I'm an admin for RetroAchievements, so I interact with emulation quite a bit even outside my "me" time. Very few limits on what I'll play for a while, but it all happens on the steam deck these days. I shared my ROM drive with my deck over the network, so I don't have to burn extra drive space for it.
So what are you enjoying the most lately?
Any recommendations above all other games?
So glad I opted to get the Steam Deck, it feels so comfortable to play for long sessions for me. And the systems it can play are so varied!
Haven't yet looked into Retro Achievements. Maybe it is time I do!
oh hey that's sick, i just connected retroachievements to my retroid and it's very cool. i never achievement hunt but I still enjoy that little dopamine rush when the ping hits.
there's some really clever ones there too. i'm definitely trying to do the "16 notes for every battle theme" in Mother 3
Oooh boy, everything I own that is moddable gets modded at the earliest (financial, mostly 😝) convenience. Currently I'm the proud owner of a modded Switch, 3DS, GBA, GBA SP, PS3, PS4 and of course, my darling PS Vita! I almost can't help myself with these things... All that stuff and, yet, all I seem to have time for is the excellent Metroid Prime Remaster... One day, backlog...One day...
I know the feeling! I got bored and modded my 3DS back in 2020 and have just been getting more into it since! I've got my 3DS, Vita, and my recent favorite is my modded WiiU.
That and the multiple retro handhelds that I own lol. I have so many games I want to get to but I keep just playing Mario Golf on them...
Hope you're enjoying the Prime Remaster btw. It's an incredible game
You're just like me, I mod everything I can get my hands on. How is the ps vita? Its the last major handheld that I want for gaming and modding.
The Steam Deck has taken over gaming for me lately. Really loving playing modded BoTW and starting Disco Elysium via the Switch YUZU emulator.
But you'll see my V2 Miyoo Mini (with a Metal Gear Solid theme! and a jailbroken Switch).
...also just started playing Wasteland 3 on the Steam Deck. Enjoying how it has the older Fallout feeling.
The steam deck has been a game changer for me in this regard. I used to try emulation but often didn't have a gamepad with the relevant PC for too long. Now I have one I can designate for emulation and it has a gamepad built in.
ME ME ME ME! I created /r/flashcarts over on Reddit, and I've been wondering if there might be an appetite for a similar community here.
The smaller scale might mean it is more pragmatic to have a community dedicated to all of the above rather than just flash cartridges.
I would love to see a general Retro Gaming/Modding/etc instance on beehaw!
Me too. I think a smaller community would help, too. Less people means more personalised content, and eaiser to help one another!
Oh me too, I REALLY want a place to congregate with other retro enthusiasts.
Nice! I'm a huge fan of KRIKzz's flash carts! And a community like you set up on Reddit would be great!
This is my first post, so here's me and my gaming:
I recently sold my retro collection to help buy a house. But before that, I dumped all of my games to the Polymega and a RetroFreak. I do have an Analogue Pocket, SuperNT and MegaSG each with flash carts. For the Pocket, I updated the firmware to support more FPGA cores and it works great!
I used to do gaming posts to Instagram, but you know, life gets in the way LOL
Been using my PS Vita as my portable emulation machine for a while now. Super easy to mod with the added bonus of being able to play Vita games.
I always recommend to anyone who wants a handheld to go for a Vita, even if you don't emulate anything other than PSP and PS1 that gives you access to thousands and thousands of games. Add onto that the fact it's past end of life, it's nearly a moral responsibility to mod it.
That said I also have a modded 3ds. I have modded my ps1, ps2 and ps3. I've modded my OG XBOX and 360.
All aboard the mod train....CHOO CHOOOOOOOO!
Oh for sure! Gotta remember to play the games as well after all that modding lol
Lmfao! Too true, Vita is my daily driver, I get probably 15hrs a week of gaming time on it.
How much are ps vitas these days? I've been really hankering for one, for the reasons you mentioned.
I’ve had a Steam Deck for a while and recently got an Anbernic RG405m (running GammaOS) which I’m very pleased with
Please play Pokemon Unbound. Its a Pokemon Rom Hack and just the best Pokemon game i have ever played
Ayn Odin! Love this little thing, currently playing through Pokemon Radical Red romhack (it's hard as hell but I'm getting through it). This little device is honestly a beast.
Came to post thus as well. Really love it. Just destroyed FF7 and now in a few hours in to FFX.
Its a powerfull little device.
