Is this the ultimate reto console?>amazing 240p support>plays everything before 2000>tons of controller options>cheap component cables with both 16:9 ad 4:3 support>native gamecube support
>>10917252yes
>>10917252Wii and PSP were certainly good options in the 2000's and maybe early 2010's, but we have much better options nowadays. For CRT you have RetroPi and MiSTer. For HDMI you can just use any TV stick (preferably a good one like Shield TV) and play at double or quadruple resolution for 3D games. For handhelds we have an entire general for that which are imo better options than the PSP.
How's ps1 on Wii?
How's PS1? Dreamcast?
>>10917352Wii is better than a pi for 240p output, especially as a “just works” solution
if me, a zoomer, can remember playing it growing up, then it's not retro. it's that simple.
>>10917375That's an interesting perspective but that's not what the rules say.
>>10917375Discussing Wii as a console and its games is different from discussing a hacked Wii as an emulation device
>>10917356Excellent
>>10917252Having to hookup/ attach all your controllers to that little dildo remote is a major flaw. If I didn’t have my Gamecube SC2 fight stick then I wouldn’t bother playing my Wii at all. The classic controllers feel like cheap garbage
>>10917252It's okay but some of the emulators are unstable, and of course the latency isn't the best thing on earth anymore. Of course 5th gen and arcade are also spotty at best. If up to 4th gen, GBA, and the native platforms it supports are your thing, sure. It's no VRR/transcoder + runahead setup on a proper PC.
>>10917421was skeptical but gotta say, it's stepped uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qE_Y42rcu0
>>10917252Half of the emulators are trash or haven't received much support in years I remember the SNES emulator I used lacked proper transparency for the trees in Kirby's dreamland 3.
>>10917520Was it snes9gx?
>>10917252you can boost gc games resolution, you can use the mini console controller with the wiimote, there's manuals built-in for every VC game. Wii is so fucking GOATED, having to tether a controller to the wiimote is pretty gay though. Mine belong to some mulattos before, I've got to give this thing a deep clean I can see the cheeto dust in the wiimote crevice.
>>10917252>reto
>>10917252It's too weak for proper emulation of SNES so there are lots of errors, the N64 games lack rumble support, the Wiimotes are obnoxious to use
>>10917763Cry about it
>>10917763>Wiimotes are obnoxious to useWhy you using a Wiimote?
>>10917763I've had exactly one emulator hiccup with the SNES and it was rendering the UI of Umihara Kawase in the center of the screen instead of in the corners. Other than that it has been totally fine
>>10917252Containers>RGH XBOX 360Can run OG XBOX games and emulates older games (And the great xbla ports)>PS3 FatRare, but runs PS2 and PS1 games well>Wii UIt's a better Wii and can be played in more resolutionsWii certainly has a better homebrew community but the other three consoles have a better library and more features
>>10917763Played Chou Makaimura on it yesterday and it felt exactly the same as Capcom Generations Disc 2.
>>10918108>A PCDoes all that shit but betterThe advantage of the Wii is it's ability to natively output 240p which is the only reason to use one nowadays
>>10917352>please waste money on chickslop instead of going to a Goodwill and buying a complete Wii for $15Fuck off.
>>10918108>Wii U>It's a better Wii and can be played in more resolutionsNot really, Wii U has some issues to work on>No gamecube link cable support>Video for virtual console on Wii U typically darker.>No 240p support>vWii Scaling isn't great>vWii adds lag to for Wii/Bluetooth devices. Some say it adds on Wii U as wellI'll give kudos for Wii U's DS emulation, but it's not a good emulation machine over the Wii.
>>10918135>Goodwill Wiis Is that still a thing? I know my local GW had mountains of them before COVID, but I'd assumed that the lockdown-induced Wii Sports revival would've killed that.
>>10917352>For CRT you have RetroPiIt only does 720px wide with analog video
>>10918185Who uses monitors with below 720p support lmao
Is there still no way to connect a fully wired controller directly to a Wii?
>>10917352RetroPi sucks shit compared to a modded Wii. Wiis are cheaper, easier to set up, and have better video output, especially with component cables.
>>10918193*on a CRT, that is. On a modern HDMI display, Pi is better, but why settle for that when you can get better results with an old laptop?
>>10918187720px WIDE
>>10918192Some emulators support USB controllers and basically every emulator supports GameCube controllers
>>10918187720p refers to vertical resolution. 720x480 is either 480p or 480i.
TODAY I WILL REMIND THEM:You may use SNES or NES mini controllers with your wii since they use a nunchuck connection.
>>10918207You still have to use the dildo which is annoying. I use Raphnet CC -> GC adapter to avoid that when I want to use my mini NES controller for NES/SMS/PCE
>>10918207Use the GC ports and put the wiimote in a drawer for good.
>>10918207I use those, and the Classic Controller revision for PSX emulation. I also treated myself to a Raphnet adapter so I can use a Genesis controller
>>10917252>plays everything before 2000I didn't know the wii could emulate saturn/psx/n64
>>10918278There were n64 games on virtual console, so yeah.
