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remigious
May 13, 2009

Destruction comes inevitably :rip:

Hell Gem

Hadlock posted:

I really want one but I'm be ready to buy a steam deck in like a month at which point I won't need that anymore

You will find that you will indeed need it in addition to the steam deck. The steam deck is massive and you’ll want something cute and little to supplement.

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Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

not sure I’ll need the tiny clamshell portable after I buy the six foot wide tech slab

hatty
Feb 28, 2011

Pork Pro
Steam deck big

Hadlock
Nov 9, 2004

It's mostly to play on the train once a week for 45 minutes

There's no open source clone of Balartro yet that will run on a retro console

:hotpickle:

My open source potato clone of into the breach will probably run on it

Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

Hadlock posted:

There's no open source clone of Balartro yet that will run on a retro console

Depends on your console.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6K5hsEigT4

Hadlock
Nov 9, 2004

I'd rather die than install Java in 2024

That's a pretty cool hack though

What's the cheapest retro device that will play balartro via this dirty Java hack. Probably not the SP... maybe? :ohdearsass:

Hadlock fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Apr 11, 2024

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
Has anyone had any luck playing steambot chronicles on a handheld? I am not counting the steam deck as that feels like a gimme.

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.
Steambot still has major breaking issues in pcsx2 upstream (the desert being entirely black for one thing) iirc so given that aether/nether is an old build at this point probably not

There's the PSP battle tournament game that eschews a lot of the uniqueness of the game though! Or uh..



connie what happened

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

Hadlock posted:

I really want one but I'm be ready to buy a steam deck in like a month at which point I won't need that anymore

Not a true SP trooper.

Hadlock
Nov 9, 2004

Tiny Timbs posted:

not sure I’ll need the tiny clamshell portable after I buy the six foot wide tech slab

Username post combo on point :hmmyes:

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

kirbysuperstar posted:

Steambot still has major breaking issues in pcsx2 upstream (the desert being entirely black for one thing) iirc so given that aether/nether is an old build at this point probably not

There's the PSP battle tournament game that eschews a lot of the uniqueness of the game though! Or uh..



connie what happened

completely forgot about this. at least they kept steambot in the title.

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

kirbysuperstar posted:

Steambot still has major breaking issues in pcsx2 upstream (the desert being entirely black for one thing) iirc so given that aether/nether is an old build at this point probably not

There's the PSP battle tournament game that eschews a lot of the uniqueness of the game though! Or uh..



connie what happened

this will have to do :negative:

jkq
Nov 26, 2022

bravesword posted:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent case for the Odin 2?

If you can find an Odin 1 case anywhere, those work pretty good. The Odin 2 with the TPU shell fits pretty snugly in there. And the Odin 1 fits nicely in the 2's case. :ughh:

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
This is my handheld man purse. I am certain it can host a Odin 2. But it's not on temu anymore so can't help you there.


flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches




That's a clutch, not a purse. Fake fan

Hadlock
Nov 9, 2004

I have something similar for my switch, $17 not sure the dimensions of your Device

https://a.co/d/5CCfrXm



I ended up cutting a tiny rectangle in the lid so I put it in upside down and leave it charging in the case, ready to go. In like 6 years the hole hasn't torn or grown larger, and it sees a lot of travel

Mine is Velcro, but otherwise this looks identical. I have a couple laptop sleeves that are even older and the material holds up really well, doesn't trap sand or grit

Hadlock fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Apr 12, 2024

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

The official one is $20 on AliExpress :shrug:

Froist
Jun 6, 2004

Hadlock posted:

I have something similar for my switch, $17 not sure the dimensions of your Device

https://a.co/d/5CCfrXm



I’ve got this same one (with the button, not velcro) as a leftover from my Odin 1. I’ve just tested it with the 2 and while you can just fit it in, it’s a real squeeze and it’s pushing down the sticks the whole time. Also very open at the corners when you’ve looped it shut.

