@obsidianspider The Nerd is the best! His boxing game on Atari 2600 is badass.

I had the pi 2 set to one of the default overclock choices that you could pick in the raspi config tool, i didn't do anything custom.

@lilbud that what i want to do. I really only need one.

I remember playing a lot of Bomberman '94 on the PC Engine/TG16 with my girl friend back in the day! This version supported up to 5 players at once! I think there's been a Bomberman/Dyna Blaster game ported to just about every retro console, handheld and the arcade.
https://tiredoldhack.com/2017/02/26/the-complete-history-of-bomberman/

@edmaul69 Shining force CD was good on sega cd, it was a compilation of the first 2 game gear shining forces (shining force gaiden, and shining force 2 the sword of hadjya) both really good games. And i think there was a third scenario on the CD version that completes the story, but i havent gotten that far into it yet.

@thedeathstar said in looking for free legal games:

@dankcushions Right, I don't think anyone is doing that, and that certainly wasn't the topic in this thread. I guess you'll say it's not your job to explain, but how is accepting donations for the image which packages non-commercial items different than selling a project made from that same image? It seems to me that Buzz is really upset that their work is being monotized, but saying it's because of the non-commercial emulators. Hence, having your cake and eating it too.

We accept donations for our work on RetroPie-Setup etc - nothing to do with selling other peoples software. We don't sell anything.

I am not happy about people breaking licences, and associating RetroPie with piracy which is happening all the time. I don't have to help anyone sell RetroPie "legally". Why should I ?

When it comes to software you never really own it like you do a car or refrigerator. You only own a license to use the software. It has always been that way and software publishers are merely leveraging modern technology to enforce that idea now.

They have always fought against the idea of trading games or letting friends borrow them but the technology and infrastructure just wasn't there in the 1980s and 90s. I'm sure if they could have foreseen the internet and ROMs they would have built in self destruct mechanisms into every cartridge ever made. From their point of view, your rant is equivalent to: I miss the days before everybody locked their doors, when I could just go into anybody's house and take whatever I want. We could argue about whether that view is correct or not, but it is why DRM exists in modern games.

@meleu good find!

@angeluskarl77 No problem at all. Glad I could help.

@BuZz Thanks mate. I don't know what I done....but played around with settings & now it doesn't freeze. Think it was something to do with memory!
Appreciate your input.

@PetroRie

But lets be honest, everyone who uses RetroPie or any other emulator got their roms illegally.

I certainly don't want to come off as a complete contrarian, but this is also a common misconception. I live in America and there is indeed a legal source to obtain just about any ROM you would ever want. I won't go into the specifics of how and where, as this does not carry over into other countries, but there are also a few other legal ways to obtain ROMs throughout the world as well.

About Kodi I think the devs are more worried about people selling boxes loaded with plugins ready to stream movies and tv shows.

This is indeed more troublesome from a legal point of view, but they've also gone on record several times about their disappointment and disillusionment in seeing something they've worked so hard on being almost universally mistaken for something that stands directly against their own personal beliefs.

Metroid - Fusion for GBA will be my game for a few weeks ahead.

@mediamogul it looked like it came out right out of the factory. They were all kept in sealed containers and the collector who owned them died in iraq and his mom sold them to me.

@herb_fargus said in Which retro gaming devices is more powerful?:

@JohnW4086 really? A $35 dollar computer vs $170 tablet... Take a guess at which one runs better

We all know the answer to that, the Raspberry of course!

@JohnW4086 No doubt the RPi is better for console emulator experience. You connect it to your TV, connect a 8bitdo controller and there you go. I dont know but to me it would be pretty weird to use the touchscreen of a tablet as a controller since you cannot "feel" the buttons you're pushing.

@j.e.f.f said in Neon Enhanced plugin for PSX:

@Twitch0815 Is this setting the same as enabling "Enhanced Resolution (Slow)" in the Retroarch GUI? (And similarly, is the "no_main" option the same thing as "Enhanced Resolution Speed Hack")?

yes

@mattrixk

in my nightlife, I'm asleep.

Ralph

@anasazi29 Broadly speaking, here is what you need to do: You need a python script that will watch a GPIO pin (that you have wired to a normally open switch like an arcade button--other wire to ground) such that when the button is pressed, the script sends a keypress. The key you send (suggestion: "ESC") would have to be picked up by the emulator as EXIT. So, you will have to go into your retroarch.cfg file, disable the hotkey function, and set the EXIT function to "ESC".

I know of a few ways this has been done in the past. One of the more popular is to use the adafruit Retrogame software. This basically takes care of the scripting process and leaves it up to you to configure what keys the GPIO pins trigger. Some folks use ONLY this solution for input control.

I also like mholgatem's GPIOneer which does the same thing, but uses a more elegant interactive configuration, then a web interface once it is setup. It is also easy to configure combo keys and to send full commands (I use it to send commands to increase and decrease master volume).