>>10918278PSX emulation has improved a lotAnd most popular N64 games are on the virtual console. But if you want to play DK64 you need a Wii U instead
>>10918258playing most snes games with these is kind of a pain in the ass because they're set up to use Y/B instead of B/A. Sure, it's great for NES and Gamecube games but nigh useless for SNES.
>>10918310>what is button mapping
>>10918357something that's still going to suck ass because of the button layout.
>>10918373Feels great.
Pi 5 is better than Wii for NES, SNES, PC and Arcade but how does it compare for PS1, N64 or DC?
Wii was good for a 240p emulation machine in the 2010s. But it's completely outmoded by the MiSTer today.
>>10918412Pi4 can do Dreamcast pretty well so Pi5 should be excellent. Wii can't play DC
>>10918496MiSTER is 200 dollars.Wii is still an amazing budget option. You can buy one with a broken disc drive for 20 bucks on ebay.
>>10918519>>MiSTER is 200 dollars.225, but the new clone+ram module is said to be only 115i only use my wii to play wii and gc games
>>10917252>Is this the ultimate reto console?Yes, a Wii and a CRT TV for 240p output is retro gaming heaven. Can't get that with a PC.
Yep it's kino
>>10917352>For CRT you have RetroPi and MiSTer.Why not Retroarch Switchres + CRT Emudriver? How this setup is less popular than the Mister?you just need an old 20$ radeon card and a CRT.
>plays everything before 2000Except SegaCD.and I can't get the PS1 emulator to work. no game starts.
>>10918969It does play Sega CD; I played Snatcher thanks to Wii emulation on my CRT in crisp 240p a few years ago. I recall that you have to download a bios file for Sega CD games to work and put it in the same directory on the SD card though?
>>10917375>if me, a zoomerUnironically kys
>>10918969Sega CD has worked fine forever. I played through Snatcher and Lunar 1 like a decade ago on it. PS1 emulation sucked until like 2 or 3 years ago but now it's almost perfect. Some people have complained about SNES emulation having slight input lag or the FX games not running full speed, but there's SNES 9x RX now that fixes it.
I use an HDMI >RF converter instead.>>10917369PS1 is OK using RetroArch, DC nonexistent.
>>10917252Everything before 2000? How’s Dreamcast, sega Saturn , 3do, cdi, Jaguar and mid to late 90s mame? Oh right.... none of those fucking run. Lol. Fucking idiot. Wii is outdated garbage. These threads are a waste.
>>10917252it's a nice funbox, can't deny ita hacked wii and a nice CRT is all I would need on a remote island, assuming I have electricity and food ofc.these days though? a stronk handheld will BTFO it.
>>10918258This might be better for Capcom vs SNK EVO or whatever it was called on GC.Unless someone made a copy of the Hori pad.
>>10919623What do I use to emulate Sega 32x?
The Wii VC is cool. A few tips:- The component cable will always output 480p or 480i, you need to use a scart or similar cable for 240p.- If using a pal Wii, mod it to change it to NTSC or all the VC titles will play at 50hz with black bars.
>>10921490Wii VC sucks, just use homebrew emulators for everything except N64
Using Fast Forward on WiiStation is such a quality of life improvement when running 240p on a CRT TV. It just retired my PS1 on most games. I can't bear the lost time on thousand doors in RE games.
>>10917352Wii is better because millions of people already have a wii. Convenience is absolutely a factor.If you are hardcore into emulation sure spend the money but for the vast majority of people who just emulate occasionally Wii is the best.
>>10918294>But if you want to play DK64 you need a Wii U insteadDK64 is playable on Wii64 Rice.>>10921476PicoDrive, now it has a PowerPC recompiler so it works good on Wii.
>>10919623>PS1 emulation sucked until like 2 or 3 years ago but now it's almost perfectAny good modern guides on it? Everything online still says that PS1 is dogshit on Wii, I wanna replay FF7 and FF9 at 240pIs it because people are running Retroarch on Wii?
>>10921571WiiSX got rebooted roughly 2-3 years ago thanks lightrec, which allowed it to run PCSX ReARMed and thus achieve better compatibility and performance. WiiStation started as a fork of old WiiSX pre-lightrec, but now it incorporates it too. Currently only WiiStation supports 240p, so that's your best choice for CRT TVs, but some clueless idiots like SaulFabre kept updating it on his own and more recent versions of it introduced jittering. There's also this current issue: https://github.com/xjsxjs197/WiiSXRX_2022/issues/223>Is it because people are running Retroarch on Wii?No. RetroArch is only worth using on Wii for fast/lightweight emulators that are good and not available standalone, such as Gambatte, Beetle PCE FAST, FCEUmm/Nestopia UE, PicoDrive, gbSP, etc.Emulation on Wii with a CRT TV is pretty cool, but I suggest you to research a bit or ask away around /vr/. E.g. Genesis Plus GX still gets updated in 2024 on Wii, but most idiots use the version from 2015 still.
