BEZELGA

Armored Core? More like Armored Bore.

for gta 3, vc and sa
it is better to emulate the ps2 versions or just play the pc versions (the old ones not the garbage definitive edition)

File: 1745067534229684.webm (3.9 MB)

3.9 MB WEBM

Finally got done with MK:DA konquest, Felt good though these combos were a pain with some of the timings being so weird

>>562680039
PC versions with mods (silentpatch, widescreen fix, skygfx, and ginput if you want to use a controller).

>>562681992
Why would you play the GC version? You do know 95% of the games that gen were developed with the PS2 in mind, right? Despite the GC being more powerful in some ways the difference in architecture and being a second class system resulted in lackluster ports most of the time. If it wasn't an exclusive or developed for GC first, it wasn't worth playing on it with scant exceptions. Why does everyone on emugen do it wrong? Why are zoomers so obsessed with engagement? I engaged. Are you happy?

>>562690767
Works on my MiSTer. What's the point of posting Ymir's fuckups? It's known to be in development and still in its first year. He's still fixing issues, right? You're just jonesing for an excuse to make a snark reddit tier tracker, aren't you?

>>562685028
Neat game, the real HOTD3 in my opinion.

File: 1749067879244367.png (166.1 KB)

166.1 KB PNG

>>562690767

>>562693814
It's a long established /emugen/ tradition to post funny garbage graphics.

File: 1750099187440256.png (250.7 KB)

250.7 KB PNG

>>562670216
is the Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 on SWITCH emulator 100% playable ? I see on Fitgirl website theres unavoidable crashes at certain parts of the game

File: The Getaway - Black Monday_SCUS-97408_20260119211755.png (678.7 KB)

678.7 KB PNG

stop harassing me

File: indochink.jpg (9.5 KB)

9.5 KB JPG

>>562693650
desu, Xbox usually took the crown for visuals back then. PS2 had the exclusives (and a few titles like True Crime: NYC that actually looked the best), but the hierarchy was generally Xbox > PS2 > GC (on visuals)

You're right about that 5% margin though; the GameCube outperformed the PS2 on certain titles.

Regardless, the SNES-to-PS2 run was the objective peak of the industry.

>>562704518
>Xbox > PS2 > GC (on visuals)
Ps2 loked like dogshit visual wise compared to the cube. Resident evil 4 shows it perfectly. Ps2 was the weakest console of the 6th gen.
>Regardless, the SNES-to-PS2 run was the objective peak of the industry.
4th and previous gens were too limited for most genres.
5th and 8th were simply the best in terms of genre diversity.
6th and 7th gen were typical aaa bullshit with indies being nonexistent.

File: 250px-Mystic_Heroes_Coverart[1].png (180.3 KB)

180.3 KB PNG

I remember loving this game as a kid but jesus christ is it harder than I remember, you spend almost every level getting knocked around like a pinball/getting stunlocked. Is the ps2 version harder or something? I only ever played the gc version as a kid but decided to check out the ps2 version as it has more content. I must have had a lot more patience back then because I know for a fact that there's no way in hell that I didn't struggle on some of these levels.

File: heroin hero.jpg (56.8 KB)

56.8 KB JPG

>>562705197
>genre diversity
I kinda see your point but I don't fully agree.
The 8th gen only "feels" diverse because the indie explosion (XBLA/PSN etc.) happened during the 7th gen (braid, limbo, 'Splosion Man etc). It wasn't the whole industry suddenly getting creative you know.

>6th and 7th gen were typical aaa bullshit with indies being nonexistent.
I agree about the late 7th gen, but early-to-mid 7th (roughly 2005-2011) was pretty solid AA/AAA stuff. The real nosedive became obvious in late 7th and especially 8th gen (obama era, soros shit etc), when the political injection, censorship, and agenda shit started ruining everything in gaming industry (same as the rest of entertainment).

>4th and previous gens were too limited for most genres
True, but that limitation is exactly what forced devs to actually be creative. It's the classic "engineer's dilemma", constraints breed ingenuity. You see the same thing in every other industry.

>5th was simply the best
Yeah, it was one of the last eras before the cultural stagnation really kicked in. Peak vibes.

Anyway, objective truth is that SNES/Genesis to PS2/GameCube era was the golden age of the entire industry.
I hope the West gets a proper cultural revival at some point, but honestly it doesn't look likely.

Cheers mate.

Is teknoparrot malware? It makes you install it and sign a bunch of weird eulas and waivers about how it's going to steal your data, it's alleged made by a company in Eastern Europe that doesn't seem to exist, and after all that it doesn't even work. I just wanted to play House of the Dead 4 and it instantly closes itself.

so which is it
if a game has both which version should i play, ps2 or gamecube?

>>562709784
Check the compatibility list first, as always.The one with the least problems is the one you want. No point in playing something that has issues.

>>562695503
Emulate the Wii versions, you'll have no crash and if you can run a Switch emulator, you can run the Wii one.
>But muh motion controls
Map the pointer motion on the right stick and and the shake on the triggers of your choice, here, you covered 95% of the gameplay case of the first game.

>>562709784
Purely from emulation standpoint, LRPS2 w/ Parallel-GS offers superior experience to Dolphin. Some games are natively better on GC though.

>>562709784
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/List_of_notable_ports

and the compatibility list of emus.

>>562710480
>rely from emulation standpoint, LRPS2 w/ Parallel-GS offers superior experience to Dolphin
Nope. Lrps2 doesn't even offer a better experience than pcsx2.

>>562712105
skill issue

>>562710460
Its a hassle so no thanks

>>562712160
-Worse performance if you want anything than native blurry mess.
-Worse compatibility
-Worse features than standalone or dolphin.
-Tied to retroarch.

>>562713554
>-Worse performance
buy better hardware
>-Worse compatibility
it just werks for 99% of ps2 library, inaccuracies may stem from inaccurate EE float emulation that is also present in pcsx2
>-Worse features than standalone or dolphin.
what features
>-Tied to retroarch.
that's a positive

File: file.png (50.3 KB)

50.3 KB PNG

I can't seem to get disc swapping to work in beatmania. No matter which disc I choose, it just stays on Arcade 2ndMix (which is disc 1). Am I doing something wrong? I'm using retroarch and using the eject disc, select disc from disc index, then insert disc options.

all the game cube games on myrient were on rvz format right?

>>562713657
>buy better hardware
Use better emulators, much simpler.
>it just werks for 99% of ps2 library
It's compatibility is below pcsx2 since updates are way behind. Ratchet games still have issues while pcsx2 auto applied patches.
>what features
Like the ability to go for 3x native with stable fps.
>that's a positive
Retroarch fag being delusional as usual.

>>562714054
just be honest for once and admit you can't figure out how to get retroarch to work

>>562713834
Okay I just had to make it so Retroarch didn't pause content while the menu is open. Now it works.