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out! $20.66 | Original Ayn Odin 2 Bag 5.98Inch Touch Screen Handheld Game Console Portable Black Carry Case of Ayn Odin Protective Case
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrENv4K

Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out! $11.78 50% Off | For AYN Odin 2 Handheld Game Console Storage Bag Portable Hard EVA Carrying Case For AYN Odin2 Shockproof Anti-scratch Handbag
https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0sfpmQ

Lord_Hambrose
Nov 21, 2008

*a foul hooting fills the air*



The official Odin 2 bag is great. Slimmer than my Switch Tomtoc case by a ton.

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
Sorry Marcus, *third party* retro consoles are supposed to use third party cases.

Hadlock
Nov 9, 2004

stephenthinkpad posted:

Sorry, *third party* retro consoles are supposed to use third party cases.

New thread title imo

tweet my meat
Oct 2, 2013

yospos
Just pulled the trigger on a RP4P, finally time to put the old psp go out to pasture.

Substandard
Oct 16, 2007

3rd street for life
Got my RG35XX-H. Loading it up now. I'm curious to see how genesis and N64 stuff does on it, but I played a bit of PS1 stuff and it all ran perfect. I really like the form factor. It's smaller than my phone.

err
Apr 11, 2005

I carry my own weight no matter how heavy this shit gets...

Substandard posted:

Got my RG35XX-H. Loading it up now. I'm curious to see how genesis and N64 stuff does on it, but I played a bit of PS1 stuff and it all ran perfect. I really like the form factor. It's smaller than my phone.

Report back. I'm about to pull the trigger on it.

Commander Keene
Dec 21, 2016

Faster than the others



err posted:

Report back. I'm about to pull the trigger on it.
Post/avatar combo.

Substandard
Oct 16, 2007

3rd street for life
I got the RG35XX-H set up, and I put batocera lite on it, which is still in the pretty early stages so there may be some performance improvements down the line, but in very initial testing it's pretty good. I know they said they are supposed to be switching to a 64 bit version and maybe implementing more performance out of the GPU on the next version whenever that is out. I am using the v40 beta version from here: https://github.com/rg35xx-cfw/rg35xx-cfw.github.io/releases/tag/rg35xx_plus_h_batocera_20240306. Got all the art / videos / retroachievements set up and it's pretty snappy on the UI.

All the 8/16-bit stuff and PS1 work perfectly (which was expected). PS1 seems to work on both the rearmed core and stand alone Duckstation at full speed. I didn't try upping the resolution or anything because honestly on a 3.5" screen everything looks fine on the defaults. I was pretty impressed with the dreamcast performance on the libretro flycast core and I played some Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, Skies of Arcadia, and Jet Grind Radio without major issues. There were a couple texture issues here and there but everything seemed playable. I think this core might be autoskipping frames, but it wasn't noticeable / sound worked well. The standalone Flycast won't run close to full speed though.

N64 seemed a bit more dicey. I was able to get full speed using the Mupen64plus rice core on pretty much everything I tried, but there are some games where the lighting / textures don't look good at all. So you may have to screw with configs on a game by game basis. Banjo Kazooie worked pretty great though. N64 emulation in general is just fairly lovely compared to the other systems of the time period. I don't know if more powerful handhelds like the RP4 can run a core that everything just works and looks good on or not?

Nintendo DS ran well but it's a lovely experience on a small low res 4:3 screen unless you only need 1 screen so I won't play anything from the DS on it, and PSP runs like trash pretty much regardless of settings on most games.

So yeah, Russ's video was pretty much spot on and I got more or less exactly what I was expecting. The build quality feels significantly better than my Miyoo Mini Plus and I'm pretty happy with it for the $55 I paid for it. It's really tiny and will probably be my go to "on the go" device at least until they come out with the clamshell version in like a month or whatever.

*edit* I was just going to add that it does work with chd files for PS1 and Dreamcast games so I didn't have to mess with converting stuff to .bin/.cue and the PS1 supports playlists for multi disk games as well.

