What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

*plays Sekiro once*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmIRBoXWbQ0

I'll buy that Sega. But has anybody investigated or built a MiSTer FPGA system? https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki

i haven't. 

but i watch giantbomb (paid website where you pay a monthly fee to watch adults play videogames) and the dude on that site has one. some of the cores seem to work totally fine, like certain old arcade ones. old 80s computers working totally fine, booting the OS and booting games as they should. i think the commodore 64 was taking minutes to boot up a game which seemed weird. other cores seemed more temperamental, buggy and needing ironed out. 

but the whole thing seems like a fun hobby that's gonna keep you engaged for a good while, and is constantly getting updates from the community it seems. like, anyone can find ways to boot up Jill of the jungle on their home computer i imagine, but the act of building the MISTER and then booting Jill of the jungle from that seems way more fun somehow lol. 

i almost bit the bullet cos the hobbyist side of it was intriguing to me. kinda reminds me of like building a eurorack modular case but for old videogames??

  On 3/31/2019 at 12:01 AM, Nebraska said:

https://sega.jp/mdmini/

 

http://genesismini.sega.com/

Hopefully it'll come with the Comix Zone CD music again as the game cover states, loved it as a kid.

Some more Mega Drive nostalgia bait.

Started Red Dead II finally. I feel like I'm supposed to know these people, but I don't besides Marsten.

Looks like I "beat" Risk of Rain 2. Reached max difficulty and the amount of enemies, both large and small, was so overwhelming to the point of comical absurdity. But somehow I managed to plow through.

But given it's early access I'm sure loads of more content is in the pipeline. In the meantime, I still have the other three player characters to unlock.

Finally started playing Wolfenstien: The New Order, and realised why I’ve had a hard time starting this game previously - because the game just kinda throws you in, without much to go on, and with a load of storyline already previously set by…by a game (Wolfenstein 2009) that is no longer purchasable for the PC.

Looks like I’ll have to pirate it then…

pro gamer tip for Wolfenstein: New Order.

game is hard as shit and i had a lot more fun turning difficulty down to easiest. made it much easier to run around and mow down nazis and enjoy the story. was dying WAY too much otherwise,... personally !!!

  On 4/2/2019 at 6:20 AM, onecaseman said:

Started Red Dead II finally. I feel like I'm supposed to know these people, but I don't besides Marsten.

Don't worry about that. Just interact with them whenever you get back to camp.

  On 4/2/2019 at 9:56 AM, oscillik said:

Finally started playing Wolfenstien: The New Order, and realised why I’ve had a hard time starting this game previously - because the game just kinda throws you in, without much to go on, and with a load of storyline already previously set by…by a game (Wolfenstein 2009) that is no longer purchasable for the PC.

 

Looks like I’ll have to pirate it then…

TBH I liked it better than the sequel The New Colossus. Maybe it's because it felt more polished and coherent story-wise. Also Viktor Antonov (who played a key role in HL2's development) was involved in the work on The New Order as well, if I'm not mistaken.

Never played the 2009 one though.

Picked up Celeste for the Switch while it’s on sale. It’s already very hard

  On 4/2/2019 at 4:40 PM, ambermonk said:

 

  On 4/2/2019 at 9:56 AM, oscillik said:

Finally started playing Wolfenstien: The New Order, and realised why I’ve had a hard time starting this game previously - because the game just kinda throws you in, without much to go on, and with a load of storyline already previously set by…by a game (Wolfenstein 2009) that is no longer purchasable for the PC.

 

Looks like I’ll have to pirate it then…

TBH I liked it better than the sequel The New Colossus. Maybe it's because it felt more polished and coherent story-wise. Also Viktor Antonov (who played a key role in HL2's development) was involved in the work on The New Order as well, if I'm not mistaken.

 

Never played the 2009 one though.

 

I fucking love Viktor's work on Half-Life 2! Seeing some of the brutalist structures in The New Order, it kinda makes sense that he's involved.

Storywise though, it really is jarring to start the game without any knowledge about what's gone on in Wolfenstein Two Zouzand Und Nein. I didn't realise that when I bought it ages ago. I've gotten into the game now though.

Gotta say, yet again, Mick Gordon is fucking RULING games soundtracks. Really looking forward to his soundtracks for DOOM Eternal, and (if it ever comes out) Routine.

So... back to Sekiro after a busy week.

Got past giant snek, now faced with shouting boi on hoarse. Got rekt.

  On 4/2/2019 at 6:15 PM, Joyrex said:

So... back to Sekiro after a busy week.

 

Got past giant snek, now faced with shouting boi on hoarse. Got rekt.