>>562714110
The only thing i will admit is my small d, ups, meant that retroarch is shit.

>>562716378
You would be wise to refrain from giving opinions on emulators on platforms that you're incapable of configuring, it's evident that your criticism stems from the lack of exposure rather than expertise

File: Untitled.png (719.4 KB)

719.4 KB PNG

>>562716542

>>562717235
Good, you're beginning to see the light. Now choose an appropriate CRT shader, Parallel-GS was made with them in mind.

>>562717341
Crt for 6th gen, ughhhhh.

>>562717403
please anon, don't discredit yourself further than you already have

File: Vampire Night_SLUS-20221_20260325205844.png (1.3 MB)

1.3 MB PNG

This is the third time I've seen that giant fist coming through a portal attack in Jap media. It was in the DBZ movie with Janemba, and it's in this, and it's in Bayonetta.

>>562717487
1080p monitors kinda suck for crt shaders.Need a minimum of 4k to get something good.

>>562718113
Depends on the mask. Aperture grille is pretty easy to emulate even for 1080p displays

>>562718186
>>562718113
>>562717403
>>562717235
Use SDTV experience preset on emugen wiki for sixth gen+

>>562718729
Emugen wiki is compromised. They recommend ymir for saturn for crying out loud, that buggy piece of shit

File: NOOOOOOOOOOO.gif (273.4 KB)

273.4 KB GIF

>>562718835

>>562718835
>Emugen wiki is compromised
Always has been.

>>562718835
>They recommend ymir for saturn for crying out loud, that buggy piece of shit
I just fixed that. What else is "fucked up" in your opinion?

>>562718186
>Depends on the mask
true

>Aperture grille is easier to emulate
yup

>even for 1080p displays
for 480p content, no. 240p? sure.

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Shaders,_presets_and_filters#Display_Hardware_Requirements

AGI will save edge-smoothing

>>562712364
Show'em the shitty textures in the Switch version, schizo-kun.

>>562709784
Typically PS2 unless it was developed for GC first, which is the case for Killer7, Viewtiful Joe, or RE4. Same goes for Xbox as lead to PS2, the Xbox version will be a lot better. Lead platforms matter for that gen because the archs were so wildly different. USUALLY PS2 vs Xbox means you should pick the Xbox version (if emulated properly) for west-slop, but Jap games dev'd on PS2 first have some effects missing or fucked up on Xbox. MGS2 and Silent Hill 2 come to mind.

>>562709784
check out metal arms on ps2. shit looks like a ps1 games lmao. the xbox version has higher res textures but insanely nasty screen tearing. gc comes out on top.

>>562728874
Yeah, some of the later simultaneously-dev'd games did start leveraging the GC's GPU more to come out ahead of the PS2.

fuck y'all fake emuniggers you'll be cowards don't even smoke crack

>>562729126
Pixel slop.

File: KO.jpg (101.5 KB)

101.5 KB JPG

>when the political injection, censorship, and There's no soul in any of this shit anymore.
Used to be you'd fire up some random old game, and it just hit different. The music, the pixel work, the little janky quirks, it all felt alive, like it was made by actual humans who poured their heart into it. Now? Everything feels sterile, corporate, focus-grouped and sanitized by a committee of HR folk who’ve never touched a real controller in their life. And the worst fucked up thing is, I'm not even a boomer. I'm just a younger guy. I shouldn't be sitting here feeling like some nostalgic oldfag mourning the death of something I barely got to enjoy in its prime. Yet here I am. It's honestly depressing as fuck.

https://youtu.be/ZVgq8609LKE

Can I emulate love?

>>562740254
Every relationship you thought you had was that.

>>562714054
Who the fuck uses RetroArch for PS2 emulation?

>>562747042
Anyone who wants to use PGS without a weird build, baking it themselves, or using troonux

>>562680039
Games from that generation almost always had atrocious PC ports.
You're gonna have to mod the fuck out of them just to get basic functionality happening, like graphics options and controller support etc....

Just emulate.

>>562690156
Excellent, underrated game. Gamearts were one of the best...

If you're after more, check out Psychic Killer Taromaru on the Saturn - it plays very similarly.

>>562693814
>Works on my MiSTer.
Worked perfectly on SSF when i emulated it in 2008.
And it was free.

Can't believe you people waited 20 years and paid hundreds of dollars just to emulate the saturn when you could have been doing it already for nothing.

>>562709784
Gamecube. Better graphics, better frame rates, better load times.
As for the actual state of Emulation, it's basically equal these days. A year or 2 ago i would have said Dolphin is miles better but PCSX2 has fixed up so much stuff it's excellent now.

>>562735998
I'm 45. I've seen video games go from something unique and interesting with shitloads of potential, to just another form of mainstream entertainment.
The word that describes it perfectly is Homogenisation.
All forms of media are getting squished together, to the point where there's barely any difference now between video games and TV shows - they're all chasing the same audience (middle aged women coz they spend the most money), they all focus on the same components (story) etc....

It's so sad seeing what happened to games, and it's why many people, myself included, almost exclusively just emulate older stuff. Coz there's more good games from generations 3 to 6 then i have years left in my life to actually play them.

>>562756995
>>562680039
yeah, I’d recommend sticking to console emulation for all GTA games prior to GTA V

Grand Theft Auto 2 and Grand Theft Auto London 1969 + 1961 : PC emu
GTA III, VC and SA : PS2 emu
GTA IV : X360 emu, or PS3 emu if you have AVX512 cpu

>>562757883
Thanks for the perspective, old-timer. Wishing you health and a good life. May your journey be blessed even in the afterlife.

>>562708053
>he actually fell for the teknoparrot meme
ngmi

>>562719870
E V E R Y T H I N G
V
E
R
Y
T
H
I
N
G

>>562708053
Just play the PS3 version

>>562757284
I bought it for the fuck of it, and the MisterPi isn't that costly. I resulate on my PC 99% of the time. It was fun for a minute, though. It's still the best Saturn emu, and runs edge cases SSF, Beetle, and Ymir won't. I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a CRT and emu testing is something you do for fun, but we all buy stupid shit for fun now and then. Don't you? Ah, it must be a disposable income thing.

File: b145ab9085dc3027a04fbebbc22403a3.jpg (714.9 KB)

714.9 KB JPG

>>562735998
this is Knight Online btw

>>562759935
RPCS3 works?

>>562768451
>>562735998
Yeah, those mid-2000s regional MMOs. they were janky and grindy as hell, but the way they dominated specific parts of the world is a total anomaly. It’s interesting how a 'mediocre' game can become a cultural cornerstone just by being accessible enough.

https://youtu.be/o2Bm0uKLqmU
https://youtu.be/j5oumDaVXQc

This is what untreated mental illness looks like:
https://github.com/kjliew/qemu-3dfx/issues/171

>>562710290
>>562710480
>>562710891
>>562728414
>>562728874
>>562757465
i guess im going to have to decide on each individual game

so there is no drawback in compressing ps1 games to chd?

