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bought sekiro and holy shit the 2nd time you meet the tutorial boss is just ridiculous. I was so happy to have beat his 2nd health bar and he just turns into enel and zaps my ass. what the fuck? that's where progression stops, right? 

  On 4/3/2019 at 2:42 PM, Squee said:

 

  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.

 

I'm gonna admit that it's been a while since I played around with any console emulators, but I have experience with Amiga emulation. WinUAE is just as sharp looking as the real Amiga 1200 I have here in my room. I'll also concede I've not played too much around with the sound on both yet.

  On 4/3/2019 at 2:48 PM, bitchroast said:

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. 

The input lag you're referring to is absolutely to do with the LCD TVs you're using. If you were running a CRT display, the lag would disappear. So the problem isn't with the Raspberry Pi / PC / classic mini system, it's with the medium you're using to display the games on.

Even now, I still miss gaming on a CRT. Although my brothers 180Hz LCD is fucking tasty. But it's been well over a decade since I used a CRT for gaming, so I have no idea if the new high refresh rate CRTs are comparable. I've a feeling they're not, because despite the higher refresh rate, there's still the other electronics in an LCD that can cause perceptible lag.

  On 4/3/2019 at 4:46 PM, Nebraska said:

 

  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)

 

Nope, there's literally nothing more to it. You put the Raspberry Pi in the case, and then that's it. Raspberry Pi cases are not complex things!

  On 4/3/2019 at 5:49 PM, chronical said:

bought sekiro and holy shit the 2nd time you meet the tutorial boss is just ridiculous. I was so happy to have beat his 2nd health bar and he just turns into enel and zaps my ass. what the fuck? that's where progression stops, right? 

The fight?

The game?

  On 4/3/2019 at 5:49 PM, chronical said:

bought sekiro and holy shit the 2nd time you meet the tutorial boss is just ridiculous. I was so happy to have beat his 2nd health bar and he just turns into enel and zaps my ass. what the fuck? that's where progression stops, right? 

spoilers! 

  On 4/3/2019 at 5:49 PM, chronical said:

bought sekiro and holy shit the 2nd time you meet the tutorial boss is just ridiculous. I was so happy to have beat his 2nd health bar and he just turns into enel and zaps my ass. what the fuck? that's where progression stops, right? 

No.. lol, there's much more progression past him, and things get worse.

  On 4/4/2019 at 12:20 AM, auxien said:

 

 

spoilers! 

 

whelp

sorry

mods? i usually try not to .. 

Borderlands 3 went Epic timed exclusive. No surprise really. But at least it's for 6 months and not a full year.

Fucking Epic. They're riding their success from Fortnite last year and now they're full-on Napoleonic, despite having a subpar, spyware-ridden game launcher. And yes, I've had an Epic account and a questionable experience with them. Time to up developers' revenue on Steam to 90 percent, Gaben.

able to elaborate on the questionable experience with epic? 

the whole spyware claims are all very confusing to me, especially since it all seems to be sourced from someone on reddit making claims and none of what they're talking about makes much sense to me (me not being tech savvy literate). 

DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu

=D

It only took me 9 years, but I finally made it into the Ura loop... 

=P

  On 4/4/2019 at 7:04 AM, bitchroast said:

able to elaborate on the questionable experience with epic? 

the whole spyware claims are all very confusing to me, especially since it all seems to be sourced from someone on reddit making claims and none of what they're talking about makes much sense to me (me not being tech savvy literate). 

