This is a CRT via composite: Brightness about 40
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And this one with Brightness: 25
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Problem is, this is a really low Brightness, even if I bump Contrast to ~80. There's one more variable in my telly (S-Bright), but overall I play with the brighter version on. It all depends on a game though: for example in this title (CAW) the low brightness is mostly fine, but in other, darker titles you will start losing details. It's also dead hard to calibrate properly, I'm not even sure if its possible, to have one profile for all games and systems.

@bobharris My image is "Stretch" already and I ordered this PSU now: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01E75SB2C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The user reviews of this product are great. I'm excited :)
Thanks for the overclocking tip. I'll try that.

@ruthless4u said in Legal question:

I just thought it was interesting that when asked in sellers FAQ why they did not have roms installed it was because of questionable legality but they still have it advertised that it comes with retropie installed which is still not legal.

Apart from just being uninformed, I guess they are more afraid of the ROMs' copyright holders than of the emulator's programmers, as the former tend to be big corporations known to sue copyright infringers, whereas the latter tend to be private indiduals or small businesses. Also, many people confuse "free of charge" with "free of rules".

Oh ya i tested out Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (which was kind of slow on the Pi 3) and was more stable on the Pi 3 B+ but there is some sound problems but it doesn't move all slowish like it did before which is more enjoyable sadly Killer Instinct still wont work well the Arcade version and also Spider-Man the arcade game still lags a bit.

yeah, it's a very bad habit :(

@handsomegenius I had a good chuckle at your instructions - thanks! They definitely work too as I'm now watching Perth breakfast telly (and losing millions of brain cells by the second). God save us from Australian free to air. It is truly horrid.

I've always wanted to like Godzilla movies. On paper I should. I love monster movies and the various kaiju, with all of their distinct background stories should really pique my interest. However, after many failed attempts to get into them, I just have to admit, I'm simply not a Godzilla fan. Same likely goes for me and Pokemon. I love RPGs and the idea of virtual pets who can battle each other seems fun, but over the years I've started various Pokemon games and I always find myself playing something else before too long. Still, hope springs eternal. I haven't completely given up on this series yet and I'll certainly go into 'Pokemon Fire Red' with an open mind.

https://xkcd.com/303/
https://xkcd.com/303/

@ruthless4u You may be able to use the controllers through the GPIO, but it would be quite a bit of effort considering how much USB controllers cost, and you might be able to use the reuse the case if you are handy with a dremel tool, but other than that, just start again with a PI.

Pith Helmet, Jungle, has to be Sabre Wolf on the 8 Bit Spectrum/C64 and Amstrad.

@youxia said in Admins Wanted for Revolutionary New Emulation Website:

Pay some "revolutionary" cloud people to take care of my saves? Nah, thanks, I'll just spend that minute-and-a-half plugging in and transferring manually.

Oh I missed that part about cloud backup for saves. That is a handy feature! I am a big proponent of backing up saved games to the cloud.

It is possible to put a Pi Zero inside of the gameboy color i have seen a lot of video's on YouTube just it is a lot of work.

@cyperghost
Thanks for the hints !
I just tested seafile. It doesn't seem to have recurrent tasks that load the system like owncloud.
But nearly everytime I go on a page of the UI, python takes 100% of 1 to 2 cores during 5-10s, which is the time the page takes to load on my local network (withe empty repository - sic).
Moreover, unlike owncloud, seafile doesn't allow to mount and use various external storages (including SMB, S3, google, ...).
It's an interesting software, pretty easy to configure, but the more I test, the more I think the RPi kind of lacks power for this kind of applications, especially if it already hosts retropie.

Thanks!

PS2: Cold Fear

@superpiboy said in Raspberry Pi 3 B+ released:

@ecks
Hi, thank you for you reply. 65-70°C is too high for me to my handheld projects. I wonder how much degree RPI3B+ is in normal using condiiton with a heatsink? for example in playing PS1 game ? without overclock.

This video

will give you an idea for the temps on the Pi 3B+

@quicksilver Haha! Retrogames as a religion, why not ;-)
Make sure you play the ps1 port of Doom too...feels like a whole different games with the creepy music.

@brigane said in Best Amiga Emulator:

UAE

Ahh didn't know UAE wasn't being updated anymore. Cheers.

@classicgmr said in Yet another reseller:

Now I'm no saint - not trying to paint myself as the "Ultra Halo Wearing Social Justice Warrior With A Side Of Bacon!!" kinda guy. We ALL know where to get games. I've been emulating since I got a 2400 baud modem to go BBS hopping. It's the people that SELL and PROFIT from them that irritate me.

Now that's going back!