Yes, capturing the footage using my laptop as both the emulation machine AND the capture device was challenging, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Thanks!
You have awakened my interest in emulation gaming. Keep up the good work. Looking forward in learning more about the existing emulators and how to configure them. Liked and subscribed.
That's why using a frontend like Retrobat is a good way for beginners to start, in my opinion. Most of the emulators come pre-configured, so all you have to do is add your roms and play.
Very interesting and good topic. Nice video. Its peculiar which systems and games run emulated and why. Like saturn having multiple strange cpus running congruent. Great script, thumbs up.
Something I always recommend to people who are getting into emulating retro games is to get yourself the original controllers for whatever system you are emulating. A consoles identity is heavily tied into how its controllers feel. An obvious and perhaps a more extreme example would be the n64 controller with super mario 64. The games in older systems were made with that systems controller in mind. More modern systems like the xbox series, playstation and switch pro controllers are all fairly standarised nowdays, so it matters less imo.
Yeah, I have controllers for most consoles I emulate, at least where it makes sense. I wont get one for gameboy for example, cause the snes is perfect for it, but anything sega or the N64 require its own controllers. Also, ps2, ps3 and og xbox need pressure sensitivity for a few games. Never use one controller for all. Its not a great experience
I thought about getting a few usb controllers for that purpose, but the thing I like about emulation is the convenience of having everything on one machine, and being able to use one controller for everything. I grew up with the NES in the late 80s, and I've had just about every Nintendo, Sega, and Sony console since. I get the authenticity of it, but I have drawers filled with dozens of controllers, and it clutters up space. But I agree, especially with Nintendo's older consoles, those games were designed with specific control schemes in mind.
So I bought a PS2 recently and was playing on a PVM. I liked it alot! Crisp image. I got THPS4 and thought, let me check it on PCSX2. Man, I shouldn’t have done that. I tuned the graphics and those PS2 Games are looking soooo good.
Hmm interesting 18:48 you say not much games are playable.. wile the comparability is 80% (822 games as of today) my experience with xemu is also great! Have even been playing network games up to 8 players (halo and timesplitters 2) Your video is well put together!! I like it. If you like try our retrobat build instead of kinhank maybe its not up to date? Anyway gonna share your video around, emulation to save those retro games✌️
I used to emulate on my Wii (the older 16-bit games, obviously). but I typically don't like emulating on consoles because of all the workarounds. I've heard emulating on the series X is especially gratifying though. Cheers!
@@TallDarkRetro it is wonderful. my wife brought me a ps2 slim for my birthday a month ago and on my samsung 4k tv it looked terrible but could get through it. Then watched a guy talk about how good it is and i had my doubts, downloaded pes 6 and gt 3 and i am surprised you didn`t hear my screams of excitement lol
You need a more powerful CPU to emulate the more demanding PS3 games on RPCS3. Uncharted and The Last Of Us should run a lot smoother on a 12th Gen i7 or 12th Gen i9, or even a Zen4 AMD CPU. All of these support AVX-512, which improves PS3 performance ten fold.
And I get that, but what makes a game playable (according to the official RPCS3 compatibility list) is that you don't need higher end hardware to get a game to run. That's why something like God of War III or the Uncharted games are only listed as ingame, for the moment. The hardware requirements right now are too high. And even on my machine, I can run The Last of Us or Uncharted, some areas run just fine... but for the most part, they just aren't optimal experiences.
7:45 so I grew up with a Saturn and a Genesis, I was 5 when I first played Panzer Dragoon and it changed what I thought videogames could be. Saturn emulation has come a LONG way, there are some very solid options available now.
I don't typically mess with computers, just because I'm not big on mouse and keyboard. And it's weird, I grew up on computers, but I'm so used to using a controller these days that it just feels weird not to have it, even when you have programs like Joy2Key.
@@TallDarkRetro I’m not a fan of gaming with a keyboard either, I totally understand, controllers are really well designed peripherals for most games that have been made throughout history. This video is really helpful, I appreciate the effort!
It would be easier to say what you can't emulate. Xbox One, Series X and PS5. PS4 emulator has Bloodborne playable now and is progressing fast. As good as everything else is emulated.
Most of the emulators I've used will run the games fine, but usually I find flaws in things like menus (lines running through the display, characters not highlighting on the selection screens, etc). Killer Instinct Gold I can't get to run perfectly no matter what emulator I use, although the gameplay is fine no matter what I choose, and that's what counts.
