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Post by rossi46 on Aug 28, 2022 19:47:23 GMT
There was a system update for both the Retroid Pocket 2+ and AetherXS2 PS2 emulation app today and I can confirm that PS2 Auto Modellista runs at a very respectable 53fps at the default settings. This is a brilliant sign that the devs are making huge strides with this emulator.
I have tons of PS2 isos on my hard drive (and the physical copies in my games pile, too, obviously) and I'm going to try some others.
R: Racing next, methinks.
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Post by kerr9000 on Aug 28, 2022 20:04:02 GMT
There was a system update for both the Retroid Pocket 2+ and AetherXS2 PS2 emulation app today and I can confirm that PS2 Auto Modellista runs at a very respectable 53fps at the default settings. This is a brilliant sign that the devs are making huge strides with this emulator. I have tons of PS2 isos on my hard drive (and the physical copies in my games pile, too, obviously) and I'm going to try some others. R: Racing next, methinks. I have a decent amount of PS1 and GameCube game files but not PS2 |
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Post by mattb on Aug 29, 2022 4:29:27 GMT
Yeah, AtherSX2 seems to be coming on in leaps and bounds, although I'd still think you want something a bit more upmarket than the RP2+ for it. Even if the emulation was good enough, the controls would still be quite limiting.
Citra also got an update and it might be worth a look to see if any more 3DS games have become playable, as that usually just entails running fast enough. It's not quite the same as the original hardware though, for obvious reasons.
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Post by ruysan on Aug 30, 2022 11:49:18 GMT
I enjoy real games and emu options. I like a physical collection BUT, if I find a really nice option to go emu, I have sold the boxed games for the crazy money they are worth and continued enjoying the games themselves digitally. I do still try to buy all Nintendo games physical as they are very likely to retain resale value or even go up depending on what they are. My main issue, and I know we probably technically can't ask it here, has always been where to acquire games safely without screwing up my PC with viruses etc. I have all my PSP games running from the memory card via CFW and my PS2 collection on the HDD mod, but these are all games I have ripped from discs myself. A lad at work is always talking about the "sources" constantly getting compromised and having to change where he goes to find stuff. Just use the internet archive. (https://archive.org/) You have romsets for every kind of old consoles and arcades. |
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Post by sephiroth81 on Aug 31, 2022 18:41:16 GMT
The Archive.org are doings God's work.
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Post by Tescu on Sept 5, 2022 6:02:54 GMT
Using a PC or a phone for emulation is cool and all, they can be impressive as heck, but when you use a console, or a handheld especially, it feels way more magical and unique. I've been using my 3DS to emulate most NES, SNES, Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Boy, and also its native DS hardware to play some cool stuff, like a Neo Geo emulator, which is still impressive to this day to have a (somewhat) working Neo Geo emulator for DS.
And when you cant access arcades, you can very easily get some arcade roms and play those old and forgotten games and even hacks of them. I for one use r/roms megathread for getting roms, it basically gives you links to romsets from either no-intro or redump.
In any case, emulation rocks, and it is nice to see old consoles with very underpowered hardware running other old consoles. I even recall seeing an Intellivision emulator for NES.
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Post by kerr9000 on Sept 5, 2022 10:07:40 GMT
Using a PC or a phone for emulation is cool and all, they can be impressive as heck, but when you use a console, or a handheld especially, it feels way more magical and unique. I've been using my 3DS to emulate most NES, SNES, Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Boy, and also its native DS hardware to play some cool stuff, like a Neo Geo emulator, which is still impressive to this day to have a (somewhat) working Neo Geo emulator for DS. And when you cant access arcades, you can very easily get some arcade roms and play those old and forgotten games and even hacks of them. I for one use r/roms megathread for getting roms, it basically gives you links to romsets from either no-intro or redump. In any case, emulation rocks, and it is nice to see old consoles with very underpowered hardware running other old consoles. I even recall seeing an Intellivision emulator for NES.
Yeah I use my 2DS to emulate like that it is cool. I do have a New Nintendo 3DS XL but I kind of wanted to keep that one un hacked for some reason
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Post by sephiroth81 on Sept 5, 2022 21:58:42 GMT
Using a PC or a phone for emulation is cool and all, they can be impressive as heck, but when you use a console, or a handheld especially, it feels way more magical and unique. I've been using my 3DS to emulate most NES, SNES, Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Boy, and also its native DS hardware to play some cool stuff, like a Neo Geo emulator, which is still impressive to this day to have a (somewhat) working Neo Geo emulator for DS. And when you cant access arcades, you can very easily get some arcade roms and play those old and forgotten games and even hacks of them. I for one use r/roms megathread for getting roms, it basically gives you links to romsets from either no-intro or redump. In any case, emulation rocks, and it is nice to see old consoles with very underpowered hardware running other old consoles. I even recall seeing an Intellivision emulator for NES.
