Retro station thread

[Anonymous No.5882619]

Gamestop edition. Do they have a nice set up than you?

[Anonymous No.5882741]

Fuck Gamestop. I'm glad they're dying.

[Anonymous No.5882743]

>>5882619
>widescreen crt
>composite
nah.

[Anonymous No.5882751]

>>5882619
No but they have a nice engrish than you

[Anonymous No.5882752]

>>5882743
I bet you don't have two Retron 5s.

[Anonymous No.5883216]

>>5882752
>owning a retron 5

[Anonymous No.5883227]

im always wondering how sentimentalists towards old consoles manage to keep everything playable
like, how can you have so many consoles and be able to play games on each without cluttering things up or taking up too much space?

[Anonymous No.5883228]

>>5883227
not living in a closet, back up loading and having space so that taking up any isn't a big deal.

[Anonymous No.5883229]

>>5882743
that TV is 4:3 dummy

[Anonymous No.5883230]

Why is peach so perfect bros

[Anonymous No.5883237]

>>5883228
what about keeping everything organized and accessible
i get you can stash games on a bookshelf or something but what do you do with the consoles

[Anonymous No.5883246]

>>5883237
look up "entertainment center". consoles take up far less space than the stacks and stacks of AV equipment people have (or at least used to have)

[Anonymous No.5883267]

>>5883246
i see
okay lastly, what about switching between consoles with AV cables
i got a few of my own methods like pic related but is there any other things i could check out to make switching easier

[Anonymous No.5883270]

>>5883267
I use an extron crosspoint

[Anonymous No.5883279]

>>5883267
I use 2 5-way scart leads. My CRT has 2 scart inputs.

[Anonymous No.5883281]

>>5883267
There are all sorts of cheap and easy AV switching options, especially for consumer standards like composite cables.
I have a bunch of consoles, most with RGB cables though, so I actually use an extron matrix switcher.

[Anonymous No.5883298]

>>5883281
I need one.

[Anonymous No.5883303]

>>5883298
They are insanely cheap.

[Anonymous No.5883306]

>>5883281
is this the 84?

[Anonymous No.5883315]

>>5883281
Nice, that's broadcast quality. Hope you have a 19 inch rack standing around.

[Anonymous No.5883317]

>>5883230
Because she's feminine and not a slut.

[Anonymous No.5883323]

>>5883306
No you little dumbass

[Anonymous No.5883325]

>>5883323
i've never even heard of extron 30 minutes ago
gimme a break

[Anonymous No.5883329]

im guessing something like this is essentially blasphemous to the board, huh?

[Anonymous No.5883330]

>>5883329
Idolatry will not be tolerated

[Anonymous No.5883331]

>>5883329
Not really, it's just gay and pifags are annoying

[Anonymous No.5883338]

>>5883331
i'd support it for its practicality but running games on it just feels fake and unfaithful to the original experience
feels like im playing on a console made by mad catz, if you will
perfectly functional, but uncomfortable

[Anonymous No.5883345]

>>5883338
I agree with you. Much like the retron experience.

[Anonymous No.5883353]

>>5883345
i'd say retron is the halfway mark
you can have all the authentic carts for the games but the console itself could be argued as the simple translator between the games and the tv
either way it still fuels the conflict between saving space and actually having all the physical software in your hands

[Anonymous No.5883361]

>>5883345
Pi's terrible, but Retron's possibly even worse.

[Anonymous No.5883510]

>DUDE JUST GET A CRT AND 15-20 DIFFERENT CONSOLES AND SPEND 100s OF DOLLARS ON GAMES INFLATED FURTHER BY SCALPERS, DON'T BOTHER WITH A RETRON
wew

[Anonymous No.5883516]

>>5883510
remind me never to get into collecting as a hobby

[Anonymous No.5883526]

>>5883510
>SPEND 100s OF DOLLARS ON GAME COSMETICS INSTEAD
ZOOM!

[Anonymous No.5883531]

>>5883526
>IF YOU DON'T SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON OBSOLETE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE YOU MUST SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON COSMETICS

[Anonymous No.5883535]

What's wrong with Retron? I'm about to order one and flashcarts.

[Anonymous No.5883543]

>>5882619
I get that they're using Retron 5's in the store for game displays and demos, but why run them through a hdmi-to-av adaptor and crt? I'm actually kind of impressed Gamestop went out of their way to get actual, decent crts. This is just one store and for a promo video too, so I doubt the others will all have that. Interesting move they're doing, trying the gaming lounge/play experience but this isn't gonna save them

[Anonymous No.5883571]

>>5883535
Retrons run hte games using emulation, it dumps the cart you use and runs it internally, it isnt running on "cloned" hardware.