Honestly I use a GMKTech K2 mini PC. Ryzen 7 7735HS. RADION 650 and I have very few problems. Now I'm not emulating anything above PS3. However Play Fallout, Outer worlds, FF 13, and other RPGS from STEAM
I just started experimenting with 360 emulation last year, and it's got a ways to go, but what I've seen still looks promising. What can run typically runs well, if it weren't for a lot of graphical bugs.
A few things: - 3 frames of run ahead is too high for Mario World. The game has 2 frames of lag natively so you shouldn't put more. - Graphics emulation on N64 doesn't have anything to do with the emulation core. It has to do with the graphics plugin. Parallel RDP is the accurate one that's almost perfect. Also, avoid the "Parallel" core. -The Hyperspin hard disks you can buy online are TERRIBLE. The only good thing about them is they come loaded with roms and ISOS.
I haven't looked into emulation for in my case mobile devices sonce 2016. Was so surprised i could run a ps2 emulator with hardly any hiccups on my poop 100$ android from metro
Yeah, it doesn't take much these days. I remember ten years ago trying to emulate PS2 on a laptop and it just wasn't there yet. Mind boggling to think that you can play the entire library on a crap ton of devices with upscaling.
Had this on in the background and thought you would have a few thousand subs at least. Great Video
Agreed I’m subbed!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm glad people are digging this video in particular.
I can tell you went through a lot of effort making this video. Well done, bro.
Yes, capturing the footage using my laptop as both the emulation machine AND the capture device was challenging, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Thanks!
I grew up emulating in the early 2000s, glad first worlders are catching up.
I hope your channel grow really fast, this video is amazing and having less than 100 views is a crime.
Very sweet of you to say. Thanks so much for the kind words!
You have awakened my interest in emulation gaming. Keep up the good work. Looking forward in learning more about the existing emulators and how to configure them. Liked and subscribed.
That's why using a frontend like Retrobat is a good way for beginners to start, in my opinion. Most of the emulators come pre-configured, so all you have to do is add your roms and play.
Very interesting and good topic. Nice video. Its peculiar which systems and games run emulated and why. Like saturn having multiple strange cpus running congruent.
Great script, thumbs up.
Something I always recommend to people who are getting into emulating retro games is to get yourself the original controllers for whatever system you are emulating. A consoles identity is heavily tied into how its controllers feel. An obvious and perhaps a more extreme example would be the n64 controller with super mario 64. The games in older systems were made with that systems controller in mind. More modern systems like the xbox series, playstation and switch pro controllers are all fairly standarised nowdays, so it matters less imo.
Yeah, I have controllers for most consoles I emulate, at least where it makes sense. I wont get one for gameboy for example, cause the snes is perfect for it, but anything sega or the N64 require its own controllers. Also, ps2, ps3 and og xbox need pressure sensitivity for a few games. Never use one controller for all. Its not a great experience
I thought about getting a few usb controllers for that purpose, but the thing I like about emulation is the convenience of having everything on one machine, and being able to use one controller for everything. I grew up with the NES in the late 80s, and I've had just about every Nintendo, Sega, and Sony console since. I get the authenticity of it, but I have drawers filled with dozens of controllers, and it clutters up space. But I agree, especially with Nintendo's older consoles, those games were designed with specific control schemes in mind.
So much emulation. This has me excited for turning my RTX 4070 laptop into an emulation powerhouse
Great video
So I bought a PS2 recently and was playing on a PVM. I liked it alot! Crisp image. I got THPS4 and thought, let me check it on PCSX2. Man, I shouldn’t have done that. I tuned the graphics and those PS2 Games are looking soooo good.
Whoa - playing some Intellivision, kicking it OLD SCHOOL
Hmm interesting 18:48 you say not much games are playable.. wile the comparability is 80% (822 games as of today) my experience with xemu is also great! Have even been playing network games up to 8 players (halo and timesplitters 2)
Your video is well put together!! I like it.
If you like try our retrobat build instead of kinhank maybe its not up to date?
Anyway gonna share your video around, emulation to save those retro games✌️
Ooh forgot to mention, Devil may cry is awesome!! I like 1&2 for ps2 definitely try them, sound tracks on dmc2 are very good.
You can also set your input polling to early to help with input latency. By default it's set to late on some systems by default for some reason.
Great tip. I don't use the setting that much as I hardly game on my Raspberry Pi, but I'm still figuring out a lot of those settings.
Is that a berserk t-shirt in the thumbnail? Very cool
It is, yes!
The series X is magical for emulation. I can run GT3 in 4k with little to no issue.
I used to emulate on my Wii (the older 16-bit games, obviously). but I typically don't like emulating on consoles because of all the workarounds. I've heard emulating on the series X is especially gratifying though. Cheers!
