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Captain Rufus posted:Listen I am cool with idiots spending triple digits on old Videogames and other dorky nonsense. Because I can both mock and exploit dipshits with more money than sense. (Or more likely debt up to their goddamned eyeballs. Aprs are one goddamn Bitchass motherfucker.) listen, here's some perspective : people are gonna spend their money on things they like, and they may like those things for all kinds of reasons, but you're not a loving prole for yelling about someone else buy a $400 game that you're mad is out of your price range
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8-bit Miniboss posted:I paid for Magic Engine years ago and I'm OK with it. Same. And I actually won a Japanese import copy of Dungeon Explorer 2 thru their monthly contest many years ago so in essence it paid for itself.
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Kid Fenris posted:I buy old video games as investments, maintaining a portfolio heavily titled toward reliable PC Engine shooters and Super NES RPG gains, though I'm looking to diversify with xz riskier Neo Geo Pocket Color rarities should SNK nostalgia maintain its upward trend. https://i.imgur.com/KAl41fM.jpg Bubble bubble bubble
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I think the prices people are paying for old video games are super dumb but it's not preventing me from playing them on my hardware so I have stopped caring, it's more fun to laugh at them than to get righteously mad about it e: also yes magic engine is the best PCE emulator if you happen to come acorss a version that mysteriously doesn't have a timer
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Speaking of turbo stuff, db-elec is putting more db-grafx boosters (modless rgb/svideo/composite) for sale tomorrow 4pm EST. Mine works great, totally worth it.
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Caitlin posted:lol "bougies" It's not hard to see why it is the way it is at least. FFIX is has always openly been a homage to the very early Final Fantasies, and the character models are just NES/SNES character sprites in 3D to go with it.
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Caitlin posted:listen, here's some perspective : people are gonna spend their money on things they like, and they may like those things for all kinds of reasons, but you're not a loving prole for yelling about someone else buy a $400 game that you're mad is out of your price range Try reading. I own said 400 dollar game I paid like 30 or so from Turbo Zone Direct. I find it insane that it's worth that having owned it since the late 90s and am trying to at least understand why someone would pay that much. BECAUSE doesn't help much. On the other hand meh game could help pay off some appliances that do poo poo in my house. drat thing costs as much as a hot water heater or washing machine. Which is pretty  I suppose.Edit: vvvvv. The collector in me is raging at your Sega CD photos. I know SCD cases aren't the smallest or most reliable things but.. IT HURTS ME. Vvvv Captain Rufus fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Sep 16, 2016 |
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Someone mentioned to pop in after I went through the rest of my SegaCD collection. Have way less than I thought but eh, check it out: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3790364 PS: Know of any large online communities who would be interested in rare/CIB/mint DOS & Windows games? I think Abandonia was the only other forum I advertised on before other than here. fishmech posted:I might be interested in some, but I'd need to see your list. EDIT: Ton of repricing work to do but think I found it. Sent you a PM. The Joe Man fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Sep 16, 2016 |
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The Joe Man posted:Someone mentioned to pop in after I went through the rest of my SegaCD collection. Have way less than I thought but eh, check it out: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3790364 I might be interested in some, but I'd need to see your list.
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fishmech posted:I might be interested in some, but I'd need to see your list.
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The Joe Man posted:Someone mentioned to pop in after I went through the rest of my SegaCD collection. Have way less than I thought but eh, check it out: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3790364 I regret not buying Alisia Dragoon from you years ago before it decided to start climbing in price.
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azurite posted:Mednafen. You can either get Mednafen itself, Retroarch, or Bizhawk. They all include it.
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Ambitious Spider posted:I regret not buying Alisia Dragoon from you years ago before it decided to start climbing in price.
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Another point on Mednafen: Last month they released their own Saturn emulator out of nowhere, and it's rapidly improving.
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Random Stranger posted:On the subject of terrible RPG's, I got the stupid idea to actually finish Final Fantasy 8. Zell and Triple Triad still owned so much though so I'll give its try-harding a pass. falz posted:This just appeared on my facespace in some video game group. I was hoping this would be some kind of Bubble Bobble related post. Speaking of Bubble Bobble:  Not mine sadly, but if I was going to get anything video game realted inked on me the Bubble Bobble purple whale is pretty drat cool. Of all the crappy gamer tats I've seen this one at least translates pretty well to skin.
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Tyson Tomko posted:
Lookout! Baron von Blubba is after you! That's not too terrible as far as video game tats go. I don't think I could ever sport one though 
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The Kins posted:I'm surprised the PCE emulation discussion continued after this post by discussing some ancient piece of deliberately-hobbled shareware in any level of depth beyond "lmbo". Magic Engine does have an overclocking feature you can use to combat slowdown. It turns the port of Gradius from unplayable mess to awesome. BizHawk doesn't have this, dunno about the other emus. Other than that, yeah, don't use Magic Engine. There are better, free solutions available.
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azurite posted:Another point on Mednafen: Last month they released their own Saturn emulator out of nowhere, and it's rapidly improving. whaaaaaaaat  That's awesome. ... awww, no android. Was hoping to fire it up on my Shield TV.
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Code Jockey posted:whaaaaaaaat It might happen soon. A lot of Mednafen cores are in Retroarch. Don't they have Yabause on Android already?
