What games are you playing this week? 2017-07-03

lilbud

@MrJordaaany said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-07-03:

The other non-lr N64 emulators work pretty great. No chance of it coming to those?

Well I was referring to emulators on Windows, like non libretro Project 64.

I just wish there was a Mario 64 achievement for backwards long jumping up the endless stairs

Also, @MrJordaaany @meleu How in the hell were you able to change your profile picture for Retroachievements? It doesn't work when I try to change mine.

meleu

@lilbud

Well I was referring to emulators on Windows, like non libretro Project 64.

You can try the "official" emulator on Windows. Get it here: http://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=4686

How in the hell were you able to change your profile picture for Retroachievements?

I used the traditional way, but I remember that it was a pain and I had to try several times. Can't remember what exactly made it possible...

beamquaker

@pjft the standard one. When it first played swos I was into football in a big way . I had season tickets for my home team Raith rovers and we where in the premier league and had recently played Bayern Munich in Europe . It reminds me of the golden era for my towns football team. It is a great game .

beamquaker

@rig it's plays perfect in FBA . It even feels a tad to fast at times like darkstalker and some other games FBA emulates.

pjft

@MrJordaaany said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-07-03:

Once the Pi is completely done (and it almost is)

Right. Just tell that to yourself ;)

My Pi has been in that state for the last 9 months, as tinkering with it ends up being what I do the most :P And I imagine most regulars here as well.

I'm not sure if one day it will be "done" - every other week there's something that makes me think "oh wow, that is really cool, I need to try that" (shader, theme, a new ROM I hear about in any old games site or podcast) and then off I go. It's a virtuous cycle for me. :)

@beamquaker well done. It's a great game!

Darksavior

@rig 3rd Strike does slow down a bit when you perform a super, you can hear a slight crackle in the audio for a split second, but otherwise it runs full speed on my pi2 at 1ghz and pi3 at 1.3ghz.

MrJordaaany

@pjft said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-07-03:

@MrJordaaany said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-07-03:

Once the Pi is completely done (and it almost is)

Right. Just tell that to yourself ;)

My Pi has been in that state for the last 9 months, as tinkering with it ends up being what I do the most :P And I imagine most regulars here as well.

I'm not sure if one day it will be "done" - every other week there's something that makes me think "oh wow, that is really cool, I need to try that" (shader, theme, a new ROM I hear about in any old games site or podcast) and then off I go. It's a virtuous cycle for me. :)

@beamquaker well done. It's a great game!

Haha exactly. It's what im trying to tell myself now. But then you come across over-lays, and oohhh I like the sound of netplay, and hey look! RectroAchievements!

It never ends... Please send help...

spruce_m00se

@MrJordaaany can you do netplay for things like street fighter?

MrJordaaany

@spruce_m00se Haven't played with it enough yet to say. My understanding is, if you can set it up properly, it works with any game as long as you and your partner are using the exact same rom file, and exact same emulator.

dankcushions

@beamquaker said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-07-03:

@rig it's plays perfect in FBA . It even feels a tad to fast at times like darkstalker and some other games FBA emulates.

i've heard this before! apparently the real CPS3 board actually had different (slower) frame rates in some stages/situations, but FBA aims for 60Hz at all times.

if anyone can dig up a youtube video or something like that showing the proper hardware doing something different to FBA, then we could report it as an issue to FBA and see if they can fix it.

MrJordaaany

@rig said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-07-03:

@meleu huh, I am useing the same core but it looks choppy compared to my ps2. I'm using a rom from the correct rom pack

Out of interest, I booted up my 3rd strike last night and it was choppy and laggy too. Then I updated lr-fba and tried again and it works 100% fine now. So maybe try that.

spruce_m00se

@MrJordaaany i smell a couple of pi's being conencted in my living room for a test

rig

@darksavior , I just tried 3rd strike again and compared it to my ps2 copy and it is not as smooth on the rpi. It looks like it is skipping frames.

rig

@mrjordaaany, I tried 3rd Strike again today and it was not as bad as I remembered but still looked like it was skipping frames. My lr-fba has the latest update. I then played 3rd Strike on my ps2 and it was a lot smoother. I think if you were to play it on the pi without knowing how smooth it is on the ps2 you might think there was nothing wrong with it. It is definitely playable on the pi.

Darksavior

@rig Don't know then. My pi3 at 1.3ghz plays sf3 fine at 1080p with the crt-pi shader. It will get dips of up to 5.fps sometimes but it's 60fps most of the time with no frameskip.

MrJordaaany

@rig said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-07-03:

@mrjordaaany, I tried 3rd Strike again today and it was not as bad as I remembered but still looked like it was skipping frames. My lr-fba has the latest update. I then played 3rd Strike on my ps2 and it was a lot smoother. I think if you were to play it on the pi without knowing how smooth it is on the ps2 you might think there was nothing wrong with it. It is definitely playable on the pi.

Yeah I'll agree with that. It's probably still not 100% but more in the 90% region now. However compared to not having updated lr-fba it is a huge difference in performance.

meleu

@mediamogul said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-07-03:

I can beat 'Contra' with the allotted three lives

Maybe you'll like to replay this game: it got new cheevos.
http://retroachievements.org/Game/1447

And there are some "bonus" cheevos with some really challenging ones:
http://retroachievements.org/Game/5948

How to make the ROM work with the "bonus" cheevos is described in the comments.

I hope you enjoy!

mediamogul

@meleu

Nice! 'Contra' is one of those games that seems tailor-made for cheevos. My play habits have been so scattershot lately that I wouldn't mind fully committing to a game for some tough, object-oriented gaming. The bonus cheevos appear to be mostly two player, but they're extremely creative. It looks like a few are even escort missions where the second player can't ever die or fire a shot. Very keen!