Such a great video Dweeb! Also, thanks as it was a lot of fun to be part of this round table and to hear everyone's answers, more Evil Twin Dweeb ftw!!
Classic arcade games, all the way; for me that’s the 70s-thru-late 90s. MAME / FinalBurn romset types, version matching, xml dat files, proper naming and scraping in emulators, audio samples, optical and hdd chd’s, the vast variety of custom hardware and control types to be dealt with… all make arcade games one of the most challenging things to get right. But as a poor kid who never had a quarter on hand when running across random cabinets in laundry mats or store lobbies, (and was so unskilled and unpracticed that when I did mooch a quarter, my game was over in no time), being able to play these nebulous monoliths of awesomeness that I used to merely pretend to play in demo/attract mode - now with another credit just a “select” button away - is just indescribably awesome to me.
@strikelight Agreed. Arcade was KING from the late 70s to mid/late 90s until the CD based systems such as Dreamcast started appearing with their perfect ports.
Same. Arcades had the best games but I almost never got to play them, so it's great being able to play them now. Plus, they're intentionally designed to work well for short play sessions, which makes them easy to fit into the day, a few minutes at a time.
My favourite to emulate is J2ME aka Java based phone games, I didn't had any console growing up except knockoff NES in my country, so I mostly played on phones and later pc. There's so many great games made for J2ME phones comparable to GBA and it can even emulate GBA, GBC, NES etc on those old school keypad phones! Nokia even had their own Ngage & symbian based games ecosystem too along with J2ME. It's really underrated among all these retro gaming you tubers disappointingly as hardly anyone features emulation of J2ME, Ngage, Symbian, Flash and DOS games etc in their videos. For so many people their old phones and pc were their retro gaming experience who didn't h a decent consoles growing up and there's so many exclusive gems of games on these platform that get neglected by retro youtubers. I am shamelessly a mobile gamer and I emulate J2ME and PSP most. Thank you.
It's funny that you guys review all these really high end handhelds like SteamDecks, AYN Odin 2, ROG Ally, etc... and then your favorite consoles to emulate turn out to be : SuperNES, GBA and the orginal PlayStation. All of which will run fine on lower end hardware / handhelds. :) Great video TechDweeb ! It's fun to see you guys collaborate on videos like this ! :)
Early to mid 90s Arcade - the last generation where 2D was the go-to for gameplay and fans still wanted it. Developers had experience with 2D and had to be creative to stand out. They also had to get your attention in minutes if not seconds to hook you.
MAME / Neo Geo / Final Burn my favourite systems to emulate as Arcade machines were impractical and super expensive to own back in the 80's/90's unless you live in a warehouse 😂 By and large the OG versions were always best, making emulation of the 8/16 bit ports redundant. (SF2, Final Fight and Shinobi being prime examples) Plus, the quick pick up and play nature of arcade games is ideal when you only have a few mins to spare. Great video! PS. Emulating anything on an OLED TV is all kinds of awesome. ❤️
I’m surprised no one mentioned arcade emulation. That’s decades of games to explore and emulate. Everything from old classics like Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Galaga to franchise-defining games like SFII, Mortal Kombat, Cruisn’ USA, and Final Fight. So yeah, give me arcade emulation any day of the week🍷
I love them all! That being said, I don't seem able to leave the GBA alone. Its probably the system I've played the most in all my life. I have a huge list og games I'd like to play and I end up playing Pokemon Emerald again, Fire Emblem Sacred Stones or so. Also, there's something really magical about having a N64 / PS1 game on the palm of your hands that I cannot really express with words, but I love it! Great video as always.
Stubbs reminiscing about demo cd's made me think of the demo cassettes I used to get for the ZX81, ZX Spectrums and later Sam Coupe. they were awesome! (still have a few Spectrum demo tapes from magazines). Also all the demos I downloaded from BBS's or got via snail mail (though my mum was not so happy about the large phone bills lol).
That's a hard question. I like so many! But if I crank all the systems through my secret formula, I think the platform which gets that magical blend of herbs and spices is probably the PSX. It has a huge and diverse library, looks good, sounds good, controls well, runs well on almost any hardware, and a lot of the games still hold up today even without nostalgia goggles.
Sega CD. Grew up with a Genesis in the early 90s but couldn’t afford a Sega CD. finally been able to check out how great some of those games were / are. T2 , Lunar and NHL 94 are lovely ☺️
I’m new to emulation and man, it’s so addicting. There are so many games I want to play from retro systems but trying to get original hardware and games is hard and expensive. Emulating them has been so amazing and being able to upscale with better frame rates gives new life to them. Thanks tech dweeb!
Funny, I got to meet Russ this weekend and we were actually talking about how we both had genesis and nes growing up, and we used to go to friends' places to play SNES, so getting a SNES and collecting as an adult has been a joy. I've been enjoying emulating EVERYTHING, but I've found myself playing SNES and GBA the most.
Woohoo! I loved the last one, glad this is here! Really awesome collection of perspectives. GBA and Genesis are my personal favorites. Gamecube honorable mention.
