

>>4907754
Depends. The only real reason to buy one is the nostalgia factor. Emulation on PC can do better and everyone knows it. I have the SNES classic even though I have a Pi, my PC and an original NTSC Snes. It's easy to setup and add most games to and the controllers are solid, I only notice input lag on a couple titles. It's a fun toy that gives me a comfy like feeling that I usually only get from original hardware and it's a decent deal for $80.

Fuck no it isn't. Input lag, horrible emulation.

The thing is absolute fucking garbage and I say this as a Nintendrone.

I have every iteration of the NES hardware made by Nintendo and it's by far the worst.

>>4907754
Honestly OP this is the last place you should ask.

>>4907813
Why? Because we'll actually give him an honest assessment of the thing instead of just sucking Nintendo's cock?

>>4907824
You people would say the same things about everything that isn't real hardware, regardless of who produces it. Has nothing to do with Nintendo, I see the same kind of shit flinging about the raspberry pi and soft modded wiis, and whatever problems you use as an argument isn't noticeable to anyone who isn't an autist.

I have the European SNES mini and I love it. As other have said before it comes with great (short) controllers and is easy to add more games. Also it looks cute.

If you have the money why not? Sure, you can play NES on you phone, your PSP, the Wii, an Android TV box and many other modern electronics with an OS. If you wanted to play on any of those, you'd be playing already.

>>4907830
No one here is telling him to buy real hardware. We're telling him to download a free emulator. Because that's what anyone with a brain would do.

Raspberry Pis are fine if you need something compact to stick next to your TV or up your wife's bull's ass or whatever, though it's simply a fact that PC emulators are better given the option. Soft-modded Wiis are fine if you need something to easily connect to a CRT. An NES Classic is a bad choice in any situation.

>>4907850
>Because that's what anyone with a brain would do.
No, that's what you would do. It's like getting angry at a person for buying a 4x4 truck to drive in the downtown: for some people it might look cool, while for others it's a major waste of money and he would be better driving a 2000 Toyota.

>>4907861
If all you're interested in is "looking cool" you can just get a Raspberry Pi and one of the many, many NES-styled cases for it. The emulation will be better, you won't be limited to just one system, etc.

Again, the market for the NES Classic is fools who just want to suck on Nintendo's nostalgia-flavored cock without actually considering what it is they're wasting money on. Them and scalpers.

>>4907830
Bullshit sir modded Wii gets recommended quite a bit around here. I'm sure if the emulation were better people would be much bigger on the NES Classic.

>>4907754
various people will tell you to set up a raspberry pi emulator box but imo the snes classic was a worthwhile purchase. the controllers are high quality and the emulation works really well. input lag on the snes one is not bad. would recommend tbqh.

>>4907884
If you're going to shill, you might want to work on your English. I know you're getting paid cents an hour, but come on.

>>4907884
The SNES one is significantly better than the NES one. The NES one is junk. The SNES one is overpriced, but at least it works reasonably well.

Something about either the emulator itself or the controller makes playing these games more fun than on a pc. I've been emulating since the 90s and the minis are the best the games have felt tv in a long time.
Even if it some kind of placebo effect , it's been worth it to me

>>4907892
The rereleased NES one is literally the same board as the SNES one.

>>4907902
>the best the games have felt tv

Jesus Christ this is getting embarrassing.

>>4907754
SNES Classic, hacked to run games of a USB Flash stick is totally worth it.
Community actively supports it, and they have got a lot of good stuff running on a device that's power is about the same as Raspberry Pi 2.
The guys behind the Hakchi CE improved the PS1 performance yesterday by extracting the PSP PS1 bios and running them through the emulator and now a lot of games can run at fullspeed at high res:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK-Y8Q-1A8E&t=0s
Really good retrobox for anything up to PS1. Grab some 8bitdo Retro Receivers, (for wireless controllers), and extension cables for the included controllers like I did, and you have a nice little setup going that's easy to set up and move around.

>>4907781
>>4907787
>nintendrone
II'm one as well but even I prefer either emulation on a PC or just playing original carts on an original NES if I really feel like it. I know a few guys around here who would love to have a mini but they wouldn't want to put up with either the hassle of an original NES (you know, those reading errors with the pin connector) or feel bad when they emulate so I guess they just prefer the convenience and the brand name, even more than I do.

>>4907906
The board has nothing to do with it. The SNES emulator is just better than the NES emulator.