Substandard fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Apr 13, 2024

flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches




The latest custom firmware for the RG nano / funkey s comes with the greatest game selection UI I have ever seen

otter
Jul 23, 2007

Ask me about my XCOM and controller collection

word.

flavor.flv posted:

The latest custom firmware for the RG nano / funkey s comes with the greatest game selection UI I have ever seen



The little tv should have the Sega channel ui

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




Someone please dump those images for use on other things

explosivo
May 23, 2004

Fueled by Satan

Any recommended setup/tweaks guides for the RP4P while I anxiously await its arrival?

Bloodplay it again
Aug 25, 2003

Oh, Dee, you card. :-*

flavor.flv posted:

The latest custom firmware for the RG nano / funkey s comes with the greatest game selection UI I have ever seen



If you have access to a PCVR headset, this is pretty cool.

You can put videos in a folder and they show up as VHS tapes. Your game labels get applied as the cart/CD labels. It isn't very quick though because you have to connect the VCR and consoles to whichever CRT you choose. You can get mad at red arremer, turn off the system, and chuck the cart across the room.

I grabbed a bunch of posters and ads from old game mags on archive and put em up on the walls, too.

TadBradley
Jan 14, 2008
I don't know what goes here.

Bloodplay it again posted:

If you have access to a PCVR headset, this is pretty cool.

You can put videos in a folder and they show up as VHS tapes. Your game labels get applied as the cart/CD labels. It isn't very quick though because you have to connect the VCR and consoles to whichever CRT you choose. You can get mad at red arremer, turn off the system, and chuck the cart across the room.

I grabbed a bunch of posters and ads from old game mags on archive and put em up on the walls, too.

You got screenshots of your space? Sounds cool as hell

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
Can I put porn video in a folder and watch it as a scrambled cable TV channel?

Rolo
Nov 16, 2005

Hmm, what have we here?
Invert the colors and we’ve entered the good ol days

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

Beve Stuscemi posted:

Someone please dump those images for use on other things

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

EmuVR but in the gooniest of goon caves

Bloodplay it again
Aug 25, 2003

Oh, Dee, you card. :-*

TadBradley posted:

You got screenshots of your space? Sounds cool as hell







I had a pretty cool video that actually showcased it in VR, but I just deleted it last week. Luckily, I was wrong and you do not need a PCVR headset connected. It's Unity, so there's a desktop app if you can suffer autocad-esque controls. I deleted most of my custom textures, too.

Customization options:

Carts - 3D-rendered cartridges that show up in the menu you use to spawn the games
Labels - CD and cartridge labels (these were a pain to setup, but I also did it two years ago and it seems there are entire label set links in the EmuVR wiki, sorted by system and region)
Posters - 31 different locations available, but only 4 of them are side-by-side for hot two-page poster action
Bed sheets and pillows
Ceiling textures, including one with the glow-in-the-dark green stars
Floor texture, including the cheap bowling alley/arcade carpet
TV - 70s, 80s, 90s or Sony PVM

Admittedly, I haven't bothered checking to see what has been added in over two years. I configured everything in February 2022 so there may have been quite a bit more added since then.

vvvv: it's also the purest way, save for maybe time travel, to experience the PLAYSTATION UNDERGROUND. Virtually eating cheetos paws while watching videos of Stewart Copeland making Spyro's music or a long PSA on how game piracy is ruining the industry, mere years away from having your PS2 memory card wiped for having the gall to play the Viewtiful Joe demo

Bloodplay it again fucked around with this message at 06:55 on Apr 14, 2024

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


EmuVR is mostly useful to me for being the best way to emulate lightgun games and by that I mean PS1 lightgun games because I think it's only that and Saturn emulators that support it. Still it's always there for Time Crisis at least.

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Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.
For those interested in PICO8, The PICOwesome v1.5 collection got released a couple days ago.

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