Great video! Loved the topic and the interesting people you gathered. Discovered some new retro gamers thanks to you. As for the question, my favorite system to emulate is definitely the N64. I still get chills when Link steps out of the treehouse in Kokiri Forest for the first time.
My favorite system to Emulate is NeoGeo. It has the best pixel art based graphics ever and getting the real hardware is crazy expensive, so emulating it makes way more sense. I love all the Metal Slug games specifically
I love these round table things. I’ve seen a little of all these guys, but this makes me want to check out more of each dude’s videos. I love PlayStation because it was already old when I got pretty good at games, so I only had like 10 games. Now I have like 200 excellent remaster ish looking games! It’s like being the coolest kid at school.
It's tough to decide. I have fond memories of playing Rescue Rangers on NES as a kid during the summers at our babysitter who was wicked cool. First system we owned was SNES and played the crap out of Killer Instinct. But I also enjoyed my first job working at Microplay and playing a ton of Twisted Metal 2 on the PS1 and Golden Eye on the 64. I still play all that stuff at 42.
Because im 103 years old and grew up in the UK, I play a lot of c64 and amiga games. And of course mame which is where a lot of my formative contact with gaming came from.
Personally I would have to throw a curve ball and say the sharp x68000. A system that never made it to the US but has plenty of fantastic games I never played. It's like a love I never knew I had.
I absolutely love this series and hope it has a long run. I was on the Sega side of the tracks for console gaming, so I missed out on NES/SNES/N64/GC. I had a ton of handhelds, so that's where I experienced the Nintendo world. GBA, Lynx, and PSP were my favorite systems. It would be difficult for me to choose only one system, but I would probably answer Game Gear. The screen of the original system was incredibly blurry, and emulation fixes that problem in a major way. Keep doing what you do, and keep and eye out for Evil Dweeb!
I’m very fond of the NeoGeo Pocket Color, the hardware was good, loved the D-Stick, shame it didn’t have a more extensive library. The SNK fighting games had a certain class of their own, but “Turf Masters” and “Fasalei!” were my two faves. GBA was the King for me though, again the hardware, the SP was so portable and protected its own screen, and I loved the backwards compatibility. Love emulating GBA, I emulate on handhelds so it feels right to emulate handheld systems. Faves being the “Advance Wars” and “Fire Emblem” series, “Final Fantasy Tactics”was great, the “Golden Sun” games as well, the “Zelda” games, “Harvest Moon”, “Ninja Cop” (“Ninja Five-0”), “Mario Golf”, “Defender of the Crown” and I’ve discovered so much more since then via emulation, the GBA is the Cat’s PJs👌🏻
GBA for the win! Or PS1. Or...well, I'm like Mr. Sujano, I like a certain system to play certain games on. But no matter what I play, GBA always ends up at the top of the heap, it really was a perfect handheld ❤
As a kid who grew up with an OG Gameboy in hand (handed down from my mom; I was 7), I never had too much experience with home consoles because of tech issues and parents getting strict with TV time. We had a famicom clone with a 999 in one Cart 😂 and I couldn't play much because our TV only had an RF coaxial in port, no AV so we had to buy the converter and switch from cable to console every time. Which was OK but I was little then and didn't know how to do stuff. We also had a legit megadrive 2 with a single game and was never followed up. Because games were expensive. Our neighborhood had these coin operated hacked Super Famicom cabinets which a a plethora of games. Home consoles never really worked for me because of above reasons so I'm more biased to handhelds and my answer would be the GBA. My favorite console to emulate would be GBA mostly because of nostalgia as its the console I've had the most experience with. In addition the coin operated Super Famicom also left an impression so Snes is also up there. Not everyone including me has access to video games back then, so emulation today for me is like getting to experience the stuff I missed out on when I was a kid. And the memorable ones I've had experience with is more for nostalgia.
Awesome vid dude. Also, fave system to emulate would have to be the old school arcade games with MAME. Games like Galaga, Gyrus, Gauntlet, Xevious, Exerion and Raiden in no particular order are some of my fave games to play on MAME.
The GBA is a really solid answer. One of my favorites to emulate is the PSP... I run that on my Vita. And then I'll show my age by going waaaaay back and reveal that I love emulating the Commodore 64. That thing was my gaming system for seriously like 10+ years, so I have hardcore nostalgia for it... and some of those games are still fun, so I am happy revisiting them. :-)
This is my favourite series of videos, hands down! Also, my favourite system to emulate is PS1. It was my first ever console, and I have the most nostalgia for PS1.
Neo Geo, because I've never met anyone who actually owns one and I grew up on those cabinets that had 4 games in 1 machine. SNK fighters were my jam back in the day, so when I learned about Neo Rage X, my eyes were opened to the world of emulation and I've never looked back.
