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Swilo posted:Someone on reddit put together a spreadsheet where people are submitting their order numbers and progress along with some stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTN01b3n2F7s8eJlF1OSZWwEBEQfABTy3mcWBS7cSs59eQrMmFqG-iRRPjBSOzmUVHro_DiW3msl0sE/pubhtml Ah cool, I just actually looked at my account and it is indeed sitting in Processing so hopefully not too far off.
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Walla posted:My order number is 264406? Weird. Q6 2029
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So I know one of the things with these devices is having Too Many Games and you never really end up playing anything so does anyone have a good curated list of games that are must plays for each system that's playable? I have an RG351V and I definitely just impulse purchased a Miyoo Mini. I know the Mini can't really play anything past PS1 level of graphics so I guess let's go with PS1 and below? I'm mostly curious to see what everyone else considers a must play besides the obvious ones like Symphony of the Night, A Link to the Past, Mario World, FF6, Chrono Trigger, etc.
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Apr 28, 2022 05:05
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Part of me still can't wrap my mind around the ubiquity of portable PS1 games, despite the fact that I had an official Sony device made to do that in 2005.
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infinite99 posted:So I know one of the things with these devices is having Too Many Games and you never really end up playing anything so does anyone have a good curated list of games that are must plays for each system that's playable? I have an RG351V and I definitely just impulse purchased a Miyoo Mini. I know the Mini can't really play anything past PS1 level of graphics so I guess let's go with PS1 and below? I spent the last few months picking these out by reading a ton of lists and posts. Off the top of my head: PICO-8: Posting this to remind anyone with a PICO-8 capable system to check it out. You probably have the necessary "core" to run it if you've bought any of the massive charity bundles. It's $15 or so otherwise. It has an internal rating system that is quite good. NES: Marios Castlevanias Mega Mans Silent Service (personal pick, submarine warsim, play with headphones) River City Ransom Ghosts and Goblins Gradius Punch Out Tetris Gameboy: Donkey Kong Metroid II Mario Golf Link's Awakening Pokemons Tetris Tetris Attack Kirby series Qix Gameboy Color Zeldas Legend of the River King Pokemon Pinball Super Mario Land Wario Land and sequels Shantae (gorgeous indie platformer, made by a husband and wife team iirc) Pokemon Trading Card Game (deckbuilder fans say it's great) SNES Super Metroid Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Kirby Superstar Super Mario World Super Mario All-Stars Yoshi' Island Super Mario RPG Mario Kart F-Zero Street Fighter 2 and Alpha 2 Final Fight ActRaiser Chrono Trigger Castlevania Dracula X Contra 3 Cybernator (Assault Suits Valken) - bitchin mech game Metal Warriors (more bitchin mechs) Goemon series (fan translations available) Shiren the Wanderer (fan translation) - awesome old school roguelike. Buy Shiren 5 if u dig this! Live a Live (fan translation) - unique Square RPG with 6 distinct plots in various settings Mega Man X series Gradius 3 Parodius Pop'n Twinbee Rocky n Pocky Pilotwings NBA JAM Knights of the Round Libble Rabble - (bizarre arcade game where you create a net to trap enemies by ambidextrously controlling 2 "characters" at the same time. Remarkable game and not oft mentioned) Mechwarrior Donkey & Diddy Kongs Mobile Suit Gundam W: Endless Duel Super Ghouls and Ghosts Super Punch Out!! Top Gears (3000 is my fav for the style) Umihara Kawase (influential Japanese release) Genesis: Streets of Rage 2 Shinobi series Sonic series NBA JAM Herzog Zwei (incredibly badass RTS. Surprisingly playable and slick) MORTAL KOMBAT Comix Zone Golden Axe Gunstar Heroes Zero Wing GBA Pokemons Advance Wars series Ninja Cop Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission. I beat Fusion for the 1st time recently on a 351p and it was excellent Castlevania trilogy (Aria if i had to pick 1) Mario Power Tennis Mario Golf Advance Tour Mario Kart Super Circuit Sia (platformer with good