/vr/ - Retro Games

Emulatorchads win again

Not my problem.

>>8915614
Meh, got an N8, see no reason to get the pro, plus it looks ugly in comparison

>>8915683
Well the only place I know to get an official N8 was thru SAG, but they wanted $118 for it and I just couldn't deal with that when I could pay $60 for the better version.

>>8915614
mine never made it out of the ukraine

>>8915689
$60 more*

Thankfully I was able to get a 5x mini today when they opened orders. Just in time too since I got this pic related Micro on it's way.

>>8915689
The only thing I don’t have is the FXPAK pro but I have one of those Chinese SD2SNES carts, which runs everything so I don’t really have to worry about that

>>8915710
How well does that run FX games like Starfox?

>>8915681
You still need Everdrive 64

>>8915718
Everyone says that N64 emulation is super good now to where consoles are not needed, but I doubt it desu.

>>8915681
What would be the point of using this thing over my computer?

>>8915683
The N8 Pro is god-tier. You can't play Metal Slader Glory, recent chinese bootlegs, and other gigantic patched games on the original N8.
>>8915614
$2-25 isn't exactly a deal-breaker

>>8915745
Better accuracy in some cores and CRT/light gun compatibility.

>>8915745
You can play the games instead of approximating the experience of playing them, it's pretty cool.

>>8915718
Why? I only play retro games.
>>8915745
This is better and your computer can be put to better use.

>>8915614
>Did you get everything you wanted?
You betcha.

>>8915716
Perfectly, it even runs the overclock versions if you so choose

>>8915751
Do people really play light gun games at home? I guess it sounds fun but I've never been assed to buy one. There's an arcade bar a 15 minute walk from my front door though so I can scratch that itch there.

>>8915751
>>8915757
I use my Wii for everything 8 and 16-bit, plus it supports Gamecube natively. I bet it's better than that device.

>>8915748
No loss for me, it plays everything I want it too and well
I’ve balanced audio levels on it perfectly so the original N8 sounds and looks great on my av famicom, I don’t want that giant wart on it for a couple games I’ll never play

>>8915683
I wish so badly that I could get an N8 Pro that looks like the regular N8.

>>8915785
I don't have to bet because I've had a Wii and now I don't use it. On the other hand, you've clearly never used a MiSTer. That means one of us knows more than the other.

>>8915821
Does it do gamecube even better than gamecube does gamecube? Doubt it.

And yet chink prices remain the same.

>>8915614
>missed gba mini
>again
come the fuck on

>>8915792
You do know there are tons of Famicom carts in that form factor right?

>>8915968
>tons
There are also a heap of MD games in a shitty tall cart, they look ugly

>>8915968
Of course he does. The smaller, brightly colored carts just look nicer.

>>8915992
weird shit man

>>8915683
>>8915792
I don't know about you, but I, like other socially well adjusted, attractive, fit, hedonistic, and wealthy individuals who decide to spend what little free time playing pointless video games, tend to look at the TV when I play video games, not the console, nor the cartridge.

>>8915785
Light guns are fun for about five minutes and then you'll never want to play them again

>>8915617
Flash carts are a kind of emulation.

Got 64 X5, GBA mini, and GB X5, I’m good to go

>>8916050
t. scrub at namco ludos

>>8916048
As do I anon, which is why I didn’t spend double the money for modded games

>>8915681
>>8915765
these function the same to the end user, prove me wrong

>>8916058
Nah it's just a custom multicart

>>8916058
so far as data delivery goes, sure
unless you're talking about the SNES which obviously has the chips

>>8915614
Is there any point to getting a Famicom N8 pro or is using an NES everdrive plus pin converter the same?

>>8915681
Cool raspberry pi case

>>8915614
>Did you get everything you wanted?
Yes.

>>8915949
Just get EZ Flash DE. It's literally the same but half the price.

>>8916798
The EZ Flash is not the same, it's better.

>Mega Everdrive Pro out of stock
>Mega X7 EOL
Any chinese alternatives?

>>8916984
Of those two?
No, there is MegaSD by terraonion though

>>8915693
;_; should i do a chargeback?
its been almost 2 months

>>8917053
Just hit him up right now and tell him it never made it.

>>8917053
>its been almost 2 months
Same. Mine says tracking isn't available.

>>8915785
>it supports Gamecube natively
Nintendont is GC emulated in Wii mode. I know you didn't say that and I'm sorry if you genuinely only use GC discs on your Wii, but I've seen many people who use nintendont and usb loader and believe they are using native GC.

>>8917103
>emulated
No, it’s GC at a higher clock speed, there is no way it can emulate GC better than the GC can run
It is still native

>>8917103
That other anon is right about it being native despite the higher clock speed, but you can also use Swiss, cMIOS or Dios MIOS/Lite for truly accurate GameCube playback.

>>8917103
Whoa, the wii is really a powerhouse. It is able to emulate a console only one gen behind. Fucking /vr/

>>8917113
To be fair, the XBox 360 did this

>>8917119
So did PS3's. Even the ones without the PS2 hardware can do some software emulation.

