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Jim Silly-Balls posted:What are some good shmups on the dreamcast that aren't bullet hell memorization fests? That's kind of an oxymoron, as "memorizers" describe pre-danmaku games like Konami or Toaplan titles. I'll assume you just don't want bullet hells. But there is memorization involved in shmups to various degrees, always. Take Gunbird 2 for instance - in Psikyo games the bullets are so fast you have to memorize safe spots and specific movements to avoid them. Maybe try G.Rev's games - Border Down and Under Defeat. There's also a good port of Twinkle Star Sprites, especially if you have a 2nd player handy. I'm not familiar enough with some of the others (Karous, Triggerheart Excelica, any of the indie games from Hucast or NG.DEV) to comment on them.
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I was stupid enough to get in line at 4am for the NES Classic Edition at my local Target. First, it's a really fun device that's mostly well-executed. I expect it will get lots of use and I recommend you get one when they're widely available. However, for some crazy reason, they use a smoothing algorithm on the games (and in the pixellated retro parts of the menu?). It's a minor nitpick, but if you have a large television, you will notice it and it will annoy you -- especially in Dr. Mario where the viruses are very small and made up of single pixels which appear to be detached pixels made of circles because of the smoothing. It can't be my TV as the rest of the Mini's OS is sharp and clear (as much as a 720p signal allows). I'm in Game Mode, and on the same screen in the same mode, the pixels out of my RGB NES/Framemeister setup at 720p look razor sharp. Any thoughts as to why they smoothed the pixels? I wonder why none of the early reviewers haven't called them out for this. Here's a close-up snap of the NES Classic's overly-smoothed Mega Man on my 50" LG. Please tell me I'm not seeing things.  edit: maybe I got a bad one? I'm looking at YouTube videos cap'd at 1080p and I'm not seeing the smoothing. Anyone else here pick one of these up and can confirm? plasticbugs fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Nov 11, 2016 |
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Holy poo poo that's the worst. Can't you turn it off?
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Dr. Dos posted:I'd imagine an American Game Boy Player can run Japanese GBA carts just fine right? Yes, still region free on that front.
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falz posted:Holy poo poo that's the worst. Can't you turn it off? No, that's the "pixel perfect" mode. Ha! I need some real picky folks in the thread to take a look at theirs and give me their honest assessment of the issue. I'm going to try my other TV in the meantime and will report back.
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Dr. Dos posted:I'd imagine an American Game Boy Player can run Japanese GBA carts just fine right? The only cartridges that any Game Boy Player has a problem with are the GBA Video cartridges (which is intentional because the licensees didn't want you copying the video off to VHS, there are ways to force it to work with an Action Replay or something though) and certain bootleg/pirate carts.
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A Classic Controller, unless it's a NES or PC Engine game where I'll just use the Wiimote sideways.
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klen dool posted:For those of you who emulate with a Wii - what controllers do you all use? Classic Controller Pro is extremely solid and has correct button placement/labelling for most stuff.
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plasticbugs posted:No, that's the "pixel perfect" mode. Ha! I need some real picky folks in the thread to take a look at theirs and give me their honest assessment of the issue. I'm going to try my other TV in the meantime and will report back.
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Which fighting games have the best reward/unlockables system? The best one I can think of is any Super Smash Bros game, where characters and stages are unlocked through specific gameplay. I also remember thinking Marvel vs. Capcom 2 had a reasonable system for earning in game currency to unlock new characters.
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klen dool posted:For those of you who emulate with a Wii - what controllers do you all use? https://www.amazon.com/Club-Nintendo-Super-Famicom-Classic-Controller/dp/B004TL1K0A 
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Nes games and specifically 16bit sonic games, I use a sideways wiimote Everything else I use a wii classic controller.
