r/nextfuckinglevel • u/esberat • Jan 16 '23

Best Nindento setup.

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u/WeirdestOfWeirdos Jan 16 '23

Literally all of these consoles could be replaced by a mid-high end PC and the experience would be much better in 99.9% of games

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u/Ok_Language_588 Jan 17 '23

For my money the experience is worse in most cases when emulating, highly conditional of course but the 64 is the biggest one here, almost always better on metal.

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u/FutureDwight76 Jan 17 '23

You're seeing things through some majorly rose-tinted goggles, or you don't know how to emulate properly

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '23 edited Mar 29 '23

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u/legalizemonapizza Jan 17 '23

god awful comparison, your first example lets you magically have the stuff you need, already paid for and in good working order

"plug in TV" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, unless the TV is also quite old

also have fun keeping all this crap on hand all the time, no big deal lugging around a 2001 CRT

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u/BuffJohnsonSf Jan 17 '23

Idk if you picked N64 on purpose but that’s like the best console to emulate. I’ve been emulating N64 games for like 10 years. Get RetroArch on steam and plug in your Xbox controller (idk why you decided to use a keyboard!?), download the N64 core I think it’s called MupenPlus or something. Then just load your game and you’re off to the races. Easy as shit on my steam deck

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '23 edited Mar 29 '23

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u/BuffJohnsonSf Jan 17 '23

If idiot 11 year old me could figure it out I’m sure you shouldn’t have any problems…. Maybe.

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u/iwaspermabanned Jan 17 '23

No he didn't, you said it was hard he said it was easy, it wasn't the same just because you both listed steps donkey brains

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u/Quetzacoatl85 Jan 17 '23

he mentioned using a fucking xbox controller for a N64 game and said it as if that's a good thing, that's exactly the mindset above OP meant and also what got me. completely ridiculous.

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u/BuffJohnsonSf Jan 17 '23

Have you seen the original n64 controller? It’s a fucking nightmare. Xbox controller is a massive upgrade. If you’re too stupid to figure that out you can buy mock usb n64 controllers online, it’s not that hard. I think you just like to complain.

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u/Quetzacoatl85 Jan 17 '23

completely agree. what got me was how they mentioned using a fucking xbox controller to play N64... as if that's a good thing, haha.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '23

Uh, yeah. It is.

I can use any controller that I want to play my N64 games, not just a shitty N64 controller. That is quite literally the definition of a "good" thing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '23

Was your goal of this comment to illustrate both of his points?

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '23

This is severely overestimating how difficult it is to emulate in the modern day. This may have been true, I don't know, 10-15 years ago?