@stepea Then I can recommend the Mayflash Arcade Sticks. I have the predecessor of the F500.

@John_RM_70 said in What is Video Game Preservation?:

They had the original Hammer "The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)". That was great. Acting was good. Next week it's Christopher Lee's movie that made him, "Dracula (1958)".

I love the two series originals and 'The Revenge of Frankenstein' is definitely a great followup to 'Curse'. Most all of the movies from the two franchises are pretty good and have that great Hammer feel. A particular favorite of mine is 'Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'. I own them all except for 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell'. I thought about doing a marathon of my favorites over Halloween, but time got away from me. I'll have to check and see if I get the Horror Channel you mention. It sounds great.

For me I still have my original SNES with games and a Sega genesis new in [slightly abused] box with a large pile of games I picked up on ebay for $32. Both are sitting in a box in a closet, along with an Intellivision, N64, and a brand new Colecovision still in the box. (Plan on eventually getting an n64 everdrive) I ultimately want to have a game room where I can display them on a shelf with a CRT and other gaming "paraphernalia" as @ClassicGMR has mentioned. (Along with a full size Virtual Pinball Cabinet I dream of building)

What I do have set up is

an early run Dreamcast, which is capable of playing burned games on a CD-Rs (which I eventually want to upgrade to GDEMU)

Xbox360 which I installed custom DVD drive FW to allow playing backup discs

Hacked Wii U - a very underrated system
Wii U contains the entire content of the Wii board for backwards compatibility, including wii's ability to play gamecube discs. Since the Wii U's laser will not read gamecube games, that core is disabled. Wii U and Wii must be hacked seperately as they are 2 different system. The Wii U part is unlocked to play all backups directly from an external hard drive. The wii partition, using Nintendon't, will unlock the gamecube core, and allow games to be read from disc images. It also has an awesome, graphical custom loader which will natively launch wii and Gamecube games stored on a USB thumb drive!

3 Generations of Nintendo all playing Natively one one system, plus nearly all N64 games playable great using Virtual Console

Nintendo Switch is the latest console I have - modded of course ;)

I know the list contains a lot of newer systems, but for me, those are the ones that benefit most from playing them natively. Especially with how buggy Dreamcast, Gamecube and N64 emulation can be. The older systems I really want more for nostalgic / collectable reasons.

@jodylou22

The wired controllers would as long as you have a USB adapter. However, the infrared and 2.4ghz models will not.

Edit: Come to think of it, the infrared controllers would likely work as well with a USB infrared receiver and the proper drivers and capture software. I wouldn't recommend it though, as Infrared produces a lot of dropouts when gaming.

@John_RM_70 said in New Sega Saturn libretro core : Kronos:

The odroid xu4 has a awesome Sega Saturn emulator, at early stages, but it's looking great for a single board computer.

@barbudreadmon said in New Sega Saturn libretro core : Kronos:

I'm not sure support for boards like the odroid xu4 is likely, because i know a few people who tested standalone YabaSanshiro on this board and were disappointed, and libretro-kronos is most likely slower than YabaSanshiro on this kind of board. However i intend to buy one of those to do some tests.

Yeah, i know those videos, and i know people who tried the real thing too.

If it helps they have only sold 7 when I went to take a look.

I'm not sure this site cares that much about legit items. One of there listing has a title of "Copy of Tidying-up robot" and uses images of the actual toyota robot.

So Ya.

Vice loads in real-time, same as real hardware.
I tested this with Bruce Lee game, on both Pi and real C64 + Pi1541

@thelostsoul

want dank said and the jump from a 1.2 GHz clock to 1.4 GHz

I don't suppose there would need to be much difference. Just add a debounce circuit to the Cherry microswitch in a standard coin mech and wire the START button to it. Perhaps hack the rom to say INSERT COIN instead of PRESS START (same number of letters). The only downside is your game would start as soon as you drop a coin, and additional coins would be ignored. Ideally a counter circuit and LED display on the panel would track coin drops and presses of the panel mounted START button. In this case, the ROM would need no mods at all, any single player game that launches with the START button could be put into coin-op service.

Wooow!! I just shiver when i see all those classic machines lined up! What a place on earth!

Done!

@RetroFreak89
deja vu? https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12658/will-raspberry-pi-3-ever-be-discontinued
deja vu deja vu? https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12933/raspberry-pi-production-will-it-end-like-odroid-is

@ObscureUsername I'd rather you didn't. The rules are not there so people can play the game of "hinting" where to get stuff. People need to legally obtain their own games.