Yeah I use my 2DS to emulate like that it is cool. I do have a New Nintendo 3DS XL but I kind of wanted to keep that one un hacked for some reason
I modded my OG old style 3DS first before I did the "New" 3DS (just to check if it was easy to do and safe), but its def worth modding the "New", since you can then exploit the much faster CPU/GPU to speed up native 3DS games. This works surprisingly well, and often leads to vastly improved framerates on games that aren't officially optimised for the new 3ds hardware. I was toggling the New/Old speed on Yoshis New Island, and it was chugging on the old/native speed, but seemed to run faultlessly on the New. I guess Nintendo didn't want old 3DS owners to feel like their version of games were gimped, so they instead just de-clocked the New 3DS to run at the old speed on the vast majority of games officially. Also, New 3DS REALLY helps run emulators that normally struggle on Old 3DS....SNES, Neo Geo, C64 and Amiga in particular. I'm surprised to hear that Neo Geo games run on OG DS hardware though! Not tried it myself, but would imagine it helps when run on a 3DS as it would use the faster DSi clockspeed for running homebrew, so at least gives it a fighting chance of working! The other issue of running DS emulators is they are only able to use the small 256 x 192 resolution, rather than the 3DSs larger resolution. This means many systems are running a bit squashed in DS mode....although it is pixel perfect for the ZX Spectrum! |
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Post by mattb on Sept 6, 2022 4:28:48 GMT
I think the PSP was the peak for hacked handhelds. It had fairly competitive specs to the smartphones and PDAs of the time and far better controls, so was far and away the best all round handheld emulation experience. The DS was pretty good too and you'd get the best of what could played on the go with one of each.
Nowadays it just feels the other way around. There are cheap Android and Linux devices with good controls and far more processing power that the 3DS and Vita can't even come close to. Hacking them for emulation is still nice bit of bonus content, but I don't think you'd want to go out and buy one just for that, especially given how much they've been going for of late.
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Post by sephiroth81 on Sept 9, 2022 8:39:15 GMT
There is something soulless about those cheap android/linux devices, despite their emulation capabilities. Plus, you can never quite replicate a DS, and particularly a 3DS with one screen and no stylus! For example, as much as I like emulators with a long list of roms as a user interface, it can never quite match the authenticity and feel of a Virtual Console channel (on 3DS)....even if that channel is pirated and a fake inject of a rom.
I had a couple of these handheld emulation devices in the past, and they never really got much use in the end after the initial dopamine rush of playing a PS1 or N64 game on it.
Are the Nintendo DS and 3DS consoles that pricey now? Seen DS Lites dirt cheap, and while the New 3DS is probably still holding high value, there should be the cheaper 2DS alternative with the same hardware minus the self-indulgent and eye-busting 3D screen! Even the old 2DS/3DS are worth getting, despite the more ageing hardware, as its still provides hardware perfect emulation of GBA, DS, DSi and 3DS games.
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Post by kerr9000 on Sept 9, 2022 9:49:01 GMT
There is something soulless about those cheap android/linux devices, despite their emulation capabilities. Plus, you can never quite replicate a DS, and particularly a 3DS with one screen and no stylus! For example, as much as I like emulators with a long list of roms as a user interface, it can never quite match the authenticity and feel of a Virtual Console channel (on 3DS)....even if that channel is pirated and a fake inject of a rom. I had a couple of these handheld emulation devices in the past, and they never really got much use in the end after the initial dopamine rush of playing a PS1 or N64 game on it. Are the Nintendo DS and 3DS consoles that pricey now? Seen DS Lites dirt cheap, and while the New 3DS is probably still holding high value, there should be the cheaper 2DS alternative with the same hardware minus the self-indulgent and eye-busting 3D screen! Even the old 2DS/3DS are worth getting, despite the more ageing hardware, as its still provides hardware perfect emulation of GBA, DS, DSi and 3DS games. A lot of shops are now asking like £80 for the kiddy tab style 2DS , £100 for the original 3DS etc. Yet when I got my tab style 2DS consoles one was £25ish and the other was like £30 or £40... Heck my new 3DS XL got just after shops opened back up from COVID was £80 with it's charger and a loose smash Bros cart. I think they've climbed in worth as there starting to be considered retro and interest is building in both collecting and hacking. |
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Post by rossi46 on Sept 9, 2022 9:58:35 GMT
You have to choose carefully. The Retroid Pocket 2+ (and now 3) has utterly fantastic PSP emulation with Saturn really close behind. The PS1 and N64 emulation is 100% and fluid. Half the fun (for me at least) is in the tinkering of the settings to maximise frame rates and overlay gfx effects. The 16bit capabilities are spot on too.
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Its just some interesting potential opportunities for AI and automation to help and free humans in the future, rather than enslave us. We need General Zod to implement it.