Tencent own a majority stake in Epic Games, so…

Also, just the fact that you must be online to play games is reason enough to boycott it. Then on top of that there's this exclusivity thing. Fuck Epic Games. I won't be buying anything on there, and I won't support this exclusivity bullshit.

how’s exclusivity a new thing tho? that’s been standard practice for a while now?

no one boycotted sony cos bloodborne, or boycotted nintendo cos batmyonetta 2. or destiny on blizzard launcher?

ten cent own a stake in epic but that doesn’t mean it’s the chinese govment spying on you ???

bayonetta^*

Tencent own a majority stake in Epic Games, so…

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/a9lntx/ubisoft_needs_to_stop_with_this_always_online/eclrmii/?utm_term=31237107642&utm_name=null&utm_content=timestamp&utm_source=embed&utm_medium=comment_embed&context=3

  On 4/4/2019 at 7:54 AM, bitchroast said:

how’s exclusivity a new thing tho? that’s been standard practice for a while now?

 

no one boycotted sony cos bloodborne, or boycotted nintendo cos batmyonetta 2. or destiny on blizzard launcher?

 

ten cent own a stake in epic but that doesn’t mean it’s the chinese govment spying on you ???

bayonetta^*

You're telling me I didn't boycott those things?

Thanks for that, I guess…

but that's how business gets done these days? 

a publisher makes a deal with a developer, makes money arrangements for production to take place, and then the game gets released, and in some cases, it gets released as an exclusive. if you're taking the moral ground on not playing a game based on exclusivity, then you're pretty much limiting yourself to not playing literally anything except games released 20 years ago on a rasberry pi illegally. 

also, regarding tencent... they kind of own everything these days...

As of March 2018, Tencent is the largest video game company in the world.^[156] Tencent majority-owns game companies Grinding Gear Games (80%),^[157] Miniclip (undisclosed majority stake),^[158] Riot Games (100%)^[159] Epic Games (40%),^[160] Activision Blizzard (5%),^[161] Ubisoft (5%),^[162] and Supercell (84.3%).^[163]

i hope you're not playing nintendo games on the rasberry pi because most of those were exclusives too.. and that's morally wrong. 

  On 4/4/2019 at 8:15 AM, bitchroast said:

but that's how business gets done these days? 

a publisher makes a deal with a developer, makes money arrangements for production to take place, and then the game gets released, and in some cases, it gets released as an exclusive. if you're taking the moral ground on not playing a game based on exclusivity, then you're pretty much limiting yourself to not playing literally anything except games released 20 years ago on a rasberry pi illegally. 

 

also, regarding tencent... they kind of own everything these days...

 

As of March 2018, Tencent is the largest video game company in the world.^[156] Tencent majority-owns game companies Grinding Gear Games (80%),^[157] Miniclip (undisclosed majority stake),^[158] Riot Games (100%)^[159] Epic Games (40%),^[160] Activision Blizzard (5%),^[161] Ubisoft (5%),^[162] and Supercell (84.3%).^[163]

i hope you're not playing nintendo games on the rasberry pi because most of those were exclusives too.. and that's morally wrong. 

Yeah, we're just gonna have to agree to disagree here, and that's all I'm gonna say on it. 

  On 4/4/2019 at 8:11 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 4/4/2019 at 7:54 AM, bitchroast said:

how’s exclusivity a new thing tho? that’s been standard practice for a while now?

 

no one boycotted sony cos bloodborne, or boycotted nintendo cos batmyonetta 2. or destiny on blizzard launcher?

 

ten cent own a stake in epic but that doesn’t mean it’s the chinese govment spying on you ???

bayonetta^*

You're telling me I didn't boycott those things?

this pretty much answers my original question tho, of .. how is epic store any different to other stores and platforms having exclusives. if the answer is, it's no different. 

  On 4/4/2019 at 8:16 AM, oscillik said:

 

Yeah, we're just gonna have to agree to disagree here, and that's all I'm gonna say on it. 

 

i'm not agreeing to disagree at all. i'm just disagreeing. 

  On 4/4/2019 at 7:15 AM, Hk47 said:

DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu

=D

It only took me 9 years, but I finally made it into the Ura loop...

