Retro gaming

I know this is an old post but camera support is awesome. Could you imagine emulating psvr?

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I don’t have this exact device but one of their many other H700 devices. I flashed Knulli on it and have the romm app Grout installed. It worjs great. Not sure id Grout can br installed on the anbernic OS but it will definitely work with a custom OS.

Wow, that is awesome. Its like a clone.

I wish something like this existed for ps2 or Dreamcast so I dont have to worry about when mine die…

Looks neat, I just setup Romm on my server so curious since its Linux based if it would support one of the romm applications

Aw man! Now I want to play “Pacman Galaxian” and “Donkey Kong Moon Patrol”.

How has it been?

I am curious about what kind of games run well on it through GameNative?

I am not really interested in trying out triple A games but rather jRPGs like Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster.

But some of the more modern ones would be nice like Octopath Traveler.

That looks amazing.

Microsurgeon.

Wait… That was Intellivision. 🤔

Uh… E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

You reminded me I used to have (possibly still do) a copy of Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars for DOS. There were so many ports and clones of Battle Chess.

Pretty sure Chessmaster 2000 was on Atari too (and everything else, including the Super Nintendo).

I think redux is basically the same game.

I’ve sunk so many hours into BZCC. It’s a great version of BZ2 and worth checking out.

Pretty sure both games have a pretty solid community behind them as well and there’s a bunch of mods to check out.

I didn’t know about that lunar lander! I’ll have to see if I can find it whenever I play it again. Very nostalgic game for me.

I loved Battlezone, it really captured my imagination with its secret cold war space race setting and the battles taking place on real planets in the Solar System. The gameplay was fun too, and incredibly advanced for its time (stealing vehicles in 3d before GTA 3!). Redux is the original game with remade textures and modern system compatibility fixes. They’re very faithful to the original style, though I do wish there was a way to load the original textures. Somebody’s probably hacked them in, I haven’t checked.

Yeah, was an active contributer there and even had some discussions with the main admin Tom Henrick. Part of my childhood is just gone

Apparently it’s been dead longer than actually it’s posted death as it was sold and gambling ads were rampant shortly before the actual demise

Battlezone is one of my all time favourites, one of the first games I paid cash for (having played the shareware version) and spent countless hours exploring and finding all the hidden secrets (first map has a lunar lander with a ridiculous techno-playing directed energy weapon on it).

Battlezone 98 Redux is basically the same game with improved graphics. All the fun of sniping enemies and stealing their ships all over again.

Battle Chess, I haven’t tried it on Atari but it’s on so many platforms and it’s a lot of fun.

This is the only Batttlezone I know:

RIP Abandonia….

I had a similar one as a kid, and I’m feeling weirdly nostalgic about it.

Wonder if someone has an emulator somewhere of them…

I have two of these and they work wonderfully. It comes with a pairing guide for specific controllers, and a full list can be found here.

You should use wLaunchELF_ISR over uLaunchELF for better compatibility and functionality.

From the AliExpress page under NOTICES:

1. The power supply of some old PS1/PS2 console controller interfaces may not be normal due to some reasons, causing the Mini PS1/PS2 Blueretro converter to not work. In this case, you can use the micro USB port to power the Mini PS1/PS2 Blueretro.

I actually didn’t know that’s a thing because the adapters work on both my fat models and my slim.

Computer was the key word. The 2600 was an 8-bit machine, too, but it wasn’t a general purpose computer.

Chopperlifter

Choplifter.

Fort Apocalypse
The Tail of Beta Lyrae Mercenary Rescue on Fractalus Ballblazer The Eidolon

Alternate Reality: The City was revolutionary for its time, but I don’t think it’s stood the test of time.

There was a leaked beta of a The Last Starfighter game which was great. It was later released as Star Raiders II, but I liked the beta version.

There are versions of uLaunchElf (maybe the fork wLaunchElf) that have drivers for more controllers like DualShock 3. The drivers are optional because space is tight on a “Memory Card(TM) (8MB) for PlayStation(R) 2”.

Astounding!

I managed to completely miss the 8-bit line, or it was minimally promoted in Australia.

Thanks for filling in the gap from 2600/7800 until the ST.

Blue Max - biwing ww1 airplane, isomorphic bombing and shooting through the country side.
Pharoh’s Curse - Dungeon delver with traps, walking dead enemies, and infuriating bird
Pitfall
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Archon - Battle Chess ! (playing solo isn’t great or hard. Two Player is a blast)
Pole Position
Chopperlifter

I spent a lot of time playing Miner 2049er, which was a pretty fun platformer of the time.

I also remember some interesting twists on classics, like K-razy kritters was similar to space invaders. There was also a space shooter called K-star patrol

We also had a homemade cartridge with a game called Spark Bugs. It was a challenging one

I never played it, but want to recommend “Alley Cat (Synapse Software 1983)” for Atari 800, as you are a cat too.^^ It looks interesting and seems to be a “Hidden Gem” (oh boy its been a long time since I used this forbidden word).

That’s the Atari 2600, but the poster asks about the computer systems with a keyboard, similar to Commodore 64: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_computers

Dragster has the best split-second gameplay of any 2600 game.

Barnstorming: fly a plane through barns.

M.U.L.E. is great

I was lucky enough to grow up on this system and there are some absolute bangers out there:

Mission: Shark (or Misja on the European continent): arguably one of the best games on the systems. Silky smooth animation, great gameplay loop, fantastic music. Janusz Pelc at his best.

Rescue on Fractalus: fantastic foray into faux-3D. You’ll never forget the first time you picked up your first “pilot”…

H.E.R.O: finely balanced, a great time killer.

Encounter: far beyond it’s years, the precursor to open world games

Fred: another J Pelc masterpiece. Great platformer.

Star Raiders II: beautiful shooter. The space shoot em’ ups of today can trace their combat gameplay directly back here.

Lode Runner: one of the best and smoothest implementations of this game, along with…

Chuckie Egg: the original and best.

Zybex: a competent shooter with some of the best chiptunes you’ll ever hear.

Blinky’s Scary School: bastard hard, but full of British humour.

Fort Apocalypse: fantastic shooter, with stunning graphics and a blue doppelganger helicopter that will give you nightmares.

Rally Speedway: takes the top down racer formula, tightens the controls, makes it prettier, and gives you a level editor too. Brilliant.

River Rescue: River Raid but better, and if you disagree then you’re entitled to your wrong opinion.

Have fun!

Berzerk and Wizard of Wor are both fantastic fun.

There’s also a homebrew port of Bosconian, which gets my vote for one of the most underrated arcade games of all time.

Joust, Jumpman, Lode Runner, and Prince of Persia were good on at least some 65xx machines of that time.

Super Breakout was my favorite paddle controller game due to the sound randomization, and Imagic’s Demon Attack did some groundbreaking graphics on the platform. As far as ports of arcade games, Phoenix was pretty good. Adventure is iconic.

The Zaxxon port is quite good, and I also have fond memories of F-15 Strike Eagle.

What a coincidence! Just 2 days ago (Saturday) I was on a flea market and saw this grey one. Almost purchased it for the memories, but it was in a really rough state. These were actually “real” games with a LCD display; a huge step up from the Game & Watch clones.

I LOVE earlybird!

I had one. Still remember the startup jingle it had.

One of the games was Tetris, but with square blocks only. That was enough challenge for my four year old brain.

There’s another version of the newer game that has square tiles. I got one and it’s brilliant.

I had one of these circa 2003 or 2004. It had the form factor of a giant SNES controller and th screen flipped up out of the middle.

I want to say that mine only claimed 99 games.

Another one on my pile of shame. I had the Zomb’s Lair version on my hard disk for so long that it’s probably moldy. I remember a kid at my school being a big fan of it but nobody else had ever played it.

I have an RG35XXSP on MUOS and I do like it. Im on holiday at the moment and whittled down my backpack consoles to that console and my modded switch lite. I left my ROG Ally and more powerful android kit at home.

Great read. 10/10 experience.

