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Most authentic emulator retro gaming setup? (lemy.lol)
submitted 8 months ago by flork@lemy.lol to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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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.

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[โ€“] flork@lemy.lol 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Megatron Death To Pixels

Thanks I'll check that out!

Also I'm currently running Big Box as my windows "shell" because I wanted to be able to do Steam Games as well. I've been curious about all the Linux distors, is there one you'd recommend?

[โ€“] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 1 points 8 months ago

Ah, if you're interested in Steam games as well then look no further than Bazzite - it's got all the optimisations that Valve put into SteamOS + more (like more recent kernel and drivers). But before you switch though, you might want to check whether your Steam games are compatible using this website: https://www.protondb.com/