ROM greediness

mediamogul

Yeah, he's good in 'Romancing the Stone' too.

Arcuza

@mediamogul I understand your point.

For me, I just can't stand the games I don't have a historic relationship with...

I think I have tried to get into Chronotrigger at least 20 times last 10 years, but never endured more than 20 minutes into the game.

I think it's a combination of lack of young age memories forgiving the game (I still love Blitz for Vic 20), and the fact that I haven't spent $50 on the game forcing me to play through it even though it sucks. (I still like Chip 'n Dale for NES)

Or just the fact that today's games are fast paced quick rewarding, which makes games of the 90s much more time consuming relatively.

fabio78

@Arcuza said in ROM greediness:

Or just the fact that today's games are fast paced quick rewarding, which makes games of the 90s much more time consuming relatively.

I'd say the opposite is true. Older games are harder and require more dedication, yes, but largely they are dip in and out experiences. Newer games are very time consuming (around 20 hours becoming a standard, with RPGs and open worlds clocking at 40 or 60) and since most now are also story driven, they require you to be emotionally invested somehow.

A Former User

I'm a big SNES fan. Something about the games are just so amazing and pleasing!
Unfortunately, I was never alive during the time of the SNES. So I got some ROMs that allowed me to play these games.
Hopefully in the future I might buy an SNES and purchase those carts.
The thing is though; I have 50 games.
Maybe a little overkill here, so I was thinking or reducing it to 30 soon.

Arcuza

@fabio78 You're right, I was referring to smart phone games like Candy Crush Saga and alikes.

Arcuza

@itsnitro That's my biggest concern. Manufacturers will never sell a lifetime license to a game regardless of platform. They want to resell the same game in the retro shop of newer consoles. Which of course will never allow anyone to consolidate all their owned games into a single solution.

If I could have bought a lifetime do-whatever-yo-want license for my 30 NES-games, 40 SNES-games, 20 GB-games and so on cartridges I would do it right away.

blackshadow

The only thing im guilty of hoarding would probly be PSX games i have about 150 though in my defense ive played and completed every one infact my collection on my pi is only sizable due to romhacks currently it stands at
PSX 150 (played all of them)
GBA 100 (im weeding out some games from this though should end up around 60 70 when im done)
SNES 80(about 30 or so are romhacks/translations) Terranigma is probly my all time favorite game
Megadrive 140(got a lot of romhacks and a lot of love for this system)
MAME 120(made sure i only have 1 game revision multiple entries for the same game in emulationstaton piss me off)
MSX 2(i like the original metal gears)
NGP/C 5

thats pretty much it barring a few ports aswell i love older games in general and even today i still find myself playing more than recent games not that i dislike them mind you but i find if i need to relax or enjoy myself for a little bit its easier to do so with my retro collection than my modern ones

ohmycommodore

Not saying I don't HAVE a ton of games, I just only load a small set on my RP :)

PetroRie

@Arcuza said in ROM greediness:

@mediamogul I understand your point.

Or just the fact that today's games are fast paced quick rewarding, which makes games of the 90s much more time consuming relatively.

Older games are pretty limited but we didn't knew better. I used to play Super Mario Bros 3 almost everyday with my brother and we had a lot of fun. I still enjoy that game, I can't have the same fun and experience on a modern game.

Most new games focus a lot on multiplayer, for an example BF1 I didn't beat the single player I just played 2 missions and I started to play the MP. I unlocked almost everything, I ranked so fast, on Operations I'm almost always the first with the highest points and highest kills. I'm not a pro but it took me a while to get there, it's pretty easy with this game if you always go for the objective you always can flank a couple of them and secure the sector.

However I really think all the new games should have a online co-op mode. This really adds something to the experience in my opinion and many developers forget this. Wouldn't it be great if GTA5 had online co-op?

HurricaneFan

@blackshadow How much storage does your pi have? 150 psx games sounds like a ton of space.

felleg

I'd rather have an organized titanic list of games for some consoles (NES, SNES, Genesis, 2600,...) than be missing the game a friend wants to show me when I bring my pi over. Downloading on the fly is not always possible!

@HurricaneFan
I don't know about others, but I have about 40 psx games. I just store them on an external USB which is always connected to my pi (it's 128Gb and super small, very useful
https://www.amazon.ca/Lexar-JumpDrive-128GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B012PKV7RC

blackshadow

@HurricaneFan i have a 1TB pidrive attached to my pi in a box and use it mostly as a media center for all my dvds i own to save me having em all laying about with my limited space(i have bought a lot of films over the years so converted em all and put em on my pi) have it bolted to the back of my tv out of the way :D

got a pizero laying around doing nothing aswell and im considering a portable build for it when i get time

HPK-de

Hi,

for me retropie is just playing the old games, i played since i was young (i'm 40 now).
I was never been an console guy, i only have an old SEGA Master System lying around somewhere here, and i only have the roms i have originally for this system.
My main goal is to do Dosbox.... I was an dosgames player all my life, and i have lots of them. My focus lies between the years 1989-1995.
All in all (inkl. scummvm-games) i have around 150 of them, some really old (bought decades ago), some newly (re-)bought at GOG.com. At GOG alone i bought 40+ games, normally for 0,99$-4,99$ (sale prices) each.
I prefer buying games i play, even when i can download them somewhere from "Abandonware Sites". It gives me a better feeling, buying them. And it's exciting,
finding an old treasure on street markets or retro conventions.
I'm only interested in games i played as a kid on my computer, or played at some friends at that time.
Above that, i just buy some carefully selected classics (i like Microprose and Lucasarts titles) and games that shaped the time and history of PC-Gaming.

Now iḿ turning to get some early Windows Games up and running on pi with the exagear software, which is amazing. I got "Anno1602" running via LXDE and wine, and it works very fine.

Today i bought 2 games for only 1,49$ each at gog.com:
"Myst" and "Riven-the Sequel to Myst".
Both are rather big (600MB for Myst and 2,4 Gig for Riven), but they work fine on
the RetroPie using the ScummVM. But i had to store the games on an USB Stick,
they doesn't fit to the sdcard anymore.... It is still amazing, what this small box is capable of ;)

Greetings to all the retropiers out there....

Zigurana

Wait, what? Myst runs on ScummVM?

mediamogul

@Zigurana

You bet your bippy!

space cadet

Another game I need to play!

HPK-de

@Zigurana
Yes, Myst and Riven working with scumm.
Be sure to get the game @ gog for the sale price!

Gosenbach

sweet!
Is there a guide somewhere that outlines how to get something purchased from gog working?

HPK-de

@Gosenbach
The Guide is simple:

Install the game on a Windows PC (It comes just as an .EXE).
Copy the Game Folder into your Roms-Folder on the Raspberry PI (I use FTP).
Tell ScummVM to add an game and tell him, where to find the Game Folder.
Done! Play the Game....

When you want to download other games (not Scumm comatible)
you have tocheck if it is the Dosbox version.
https://www.gog.com/mix/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox_2
https://www.gog.com/mix/games_using_dosbox
When it is the Dos Version you follow the step above (without the Scumm Step),
but you have to configure DosBox manually.... Thats quite complicated for some games.... ScummVM is very easy....

But if you need help.... Just post what game you like to play, maybe i have an config for it ;-)

hooperre

@HPK-de Does the "Myst Masterpiece" version work off of GOG?