Indeed... Another Awesome RounD TablE... Of TecH NerdS... Best Retro Gamers Community... 🙃🤣🧐🤓🥸🤯... On my Cell: PS1... Love my Fighting: MK-TRILOGY / Street fighter-EX Series (+ ALPHA or/and Ex-2 +) / Tekken 3 Racing: Gran Turismo 1 / 2 RPG: Tenchu (Stealth Assassin) Handheld: AYN Odin 2 Pro PS2: Fighting: MK- ARMAGEDDON / DEF JAM - FIGHT for NY / Capcom vs SNK 2 / Marvel vs Capcom 2 / SOUL Calibur 3 / Tekken 5 / Street Fighter III ( third Strike) Racing: Gran Turismo 3 / 4 / NEED for SPEED - Underground 2 RPG: METAL GEAR SOLID 2 / SYPHON FILTER ( Logan Shadow / Dark Mirror)
There is a fundamental flaw in this whole concept. True retro gamers don't want a round table. They want to see all those pixelly edges. 😂 I'm surprised that no one picked PSP. Those games seem like they were made to be upscaled and run at 60fps (with cheats).
It filled me with joy to see so much love for the PS1, because that's my favorite system to emulate too! It was my late childhood/teen years system and I really adore all the Tomb Raider and Resident Evil games (yes, even Survivor) as well as the wide selection of first-person shooters and fighting games the PS1 had to offer. I like upscaling my PS1 games to just 2x, since that little bump in graphical quality makes them look the way I always imagined them looking in my head growing up ^_^
Every system had great games, but my favourite one is also my first console, the Mega Drive (or Genesis for some folks). It's got tons of pick up and play games that you can finish in a short amount of time!
PS1 and GBA would easily be my top 2. PS1 the first of the proper 3D games (really helps me as a big racing game fan), but GBA for exactly the reasons you gave (it's older style games, but with more modern games and mechanics)... and both of these have huge catalogues of a wide range of quality games across basically all genres.
I emulate gameboy (and other systems) on a 55" 4K Sony Bravia TV. But my favorite to emulate overall, maybe GBA, N64, or SNES! They had my best childhood gaming memories!
It's a toss-up between pinball games (via Visual Pinball, Pinball Arcade, Pinball FX 3 or Future Pinball) and the home computer systems of the 1980s and 1990s (Atari 800, C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga). There's something to be said about going old school on modern technology.
Some really good answers and I agree with ps1 and I have such great memories as a kid playing it for hours on end and of course it’s so easy to emulate.
If I can cheat a little it's very hard but it has to be the GBA and PSX, but I have to mention this having access to GameCube PlayStation 2 and even to a lesser extent n64 and beyond which has been harder to emulate in the last 10 years but now it's getting better, It's a tremendous gift from the gaming gods and I think now we're living in the Golden era of emulation hope it continues to get better. Obviously I have to say this but for the nostalgia and the preservation as well as saving us some money while game hunting and experiencing these games before we just dust in the wind.
If I had to choose currently, I would have to make it a tie between the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and the GameBoy Advance. The Genesis because of the nostalgia of the games I used to play on it, and the GBA because of the extensive library of really great pixel art games. Of course, there are so many games for old systems that I haven't played that I might end up going down a rabbit hole for a different system at any time.
Another great collaboration video! Mine would be either GBA or Sega Megadrive. Just because of my age mostly. I remember only getting 1 or 2 games a year if I was lucky. Having all the games I saw at Toys'R'Us but couldn't own at my finger tips still amazes me.
I love the awkward moments haha. My favourite is GBA, never had one so the catalog is so vast that it feels it's going to take my whole life to be done with it.
my favorite to emulate on a TV is NES and SNES, my favorite to emulate on a handheld is GBA...particularly because it's hard for me to find authentic GBA carts that don't cost almost as much as Switch games. I'm super curious about some of the panelists' ability to do things like Wii or 3DS, because believe me I intend to do those someday, especially if my current Wii breaks on me.
got my first gba while recovering in the hospital for 2 months, so while I still have my original and my flippy from a bit later, picking up either, or pullin up somethin on 556, trim ui, deck (pretty much my holy trinity any more) from the gba library will always give me a bit of pep to my step I grew up gaming, and have love for alot of systems and franchises, but something that gets ya through a tough time will always be a little more special to ya, so heres to your gba, castlevania, and ff tactics.
Mine's would be GBA, SNES and DS. I didn't own a DS when I was growing up, so being able to play and discover so many good games (and the interesting and funny shovelware games) is everything to me.
I was a SNES, PS-1, and Gameboy Color programmer. However, I had the most fun playing SNES games. I am a Mario fan and need to start playing Mario on more advanced systems.
There are issues with it because most screens don't fit the system well, but Nintendo DS. That console looks awesome upscale. With the touch pad provided by the deck, it's has been one of my favorite ways to play DS. Also psa, for Windows or Linux, please use Melon DS standalone or on retroarch. DeSmuME is outdated, in my opinion.
