Console emulation

[baseline bum]

I know ElNono was big into MAME since they don't have new games in Mexico. That's probably the GOAT emulator of all time. What other shit do you guys like to run? ePSXe seems unbeatable for PS1 since you have all kinds of crazy shaders you can apply, e.g., playing games cell shaded for example. And rendering in 1080p really cleans edges up a lot. PCSX2 is pretty great for PS2 if you have a strong CPU. Damn the PS2 games really look a lot better rendered at 1080p, stuff like God of War II looks somewhat modern at that resolution.

Any hidden gems to check out? One game I had never heard of that turns out to be pretty badass is Virtua Tennis on Dreamcast (running nullDC).

[ElNono]

Psychonauts is a game I've never played before, and it's pretty great, tbh... there's a Steam version too, so no emu needed. Another emu that I've heard good stuff about is PPSSPP, good compatibility and also have 1080p upscaling for PSP games...

[ElNono]

Also, let me blow my own horn here, if you have a PS4, we're doing something special with some of the PS2 games on PS4 ports... not just adding trophies, but for select games we're actually adding widescreen support, fixing bugs in the original games, and some more stuff that I can't talk publicly at the moment... I know they're a bit pricey for a port, but we are putting a lot of work in them, including fixes, updates, and 1080p/60hz support out of the box...

For example, we fixed bugs on Jedi StarFighter and Racer Revenge (another excellent game, BTW) that caused crashes in the original PS2...

[baseline bum]

Psychonauts is a game I've never played before, and it's pretty great, tbh... there's a Steam version too, so no emu needed. Another emu that I've heard good stuff about is PPSSPP, good compatibility and also have 1080p upscaling for PSP games...

I had a PSP, and I thought the games were so shitty I rooted it and put an NES emulator on it. :lol

[ElNono]

I had a PSP, and I thought the games were so shitty I rooted it and put an NES emulator on it. :lol

Patapon, Lumines 2, God of War: Chains of Olympus are pretty decent, tbh... also Daxter and MGS: Peace Walker...

[ElNono]

The neat thing with emus is that they let you discover games you might have never played before... besides playing old classics...

[baseline bum]

Patapon, Lumines 2, God of War: Chains of Olympus are pretty decent, tbh... also Daxter and MGS: Peace Walker...

Dammit, most of those came out after I gave my PSP away

[NASpurs]

Man if you want to waste time like crazy, I recommend Drastic DS emulator for the android and then look for DS roms.

[DJR210]

zSNES, PSCX2, ePSXe, MAME, Chankast

theisozone.com has pretty much every PS2 game you need, American or Jap too FYI..

[apalisoc_9]

Also, let me blow my own horn here, if you have a PS4, we're doing something special with some of the PS2 games on PS4 ports... not just adding trophies, but for select games we're actually adding widescreen support, fixing bugs in the original games, and some more stuff that I can't talk publicly at the moment... I know they're a bit pricey for a port, but we are putting a lot of work in them, including fixes, updates, and 1080p/60hz support out of the box...

For example, we fixed bugs on Jedi StarFighter and Racer Revenge (another excellent game, BTW) that caused crashes in the original PS2...

Anyway, you can tell us what games your working on? I have some childhood favourites that i wouldnt mind seeing on ps4 classics lol

[lefty]

I have SNES and Genesis emulators on my Android phone :lol

I should probably try them on my tablet

[Wild Cobra]

I should fire up my C64 so I can play this again:

https://www.mobygames.com/game/earth-orbit-stations

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I know ElNono was big into MAME since they don't have new games in Mexico. That's probably the GOAT emulator of all time. What other shit do you guys like to run? ePSXe seems unbeatable for PS1 since you have all kinds of crazy shaders you can apply, e.g., playing games cell shaded for example. And rendering in 1080p really cleans edges up a lot. PCSX2 is pretty great for PS2 if you have a strong CPU. Damn the PS2 games really look a lot better rendered at 1080p, stuff like God of War II looks somewhat modern at that resolution.

Any hidden gems to check out? One game I had never heard of that turns out to be pretty badass is Virtua Tennis on Dreamcast (running nullDC).

We used to play virtua tennis all fucking day between bong rips lol

[ElNono]

Anyway, you can tell us what games your working on? I have some childhood favourites that i wouldnt mind seeing on ps4 classics lol

I can't, but if you have some in mind, let me know, and I'll see about trumpeting them upstream... frankly, it's not about just picking games.. rights holder have to be contacted, they gotta want to publish, contracts signed, etc... it's a process.

But, if you have a shortlist, post them here...

[apalisoc_9]

I can't, but if you have some in mind, let me know, and I'll see about trumpeting them upstream... frankly, it's not about just picking games.. rights holder have to be contacted, they gotta want to publish, contracts signed, etc... it's a process.

But, if you have a shortlist, post them here...

I used to play this game called Suikoden for the Ps2...

[ElNono]

I used to play these game called Suikoden for the Ps2...

Suikoden III, IV or V? The original Suikoden was PS1, IIRC....

[apalisoc_9]

Suikoden III, IV or V? The original Suikoden was PS1, IIRC....

I played them all..but both 1 and 2 are on the store but not 3 to 5.