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Ofecks posted:Magic Engine does have an overclocking feature you can use to combat slowdown. It turns the port of Gradius from unplayable mess to awesome. BizHawk doesn't have this, dunno about the other emus. Better is subjective but if you're not on Windows you have more choices.
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al-azad posted:Better is subjective but if you're not on Windows you have more choices. Emulator accuracy and speed are eminently measurable. Magic Engine is simply old and busted in comparison to other ones that happen to also not cost money.
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Is there actually an acceptable PC FX emulator out there?
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Doesn't Magic Engine also do PCFX in the registered version?
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Elliotw2 posted:Doesn't Magic Engine also do PCFX in the registered version? It's a separate emulator with a separate price (or combo price if you buy both).
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Saoshyant posted:Is there actually an acceptable PC FX emulator out there? Mednafen has a great PC-FX core, and you can also use that in RetroArch. In general when you're on the lookout for a great emulator for a system, check this page: http://nonmame.retrogames.com/ It only gets updated every few months, but emulator info doesn't tend to change that much.
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Is there a recommended site or friendly goon that flashes roms onto famicom carts? I picked up a copy of Lagrange Point and I'd like to have the english patch applied.
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SnatchRabbit posted:Is there a recommended site or friendly goon that flashes roms onto famicom carts? I picked up a copy of Lagrange Point and I'd like to have the english patch applied. http://www.nesreproductions.com
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Saoshyant posted:Is there actually an acceptable PC FX emulator out there? ... or do what I did, hemorrhage money on a real PC-FX because it's like an adorable baby PC tower 
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As someone who just uses emulators to quickly check stuff out and never for serious play, I've never bothered with multisystem emulators and don't really care about super accuracy, etc. Stuff like retroarch and bizhawk just seems like a hassle to set up for someone who isn't really passionate about emulation or setting up a HTPC type thing to connect to a TV. Basically I like Magic Engine because it's got a nice interface and I've been using it for a million years, but I'll be the first to admit it's a dumb thing to pay for and is not "the best". When it comes to a lot of software I like sticking to what I know if it works for me and if there is no security issue with still running it. Obviously I'd be looking for something better if I started noticing glaring flaws in it's emulation but I really haven't, it seems great to me  edit: I also still run ZSNES 
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I miss the days of running individual emulators on my PC sometimes. I feel like... I dunno, I committed more to games then. Playing on my Vita or Shield or whatever, I don't find myself getting sucked into games for hours like I used to at the PC. Also, I like having everything in one place with retroarch, but lord is the interface not good. I know I can replace the UI, but  I really do miss the old interface for Nesticle.
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Nesticle owned and it has been all downhill since
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I dunno.. the multi system emulators are great and provide some ease of use but libretro is a piece of poo poo and they need to fix their stupid integer scaling that can't scale past 1x outside of x86. (Idk if x86 scales I'm assuming it works here.) But if I wanted to play a retro system in a window smaller than a windows icon I'd probably just stick to emulation on windows 98. The menu has at least improved dramatically since the last time I complained here and I believe a dev reads this thread but it looks like absolute poo poo on both 3ds and vita flyboi fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Sep 17, 2016 |
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It works like poo poo in the devices where you need it to work well the most, I.e. 3ds and vita. There are no other options besides retro arch on them for many consoles. If a dev reads this, please unfuck retroarch on the 3ds and vita please
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:It works like poo poo in the devices where you need it to work well the most, I.e. 3ds and vita. There are no other options besides retro arch on them for many consoles. Yes I would like to load my save games on vita!
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d0s posted:Stuff like retroarch and bizhawk just seems like a hassle to set up for someone who isn't really passionate about emulation or setting up a HTPC type thing to connect to a TV. I've never used Retroarch, but BizHawk requires no effort - run the EXE, feed it a ROM, any ROM or ISO from a system it supports, and it knows what it is and loads the correct core and a core-specific menu usually appears at the top. Hotkeys, blitters, sync options, scaling and the like are global and used between cores.
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Hell yeah, Thunder Force III is getting the 3D treatment from M2! Coming to the newest 3DS collection of Sega classics, hopefully not Japanese exclusive.fishmech posted:Mednafen has a great PC-FX core, and you can also use that in RetroArch. Awesome. Pretty ladies from the Pia Carrot inn, I'm comi-- I'll be right there. Code Jockey posted:... or do what I did, hemorrhage money on a real PC-FX because it's like an adorable baby PC tower How much money are we talking here, actually? d0s posted:edit: I also still run ZSNES 
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I'm surprised that Magic Engine is still around and still being charged. How come they haven't been sued or dmca'ed at this point by... whoever owns the rights to PC Engine/TG-16?
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I had a friend tell me Metal Slug was a better game than Super Mario World. He even had the balls to say they were both platformers.
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Saoshyant posted:How much money are we talking here, actually? Around 200-300€ depending on condition and stuff included, according to ebay. What are the notable exclusives and better ports on the PC FX?
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Saoshyant posted:Hell yeah, Thunder Force III is getting the 3D treatment from M2! Coming to the newest 3DS collection of Sega classics, hopefully not Japanese exclusive. They apparently acquired rights to TechnoSoft IP which is awesome. http://segabits.com/blog/2016/09/17/sega-announces-acquisition-of-technosofts-ips/
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