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Post by tonyferrino on May 12, 2022 13:06:50 GMT
Yeah, though I hear it’s fiddly if you try and use an SD card. Make sure you get the latest OTA update as it’s much faster going through lists in the Retroid front end which IMO is the best thing about the device - it’s super fast to get into and out of games with it. I’m fine keeping to the internal 32gb, which gives you about 25gb to play with. I've got one with an SD in, it was really easy to be honest. I use the installed front end and also Reset Collection. You can use multiple front ends if you like. The standard one has definitely improved and scraping works very well as long as the files are named correctly. I really like it, the buttons feel good for the price and it seems to happily run anything up to PS1 and some PSP. Don't believe the videos about it doing GameCube, it will only do the simplest games well. |
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Post by snackplissken on May 12, 2022 20:04:34 GMT
So went to get an expansion pak from CEX today. Opened the box and it was the jumper pak inside lol… come on.
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Post by dangerousdave on May 13, 2022 19:48:29 GMT
As somebody who used to work for CeX, thats very common. They don't test them and if its a busy store, they'll take the customer's word if there's a queue.
I had to adjust off a fair few in my time.
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Post by snackplissken on May 15, 2022 13:43:25 GMT
Round two for CRT purchase. I hope I haven’t made another mistake…
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2022 19:03:45 GMT
Ffs broke the power button on my 351v whilst swapping out some of the face buttons. Ordered some replacements from AliExpress so that's a job for a few weeks time.
In other uninteresting news I have a white DS lite and DSi arriving next week.
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Post by 😎 on May 28, 2022 23:40:17 GMT
$20 at a collector store. Will I ever have the hardware to play them as is? Nope. Do I care? Nope.  |
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Post by malek86 on May 29, 2022 20:27:15 GMT
That's some good stuff right there. One little known fact is, that collection saved Activision back when they were about to declare bankruptcy.
I found all those games, except for HHGTTG, on my Zork Legacy disc. They were all hidden in a folder, you just needed an interpreter to load the files.
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Post by snackplissken on May 30, 2022 10:09:16 GMT
Entered a bid for Conkers Bad Fur Day for £70. Then got outbid and chickened out.. I think I may regret it as that seemed 'cheap' compared to other ones on sale. Reminds me of over 15 years ago when I had the chance to buy it for £40 and chickened out because I thought that was expensive. One day I'll have the game.. one day.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2022 12:03:11 GMT
So I ended up ordering a Retroid Pocket 2+ last night because I find the best way to fill the big hole inside me is to buy stuff I won't have time to use. Is it quite easy to set up? No idea when it's coming mind you. Being delivered today apparently.
Not got a fucking clue what i'm meant to do with it.
Is there a good place to get all the games from etc?
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Post by uiruki on May 30, 2022 12:16:34 GMT
Archive.org actually has good ROM sets nowadays. Download speeds there aren’t brilliant but the nature of the default Retroid interface and the smaller size of most roms that work with the system means you probably are best off picking what you want rather than trying to have everything.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2022 12:42:50 GMT
Yeah I've got a rough list. It's mainly dreamcast games and a few others. Is there an idiots guide somewhere with what to do with it all?
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Post by uiruki on May 30, 2022 13:18:01 GMT
A YouTuber called Retro Game Corps has pretty good guides on most of the popular retro handhelds - give him a check. He’s also got a guide for using android for emulation in general.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2022 13:20:19 GMT
Nice I'll have a look.
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Post by malek86 on May 30, 2022 16:18:10 GMT
Entered a bid for Conkers Bad Fur Day for £70. Then got outbid and chickened out.. I think I may regret it as that seemed 'cheap' compared to other ones on sale. Reminds me of over 15 years ago when I had the chance to buy it for £40 and chickened out because I thought that was expensive. One day I'll have the game.. one day. I got that fairly cheap... many years ago. Worth it. But today it's only for collectors. The Xbox One version in Rare Replay is almost the same, except it runs and controls better. |
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Post by One_Vurfed_Gwrx on May 30, 2022 17:24:45 GMT
Wasn't the XBox one oddly censored despite its original moniker being "Live & Uncut" before they switched it to "Reloaded"?
