Who else is into retro gaming?
Re: Retro gaming
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Sep 14 2021 09:14 am
Who else is into retro gaming?
I know we discussed this already in #synchronet, but ... I thought I'd mentioned here before that I bought a retro gaming handheld (the Powkiddy RGB10 MAX 2) a couple years ago and was super impressed at what you can get for the money these days. I even bought a couple as gifts.
My teenage daughter sort of took ownership of my RGB10 MAX 2, so today I bought myself (for a long flight) a Miyoo Mini Plus (for $59 on Amazon), which has a smaller, little bit lower res screen, and is in the vertical (Gameboy) layout, but mostly the same game/emulation support as the Powkiddy I own. I was also pondering the Anbernic RG35XXH (horizontal) or RG35XXSP (flip), but liked the look of the Onion OS option for the Miyoo better and it was about $10 cheaper <shrug>.
There are *so* many options (hardware, "OS") in the retro gaming handheld space. I do think I'd like something that played all (or most) N64 games well, but that's getting into the multi-hundo price range. The ports to these platforms of course run well on all of them, but volunteer devs can't (or won't) do that for most old console games (though, someone did it for the Super Mario 64). I see the Powkiddy RGB10 MAX 3 is out and there's other updated larger screen/wide devices and some super small form factor ones too. Fun stuff!
There are *so* many options (hardware, "OS") in the retro gaming handheld space. I do think I'd like something that played all (or most) N64 games well, but that's getting into the multi-hundo price range. The ports to these platforms of course run well on all of them, but volunteer devs can't (or won't) do that for most old console games (though, someone did it for the Super Mario 64). I see the Powkiddy RGB10 MAX 3 is out and there's other updated larger screen/wide devices and some super small form factor ones too. Fun stuff!
Re: Retro gaming
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Aug 25 2024 19:48:09
I have the Anbernic RG 35XX plus, it like a game boy and is great.
Its very powerful and plays everything upto the PSP.
The software it comes with works great out of the box and comes fully loaded. You can put Onion on it is you like, I was going to but I really liked it how it come so I left it as is.
There are definitely a lot of options for handheld retro gaming. I decided to order a Powkiddy RGB10 MAX 3, so I'm looking forward to using that when it arrives. Depending on how I like it, I might sell my RetroFlag Pi-based retro handheld.
arrives. Depending on how I like it, I might sell my RetroFlag Pi-based retr handheld.
I have the Anbernic RG 35XX plus, it like a game boy and is great.
Its very powerful and plays everything upto the PSP.
Do you have the GPi Case? I've got one, and while I don't use it near as much as the Odroid Go Advance (which doesn't get much use to begin with), I don't think I'll ever get rid of it :). When the Gameboy first came out, I would lay awake at night thinking about them and how much I wanted one, and partly because of the aesthetic. Definitely will always love the GPi Case. What I've noticed, though, is it goes through AA batteries faster than if you hook up the regular USB power cable into a USB battery. I've been playing it that way. Also I have a distro on it that seemed to boot much faster than all the rest.
I think for that device, the custom OS equivalent is "Garlic" (not Onion), but yeah, same idea.
Let us know how you like the RGB10 MAX 3. For $99, it's kind of hard to go wrong.
These days I mostly do my retro gaming on my Steam Deck, it does a great job running retroarch and has a nice screen for my old eyes ;)
I also have a heavily modded PS Vita that I still play around with quite frequently... it has some hockey games that came out for the PSP and Vita, and again, Retroarch runs good on it for most platforms.
About 3 years ago I played around with the "Retroid Pocket 2" and was pretty impressed with it but it really shows its age today compared to what's available. I even loaded up IPTV on it to give it that "nostalgic vibe ala "TurboExpress with TV adapter" feeling... I had a TurboExpress back in the day (that took me what felt like forever to save up for) but I never had the TV tuner. Here's what my IPTV install on the Retroid looked like:
Who else is into retro gaming?
I have a full-size MAME machine.
LOVE IT!!! 2,120 games!
Who else is into retro gaming?
I have a full-size MAME machine.
LOVE IT!!! 2,120 games!
I'm pretty sure I wrote that part of the message you quoted, but you responded to someone else..
I feel like 2,120 would be a lot to choose from. There's a paradox of choice where having too many things to choose from could make you feel overwhelmed and make it difficult to actually make a choice. I tend to have a smaller number of games on my emulation devices, and it's mostly games I really like or might want to play.
Definatly, Its like with all these streaming services, I end up clicking through the menu until I give up and re-watch something like Futurama that I have seen 15000 times.. It gets tiring.. A good while ago I soft-modded my wii and stuck almost every game that I have in my file areas on it (sega, snes, nes, n64, atari) ended up playing about 5 different things and doing other linuxy stuff on it.. now it's been in the closet for about 5 years. may break it out and put synchronet on it :-)
Re: Retro gaming
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Aug 25 2024 07:48 pm
Who else is into retro gaming?