=P

Congrats! I’ve only recently discovered how amazing and difficult the Cave games are. I’m about to dive into this genre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlhaOOROdvs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITrDlMjHY9Q

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/04/minecraft-with-fancy-lighting-looks-great/

what the heck does any of this gobbledigook even mean 

https://forum.facepunch.com/general/bvnqr/Epic-Games-Store-Is-Shit-But-It-s-Not-Spyware/1/

  On 4/4/2019 at 7:04 AM, bitchroast said:

able to elaborate on the questionable experience with epic? 

the whole spyware claims are all very confusing to me, especially since it all seems to be sourced from someone on reddit making claims and none of what they're talking about makes much sense to me (me not being tech savvy literate). 

The fact that I've had at least three login attempts from unknown parties to my Epic account last year might have something to do with it (before I uninstalled the game launcher). Never had that problem with Steam, which I've used since its debut in 2001.

I recently upgraded both my computers, and tried out Steam In-House streaming again (since I have a main workstation that can handle new games)

It's fucking ace. Even over wifi on my router set-up, it's proper nice.

  On 4/4/2019 at 4:39 PM, ambermonk said:

 

  On 4/4/2019 at 7:04 AM, bitchroast said:

able to elaborate on the questionable experience with epic? 

the whole spyware claims are all very confusing to me, especially since it all seems to be sourced from someone on reddit making claims and none of what they're talking about makes much sense to me (me not being tech savvy literate). 

The fact that I've had at least three login attempts from unknown parties to my Epic account last year might have something to do with it (before I uninstalled the game launcher). Never had that problem with Steam, which I've used since its debut in 2001.

 

damn. ye fuck that, fair enough!

  On 4/4/2019 at 4:51 PM, bitchroast said:

 

  On 4/4/2019 at 4:39 PM, ambermonk said:

 

  On 4/4/2019 at 7:04 AM, bitchroast said:

able to elaborate on the questionable experience with epic? 

the whole spyware claims are all very confusing to me, especially since it all seems to be sourced from someone on reddit making claims and none of what they're talking about makes much sense to me (me not being tech savvy literate). 

The fact that I've had at least three login attempts from unknown parties to my Epic account last year might have something to do with it (before I uninstalled the game launcher). Never had that problem with Steam, which I've used since its debut in 2001.

 

 

damn. ye fuck that, fair enough!

 

i constantly get emails about attempts on my epic account. luckily i've never put any financial data in it as i've only accessed free stuff (some buds wanted me to play fortnite for a bit) and i've added the free games they're offering now from their store to my digitally hoarded archive. for me as a user it offers me nothing (other than free stuff). i can see the appeal to developers. can only hope it does indeed force valve to get off their ass (they've already pushed a number of ui updates and a another big one on the horizon).

  On 4/4/2019 at 12:02 PM, paranerd said:

 

  On 4/4/2019 at 7:15 AM, Hk47 said:

DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu

=D

It only took me 9 years, but I finally made it into the Ura loop...

=P

Congrats! I’ve only recently discovered how amazing and difficult the Cave games are. I’m about to dive into this genre.

 

Ha, thanks!

If I could make a suggestion - I'd fully recommend checking out Mushihimesama (Bug Panic) - it's easily the most straight-forward bullet-hell title from Cave that I've played. The 'Original' mode is just - shoot enemies, collect gems, find enemies that you can 'grind' (by staying as close to them as you can) for gems, and don't get hit. The other gameplay modes included get more fancy with the scoring systems, but it's still probably the most accessible (in terms of getting to know the genre - not difficulty - the game can be ridiculously hard, especially on higher difficulty settings) Cave's library.

Oh... and this is a great resource if you're interested in getting to know the scoring systems and just general ins and outs of bullet-hell games (I linked a search that should show most of Cave's games) - http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/?s=bullet+hell+cave+shoot-em-up

Good luck! 

=D

Aware that I sound like a broken record, but it’d be such a no-brainier to port all those cave shooters to Switch. Cave is such a weird money hating company though, I’m sure they go out of business before that happens.