Emulation central - recommendations in 1st post

[Gamezor]

All right cool thanks guys. I’ll probably start by dicking around on my pc a bit.

 

[Gamezor]

I got retroarch and just randomly tried out Mario 64. I made no effort to tweak or try to mess with any settings, and it seems to work really well just out of the box. I'm shocked, I thought this was going to take a lot more tweaking. Even detected my ps4 controller and had a good control scheme without me having to do anything. I've got mario galaxy downloading now, which I expect is not going to work as well. For a portable device it seems like my best bet would probably be to get a random cheap refurbished phone with a snapdragon 845+ processor and some kind of controller attachment. I wish I could get one that was really cheap without the camera or even phone capabilities, but that doesn't seem to exist. I run an iphone normally, which is apparently a PITA even if it was jailbroken.

 

[Duraframe300]

Trailer for Zelda: Remastered. (HD pack for Mesen)

 

[lightbane]

Seeing that I was in the mood for some more SMT games, I tried the Chronicle Edition of Nocturne and the first Raidou game with my PS2 emulator (dunno which version, it came with Tzseeth's video of Godhand). Luckily, they seem to work!
I've seen some posts here about recommendations to improve the graphics and so on, but I'm not sure if they would work with this version of Nocturne. Also, how would I apply saved games files in an emulator? I would like to use one with the game completed so that I can use the first person mode from the start.

 

[spekkio]

I've seen some posts here about recommendations to improve the graphics and so on, but I'm not sure if they would work with this version of Nocturne.

Most likely not, since CE is:
a) Japanese-only version (NTSC-J)
b) Original .exe file is different than in the "regular" US/EUR version. And applying the translation patch modifies it again.

Cheats posted in mentioned thread are memory / exe dependant, so they most likely won't work (different memory areas).

Also, how would I apply saved games files in an emulator?

You would have to get a "memory card save" file from the sites like this one:

https://www.thetechgame.com/Downloads/cid=310/playstation-2-game-saves.html

Or Gamefaqs (check the "save" section), here's "regular" SMT3:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/582958-shin-megami-tensei-nocturne/saves

And "transfer" these to the pcsx2 memory card (.ps2 extension). This can be done with mymc:

http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca:11068/mymc/

You can also find "ready-made" pcsx2 memory cards online. For example here:

https://www.thetechgame.com/Downloads/cid=217/ps2-memory-card-save-files-emulator.html

But finding required save for such obscure version can be tricky...

 

[lightbane]

Cheats posted in mentioned thread are memory / exe dependant, so they most likely won't work (different memory areas).

Shame. I'll see if they work, it shouldn't hurt to try. Which version of PCSX2 emulator you recommend me for W7? IIRC the latest versions were W10 only, no? I'm not sure right now, since there are these unofficial builds to consider as well.

 

[spekkio]

If you're on Win7 go with latest "official" build (1.6.0 from 06.05.2020 - it's only 5 months old). If you're on Win10, go with latest Development Build. You can still make the Dev Build to work on Win7, but only with OpenGL video renderer and DirectSound Audio module. OFC it can still crash anytime anyway, since Win7 is no longer supported.

So all improvements concerning Direct3D & XAudio mentioned here and here apply only to Win10 users.

 

[BLOBERT]

I don’t know much emulation but I’d really like a handheld to play as big a library as possible. Should I just buy one of these Chinese made emulation handhelds I see on amazon? Any websites with basics? How powerful of systems could I emulate?

BRO I USE A PSP

EMULATES NES SNES GENESIS TURBOGRAPHX AND PS1 FOR ME

JUST HAVE TO MOD IT WHICH WAS EASY

 

[Sukhāvatī]

BRO I USE A PSP

EMULATES NES SNES GENESIS TURBOGRAPHX AND PS1 FOR ME

JUST HAVE TO MOD IT WHICH WAS EASY

Did they get around to getting homebrew on the PSP slims to work?

 

[BLOBERT]

NO IDEA BRO

 

[Gamezor]

I don’t know much emulation but I’d really like a handheld to play as big a library as possible. Should I just buy one of these Chinese made emulation handhelds I see on amazon? Any websites with basics? How powerful of systems could I emulate?

BRO I USE A PSP

EMULATES NES SNES GENESIS TURBOGRAPHX AND PS1 FOR ME

JUST HAVE TO MOD IT WHICH WAS EASY

I have a vita so I might use that. I actually bought an android phone and kishi but I imagine anything higher end I’ll just us pc and vita should handle most of what I throw at it.