>>8916061
I got a 64 X7
and I don’t even have an N64 anymore

>>8917098
I have tracking but no update since April 18, still in the Ukraine post office

>>8917113
>>8917112
>>8917108
You are over subscribing the term "emulation." Wii mode does things differently to a real GC by virtue of being a superset of the hardware and what Nintendont does is literally "emulates" the back and forth a gamecube would get from the chipset. The fact that it's not 100% pure software emulation like dolphin doesn't change the fact that it's not natively executing the code. For gameplay the high CPU clock changes the way the game plays in measurable ways and for graphics there have been numerous rendering errors that have had to be hacked around along the way.

And the other anon is bang on about the other MIOS based solutions, that's why I said specifically Nintendont as it's the most popular due to being less restrictive but it's still a less than native partial emulation no matter how you philosophically slice it.

>>8917164
Hard disagree there anon, but you do you
Overclocking a mega drive does not make it emulation

>>8915614
>bought an EZ Flash Jr last week
>have had an EZ Flash Omega for years
>bought a Mega Everdrive, SD2SNES, and Everdrive 64 years ago
>hacked wii and PSP if I'm not feeling like any of that
i'm good

>>8915792
Can you share your sound level setup ?

>>8917119
It didn’t do it very well, depending on the game.

>>8917349
Not at the moment no

>>8917164
You're just describing how ISO loaders work now.
>The fact that it's not 100% pure software emulation like dolphin doesn't change the fact that it's not natively executing the code
But it is natively executing the code. Some code has been patched to redirect disc I/O, plus whatever other enhancements you choose. But the whole rest of the game runs on bare metal and there's no interpreter or recompiler anywhere.
The only unusual thing about Nintendont is that timers are patched due to the faster clock, and some I/O base registers were changed.

Managed to get ed64 x7 yesterday, think I got the last one because it was out of stock after my purchase. He tweeted there were some available on the 15th, but I never saw any. Glad hes back up and running. I already had a v3 but feel like supporting him buying the x7. Just wish he made more updates to the os and add more features.

>>8917382
As long as you are OK to share it, feel free to do whenever you want

>>8915756
>mame drivers rewritten in verilog isn't emulation
that's some top keks

Got an ed64. Now i just need to figure out what's the best way to get hdmi on my n64, seems like quite a few options

>>8917103
All the information you'll ever need at your fingertips and you say retarded shit like this.

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Nintendont

>>8915681
Faggot.

>>8915727
it doesn't matter because n64 has no games

>>8915949
ezflash de is the best gba flashcart its the only one that supports palpark on the nds lets your pokemon game receive event mon from event cart dumps and also the only one with full gamecube compat

>>8917103
nintendont is shit and you can run swiss in gamecube mode

>>8918268
>Nintendont - perfect compatibility
>Swiss - limited compatibility
Hmmm, tough choice

>>8918341
nah nintendont doesn't work properly with the pokemon box mode that lets you play pokemon on the gamecube via link cable, it works in swiss

>>8918353
>pokemon

>>8918389
only games worth playing

only think im missing is the 64x7
got an n8 pro in the recent batch

>>8918353
>Game boy game
Lol

>>8918261
Other flashcarts are compatible with GameCube too. I didn't try it myself (because who the fuck cares) but I bet event carts are also compatible.

>>8918353
But why would you want to do that

>>8918389
>>8918397
>>8918407
cope

>>8918419
It’s a GBA emulator

>>8918423
No, it has to be my specific GBA emulator that comes with pokemon box or it doesn't count.

I'm happy I got myself a GB x3 when they came in stock. There's so few games that actually have a real time clock from the generation and don't mind the extra step of pressing a button to save the sram.

>>8918636
Can you even play Pokémon without an RTC?

>>8918650
Only GSC had a clock. Nothing required the clock outside of some Pokémon availability changing, and there's a button combo to reset it if needed.

>>8918650
I think you can, I was emulating Japanese Crystal and not sure how but I moved my save to a DSi and the clock was reset and the game asked me to input the hour again. The save itself was fine

I already got everything I could get except the Gba ever drive, but I'm getting an Ez flash for that one.

>>8915614
Had a heap of stuff in the shopping cart during the halloween sale but decided to wait a bit to think about it. Came back and the cart shells I wanted were out of stock so I was annoyed and only got the everdrive gba. Wanted game gear and gb x7 carts because gb and game gear games often have annoying password saves.

Already have standard gb and game gear carts, sms x7, fx pak, famicom, multiple genesis carts. Also got terra onion cart but I think I'll regret it because I think a cart with built in 32x will come out soon.

>>8918261
ezflash looks like it uses firmware from 2005, the Krikkz gba one just works, no issues, patching or any setup needed or nonsense cheat stuff that gets in the way of playing the game.

>>8919330
You must be from 2005 if you think anything you just said applies to the current generation of EZ Flash carts.

Hell, even the ancient EZ Flash carts from back then got a kernel update to remove the need for patches. You're just parroting outdated information.

>>8918403
nah theres two modes that the gamecube stuff connects in ezflash de has a mode that pretends to be a real cart https://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=11044.0

>>8919564
Shinyquagsire23's comment in this thread works for those games. I tested it personally because this problem was mentioned in another thread.

>>8919330
>ezflash looks like it uses firmware from 2005, the Krikkz gba one just works, no issues, patching or any setup needed or nonsense cheat stuff that gets in the way of playing the game.
everything you said is a lie.

>>8915681

I ordered April 18 and the device came in May 12 so it does take a while.