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A Pack of Kobolds posted:Wood grain, my dude. It does look very convincing in person since they used a high resolution texture to cover it (however they were able to do it).
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stephenthinkpad posted:WTF, the hand crank doesn't generate power? It's just a joystick? I feel like a lot of these will end up in drawers after the first week. If they wanted to have an indie handheld, just aim for PICO-8 compatibility, that already has like 1,000+ games. On that note, the 351v is a great PICO-8 handheld.
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Just got the Powkiddy A66 (aka Trimui Model S) I ordered from Aliexpress and it’s freaking cool after upgrading the firmware and installing MinUI. I have a 351v as well, but wanted something cheaper and pocketable to take out on the go and this fits the bill. Highly recommended.
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LODGE NORTH posted:Personally, I find it really hard to trust a lot of reviews that aren’t just “here’s me using the device and how it functions” like RGC and Taki do. Retro Dodo feels like he doesn’t even actually review the device, just opens it and uses it as is and reviews it based off that. Something about it feels artificial but that just may be me. Retro Game Corps is definitely the cream of the crop of emulation device reviews/guides.
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This is a general emulation question, but anyone know why MAME always needs particular romsets unlike just random rom files like any other emulator?
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After watching a couple YouTube videos on the topic, I’m thinking about possibly softmodding my (only) Vita (original model). I’m kinda worried about 2 things, though: possibly bricking it, and getting my PSN account banned. Anyone have any experience with this? I know some people say to create another PSN account, but then my purchases and trophies aren’t carried over… Also, Retro Games Corps recommends starting from a factory restored model with no saves, but I’d want to preserve some of my save files, too.
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Manky posted:Ah, I just got my own 4pack of protectors haha. I'm pretty sure I hosed up my first one though, naturally.
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The nD so I can play Bob's Game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEMPrSsxkE
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flavor.flv posted:I have a pocketsprite and that thing isn't meant to be played either https://twitter.com/KeepRetro/status/1410460084803674114?s=20
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Okay, it's really dumb and not technically an emulation device, but I might back the Thumby. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kenburns/thumby-the-tiny-playable-keychain It's only $24 after shipping, so it's in impulse-buy territory. Any more than that and I would have said no way.
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CFox posted:Is there a common consensus on which shaders are ideal for these low powered (rk3266) devices? Mainly wondering what I should be using for GBA in particular. Here's a gif I found with a different comparison:  I think with that shader the blurriness is negligible and it looks pretty nice.
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The United States posted:A DIY Trimui competitor I don’t know who this is for.
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I’d say a good use of them is finally getting through a series you’ve wanted to finally experience. Like, I never played through the Metroid series and I just beat Zero Mission on my 351v and am now moving onto Samus Returns on the 3ds, then back to the 351v for Super/Fusion and finally Switch for Dread. Also wanted to go through the Quintet trilogy on SNES (Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma).
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el3m posted:I have a 351v and can confirm: GBA also works great with the scaling options and the 4:3 480p screen is better for almost every other console/arcade The only issue was some hand cramping over long periods of time from the vertical layout of the device.
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Speaking of firmware, it's so weird that there hasn't been a stable 351Elec release since June 4th. I think they constantly have beta updates, but I'd rather not install those in my 351v just yet if they're experimental/buggy.
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The United States posted:Sorry about the earlier one, this one is the REAL build-your-own Trimui
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The United States posted:lol
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Disappointing Pie posted:Russ has his preliminary thoughts out on the RG552
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I'm hoping that anything the Odin Pro is showing off, the Steam Deck can do, cuz I have that coming at some point...
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Weird Sandwich posted:The main problem with the steam deck is that it's controller layout looks really uncomfortable. I'm leaning towards an Odin for that reason alone.
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EDIT: Warning, this might have a couple kinks. I tested some SNES games and the compatibility is worse, like Soulblazer doesn't have sound and Secret of Mana's all messed up. I think they borked the default SNES core. Miyoo Mini has a new update for the Onion OS: https://github.com/jimgraygit/Onion/releases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCOt5DogbXQ JazzFlight fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Feb 20, 2022 |
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I can attest that the 351v is so good for Pico8 that it feels like it could have been the official system.