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plasticbugs posted:I was stupid enough to get in line at 4am for the NES Classic Edition at my local Target. First, it's a really fun device that's mostly well-executed. I expect it will get lots of use and I recommend you get one when they're widely available. Okay, I've figured out that it IS my TV. I've been playing through my Framemeister with heavy scanlines on, so I didn't notice it was doing this bullshit smoothing thing. It's a brand new TV and I suggest you all avoid it like the plague for retro gaming. It's an LG OLED65B6P. gently caress this TV. Holy gently caress. If I had known, I would have returned it a month ago when we got it. I don't even want to tell you how much I paid for it. Even in "Game Mode" it's still doing this smoothing poo poo. I guess I need to call LG's customer service and figure out how to turn this "feature" off.
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fishmech posted:The only cartridges that any Game Boy Player has a problem with are the GBA Video cartridges (which is intentional because the licensees didn't want you copying the video off to VHS, there are ways to force it to work with an Action Replay or something though) and certain bootleg/pirate carts. I want to be a fly on the wall of the meeting room. "Guys, we really need to protect these two episodes of Spongebob!"
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plasticbugs posted:Okay, I've figured out that it IS my TV. I've been playing through my Framemeister with heavy scanlines on, so I didn't notice it was doing this bullshit smoothing thing. It's a brand new TV and I suggest you all avoid it like the plague for retro gaming. I've never tried this, but could you pass it through the framemeister and add scanlines?
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plasticbugs posted:Okay, I've figured out that it IS my TV. I've been playing through my Framemeister with heavy scanlines on, so I didn't notice it was doing this bullshit smoothing thing. It's a brand new TV and I suggest you all avoid it like the plague for retro gaming. Try changing the name of the input you're using to "PC". That was the only way to disable over scan and sharpening filters on my Samsung.
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NES Classic demand so high it crashed Amazon completely for a few minutes, goddamn.
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What a shitshow that was. Constantly adding it to your cart, but then your cart shows as empty. Their twitter announced they were out of stock, but the product page still "loads" as a blank page. I don't care about getting it immediately, but I would like one at some point with that handy case just because it's easy to bring to places.
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klen dool posted:For those of you who emulate with a Wii - what controllers do you all use? Arcade stick, Wiimote, original Classic Controller, this thing: http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/ns64gc_to_wiimote/index.php or this one: http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/genesis_to_wiimote/index.php Depending on what game I am playing and if I feel like using the original controller.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:What are some good shmups on the dreamcast that aren't bullet hell memorization fests? Basically I'm looking for a game like Sky Force/SF Reloaded on the Dreamcast. Ofecks posted:That's kind of an oxymoron, as "memorizers" describe pre-danmaku games like Konami or Toaplan titles. I'll assume you just don't want bullet hells. But there is memorization involved in shmups to various degrees, always. Take Gunbird 2 for instance - in Psikyo games the bullets are so fast you have to memorize safe spots and specific movements to avoid them. Maybe try G.Rev's games - Border Down and Under Defeat. There's also a good port of Twinkle Star Sprites, especially if you have a 2nd player handy. I'm not familiar enough with some of the others (Karous, Triggerheart Excelica, any of the indie games from Hucast or NG.DEV) to comment on them. do this and play radirgy and karous too (they look like bullet hell but the gameplay cancels 90% of the bullets without having to dodge plus they have great music). don't play triggerheart excelica or the hucast/ng.dev kusoge edit: you'd probably also like a game called cannon spike which isn't a traditional shmup but does let you mindlessly blast poo poo, which is what it seems like you want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anIsL5QGY3U d0s fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Nov 12, 2016 |
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al-azad posted:I want to be a fly on the wall of the meeting room. If you want the real answer, the license to put videos on carts probably specifically excluded anything that could output to a television to avoid conflicting with other media licenses. Licensing contracts are often absurd and hair splitting to try to extract every single dollar from a property.
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univbee posted:NES Classic demand so high it crashed Amazon completely for a few minutes, goddamn. Amazon should probably fix their review system to prevent people from posting garbage like "Can't buy, 1/5."