@@TallDarkRetro it is wonderful. my wife brought me a ps2 slim for my birthday a month ago and on my samsung 4k tv it looked terrible but could get through it. Then watched a guy talk about how good it is and i had my doubts, downloaded pes 6 and gt 3 and i am surprised you didn`t hear my screams of excitement lol
What's this? A quality video? 181 subscribers? This is a crime
Thank you so much for the kind words!
that final fantasy beatemup at the end, could you please tell me the name?
Its an OpenBOR game, I think it's just called Final Fantasy.
You need a more powerful CPU to emulate the more demanding PS3 games on RPCS3. Uncharted and The Last Of Us should run a lot smoother on a 12th Gen i7 or 12th Gen i9, or even a Zen4 AMD CPU. All of these support AVX-512, which improves PS3 performance ten fold.
And I get that, but what makes a game playable (according to the official RPCS3 compatibility list) is that you don't need higher end hardware to get a game to run. That's why something like God of War III or the Uncharted games are only listed as ingame, for the moment. The hardware requirements right now are too high. And even on my machine, I can run The Last of Us or Uncharted, some areas run just fine... but for the most part, they just aren't optimal experiences.
2:58 you haven’t messed around with the SharpX68000? It’s pretty cool bro.
This is an excellent video, very helpful and informative. Thanks for making it!
7:45 so I grew up with a Saturn and a Genesis, I was 5 when I first played Panzer Dragoon and it changed what I thought videogames could be. Saturn emulation has come a LONG way, there are some very solid options available now.
I don't typically mess with computers, just because I'm not big on mouse and keyboard. And it's weird, I grew up on computers, but I'm so used to using a controller these days that it just feels weird not to have it, even when you have programs like Joy2Key.
@@TallDarkRetro I’m not a fan of gaming with a keyboard either, I totally understand, controllers are really well designed peripherals for most games that have been made throughout history. This video is really helpful, I appreciate the effort!
Fantastic video
25:38 you’ve peaked my interest
Yes, mine as well! ;-)
Prob liked that bat scene in particular from the DMC reboot, huh?
Nope. Ain't have nuttin' on dat original DMC
Love the bat scene. That's how I wake up every morning.
It would be easier to say what you can't emulate. Xbox One, Series X and PS5. PS4 emulator has Bloodborne playable now and is progressing fast.
As good as everything else is emulated.
On the topic of N64 emulation. Rosalie's mupen GUI is pretty decent for everything I've thrown at it
Most of the emulators I've used will run the games fine, but usually I find flaws in things like menus (lines running through the display, characters not highlighting on the selection screens, etc). Killer Instinct Gold I can't get to run perfectly no matter what emulator I use, although the gameplay is fine no matter what I choose, and that's what counts.
I am having good experience emulating ps2 on my samsung s22+. The thing is that some games will run on ppss22 and some games will run on Nethersx.
emulation is sooo damn cool
Honestly I use a GMKTech K2 mini PC.
Ryzen 7 7735HS. RADION 650 and I have very few problems. Now I'm not emulating anything above PS3. However Play Fallout, Outer worlds, FF 13, and other RPGS from STEAM
Crazy that Xbox emulation got sooo left behind. Hoping to one day emulate Fatal Frame II Director's Cut 🙏
I only use snesx on my android but it only lags on ps2.
20:24 is diabolical
great video
I find using real controllers from original consoles helps. Ps4 controller for ps games and real wii remote for wii games.
emulation fiend nuff said subbed lol sold me on fiend lol
Xbox 360 emulating is rough, although I'm expecting good things in the future.
I just started experimenting with 360 emulation last year, and it's got a ways to go, but what I've seen still looks promising. What can run typically runs well, if it weren't for a lot of graphical bugs.
A few things:
- 3 frames of run ahead is too high for Mario World. The game has 2 frames of lag natively so you shouldn't put more.
- Graphics emulation on N64 doesn't have anything to do with the emulation core. It has to do with the graphics plugin. Parallel RDP is the accurate one that's almost perfect. Also, avoid the "Parallel" core.
-The Hyperspin hard disks you can buy online are TERRIBLE. The only good thing about them is they come loaded with roms and ISOS.
TIP: eXoDOS 6, 7500 MS-DOS games preserved.
I haven't looked into emulation for in my case mobile devices sonce 2016. Was so surprised i could run a ps2 emulator with hardly any hiccups on my poop 100$ android from metro
Yeah, it doesn't take much these days. I remember ten years ago trying to emulate PS2 on a laptop and it just wasn't there yet. Mind boggling to think that you can play the entire library on a crap ton of devices with upscaling.