DasWunderkind

I was in Akihabara tonight, and to be honest the video game stores here in Japan are kind of overshadowed by the manga, toy stores and fetish shops which have a lot more to look at and explore.

The retro game craze has reached its apex with the proliferation of retro handhelds being produced by Anbernic and Retroid. Not only have they improved on the official devices released by Nintendo and Sega, they are region free and play translated versions of games that used to be exclusive to Japan. It makes collecting old video games feel tedious and burned out, especially since those games will either end up on a shelf or back in circulation when the person who buys them needs money.

Don't feed the trolls.

🐟 Amazing and free. That controller looks like a Walmart toy, though 😁

I donated money to them during Christmas and thanked the admin for archiving so much good stuff. My Retroid Pocket 3+ wouldn't be the same without it, I'm so happy the site is still up and hosting roms and ISOs.

He doesn't have any new or newish content and his Nintendo roms are limited to fanhacks from a bygone era so I don't see what all the hoopla is about. Vimm's Lair and edgeemu.net are also great sites I highly recommend.

Nintendo doesn't care if you hack their old games or consoles. Just look at all the amazing SNES and N64 romhacks out there, or the homebrew games coming out for NES and GBC. You can get an Everdrive all-in-one gaming library cartridge for practically every one of their classic systems. Companies like Retroid and Anbernic are even copying their handheld aesthetic and selling boatloads of portable consoles that play those old games via pixel perfect emulation. They only step in and stomp a fan project out if it is directly taking profits from the product they're currently selling. Sure they might have taken down fan projects like Pokemon Prism and AM2R in the past but now you can easily download those games with a simple Google search. I for one can't wait for the Riishop to be a real thing, even though I'll use it just for sh1tsngiggles. 😄

This list is trash. No Growl, no games from the Beats of Rage engine which is made exclusively for Beat'em Ups, no Double Dragon II Revenge from the NES, no Streets of Rage 2 hacks like the World Warrior version, Dynamite Cop or Power Stone 2 on the Dreamcast... I would seriously be embarrassed publishing this 💩

@N64-ROX I wasn't talking about emulating a few games at 80-90% with frame drops, I'm talking about playing the entire N64 library glitch free on an actual N64 with an Everdrive. It's really the only way to play, especially with all the new Smash and Ocarina romhacks and mods you'll never see on Switch Online

A real N64 with 2 controllers and the entire games library on an Everdrive will cost you $150-200.

At best, the Switch Online expansion pack will have 38 N64 games you can rent for $50 a year and go extinct in 2-3 years.

Nothing can emulate N64 games, not even Nintendo's official emulator. RetroArch is even worse at it, even though it does almost everything else really well. Read up on why it won't ever be possible instead of assuming it's already been done.

Rakuga Kids, Dragon Ball Z Kart, Bangai-O, Smash Remix, Ocarina of Time Redux, Mario64 Sonic Edition, Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 FreeM Edition just to name a few you won't see on Switch Online 😉

We need news about the R552. The 351V has been out for ages and is useless without 2 thumbsticks

Gotta love some free roms 🎮 📺😁

@ian_beale N64 software emulation hasn't developed much and/or people can't seem to figure out how to do it 100% right. It's less about the power of the hardware available and more about how individual N64 cartridges interacted with the console. No matter how advanced your new iPhone is, the N64 hasn't been 100% cracked so there ain't an emulator out there that will do it right

It plays the best games pretty freakin well, but if you want true 100% N64 emulation get an ED64 Plus. It's an N64 Everdrive that comes preloaded with the entire N64 library and only goes for $60

@BloodNinja It's what happens when you don't get laid. Let him play with himself til he's tired 😄

I beat Ninja Gaiden 2 with this thing and the game was still stupid difficult. I only needed the infinite lives and weapons codes anyway since the savepoints were nonexistent and you could only use like 4 ninja stars per level.

Awesome end boss fight and the cut scenes for an 8bit game really added to the cinematic ending. One of the few difficult retro games worth finishing. Gives you a real sense of accomplishment.

It's rubbish. You can get a white Wii for $40 on offerup and 10 minutes later have the entire library of NES, SNES, GB/GBA, MD, TGX16, and MAME. You can also connect NES, SNES, SEGA controllers and joysticks to it.

If ya don't know now you know

Way ahead of you 😄 🎮

"Their conversions were typically very ropey, filed with glitches and other gameplay issues..." You don't say 😄

The Redream emulator is so good I have no interest in this. Playing Soul Calibur, Crazy Taxi and MvC2 on the go is so wicked cool I can't see myself buying another home console.

Already got over 80 Neo-Geo games on my Wii Retroarch and over 200 on my iCade. A little late to the party there SNK

My Wii can use NES, SNES, Genesis, Atari 2600, Gamecube, and the X-Arcade on top of all the Wiis native periphals. I might already have a Polyomega or whatever that thing is called

What kinds of controllers can you connect to it? Audio output options? And can it be played through S-Video?

What a waste. 4 face buttons instead of 6 and it calls itself a fight pad. Also who is still releasing wired controllers in 2020?

This is a decent romhack and it's great that Nintendolife isn't afraid to anger all the little anti-emulation virgins. But c'mon guys where's the article on Kirbys Dreamland DX or the Street Fighter of Rage hacks? Those are way more newsworthy

@Anti-Matter You should make an oath that you will learn how to write and read properly in English. This might help you understand how copyrights work in the U.S.

@AshenLion Have you tried the ReDream emulator on Android? It's incredible and plays every DC game and homebrew I've thrown at it full speed. Also try M64 Plus FZ for Nintendo 64 games. Just make sure you're using an 8bitdo controller with twin thumb sticks

Emulation is the way of the future. When you stream a game onto your console that isn't powerful enough to play it, you're essentially emulating it through your console's software. Even the big 3 know this and are transitioning away from console development since closed platforms are more limiting than having access to all your game library from one device.

My LG V20 is a phone you can get on ebay for $100 and it can run NES, GB/GBA, SNES, N64, DS, Atari 2600, PCE. MSX 1+2, Neo Geo Pocket, MAME, PSX, SMS, GG, MD, SEGA CD, Dreamcast and OpenBOR all at near 100% accuracy. I myself still prefer to game on my homebrewed Wii, but it's nice to have almost all my games on the go right now

Also, if you have a problem with roms and emulation, it's probably because you're too dumb to find a good rom site or have no clue how to use IPS patches. If you don't want to emulate that's fine, more Zelda and SMW hacks for us!

My Homebrewed Wii can play 14 classic consoles and their full libraries all the way back from the MAME, 2600, NES, GB/GBA, SEGA MS/GN/GG/CD, MS-X 1&2, Turbo-Grafx16, Neo-Geo Pocket, N64, and OpenBOR. Hell it even has it's own classic Doom port with mods, an arcade perfect port of Outrun and you can watch porn on it. Beat that you fake retro console!