>>4907887
>shill
What's up with people here in the past years when anytime someone isn't all around sceptical and cynical you get called a shill? I wouldn't get a NES/SNES Classic either because I prefer the ways to play those games that are already here but come one dude, stop being so paranoid by thinking everyone's a paid shill or something. Also

>Nintendo
>needing shills when they've already got so many fanboys who would buy anything with their brand on it

>>4907754
If you don't give scalpers money, sure. I mean I don't know if it still gets scalped but for the money of a one modern game you get a cute mini console that you can add more games easily and 2 accurate controllers. It is also an easy hdmi plug and play kind of solution for NES games. It all depends on the price honestly.

>>4907887
nothing wrong with my english, buddy. also why would anyone shill on the slowest video game board on the internet?

>>4907892
yeah, i recall the emulation for NES on the wii being really bad too. i've only used retroarch on the snes classic.

>>4907958
you can get them pretty reliably for retail prices now.

>>4907935
>feel bad when they emulate
u wot nig

>>4907919
I dont know why it came out "tv" I meant to type "to me"

>>4907935
My PC is down stairs. Its nice to get in the mood for a game, flick a switch and be playing it on the TV upstairs. I've got a gorillian gigs of emulators and roms but its nice to just, boom, have some games ready to go.

I mean OBVIOUSLY, I hacked the thing...

>>4907781
>nintendrone
I fucking despise this term and the console war faggotry it comes from, "Nintendofag" is a lot less idiotic

>>4908194
I prefer "Nintard"

Not one post saying how it could be useful for bringing to a friends house or party. Not everyone has a computer or wants emulators installed on their pcs. Also you could bring it to work and play with friends on lunch or something.

>>4908234
Too bad many grown adults don't care for old games- or most games at all. And God forbid your boss sees you playing videogames at work.

I like mine a lot.

Original hardware is always better than emulation, sure.

So unless you're really picky and a purist, it's nice. I like having a SNES, NES, Genesis, GBA, and Atari on one system organized into folders with little system icons and a cute, simple UI. The UI just FEELS really fun...just scrolling through all of that old box-art with the little song playing is nice. I'm sure you could set something like this up on other emulators as well, but it's ready to go here. Just plug and play.

I did notice a little lag in particular when I was playing the Heat Man stage in Mega Man 2. Instead of landing perfectly flush on the blocks, he would slide to the ride just a pixel or two when he should have been perfectly still. Ultimately I never died from sliding off a block though--when I did it was just because I fucked up. Another glitch that was pointed out happens in Yoshi's Island during the fuzzy stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRHQvPmHL-8


I'm 30, work full-time, and do more than play retro video games...so a tiny bit of input lag like that which barely effects my gameplay and an occasional graphical hiccup doesn't bother me. This is a niche 4chan board though, so some faggots here are gonna shitpost about MUH ORIGINAL HARDWARE, but oh well. I have a blast playing Streets of Rage 2 and Turtles in Time with my friends. Oh, and buying wireless controllers is great and super comfy as well.

There are better emulators out there and if you have a Wii, you may just be better off modding that. But given the nice UI, the user friendliness of Hackchi, the collectable nostalgia of the physical system, and the plug-and-play HDMI readiness, I'd give it an 8/10.

>>4908242

If you throw Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and all the Marios on there, there are plenty of people who'd appreciate it just fine...

>>4908246
>SNES games
>NES controllers
I don't disagree with your post, but how the heck does that work

>>4908250
I have the snesclassic but I have read online that for wireless controllers they can be used interchangeably.

>>4907754
>no battle city
It's shit

I have a hacked Wii on component onto a 20" consumer Trinitron with fceugx and about 100 games.

Should I...
Wait, nvm. I'm waiting for FPGA to evolve. That's the future.
Also, blank repro carts for like $30-$40 a piece would be cool. Come on, free market. Do your stuff!

>>4907763
>>4907770
>implying OP has enough brain power as a chimp

>>4908252
You can use the Wii Classic Controller or a 3rd party controller

You're a lot better off building a PI and getting an hdmi - av/splitter and playing it on a crt

Near limitless games, emulators and power to play them.

>>4908472
lol the pi can barely handle nes games, what makes you think it can even handle snes or ps1

>>4908260
Blank repro carts already exist which aren't too expensive.

I got myself one of the re-rerelase ones out of curiousity and i've gotta say I kind of prefer it over an Rpi. I prefer the ui and since it has onboard flash memory I don't have to get another sd card of which i already have a ton but are all in use.
The setup is also much simpler so that's a plus if you just want something that you can set up quickly.

Also, the new NES controllers feel glorious.

>>4907931
got a link for that psp-ps1-bios?

>>4908475

>>4908496
I don't currently. I haven't extracted it myself via that guide.
Guess you could ask Kyland if his cat has "bumped the keyboard" lately.

I want one of these so I can take it to family/normie people houses. I wasn't ever able to get one wave 1, but I pre-ordered one from gamestop a few weeks ago. Was supposed to ship last Friday, but still hasn't. I'm seriously going to be pissed if I can't get one this time around.

