Re: Emulation inside emulation: DOS-based emulators under DOSBox.
Posted on 2014-08-07, 07:32
I could never get UltraHLE working in DOSBox. Care to share how you did it?
Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?
Posted on 2014-07-14, 06:43
https://github.com/libretro/common-shaders/tr … /crt/crt-royale This may be the most robust and sophisticated CRT shader ever created. The amount of options and settings it sports is nothing short of insane.
Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors
Posted on 2014-06-22, 01:46
I'm sure the DiamondPros and beasts like the Sony FW900 are better still than my own, but to be honest, I am no longer a fan of big CRTs, and the better monitors tend to be in the 21" range. 17" is perfect for my needs.
Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors
Posted on 2014-06-21, 23:25
Some have likened the 480p plus scanlines combination to be more akin to a Sony BVM, actually. Arcade CRTs, while still sharp, don't have nearly as pronounced black spaces, not to mention they were usually shadow mask types rather than aperture grille. I'm not gonna lie, this method is not for …
Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors
Posted on 2014-06-21, 07:07
Speaking of scanlines: http://i.imgur.com/i3l3PYf.jpg This was taken on my 17" Mitsubishi DiamondPlus 74SB. While it is capable of displaying "true" 240p using the 120Hz trick, this shot is actually in superwide 480p (3840x480 aspect-corrected to 4:3) with a scanline shader, with the monitor's …
Re: What are the best console emulators out there?
Posted on 2014-06-13, 07:06
What version of RetroArch are you using? The "stable" megapack build hosted by them has severe issues with scaling on the Genesis Plus GX core. Try the dropbox build I linked to earlier in the thread, which fixes the issues.
Re: What are the best console emulators out there?
Posted on 2014-06-10, 03:55
Try switching the video drivers around, and turning on Hard GPU Sync. On my Windows 7 PC, using OpenGL and GPU sync set to 0 frames, I get about 1 frame of lag at most.
Re: What are the best console emulators out there?
Posted on 2014-05-30, 02:07
I just wish the DOSBox core actually worked on Windows. For whatever reason, trying to mount a drive results in a softlock or something. I like standalone DOSBox, but I find its VSync implementation to be pretty lacking.
Re: What are the best console emulators out there?
Posted on 2014-05-29, 21:46
Yeah, the 32-bit Windows build has been neglected for some time. I do not know what kind of toolchain would be necessary to make it build correctly. Given you can use the 64-bit version, however, why not give this build a try? It's regularly updated, and even has a toolchain you can use yourself if …
Re: What are the best console emulators out there?
Posted on 2014-05-28, 07:59
I use RetroArch for pretty much everything, as it has some of the best and most high-quality cores ported for use with it, has the best audio/video sync I've ever seen, and its shader support is the best, period. It also works amazingly well with a CRT monitor. The cores I use most often include …
Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?
Posted on 2014-05-05, 05:39
Given current resolution constraints on the vast majority of LCD monitors, the best you can do as pertains CRT monitor emulation is to run the game at 4x scale and gray out every other line, or if you're going for the old VGA monitor look with no scanlines, just a slight bit of blur might do. Once …
Re: Dosbox, CRT 17", 320x200... please.
Posted on 2014-04-21, 21:07
I actually could not get proper 640x400 output on my CRT until I created a custom modeline for it. At least using ykhwong's build, you don't even need to set the output to surface or machine to vgaonly to get it working once that is done. I have it on direct3d and svga_s3, and I get the proper …
Re: Dosbox, CRT 17", 320x200... please.
Posted on 2014-04-02, 04:50
What leileilol said is mostly correct, although in truth, the resolution after doublescanning was more like 320x400, but it hardly makes a difference. The point is, if you want it to be truly authentic, you WILL have to deal with some pixellation, because that's how the games originally looked due …
Re: Emulation inside emulation: DOS-based emulators under DOSBox.
Posted on 2014-02-10, 01:32
I will keep some of those in mind. My main intent was in using the oldest possible versions of well-known emulators (you know, to increase the bugginess factor for entertainment purposes), but I can see about trying out some of the others. About Snes9x, I can tell you the oldest version I could find …
Re: Emulation inside emulation: DOS-based emulators under DOSBox.
Posted on 2014-02-09, 08:16
Not meaning to advertise much or anything, but I actually did a small video series of games being played on old DOS emulators through DOSBox (specifically ykhwong's build). The results ranged from hilarious to ear-wrenching. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2V5vyJ … kciw6TGmqQBgoa-
Re: N64 emulation - does anyone else share my dissatisfaction?
Posted on 2013-09-21, 17:27
I would think, though, that surely a PC that's powerful enough to emulate PS2 and Gamecube games well would be powerful enough to emulate N64 games too. The thing is that even today, PS2 and GC/Wii emulation isn't all that accurate. They use a lot of HLE shenanigans to get them to run at full speed …
Re: N64 emulation - does anyone else share my dissatisfaction?
Posted on 2013-09-19, 11:11
In case no one is keeping up, Cen64, the up-and-coming cycle-accurate N64 emulator, is officially up and running. It's not very compatible at the moment, but it does run some notable commercial games like Zelda OoT. Of course, it's also rather slow, but the guy behind it appears to be the real deal …
Re: How can I install Windows 98 under DosBox?
Posted on 2013-07-19, 03:08
ScreenGems98 wrote: I did it, and it occasionally makes me have to restart dosbox, but I can run dosbox Inside dosbox -1 for necroing a super old thread, +1 for the sheer hilarity of your feat.
Re: N64 emulation - does anyone else share my dissatisfaction?
Posted on 2013-07-13, 03:47
There are a few frontends for it, but most of them have issues of some kind. Of course, it'll all be moot once the RetroArch port is done. And yeah, SoftGraphic has issues with the Factor 5 games. Try z64gl.
Re: N64 emulation - does anyone else share my dissatisfaction?
Posted on 2013-07-12, 20:39
GPDP, I too have had disappaointing results with 2.0 of Project 64. Considering how long it's been in the making (nearly nine years), it's all the more amazing how bad the final release is - there should have been no regression in compatability at all. Was there no testing prior to release, or did …
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