>>10921570Sweet. Thanks!
>>10921608I see, thanks for the info
>>10921608Oh shi - hadn't heard of WiiStation. I tried running Medievil PAL on the ReArmed core on Wii via retroarch and it was fuckin' unplayable. Just tried it again on WiiStation and it's running like a dream.
>>10921476I used retroarch, dunno the core nameBut hey, since the Wii can clearly emulate dual SH2's full speed, Saturn must be a possibility!
>>10921608Sucks because latest wiistatiom introduced sound interpolation to make games sound better which really helps, but yeah they broke it recently with the stutter.
>>10921804>>10921608Jittering/stuttering how? On the sound or the graphics?
>>10921753>>10921608>>10919623>>10918496We are gonna set up straight, PS1 emulation on Wii is gettin there but there's still issues, indeed, Wiistation 3.0 seems to be the last truly stable version, has better compatibility, but sadly lacks sound interpolation and has that one scanline issue, some games like SOTN had a micro stutter, and CHD crashing aint fixed (you can use PBP which runs fine).Then SaulFabre fucked it all up, even if there's more games compatible, but the stutter is unbearable now, and doesnt seem to be fixed anytime soon.On the plus side, Wiistation is the only one that can run Tekken 3 at fullspeed (but not at smooth framerate) thanks to Interleaced mode, which WiiSX still doesnt have, and some games like DoA (theres a ps1 port) also run worse on WiiSX, this latter emulator doesnt seem to be interested into gettin 240p or Bilinear disabling atm, one good thing tough is that WiiSX has fixed the graphical garbage glitches during screen switchin which Wiistation still has.So yeah shit is whacked, its still all over the place, better then N64 tough
>>10921813Latest 3 builds of Wiistation got fucked with some awful stutter/jitter that happens when playin, doesnt had to do with speed, but its really bad.
>>10917252Wii U does all of that whilst also having HDMI-out, and the ability to properly emulate DS games (gamepad touch screen works as the touch screen when playing DS titles).
>>10922302WiiU has fucked up video output for vWii and does not support 240p. DS through VC injects is nice though limited; looking forward to DraStic finally becoming open source and getting ported to every system under the sun.
>>10922313vWii is just a UI shell, it runs Wii games natively in the same way Wii runs GCN (WiiU also runs GCN games natively through vWii if you trick the system into thinking they're Wii games). 480p is an objective upgrade over 240p.
>>10922331Wii and GameCube can also do 480p, so I don't know what your point is. And yes, I know you can play GameCube games on a WiiU through homebrew, that wasn't the point either. The point is that WiiU's Wii Mode looks like garbage, example: https://twitter.com/MarcDWyz/status/1449880337182597123>But it's HDMI!!!11!!https://youtu.be/m6MVe4tuJXE
>>10921470That is a copy of the Hori pad. People mainly use it for GBA player
>>10922313>WiiU has fucked up video output for vWii and does not support 240p.What makes a console support 240p? can they made a chip or some solder anon to abilitate the option to display it?
>>10922313>DraSticI only see that emulator on fucking android and apple devices, but how good is it? would it be able to be ported to the Wii? will it allow single screen display like MelonDS and proper integer scaling, i wanna play the Igavanias on 240p
>>10918258The D-pad on these is terrible, a lacking center pivot means the whole thing has way too much travel. It's like a big button.
>>10922367That's the whole point that is being argued on this very thread. The Wii is the last console to be able to output in 240p, thus why it is recommended for playing old consoles on CRT TVs. You can pretty much get the same image quality thanks to it.>>10922374DraStic is excellent and incredibly efficient, even faster than PCSX ReARMED and Snes9x. If someone bothers to write a PowerPC recompiler once it gets open sourced, it will work full speed on both Wii and WiiU. It's also very viable on Vita.
>>10922391>DraStic is excellent and incredibly efficient, even faster than PCSX ReARMED and Snes9x. If someone bothers to write a PowerPC recompiler once it gets open sourced, it will work full speed on both Wii and WiiU. It's also very viable on Vita.WOW, and when will it get fully compiled into? is it open source yet?
>>10922391>That's the whole point that is being argued on this very thread. The Wii is the last console to be able to output in 240p, thus why it is recommended for playing old consoles on CRT TVs. You can pretty much get the same image quality thanks to it.No i meant, how and what is what makes a console display 240p? is it possible to solder an add-on or something into the video chips to allow it to happen, in the case of the WiiU?
>>10921490>The component cable will always output 480p or 480iLol, no. Go to the operations guide in 480i mode and hit A+1+Z on the wiimote and nunchuk to run 240p from then on for everything that is compatible.
>>10922502Any hardware addon to the wiiu would be an imperfect solution, downscaling the output rather than outputting 240 lines being an option baked into the compatible VC apps on the console.
>>10922349Looks identical, lol>>10922612>>10922502>I want shittier output because it's more 'authentic'Hotmodding electrical outlets to output 1990s voltage and amperage for "authentic power surges" when?