art) WarioWare Warioland 4 Scurge Hive (isometric Metroidvania, cool small studio affair) Gradius Iridion 2 Mega Man Zeros Max Payne Advance Racing Gears Advance Yggdra Union FFTA (bit rough these days) Fire Emblem Gunstar Super Heroes Astro Boy (insane shmup) PS1: Bushido Blade 1&2 Castlevania Symphony of the Night Tobal 2 (insane fighting game roguelike dungeon crawler from Virtua Fighter and related devs) Einhander MGS MGS VR Missions Gran Turismo Final Fantasy Tactics DOOM Descent Ape Escape IS - Internal Section Jumping Flash - early tech showcase Mega Man Legends Remote Control Dandy (fan translated) - predecessor to the most swag PS2 game: Robot Alchemic Drive Space Hulk (Rainbow 6 in Warhammer) Tenchu 1 and 2 (aged poorly but good anyway) PSP: Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles (contains SotN as an unlockable???) Lumines (plays very well on 351p) FFT Half-Minute Hero Jeanne D'Arc What Did I Do to Deserve This My Lord!? 2
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beer gas canister posted:I spent the last few months picking these out by reading a ton of lists and posts. Off the top of my head:
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otter posted:LIST THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE SHINING FORCE 2, TOEJAM & EARL, NOR ZOOM! AND IS THEREFORE WRONG This pretty much hits head-on the problem with the question in the first place. No matter how long you make such a 'must play list', everyone's going to have their own additions, and it's going to end up not much more helpful than just browsing the library. You gotta specify some genres or systems or something to narrow the scope some, there's just too many great games. For myself, I suggest following this thread and keeping an eye on new hacks/translations at https://www.romhacking.net/. There are a crazy number of hacks out there to breathe new life into even the most well-worn popular titles, if you feel like playing a Final Fantasy or a Metroid or whatever with a new spin. And then there's randomizers...
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I'm a big GBA fan, especially on these retro consoles that have a 16x9 screen so my list has a lot of the SNES ports. Advance Wars 1, 2 Breath of Fire 1, 2 Castlevania Circle, Harmony, Aria Contra Advance Donkey Kong County 1, 2, 3 Earthworm Jim 1, 2 Final Fantasy 1 and 2, 4, 5, 6, Tactics Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem Sacred Stones F-Zero GP Legend and Maximum Velocity Golden Sun 1, 2 Gradius Galaxies Harvest Moon More Friends of Mineral Town Kingdom Hearts - Chain of Memories Kirby Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby and the Amazing Mirror Legend of Zelda - Link to the Past and Four Swords Legend of Zelda Minish Cap Lunar Legend Mario and Luigi - Superstar Saga Mega Man Zero 1, 2, 3, 4 Metroid Zero Mission Metroid Fusion Pokemon Fire Red, Pokemon Emerald Pokemon Pinball Ruby and Sapphire R-Type III Sonic Advance 1, 2, 3 Super Ghouls n Ghosts Super Mario Advance 1, 2, 3, 4 Sword of Mana Wario Land 4 Now some of these I haven't even played, just collected based on some "best of" lists I've found, but this is what I pretty much keep on hand at all times.
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Don't forget DOOM and DOOM II on GBA lol
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zzMisc posted:This pretty much hits head-on the problem with the question in the first place. No matter how long you make such a 'must play list', everyone's going to have their own additions, and it's going to end up not much more helpful than just browsing the library. You gotta specify some genres or systems or something to narrow the scope some, there's just too many great games. I always put stuff on thinking it's going to get a ton of playtime because others said it's great but have discovered that most times if you didn't play it back then, it's probably not going to have the rose tint others have for it. Also if you don't like North & South for NES.and General Chaos for Genesis you are a monster. Alucard fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Apr 28, 2022 |
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Hey just chiming in to say that the Mother 3 fan translation for GBA is superb and it's a fantastic game. It was my GOTY 2021 and made me FEEL THINGS more than once, something not a lot of games do.