I have a similar setup, Switch with CFW, RG350p for more portable retro games like GBA etc, and then the SteamDeck has just been an emulation beast. Absolutely love that thing
Yeah the Steam Deck with EmuDeck has been amazing for this. Between emulating all my old childhood consoles and having my whole Steam library (pretty much) available, it's like having my entire gaming lifetime in one machine.
I used to be a huge fan of Neo Geo and old arcade stuff, so I setup a MAME pc in an old arcade cabinet, using the old crt monitor, and hooked it up with some simple self made joystick panel. It suits my emulation needs 😃
I use retroach on both my PC and my android. With my android (LG v60) I use a Gamesir Bluetooth controller.
Currently trying to master SimCity on the SNES (have two achievements left). I've also been doing as many Gen 1 Professor Oak Challenges as I can. However, my main systems are NES and GBA.
I used to have a PSP but now I just use an old Android + retroarch with a Razer kishi
I spent a LOT of time earlier this year learning how to get RetroArch working since I had never bothered with it before (I come from the early age emulators, before the relatively recent trend of running them through a front end). I walked away from it thinking RetroArch might be one of the most infuriating pieces of software I've ever rotten my hands on. Bloated, Buggy, terrible ux design, a lot of seemingly basic functionality not supported whatsoever, I really genuine nelt hated my time troubleshooting it.
Standalone emulators mean you spend less time angrily combing through forums and watching YouTube support vids at 2x speed; and more time playing your roms.
This is besides the notoriously cruel and intolerant behavior of the RetroArch dev team. They're seriously bad people.
Don't use RetroArch kids, make everyone's lives just a fraction more pleasant. :)
Absolutely! Good games, like movies or books, are timeless, and some of the best ones are from past consoles. I know it is a recent phenomena, but it is incredible having a complete game that will never be updated again is refreshing. Having the entire experiencing, bugs and all, without the pyschic burden that you are missing out because the developers are still working on it is nice.
All my Nintendo consoles that can be modded are modded, so Wii(U) and (3)DS (XL)s. Playstation Portable and Vita are modded.
I have a Cannoo somewhere, early emulation handheld. GBA hardware clone. I want to buy a really good SBC for retro gaming, but I am getting caught up on the best screen ratio and trying to keep up with the latest chip sets.
ROMs are great. I treat them like music or any other art. If the original developers and artists are not getting paid, the estate is not getting my money. Nobody should get passive income just because they own the rights to something.
Been using my CFW switch to play FF4, got the pixel remaster and I'm going to be playing Chrono Trigger soon on it
I've been playing a lot on this Miyoo Mini Plus recently. Tiny, but surprisingly easy to play, and great for picking up for quick gaming sessions. With OnionOS, and its Game Switcher, you can be in and gaming in seconds.
So far, I've played through GBA Circle of the Moon and Aria of Sorrow on it. Great games!
Ive been eyeing that device, shame white was sold out in minutes. I dont like the grey or the colored versions. Kinda cheap as well compared to similar devices.
In fact, the white one is the most readily available currently... I got this one because they were all sold out of the black one, and it's the one I see most often on Miyoo's Ali Express store.
That said, the temptation to buy all four is strong, so the order you get them in becomes increasingly irrelevant :)
I'm mostly into SNES and GBA emulation. Downloaded full packs of ROMs for each.
Currently playing Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. I avoided this game for a long time due to the bad rep ("it's too easy"), but I've been having fun with it. (Blazing Sword is still better though.)
I have a jailbroken ps3 that I use solely for transit, basic emulators and roms on my laptop. My goal is to build a little emulation box with a raspberry pi. I honestly enjoy messing with the consoles and such more than playing games, haha.
I have a modded 3DS with a lot of games loaded onto it, but I haven't used it in quite a while. I'm mainly a PC player, so I use retroarch for older systems (up to n64) and standalone emulators for newer systems. The next game on my list is to try Red Dead Redemption again. RPCS3 has gotten better since the last time I tried it, so hopefully my laptop can handle it!
Red dead redemption is pretty performant on Xenia these days, much better than rpcs3.
I recently got a retroid flip and plays pretty much everything before the PS2 and GameCube. Only had it a few days but I absolutely love the clamshell design. Makes it feel a lot more like a console instead of android phone with a controller attached to it.
Right now I'm bouncing around between stuff but I'm doing a Mother 3 replay, Pokémon Unbound, and Breath of Fire 4.
I've been carrying my rg35xx everyday in my work bag. I've been slowly working my way through fire emblem.
I'm also working on making a game in gb studio with my partner! She's pretty excited as well as myself.
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