Gaming

I'm an admin for RetroAchievements, so I interact with emulation quite a bit even outside my "me" time. Very few limits on what I'll play for a while, but it all happens on the steam deck these days. I shared my ROM drive with my deck over the network, so I don't have to burn extra drive space for it.

Oooh boy, everything I own that is moddable gets modded at the earliest (financial, mostly 😝) convenience. Currently I'm the proud owner of a modded Switch, 3DS, GBA, GBA SP, PS3, PS4 and of course, my darling PS Vita! I almost can't help myself with these things... All that stuff and, yet, all I seem to have time for is the excellent Metroid Prime Remaster... One day, backlog...One day...

The Steam Deck has taken over gaming for me lately. Really loving playing modded BoTW and starting Disco Elysium via the Switch YUZU emulator.

But you'll see my V2 Miyoo Mini (with a Metal Gear Solid theme! and a jailbroken Switch).

...also just started playing Wasteland 3 on the Steam Deck. Enjoying how it has the older Fallout feeling.

ME ME ME ME! I created /r/flashcarts over on Reddit, and I've been wondering if there might be an appetite for a similar community here.

The smaller scale might mean it is more pragmatic to have a community dedicated to all of the above rather than just flash cartridges.

The steam deck has been a game changer for me in this regard. I used to try emulation but often didn't have a gamepad with the relevant PC for too long. Now I have one I can designate for emulation and it has a gamepad built in.

Been using my PS Vita as my portable emulation machine for a while now. Super easy to mod with the added bonus of being able to play Vita games.

Please play Pokemon Unbound. Its a Pokemon Rom Hack and just the best Pokemon game i have ever played

Ayn Odin! Love this little thing, currently playing through Pokemon Radical Red romhack (it's hard as hell but I'm getting through it). This little device is honestly a beast.

I’ve had a Steam Deck for a while and recently got an Anbernic RG405m (running GammaOS) which I’m very pleased with

Absolutely! Good games, like movies or books, are timeless, and some of the best ones are from past consoles. I know it is a recent phenomena, but it is incredible having a complete game that will never be updated again is refreshing. Having the entire experiencing, bugs and all, without the pyschic burden that you are missing out because the developers are still working on it is nice.

All my Nintendo consoles that can be modded are modded, so Wii(U) and (3)DS (XL)s. Playstation Portable and Vita are modded.

I have a Cannoo somewhere, early emulation handheld. GBA hardware clone. I want to buy a really good SBC for retro gaming, but I am getting caught up on the best screen ratio and trying to keep up with the latest chip sets.

ROMs are great. I treat them like music or any other art. If the original developers and artists are not getting paid, the estate is not getting my money. Nobody should get passive income just because they own the rights to something.

I used to have a PSP but now I just use an old Android + retroarch with a Razer kishi

I used to be a huge fan of Neo Geo and old arcade stuff, so I setup a MAME pc in an old arcade cabinet, using the old crt monitor, and hooked it up with some simple self made joystick panel. It suits my emulation needs 😃

I use retroach on both my PC and my android. With my android (LG v60) I use a Gamesir Bluetooth controller.

Currently trying to master SimCity on the SNES (have two achievements left). I've also been doing as many Gen 1 Professor Oak Challenges as I can. However, my main systems are NES and GBA.

I spent a LOT of time earlier this year learning how to get RetroArch working since I had never bothered with it before (I come from the early age emulators, before the relatively recent trend of running them through a front end). I walked away from it thinking RetroArch might be one of the most infuriating pieces of software I've ever rotten my hands on. Bloated, Buggy, terrible ux design, a lot of seemingly basic functionality not supported whatsoever, I really genuine nelt hated my time troubleshooting it.

Standalone emulators mean you spend less time angrily combing through forums and watching YouTube support vids at 2x speed; and more time playing your roms.

This is besides the notoriously cruel and intolerant behavior of the RetroArch dev team. They're seriously bad people.

Don't use RetroArch kids, make everyone's lives just a fraction more pleasant. :)

I have a similar setup, Switch with CFW, RG350p for more portable retro games like GBA etc, and then the SteamDeck has just been an emulation beast. Absolutely love that thing

Got my trusty N3DS with CFW. Finished Shin Megami Tensei IV not too long ago, gonna go through it again before I start SMT IV: Apocalypse.

Been using my CFW switch to play FF4, got the pixel remaster and I'm going to be playing Chrono Trigger soon on it

I've been playing a lot on this Miyoo Mini Plus recently. Tiny, but surprisingly easy to play, and great for picking up for quick gaming sessions. With OnionOS, and its Game Switcher, you can be in and gaming in seconds.

So far, I've played through GBA Circle of the Moon and Aria of Sorrow on it. Great games!

I have a jailbroken ps3 that I use solely for transit, basic emulators and roms on my laptop. My goal is to build a little emulation box with a raspberry pi. I honestly enjoy messing with the consoles and such more than playing games, haha.

I have a modded 3DS with a lot of games loaded onto it, but I haven't used it in quite a while. I'm mainly a PC player, so I use retroarch for older systems (up to n64) and standalone emulators for newer systems. The next game on my list is to try Red Dead Redemption again. RPCS3 has gotten better since the last time I tried it, so hopefully my laptop can handle it!

I'm mostly into SNES and GBA emulation. Downloaded full packs of ROMs for each.

Currently playing Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. I avoided this game for a long time due to the bad rep ("it's too easy"), but I've been having fun with it. (Blazing Sword is still better though.)

I have 2 retro handhelds, the Ambernic RG351V (in the faux-woodgrain, obviously), and a Miyoo Mini+. Most of the time I prefer the Miyoo Mini, because it's smaller and more portable. However, I think the aftermarket OS options for the 351V are more mature.

Currently I've been working my way through Earthbound. I've never played it before and I can see why people like it so much. It has such character!

I have an Anbernic RG351P and I'm currently playing Shin Megami Tensei and Klonoa: Empire of Dreams on it. For my desktop computer, I have RetroArch to play PlayStation 1 games from my childhood. Right now I'm working through Tail Concerto and Tomba!. I'm considering playing Jet Set Radio Future too because I'm so excited for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk lol.

I recently got a retroid flip and plays pretty much everything before the PS2 and GameCube. Only had it a few days but I absolutely love the clamshell design. Makes it feel a lot more like a console instead of android phone with a controller attached to it.

Right now I'm bouncing around between stuff but I'm doing a Mother 3 replay, Pokémon Unbound, and Breath of Fire 4.