>>10922623>Looks identical, lolMust suck to be blind.
>>10922331>480p is an objective upgrade over 240pNot when using a 15khz CRT.
>>10922623Retard-kun... 240p isn't "shittier output"... are you talking about composite?
>>10922331>480p is an objective upgrade over 240p.With RGB/component 240p shouldn't look too different from 240p upscaled to 480p, but on composite you really want a 240p signal
what you look like
>Wii finally stopped reading discsI only used the disc drive at this point to play CTGP anyway but it still sucks.
>>10922623You’re a dumbass
>>10918185learn to configure your shit, this is right out of the composite port, native 240p
>>10924827All the documentation I've seen online has pointed to a 720px wide hard limitation. Usually 320px wide games like Rocket Knight look fine, but I wanna see you test a 256px wide game like Street Fighter 2 or Lords of Thunder.
>>10925773the Wii could handle 256 just fine, sans some VC titles like Rondo of Blood which has some bad shimmering
>>10925845Yeah that's the Wii, but what about the Pi?
>>10918185>>10918196>>10925773"720px wide" is not a real terminology you fucking retard, you're just confusing everybody. 720px horizontally is the term you're looking for.
>>10924827NTA but what's your configuration?
>>10926131Who the fuck is confused by an image being 720 pixels in width? Oh? "Horizontally"? Gee, imagine if there were a native Anglo-Saxon word that means the same thing, you soggy fucking potato. Go clean my toilet, ESL-kun.
>>10922391>DraStic is excellent and incredibly efficient, even faster than PCSX ReARMED and Snes9x. If someone bothers to write a PowerPC recompiler once it gets open sourced, it will work full speed on both Wii and WiiU. It's also very viable on Vita.>once it gets open soucedWhen will that happen?
>>10926145>people with a high school level vocabulary are now ESLI'm sorry anon, your retardation is terminal. Also when discussing resolutions, "wide" refers to aspect ratio.
>>10926154Aspect ratio on ANALOGUE SIGNALS has nothing to do with the horizontal resolution you ganky cunt. Do you even understand what was being discussed?
>>10926163Yes, that is why you sound fucking stupid when you use the word "wide" here.
>>10926242????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Pixels are measurable integers; if a frame is 720 pixels wide then that is just a fact of the universe that is not up for dispute. KILL YOURSELF.
>>10926163What about VGA then? That's analogue.
>>10925773I put the TV away some time ago so I'll see about cobbling it back together on one of those but I imagine it should work okay due to the following>>10926142That was a Pi3 but I've also used a 4, instead of using the pain in the ass TRRS jack I soldered a jack to the test pads. Configure it for 240p out but crucially use this shaderhttps://github.com/ektgit/snap-shader-240pit lines up the video output so it does everything in proper fullscreen without any shimmer
ah shit, forgot to say I use lakka
>>10917252It's too old to be relevant even emulation-wise but also too new to be retro, just like the PSPLike yeah you can emulate on them but why in 2024
>>10926389>240p to your CRT>supports 256x240, 320x240, and 384x240>Wiimote for PS1 lightgun gamesI luv the Wii
>>10926389240p on a CRTPlays GameCube natively for CRT gamingHas the whole Wii library as a bonusEasy way to get media onto a CRT if you're into that
>>10921835I don't understand why you would want to deal with any of this. A PS2 + mechapwn + a $10 stack of CD-Rs will do 1000x better than this.
>>10926980This way you can put your games on a USB instead of burning dozens of discs
>>10927007And PS2 is TERRIBLE running ps1 games out of anything that isnt original PS1 discs, say goodby to that sweet laser.
>>10918135>going to a Goodwill and buying a complete Wii for $15You haven't been to a thrift store in ages, have you? Unless you get extremely lucky and visit right when the stock comes in, the only video game-related things you'll find there anymore are some sports games collectors aren't interested in. "Thrifting" jewtubers have made it mainstream.
>>10927065>electronics section barren now compared to just 5 or so years ago>goodwills actively search for anything worth money and put it up for auction now>every thrift chain within an hour doesn't accept CRTs anymoreI hate this gay earth
>>10927065>>10927074I hate this. Managed to pick up two GameCubes for like $5 a piece just a few years ago, but now they bin everything even remotely gaming related and throw it on their website for eBay prices.Garage sales are once again the only good way to get anything, and you still have to get there before some reseller faggot cleans them out.
>>10927065I got a PS2, cables and all at a pawn shop last year for $10 bucks because "Nobody makes TVs with these hook ups no mores".We also have a resale place called McKays were I live that sells "as is/broken" Wiis for $30. Most of time, it's not that they're broken; they just came in with a missing door for the Gamecube controller ports or without the sensor bar.
>>10927065>>10927169will this bubble fucking burst already? aside from restoring trash to working order you can't find ANYTHING in "nerdy" hobbies for non-tard prices anymore since retards have been paying scalping prices for years. But like, they have to be getting bored now without chinkflu (except the pokemon card investors, those subhumans and their literal portfolios are in too deep). It's like the very first wave of le earthbound redditors but for the entire hobby, every hobby
>>10927436It will never burst, its an eterrnal black hole.