That series had a lot of aregntininans fans for som reason. Probably one of the top 3 biggest suiko communities. The 05 forums was full of them. :lol

That game reminds me of the dragon age series. Dont think iv played it for over 10 years though

[DarrinS]

Amazon Fire + Bluetooth controller + emulators = portable fun, tbh

[lefty]

Are emulators compatible with Chromecast?

[SpursforSix]

Are emulators compatible with Chromecast?

Probably...assuming you can relay it through a pair of Beats Studio Maxs.

[baseline bum]

The in progress PS3 emulator looks promising.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsuKQfsu-zk

[NASpurs]

http://www.destructoid.com/new-nes-emulator-displays-classic-games-in-3d-347508.phtml

I just saw this on my news feed. Apparently this emulator makes NES games look 3D


http://youtu.be/Ti2fwroyP2A

[apalisoc_9]

The in progress PS3 emulator looks promising.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsuKQfsu-zk

Id give six years before it can start running most ps3 games smoothly

[DJR210]

http://www.destructoid.com/new-nes-emulator-displays-classic-games-in-3d-347508.phtml

I just saw this on my news feed. Apparently this emulator makes NES games look 3D


http://youtu.be/Ti2fwroyP2A

Yeah I seent that too

[313]

The in progress PS3 emulator looks promising.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsuKQfsu-zk
Only a handful of games work smoothly atm but it's coming along a lot faster than previous generations tbh

[TDMVPDPOY]

where can i download the mame program and emulators?

man i want to try and finish off that shinobi game on the sega genises 1

[ElNono]

where can i download the mame program and emulators?

man i want to try and finish off that shinobi game on the sega genises 1

Sega Genesis emu here:
http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/

ROMs:
http://coolrom.com/roms/genesis/

[baseline bum]

Sega Genesis emu here:
http://www.carpeludum.com/kega-fusion/

ROMs:
http://coolrom.com/roms/genesis/

Hey man, you have a favorite MAME frontend? Just something easy to configure.

[ElNono]

Hey man, you have a favorite MAME frontend? Just something easy to configure.

Frankly, no, I still use the commandline. But here's some info discussing some:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/238985-best-mame-frontend-2015/

Looks like Hyperspin or QMC2 might be options.

[baseline bum]

Frankly, no, I still use the commandline. But here's some info discussing some:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/238985-best-mame-frontend-2015/

Looks like Hyperspin or QMC2 might be options.

Damnit Hyperspin looks like a real pain in the ass.

[baseline bum]

Ugh, Hyperspin sucks. I'll just write scripts for each rom I have on MAME.

[ElNono]

how about this one?

http://www.mgalaxy.com/index.html

[baseline bum]

Holy shit, I haven't played MAME since using xmame on Linux. That shit was simple to use in BASH, apparently the official branch of MAME in Windows has a bad UI. :lol

[baseline bum]

how about this one?

http://www.mgalaxy.com/index.html

MameUI is exactly what I was looking for. It's simple as hell.

[ElNono]

MAME went through a mega conversion at some point, fully rewritten in C++ and heavy on XML... haven't really followed that much.

You used to be able to just start mame.exe and get a list of your installed games.

[ElNono]

MameUI is exactly what I was looking for. It's simple as hell.

Nice, I'll pin it just in case.

[baseline bum]

MAME went through a mega conversion at some point, fully rewritten in C++ and heavy on XML... haven't really followed that much.

You used to be able to just start mame.exe and get a list of your installed games.

This is the first time I have used official Windows MAME since like 2006, and was used to how xmame works. :lol

As soon as the 360 came out I bought that shit, ditched XP and said fucc pc gaming, and went to Linux until I built a gaming PC in late 2014 and of course had to go back to Redmond. Back in Linux xmame has a super easy command line interface. I'd put my button config in a file called say battletoads.fuck and then write a BASH script battletoads.sh that just executed something like xmame $HOME/roms/mame/battletoads.zip -cfg $HOME/cfg/mame/battletoads.fuck.

[ElNono]

This is the first time I have used official Windows MAME since like 2006, and was used to how xmame works. :lol

As soon as the 360 came out I bought that shit, ditched XP and said fucc pc gaming, and went to Linux until I built a gaming PC in late 2014 and of course had to go back to Redmond. Back in Linux xmame has a super easy command line interface. I'd put my button config in a file called say battletoads.fuck and then write a BASH script battletoads.sh that just executed something like xmame $HOME/roms/mame/battletoads.zip -cfg $HOME/cfg/mame/battletoads.fuck.

Commandline still works on windows, but it might have changed some params... but you can use the built-in UI (TAB IIRC)

I haven't used the Windows build in years (until about last month when I had to work on some SNK games for my current project) and when I was on the Mac, I used to use and contribute to the SDL version, which IIRC also runs on Linux, and it's a lot closer, UI-wise to the Windows build.

[baseline bum]

Commandline still works on windows, but it might have changed some params... but you can use the built-in UI (TAB IIRC)

I haven't used the Windows build in years (until about last month when I had to work on some SNK games for my current project) and when I was on the Mac, I used to use and contribute to the SDL version, which IIRC also runs on Linux, and it's a lot closer, UI-wise to the Windows build.

LOL, yeah I just saw it has the same syntax. I forgot you have to set rompath in the command, you just can't give the link to rom zipfile. I was just playing Bad Dudes on it.

[DarrinS]

I was using EmulationStation on my Raspberry Pi, but I got tired of all the configuration issues. It's a nice front end tho.