The Steamdeck opened the floodgates for me and, I have been spending way too much money on this hobby 💀I have been rarely playing games just setting everything up and that's half of the fun for me! I really like GBA games though. And Nintendo DS as well! Good video 👍
Neo Geo The few non-fighters on that system give you fast-paced and easy to learn arcade sessions without the quarter munching. I swear Baseball Stars 2 will make anyone think they like baseball when they play it
I emulate a bit of everything. Just wish I knew how to make Geist (GC) playable to the end... Right now I'm plaything the super popular games I missed out on growing up, like the Mother trilogy with the faithful japanese to english fan translation patches, Chrono Trigger. Here's my #1 favourite game from every console I played growing up, for no reason, in no order.: NES: Tie between Willow and Battle of Olympus SNES: Super Metroid N64: Tie between OoT/MM and Banjo Kazooie/Tooie GameCube: Three way tie between Chibi-Robo - Geist - Wind Waker GameBoy: Tie between Donkey Kong. (Its got acrobat Mario. 10/10) and Mario Land 6GC Gameboy Color: Pkm aside, Wario Land 2 & 3 GameBoy Advance: Pkm side, it's a tie between Harvest Moon FoMT - Mega Man Battle Network. Love the games and the anime series. DS: Tie between New Super Mario Bros & Zelda Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks 3DS: Little Battlers Experience 💯♥ (aka LBX) PS2: Tie between Champions of Norrath & Dog's Life PS3: Three way Tie between 3D Dot Game Hero - Little Big Planet trilogy - Mod Nation Racers XBox360: Tie between Kameo & Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise. PS: I also play Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on my Anbernic SP 😂👍
I love emulating and tinkering PS1 cuz theres so much you can do. Widescreen hacks, upscaling, overclocking, underclocking etc. its great. Its like im given the choice to play my games in a "remastered" sort of way or in a nostalgic crusty graphics sort of way. As a cherry on top, I dont even need the strongest device out there to do all these. And then when all my ps1 settings are set and done, I proceed to play pokemon romhacks 99% of the time. ( :
Playstation underground, memory unlocked. Thanks Stubbs. My favorite system is PSP, I had a psp in 2005 when i was in the Army basic training. PS1. Also love Starcraft 64.
For me it's Gameboy Advance SP because that was the only device I owned when I was a kid and I have finished alot of games in there compared to now wherein I own switch, PS5, and steam deck but then the collective amount of games I finished on these modern devices still doesn't compare to my game boy sp back in the day
SNES, Dreamcast and PS2 (if you include the backwards compatible PS1 games) are the 3 best consoles+ libraries ever made, followed closely by original X-Box, Game Cube and the 360. 😄👍
I'm always honored to be part of a TechDweeb video! ❤❤
You're a peach RTD!
You gotta up your mic game!
@@BlherrouI don’t record talking head segments for my channel so it’s not a usual setup.
You mean humbled right.. humbled 🤣
My favorite thing to emulate is TechDweeb. He gets all the ladies.
Runs at 30fps on low settings on my devices. Worth it.
@@TechDweeb The graphics and audio are superb though!
Such a great video Dweeb! Also, thanks as it was a lot of fun to be part of this round table and to hear everyone's answers, more Evil Twin Dweeb ftw!!
You're a peach Klef! Season 2!?!
@@TechDweeb Yes please? And this time, I will fool your audience with my impeccable disguises! 💪
Haha another awesome video! Glad to see the SNES and GBA get a lot of love!
Yeah this was a really fun one for sure. Some surprises in here I wasn't expecting!
@@TechDweeb Your outtro was golden
Classic arcade games, all the way; for me that’s the 70s-thru-late 90s. MAME / FinalBurn romset types, version matching, xml dat files, proper naming and scraping in emulators, audio samples, optical and hdd chd’s, the vast variety of custom hardware and control types to be dealt with… all make arcade games one of the most challenging things to get right. But as a poor kid who never had a quarter on hand when running across random cabinets in laundry mats or store lobbies, (and was so unskilled and unpracticed that when I did mooch a quarter, my game was over in no time), being able to play these nebulous monoliths of awesomeness that I used to merely pretend to play in demo/attract mode - now with another credit just a “select” button away - is just indescribably awesome to me.
Yes, I was surprised nobody said mame in the video.
@@strikelightPeople like what they like, and it is admittedly a pain to get things set up just the way you want. But once you do, it’s magical.
@strikelight Agreed. Arcade was KING from the late 70s to mid/late 90s until the CD based systems such as Dreamcast started appearing with their perfect ports.
Same. Arcades had the best games but I almost never got to play them, so it's great being able to play them now. Plus, they're intentionally designed to work well for short play sessions, which makes them easy to fit into the day, a few minutes at a time.
My favourite to emulate is J2ME aka Java based phone games, I didn't had any console growing up except knockoff NES in my country, so I mostly played on phones and later pc. There's so many great games made for J2ME phones comparable to GBA and it can even emulate GBA, GBC, NES etc on those old school keypad phones! Nokia even had their own Ngage & symbian based games ecosystem too along with J2ME. It's really underrated among all these retro gaming you tubers disappointingly as hardly anyone features emulation of J2ME, Ngage, Symbian, Flash and DOS games etc in their videos. For so many people their old phones and pc were their retro gaming experience who didn't h a decent consoles growing up and there's so many exclusive gems of games on these platform that get neglected by retro youtubers. I am shamelessly a mobile gamer and I emulate J2ME and PSP most. Thank you.
