Is anyone here into the 'classic' mini retro consoles that are being released? Nintendo released their NES Classic a couple years ago, and then their SNES Classic last year, and now Sony just released a Playstation Classic the other day. These are mini consoles that run emulation to play ROMs that are pre-loaded onto the device, and they connect to modern TVs via HDMI. If you're into retro gaming, they can be fun, particularly after modding/hacking them.

Nightfox

Nightfox wrote:

Is anyone here into the 'classic' mini retro consoles that are being

released?

Nintendo released their NES Classic a couple years ago, and then their SNES Classic last year, and now Sony just released a Playstation Classic the

other

day. These are mini consoles that run emulation to play ROMs that are pre-loaded onto the device, and they connect to modern TVs via HDMI. If

you're

into retro gaming, they can be fun, particularly after modding/hacking them.

Nightfox
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Closest thing I have to that is an Atari in an Atari joystick. Basically a bunch of old 8bit games with the controller built into the joystick base.
It's got stuff like Tanks and Space Invaders.
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Re: Re: Classic mini retro consoles
By: Nelgin to Nightfox on Tue Dec 04 2018 10:24 pm

Closest thing I have to that is an Atari in an Atari joystick. Basically a bunch of old 8bit games with the controller built into the joystick base. It's got stuff like Tanks and Space Invaders.

I've seen those in stores. Those were a while ago.. Seems like retro gaming is taking off even more these days.

I heard Sega plans to release a Genesis Classic system too..

Nightfox

Nightfox, to All...

Is anyone here into the 'classic' mini retro consoles that are being released?

Kind of. I don't have any of said of the consoles of retro games, and I wouldn't mind owning a few like NES classic, SNES classic, or C64 Mini.

Nintendo released their NES Classic a couple years ago, and
then their SNES Classic last year, and now Sony just released a Playstation Classic the other day.

I heard that the Playstation Classic was a disappointment; mainly the fact that they didn't include more popular A-list titles. LGR built his own at
a more affordable price, using the same software as the Playstation Classic, and added his own titles on to it.

These are mini consoles that run emulation to play ROMs that are pre-loaded onto the device, and they connect to modern TVs via HDMI.
If you're into retro gaming, they can be fun, particularly after modding/hacking them.

I was at a Walgreens the other day, waiting to get medicine for my daughter, and I was really surprised by these "retro games" consoles and portables
that they had on their shelves. I bought a cheap $25 portable device that
has 220 games on it (all really cheap or knock-off games, obviously). I
was really surprised by how fun some of those cheap/knock-off games were.
The device runs on 4 AAA batteries and has a really bright and colorful
screen on it. Wasn't too bad for $25. It was the My Arcade Game Station V Portable, if you're interested in looking it up. Honestly, I wish we had
thsee kind of devices when I was a kid; I would have loved (even a cheap
one) a device like this.

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Nightfox, to Nelgin...

Closest thing I have to that is an Atari in an Atari joystick. Basically a bunch of old 8bit games with the controller built into the joystick base. It's got stuff like Tanks and Space Invaders.

I've seen those in stores. Those were a while ago.. Seems like retro gaming is taking off even more these days.

Seems like there is a demand for it lately and in a surprising wide number
of platforms.

I heard Sega plans to release a Genesis Classic system too..

I would love to see that come to fruition, and especially if they include a Sonic title or two. <grin>

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Re: Re: Classic mini retro consoles
By: jagossel to Nightfox on Thu Dec 06 2018 08:41 am

I heard that the Playstation Classic was a disappointment; mainly the fact that they didn't include more popular A-list titles.

That's what I heard too - Not many of the more popular games, and also that some of the included games are the PAL versions (the issue being that they didn't modify many games for 50hz power in PAL regions, so the games would run slower - though I'm not sure it makes too much difference on the 'Classic' since I think it uses USB power), lack of the dual analog joysticks on the controllers, and bare-bones user interface (it doesn't have as many options as Nintendo's Classic consoles do, such as video resolution options and CRT-style video filter).

LGR built his own at
a more affordable price, using the same software as the Playstation Classic, and added his own titles on to it.

Who is LGR, and is his version legal/approved by Sony?

