I don’t have a lot of space for consoles and cartridges, or money for consoles and cartridges but I do have a decent computer hooked up to a TV. What’s the best way to get an authentic experience via emulation? Here’s what I have so far:

Retroarch Settings

  • HDR enabled (cant tell if it actually helps)
  • Run-ahead enabled
  • Mega Bezel shaders
  • Retrobit saturn controller (having trouble getting configured but has an excellent dpad)

Emulators/cores:

  • NES - Mesen
  • SNES - bsnes
  • Jaguar - Bigpemu (need to configure shaders)
  • Megadrive/CD/32X - Picodrive
  • PSX - ??? Swanstation?
  • Saturn - Beetle Saturn
  • N64 - Mupen64plus

Thing I need to work on:

  • Tweaking shader settings as the defaults are very dark
  • Configuring retrobit controller to work with Steam big Picture (how I launch Retroarch) and retroarch seamlessly
  • Possibly finding a Big Box theme that is focused on original artwork and not garbage

Any advice/pointers? My goal is to eventually have a “pick up and play” setup possibly with different 8bitdo/retrobit controllers for each system.

  • Godort@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    If you’re looking for authenticity then I’d recommend picking up a MiSTer.

    • Jediwan@lemy.lolOP
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      10 months ago

      MiSTer looks like crap though on a flat panel TV… I don’t have space for a big CRT.