>>4908475
I regularly play ps1 and snes games on my pi3.

>>4907769
Thanks, not like its hard to find or anything, but ive been meaning to load up my gp2x with some nes games...... its gonna take me a week to sift through those games for the ones i want though.

>>4909518
>I want one of these so I can take it to family/normie people houses.
You won't impress anyone, just bring your laptop and a controller or two. From my experience normal people think it's cool when they see emulation for the first time.

>>4907830
Rpies are just hipster memeberries. Nothing wrong, except there used to be alot of the retarded
> hey, anon just setting up my memeberry, what retroarch should i retroarch the retroarch in my ass in? Do i just shit the roms. Also earthbound thread, because retroarch plebbit memepie my ass is sore, help me!

Threads. But the wii is a fully functional 4th gen and lower emulation station, in 240p, its sega cd emulation is great with the wii mote as a lightgun (perfect for the snatcher fans, you can play the translated paych on your wii). Its got the definitive port of star control 2 with 3do fratures. A kick ass port of abuse and it plaus gamecube gamrs natively. Plug in a gc controller and memory card or you can boot from an sd card/external hdd or play triforce arcade games. The dosbox port supports quite a few great old titles and you can plug a mouse and keyboard into the usb slots in the back. Whoever is shitting on the wii is a fool!

>>4907754
Get a SNES classic and mod it.
It s the same board as the NES classic and you ll get a second controller with it.

>>4909554
Truth

>>4909562
It's amazing to me. I mean, who would have thought in 1992 that you could put dozens of SNES/Genesis games and play them on a single device like that, that's barely the size of a paperback novel. Sad we'll be hitting the wall soon and downsizing will be harder.
Even the Wii is only as big as a hardcover. Science needs to go further.

>>4907754

If you're the type to have like a party or something and other people who are not retro-gamers or even really gamers, it's a fun novelty. Good for nostalgia social aspect

Otherwise, hell no, do not bother unless you're a collector.

>>4909554
>playing Doom through DOSbox on a Wii with mouse and keyboard
This seems completely useless but also very interesting to me.

>>4908242
the snes is probably the best console for bringing to places and hanging out with, it's not uncommon in game enthusiast circles.

>>4908260
>blank repro carts for like $30-$40 a piece would be cool.
just contact some chinese sellers on aliexpress, they'll put whatever wherever if you pay them. you could probably get one for a couple bucks.

>>4908482
dunno about the nes one but the snes classic ui is fucking great. the demo mode even works with the retroarch games i have on my system somehow.

>>4909550
not everything has to be about impressing people, the convenience is quite nice for just playing some good games without a bunch of setup.

>>4909591
fuck dude look at the switch. it's thinner than some comics i own and mario odyssey and botw would make 1992 people piss themselves.

>>4910135
>it's thinner than some comics i own and mario odyssey and botw would make 1992 people piss themselves.
I've never even seen one yet. Still debating whether it's worth it. It's current gen rivals disgust me. Gimped PCs are gimped. But yeah, and smartphones/GPD portables.It's sad that most smartphones are considered expendable. Imagine having that much power. ANYTIME before the PSP.

>>4907754
Tl;Dr- If your are a normie "casual tech user/gamer" who wasn't born or old enough to have experienced this system in its hey-day or who just wants plug and play nostalgia.

This product is the modern day equivalent to the drunk/high college aged frat boy that owned a N64 with only 2 games - Mario Kart and Smash.

>just emulate, bro!
Emulation is pretty much illegal (inb4 semantic arguments). So most "goody two shoe types" won't accept it as a viable option. Most casual tech users won't know how to emulate much less trust third party software (because muh viruses). Not everyone has a Wii to mod either.

>just build this thing or buy these items and convert x to a home gaming system.

I'm a family man with a demanding full time job with other interests aside from gaming. I don't have time to wander through a radio shack looking for converter cables or shopping online and reading thousands of reviews to then pay slightly less to then build a RPi emulator or convert my phone/tablet/computer into an emulator that's plugged into my TV just so I can say I'm not a sheeple and look I saved like 45 bucks by doing so on some shitty Scandinavian clog admiration fan-site(or pinterest).

I bought one. I have various emulators and ROMs on my laptop as well. But nothing beats the feeling of sitting on the floor with my 2 year old and watching him play excitabike. It isn't difficult for him. All he as to do is hold the controller and push one button and the bike goes. He even knows how to turn on/off the NES. Plus if he breaks that it's no big deal (well...not AS big) than if he fucked up the laptop.