HIS NAME IS GYOUBU MASATAKA ONIWA!!!!

good fight tbqh

  On 4/1/2019 at 12:56 AM, Crossword Enthusiast said:

I'll buy that Sega.

already pre-ordered.

this thing can't come out quick enough. sometimes i wish i had the patience to put a raspberry pi into a megapi case

I'm thinking about picking up the new Yoshi game, it has good ratings

the estore listing for yoshi has a demo for first level or so

oh thanks 

  On 4/3/2019 at 12:29 AM, Nebraska said:

 

  On 4/1/2019 at 12:56 AM, Crossword Enthusiast said:

I'll buy that Sega.

 

already pre-ordered.

 

this thing can't come out quick enough. sometimes i wish i had the patience to put a raspberry pi into a megapi case

 

But, it's just two pieces of plastic, and then you put the raspberry pi in between the two pieces of plastic…

rasberry pi seems good but it still seems like an imperfect way of emulating games, and i always have an imperfect way of emulating games via pc. 

one of the reasons the NES and SNES classic mini things were cool is, they had a usb slot on the back and it was very easy to load your own files onto it. complete with a developer message in a text file ...

"This is the hanafuda captain speaking. Launching emulation in 3...2...1. Many efforts, tears and countless hours have been put into this jewel. So, please keep this place tidied up and don't break everything! Cheers, the hanafuda captain."

lol. which then displays the new games in the UI interface complete with box art and everything. if the mini sega has a usb slot and can do custom games just as easily, then it'd probably be fun and would sit nicely along the other mini consoles. 

the Analog nt stuff always looks good but is generally pretty expensive. but that + and a flash cart would be pretty damn near perfect i reckon, in terms of emulating the original hardware perfectly and without hitches. https://www.analogue.co/mega-sg/

Why do you think Raspberry Pi is an imperfect way of emulating games? Why is a PC an imperfect way also?

How are these 'official' re-releases (some of which have been found to be using open source emulators that run on Raspberry Pi / PC anyway) more perfect? 

  On 4/3/2019 at 1:29 PM, oscillik said:

Why do you think Raspberry Pi is an imperfect way of emulating games? Why is a PC an imperfect way also?

 

How are these 'official' re-releases (some of which have been found to be using open source emulators that run on Raspberry Pi / PC anyway) more perfect? 

Because emulating something like a N64 or original XBOX (geez I need to play Jet Set Radio Future) is hard to do properly. The open source emu releases aren't more perfect, they're the same or worse than current emus due to older builds and whatnot. The small SNES doesn't even come with Chrono Trigger, lol

  On 4/3/2019 at 1:29 PM, oscillik said:

Why do you think Raspberry Pi is an imperfect way of emulating games? Why is a PC an imperfect way also?

 

How are these 'official' re-releases (some of which have been found to be using open source emulators that run on Raspberry Pi / PC anyway) more perfect? 

The thing about FPGAs/Mister is that instead of a computer program emulating the hardware (like you would with Snes9x or Dolphin or whatever else) it is actual hardware emulating the desired hardware. So if you compare Retropie games with games running on a Mister you'll notice that the Mister produces a LOT sharper images and the sound is also way more crisp - just like you remember it from the 80s/90s.

Also, people are using FPGAs to emulate old synths now. It's pretty amazing actually.

the imperfections i'm referring to is largely, to do with the old systems being made with analog connections in mind. 

- games were made with no input lag specifically. and pc + rasberry pi + the classic mini systems, will all introduce lag to the equation simply by being digital signals. (this has always been real noticeable for me but this might just be personal experience with the digiTVs im using)

- also, CRT pixels ain't square 1:1 -> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Pixel_geometry_01_Pengo.jpg

thing about that is, a perfectly rendered original SNES output image is actually 1:1 square instead of 4:3, but when displayed on a CRT tv, it renders the image at a 4:3 aspect ratio.

so rendering SNES output digitally, means the emulator needs to stretch the imagine to make it match what it looked like on an original CRT (how the games were intended to be viewed).  

depending on the quality of the emulation, and the resolution of the image output, this stretch can result in shimmering screen tearing effects especially during scrolling. 

this kinda stuff is what i'm referring to when it comes to imperfections. even the Snes mini and NES mini classic emulator boxes aren't perfect. i just think they do a good job at doing what they do + you can pretty easily insert new games into them via USB + they are available to buy at your local shops and have a good amount of 'no hassle' involved. 

i reckon you can have more faith in PC emulation being more up to date than what you'd get out of a rasberry pi. ... but depending on your needs, ofc, a rasberry pi might be totally fine too. 

  On 4/3/2019 at 7:46 AM, oscillik said:

But, it's just two pieces of plastic, and then you put the raspberry pi in between the two pieces of plastic…

are you sure that's all? nothing more to do?

also, there's something about getting official product (even the playstation classic)