I was at a Walgreens the other day, waiting to get medicine for my daughter, and I was really surprised by these "retro games" consoles and portables that they had on their shelves. I bought a cheap $25 portable device that has 220 games on it (all really cheap or knock-off games, obviously). I was really surprised by how fun some of those cheap/knock-off games were. The device runs on 4 AAA batteries and has a really bright and colorful screen on it. Wasn't too bad for $25. It was the My Arcade Game Station V Portable, if you're interested in looking it up. Honestly, I wish we had thsee kind of devices when I was a kid; I would have loved (even a cheap one) a device like this.

That looks cool. I think I've seen other things similar to that too. I thought it was interesting that those have 'retro-style' games, vs. the actual older console games from Nintendo, Sega, etc..

Nightfox

Re: Re: Classic mini retro consoles
By: jagossel to Nightfox on Thu Dec 06 2018 08:44 am

I've seen those in stores. Those were a while ago.. Seems like
retro gaming is taking off even more these days.

Seems like there is a demand for it lately and in a surprising wide number of platforms.

Yeah, it seems that a lot of the people who grew up in the 80s (and 90s), who are getting older, are nostalgic about that kind of stuff from when they were kids. I suppose I'm one of those people, as I grew up playing NES games, and also I liked playing SNES and Genesis games when I could (I didn't have one at home, but I knew people who had them, and I also liked playing the demo systems in stores).

I first got into retro game emulation in the mid-late 90s when I saw some emulators for NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis appear for Windows. I thought it was pretty cool that you could now play those old games on modern devices, and I still think it's pretty cool. I heard Nintendo (among others) was legally going after people for providing game ROMs and emulators, and I think it's kinda funny that Nintendo decided to officially provide retro games via their Virtual Console with the Nintendo Wii.

Nightfox

Nightfox, to jagossel...

Who is LGR, and is his version legal/approved by Sony?

LGR is short for Lazy Games Reviews, a popular (his channel just reached
1M subscribers) YouTuber that does reviews of games and various platforms
and hardware videos. He does a lot more if other things than game reviews, lately. And, I cannot imagine wbat he did with his own Playstation build being legal or approved by Sony.

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Nightfox, to jagossel...

I've seen those in stores. Those were a while ago.. Seems like
retro gaming is taking off even more these days.

Seems like there is a demand for it lately and in a surprising wide number of platforms.

Yeah, it seems that a lot of the people who grew up in the 80s (and
90s), who are getting older, are nostalgic about that kind of stuff
from when they were kids. I suppose I'm one of those people, as I grew
up playing NES games, and also I liked playing SNES and Genesis games
when I could (I didn't have one at home, but I knew people who had
them, and I also liked playing the demo systems in stores).

I have been that way for a while now: more interested in replaying games
that I played when I was a kid. I was primarily on MS-DOS and the Atari
1040 STF then; played a lot of shareware games because we couldn't afford
full versions then. I have DOSBox now and purchased full DOS games from GOG.com or download shareware or now-freeware games from RGB Classic Games.
If I'm going to play these old games, I'll do it legally. Hence my slight interest in owning the SNES or NES Classic consoles; but it's not a priority at all for me.


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Re: Re: Classic mini retro consoles
By: jagossel to Nightfox on Thu Dec 06 2018 02:35 pm

I have been that way for a while now: more interested in replaying games that I played when I was a kid. I was primarily on MS-DOS and the Atari 1040 STF then; played a lot of shareware games because we couldn't afford full versions then. I have DOSBox now and purchased full DOS games from GOG.com or download shareware or now-freeware games from RGB Classic

I was the same way, I enjoyed playing a lot of games on MS-DOS back in the day. I did eventually buy full versions of some of the games I liked to play regularly (or sometimes got some of them as a gift). One game I liked to play was Wing Commander: Privateer, and quite a while ago I found an open-source remake of that game for modern platforms, and it's is free and includes the same music and graphics. I had fun playing that, although I never did finish the game.

Nightfox

Nightfox, to jagossel...