It's funny that you guys review all these really high end handhelds like SteamDecks, AYN Odin 2, ROG Ally, etc... and then your favorite consoles to emulate turn out to be : SuperNES, GBA and the orginal PlayStation. All of which will run fine on lower end hardware / handhelds. :)
Great video TechDweeb ! It's fun to see you guys collaborate on videos like this ! :)
PS1,PS2, Dreamcast, N64, Saturn, Wii U, Gamecube, Mega Drive and Super Nintendo. They are all my favorites 🤯
Early to mid 90s Arcade - the last generation where 2D was the go-to for gameplay and fans still wanted it. Developers had experience with 2D and had to be creative to stand out. They also had to get your attention in minutes if not seconds to hook you.
2000-2010 shmups are the best shmups though
PSA: Tech Dweeb wears orange with black stripes. Tech Dweeb’s evil twin wears black with orange stripes.
THIS
Thanks
“Reverse Tech Dweeb”
Nah , thats minnie the minx in disguise putting on tech dweebs voice
Keep them coming, TechDweeb! I love the collaboration. This video made me subscribe to some awesome retro game creators. Keep up the great work!
MAME / Neo Geo / Final Burn my favourite systems to emulate as Arcade machines were impractical and super expensive to own back in the 80's/90's unless you live in a warehouse 😂
By and large the OG versions were always best, making emulation of the 8/16 bit ports redundant. (SF2, Final Fight and Shinobi being prime examples)
Plus, the quick pick up and play nature of arcade games is ideal when you only have a few mins to spare.
Great video!
PS. Emulating anything on an OLED TV is all kinds of awesome. ❤️
Love these Round Table videos. PLEASE keep these coming.
I’m surprised no one mentioned arcade emulation. That’s decades of games to explore and emulate. Everything from old classics like Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Galaga to franchise-defining games like SFII, Mortal Kombat, Cruisn’ USA, and Final Fight. So yeah, give me arcade emulation any day of the week🍷
🎯 Definitely. Arcades were always the cutting edge when I was growing up as a kid.
Brooo super baseball 2020??! 🔥 🔥
I love them all! That being said, I don't seem able to leave the GBA alone. Its probably the system I've played the most in all my life. I have a huge list og games I'd like to play and I end up playing Pokemon Emerald again, Fire Emblem Sacred Stones or so.
Also, there's something really magical about having a N64 / PS1 game on the palm of your hands that I cannot really express with words, but I love it!
Great video as always.
I'm sad nobody said Pico-8 :(
Is it even emulation if it doesn't exist?
The guy who I signed on to shout out PICO-8 didn't exist.
pico8 is truly amazing, need to get a device that can play it native
Stubbs reminiscing about demo cd's made me think of the demo cassettes I used to get for the ZX81, ZX Spectrums and later Sam Coupe. they were awesome! (still have a few Spectrum demo tapes from magazines). Also all the demos I downloaded from BBS's or got via snail mail (though my mum was not so happy about the large phone bills lol).
Mr Sujano is the Morgan freeman of retro community XD
100%!
That's a hard question. I like so many! But if I crank all the systems through my secret formula, I think the platform which gets that magical blend of herbs and spices is probably the PSX. It has a huge and diverse library, looks good, sounds good, controls well, runs well on almost any hardware, and a lot of the games still hold up today even without nostalgia goggles.
YUS! Playstation! Also Stubb's says Sai-Fon Filter! Hilarious!
Stubbs says a lot of things 😅
Thanks for having me on your video, TechDweeb!
Big fan of Retro Game Corpse, everyones favorite gaming zombie
Sega CD. Grew up with a Genesis in the early 90s but couldn’t afford a Sega CD.
finally been able to check out how great some of those games were / are. T2 , Lunar and NHL 94 are lovely ☺️
I’m new to emulation and man, it’s so addicting. There are so many games I want to play from retro systems but trying to get original hardware and games is hard and expensive. Emulating them has been so amazing and being able to upscale with better frame rates gives new life to them. Thanks tech dweeb!
Funny, I got to meet Russ this weekend and we were actually talking about how we both had genesis and nes growing up, and we used to go to friends' places to play SNES, so getting a SNES and collecting as an adult has been a joy. I've been enjoying emulating EVERYTHING, but I've found myself playing SNES and GBA the most.
the collab I never knew I wanted but I sure as hell want it now!
Klef is an amazing resource for controllers, peripherals, X86, AMD and ARM gaming handhelds. That's a fun surprise addition.
100%! He's the controller king in this space!
Woohoo! I loved the last one, glad this is here! Really awesome collection of perspectives. GBA and Genesis are my personal favorites. Gamecube honorable mention.
Great video! Loved the topic and the interesting people you gathered. Discovered some new retro gamers thanks to you. As for the question, my favorite system to emulate is definitely the N64. I still get chills when Link steps out of the treehouse in Kokiri Forest for the first time.
Russ nailed it! SNES is my favorite to emulate. It will always remind me of my childhood and has some of the best games in gaming history.
It was such an honor to be included in this Round Table episode. Thanks General Dweeb 🫡 I love this content concept.
