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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
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            @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
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              @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
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                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
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                  @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
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                    @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
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                                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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                                        • mattrixkM
                                          mattrixk
                                          last edited by

                                          For those curious, NES is currently in the lead, with SNES a close second.

                                          10 - NES
                                          9 - SNES
                                          6 - SPX
                                          6 - N64
                                          6 - MegaDrive
                                          6 - Gameboy
                                          6 - Gameboy Advance
                                          5 - Arcade
                                          5 - FinalBurn Alpha
                                          5 - Genesis
                                          5 - Neogeo

                                          So, could MegaDrive/Genesis technically be in the lead with 11 votes?

                                          My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                          • mattrixkM
                                            mattrixk
                                            last edited by

                                            NES and SNES are neck and neck at 17 each!

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                                            My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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