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    • lilbudL
      lilbud
      last edited by

      NES, Gameboy, Color and Advance, SNES, Genesis, Neogeo, Arcade, Mame, DS

      Try Strawpoll for the poll

      Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

      Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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      • mattrixkM
        mattrixk @lilbud
        last edited by

        Awesome, thanks for the reply @lilbud. I'll look into strawpoll (probably better than manually updating the second post each time).

        My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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        • J
          Jeck11
          last edited by

          snes
          nes
          gb

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          • mattrixkM
            mattrixk @Jeck11
            last edited by

            Thanks @Jeck11 :D

            @lilbud: Strawpoll only allows up to 30 options... I have 86. I'll keep looking for an online poll thing.

            My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator
              last edited by mediamogul

              atarilynx
              gamegear
              mastersystem
              ngpc
              amiga
              atarist
              gb
              megadrive
              pc
              snes
              apple2
              c64
              gba
              msx
              pcengine
              vectrex
              coleco
              gbc
              n64
              videopac
              atari2600
              daphne
              intellivision
              nds
              psx
              virtualboy
              atari5200
              macintosh
              neogeo
              scummvm
              zmachine
              atari7800
              mame-libretro
              nes
              sega32x
              atari800
              gameandwatch
              segacd

              Edit: I've also "Americanized" all the applicable system menu listings in Emulation Station because we invented Elvis.

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              • lilbudL
                lilbud @mattrixk
                last edited by

                @mattrixk how about google forms?

                Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                • mattrixkM
                  mattrixk @mediamogul
                  last edited by

                  @mediamogul: That's an epic list. Thanks mate.

                  @lilbud: I didn't know Google Forms were a thing, but it doesn't surprise me. I have made one and put the link in the first post.

                  I have already filled in the responses by @mediamogul. @lilbud and @Jeck11, so you guys don't need to fill in the poll again.

                  My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                  • mattrixkM
                    mattrixk
                    last edited by

                    I changed a couple of system names (eg: Playstation 1 to PSX - Playstation 1), but it removed the points for those systems, so I added them back in. I also added a couple of different MAMEs.

                    My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                    • LS650L
                      LS650 @mattrixk
                      last edited by

                      @mattrixk said in Poll: What Systems Do You Use?:

                      • There are many I've never heard of, like BBC Micro, Coco, Colecovision, Intellivision, Amstrad CPC and Odyssey2. How popular are they?

                      One of the reasons I really like the Retropie package is that it supports a lot of the more obscure systems.
                      I think the Vectrex is a great system (I own one) but the emulator is a convenient way to play some of its great games. (Though I have to say it definitely has some sound issues.)
                      I also actively use 2600, 5200 (when I can get it to work), 7800, the Sega 32X, the TG-16, the Odyssey 2 (a really underrated system), the Virtual Boy...

                      And really? You've never never heard of the Intellivision or Colecovision? Wow - there are so many great pre-NES games that a lot of younger folks have never had the pleasure of playing...

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                      • mattrixkM
                        mattrixk @LS650
                        last edited by

                        @LS650 I had the original Gameboy when I was younger (fond memories) and a MegaDrive when I was a bit older. I also have vague recollections of having a Master System at some point, but that may have been a fever dream. Next thing I know, my brother had a PS1, then a few years later I had an XBOX. Aside from some friends with a NES or SNES, I was never really exposed to any other systems.

                        My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                        • lilbudL
                          lilbud
                          last edited by

                          I have a GBA SP, (still have it.) NES, Atari 2600, PSone and I'll be getting a genesis in a month or 2.

                          Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                          • LS650L
                            LS650 @mattrixk
                            last edited by

                            @mattrixk That's the thing, the Retropie gives you the perfect tool to explore and experience these cool old systems. To buy some old systems, say a Vectrex or a Virtual Boy, could be hundreds of dollars, but emulation gives you the chance to experience what they are like to game on.

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                            • mattrixkM
                              mattrixk
                              last edited by

                              Looks like someone has gone through and ticked every system. That's unfortunate.

                              My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                              • mattrixkM
                                mattrixk @LS650
                                last edited by

                                @LS650 True. My wife grew up with a Vectrex, so I tried to get that working for her, but I've had no real luck with it. As for others, I barely get time to play games as it is. My Pi is mostly a media center for watching movies/tv off my NAS drive.

                                @lilbud: You reminded me, I still have an SP (the folding one before the DS) in a box somewhere. I might pull it out and have a go, see if it still works. I was playing an isometric Star Wars game, but couldn't get passed the Droideka. Put it down and never picked it back up. It's funny, I can't remember if it was red, blue or purple...

                                My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                • lilbudL
                                  lilbud @mattrixk
                                  last edited by

                                  @mattrixk I had the clamshell blue one, I swear those are indestructible. Dropped one down a flight of concrete stairs, not even a scratch.

                                  Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                  Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                  • FlyingTomahawkF
                                    FlyingTomahawk
                                    last edited by

                                    FBAlpha
                                    NES
                                    SNES
                                    MegaDrive
                                    GBAdvance
                                    NeoGeo
                                    PC-Engine
                                    MasterSystem

                                    Those are I think the must be inside systems.
                                    Then there are Atari 2600 and 7800, to be honest I have no idea what the difference between all the Ataris are they all look the same to me game-wise.

                                    And then of course the america-nised versions of MegaDrive and PC-Engine I think an alternative logo inside the theme folder should suffice?

                                    I personally use 4 systems of which one I copied multiple times to create CPS, Psikyo and NeoGeo.
                                    Something like this;

                                    SNES
                                    NES
                                    MegaDrive
                                    FBAlpha
                                    NeoGeo (using FBA system setting)
                                    Capcom Play System (using FBA system setting)
                                    Psikyo (using FBA system setting)

                                    That makes 7 systems but actually using only 4.

                                    Just add a basic system selection in your theme and make the others on request.

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                                    • mattrixkM
                                      mattrixk @FlyingTomahawk
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks for the reply @FlyingTomahawk. Did you fill in the Google Survey? If not, I'll add these to the now.

                                      What's Psikyo? I've not heard of that one.

                                      My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                      • FlyingTomahawkF
                                        FlyingTomahawk
                                        last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                        Yes I did fill out the survey.
                                        Btw. I was not the one that clicked all of them. ;)

                                        Psikyo was a Japanese video game company specialized mostly in vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups and erotic mahjong games.
                                        Some of the shooters are Gunbird, Gunbird 2, Samurai Aces, Aero Fighters, Cannon Spike, Zero Gunner 1 & 2 etc....

                                        I just like to keep my favorite shoot em ups in a separate system. So it is not a real system per se.

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                                        • mattrixkM
                                          mattrixk @FlyingTomahawk
                                          last edited by

                                          vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups and erotic mahjong games

                                          That's... quite an eclectic mix isn't it?

                                          My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                                            FlyingTomahawk @mattrixk
                                            last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                            @mattrixk

                                            lol, yeah, I guess shoot em ups alone didn't do it and you know what they say, "sex sells". :)
                                            I don't know how to play mahjong so I just stick with the shooters.

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