I have been that way for a while now: more interested in replaying games that I played when I was a kid. I was primarily on MS-DOS and the Atari 1040 STF then; played a lot of shareware games because we couldn't afford full versions then. I have DOSBox now and purchased full DOS games from GOG.com or download shareware or now-freeware games from RGB Classic

I was the same way, I enjoyed playing a lot of games on MS-DOS back in
the day. I did eventually buy full versions of some of the games I
liked to play regularly (or sometimes got some of them as a gift). One game I liked to play was Wing Commander: Privateer, and quite a while
ago I found an open-source remake of that game for modern platforms,
and it's is free and includes the same music and graphics. I had fun playing that, although I never did finish the game.

Titles like Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and Descent are the ones that I
know for a fact they have an open source version of their engines that can
run on modern platforms. I have bought Descent on GOG.com and dropped the
game data files into the DXX-Rebirth folder and I can play a much more smoother looking version of Descent.

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Re: Re: Classic mini retro consoles
By: jagossel to Nightfox on Thu Dec 06 2018 07:40 pm

Titles like Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and Descent are the ones that I know for a fact they have an open source version of their engines that can run on modern platforms. I have bought Descent on GOG.com and dropped the game data files into the DXX-Rebirth folder and I can play a much more smoother looking version of Descent.

I've played with DXX-Rebirth as well. I had sold my old copy of Descent & Descent 2 a long time ago, but a few years ago I bought them again just for DXX-Rebirth. It looks the same as the DOS version, and it plays very well.

There was another Descent engine update that I had played with a while ago that made use of more modern graphics features for more modern lighting and effects. It looked interesting, but it seemed a little buggy.

Nightfox

jagossel wrote:

Nightfox, to jagossel...

I have been that way for a while now: more interested in replaying games
that I played when I was a kid. I was primarily on MS-DOS and the Atari
1040 STF then; played a lot of shareware games because we couldn't afford
full versions then. I have DOSBox now and purchased full DOS games from
GOG.com or download shareware or now-freeware games from RGB Classic

I was the same way, I enjoyed playing a lot of games on MS-DOS back in
the day. I did eventually buy full versions of some of the games I
liked to play regularly (or sometimes got some of them as a gift). One
game I liked to play was Wing Commander: Privateer, and quite a while
ago I found an open-source remake of that game for modern platforms,
and it's is free and includes the same music and graphics. I had fun
playing that, although I never did finish the game.

Titles like Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and Descent are the ones that I know for a fact they have an open source version of their engines that can run on modern platforms. I have bought Descent on GOG.com and dropped the game data files into the DXX-Rebirth folder and I can play a much more smoother looking version of Descent.

Duke Nukem 3D has a hi def pack you can download. It makes an amazing difference.
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I have been that way for a while now: more interested in replaying games
that I played when I was a kid. I was primarily on MS-DOS and the Atari
1040 STF then; played a lot of shareware games because we couldn't afford
full versions then. I have DOSBox now and purchased full DOS games from
GOG.com or download shareware or now-freeware games from RGB Classic

I was the same way, I enjoyed playing a lot of games on MS-DOS back in
the day. I did eventually buy full versions of some of the games I
liked to play regularly (or sometimes got some of them as a gift). One
game I liked to play was Wing Commander: Privateer, and quite a while
ago I found an open-source remake of that game for modern platforms,
and it's is free and includes the same music and graphics. I had fun
playing that, although I never did finish the game.

Titles like Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and Descent are the ones that I know for a fact they have an open source version of their engines that can run on modern platforms. I have bought Descent on GOG.com and dropped the game data files into the DXX-Rebirth folder and I can play a much more smoother looking version of Descent.

Duke Nukem 3D has a hi def pack you can download. It makes an amazing difference.

I believe that DXX-Rebirth has Hi-Res texture packs as well; and two
different recodings of the game's music: OPL3 and SC-55.

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on 12/06/18, Nightfox said...

Re: Re: Classic mini retro consoles
By: jagossel to Nightfox on Thu Dec 06 2018 08:44 am

Yeah, it seems that a lot of the people who grew up in the 80s (and
90s), who are getting older, are nostalgic about that kind of stuff from when they were kids. I suppose I'm one of those people, as I grew up

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I heard Sega plans to release a Genesis Classic system too..

There have been genesis classics for ages but these were made by 3rd party manufacturers and the emulation quality was hit or miss. Sega making one
would be great but I personally would kill for a Saturn mini with proper emulation!

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