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Originally posted by paulus View PostWow, that's great news. Will it run DOS stuff painlessly too?
One last question, will it take an SSD or will I be better off with one of those Compact Flash thing's?
You can get PCI sound cards that have DOS support but they're a little flaky tbh. There's no harm in trying games on a case by case basis and seeing how you get on though
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I forgot to mention, I use an SSD with my retro PC connected via a cheap sata to ide convertor and it's blazing fast. Just a cheap 120GB drive can be had for pennies now so it's worth it imo.Last edited by Cepp; 22-07-2020, 21:33.
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Originally posted by Leon Retro View Post
I personally don't like how old games look on LCD screens without scanlines. Even with a good scaler, I'm not happy until scanlines are enabled. It makes retro games look similar to how they are on a CRT, so that's what I aim for. But some people might feel having no scanlines looks good, so opinion varies.
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Originally posted by Ghost View PostFor me it depends on the type of graphics, if they are 2D games then I prefer the clearer pixelated image without scanlines, 3D games (especially PS1 and N64) then scanlines and smoothing are a must.
I know that scanlines aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I like how they look when done well. It's nice when you manage to get a CRT-esque look on an LCD.
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Went to Akiba for the first time in about a year as I was looking for a VA1 dreamcast thats compatible with GDemu after frying two of them trying to mod them with DCHDMI. All the thrift stores near me only have the VA0 systems and online prices are insane. Ended up getting quite a bit more than that, picked up the following;
Dreamcast system
Official DC arcade stick
DC light gun
Saturn 3D pad
Saturn memory card
PC engine system
Ridge Racer V (US)
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (US)
Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec (US)
Virtual Professional Baseball 95 for the virtual boy
Was pretty shocked by how much prices have shot up within the last year, especially nintendo stuff like super famicom and GBA games in particular. Metal slug Advance for $160 or Puzzle Bobble on the GBA for over $400 and Street Fighter Zero 3 on the saturn for over $300 were the standouts. Even saw a super famicom game that was over $2,500.Last edited by Ghost; 27-07-2020, 06:18.
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I’ve been picking up some CRTs lately, the one I like the most has really annoying image shift on an RGB input. I’ve been looking forever for the right combo to get into the service menu and I can’t find it. So took it apart and found the h-shift adjustment pot, but that doesn’t shift it enough. I tried making a circuit to correct it but that failed, so I bought this board...
Works great :-) I don’t show it but the entire image shifts left and right (well, and up and down - but I didn’t need that).
A spare PS1 to tinker around with at some point, came with the first revision analog controller.
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Yup - should have included a link anyway, here’s one they’ve just started doing with a sort of case - https://m.aliexpress.com/item/400107...f17150f&is_c=Y
They do a couple of Scart switches with it built in too.
Pete
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