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I've boiled a dozen edge connectors and clipped the nes10 chips. Moving forward in just going to get a blinking light win, or a new edge connector.
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al-azad posted:Amazon should probably fix their review system to prevent people from posting garbage like "Can't buy, 1/5." Amazon Japan: "A lot of 30 Famicom games, none of which are mahjong or horse racing titles? Box Theory?! 5/5!"
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Don't boil the connectors, clean them and bend the pins out with a pick.
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RodShaft posted:I've boiled a dozen edge connectors and clipped the nes10 chips. Moving forward in just going to get a blinking light win, or a new edge connector. Snipping the NES10 is like the easiest thing I have ever done though.
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Grapeshot posted:Try changing the name of the input you're using to "PC". That was the only way to disable over scan and sharpening filters on my Samsung. Good suggestion. Unfortunately it doesn't turn off the upscaling -- it's crazy that is upscaling/smoothing at all, because I'm feeding it 720p from the NES Classic and it's getting crystal clear 1080p from the Framemeister. Of course, 4K stuff looks great on the thing as do my current gen video game consoles. It just hates pixel art? I'm in the Twilight Zone with this thing.
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What the best micro sd card for the Everdrive GBA? I ask since they had compatibility issues I recall.
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codenameFANGIO posted:Snipping the NES10 is like the easiest thing I have ever done though. Yeah but boiling and bending the pins is a pain. It's under $10 for a new edge connector, and I do want to at least try the Blinking Light Win. I have enough NES's to bother with it. Jim Silly-Balls posted:Don't boil the connectors, clean them and bend the pins out with a pick. I do all three.
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plasticbugs posted:it's crazy that is upscaling/smoothing at all, because I'm feeding it 720p from the NES Classic and it's getting crystal clear 1080p from the Framemeister.
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Figured I'd post here too, trying to get the NES classic got me to play with my Raspberry Pi for a bit. Are there any actual high quality NES or SNES replica controllers? People's posts here and in the video games thread got me to hook up my Raspberry Pi and it just doesn't feel the same playing Mario with a PlayStation controller.
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Medullah posted:Figured I'd post here too, trying to get the NES classic got me to play with my Raspberry Pi for a bit. I like the buffalo USB SNES controller, best non-nintendo one I've used by far. https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Classic-USB-Gamepad-PC/dp/B002B9XB0E
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d0s posted:I like the buffalo USB SNES controller, best non-nintendo one I've used by far. Seems like a winner too considering it's purchased with Raspberry Pi's according to Amazon's "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" header.
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That's actually one I've tried with bad luck. 
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RZA Encryption posted:What a shitshow that was. Constantly adding it to your cart, but then your cart shows as empty. Their twitter announced they were out of stock, but the product page still "loads" as a blank page. Ya, seriously. I started refreshing at 4:58, and the option to add to cart didn't appear until 5:05. Then from 5:05 until 5:12, I would just try to add to cart and it would give errors. Then it eventually went back to being unavailable. Oh well, will just leave it on my wish list for xmas if a family member needs an idea. I have most of the games anyway and just wanted it for Bubble Bobble and Star Tropics since I don't have them. Also, it would have been real tempting to connect to a monitor at work for 5 min breaks when my brain is fried and needs a change, but now it looks like I will be working from home anyway by the time I get my hands on one. All the Targets within 20 min of me were sold out or low stock by the time I looked this morning, so didn't even bother. Edit: and 2300 1-star reviews on Amazon because people are angry about Amazons ordering experience and being low stock. Not sure why it was so hard to produce enough. I'm sure there are a good amount of people who won't buy it out of principle now. I don't care since I'm in no rush. FireMrshlBill fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Nov 12, 2016 |
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Nothing even comes close to the 8Bitdo controllers in terms of build quality and closeness to the originals. The SNES30/SFC30 in particular is great.
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