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Rolo posted:Hey just chiming in to say that the Mother 3 fan translation for GBA is superb and it's a fantastic game. GotY 2021? Pretty sure the fan translation came out over a decade ago… Wait, are you one of those people who think GotY is whatever they played that year that they liked the best, regardless of release date?
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zenintrude posted:Wait, are you one of those people who think GotY is whatever they played that year that they liked the best, regardless of release date? Don't you?
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SotN GotY 1997-2022
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zenintrude posted:GotY 2021? Pretty sure the fan translation came out over a decade ago… If it’s the first time I played it, you know it baby.
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Thanks for the input so far! I'm just looking for suggestions and hopefully just cherry picking from these lists if I see something interesting. I've played most of the games on these lists but usually bounce off after a few hours and forget about them so being reminded of them helps me pick stuff to try again! Keep the lists coming! MAME and Neo Geo would be appreciated as well. Maybe TG-16? I never really played much TG-16 but I remember seeing ads and reviews of the games in EGM and Gamepro and they always looked super cool!
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Ridge Racer 2 for PSP. it was never released in the US but IMO it's better than the original.
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infinite99 posted:Thanks for the input so far! I'm just looking for suggestions and hopefully just cherry picking from these lists if I see something interesting. I've played most of the games on these lists but usually bounce off after a few hours and forget about them so being reminded of them helps me pick stuff to try again! I wonder if we should set up a Google sheet or something as a resource with favorite classics. As far as TurboGrafx goes - the Bonk games and Air Zonk we're my jam on my friend's TurboXpress. For MAME, X-Men, Simpsons, and all the Metal Slugs. But you probably knew that already.
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infinite99 posted:Thanks for the input so far! I'm just looking for suggestions and hopefully just cherry picking from these lists if I see something interesting. I've played most of the games on these lists but usually bounce off after a few hours and forget about them so being reminded of them helps me pick stuff to try again! Mame: Rastan, strider Neo Geo: baseball stars professional, any king of fighters Turbografx: Ys Book I & II
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Tetris was mentioned a few times in that post on a few different platforms but I have to throw Tetris DX (GBC) into the mix for it's 40 Lines mode. Such a fun / quick way to play Tetris that fits perfectly on a lot of these devices that you may be using for short bursts of gameplay. Wish someone would make a romhack without all the goofy post-game animations so I could quickly hop back into the game. At least fast forward exists.
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Tetris romhacks? Do check out rosy retrospection of the og tetris gb.
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Manky posted:Tetris romhacks? Do check out rosy retrospection of the og tetris gb. lol nice, you can tell I didn't look into it at all because here is exactly what I wanted: Tetris DX: Skip Celebrations
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So, slaminger of TechToyTinker - the guy who does the TheRA custom firmware, which historically has often been the first cfw available on new Anbernic and other devices - put out a video defending the RG503: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnUINS3GRjg Honestly, the video itself isn't very good, just a very long way of saying "No it's fine, really" and (poorly) defending Anbernic's decision to lean on cfw devs. Which I honestly don't think is that big a deal, and I get what he's saying, I just think the point could've been made better. But IMO the important tidbit is in the comments - I asked about the 6 month code embargo, and he said that after some pushback they had got it reduced to a month. So we could have cfw by the end of May, instead of frickin' November. So now I'm a lot less apprehensive about my order.
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Relying on devs for CFW imo isn’t a big deal if your hardware is A+ The 503 is far from that and I’d make the case that the 552 isn’t that great either and I own one.
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For specific genres, any recommendations for point and click adventure games? I really don't care much about the system, but any that can't be played through ScummVM would be best. Edit: Also visual novels that aren't Tokimeki Memorial Club or DDLC. Bad Video Games fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Apr 28, 2022 |
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why would they embargo the code at all? it's gotta be clear that most users switch to CFW right away
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beer gas canister posted:why would they embargo the code at all? it's gotta be clear that most users switch to CFW right away Especially with how poo poo their default stuff can be.