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Post by uiruki on May 30, 2022 18:18:29 GMT
IIRC it was that you could remove the beep on the swearing in the N64 version but not on Xbox.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2022 18:28:14 GMT
I don't remember the beep being removable on N64, but I do recall more words being beeped on Xbox over the N64 original.
That said, the Rare Replay version mentioned isn't the Xbox remake, but just a straight port of the N64 version similar to Banjo ports. And I believed the censorship was identical to the original release.
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Post by One_Vurfed_Gwrx on May 30, 2022 19:09:07 GMT
For some reason I thought the Rare Replay version was based on the Xbox not the N64 version. Not owning an Xbox since 360 I never owned or played it.
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Post by uiruki on May 30, 2022 19:14:36 GMT
At the time the Xbox One could play more N64 games officially than the current Nintendo system so it makes sense that it’d be the N64 version.
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Post by snackplissken on May 31, 2022 10:08:05 GMT
Entered a bid for Conkers Bad Fur Day for £70. Then got outbid and chickened out.. I think I may regret it as that seemed 'cheap' compared to other ones on sale. Reminds me of over 15 years ago when I had the chance to buy it for £40 and chickened out because I thought that was expensive. One day I'll have the game.. one day. I got that fairly cheap... many years ago. Worth it. But today it's only for collectors. The Xbox One version in Rare Replay is almost the same, except it runs and controls better. Maybe I should just stick to playing it on Rare Replay then. I've just got really into playing on the N64 on my 'new' CRT. The games look fantastic. |
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Post by KD on May 31, 2022 10:22:14 GMT
It's a strange feeling going back to a crt, mine is just a 14in Panasonic but I keep checking gumtree for the illusive Sony's or bigger sets.
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Post by snackplissken on May 31, 2022 10:34:02 GMT
A PVM? Mine is a 14in Sony. I looked into a PVM but this Sony was £39 and thought it was a bit of a steal.
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Post by KD on May 31, 2022 12:03:46 GMT
I doubt I'd find one but a huge Sony Triniton would do nicely.
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Post by snackplissken on May 31, 2022 12:22:02 GMT
Just make sure you take someone with you when you do find one.. those bastards are heavy as fuck.
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Post by KD on May 31, 2022 12:39:01 GMT
My brother currently owns a van so keeping an eye out while I have the ability to get one randomly.
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Post by malek86 on May 31, 2022 15:44:21 GMT
I got that fairly cheap... many years ago. Worth it. But today it's only for collectors. The Xbox One version in Rare Replay is almost the same, except it runs and controls better. Maybe I should just stick to playing it on Rare Replay then. I've just got really into playing on the N64 on my 'new' CRT. The games look fantastic. Conker on the N64 looks pretty low res. I wonder if they could have increased the resolution if the game had supported the expansion pak... but then, I guess the framerate would have been even worse. That said, it runs well enough for N64. In fact, it runs better than most expansion pak-supporting games like Perfect Dark, Turok 2, Shadow Man and Majora's Mask. |
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Post by dominalien on May 31, 2022 15:48:55 GMT
They’ll be prying my Sony 29in with Dolby Pro Logic out of my cold dead hands. I’m so glad I kept it.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2022 17:09:31 GMT
I had an old 27" Sony WEGA I wish I had kept. I had a flatscreen and it supported S-Video, so all the older consoles looked incredible on it.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2022 19:53:29 GMT
Not sure I've got the patience for this. Watched the retro game corps vids for setting up the retold pocket 2+. All pretty straight forward. Followed it all to the letter. Got as far as firing a game up. None of my control inputs work. Retroarch now refuses to let me do anything at all and doesn't recognise anything I press.
Joy.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2022 20:56:27 GMT
Actually. I had managed to activate a mouse pointer. Which fucked everything up. Now it works and I'm playing the Dreamcast version of shadowman.
Twist my nipple nuts it's amazing.
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