>>10927436The industry went to shit. Almost all new releases are garbage for one reason or another, so there's plenty of people who want to go back. Most of them probably settle for emulation, but there's more and more demand for older hardware, this shit will never burst
>>10926467>Wiimote for PS1 lightgun gamesExplain how!
>>10917445I got an adapter from Raphtech 10 years ago gamecube male to SNES female, so I can plug straight in with an original wired SNES.sadly though I'm not sure he creates them anymore. I reached out a while back about getting a 9-pin adapter for hooking up my mega drive controllers too, but never heard back
>>10917445For me, it's the Wii U pro controller
>>10927436>retards have been paying scalping prices for yearsCope, poornigger. You've been priced out. Inflation is a good thing because it puts retards like you back where you belong: AT WORK!
>>10917252My only issue is that I can't use my own controllers so I'm forced to use the shitty wiimote or a Gamecube controller for my emulators. All I want is to use my 8bitdo for SNES.
>>10929348There's a competitor to 8BitDo that makes a GCN bluetooth adapter that has worked really well with my DualSense, if your 8bitdo controller has normal bluetooth sync it should work nicely.
>>10929354Sounds cool, but I have the wired SN30. Still, I could still consider using it for my DualSense; better than using the gamecube controller.
>>10929348Get a Raphnet GC > whatever adapter and hook up your controller of choice. Forget about 8shitedoodoo or whatever garbage people will shill to you. Its unnecessary
>>10917671>boost gc games resolutionYou can?
>>10930338No. Not sure why he'd think that, since the Wii has the same output modes as the GameCube anyway.The one benefit is that GameCube games run better on the Wii through Nintendont. Rogue Squadron II is an especially noticeable example.
>>10929348Dongles on top of dongles. How expensive is an old console + everdrive setup? If it's cheap go for it instead of the Wii
>>10929061Anon that is literally what they are
>>10917375Zoomers are rapidly approaching thirty. Soon you will also be retro.
>>10930268It's more about the feeling and shape than what is shilled or not. 8bitdo has controllers that are basically reskinned SNES controllers. The other option is using an SNES Classic controller, but no one sells them on their own, you gotta get the console too.
>>10929246Yes further confusion with x y a b
>>10929365So the GameCube controller isn't very good? I want to get a Wii and I'm wondering what controller I should use. I have a bunch of Dual shocks 2-4 + Xbox one controller
>>10931451They aren't any worse or better than any other controllers of the era, but a lot of people don't like the uneven face buttons or the tiny GBA d-pad
>>10931454Got it, thanks
>>10930921After 29 zoomers will just loop back to 20
Is this thing a good choice for emulators and Nintendont?
>>10917252No, that would be Steam Deck
>>10931539Why not get the Wii U Pro Controller?
>>10931429You get used to it
>>109315483 times the price where I live
>>10931552You also need a Wiimote if you want to use the Wii Classic Controller iirc?
>>10931539It's what I use. It's solid but feels a bit light.The dpad is pretty good but doesn't quite feel as good as a snes dpad. But it works and the handles make it feel better than the standard wii classic controller for sure.I give it 7.75 out of 10 for playing old games.>>10931579Yes
Is the Wii Classic Controller really that bad? I want to use it mostly for SNES.
>>10932006No, I actually think it's better than the SNES controller it's more ergonomic than the SNES controller, the back is rounded and fits nice in your hand, and the dpad is smooth.
>>10932006It's a great controller, the only downside is that you need a Wiimote to connect it to. It's a BIG downside.That said, you can get around it with an adapter. Nintendont and RetroArch both support Mayflash Classic to USB adapters (PC052 and PC045, specifically).The problem is that USB HID support is program specific. So it's not going to work outside of those two.For a system-wide solution, you'd need something like fakemote. But that only supports PS3 and PS4 controllers.
>>10930921The youngest zoomers are still not legally allowed to post here.
>>10932006It's fine, the classic pro is just comfier though
>>10931619Sounds pretty good then. How would you compare it to the GameCube controller?
>>10933654If you are mainly using the sticks then I'd go with the GC controller. The sticks are perfectly fine on the classic I just never liked that style of stick placement. If you are mainly using the dpad go with classic, since the GC dpad is complete garbage for anything but menuing. Personally I'd want both, since you would obviously want a GC controller for emulating GC games on a wii, but the classic/pro is better for emulating retro snes games and stuff
>>10933747Thanks anon. I didn't know the GC dpad is that bad. Do you think having just the classic pro would be enough for an occasional GC game? It should work with Nintendont
>>10933931Yeah, there's only two problems:1. The Classic Controller Pro doesn't have analogue L and R buttons (the original Classic Controller does, though).2. The insufferable cunts who made Nintendont don't let you manually remap the buttons to your liking, including unmapping the Home button which CLOSES THE GAME WITHOUT PROMPT. It's extremely easy to hit by accident since it's right next to +, and I've accidentally hit it countless times (NOT ONCE on purpose).
>>10922367>What makes a console support 240p?Must be by design. The OG Xbox doesn't even output 240p, but the Wii was released 5-years later and will do it even with composite cables.
>>10931539It's perfect. This is the exact controlled I used to play games like Chrono Trigger and Super Metroid via Wii emulation on my CRT TV a couple years ago.
>>10931539Wii controllers are all flimsy garbage
>>10934075They don't feel like they are made out of Nintendium like many other nintendo controllers, but my wii classic controller is still working perfectly after a decade of semi regular use.The plastic and the weight makes them feel cheap but they are sturdy.
>>10933939Holy shit hahaha, I think I'll go for the GameCube controller after all. I wish it wasn't such a clusterfuck
>>10934136I wouldn't want to play GC games without a GC controller anyway.But unless you like playing retro games with a control stick classic is superior for anything that mainly uses a dpad.Personally I've never had the problem of hitting the home button by accident since the + and - buttons are raised while home in sunken. But maybe I'm just supremely skilled at button pressing.
>>10917252Was Wii motionplus a gimmick?
>>10933939>The insufferable cunts who made Nintendont don't let you manually remap the buttons to your likingMake a fork then, friend
>>10935427Wii motionplus is not retro. Playing retro shit on the wii is retro
>>10934140CC sucks. Just use adapters so that you have the option of using a halfway decent pad. I use Genesis, SNES, and Dual Shock 2 pads via the GameCube ports
>>10931539Im using it to play puyo puyo 7 and 20th, not retro but the dpad feels good.
>>10918135>chickslop>can't even type his slur properly because he's shaking with angerlol MM+ clears all your favorite handhelds.>going to a Goodwill and buying a complete Wii for $15That's not happening in 2024 rofl they literally sell everything worth money on their ebay accounts. The only gaming shit you'll find in thrift stores now are third worlder madden and fifa games that aren't worth the shipping cost.
>>10927436It's not a bubble retard. Supply will never increase.
>>10934075They literally last forever unless you're a chimp who slams his controllers around when he loses.
>>10917352If you're blowing cash on a retro machine you might as well blow it on a steam deck and install retro arch on it. Because then you're not just playing console /vr/, but also PC /vr/ and anything faux retro on steam. Then you can both play in hand-held, or plug in a USB-c hub and use it as a retro couch console, or legit desktop. Shaders are fine, I feel like /vr/ frequently gets bogged down on all this weird hardware shit instead of actually playing games. Which, again, the Deck does great just from virtue of being a midrange PC with a screen and controls built in. But if you're not going the money route, absolutely yeah just getting a Wii from goodwill and popping an SD card in is defo the way to go. Load that shit up and go nuts
>>10917252being the nerd I am after I saw this thread I hooked my wii back up to scart pvm, and I've got to say after learning about rgbpi, and pi2scart, I do not reccomend the wii unless you're an absolute poorfag, A lot of the VC games have had gay darkening and changes done to them to keep people from having seizures, dicking around with the wii mote is annoying, so is having to modify it to work around using the default system menu. The arcade VC releases are no where near the right speed, and were probably only impressive when the wii was current. tbqh the appeal of being able to use good quality MAME emulation (yes, the wii has mame, but GL it can pretty much only handle pre 90s titles) and my mayflash stick or even a bluetooth 8bitdoodoo if I want to, is far far more appealing.
to tag onto my former post, I do reccomend it if your main focus is game cubes, and then you can play the wii and VC libraries/ emulators as a bonus. Infact, I don't recommend owning a gamecube at all.
>>10917352for handheld the only correct answer is the steam 'eck
>>10935520You can still find good stuff at Goodwill if you're not fucking retarded and go to the ones in rural towns. There isn't a store policy that states they HAVE to send high ticket items to their ebay fulfillment stores because that would mean that the downies, subhumans, and elderly would have to actually be able to recognize something on sight. Stop going to the ones in big cities where the Gen Xers and older Millennials showed up frequently enough for the actual human beings forced to work at the Goodwill figured out what was expensive.
>>10935539Does Retroarch on a Steam Deck actually output 240p? People here kept telling me to get a Wii because of the native 240p, but I own both now.
>>10935430That doesn't answer the question, chief
>>10936404No, it wasn't. The original Wiimotes could be unresponsive and inaccurate as fuck. That's why the stereotypical example of someone trying to select something on the Wii's main menu is the little hand cursor shaking wildly and disappearing.They basically put out the 0.8 model of the controller because that was good enough for launch, but then had to find a way to release the completed, functional version of the controller later. That's why it started off as a little cube you connected to the bottom of the Wiimote,and then built straight into the actual Wiimote itself once stock of the original models dwindled.
Is this thread basically just retards pretending CRT displays and analog cables don't exist so they can say,>HURRR WHAT'S THE POINT OF A WII JUST BUY A STEAM DECK
>>10935524A finite supply can be grossly overvalued and be subject to speculative scammery, hell beanie babies were limited runs and look how that wentNow will retro vidya or TCG ever deflate to their pre-covid pre-"investor" levels? Probably not because we live in hellworld and everything you enjoy must be torn down and profaned while subhumans profit until you snap and gun down a walmart
>>10935528Feels like cheap flimsy garbage when it’s in your hands. I’m sorry you are a handlet and you have shit taste. I’ll stick with good controllers
>>10936396the Wii was literally the last ever console to support 240p
>>10917252Wish there was somewhere I could get one brand new. I guess its probably not so bad to get used but I guess I regret missing out on picking one up. Seemed to be the perfect alternative to what PS3/360 were offering. I got to play quite a bit of it since my friend owned one. So what are some essentials for the Wii? I know RE4 has to be one.
>>10917763Tested it with a real NES side by side and I couldn't even tell the difference, even the timing of things like bomb jumps in super metroid still work correctly. meh.
>>10937505I'm just going to drop a personal reccomendation but I liked warioware smooth moves, and ghost squad. There's some solid gun games on there.
>>10937658ps2
>>10937658whyd you post this you psycho?
>>10937667Reasons why the Playstation 2 would be my ideal console of the 2000's?
>>10937658Wario ware shove it up your own ass console
>>10937680Too 3 reasons>you are gay> you are a homo>you are a gay homo, a GOMO if you would
>>10937680I'm not shilling the ps2 to you zoomer faggot, look at the library yourself.
>>10917520>>10917525i recall certain levels the water transparency being fucked up too.
>>10937874This is why i dusted off my old SNES, because it was the only console not well emulated on the Wii and i dont care for N64.
What is the best tv setup for a Wii? I was thinking some type of 16:9 CRT.
>>10917352My goodwill is selling individual Wiimotes for $30.
>>10938339>it was the only console not well emulated on the WiiWhen was SNES ever emulated badly on the Wii, 2007??
>>10938421Then fuck em, that's robbery, spexially foe a place that named itself "GOODWILL">>10938430Nigga, SNES emulation outside of VC's is shit due to graphical innacuracies (fade outs look jittery compared to OG hardware) in all 3 emulators, Chip based games are faulty, Yoshi's Island is brocken in most of em, and INPUT LAG, even on Snes9x RX
>>10938718Its pretty dissapointing considering that NES, GENESIS and even GBA are perfect with the latest versions of FCEUgx, GENESIS Plus GX (ACTUAL latest build. Not tge public 2015 one) and mGBA (but GB and GBC is not very good on it oddly enough, but the old VBAgx runs 99% of GB and GBC just fine including Shantae)
>>10937505If you keep a look out, you may find one that looks like new. I bought my first Wii about two weeks ago, it looks like someone bought it, played it for a couple hours and never booted it up again. The glossy finish on the console has some light scratches, probably from someone wiping the dust from time to time, but the wiimotes and their sillicone sleeves look brand new. The only problems were leaked batteries in one of the remotes (manufactured 2009 lmao), but only one terminal has a small corrosion mark left after I cleaned it
>>10939071Not him, but what area you live in roughly? Finding anything besides pants or dogshit LPs in a big city thrift store is basically impossible, figure I'll have to plan a weekend and drive a few hours
>>10938719NES and Genesis are much easier to emulate than the SNES with all enhancement chips, and GBA is *not* perfect don’t know how you think so
>>10939237Yurop. It was actually an online listing with a shipping option. Equivalent of 50 USD for a black Wii with GameCube ports, 2 wiimotes with motion plus addons and 2 nunchucks
>>10939329Bretty gud, almost forgot decent deals online existed
>>10939407The Wii will probably become "retro" (expensive) in the general public's view soon, but there are still tons of people selling these for relatively cheap. The biggest problem is finding one in good condition, tons of them were wrecked by kids. And you do want one in good condition, disassembling these, even just to clean up cheeto dust, is painful
Hacking a Wii was fun, but no, it is not the ultimate anything. Having to boot up with the wiimote (having to use this thing for anything at all is awful) is annoying. It also does not run 16bit games perfectly. Close, but not as good as the real thing. There is slight stutter that is not there on a real SNES.
>>10939659>And you do want one in good condition, disassembling these, even just to clean up cheeto dust, is painfulThe ultimate redpill in retro is learning to have fun with this kind of thing. You get to learn some new skills along the way once you get into self-maintenance and self-repair.
>>10939741I get where you're coming from, but whoever designed the Wii is legitimately insane. Disassembly is not difficult, it's just time consuming and tedious. If you learn something along the way, it's patience
>>10939659That'll be mental considering the fucking thing sold better than toilet paper, yet I know it to be true
>>10939263>and GBA is *not* perfect don’t know how you think sostop using VBAgx, mGBA exists mate.
>>10920247>he cant run mame on wii>oh no, hes retarded
>>10927436>will this bubble fucking burst already?Are you aware of "Internet" and "mail?" Hundreds of millions of people now have very easy-to-access marketplaces and convenient sales portals.
Can you play PS1/Saturn light gun games? Been playing HotD 2+3 on my wii but I want more classics.
>>10939986Ps1 yes, Saturn NOPE
>>10937658What's the purpose of this post? Why limit your options?
>>10917252I wouldn't be caught dead with a cringe waggle box.
>>10917252Fuck no. That game system is garbage.
>>10937505Metroid Prime Trilogy for sure, but good luck getting it for cheap if you’re not planning on using USBLoaderGX
>>10939664just putting this out there, because for some reason the tranny jannies deleted a thread asking how to use a wii without a wiimote. Use priiloader, you can hold start and reset to boot into the priiloader menu anytime you want, and in that menu you can set it to boot into the homebrew channel, from the homebrew channel you can go to usbloader gx, and through usbloader gx you can create an emunand so you can run VC titles/gc/wii all from usbloader using a GC controller. Tranny jannies I spit in your face.
>>10944541you can change an option so anytime you power on the wii it goes to homebrew channel, or you can just select the homebrew channel from priiloader menu everytime with start and reset.
>>10939664Its only SNES that sucksballs because of Byui stupidity, Genesis Plus GX is fine as it is.
>>10939664Why does the wiimote filter so many people?hurr im too retarded to point at things, it really just hurts my wrist :((
>>10938718>Nigga, SNES emulation outside of VC's is shit due to graphical innacuracies (fade outs look jittery compared to OG hardware) in all 3 emulators, Chip based games are faulty, Yoshi's Island is brocken in most of em, and INPUT LAG, even on Snes9x RXIn 2007, maybe.
>>10944736no, no nice try at being inflammatory, but you're clearly missing the point, zoom zoom along salt fag.
>>10944739Nigga i have 3 versions of Snes9x on Wii, all recent, and emulation is less then stellar.
>>10945143Played Yoshi's Island and Star Fox just fine.
>>10917252>plays everything before 2000Nope. It has shitty N64 emulation.
>>10947192What doesn't honestly, like one and half PC emus' post 2020 builds?
>>10947192Played Diddy Kong Racing and Hybrid Heaven just fine on mine's.
>>10947192For any game you'd actually want to play, it has Virtual Console versions.>b-but what about uhhhh aerogauge?!Shut the fuck up, you're not playing that shit.
>>10948481>>10949571poorfags coping with their wii system
>>10949572Non sequitur.>>10949571AeroGauge actually works with Not64 though, can also be injected into VC.
>>10938718Snes was laggy and prone to errors but nobody remembers that. And the native input lag
>>10918258>retro-bitAbsolute trash. Besides their sega controllers, which I believe they actually got official molds for, everything they put out is absolute shit.
Kinda
>>10917252>These things can natively play Gamecube game discs and use Gamecube controllers>Gamecube consoles are 150-200 dollars>Wii consoles can be sub 100 dollarsI don't get it.
>>10950580Cube sold 25-ish million.Wii sold over 100 million.Ergo Wii is more ubiquitous than cube.It's not hard to understand.
>>10950580There's no logic in the "retro gaming" market. Pretty sure the only reasons to use a GameCube over a Wii are:>Game Boy player (why would you want to play handheld games on a TV)>Digital component cables (why would you want to pay 300 USD for a marginal visual improvement)The Wii is a much better console to own, but it's not "retro" just yet, so get one while you can
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>>10951035>300 dollars for cablesHuh? They are like 30 tops
>>10951110Well like it or not but I'd say it is arguably the best bang for buck for emulation up to 6th gen. Hell, it can even do ps3 on a good day. Obviously just get whatever is this month's preferred model of chink handheld if all you're looking for is to play some snes games.
>>10951160My mistake, it seems that Chinks finally reverse engineered the digital port and started making seemingly good knockoffs
>>10951182I really hope the Deck 2 will emulate MGS4 at full speed. And also that the fuckers don't first release an LCD model and then do a sneak upgrade to OLED. It definitely didn't make me sell my LCD and it definitely left a bad taste in my mouth.
>>10951182It can't even run PS2 games without slowdowns
>>10950580People don't buy a GameCube to play GameCube games. They buy it to have a GameCube.
>>10930406he's probably thinking of n64 zelda collection, which runs in higher resolution
>>10951681It's the only one with pressure sensitive controls
>>10952713Already runs at 480 on the Cube anyway. The only advantage of a Cube is that Swiss has a downscaler so you can get 240p in anything.
>>10950580You can even plug a GameCube memory card into a Wii. And don't forget how the official Wii Component cables is way cheaper than the official GameCube ones too.
>>10950580The only advantage to a Gamecube is that they have a probably the best HDMI option out of any retro console that doesn't involve a hard mod.
It also works as a GBA rom dumper. Anyone that has saves for their GBA games should give it a shot. Some of my stuff unfortunately couldn't be done in time.