I had one of these in the late 90s, although mine was smaller, and folded up like an old clamshell flip-phone. It was surprisingly good for what it was. I used to fantasize about just how complex of a game one could make with it, especially if the centers and outlines of the individual blocks could be controlled independently.

Same! Got it on World Savings Day as a gift for depositing money in my savings account.

My first ever video game machine was a version of this piece of crap!

If you still sometimes look into the /r/sbcgaming, the purple shell is slightly redder than the marketing images. Of course, camera settings and all that as grain of salt, but a lot of people are disappointed and changed their orders to other colors.

I too hope the purple goes hard. It’s one of my favorite colors.

At most I would want to spend US$ 100. And of course waiting for aliexpress sales.

There’s plenty there but I have shortlisted

• the two anbernic SPs (always pros and cons that I can’t between the 3.5” 4:3 lower res screen of the 35sp, and the 3.4” 3:2 higher res screen), and now there’s the RG SP as well coming out soon…
• the cubexx like you mentioned because it’s just so cute cube,
• the trimui brick because that seems neat as a music player as well, the RG rotate because it’s gimmicky (but the 3.5” square screen is a big trade off for playing anything other than GB and pico8),
• maybe the PAM but that has risen in price above $100
• magicx one35 because it’s also gimmicky able to turn 90° and play TATE and somehow NDS as well with both screens the same size

I really should just go with either of the SP for now, and if I don’t play much of it I didn’t lose too much money.

That’s my thought as well. And that’s how I always go when entering a new hobby. Buy cheap that has great impressions, and judge from there.

After some sorting my mind, I think I would want to start just with ps1 and GBA. That is my childhood gaming systems after all. My parents didn’t get any of the Nintendo systems prior to the ps1 as far as I can remember.

So since I’ve always wanted a GBA SP back then but never really saved the money and getting denied by my parents lol, maybe the RG35XXSP or 34XXSP. The former would be more versatile playing ps1 and others, but the latter would be perfect fit for GBA. Decisions, decisions. And yes, I saw that anbernic also has announced the RG SP, which is a stickless 34XXSP.

and then there’s the magicx one35 my nerdery senses is killing me

I got to the main plot twist and stopped. That was too much for me. I never played the game again.

My only problem is that most of her videos are games on my pile of shame, so I can’t watch that much of her.

100% correct. I’m watching her Tender Loving Care video now and it’s just a wild ride.

Earlybird deserves more attention, her channel is a gem.

As a happy owner of both a big powerful versatile machine (Steam Deck) that can play anything from the late 70’ up to modern AAA PC games, and small pocketable-ish but underpowered console (RGCubeXX) that’s good up to the PSX, I’d say go for the most powerful your budget allows. The Deck is my main gaming machine but for anything up to the mid-90’s, the RG is great EDC. I feel this one, provided there is an open source OS released for it, could be an excellent compromise.

It looks like the device is d-pad centric + the 4:3 screen makes it focused on more retro emulation. Also, Russ (from Retro Game Corps) pointed out that the back is pretty flat OOTB, and this means it’s more comfortable to shift your hands down. The ergonomic back is also going to ship with the retail units if you want to swap that in (requires screwdriver though, no fancy magnets or anything)

Great interview as always, I’m glad this device is living up to the insane hype from when it got announced. Everyone looked at this thing and immediately decided it’s the best 4:3 handheld ever. And it seems to be just that. The fact that it can perfectly emulate PS2 at 2x resolution on low power settings is wild. I would’ve been frothing at the mouth to get this if I were younger.

Side note: I’ve never been a fan of transparent shells (kind of heresy in this hobby, I know), but I’m really liking the look of these frosted transparent ones. Clear purple looks like it could go hard.

What a great review. I’ve been curious about ‘Snatcher’ for ages…this video essay makes me think it’s worth spinning up.

PS: dunno if emulated or og hardware but that triangular filter is something Reshade does quite well. I was using it in conjunction with PCSX2 to play SoTC and Just Cause 1 some time back and it makes low rez mush look really good

I’ve been buying these since the GP32. I grew up with a Gamegear>GB Pocket>GBA.