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beer gas canister posted:why would they embargo the code at all? it's gotta be clear that most users switch to CFW right away It was due to Rockchip, not Anbernic. But beyond that, and why Anbernic couldn't force Rockchip to play ball if they wanted to sell their chips, I really don't know. Side-by-side shoulders and awkward function key aside, the RG503 looks like a pretty sweet piece of hardware to me  , it was just that code embargo that was the real sticking point.
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My Odin Pro just arrived and holy cow is it beautiful. It's my first, and likely only portable system I will own, but it fits well, the screen is large, and I can't wait to get into it... except holy cow I waited too long to find out what I'm supposed to do and the Reddit group for it does not have any simple tips for setup for someone like me, sigh...
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As predicted my steam deck arrived before my Odin pro and after installing a bunch of steam games I have like 0 motivation to use the deck for emulation lol I’ll just stick with my Odin / Miyoo for emulation. The deck is loving everything it’s supposed to be and I love the thing so far. I have nearly every other portable pc and the deck blows them out of the water handily.
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I’m really glad because if it’s successful I might get a smaller version that goes in my bag easier.
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Elwood P Dowd posted:My Odin Pro just arrived and holy cow is it beautiful. It's my first, and likely only portable system I will own, but it fits well, the screen is large, and I can't wait to get into it... except holy cow I waited too long to find out what I'm supposed to do and the Reddit group for it does not have any simple tips for setup for someone like me, sigh... I'm very jealous. Check out Retro Game Corps, hes got an Android Starter Guide (both yt video and written guide).
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Walla posted:Edit: Also visual novels that aren't Tokimeki Memorial Club or DDLC. Bloody Bride, Silent Hill Play Novel, Radical Dreamers, the PSP translation ports of Never7/Ever17/Remember11 (should run on most anything that can boot PPSSPP), Genso Suikogaiden vol1/2, Metal Slader Glory, Famicom Detective Club, Jesus, the Phantasy Star II text adventures
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ChiTownEddie posted:I'm very jealous. Check out Retro Game Corps, hes got an Android Starter Guide (both yt video and written guide). This is fantastic, thank you!
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MarcusSA posted:As predicted my steam deck arrived before my Odin pro and after installing a bunch of steam games I have like 0 motivation to use the deck for emulation lol Why don't you want to use the Deck for emulation? Is it because the others are good enough that it's not worth the configuration effort? I hope to get a Deck sometime in 2028, and planned to consolidate emulation and steam gaming into the one device, so hearing that you don't wan to use it for that makes me wonder why. Also, I just got my RP2+ shipping notification despite ordering only 3 days ago. Clearly their production is catching back up.
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Nam Taf posted:Why don't you want to use the Deck for emulation? Is it because the others are good enough that it's not worth the configuration effort? Kinda this and kinda that the deck plays my steam games so good I'd rather just play through some of them on it. I think the Odin when I get it will be much easier to set up as well.
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Yeh, fair. My 800+ backlog of not-Dota was the impetus for me buying a Deck too, but I think ultimately it'll become my all-in-one for moving me away from infront of my desktop and into my living room so I had intended to make it do it all. Given I only ordered earlier this month (it's not available in AU, so I did it when I was in the UK) I won't get it til probably mid next year, so I may well captiulate and buy something else. I nearly got an Odin Pro in place of it, but figured something smaller for just older emulation would tide me over.
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The Deck is also massive and complete overkill if you just wanna play Yoshi's Island on the go. It's portable, but the kind of portable you have to plan around.zzMisc posted:So, slaminger of TechToyTinker - the guy who does the TheRA custom firmware, which historically has often been the first cfw available on new Anbernic and other devices - put out a video defending the RG503: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnUINS3GRjg In the comments he also says Anbernic low-key helped him pay for his brother's funeral, which is honestly pretty drat cool of them. sethsez fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Apr 29, 2022 |
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