Thanks so much for joining! Always an honor to share the stage with a fellow GBA enthusiast ;)
Neo Geo AES, always wanted one the console and the games always cost a fortune.
@mrcannonfodder23 Yep! About £200 per game in the early 90's which would be around £520 per game today (adjusted for inflation)
@@dashred74 That's exactly why! Maybe a bootleg system with a 1001 cart!
My favorite system to Emulate is NeoGeo. It has the best pixel art based graphics ever and getting the real hardware is crazy expensive, so emulating it makes way more sense. I love all the Metal Slug games specifically
I love these round table things. I’ve seen a little of all these guys, but this makes me want to check out more of each dude’s videos.
I love PlayStation because it was already old when I got pretty good at games, so I only had like 10 games. Now I have like 200 excellent remaster ish looking games! It’s like being the coolest kid at school.
It's tough to decide. I have fond memories of playing Rescue Rangers on NES as a kid during the summers at our babysitter who was wicked cool. First system we owned was SNES and played the crap out of Killer Instinct. But I also enjoyed my first job working at Microplay and playing a ton of Twisted Metal 2 on the PS1 and Golden Eye on the 64. I still play all that stuff at 42.
Because im 103 years old and grew up in the UK, I play a lot of c64 and amiga games. And of course mame which is where a lot of my formative contact with gaming came from.
Personally I would have to throw a curve ball and say the sharp x68000. A system that never made it to the US but has plenty of fantastic games I never played. It's like a love I never knew I had.
I absolutely love this series and hope it has a long run. I was on the Sega side of the tracks for console gaming, so I missed out on NES/SNES/N64/GC. I had a ton of handhelds, so that's where I experienced the Nintendo world. GBA, Lynx, and PSP were my favorite systems. It would be difficult for me to choose only one system, but I would probably answer Game Gear. The screen of the original system was incredibly blurry, and emulation fixes that problem in a major way. Keep doing what you do, and keep and eye out for Evil Dweeb!
I’m very fond of the NeoGeo Pocket Color, the hardware was good, loved the D-Stick, shame it didn’t have a more extensive library. The SNK fighting games had a certain class of their own, but “Turf Masters” and “Fasalei!” were my two faves.
GBA was the King for me though, again the hardware, the SP was so portable and protected its own screen, and I loved the backwards compatibility. Love emulating GBA, I emulate on handhelds so it feels right to emulate handheld systems. Faves being the “Advance Wars” and “Fire Emblem” series, “Final Fantasy Tactics”was great, the “Golden Sun” games as well, the “Zelda” games, “Harvest Moon”, “Ninja Cop” (“Ninja Five-0”), “Mario Golf”, “Defender of the Crown” and I’ve discovered so much more since then via emulation, the GBA is the Cat’s PJs👌🏻
GBA for the win! Or PS1. Or...well, I'm like Mr. Sujano, I like a certain system to play certain games on. But no matter what I play, GBA always ends up at the top of the heap, it really was a perfect handheld ❤
MAME arcade! Acquiring all those systems and games is a lot easier than trying to get just one arcade machine.
As a kid who grew up with an OG Gameboy in hand (handed down from my mom; I was 7), I never had too much experience with home consoles because of tech issues and parents getting strict with TV time. We had a famicom clone with a 999 in one Cart 😂 and I couldn't play much because our TV only had an RF coaxial in port, no AV so we had to buy the converter and switch from cable to console every time. Which was OK but I was little then and didn't know how to do stuff.
We also had a legit megadrive 2 with a single game and was never followed up. Because games were expensive.
Our neighborhood had these coin operated hacked Super Famicom cabinets which a a plethora of games.
Home consoles never really worked for me because of above reasons so I'm more biased to handhelds and my answer would be the GBA.
My favorite console to emulate would be GBA mostly because of nostalgia as its the console I've had the most experience with.
In addition the coin operated Super Famicom also left an impression so Snes is also up there.
Not everyone including me has access to video games back then, so emulation today for me is like getting to experience the stuff I missed out on when I was a kid. And the memorable ones I've had experience with is more for nostalgia.
Awesome vid dude. Also, fave system to emulate would have to be the old school arcade games with MAME. Games like Galaga, Gyrus, Gauntlet, Xevious, Exerion and Raiden in no particular order are some of my fave games to play on MAME.
The GBA is a really solid answer. One of my favorites to emulate is the PSP... I run that on my Vita. And then I'll show my age by going waaaaay back and reveal that I love emulating the Commodore 64. That thing was my gaming system for seriously like 10+ years, so I have hardcore nostalgia for it... and some of those games are still fun, so I am happy revisiting them. :-)
Retro Breeze showing you how you can make Sonic & The Secret Rings or The Black Knight good games is SUCH a good point. Great video as always, guys!
This is my favourite series of videos, hands down! Also, my favourite system to emulate is PS1. It was my first ever console, and I have the most nostalgia for PS1.
Some classic MS Dos games like Corridor 6, stellar 7, kings quest games. Sim copter. Early microsoft flight simulators.