[Anonymous No.5883572]

>>5883535
It's just a really shitty emulator box. Nothing wrong with emulating, but just use your goddamn PC or one of the other million devices you already own capable of emulation.
Also retron won't work with flashcarts anyway.

>>5883510
Nice false dichotomy, retard. You can emulate without needing a shitty retron. You can also play on real hardware with a flashcart/modchip and not pay for games anyway. Hell, you can even hook your PC up to a CRT and emulate that way as well.

[Anonymous No.5883850]

Where's the newspaper?

[Anonymous No.5883931]

>>5883361
Definitely worse because it violates multiple emulator licenses
>>5883535
>What's wrong with Retron?
It violates the licenses of multiple open source emulator projects. Just emulate on a PC or use real hardware.

[Anonymous No.5883935]

>>5882619
Soundcuck.

[Anonymous No.5883938]

>>5883237
Simple. Pull out the console when you want to play it, keep it in a closet otherwise. I don't hop between consoles/games so frequently that I need more than one or two out at a time.
Pros of being an RPG gamer and/or playing hard platformers that take a lot of time to get good at like castlevania 3.

[Anonymous No.5883950]

>>5883938
that kind of situation is precisely what i want to avoid
i want to have the largest amount of physical consoles possible available at once with the least amount of effort in switching between them
so if i decide to stop playing banjo-kazooie and start playing mario galaxy, all i'll need to do would be to press a few buttons and insert the correct software

[Anonymous No.5883956]

>>5883950
>I have to unplug a power cable and multi-AV cable that is compatible with multiple nintendo systems in order to play a different game
>I need to be playing four different consoles at all times

[Anonymous No.5883971]

>>5883956
>>I have to unplug a power cable and multi-AV cable that is compatible with multiple nintendo systems in order to play a different game
that part is tolerable
i wanted to add in my previous post that i also want my setup to have little complexity and setup cost but i couldn't articulate it

the reason why i want to do all this is cause i have a habit of sticking to one console for a period of time and forgetting about the others due to the need to swap out all the connections, small as it may be
so i figure if i can find a setup that simplifies switching everything while maintaining physical playability and minimizing potential costs, i can play the games i want to without needing to put anything away
also the actual task of putting all this together is something of a fun engineering puzzle to me, so there's that

[Anonymous No.5883989]

Pls no bully

[Anonymous No.5884013]

Freak widdit

[Anonymous No.5884045]

>>5883989
Yet another soundcuck.

[Anonymous No.5884157]

>>5883989
Clean that dust and take off those price tags!

[Anonymous No.5884213]

>>5883227
It's very easy, I have probably 15-20 retro consoles and it takes up 12 feet of my basement. Good storage, good switchers and it takes care of itself. Also to avoid the "pawn shop chic" look use flashcarts and storage drawers.

[Anonymous No.5884254]

>>5884013
>Toys on top of TV
Shit

[Anonymous No.5884318]

>>5883989
>MSX2
That's not something to bully
I love that

[Anonymous No.5885089]

I need to update this. I've since upgraded to an OLED TV, Got a Framemeister, incorporated an HDMI Matrix, and got a Wonderswan/Swan Crystal. Also, like 150 more games.

I'm probably going to get a PC-FX next week or so

[Anonymous No.5885217]

>>5883510
>Find working CRT in dumpster
>Gifted an N64
>Friend lets me borrow his old games
It's a good feel :)

[Anonymous No.5885384]

>>5884013
not bad
where'd you put your gamecube?
also
>physical version of earthbound
that copy better be authentic

[Anonymous No.5885397]

>>5883531
You don't have to but we both know you would if you weren't so poor

[Anonymous No.5885402]

How big is that TV in OP? i have a 27 Trinitron and my N64 doesnt look as tiny by its side.

[Anonymous No.5885413]

my setup has changed quite a bit since but I like this pic

[Anonymous No.5885695]

Not got any space and it sucks.
Also I'm messy because I've been doing a lot of console modding over the last few days.

[Anonymous No.5885707]

>>5885089
Those speakers are gonna distort your color purity on that crt.
Speaking from experience with my 20L5.

[Anonymous No.5886827]

>>5885413
Very Noice
Where do you live? Looks comfy

[Anonymous No.5886909]

My Trinitron has been having flashes of white, distortions, and the picture jittering up and down.
The weird thing is, it only happens on composite/Svideo, component is still pristine.
Anyone know if this is fixable?

[Anonymous No.5886921]

>>5886909
Also, it does it even on a black screen, so it's not the console.
Seems to become less frequent as it warms up? Maybe?

[Anonymous No.5887647]

>>5885695
nice umbreon!