/v/ - Video Games

Linux.

>>13875841

I'm down, is there a distro specific to retro gaming front ends?

Lakka. Everything else is either Jew-y or tacky as hell.

Since you're only interested in 8/16-bit you're covered under RA.

>>13875835

>muh pretty visual front-end

Fucking normalfag, just use Retroarch and play your fucking games.

>>13875854

>Lakka

>>13876029

>Retroarch

Checking out both of these, thanks anons.

>>13876224

Lakka is the default frontend for RetroArch, so if you're using Windows just download RA and you'll be good to go.

>>13876472

What the fuck? No it's not. Lakka is an official distro of Retroarch with pre-packaged cores, designed primarily for SBCs. Retroarch is the 'default' libretro frontend.

Gonna stick my newfag neck out and ask: why not just use 'it just werks' emus like SNES9x?

>>13876556

As opposed to what? Higan?

>>13876559

Uh, yes.

>>13875853

I only know retropie but that's more useful on a single board computer.

As always, the only games worth emulating are games on arcades because arcades are way too expensive.

>>13876721

<not having a gamecube/wii/wiiu

<not playing f-zero x instead

>>13876703

There's really no reason to use Higan. Snes9x via retroarch is the way to go, especially if you've got a decent CPU and can take advantage of the input lag reducing options.

>>13876739

Even Retroarch is a piece of shit. Every romhack I've ever tried doesn't work there, but it does for SNES9x.

>>13876756

>be retarded

>don't understand that your shitty hacked rom is failing a crc that only works with verified good dumps

>blame the frontend

I want off this ride.

>>13876762

Not everyone here is a muh specs autist, you fucking retard. I'm going to use Snes9x to play the entire library, and you can't stop me.

>>13876779

>muh specs autist

What did he meme by this?

>>13876790

>how do I optimize my retro experience?

>where optimization is just a circlejerk over video output quality

This is the worst kind of autism.

>>13876794

>reducing input lag

<circlejerk over video output quality

What did he meme by this?

>>13876799

>muh input lag

>in literally any genre other than nigger fighters and chad shooters

You're a subhuman, and I will cum on you.

>>13876806

>a massive factor in every non turn-based game

<only applies to nigger fighters and chad shooters

What did he meme by this?

>>13876809

>implying that Nigger Fighters and Chad Shooters can even compare to turn-based

What you're not understanding is that one genre is for world leaders, and the other is for niggers who think about combos.

>>13876837

That shit won't work unless you have a floppy drive anon.

>>13876821

>hates platformers

>hates shootemups

<only plays turn-based games

What did he meme by this?

>>13876837

Has a bit of a learning curve at first, but once you get it, it's efficient. https://buildbot.libretro.com/docs/guides/windows/

>I've been playing Tekken 3 all along

RetroArch is good.

>>13876866

What I memed by this is that communists have a literal agenda to dumb down games.

I use the emulator for the specified system because I'm not a retarded faggot.

>>13876536

Ah, I see. Sorry for spouting misinformation. I'm new to RA so please forgive my ignorance.

whats this frontend faggotry?

why did this suddenly become so prevalent

OP back from another machine, I've got Lakka/RetroArch up and running, configured pretty much how I like it (it sees my 8/16bit ROMS, has downloaded box art, I've got most of it stripped down to where I can put it in kiosk mode, set it and forget it), but I'm curious if you anons have had any luck with DosBOX on this. My initial testing is pretty spotty. Is DosBOX just an afterthought, or do I need to keep digging? no hand-holding, but a guide would be nice… It's not make-it-or-break-it, as DOS games are going to be a pain in the ass with a controller anyways, but fuck man, it feels wrong not to put some DOS love into this thing, Syndicate, Tyrian or something.

>>13881395

>I've got Lakka/RetroArch up and running

Which one? They aren't the same.

>>13881416

Lakka, sorry, still trying to get these two straight in my head. Lakka is a derivative of RA, is that right?

Anyway, Lakka for sure.

>>13881437

Are you running this on a single-board computer like a pi clone or xu?

>>13881440

I've got a Raspberry Pi 3 on order for the long term setup here, for now I'm just getting my feet wet with some old hardware lying around (a Microsoft SP1, don't ask, I didn't pay for it).

Does anyone know why citra is so fucking shit when I try it while other people seem to get games running at great speeds?

For reference I have 8GBs of ram, a quad core i5 and an AMD R9 290X GPU. Something tells me it's AMD/Open GL related

>>13881448

In that case you might as well be using Retroarch, which will give you access to nightly core updates.

>>13881453

>a quad core i5

That tells us basically nothing. This is "I'm having problems with my 4 door sedan"-tier.

>>13881475

Is RA anymore friendly with DosBOX than Lakka?

>>13881508

Assuming you've read the basic dosbox readme in the git, you shouldn't be having any problems with it, but having nightly core updates instead of waiting for pre-packaged bundles is huge.

I have a different emulation question, but I figure it'd be better to throw it in here than make an entirely knew thread. What's a good program to use for converted img files to bin? I've got some ps1 games in img that I can't find bin downloads for, and the mednafen core for RA only accepts bin files.

>>13881753

Why would you go through all of that retarded bullshit to make your bad dumps work instead of just grabbing Redump copies?

>>13881767

Because the redump torrent I have doesn't have these specific games. These are Asian releases that, for some reason, aren't there, so I had to find them off other sites, and, while emunation had the redump copies of the US ps1 games, their downloads for Asian releases aren't up to par.

>>13881897

What games?

>>13881905

I think Angel Eyes is the only one right now. I've had the same problem with other games, but I can usually find an alternate download. This one has been an exception. It's not the biggest deal, since I only got it out of morbid curiosity.

>>13882058

You'd have to figured out the nip registration, but there does appear to be a reasonably current (2017) ntsc-j redump torrent with that game. http://f.ppxclub.com/673046-1-1

>>13881453

>Something tells me it's AMD/Open GL related

Citra is CPU limited and single-threaded, in most cases there isn't a performance difference between native and 10x resolution.

All you can do for performance is to disable vsync and use canary, unofficial or per-game builds.

>>13875835

#include <signal.h>

std::system( "C:\\emulate\mame64.exe gng" );

use any MIT or BSD licensed UI system to build a small C++/OpenGL fullscreen application with whatever you want on it. I like GLFW for taking care of the window/screen setup and all the opengl setup.

>>13876029

retroarch is shit.

>>13876756

You're doing something wrong then.

>>13876556

>why not just use 'it just werks' emus like SNES9x?

something like retroarch serves as a menu system to pick a console and a game on that console, then the back end loads the emulator core (of which the emu core in single-system emulators are all present)

if you like the snes9x emulation, you use that core.

Has anyone tried out Retroarch on Android with a DualShock 4? I just got a new phone that should run PSX emus just fine.