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Science_enthusiast posted:Hey guys, bout to pull the trigger on a miyoo mini.
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This is a bit outside of the thread's topic, but after setting up emulation on the Steam Deck, I'd say it has a great screen for GBA games. The ratio is very close to filling the whole screen and it supports an LCD3x shader that adds a really crisp looking fake pixel grid so it feels like you're blowing up an GBA SP screen.
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Mierenneuker posted:I think PS2 games were made with standard-definition televisions in mind. It's probably the console generation afterwards where things got trickier. See: the infamous case of Dead Rising on Xbox 360 having a small, unreadable font on non-HD TVs. Even in games that offer a "large text" option, sometimes it only applies to subtitles and not any other aspect of the UI. Final Fantasy XVI had the smallest interface text I've ever seen in a game for your ability hotkeys on the side of the screen.
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BTW just picked up an RG Nano and I'm loving it. I have a handful of these various-sized devices including a Thumby, TrimUI model S, and original Miyoo Mini and I'm glad to report that it's not too tiny to play on (like the Thumby where you have to use your nails to hit the buttons). The TrimUI is closest in idea to "small enough to keep in your pocket" but the clicky buttons are too loud in case you want to do some covert game playing at work, for instance. The RG Nano buttons are silent and very responsive like any larger Anbernic device. I don't even have to find a way to swap the B/A keys in gameboy or NES games to Y/B like I usually do because my thumb can cover both B and A and just pivot. Yeah, there are some scaling issues you have to adjust to depending on the system, but I'm okay with it. Since it has a 1:1 ratio, some systems work better than others. I actually think SNES works amazingly since I prefer the true 8:7 scaling anyway, so using the "cropped" option works because developers accounted for some overscan (the UI is still within the crop). For some reason, PC Engine's "scaled" option is broken still so you have to play stretched. Not the end of the world. JazzFlight fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Dec 22, 2023 |
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I wonder how shared shaders are going to work with that. Like, is Valve going to have a separate archive of shaders for each officially supported SteamOS device? Right now it was a little easier since they only really had one device to target.
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mariooncrack posted:I have a RG351V. I'm considering picking up a handheld that's horizontal. I've mostly been playing games up to PS1 and GBA. I've mostly been playing romhacks. I'm not necessarily interested in Saturn or N64. PSP and DC would be nice but aren't required. What are my options? A 353P looks like a contender. https://anbernic.com/products/rg35xx-h That covers up to mid-DC, N64, and a handful of PSP. The only real downside right now is lack of custom firmware, but the stock OS is acceptable. Black Seraph might be able to swing Garlic OS CFW to this in the coming months, we're just waiting. Really depends if you want sub-$100 or $100+.
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I just leave my Steam Deck docked to my TV and emulate through EmuDeck/Emulation Station with a PS5 controller. Once I got that, I realized I never needed to buy a Raspberry Pi type device again.
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Why is it so glossy on the front? That's gonna get smudged up constantly.
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Rolo posted:Ah shoot my hacked 2DS XL somehow got on WiFi and now it asks me to update every time I turn it on or close a game.
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What is nice about the 35XX Plus/H/2024 is that even if you own all of them, you can just pop the microSD card out of one and stick it in the other and it works perfectly. Good for keeping all your save games together then without some kind of sync system.
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Explosionface posted:If the Anbernic one has the same guts as the other 35XX devices, this bodes well for them. Russ just had a video the other day talking about how great the firmware was for them the other day. https://ko-fi.com/post/The-future-of-RG35XX-firmwares-A0A0W78YO Still crazy how Black Seraph (the guy behind Garlic OS) basically disappeared and let his patreon keep paying him $3,600 a month to do... what exactly? Heck, even an "I'm still here trying to get Garlic working on the Plus" every couple of weeks woulda been nice, but he hasn't posted about that since like, Christmas.
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Tiny Timbs posted:The downside of Patreon is that subscribers are fickle; the upside is that you never actually owe anyone anything.
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I already have enough handhelds, but this has been the holy grail for a while, so just imagine me doing the futurama Fry "shut up and take my money" meme. I'm also hoping the silver one doesn't scratch or peel paint easily.
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