>>562778331
Neither of these pencil necks have ever thrown a punch in their lives. In real life they'd be too afraid to even make eye contact with each other.

>>562778331
I don't know who's more nuts, obattler for honestly trying to debate with killjew or killjew himself. This fucking issue thread...
>someone's so buttmad he basically threatens to soft-SWAT killjew with a wellness check
Comedy platinum.
I hate it when he and his thralls (probably just him) shill on here, but he's absolutely hilarious. He's like the Francis E. Dec of emulation.

Are Ymir and PCSX2 the only major emulators with active and interesting development now? Everything else either moves at a slow pace, is in maintenance mode, or is simply dead now.

>>562779953
>He's like the Francis E. Dec of emulation.
More like an ESL Terry Davis.

File: 1759239534717120.webm (3.9 MB)

3.9 MB WEBM

The True Analogs hack for the Armored Core games without dual stick aim are great, recommended.

>>562781963
No way, Terry didn't have this level of intensity. Killjew does.
>*FOOLS++RETARDED*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNgyyd0Z2KA

>>562783205
Game almost has a horror vibe with the dark fog and industrial textures, esp with the CRT shader.

>>562779953
He's just a chink* pretending to be American and completely hooked to Gemini. It's only a matter of time before his IA wife ask him to kill himself.

*He just take QEMU and Wine-3DFX, bolted the two together with to Gemini vibe-coding and hide the result behind a paywall so no one could find the true. Typical chink tactics.

>>562783792
>Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God
GEG, he's so close to calling it Cultural Marxism.

>>562784092
>CRT shader
Is it true that they're worthless or broken for 1080p plebs? I rather not replace my TV or monitor. That and I can't fit two 4k of the latter on my desk.

>>562785226
I think geom-deluxe is fine-enough at 1080, but the less resolution you have the more likely you'll see moire and similar nastiness on solid colors, esp with more complicated grills and geometry applied.

>>562775720
Come on, just google or jewtube it. It looks like it works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcB0tNCQz54
I'd play it if I had a gun.

Huh, so bleem! can't run on 86Box at all? Bummer, I was hoping you could somehow force it to run on modern HW like you could UltraHLE. (Yes, UltraHLE does in fact work on Win11.)

File: 1775168527031739.jpg (122.2 KB)

122.2 KB JPG

I'm playing Ocean Hunter in the Model 3 emulator and the reticle doesn't line up with the mouse cursor on screen. I can't find a calibration option in the game's service menu. Does anyone know how to fix it?

>>562778892
>i guess im going to have to decide on each individual game
yeah basically. even in cases where it was specifically optimized for one system still have issues.
Sonic Heroes for GC is a great example; 60fps with no slowdown, but fmvs, audio, and textures were compressed due to less disc space.
Simpsons Hit & Run is blurrier on PS2, and GC can play it in 480p, but it looks like it has no anti-aliasing.
GTA on Xbox should be the best, but so many effects and design choices were made with the PS2 in mind that the lighting and fog are ruined on Xbox. It's a gigantic departure from the PS2's look and feel.
Spider-Man 2 sometimes looks better on PS2, sometimes on GC, again due to the compressed textures (and audio). Xbox should be the winner, but it altered the lighting/shadows so much it looks very different.
Silent Hill 4 Xbox has lighting and fog differences over the PS2, and it was used as a basis for the PC port.

and that doesn't even begin to cover xbox emulation likely being shit vs GC/PS2 for whatever game you're looking at.

>>562790538
Why not just ignore it and go by the reticle instead of the mouse. Isn't that why there's a reticle in game?

>>562793009
It's distracting.

File: 1754713816422112.png (82.2 KB)

82.2 KB PNG

how the fuck do you configure a wheel controller for yabause? I try to set the wheel and rather than wait for an input for the different parts of the wheel it just instantly marks it, but I cant make any inputs or cursor movement ingame

>>562794874
Oh, stop.

>>562795337
help me

File: 1768187825566851.png (2 MB)

2 MB PNG

>everyone glazing the new rpcs3 performance update
>it only adds 2-3 fps on the most demanding game
Lol.... lmao even, still. better than xenia

https://www.mamedev.org/?p=563

>>562799402
>eliminates the massive frametime spikes
seems pretty good.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/circle-pad-patches-for-super-mario-64-ds-and-other-games-in-twilightmenu-with-twpatcher-and-rtcom.623267/
Could a patch like this be used with some emulator? In particular I'm interested in playing Phantasy Star Zero with this. I do have a 3ds but since the patch supports camera control with the Cstick I thought it would be nicer to play it with a full controller.

>>562804090
yes on both desmumeme and memelonds(forma de lua fork). the melon lua fork includes a script+ar code for doing mario 64 but you're on your own for compiling that.

>>562794874
>>562794874

>>562802069
It doesn't actually affect me, but this is pretty gay. Like running an xp machine with old hardware for emudriver support is still a valid use case. Do they not realize they are creating a Pac-Man emulator?

>>562804090
Damn I recently discovered Phantasy Star Zero and was playing around with it too, and was wondering the same thing. I think there isn't a way to use these on emulator.
I think you would have to have like a 3DS emulator that runs MelonDS similar to Dolphin and mGBA. Or MelonDS would have to add 3DS control emulation specifically for these hacks.

>>562804584
These are not lua scripts. They are Action Replay codes that let the NDS games interact with 3DS hardware.

>>562804584
>>562806470
I found a fork of melon that someone made with analog support here https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS/issues/2308 (by nadiaholmquist) but I can't get the cheat to work. https://github.com/NPO-197/melonDS-lua/blob/master/tools/LuaScripts/Mario64_JoyStick.lua this clued me to try removing a chunk of the AR code
>I had to remove the arm 7 payload part of the shocoman's code since we are not running this on a 3ds (everything up to the first `D2000000 00000000` in the original code was removed)
but with that the game freezes soon after I load my character. With the full code it got stuck in a white screen.

Desmume fork seems to act similarly. I guess my last option would be to compile the melon lua fork.

>These are not lua scripts. They are Action Replay codes that let the NDS games interact with 3DS hardware.
The melon lua fork seems to have some sort of support for them or at least the dev has tested mario 64 on it.

>>562783205
What shader setup do you use? This looks amazing, the only time I've gotten close was using that mega bezel death to pixels shit.