I'm sorry I don't have the actual names for the games readily available, but my Attract Mode Advance Mame Trackball romlist is as follows:

#Name;Title;Emulator;CloneOf;Year;Manufacturer;Category;Players;Rotation;Control;Status;DisplayCount;DisplayType;AltRomname;AltTitle;Extra;Buttons abaseb;abaseb;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; amerdart;amerdart;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; arcadecl;arcadecl;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; atarifb;atarifb;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; soccer;soccer;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; bigevglf;bigevglf;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; bking;bking;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; bking2;bking2;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; bking3;bking3;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; bladestl;bladestl;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; bootcamp;bootcamp;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; bowlrama;bowlrama;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; bowler;bowler;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; bullsdrt;bullsdrt;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; cabal;cabal;MAME (Advance);;1988;Fabtek;Action / Fighting / Shooter;2;;;;;;;; capbowl;capbowl;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; caterplr;caterplr;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; centiped;Centipede;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; champbwl;champbwl;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; combasc;combasc;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; coolpool;coolpool;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; clbowl;clbowl;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; ccastles;ccastles;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; eaglshot;eaglshot;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; ebases;ebases;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; gimeabrk;gimeabrk;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; gghost;gghost;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; gridiron;gridiron;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; gt2k;gt2k;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; gt3d;gt3d;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; gt97;gt97;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; gt99;gt99;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; gtclassc;gtclassc;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; gtg2;gtg2;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; krzybowl;krzybowl;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; liberatr;liberatr;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; magworm;magworm;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; marble;Marble Madness;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; mhavoc;mhavoc;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; milliped;milliped;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; minigolf;minigolf;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; missile;Missile Command - Set 1;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; missile2;Missile Command - Set 2;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; poundfor;poundfor;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; quantum;quantum;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; rambo3;rambo3;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; rampart;rampart;MAME (Advance);;1990;Tengen;;;;;;;;;; reactor;reactor;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; shootbul;shootbul;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; sonic;sonic;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; shufshot;shufshot;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; shuuz;shuuz;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; simpbowl;simpbowl;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; slither;slither;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; snakepit;snakepit;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; spiker;spiker;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; stratab;stratab;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; sbowling;sbowling;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; suprleag;suprleag;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; syvalion;syvalion;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; teedoff;teedoff;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; tehkanwc;tehkanwc;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; tempest;Tempest - Vertical - Cocktail (rev 3, Revised Hardware);Cocktail;;1980;Atari;Shooter / Gallery;;;;;;;;;; tempest;Tempest - Horizontal;MAME (Advance);;1981;Atari;Shooter;1;;;;;;;; temptube;Tempest Tubes - Horizontal;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; temptube;Tempest Tubes - Vertical - Cocktail;Cocktail;tempest;1980;hack (Duncan Brown);;2;;dial,dial;good;1;vector;tempest;;; trisport;trisport;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; usclssic;usclssic;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; wacko;wacko;MAME (Advance);;1983;Midway;Action;2;;;;;;;; wcbowl;wcbowl;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; wcbowldx;wcbowldx;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;; xtheball;xtheball;MAME (Advance);;;;;;;;;;;;;

I should say this list includes several spinner/dial games that work fine using a trackball eg Tempest Tubes.

Seems he is testing with some new features and changes, but first completed the base version of the game. Now, he can experiment and edit on top of that version. Makes completely sense now. But where a shadow is, there is a source of light too. That means, we can hope for a future release. Man, I didn't know how cool the romhack scene is.

@HurricaneFan Noticed that 2020 too.. quite unusual.

@braiden While both are RPGs, the focus and gameplay, practically everything in the game is different. Like if you would compare Overwatch to Call of Duty, both FPS genre, but drastically different mechanics. Said that, Final Fantasy games live from its atmosphere, characters and epic single player story. And the game mechanics are often very interestingly done. PokeMon is more like a multiplayer game. First, it does not have a epic story or characters like a Final Fantasy game. The main focus more like searching, collection, training your monsters. And also fighting and trading with others is integral part of the series. Probably everyone knew it already, but I just feel like bringing it up here.

@beyonslay I am a bit suprised you mention this game, because I thought of retro only. But you are absolutely right, this Zelda game is probably one of the most important games to play. I still did not, as I don't own a Switch. But I will play it for sure, maybe this year.

Skraper (skraper.net) can get the manuals for the games scraped, provided they're available.

@BobHarris
I'm glad you enjoyed. It is a bit expensive when you need to buy both the PS4 and the headset but at least you got to give it try. I just upgraded to a PS4 pro myself as I've had VR long enough now and still use it regularly so the upgrade was worth it for me. It does make a big difference in many VR games - Resident evil 7 is much clearer, not perfect but far better than on the base PS4.

Speaking of Resident evil 7 - how far did you play? There is a section fairly early on (just after the first video tape) where you have to walk through a flooded tunnel underneath the house. The water level is just beneath your chin and it seems so convincing I always find myself holding my head up slightly so I don't get the filthy water anywhere near my mouth. During this section the decomposing corpse of Andre bursts to the surface and I was amazed by the detail in that model - I spent far too long examining it complete with all the writhing maggots (it's as disgusting and brilliant as it sounds).

Super Mario Bros 3 turns 30 years old today (October 23, 1988)

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