I have a full-size MAME machine.
LOVE IT!!! 2,120 games!
do you use one of those gui softwares? i cant remember the name but i downloaded it.
LOVE IT!!! 2,120 games!
do you use one of those gui softwares? i cant remember the name but i downloaded it.
have seen 15000 times.. It gets tiring.. A good while ago I soft-modded my w and stuck almost every game that I have in my file areas on it (sega, snes, nes, n64, atari) ended up playing about 5 different things and doing other linuxy stuff on it.. now it's been in the closet for about 5 years. may bre
connected via the 5 component inputs - 3 RGB for video, and 2 for the stereo audio. It seems that most TVs these days just have HDMI inputs. The TV I'm
It's not in a PC - i have a game console loaded with the ROMS inside a full size (heavy-as-fuck) coin-op machine. I wired it up and the joysticks and buttons. I'll take a pic of it and post it somewhere.
Do you remember what you emu(s) you were using to play all those games? Was > anything that could run native or did you have to open the homebrew channel? > Also, what kinda linuxy stuff did you do on it, out of curiosity?
do you use one of those gui softwares? i cant remember the name but i downloaded it.
It's not in a PC - i have a game console loaded with the ROMS inside a full size (heavy-as-fuck) coin-op machine. I wired it up and the joysticks and buttons. I'll take a pic of it and post it somewhere.
Stuff"I used it as a multi-use type computer for my ham radio stuff, satell tracking, and I think even sdr stuff. it was just a pretty good little linux box to play with. :-)
Stuff"I used it as a multi-use type computer for my ham radio stuff, sat > > tracking, and I think even sdr stuff. it was just a pretty good little li > > box to play with. :-)
Hey, that's cool, I didn't think of stuff like that. I wonder if you can acc > any ports somehow in Linux.
I thought mame runs on personal computers.
Re: Retro gaming
By: MRO to KnightMare on Wed Aug 28 2024 07:12 pm
I thought mame runs on personal computers.
MAME runs on all kinds of platforms, even little/cheap retro gaming handhelds.
yeah but he says he has a cabinet; isn't that always powered by a personal computer instead of some little handheld you get off amazon? I knew people that built them and they always used a personal computer.
There are definitely a lot of options for handheld retro gaming. I decided
to order a Powkiddy RGB10 MAX 3, so I'm looking forward to using that when
it arrives. Depending on how I like it, I might sell my RetroFlag Pi-based
retro handheld.
Let us know how you like the RGB10 MAX 3. For $99, it's kind of hard to go wrong.
The model I bought is actually the RGB10 MAX 3 Pro
I'm not sure if I want to keep JelOS on it.
Re: Retro gaming
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Mon Aug 26 2024 02:26 pm
There are definitely a lot of options for handheld retro gaming. I decided
to order a Powkiddy RGB10 MAX 3, so I'm looking forward to using that when
it arrives. Depending on how I like it, I might sell my RetroFlag Pi-based
retro handheld.
Let us know how you like the RGB10 MAX 3. For $99, it's kind of hard to go wrong.
The model I bought is actually the RGB10 MAX 3 Pro, which has some more buttons on the front (about $115).
It arrived today, and I've played with
it just a little bit. I bought it with a micro-SD card, and when I powered it on, I found it came pre-installed with an OS (JelOS) and a bunch of ROMs pre-loaded onto it (unexpected, but I suppose considering it came from China, not too surprising).
The screen is clear and sharp, and the console
feels fairly comfortable to hold & play. Even though the site lists the specs, I feel like it was a little bigger than expected. The GCW-Zero I used to have was a little smaller, and I think its size was a bit more manageable. I usually use a retro handheld while laying down on a couch or in bed, and I think the size could make a difference in how comfortable it is to hold & play that way.
I'm not sure if I want to keep JelOS on it. I've been using Recalbox on my Pi-based RetroFlag handheld, but I've also heard you mention Onion, which I might check out.
Also, I hadn't previously noticed, but their web site says it doesn't have built-in wifi, so if you want that functionality, you'd have to buy a separate wifi adapter. They have a small USB wifi adapter they sell (along with a required USB-A to USB-C adapter to plug it into the device); it looks like AliExpress sells theirs, and it sounds like there are some wifi adapters on Amazon that will work with it. Some emulators let you play multi-player online, and some retro gaming OSes allow accessing the storage over your network, which is where a wifi adapter can be useful.
Aside from a wifi adapter, a carrying case might be nice to have, to protect it while in storage and if I want to bring it with me somewhere. Powkiddy sells those too, but I didn't really think to buy one there when I ordered mine.
The model I bought is actually the RGB10 MAX 3 Pro, which has some more
buttons on the front (about $115).
Oh, interesting. The MAX 3 Pro is actually older than the MAX 3: https://youtu.be/PVxSdVQwQ6s?t=695
They mostly seem to come with SD Cards with many thousands of ROMs as kind of a selling point. Usually the SD Card is not very high quality though.