File: 1711637237677908.png (125.6 KB)

125.6 KB PNG

I've been trying out tons of DOS games on the FORK OF A JUNK, and I ran into a most curious problem with a couple of them. Dune (the non-RTS one) runs, but using the Sound Blaster music+sound setup, sometimes there's no sound at all, and sometimes there is but it's very garbled and sounds very much off. The strangest part is that upon running it, it ruins the sound of EVERYTHING, both within 86Box AND in my host machine, until I end the emulation altogether. That is to say, I'll close Dune, load up another game that I know works perfectly well like Keen 4, and there'll be no sound. Then I'll go back to my host, open a Jewtube video, and the sound will be super garbled, and it will be so until I turn off the VM. Dark Seed also gave me the same issue. Guess I'm not including either one in my pack.

>>562808249
Replying to myself. Got the lua fork built but it acts similarly to the other two forks. White screen with the full AR code or a near instant freeze once you load your character with the cut down code. I'm thinking the fix to remove up to the first d2000000 doesn't work with the PSZ AR code. It probably needs to be cut off somewhere else or edited further to work on emulator and that's something I don't even have a clue where to begin.

I tried asking AI for help but I don't think it understands the AR codes properly.

>>562811892
Works on exodos. As usual.

emu

>>562825458
Or just anyone who can set up DOSbox... I don't know how you can call anyone who doesn't slob torrents a zoomer with one side of your mouth but clearly can't set up DOSbox with the other.

>>562833087
Still having trouble with torrents i see.

>>562833308
Still having trouble with seeders, I see?

>>562833308
I just used Tribler and fucked your mom last night, so no? Thinking they are less than ideal != being able to use them or not.

>>562799402
Could just be cached the 2nd time for all we know.

>>562833428
Nope, exodos is nice and seeded.
>>562833562
Bro,openly announcing you are into necrophilia is not something to be proud of.

>>562835631
>Nope, exodos is nice and seeded.
Good luck going back to exodos 10 or 15 years from now.
>ddl is love
>ddl is life

>"torrents are better for preservation"
>not even 2 weeks later and most minerva torrents already ded
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

AutoHDR needs to be a feature in more games, it looks pretty nice on Dolphin

>>562835797
>>562836206
I prefer DDL over slowrents too, but it's just a fact of life that data preservation needs active interest and people hosting/rehosting shit. He can and will just as easily say that servers will go down or get DMCA'd. Shit's just gonna get lost in the shuffle over time, especially games that are both large and obscure like PC arcade games.

>>562836216
You can apply it to nearly anything via SpecialK or Nyidya's RTX HDR. SK gives you a lot more control, too.

Started emulating Switch yesterday. Any idea where I could find updates/DLC for Pokemon Violet? I could only find a prepackaged game+emu+config which did not work on my current emulator Ryujinx

File: stick.webm (1.1 MB)

1.1 MB WEBM

>>562824504
keep at it, champ. i'm sure you'll figure it out eventually. i believe in you.

>>562811102
Retro Crisis shader pack, i think that one is the PlayStattion - Dirty.

>>562835797
>Good luck going back to exodos 10 or 15 years from now.
Bro, by 2030 you will have thin clients and only corpo friendly approved software. By 10 to 15 years most people won't even know desktop pc existed.

File: 1546149903733.png (5.1 KB)

5.1 KB PNG

What's the point of even emulating PS3 when it has so few exclusives?

>>562842148
Because the exclusives are good? Demon souls is still better than dark souls in some elements.
The better question is why bother emulating the ps3 since rpcs3 is such garbage?

>>562842318
Because with an AVX512 CPU it's good enough? (other than the random crashes and shieeet)

>>562842735
>(other than the random crashes and shieeet)
That is the big problem for me.I can deal with performance but not semi consistent random crashing.( trying to play 3d dot heroes is a nightmare)

File: file.jpg (48.6 KB)

48.6 KB JPG

>>562838905
You really gonna be like that?

File: Screenshot 2026-04-07 at 11-48-22 David Haywood's Homepage The 2025 Front Page update.png (355.6 KB)

355.6 KB PNG

This is the funniest comment I've read all day.

>>562843347
here's the ar codes
https://files.catbox.moe/fwxqnq.zip

you're on your own for a compatible lua script. idk if the mario 64 one will work you can try it. make sure dpad is bound to the stick in your emu.

Pssst, hey
https://lolroms.com/

>>562836821
We used to have dedicated people on sites like romshepherd who uploaded complete sets from their personal archives. Nobody cares anymore these days or they just went into hiding.

>>562845067
Thanks anon. I'll have to dive into the lua part tomorrow.

File: Downtown_Nekketsu_Monogatari_cover_art_4483.png (92.6 KB)

92.6 KB PNG

Yoshihisa Kishimoto died and (You) killed him.

File: 1767237520541248.webm (1.2 MB)

1.2 MB WEBM

>>562847985
F to a legend.
This is my first webm that i made when i was starting to learn Retroarch and Shaders.

>>562825458
>exobloat

>>562849081
Stop downloading the lite version and learn to use torrents.

>>562845719
Wish they had Redumps too, but this is a decent website otherwise.

if I'm on linux and want to play duckstation (on arch linux btw), I use the appimage, right?

>>562851398
>I use the appimage, right?
Yes, appimages are usually distro agnostic.

>>562851398
Flatpak has better performance.

>>562845719
>no DOS
Not that I expected it, but still disappointing.

>>562852582
>This application is no longer available on Flathub
>This application is no longer maintained on Flathub.
https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.duckstation.DuckStation

>>562851398
its also on the aur but appimage is fine

>>562856042
oh in that case
appimage >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AUR

>>562856192
shut up stenzek

>>562856526
dude, all arch users would tell you the same.
who do you think suffers the most from the AUR

>>562856647
>who do you think suffers the most from the AUR
malding emudevs from what I've experienced

>>562680039
PC with mod fixes. These games are broken even on console, and these mods fix basically everything + you can actually play them above 30fps

Did Twilight Princess get a Decomp/Recomp?

>>562861736
Subscribe to esoooooterica to find out the latest on that stuff. AFAIK it's in progress but nothing you wanna play just yet.

>>562861736
https://www.youtube.com/@linifadomra

>>562780865
>ymir
>interesting
It does nothing SSF didn't do 20 years ago.

baseado
https://x.com/rpcs3/status/2041517878273262069

>>562780865
>Are Ymir and PCSX2 the only major emulators with active and interesting development now?
Check Xemu out, you'll be surprised at how quickly progress started.

It's ok to use the flatpak of rpcs3 even though it's not official right?

>>562845719
>No PS3
>No Switch
>Only 4 X360 games
Yawn.

>>562869778
Probably though there can potentially be issues. Like after ares implemented shaders, for a number of months afterward they didn't work on the ares flatpak because the random maintainer of it didn't have it pull in those new dependencies.