There’s always a faster, more capable unit pushing what you’re capable of doing. I’d get whatever the current more affordable, pocketable darling is with the form factor you like (Eg TrimUI Brick) and if you love it and find yourself lusting after higher end emulation and PC game translation gaming after sinking time into your little one, then you’ll know it’s worth it and what you’re looking for.

I have just as much fun with the cute cheaper ones as the more powerful ones once I find a game that gets me hooked. I do like to tinker though.

Those thumb sticks look painfully low

I’ll give it a read over tea later. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

Been wanting a reto handheld for quote some time ever since the miyoo mini v1 days years ago. Never have bought one before. Idk if I want a big capable versatile machine or small easy to pocket little doodad.

I used to have a GBA as a kid and a NSDL as a college kid.

Dunno where I’m going with this comment, I’m just rambling now lol

I love the filter they used for the game itself, seems to be the Retrotink 5X ($325, yikes) with the consumer-1 filter.

(something like this like this is in software is sometimes called ‘triangular filter’, not always available though. Similarly, for me Lottes filter is triangular in one software and a more standard grid with worse settings in another software)

Man played retro games for 6 months and this is what happened to his brain.

It’s on like Donkey Kong

Elite list, played them all except the fight sim as that wasn’t something that interested me when I was younger

Why do you think I bought Mina the Hollower?

Member when games reputation was what sold them? 🥲

Pretty damn solid list!

I agree. Things still felt pretty fresh and exciting into the early-to-mid 2010s but by 2016 we were firmly on the road to enshittification

Agree with the others! It was fun and I loved the art style.

I had it, got it included with a PC gaming magazine.

It looked very intriguing but I could never get very far into it. I remember the snall dinosaurs from the beginning, spying on a conversation through a keyhole, and most of all that eerie dialogue with the poor ghost girl from the well.

I know they’re planning on playable Zero, but man, if they did a Maverick Hunter X and included a Vile mode I’d be So Fucking Hyped

To me this stopped at the PS3. It was the last time anything significant happened. Still love it all, but every generation since I get less and less excited. At this point there isnt even anything else a system can offer thats worth wild.

Monkey island, this is from the second game.

But at least we had fun

Formative years come with micro transactions and subscription paywalls now. Single player games that require internet. And games that shut down when the corporation deems it unprofitable.

Wow how it must suck to be a 20s kid.

Heck yeah! I still read my game manuals. Its enjoyable and teaches you some secrets. And the backstorues are fun. Its like reading album liner notes. Yet another art gone forever.

Thats awful!!!

Veeery true. Nothing has been exciting in tech since the mid 00s.

This word describes it perfectly :

adomania n. the sense that the future is arriving ahead of schedule, that all those years with fantastical names like ‘2025’ are bursting from their hypothetical cages into the arena of the present, furiously bucking the grip of your expectations while you lean and slip in your saddle, one hand reaching for reins, the other waving up high like a schoolkid who finally knows the answer to the question

Watch it for the intro 🫶

Oh, that’s what you meant. But there’s nothing to suggest that death didn’t happen either way.

Was in the Steam sale recently - bought it, completed it. It’s pretty good - revisits a lot of MI1 and 2 with the hindsight that comes with age. There’s a lot to like, but it’s also fairly blatantly unfinished, some of the puzzles seem like placeholders for the much bigger puzzles that ought to be there, if you see what I mean?

It’s not quite as good as any of the original trilogy, but it’s not far off. Massively better than 4, obviously. I quite enjoyed the Telltale ones, tho - the episodic structure forced them to keep the puzzles tight, and they had some really good moments.

I was in a kinda similar position. Browse Lego sets of that time, a lot came back to me that way.

Oh thats good to hear! Ill have to give it a go then!

I cant even remember what lego sets I had anymore, outside of like… one big set. So I cant even search for manuals online.

Erm…but the manuals are all online, though? So, I feel you, that it would be cooler with the actual manuals, but still having the bricks…is cool, I guess.

I think you fight like a cow