Neo Geo, because I've never met anyone who actually owns one and I grew up on those cabinets that had 4 games in 1 machine. SNK fighters were my jam back in the day, so when I learned about Neo Rage X, my eyes were opened to the world of emulation and I've never looked back.
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On my Cell:
PS1... Love my
Fighting: MK-TRILOGY / Street fighter-EX Series (+ ALPHA or/and Ex-2 +) / Tekken 3
Racing: Gran Turismo 1 / 2
RPG: Tenchu (Stealth Assassin)
Handheld: AYN Odin 2 Pro
PS2:
Fighting: MK- ARMAGEDDON / DEF JAM - FIGHT for NY / Capcom vs SNK 2 / Marvel vs Capcom 2 / SOUL Calibur 3 / Tekken 5 / Street Fighter III ( third Strike)
Racing: Gran Turismo 3 / 4 / NEED for SPEED - Underground 2
RPG: METAL GEAR SOLID 2 / SYPHON FILTER ( Logan Shadow / Dark Mirror)
Wait a moment, MGS 2 & Syphon Filter are not RPGs
There is a fundamental flaw in this whole concept. True retro gamers don't want a round table. They want to see all those pixelly edges. 😂
I'm surprised that no one picked PSP. Those games seem like they were made to be upscaled and run at 60fps (with cheats).
This is true
Great video. Mine are MSX, ZX Spectrum, and Amiga❤
It filled me with joy to see so much love for the PS1, because that's my favorite system to emulate too! It was my late childhood/teen years system and I really adore all the Tomb Raider and Resident Evil games (yes, even Survivor) as well as the wide selection of first-person shooters and fighting games the PS1 had to offer. I like upscaling my PS1 games to just 2x, since that little bump in graphical quality makes them look the way I always imagined them looking in my head growing up ^_^
Every system had great games, but my favourite one is also my first console, the Mega Drive (or Genesis for some folks). It's got tons of pick up and play games that you can finish in a short amount of time!
As a member of the dpad on top gang, face system to emmulate is switch, all those sidescrollers on the rp4 plus is a joy
I think I liked this one better than the first, but that’s like deciding between two things you love.
PS1 and GBA would easily be my top 2. PS1 the first of the proper 3D games (really helps me as a big racing game fan), but GBA for exactly the reasons you gave (it's older style games, but with more modern games and mechanics)... and both of these have huge catalogues of a wide range of quality games across basically all genres.
I emulate gameboy (and other systems) on a 55" 4K Sony Bravia TV. But my favorite to emulate overall, maybe GBA, N64, or SNES! They had my best childhood gaming memories!
My favorite is PS1 great library of jrpg. The ability to upscale up to 1080p can turn an old game into a remaster quality.
oh hell yeah techdweeb, i love these videos
Same! Such a fun series to work on :D
It's a toss-up between pinball games (via Visual Pinball, Pinball Arcade, Pinball FX 3 or Future Pinball) and the home computer systems of the 1980s and 1990s (Atari 800, C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga). There's something to be said about going old school on modern technology.
loved this video, great to see people talking about the things they love ❤
Some really good answers and I agree with ps1 and I have such great memories as a kid playing it for hours on end and of course it’s so easy to emulate.
loving these type of videos with the community
If I can cheat a little it's very hard but it has to be the GBA and PSX, but I have to mention this having access to GameCube PlayStation 2 and even to a lesser extent n64 and beyond which has been harder to emulate in the last 10 years but now it's getting better, It's a tremendous gift from the gaming gods and I think now we're living in the Golden era of emulation hope it continues to get better. Obviously I have to say this but for the nostalgia and the preservation as well as saving us some money while game hunting and experiencing these games before we just dust in the wind.
If I had to choose currently, I would have to make it a tie between the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and the GameBoy Advance. The Genesis because of the nostalgia of the games I used to play on it, and the GBA because of the extensive library of really great pixel art games.
Of course, there are so many games for old systems that I haven't played that I might end up going down a rabbit hole for a different system at any time.
Another great collaboration video! Mine would be either GBA or Sega Megadrive. Just because of my age mostly. I remember only getting 1 or 2 games a year if I was lucky. Having all the games I saw at Toys'R'Us but couldn't own at my finger tips still amazes me.
These videos are so great, I can't wait to check out the portion of these channels that I haven't heard of until now.
That Miyoo Mini Plus shot in the begging 🤤
Shem’s intro is THE BEST 😂 I enjoyed Carey’s point on PS1
Another fantastic episode of the Retro Round Table! Thanks for including my shenanigans 😂
I love this series! 💚
It's a hoot to work on!
@@TechDweebI'm glad! That means we're gonna get more, yeah?
I love the awkward moments haha. My favourite is GBA, never had one so the catalog is so vast that it feels it's going to take my whole life to be done with it.
my favorite to emulate on a TV is NES and SNES, my favorite to emulate on a handheld is GBA...particularly because it's hard for me to find authentic GBA carts that don't cost almost as much as Switch games. I'm super curious about some of the panelists' ability to do things like Wii or 3DS, because believe me I intend to do those someday, especially if my current Wii breaks on me.