File: 1751838132374241.jpg (67.4 KB)

67.4 KB JPG

>>562842148
it has some exclusives, and also games that aren't exclusives but effectively are due to Xenia being a shit or the PC versions being a shit (if they even exist)
It adds up to quite a lot of games

>>562845719
oh hey

https://github.com/mausimus/ShaderGlass/releases/tag/v1.3.0
>desktop/window capture under Linux/Wine (clone mode only, see manual for more info)
Holy shit, can't wait to try this out on my Deck

>>562845719
>has mario games
MAY
YOU
GET
CAUGHT

File: 1752564285014651.png (553.9 KB)

553.9 KB PNG

can YOU run rpcs3, not this doesn't mean the game will run properly

>>562886849
>windows 11
Why

>>562886849
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Computer_specifications#Recommended_Specifications

ShaderGlass has made me realize something that's been bugging me for a while, and it's that most indie pixel games have TERRIBLE shimmering. (Stealth ports of Sonic 1/2/CD aren't safe either.)

i want to get into this retroachievements stuff
is it worth it or is it just turbo autism?

>>562903846
>turbo autism?
Basically this. (It's extra pozzed now that Clover's been banned, so good luck trying to play anything offensive.)

File: Screenshot 2026-04-08 120735.png (691.1 KB)

691.1 KB PNG

Does this bug still happen in MAME?

https://youtu.be/wsO33AD1_v8?t=260

>>562898294
most indie pixelshit aren't made with retro shaders in mind, heck most of them aren't even pixel perfect

File: 1745133836249347.png (68.8 KB)

68.8 KB PNG

>>562886849
Yeah i think so.

>>562845067
>>562846828
I'm too dumb for this shit. I give up.

File: Do DonPachi Daioujou_SLPS-25233_20260408154511.png (1.1 MB)

1.1 MB PNG

This game is good if you're playing it in anything other than PCSX2. It's designed to be precise down to the pixel so you can move between individual bullets. Except this embarrassment of an emulator is calculating everything wrong. The ship moves at the wrong speed, the enemies fire at the wrong rate, and the hitbox is as wide as the hole these freaks left when they DIY'd their own sex changes.

>>562920346
i think daiojou got ported to the ps4/ps5 or the switch
or some shit

Another day another rpcs3 regression.

>>562713554
this

>>562728414
fuck no
all 007 games, timesplitters, spongebob, etc. run and look MUCH better on Dolphin than on PCSX2

>>562758313
>I’d recommend sticking to console emulation for all GTA games prior to GTA V
silent patch does exist retard

>>562898294
If you're setting up shaders on a PC game it will having shimmering if you do it wrong.

>>562784152
it's insane how nobody else can seemingly reproduce his results
also he started that shit way before LLMs became widely available
I wasn't aware that me providing demonstrations and trials of qemu3dfx for the wiki editor was considered shilling, I'll make sure to never post anything related to that ever again :)

>>562920346
Are you sure that's PCSX2 and not just a sloppy port?

>>562904021
anything offensive like what?

>>562869716
>Xemu
Not very good. And the progress is overblown.It it still struggling most cutscenes. It can't even run kotor right without issues.

File: nsmb.gif (1.6 MB)

1.6 MB GIF

>>562927079
like pokemon periwinkle
one of the faggot admins used claude or chatgpt to scan the rom for anything offensive and he found a gym where one of the trainers says something about japs or chinks
so they removed the game and took all the achievements offline, even the ones we already earned
i still use it to keep track of games i beat but the community is cancer. too bad you can't just have it offline

>>562925084
I know about SilentPatch (and other ones). I'm the one telling people to use those fixes and patches from the wiki:
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/List_of_notable_ports

But for most users, I still think emulation is better. A lot of the newer versions of those games have censored or cut content; instead of patching it back in, just emulate the originals.
Cheers mate.

>>562926561
Massive thanks, bro. We’ve managed to turn the XP virtualization wiki and compatibility list into the best resource out there because of your help. You're a legend for all the effort you put in, glad I archived your videos.

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Virtual_GPU_Adapter_Compatibility_List

>>562933254
emulating ps2 GTA games instead of playing the original PC ports is asinine
what is the implication here, that normies can't unzip a dll to a folder? If that's the case, then using and setting up any stand alone emulator should be an impossible task

>>562933618
>emulating ps2 GTA games instead of playing the original PC ports is asinine
Why? What’s wrong with using PCSX2 for GTA "The 3D Universe"? I’m pretty sure they fixed all the major issues years ago?

>what is the implication here, that normies can't unzip a dll to a folder? If that's the case, then using and setting up any stand alone emulator should be an impossible task
I see your point, but for a normie, emulation is still easier than applying multiple patches and configurations. Especially when you consider they're getting their games from "god knows where". Is it a retail copy? A censored digital version? It’s a total mess for them to figure out what they actually need at this point.

>>562934037
>hunting for BIOS, configuring a gazillion emu settings, renders etc is much easier for normans than installing PC retail versions and unzipping a bunch of .dll and .ini in the installation folder
ok you're trying to bait me now

>>562920346
DDP is awesome
>>562926581
It's a great port especially for the time, but it's asking too much from an emulator to get everything perfect when it doesn't even have the correct FPU math.

>>562936227
>ok you're trying to bait me now
No bait, just giving my take brother. It’s fine to agree to disagree. I know Western discourse is cooked, but my intentions are pure, so don't worry about it.

>hunting for BIOS, configuring a gazillion emu settings, renders etc is much easier for normans than installing PC retail versions and unzipping a bunch of .dll and .ini in the installation folder
PCSX2 has GameIndex.yaml, so settings are mostly auto-configured. They’re even merging a PR soon to automate the blending options based on the game. As for the BIOS: yeah, you have a point, but there are tons of BIOS packs out there (including on the wiki) that are just "click and extract". Like I said, I get your point, but it's really not that deep compared to the headache of patching and configuring the PC versions, especially since you have to analyze exactly what you need based on whichever version you're stuck with.

>>562936853
(cont.)
This is assuming you’re staying at native resolution without widescreen patches though. If you’re planning to go that route, you might as well stick to the PC version; I’m with you on that. But things like texture packs, internal framerate hacks, and frame gen seem to be pretty much non-problematic on the emulator side these days.

File: 1766595288988632.png (5.4 KB)

5.4 KB PNG

>>562938748
any chance of running this on eden?

>>562920346
why would you emulate anything other than the original PGM release you dummy

Claude Mythos will save resulation

>>562936334
I'd just like some webums comparing it to the arcade version or modern ports. I believe you, just wanna see how bad it is for myself. Even the arcade versions took forever for MAME/FBNeo devs to dial in the right wait states/CPU speed.

>>562947451
werent the CV1000 games the ones that have issues?
also can fbneo play saidaioujou?
i remember MAME removed support for it

>>562947934
You're probably right. Thought it was a CV one at first.

https://youtu.be/23dhRK39wLk

>>562936853
>it's really not that deep compared to the headache of patching and configuring the PC versions, especially since you have to analyze exactly what you need based on whichever version you're stuck with.
you have it backwards fren, setting up retail versions of PC GTA is far easier than dealing with the hassle of
>a million emulation configurations
>widescreen hacks with stretched HUD
>6gb texture packs based on PAL/NTSC, that also need to be manually enabled on a hidden configuration submnu
as opposed to simply drag n dropping all the patches and the mods you'll ever need for the truly superior experience
if you're on linux and lutris the entire process is completely automated
https://lutris.net/games/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/
even if you don't have the proper GTA retail version, you can always downgrade it
there's no way in hell you're going to convince me that patching the already existing OG retail versions is more troublesome than emulating the fucking ps2 crap

>>562937016
>texture packs, internal framerate hacks, and frame gen seem to be pretty much non-problematic on the emulator side these days
>these days
guess what, all of those issues have been entirely resolved on the PC versions YEARS ago

>>562947934
yep it works on FBneo for me.

>>562953959
GTA is kind of a pain in the ass any way you slice it. All entries past 3 need mods on mods on PC for a decent modern experience, or you can have it "just work" on emulators, but with various limitations of the console versions, like limited peds/distance/cars/memory. The last time I played VC I used someone's mod repack just because I didn't feel like fucking with it. Worked well enough for me, all the effects and controls and framerate were as I wanted. There's such a thing as mod fatigue; by the time you've installed 8+ mods you already feel like you've played a game of sorts and don't even care by the time you're finished.

>>562961030
[cont]
Oh, and the same thing happened every time I play VC: I get to the job slop grindy part of the game and drop it. I'll never finish this stupid game.

>>562961030
yeah honestly this sounds like a (You) problem, nothing to do with mods vs emulation
you probably don't like the actual game so you'll never finish it
thanks for completely ignoring the automated lutris installers that simplify the entire procedure even more than muh plug n play emulator

>>562961559
I'm not the original anon you were arguing with, and I'm not saying the emulator is better and listed the caveats with that. I'll try Lutris or whatever next time and drop the game once the game stops respecting my time with grindy copy-pasty content. Thanks!

File: I think you're right.gif (150.1 KB)

150.1 KB GIF

>>562953959
>there's no way in hell you're going to convince me
I’m not actually trying to convince you brother. You might even be right. I’m not a fan of that 'everything is subjective' nonsense either, so I believe one of us has to be right and the other wrong. It could probably be measured somehow, but who cares? At least we recognize there are multiple choices we have here, which is a win in my book.

https://youtu.be/fDq_8y_drE8

I don't know what it was with so many 6th gen games shitting the bed in the last act. I guess running out of time/money meant it was time to pad the game out with PURE SHIT and wall the ending behind it.
See: the triforce hunt in Wind Waker.

GTA is a shit series and a rare case where the clones and the -like are actually better than the original. Its only merit is to have been the first and launched a trend.
They are boring games, outside of driving the gameplay is shit. The open-world is just "find these secrets, run over people listenning to the radio, get killed by the cops and do shity mini-games", then when you get bored you get the "story" who's just a railoaded interactive series that can decide if it go full edgy cartoon or try to be "serious business".
It was just at the right time to sell millions to all the burger mutt kiddos who wanted to be "mature" and surfing on the "Video Games will make you serial killer" craze.
They get mogged by Ubisoft that became the new OW-slop reference.
I've never managed to go beyond a few missions in GTA V, is was just an interactive serie that it watch better that it's play and an open world supposedly filled with details and shit, but you never get any incentive to ever explore or experiment on. (Yeah, I don't care how much 'realistic' and 'well made' pnj's animation are done since there's not interest to get out a your car to do anything but shoot at something.)

>>562963053
I can see your point (except GTA IV, that was good shit)

>>562963053
The worst si the stupid chat chat you do when driving to a mission. It is so fucking tedious.

File: interlaced SHIT.jpg (1.1 MB)

1.1 MB JPG

>>562920346
Worthless even on hardware. No way to get it to run in 240p. Every 2D arcade game blows dick on PS2.

>>562969346
It switches to 240p in TATE mode.

File: high res scanout + native res PGS.jpg (522.2 KB)

522.2 KB JPG

>>562970082
That's what I was using and I assure you it's still interlaced as you can see. That said, I used the settings in picrel and now it looks much better, esp with a shader.

>>562970082
Yeah, the more I think about it's probably just LARPS or PGS or something doing strange until I turn on scanout. Is this the best version of this game or are more modern ones the one to play?

>>562970628
wierd, it should be 240p in tate for sure, I had the game on PS2
>>562971348
Yeah there's Re:Incarnation on PS4 and Switch.

>>562971731
Wonder how the emulation latency compares between the 3 versions. I bet Shad runs it as this is a pretty basic game.

>GTA
wouldn't you still need a key or a crack to play the PC version, assuming you used ex. redump iso to install? or is it just a disc check?
>>562961559
>automated lutris installers
but then i have to wonder if all those bundled mods actually only improve things while leaving it vanilla, or start adding a bunch of game changing crap. the emulator is literally as simple as opening up the rom. there's virtually nothing you need to change anymore.

i've never played them before, and know very little about them, but i'll probably do ps2 first since that was the major platform, with pc likely being an after thought. i'll check out vanilla mods and stuff for the pc after i've at least seen the intended experience first.

File: 1761949276284027.png (3.4 KB)

3.4 KB PNG

>>562925436
That's why I do this, it works every time.

>>562972412
You and I both know you are leaving some fidelity and functionality on the table by emulating. You could maybe gussy it up to 4K but the draw distance and ped count/variety will be limited by the guest's memory and what the game locks it to. You might be able to hack this out somewhat, but I don't know. It is easier, though, yes.

>every lazy dev of the 6th gen just cut all the post processing and fancier effects out when porting from PS2 to PC because there was no easy way to copy paste them to early DirectX/Shader Model versions
Silent Hill 3 is one of the few games from then I can think of that attempted to do everything the PS2 did. Needed a GF3, though. Even a lot of the Xbox to PC ports had shit cut out because Walmart PCs and PCI graphics cards didn't have the sack to match what the Xbox could do.

>>562969346
Bro, we have FBneo and MAME for this shit.

>>562975171
It looks like there's some arranged content on the home versions, anyway.

>>562931158
>one of the faggot admins
The worst part was that it was Xkeeper.

>>562970082
What does the top g have to do with it?

File: uzo.jpg (16.9 KB)

16.9 KB JPG

Does anyone know how to emulate this experience?
https://youtu.be/3hagIxKmyI8

>>562972610
better resolution and draw distance? sure. but like >>562973717 says, a lot of pc ports are not equal to their console versions, whether it's effects or content. some can be modded to be the same or better, sure. but i can deal with that after playing the console version, assuming i end up enjoying the game.

>>562979002
In the case of GTA people have modded the post processing back in, anyway.

File: 1762182445844319.webm (3.9 MB)

3.9 MB WEBM

Project Phantasma True Analogs patch doesn't work on swanstation/duckstation, so i ended up with the old d-pad>left analogue face-buttons>right analogue, it worked like a charm, just finished the Arena with my basic bitch Lightweight Rifle build, gud gaem.

>>562963053
GTA V is utter dogshit, but it's painfully obvious you've never played the ps2 trilogy

File: oh boy.jpg (31.3 KB)

31.3 KB JPG

>>562983841
>GTA V is utter dogshit
I knew the moment that first teaser dropped it was going to be a letdown. I got called a contrarian for months, then the game actually launched and it was exactly as shallow as I feared. No GTA Online for weeks, and the "upgraded" engine somehow felt worse. GTA IV had better physics, better AI, and more soul. V was just a pretty, empty set piece by comparison. The fact that it sold so well means we’re officially cooked. And look at what they’ve done to GTA Online updates over the last few years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWVtZJo-HqI

>>562979995
werked on my swan. I needed to use the analog toggle button combo, though.

File: 1761745611877168.webm (3.8 MB)

3.8 MB WEBM

>>562985436
>I needed to use the analog toggle button combo, though.

Oh, that prolly would work at least the input change worked too, i also checked Master of Arena and the True Analogs work perfectly just like AC1.

File: 9600x vs 9800x3d - wtf.jpg (95.9 KB)

95.9 KB JPG

>https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d/8.html
9800X3D: 50FPS
9600X: 49FPS

File: wtf.png (541.5 KB)

541.5 KB PNG

>>562988313

>>562989749
I imagine they are emphasizing the card more in that last column and just recommending the fastest CPU out there to match. I dunno how those 2 CPUs compare in all games, some may benefit more than others. I'm sure per CPU gen there's diminishing returns beyond 8 cores, though.

File: ah hell naah.jpg (110.9 KB)

110.9 KB JPG

>>562989749
n

>>562963053
gta v is dogshit and boring as fuck
it doesnt even feel like a gta
from the start it was clear that it was different from the previous games

>The confirmed vulnerable cards are NVIDIA GPUs using GDDR6 memory, primarily from the Ampere generation. The RTX 3060 and the RTX A6000 are the two models with fully demonstrated exploit chains. GDDRHammer alone tested 25 GDDR6 GPUs and found bit flips in the majority. GDDR6X cards like the RTX 3080 showed no bit flips in testing. GDDR7 cards, including the RTX 5090, use always-on on-die ECC that is not configurable by the user, and those were not found vulnerable to current techniques.
>For consumer desktop and laptop GPUs running GDDR6, the researchers stated it plainly: there are no known mitigations. ECC is not available on gaming GPUs. The only path to protection is a driver patch addressing the underlying memory-safety bugs that GPUBreach exploits, and that patch does not exist yet.
>DRAM memory is built from rows of tiny cells packed extremely close together. When you hammer the same row with repeated memory accesses over and over again, the heat and electrical noise starts leaking into the rows next door and flips bits that nobody was supposed to be able to touch. A 1 becomes a 0. A 0 becomes a 1. In memory that does not belong to you. This has been a known problem in CPU memory for over a decade
>The attack uses a timing trick on how the GPU manages its memory to detect exactly when a new page table region appears. It is like listening for the sound of a safe opening so you know exactly when to strike. By carefully freeing and refilling memory in the right order, the attacker pushes a GPU page table into position right next to a row that is known to flip. Like parking a car in exactly the right spot. One targeted Rowhammer bit flip later, an unprivileged CUDA kernel has arbitrary read and write access across the entire GPU memory space.

This attack is call gpubreach. I wonder if this could lead to legally viable Switch2 emulation due to the reverse engineering status of the research and attacks.

>>562997527
Proper documentation on Nvidia hardware? I must be dreaming.

>>562997804
>Where GPUHammer caused data corruption, GPUBreach causes privilege escalation. >>>>>The researchers reverse-engineered the NVIDIA driver<<<<< to understand exactly how GPU page tables are allocated and stored inside GDDR6 memory
yes

>>562998438
Cool, I can't wait until my PC ends up becoming retro so I can add a 3060 to 86Box.

>>562998807
but anon if you pc belongs to a botnet how are (((YOU))) going to use it

>>562999219
86Box is on Loonix, right? I could use that.

>>562998807
LMFAO, what kind of quantum-ass computer are you gonna run that on? Voodoo3 + Pentium3 barely run on the tippy top. I hate to give killjew anything but he's right about how shitty it runs.

does that mean burgers will stop getting scary letters or what
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/scotus-overturns-5th-circuit-ruling-that-told-isp-to-kick-pirates-off-internet/

File: frio.gif (100.3 KB)

100.3 KB GIF

>>563000076
>I hate to give killjew anything but he's right about how shitty it runs

what ould be the best way to "convert" a lot of zip files into 7z files?

>>563005745
Bulk file rename utility

>>563005745
Poweshell and 7-Zip, but you'll want to add the latter to your path before doing this command.
>Get-ChildItem *.zip | ForEach-Object {
>$base = $_.BaseName
>& 7z x $_.Name -o"${base}_tmp" -y
>& 7z a -t7z -mx=9 "${base}.7z" "${base}_tmp\*"
>Remove-Item "${base}_tmp" -Recurse -Force
>}

>>563007917
Help i put this into my computer and now I have dolphin viruses

>>563010158
Dolphin is an emulator, not a virus.

>>563007917
i never used powershell but i can understand that code
that will not delete the original zip files right?

also the wiki has conflicting information
>Playable on Emulators? mGBA, VisualBoyAdvance-M, melonDS, Gearboy only supports .zip, no .7z as of now.

>mGBA, VBA-M, and melonDS support playing the ROM file directly from a .zip or .7z file

>>563010473
>that will not delete the original zip files right?
That is correct, I made sure to test it myself on a bunch of 2600 ZIPs. I believer that code only deletes the temp folders that are made in order to compress into 7z.

File: Screenshot 2026-04-09 104818.png (381.7 KB)

381.7 KB PNG

So, I emulate stuff, have for a long time, and don't really think about it. I just had this interaction.

I don't really hang out in emulation circles, but what's the reason for this? Anyone have a sense of why there's this strong urge for ports rather than just emulating the OG?

>>563013661
>Anyone have a sense of why there's this strong urge for ports rather than just emulating the OG?
I think it's a case of people confusing remakes (made from the ground-up) for remasters (original code made to run on newer hardware). There's a similar urgency within the emulation community itself, but for recomps instead of the usually hit-or-miss "remasters" that come out these days.

