| Main > Main Forum |
| How new for it to still be retro? |
| (1/3) > >> |
| Kupoppo:
Moderators, feel free to move this, I apologize if this is in the incorrect area. So more of an opinion post, but I'm trying to figure out where to draw the line for emulation on my build. This is not an accuracy build. In general I think I've got a ballpark of late 80's/early 90's in mind, but that's not really set in stone. I definitely don't want to go too modern, and anything analogue (here's looking at you PS1, N64) is pretty much out. Here's my inclusion list below, very curious to hear some feedback/critiques :) For sure: MAME (obviously) Atari (so retro I'd feel bad if I didn't have a few games included) NES (no specific games in mind but I like the era) SNES (was originally debating this hotly with myself until I saw someone's build of one and it looked GREAT) Sega Genesis (Can’t have SNES without Sega :)) Neo Geo (such an arcade system, seems like this is almost a must) Probably: Hyper Neo Geo 64 (A bit more advanced than I’m probably looking for, but seems fairly made-for-arcade) Neo Geo CD (Ditto to above) Maybe: Turbografx 16 (thinking about this due to the “wow what’s that” factor) Atari Jaguar (ditto to above) Sega CD (still fairly oldschool) Sega Saturn (obscure, and it was/is my favorite console..) Sega Dreamcast (So new, but so many arcade games on it) 3D0 (Obscure, but perhaps not arcade-oriented?) Also factoring in with me is I have young, but responsible little gamerlettes who to them “old” means PS2. Being able to show pieces of my childhood in such a neat format to me is a lot of the appeal here. That’s also part of the reasoning behind including so modern with Sega – they live in a period when a major competitor and part of gaming’s past is no longer even on the scene. I’m curious – how many of these would you feel like would “ruin” the arcade feel, and how many of these do you think I could get away with? |
| sharpfork:
I have a 27" CRT TV in my horizontal cab and have a mix of emulated and real consoles. For me, the key for the console side is having authentic gamepads when possible. The key for the arcade side is having my cab look arcade only but be able to convert to console mode when I want. For emus this means plugging in converted gamepads. The other thing to consider is being able to sit back a bit from the cabinet. I have a couch about 8' back from my cabinets which makes for very traditional feeling 80s/90s gameplay. I also enjoy playing the systems you listed as not wanting to include. Hell, I even play x360 on the old 4:3 CRT. |
| Kupoppo:
See, I've got another old clunker CRT in that room that will have actual AV switching to most of the "newer" consoles and some of the olders that are excluded, as well as a few like NES/SNES and all the Sega's listed... this is more for the authentic console experience. Largely I did this for A) display reasons and B) controller authenticity. I just don't like the way an arcade machine looks if you're not using the actual joystick/buttons, turns it into more of a display device, which can be done much cheaper. Thinking to preserve the "arcade" feel but to include many of the systems I'm mentioning I'm going to end up spending countless hours auditing my list of games I include and don't include. One thing is for sure, I'm about dying to play Secret of Mana on an arcade machine :lol |
| BadMouth:
For my main setup, I cut it off at the dreamcast and only included top rated games for it. When you get into the consoles with optical drives, space disappears fast. I didn't think Hyper Neo Geo 64 emulation had progressed to a decent status yet. Is there an emulator out there I don't know about? |
| Kupoppo:
There may well not be. I saw some people talking about it and kind of threw it on there as a "try this out and see" for later notice :lol And yeah, even on the likes of SNES/NES I'm thinking I'm probably going to have to audit my game list pretty extensively. I love Final Fantasy 1 for NES, but I'm not entirely certain it's the best fit for my arcade cabinet :) Any good dreamcast recommendations other than the bigname fighters? |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |