Post your gaming setups

[Jaz]

Updated for January. Posted elsewhere, hence the verbose description.

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TV is a Samsung 55 LED Smart. The screen failed 7 days before the 3 year warranty expired so it has a brand new panel.

Soundbar with subwoofer is also from Samsung. It uses valves and gets the job done, given the price I paid.

Japanese Xbox 360 with Kinect. It is hard modded and boots up very quickly (under 20 seconds and typically within 10 seconds) unlike many others I have seen. All my digital and physical games (both 360 and original Xbox) are installed on an external 2Tb hard drive. I use Aurora to navigate them. Aurora is a fantastic looking coverflow system. The system also runs MAME and Final Burn. For these, I use two Razor Atrox arcade sticks. Connects to the TV via HDMI and the Framemeister also via HDMI (for arcade game scanlines).

Hong Kong PS4. This is the 1Tb newer model which is slightly less power hungry and a bit quieter. Connects to the TV via HDMI.

USA WiiU. I have five of the themed Wiimotes (Peach, Zelda, Mario, Bowser and Yoshi) and the excellent WiiU pro controller. Connects to the TV via HDMI.

Original USA Xbox (purchased on release day). Hard modded. Used as an emulation system for C64, Amiga/CD32, NES/Famicom, SNES/Super Famicom, Megadrive/Genesis, Sega/Mega CD, PC Engine/Turbografx/CD. I use the amazing Logitech wireless controllers. Logitech are generally poor but these are great. For emulation, I use an adapter made by a guy in Brazil. It allows me to connect and use NES, SNES, Megadrive and Saturn pads as well as my official SEGA of Japan Saturn arcade stick. Connects to the TV via official component cable to a Framemeister.

Japanese Wii. Hard modded. External 1Tb hard drive for all Wii, Gamecube and eShop games. I use WiiFlow to navigate them. Gamecube games run fantastically off hard drive using Nintendont. You can even control them using the WiiU Pro controller! I also use the NES/Famicom, SNES/Super Famicom and Megadrive/Genesis emulators. Again, they can now be controlled with the WiiU Pro controller or all the controllers listed above using a second adapter from Brazil. Connects to the TV via official component cable to a Framemeister.

USA SEGA Saturn. Has a phantom modchip and region free BIOS chip installed. Connects to the TV using a custom scart cable supplied by Yakumo to a Framemeister.

Japanese Nintendo 64 (purchased on release day). Has an EverDrive 64 v2 flash cart installed. Connects to the TV via a Monster S-Video cable to a Framemeister.

OUYA. 1Tb external hard drive for games. Great little emulation machine. Runs C64, Amiga, NES/Famicom, SNES/Super Famicom, Megadrive/Genesis, Sega/Mega CD, PC Engine/Turbografx/CD and MAME very well. I use the Nostalgia app to navigate them. Connects to the TV via HDMI.

Handhelds

NVidia Shield portable with 64Gb MicroSD card. The original that looks like an Xbox 360 controller and not an iPad. Essentially, does everything the OUYA does only better and in handheld form. The best handheld I have ever owned, and I have owned almost everything including the Pandora.

Japanese New Nintendo 3DS with two 64Gb MicroSD cards (one internal and one in the Gateway). This is on firmware 9.2 and supports the Gateway card for loading my legitimate game ROMs. Most of the ROMs have been converted and actually run as if they were eShop games.

For storage, I use the drawers on the TV stand



Arcade Cabinet



The cabinet is a SEGA Blast City. It has a single slot NEO GEO MVS board installed with Shocktroopers, Puzzle Bobble or a 161-1 cart. The other configuration is a duplicate of the original Xbox listed above. This connects via a bunch of adapters from Ultimarc. Not cheap, but good.

Bedroom



The TV is a Samsung 32 LED Smart.

USA PS3 running Rebug custom firmware. External 2Tb hard drive for my games. It plays all PS3, PSN, PS1, PS2 and PSP games. I navigate the games using Multiman. Connects to the TV via HDMI.

A second OUYA. Exactly the same as the one above but with a 64Gb USB stick instead of an external hard drive. I use it with an OUYA controller, a PS3 controller and a wireless Wii Fighting Stick.

[QualityChimp]

That's a really impressive collection and neatly organised too.
You could probably play any game from any system with that lot except XBox One and a couple of Dreamcast games, maybe!

Of all that stuff, although you play a bit of everything, what do you inevitably find yourself drawn to playing the most?

[Jaz]

Thanks, appreciate it! I've got a Dreamcast with a GDEMU so games run off storage media but its still a work in progress.

Usually go back to the SNES - best system ever in my opinion.

I want an Xbone but only for Rare Replay, and even then only Jet Force Gemini and Blastcorps. Plus, no space for it.

I much prefer the original Xbox and 360 over their Playstation counterparts but this generation the PS4 is hard to beat. WiiU has the better games, just less of them.

[punio75]

Thats lovely Jaz.
Which console do you use the most for emulation? Looking for something for snes etc..
Alos, like your Tv stand- where was that from?

[Atticus]

Ace set-up Jaz. Love the sound of the J360 mod.

[Jaz]

Thats lovely Jaz.
Which console do you use the most for emulation? Looking for something for snes etc..
Alos, like your Tv stand- where was that from?

Thanks mate.

The cabinet was from a little furniture store here in Singapore so I think it might be a one off or limited run.

SNES emulation is best on the Wii for sure. The Wii SNES emulator outputs in 240p, the original resolution, so looks amazing. It also supports the WiiU Pro controller. Next best would be the OUYA.

[Jaz]

Thanks! Here is a Youtube clip of Aurora on the 360. Mine is something similar, although I have separated the games by category and flashed it up a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acBoYoKAQvE

[speedlolita]

Think I'd prefer just a directory list myself. Looks to have great functionality though.

[Jaz]

Think I'd prefer just a directory list myself. Looks to have great functionality though.

Yep, you can do that style of view if you would just like text.

Aurora lets you delete save games, see what DLC you have installed and check for game updates all with one click of a button. You can even select older game updates instead of more recent ones and choose whether the update you have selected is applied or not.


It downloads covers automatically (there is a site online to select the one you would like as most games have many to choose from). Its excellent and free.

[Yakumo]

Lovely set up, Jaz. I also love your TV unit. I'd like something quite similar myself. Ikea has a few like it but not as long.

[Jaz]

Lovely set up, Jaz. I also love your TV unit. I'd like something quite similar myself. Ikea has a few like it but not as long.

Framemeister is the pride and joy

[Jaz]

Thats lovely Jaz.
Which console do you use the most for emulation? Looking for something for snes etc..
Alos, like your Tv stand- where was that from?

Sorry, should have mentioned that a modded NEW 3DS, the one with the coloured face buttons plays SNES and MD amazingly well. I just played through Ninja Warriors Again on it and it was flawless - I own the original and couldn't spot any differences.

[dvdx2]

Decided to crack out the crt for the n64 and ps2 and forgotten how could they look. Still on the prowl for a bvm, but the trinny is very nice, especially when calibrated.

Pics at the weekend

[speedlolita]

Thought the Framemeister was perfect?

[dvdx2]

Thought the Framemeister was perfect?

Not for interlaced signals.....