I've put a few hours on the Miyoo Mini Plus now and while the form factor isn't as comfortable, it's small size is pretty great. For Gameboy/GBC/GBA games, I think it's a great device. I think its biggest downside is the lack of analog sticks. Even though the hardware (processor, graphics) are capable of playing some old favs like Doom, Quake, and Duke Nukem, the lack of the stick really makes playing those games impractical.
Oh, interesting. The MAX 3 Pro is actually older than the MAX 3: https://youtu.be/PVxSdVQwQ6s?t=695
Ah, interesting.. Spec-wise, I wonder if the Pro is still supposed to be a step up from the non-Pro version. Their site says they have different processors, but the Pro's is a 6-core, whereas the non-Pro has a quad-core.
They mostly seem to come with SD Cards with many thousands of ROMs as kind of a selling point. Usually the SD Card is not very high quality though.
Ah, I figured it would be convenient to order the card from them. And since it's already loaded with stuff, it's an example of how the ROMs are organized and how to add more (there are XML files in each directory where you can specify a 'cover art' image for each ROM and specify the publisher, release date, etc. if you want).
I think my main complaint about it is that the D-pad is fairly sensitive. The lack of wifi is a little disappointing, but honestly I don't use network capability in a handheld emulation device much anyway.
I've put a few hours on the Miyoo Mini Plus now and while the form factor isn't as comfortable, it's small size is pretty great. For Gameboy/GBC/GBA games, I think it's a great device. I think its biggest downside is the lack of analog sticks. Even though the hardware (processor, graphics) are capable of playing some old favs like Doom, Quake, and Duke Nukem, the lack of the stick really makes playing those games impractical.
Yeah, I think it's good to have the analog sticks. Also, this is the first one I've had that looks like it can play PS2 games fairly well. I thought it would be interesting to try out some PS2 games on it. I thought it was already impressive that other handhelds I've had before can play original Playstation games fairly well.
The lack of wifi is a little disappointing, but honestly I don't use network capability in a handheld emulation device much anyway.
MAME runs on all kinds of platforms, even little/cheap retro gaming handhelds.
yeah but he says he has a cabinet; isn't that always powered by a personal computer instead of some little handheld you get off amazon?
I knew people that built them and they always used a personal computer.
I found some ROM sets on archive.org pre-setup with cover art, etc. Saved me a lot of time curriating.
MAME runs on all kinds of platforms, even little/cheap retro gaming
handhelds.
I almost sure there's a Pi version too!
MAME runs on all kinds of platforms, even little/cheap retro gaming
handhelds.
I almost sure there's a Pi version too!
A PC is certainly a way to run, but this is 2024 and there are lots of ways to get a pro-loaded MAME console, then do the wiring for the lights, sound, joystics, buttons, a sold PSU.,, It truly *is* a labor of love.
I really need to upload a video or some pics to show you.
I almost sure there's a Pi version too!
This Powkiddy handheld that I bought recently looks like it has MAME on it too.
There is. There's a been a "retropie" project in active development for a long time. It was the first raspberry pi project I ever built, on a Pi 2B+ I Spent a lot of hours playing old SNES games, along with my favorite arcade game, SMASH-TV
I really need to upload a video or some pics to show you.
no thanks, i dont need a video.
Re: Retro gaming
By: MRO to KnightMare on Sun Sep 08 2024 06:38 am
I really need to upload a video or some pics to show you.
no thanks, i dont need a video.
I meant that in general, not at you, direcctly... LOL
I really need to upload a video or some pics to show you.
no thanks, i dont need a video.
I meant that in general, not at you, direcctly... LOL
just dont
There's a retro gaming expo going on this weekend in the area where I live.
There's a retro gaming expo going on this weekend in the area where I l
Does anyone go to VCFs?
I'd love to go to VCFSE (which is part of Southern Fried Gaming Expo), but I
I bought an Atari 800XL, an ADM-22
I bought an Atari 800XL, an ADM-22Have you gotten on any Atari 8bit BBSes
yet? :) area52.tk:5200
Something that's super easy and cheap
to build is an SIO2PC (not the original
one) with a simple $2-3 FTDI interface
board. One side goes to the Atari, the
USB goes to a PC or Pi or whatever you
have, and you run Fujinet-PC on that
(or RespeQT or a handful of
alternatives). But, there's also a
regular/real Fujinet :).
Re: Retro gaming
By: phigan to Belly on Tue Oct 22 2024 07:24 am
a Hayes modem. Fujinet is something on my list to look into, though, although the idea of having it tethered to a PC isn't appealing.
IMHO, the best thing about a Fujinet is the ability to connect your Atari 8
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What I typically do is use an ESP8266 with wifimodem firmware, since I have drawer full of those things. The hardware is close to free and it emulates a Hayes modem. Fujinet is something on my list to look into, though, although
Which firmware do you run on the ESP8266?
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Over 400 hardware consoles connected to a single TV... someone has too much time/money on their hands!!!
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