 

[Twizman]

I use a Vita for all my retrogaming, it's awesome!

 

[Gamezor]

I use a Vita for all my retrogaming, it's awesome!

I got seduced by the idea of having something powerful enough for gamecube and wii and gamecube so i got a Refurb one plus 7 pro but i doubt i’ll even get around to using it for a while with my backlog.

 

[lightbane]

I don’t know much emulation but I’d really like a handheld to play as big a library as possible. Should I just buy one of these Chinese made emulation handhelds I see on amazon? Any websites with basics? How powerful of systems could I emulate?

A 3DS also works well for emulation, at least for the portable consoles. Preferably the bigger models (New XL or whatever, the 2D one is acceptable as well).

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

If I exapand RAM for 8 to 16 Gb, would it bring any major improvement on Yuzu's perfomance/stability or is it just CPU's/GPU's thing?

 

[Siveon]

BRO I USE A PSP

EMULATES NES SNES GENESIS TURBOGRAPHX AND PS1 FOR ME

JUST HAVE TO MOD IT WHICH WAS EASY

Did they get around to getting homebrew on the PSP slims to work?

The PSP slim issue was fixed way back in like, 2013. They all run the same homebrew now, but because of updates some old homebrew just straight up no longer work. Funny if you think about it.

Vita has been getting strides in emulation. The biggest modder in that scene is helping to just outright natively port GTA III to it. mGBA has been releasing updates that make it work better. And most interesting of all, the build in PSP emulator got modded so that it can play games at x2 resolution. Most games don't work but it makes every PSP VN game look crisp as hell. It's great!

 

[Bahamut]

BRO I USE A PSP

EMULATES NES SNES GENESIS TURBOGRAPHX AND PS1 FOR ME

JUST HAVE TO MOD IT WHICH WAS EASY

Did they get around to getting homebrew on the PSP slims to work?

The PSP slim issue was fixed way back in like, 2013. They all run the same homebrew now, but because of updates some old homebrew just straight up no longer work. Funny if you think about it.

Vita has been getting strides in emulation. The biggest modder in that scene is helping to just outright natively port GTA III to it. mGBA has been releasing updates that make it work better. And most interesting of all, the build in PSP emulator got modded so that it can play games at x2 resolution. Most games don't work but it makes every PSP VN game look crisp as hell. It's great!

Gba emulation still sucks, especially audio

 

[Siveon]

Gba emulation still sucks, especially audio

Well, they're trying at least.

 

[abnaxus]

 

[Duraframe300]

Just as information for the people that missed it (Because I did). PCSX2 is getting a libretro/retroarch port

https://github.com/libretro/pcsx2/commit/56cb5c2f249772c392e77c20e9c0eeb4c9aa1eaa

 

[InD_ImaginE]

Just as information for the people that missed it (Because I did). PCSX2 is getting a libretro/retroarch port

https://github.com/libretro/pcsx2/commit/56cb5c2f249772c392e77c20e9c0eeb4c9aa1eaa

That's good. It means I can play some JP only PS2 games using z-translate and overlay, mostly SRW.

 

[mck]

Just as information for the people that missed it (Because I did). PCSX2 is getting a libretro/retroarch port

https://github.com/libretro/pcsx2/commit/56cb5c2f249772c392e77c20e9c0eeb4c9aa1eaa

That's good. It means I can play some JP only PS2 games using z-translate and overlay, mostly SRW.

Is there a guide on how to do this? I've never heard of z-translate til now. Sounds sweet

 

[flyingjohn]

Just as information for the people that missed it (Because I did). PCSX2 is getting a libretro/retroarch port

https://github.com/libretro/pcsx2/commit/56cb5c2f249772c392e77c20e9c0eeb4c9aa1eaa

That's good. It means I can play some JP only PS2 games using z-translate and overlay, mostly SRW.

Is there a guide on how to do this? I've never heard of z-translate til now. Sounds sweet

 

[IceyD]

playing Shadow Hearts on PCSX2 this shit is absurd

 

[kirin]

Just as information for the people that missed it (Because I did). PCSX2 is getting a libretro/retroarch port

https://github.com/libretro/pcsx2/commit/56cb5c2f249772c392e77c20e9c0eeb4c9aa1eaa

That's good. It means I can play some JP only PS2 games using z-translate and overlay, mostly SRW.

Is there a guide on how to do this? I've never heard of z-translate til now. Sounds sweet

I like how the video thumbnail image japanese text has absolutely no relation to the english text