>>563014259
Interesting. What's the urgency for the decomps? I've seen those for some games, but don't really pay much attention to them. What's considered to be the huge advantage vs. emulation?
It seems like decomps main advantage is the ability to mod it.

>>563013661
Whats even worse is that if it was released like other older games are where its just the rom and a built in emulator he would lap it up.

at this point
is libretro/retroarch good for emulating ds and psp?

>>563014424
>What's considered to be the huge advantage vs. emulation?
>It seems like decomps main advantage is the ability to mod it.
You just answered your own question right there, there's also the added benefit of FPS interpolation if you're skilled enough.

>>563014483
With ds I don't think you have as many options for changing how big you want each screen.

>>563014542
And so, that seems like a different question to me. If we're talking about playing the game, then just play the game. Having someone charge me for an emulator seems whatever.
If it's being able to mod it, well that's sort of different at that point. I don't mind it, but that's also separate from Sega making a remaster/remake, right? I can't mod their HD remaster.

>>563014692
>that's also separate from Sega making a remaster/remake, right? I can't mod their HD remaster.
Technically you can, since Stealth's Sonic remakes have been decompiled already.

>>563014951
I don't understand what you mean. I guess I don't know what who Stealth is here.

>>563015118
>I guess I don't know what who Stealth is here.
He's best known for being part of the Sonic Mania dev team, alongside Christian Whitehead. (Both were former Sonic hackers before moving on to official projects.) If you've played Sonic Megamix, chances are it's their work that you've played.

>>563015118
I don't know the culture of Emugen, and so if I'm being obnoxious or asking things people have discussed ad-nauseum, then I apologize. I actually am trying to understand the viewpoint.

One thing I see from younger people is a super-high fear of getting hacked via piracy. And I don't know if that's a bigger issue now than before.

>>563013661
Yeah that's a game they should remaster and entirely retranslate to replace the made up trannylation of the original.

>>563015247
>And I don't know if that's a bigger issue now than before.
I'm also a Zoomerr, so my hypothesis is simply ignorance. Only corpo bootlickers believe a ridiculous lie such as getting "hacked" for piracy.

>>563015618
(samefag)
Actually, I think the bigger issue now is that anti-emulation propaganda has only gotten stronger post-Ryujiinx takedown.

>>563015448
So, is that the interpretation? That it needs a retranslation? If so, that's not necessarily best handled by a remaster.

>>563015618
That's my feeling too. But I'm an Ojii-san, soon to pass away, and so I can't tell if there's actually new concerns I'm not aware of. I saw this in another thread the other day of people being afraid to download a PDF someone provided. And I don't know if this is a real fear or not. I just keep torrenting and downloading old shit and it's never an issue.

>>563015831
>I saw this in another thread the other day of people being afraid to download a PDF someone provided.
Only if you're using woefully out-of-date software, as was the case with last year's hack of this very site.

>>563015983
So is it just younger kids being kind of scared? I feel like I'm shifting towards a kind of obnoxious "Zoomers/Gen A are pussies" stance, but is that all it is?

>>563014606
dont really care about that, i play with the original ds layout

cant decide between standalone emulators or retroarch

>>563016112
Yes, that's exactly what it is. I was lucky enough that I was around older relatives who have been torrenting since before I was born.

>>563016128
I always advocate for standalones.

>>563016249
I see.

I'm trying to get japanese atelier rorona to run on rpcs3 and I keep getting this error preventing the game from getting beyond a black screen.
S cellGame: cellGameDataCheckCreate2(version=0x0, dirName=“BLJM60154”, errDialog=0x0, funcStat=*0xc15568, container=4294967295)
Any ideas?

>>563018467
Do you have more extended logs?

>>563016263
why? because they get the updates faster?

>>563019205
Here
https://mega.nz/file/p6ZgDLxL#dviENjVR1Mp7rduaK-93SWAGQhKrMnxDidcHEbYY3ig

>>563019692
Pretty much. And then beyond that there are emulators that don't have retroarch cores so you technically have more options.

>>563019916
Here's Claude Pro's response:

1. Fix vm.max_map_count (Linux-specific, important)
sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=2147483642
To make it permanent, add vm.max_map_count=2147483642 to /etc/sysctl.d/99-rpcs3.conf.

This resolves the sudo memory lock failures which can cascade into game boot issues.
2. Clear broken game data
Navigate to your RPCS3 data folder and delete any partial game data:
bashrm -rf ~/.config/rpcs3/dev_hdd0/game/BLJM60154/
Then relaunch — let RPCS3 recreate it fresh.

2. Clear broken game data
Navigate to your RPCS3 data folder and delete any partial game data:
bashrm -rf ~/.config/rpcs3/dev_hdd0/game/BLJM60154/
Then relaunch — let RPCS3 recreate it fresh.
3. Verify your game install method

If you installed via a .pkg, go to File Install Packages/Raps/Edats and reinstall it.
If you extracted the disc manually, make sure the folder structure is <RPCS3 dir>/games/BLJM60154/PS3_GAME/ with PARAM.SFO present inside PS3_GAME/PARAM.SFO.

4. Check for a PS3UPDAT.PUP update
Right-click the game in RPCS3's game list Check for Updates to see if a game update package is available, as some games need their update installed to boot correctly.
The vm.max_map_count fix + clearing the game data directory are your most likely fixes. Try those first.

i never used shaders before
are they "necessary" for emulating old consoles?
do they use any significant amount of resources?

>>563020990
>necessary
What would you define as such? If you simply want to play the game, a sharp bilinear shader is good enough and uses next-to-no resources. If you're aiming for a CRT look, that will use a few more resources, but still not by much.

>>563020990
>are they necessary
No.
>use any significant amount of resources?
They can.

That being said. Many old games did take advantage of the not only the ways rf and composite would blend pixels but also how the crt's themselves would do that. The genesis in particular had awful composite circuits that would really blur its output image and so the devs were forced to deal with that. If you play a genesis game and you have it super sharp, then that's not exactly how the devs thought you would end up seeing it.

That also being said. Shaders can be a quagmire of autism and bullshit. So I recommend just going to the emu wiki and looking at the shaders it recommends and sticking with those.

File: Screenshot_20260408_212541.png (14.4 KB)

14.4 KB PNG

>>563020261
Didn't work. Though what else what I expect from slop help?

File: 1727130335272448.png (632.8 KB)

632.8 KB PNG

I am angry.
Angry about 86BOX.

>>563013661
It makes people feel embarrassed coz they're too stupid to figure out how to use an emulator.

>>563014483
Yes.

Especially DS which doesn't run at 60hz so you need retroarch's Dynamic Rate Control to fix that. (Standalones don't have DRC which means you get jerky scrolling/panning/movement in ALL games).