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[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago (2 children)

His daughter is the SteamDeck, only loaded with indie games and more emulators.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I thought his daughter was a sega Jyn-esis?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Does this mean that she'll end up dying in an atomic explosion?

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I emulate on the SteamDeck more than I ever have on any PC. It's such an easy emulation machine.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 27 points 3 months ago

battery on my steamdeck lasts way longer doing retrodeck things and no internet needed.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My guilty pleasure: 4k TV, 4080 gpu, and I'm playing mother fuckin' Super Smash Bros Melee.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Time to add some raytracing?

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Please! I can only replay doom so many times in one year!

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but you can play Mario 64 at like 20x default rendering

You can play Render96 with raytracing

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

I want a way for my shitty, old computer to emulate a new, kick-ass computer.

"Never upgrade your PC again with this one weird trick!"

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

Streaming maybe?

[–] variants@possumpat.io 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

cloud is the future, I got steam-headless on my server and stream games on my phone during lunch breaks. With things like that xbox subscription being more common I think thats how it will go. you just pay a subscription and stream everything

[–] sus@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

the future of 50-100 extra milliseconds of input lag

[–] Tixanou@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Look just hear me out. All you have to do is compress all your RAM into a .zip file, which is inside your RAM. After that, you can fit more stuff in your RAM. Then you can compress that again and again and again...

And you now have infinite RAM!

[–] Lepsea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You should try downloading RAM and SSD, after that you will have enough space for the VGA. My brazilian friend sent me this russian link to where i can download it

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Then download a NVIDIA 4090Ti and a 4K x 144Hz screen.

newegg hates this one simple trick.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

Pretend you're in the 90s?

[–] _____@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Your machine serves you, not the other way around.

However there is such a thing as budgeting and spending money wisely.

I have a high end machine and I also have emulated GBA games on it. (I also play modern titles)

I do know someone who has a high end osrs machine, not wise spending.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I emulate GBA games on my beast of a gaming PC if I'm home because that's the most comfy setup

If I leave, I used to use my hacked PSP and manually synch the files, then it was my hacked Vita and a program that synched them automatically, and now I use retroafch and my steam deck so my files are synched automatically without even having to think about it

Everyone I know who's just playing emulators is doing so on their phones these days anyway

[–] _____@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I used to use my hacked PSP as well but now instead I RDP if I'm casually gaming. And if I can't RDP I just take it as a break from gaming.

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[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago

If the other option ate those shitty games, then yeah, emulation it is.

[–] ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I fell in love with emulating last summer. My one complaint is that multi disc ps1 games ask for disc 2, and no matter how many tutorials i watch on YouTube, i just can't get it to work...

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mostly use handheld emulators, so not sure about one's experience on the computer. In my experience, RetroArch makes it easy enough to swap discs. It's not obvious how without instructions, but once you find those online it's not hard to do. Try RetroArch if you have not yet done so.

[–] ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am on retroarch. Did all the steps to put the discs into a single folder. And reading your comment has made me realize i forgot to eject, and load. I'm a major dumb...

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I'm glad you got it working!

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Why has nobody commented about the examples of demanding games being Call of Duty, Hogwarts Legacy, and Diablo 4 of all games?..

The first two recommend a 1080Ti and the latter recommends a 2060 on high graphics

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago

In his defense, that's one of the best games.

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

I used to play the free online version of that on friv games in primary school

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've been considering my options for a living room, couch gaming/emulation system for a while. I want something with a mid tier GPU for anything remotely modern that I might want to play there.... My criteria for couch gaming vs desktop is whether it's easier/better to play the game with a controller... One example would be driving/flight sims, the analog controls are generally better than mouse/kb... The only way desktop wins in that scenario is if you own a driving sim wheel/hotas for your desktop, otherwise, gamepad is generally better for the fine controls.

I don't generally play a lot of driving/flight sims, but it's a good example.

Anyways. The primary focus is on console exclusive games via emulation, specifically retro stuff. SNES/N64/Genesis/etc. Maybe to stuff as new as the Wii? IDK. But being able to play other PC titles would be helpful.

I'm thinking about a fair high clock speed, fairly recent CPU with a fair amount of memory. IMO, clock speed is more important so the reaction times of the emulation is minimized. I don't think emulators can really take good advantage of multi threading.

My main issue is that any systems that fit the bill are super expensive. Something small/compact, with a high clock CPU, and something for graphics better than integrated.... It's not easy to find something like that for cheap.

It's not something I would use all the time, so it's not really very high on my priority list.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Steam Deck + Docking station.

You can get a knock off dock for about $25, and a non-OLED deck is $400. Minimal setup to get. Emulators running, and the whole thing is portable if you want to relocate to a different room / a buddy's house / a projector in the backyard.

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[–] youngskywalker@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Surprising it's not too expensive! There are a few small form factor GPUs of the current generation that could absolutely crush any emulated game from the Wii and back. I would say one of the best is the 1650 super for the high end. Or if you are really budgeting a 1650 would suffice. Everything else is a matter of taste a few YouTubers are creating awesome PCs out of old office PCs that are tiny in comparison. If you are building from scratch ITX, can get expensive but since it's a low power pc for your tv similar to a console the parts should not be bad especially going with last generation parts that would still blast through Wii at the highest fidelity and anything lower would run incredible based on the emulator.

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[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You need a good PC to use the crt with reflection shaders ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Teach me your ways o wise master. I've been trying to get crt shaders to not look like dogshit for years and I have yet to accomplish it.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

PS3 emulation is pretty heavy, but yeah, retro games give me the right mix of simple and entertaining. Maybe I'm just old.

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