Battle knights of Retro Gamers 🤴👸
My favorite systems to emulate are the ones I didn't own or ever played when I was younger
got my first gba while recovering in the hospital for 2 months, so while I still have my original and my flippy from a bit later, picking up either, or pullin up somethin on 556, trim ui, deck (pretty much my holy trinity any more) from the gba library will always give me a bit of pep to my step
I grew up gaming, and have love for alot of systems and franchises, but something that gets ya through a tough time will always be a little more special to ya, so heres to your gba, castlevania, and ff tactics.
My favorite systems to emulate are SNES, Sega Genesis, and PS2.
Mine's would be GBA, SNES and DS. I didn't own a DS when I was growing up, so being able to play and discover so many good games (and the interesting and funny shovelware games) is everything to me.
Ha! New vid! Let's just click and watch for a little bit! 19 minutes later: oh! It's... over already??
Nice one!
Thumbs up for SEGA GENESIS 👍🏿
GameBoy for sure. It's much better to emulate it than to play it on the original system where it's impossible to see. Plus, you can add color!
MSX. Simply underrated system.
I was a SNES, PS-1, and Gameboy Color programmer. However, I had the most fun playing SNES games. I am a Mario fan and need to start playing Mario on more advanced systems.
Thanks for being a part of the history of games!
@@TechDweeb Thank you.
PS1 foreveeeeer! The games look SO good on small screens, they put a smile on my face every single time. Love it!
There are issues with it because most screens don't fit the system well, but Nintendo DS. That console looks awesome upscale. With the touch pad provided by the deck, it's has been one of my favorite ways to play DS. Also psa, for Windows or Linux, please use Melon DS standalone or on retroarch. DeSmuME is outdated, in my opinion.
The Steamdeck opened the floodgates for me and, I have been spending way too much money on this hobby 💀I have been rarely playing games just setting everything up and that's half of the fun for me! I really like GBA games though. And Nintendo DS as well! Good video 👍
Neo Geo
The few non-fighters on that system give you fast-paced and easy to learn arcade sessions without the quarter munching.
I swear Baseball Stars 2 will make anyone think they like baseball when they play it
Since getting into retro gaming about a year ago, I play a lot of SNES and GBA.
I emulate a bit of everything. Just wish I knew how to make Geist (GC) playable to the end... Right now I'm plaything the super popular games I missed out on growing up, like the Mother trilogy with the faithful japanese to english fan translation patches, Chrono Trigger.
Here's my #1 favourite game from every console I played growing up, for no reason, in no order.:
NES: Tie between Willow and Battle of Olympus
SNES: Super Metroid
N64: Tie between OoT/MM and Banjo Kazooie/Tooie
GameCube: Three way tie between Chibi-Robo - Geist - Wind Waker
GameBoy: Tie between Donkey Kong. (Its got acrobat Mario. 10/10) and Mario Land 6GC
Gameboy Color: Pkm aside, Wario Land 2 & 3
GameBoy Advance: Pkm side, it's a tie between Harvest Moon FoMT - Mega Man Battle Network. Love the games and the anime series.
DS: Tie between New Super Mario Bros & Zelda Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks
3DS: Little Battlers Experience 💯♥ (aka LBX)
PS2: Tie between Champions of Norrath & Dog's Life
PS3: Three way Tie between 3D Dot Game Hero - Little Big Planet trilogy - Mod Nation Racers
XBox360: Tie between Kameo & Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise.
PS: I also play Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on my Anbernic SP 😂👍
I am into PSP for some reason. Outrun Coast to Coast, good fighting games and collections. Some unique RPG's and strategy games.
I love emulating and tinkering PS1 cuz theres so much you can do. Widescreen hacks, upscaling, overclocking, underclocking etc. its great. Its like im given the choice to play my games in a "remastered" sort of way or in a nostalgic crusty graphics sort of way. As a cherry on top, I dont even need the strongest device out there to do all these.
And then when all my ps1 settings are set and done, I proceed to play pokemon romhacks 99% of the time. ( :
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For the Mario games, the “original”-ish Final Fantasy, and the original Zelda.
Playstation underground, memory unlocked. Thanks Stubbs. My favorite system is PSP, I had a psp in 2005 when i was in the Army basic training. PS1. Also love Starcraft 64.
Russ looks like such a sweetie pie lol
All my favorite people in one place!! Such a fun video. PS1 really is the king 😃
I have to say the Gameboy.Tthe DMG was cool and all, but my favourite handheld (system) was and still is the Gameboy Pocket.
NEO GEO was impossible for me to get or play other than in the arcades. And The 90s to 2000s arcade games like Golden Axe Revenge of the Death Adder.
Ps1! Duckstation so good
For me it's Gameboy Advance SP because that was the only device I owned when I was a kid and I have finished alot of games in there compared to now wherein I own switch, PS5, and steam deck but then the collective amount of games I finished on these modern devices still doesn't compare to my game boy sp back in the day
SNES, Dreamcast and PS2 (if you include the backwards compatible PS1 games) are the 3 best consoles+ libraries ever made, followed closely by original X-Box, Game Cube and the 360.
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