23rd Jan 2022
I have an attic full full of retro games and consoles but I just don't have the time or the inclination to take them out, set them up etc etc.
So I've been toying with the idea of setting up something to scratch my retro gaming itch. What, in your opinion, is the most convenient/cost saving way of setting something up? A stand alone Pandora Box? A budget used PC? Budget Android phone? a current console running an emu? All advice appreciated!
So I've been toying with the idea of setting up something to scratch my retro gaming itch. What, in your opinion, is the most convenient/cost saving way of setting something up? A stand alone Pandora Box? A budget used PC? Budget Android phone? a current console running an emu? All advice appreciated!
I currently emulate Gameboy Color, SNES, N64, PS1, Dreamcast, PSP and Gamecube on the Huawei.
I think you can do it without Dev mode now.
Easiest is coinops with an xbox 360 controller, 2nd is virtualmans retrobat, then picades, launchbox is great for creating your own selection of games. Hardest at the moment is the rpi zero2 with gpi case as you have to add and test all the games untl an image comes out.
I guess it depends what you want to emulate up to as to what is best though. I really like virtualmans retrobat for covering a load of systems, but coinops is amazing for arcade only.
I'm running zx spectrum games on an a4-5000 cpu and motherboard i picked up for a tenner, and managed to get windows 11 on it.
It will also run the mame 2003 low spec arcade set
But yep op needs to mention what consoles/computers they want to emulate.
Thanks. I might have a look around for my old laptops, I'm sure I have a few in a electronics graveyard somewhere!
It's mainly games pre PS2.
Raspberry pi 4 for pre ps2.
Is that right? Even better!
But are you waiting a half hour for them to load? I used to but Bullseye on as a kid and fall asleep before it had even loaded up.
I bought an emulator called spectaculator a few years back, i think its still available now but they dont upgrade the windows version now although not sure they could do much to improve it. Games load in a few seconds but i believe if you want the full experience it can load games like they originally loaded
The excitement when it used to draw the loading screen line by line …….. and then crash at the end
Yep yie ar kung fu had that turbo load that used to always crash on me
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i'm grabbing one mostly for emulation
I'd love one of these but A, it would be a bit overkill to buy one of these powerhouses to play a few SNES and megadrive games and B, it could hardly be called a 'budget' set up!
oh right lol, planning on playing a different console generation, have you thought about one of those sega mega drive mini's, think a second hand one is around the £100 mark, and you can add other generations,
playstation vita (around £120) is decent for emulation as well, had no problems running megadrive, snes, gba games on it, pretty easy to setup vita.hacks.guide/
nintendo wii is pretty straight forward to setup with emulation and around £40
(just picked the first youtube clips on the search, apologises if they're talking about something else)
could probably find a cheaper pc with like an igpu that will be alright for emulation as well, had no issues running everything up to gamecube on an intel hd 4000 from 2012, ps2 struggled depending on the game
Interesting... I have a spare Wii and an unused Vita... I'd defo look into that.
Can be had for 170£... Controller worth £40 so basically 130 for much capable then emulation
From your comments, you must have an old pc, laptop or console you can use instead of spending upto 200 sheets on something new. Unless you want to?
The emulators seem to work really smooth and while the on-screen controls are generally awful, I've ordered a Razer Kishi to make it a tad more enjoyable.