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Sorry to anybody this offends, but emulation definitely offers a much, much more accurate CRT replication than a RetroTINK could ever do, therefore is much more faithful to the original experience and the way the developers intended these games to look. I honestly don’t understand why people are still clinging on to original hardware and RetroTINKs, unless they’re using an actual CRT??? The below images are emulation on a RetroPie 400 setup on an 85 inch Sony TV, using a libretro CRT shader. It’s a fraction of the cost of a RetroTINK and looks ten times better…
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Looks dreadful to me. DO you have bilinear filtering turned on? Personally I prefer zfast with no filtering.
I like the original hardware. Emulators just don’t do it for me, I find I give up easily on games, use save states to get through tough sections, etc… I also want to sit 15ft away and be able to see, so I use a RetroTink on an 80″ OLED. Looks the same as if I”m sitting 2ft away from a 28″ CRT
I’m just going to say that I’m not anti emulation. I haven’t played one that tickled my fancy. I would love to have all the games running on one machine looking, sounding and playing great. On a modern big screen is icing on the cake. Once I play an emulator that I like. I will buy it. Until then I have the real hardware. As far as an elitist view, that’s not me. I’ve been buying this stuff when it was new and at garage sales for 30 years. I’ve had it for a long time. It would be emulation that would cost me lol
That does look pretty good, not gonna lie
I’m not against it I have a Pandora’s key 5s it works no issues and it’s the only way I can play certain games
I’ve never been able to get the emulators to look quite right, but then I’ve never tried the filters on a 4k screen. I’ve heard the filters really need the 4k pixel density to make the look right.
Nostalgia’s a hell of a drug
I like options, so I’m not gonna be swayed by a Retropie as the only way to go. To me, the “only way to go”, is leveraging all the options that work best for your individual use case.
Exactly my point .. there is absolutely no need for original hardware these days ..I’m running everything through a 4k firestick and it looks incredible!
I’ve been keeping my collection under check using launchbox and emulators meaning that every time I buy something new I add that to launchbox. For me it’s pretty much the only way since I can’t have more than a fraction of what I own on display due to not having the space.
I’m doing something even more sacrilegious (to some) though because I use 9-16 different filters for each console to produce an almost “remake look”. Even makes lines that used to be choppy straight.
I love original hardware and I’ve had my NES as my trusted companion since I turned 5 years old and almost every console I own comes from my childhood collecting. However I have to say that experiencing an old classic in pure unpixelated hdr is as much an experience as it was as a kid to play a game for the first time.
My point here is that everyone’s different and there are those who only like playing on original hardware and while I’m very firm with having to own the original in order to play it emulated there are also those that are firm in their belief that emulation is the work of the devil. Keep gaming for the fun!! 😊
Emulators? Pfft, peasants! 🧐 🤣
As an owner of more than a dozen working original games consoles and over 1200 original games across those consoles, I have no hesitation in saying emulation wins almost every time. I first started using emulators in 1998 on PC and have been tinkering ever since. It does depend on what your set up is and how you configure them. Many people’s understanding of emulation begins and ends with the modern mini-consoles. Some will have a Retropie (I have one but haven’t used it in many years) which is a great middle ground.
My personal set-up is using the computer I use for Adobe Creative Cloud (emulation isn’t necessarily about GPU power, or the processing power of the computer), LaunchBox as a front end, RetroArch dealing with the emulation of the majority of consoles and then understanding which cores work best with each console.
I still play my consoles when I want to feel all misty eyed. I was playing F355 on the Dreamcast this morning and Virtua Racing on my MegaDrive last night. But proper emulation done well is such a better experience.
Tbh I don’t understand retrotink and the benefits of it besides correct scaling on a flat screen. I play real hardware on a crt or at least try my best to. My recommendation is get a crt with vga and some speakers. That way you can use real hardware and emulation and still get really nice video.
We’ve already got a Draco Shahryar deleting comments, didn’t take long. He pulled out the “you can’t afford” card and immediately regretted it…
It’s not that emulators don’t look good. The ones I have tried don’t play good. I’ve had retropie on raspberry,NES mini,SNES mini, 1up etc. I also have original hardware on CRT. Og just plays better. My SNES looked great on the plasma TV I used to have,so it’s not always about the TV.