>>4910653
>Emulation is pretty much illegal
No it's not, and everytime someone tried to bring emulators makers to court they lost.
Even fuckhuge Sony lost against a fucking COMMERCIAL emulator company.
>2 year old play excitebike
2 years old are too busy avoiding to shit themselves, let alone play hard NES videogames.
6 years would have been a more believable age shitposter-kun.

I've been enjoying mine. I plan on beating all of the games on it eventually.

Yes.
It looks cool, feels cool and can be hacked.

>>4907754
Are you a normie? are you someone that brings every thing to other people and cant do anything on your own such as going to the barbers to cut your own hair, going to the mechanics to get an oil change, going to the geek squad when your pc has a virus?
if you answered yes to any of these, then yes get a Nes or snes classsic.
its idiot proof
even if you do hack it (which a drooling tard could do) you cant fuck it up.

its perfect for children and men who arent practical.
also
>getting a virus in the first place

>>4910676
>emulators to court
That's like trying to take VLC to court over pirated movies. Of course it wouldn't fly. I said inb4 semantic arguments you stupid cunt.

>believable age
It's excitabike you stupid nigger. B or A makes it go. I didn't say he was getting first fucking place. And what kind of 2 yr old do you hang out with you fucking virgin?

>>4910135
>ot everything has to be about impressing people, the convenience is quite nice for just playing some good games without a bunch of setup.


>start up laptop
>plug in controllers
>attach cable to TV (optional)
>click rom icon

oh what a difficult, time-wasting setup!

>>4910968
bullshit thats not how it works. its obvious youve never had other people around to play. you are a loner.

this is how it goes
>whats the program
>where do I click
>how do I start it
>whats this game "says title game"
>what are those other buttons for in the controller

>>4911032
Well, when I bring the laptop over my nephews to play emulator games with them (I do this every time I go to my sisters) I'm the one doing all the clicking. So yes, that's how it works.

And even if I were to do this with adult friends I really don't think there would be any confusion unless for some reason they were doing it without me. Open roms folder, click rom (which has title of game on it) and it opens in the appropriate emulator. Start game with controller, have fun.

>>4911149
You're underestimating how stupid the average Ninturd is. Remember when they were licking Switch cartridges?

>>4911249
I'd say you're underestimating the average consumer. Not all of them will be able to program on a computer but most of them are at least smart enough to follow instructions from a tutorial/manual. Hell I used to be a stupid kid who could barely type or knew how get things working on a desktop computer and only played console and handheld games and even I was able to learn how to set up programs correctly. And again, doing much more is far from what companies like Microsoft or Apple expect you to do on computers with their OS.
If they can't even use a computer correctly in this day and age when it's easier than possible then they're actually mentally challenged and shouldn't use them anyway without external help.

Love the mini nintendo. I can finally play mario and duck hunt again like the good old days.

>>4911270
>and duck hunt
If Nintendo ever released a console capable playing Duck Hunt on modern TV sets, it would be Wii

>>4911278
Dude the game is called Super Mario Bros Duck Hunt

>>4911278
They kind of did that with Wii Play. The shooting game has the ducks in it.

>>4911295
Well, Wii required set up, so you can't bring it at party, plug it in and play.
But imagine if Nintendo made some NES classic 2 with some kind of zapper.
Shit would be cash.

>>4911278
Duck hunt is on the Wii U Virtual Console

>>4907754
>spend $80 on this to get thirty games

OR

>spend the same price (or less) on a pre-owned Wii, flash drive, SD card, and GC controller (or Wii U Sm4sh controller) to turn one console into seven or more

There is seriously zero reason to get the classic systems unless you're just absolutely fueled by "oh it LOOKS so nostalgic!" Purely fashion over function.

My gf brought one home today from target. I hooked it up in the kids room and went to start a game for them, the pos controller doesn't work so it came doa straight from the box. Don't they even bother testing this garbage

>>4912161
I’m sorry to hear that your girlfriend’s kids were unable to experience some Classic Gaming action. I had a similar issue with the one I bought for my wife’s son, in the end she had her African-American fitness instructor come over and service it and now we’re finally able to play the Classics together in my awesome Retro Mancave.

>>4912165

My wife's bf couldn't even get hackchi working. I had it up within a week. What a chump.

>>4911309
The Switch can use gyro controls to simulate a pointer really well. Not sure how well it'd work for a straight port of Duck Hunt, but something similar would work

>>4910959
>And what kind of 2 yr old do you hang out with you fucking virgin?

i don't understand this jab are you saying he doesnt have enough sex with 2 year olds?

>>4912282
>subtile cuck

>>4912957
>cuck jokes
>subtle
Pick one.

>>4912037
>purely fashion over function
Guess what matters more for outsiders? It's not like they're even going to play those games, let alone have some actual discussion about the games that are included or added later. And no, I'm not going to call them "normies" or "normalfags".