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@MontyMole Well things change with the times. There are artists that couldn’t survive without things provided by Adobe. The fact that a computer can injest a library more effectively than a group of humans doesn’t really change the activity all that much in my eyes, But I care more about the original purpose of copyright (To encourage stuff to be created in the first place). Than the modern one where all the rights go to a big corporation and they keep those rights forever. I think patents (excluding software patents which I agree with Europe on and that shouldn’t exist)). Things will change I know they will for me coding but it is possible for outcome where art is made separately from the bad work for hire model and a better share of the profit goes to the actual creators. For software I think only the banks pay a fair enough amount for the full rights to stuff. But I think nearly all work for hire is a bad deal unless you are getting stock. I just don’t think a machine doing something should be treated differently to a human. (I bet there has been loads of art commissioned in the past saying use this style). I don’t know what will the end result of all this but it’s at least change I find interesting.

@MontyMole Not always there is a pretty good article about enhancing stable delusion to make it really great at just doing stuff related to a single person. You kind of add like a patch to the model (With say 200 pics of the subject) and then it substantially changes how the model works. (To the point where the majority of the output is based on then.) using small bits of copywriter stuff has always been accepted (Like libraries were okay with 5% of a book being photocopied.) A lot of this is just updating long held principles for the modern age.

I think if you have enough of your own assets you either build a model just using them or add them to an existing model in a way that it would never not count as your original work.

@Sketcz I had a really good one that I really wish I didn’t junk. (4:3 really good nicam stereo rub SCART reasonably big (21”) and flat it wasn’t a trinatron but it was pretty flat. But the ones that people want rid of are usually too small widescreen or too old to have at least rgb SCART. (Getting component on a 4:3 crt seems even more difficult in the uk).

The VR Half Life is still the only thing that has really made me think this is worthwhile at all realy but I can’t easily experience VR very easily due to the way my eyes are. I can do it but it’s never really that comfortable. I wonder what makes this so special.

@Ruka I couldn’t handle the input lag on the Astro city mini. I wish I had kept one of the pads however.

@bring_on_branstons But say now you wanted to make a hand drawn for example game. The only reason AI is useful for coding is because of great open source code. (I don’t know how I feel about that because it blatantly violates the GPL when someone makes a mit licensed thing that uses the test suite of the original to write the code. The situation is you could make something that previously you would need at least a programmer and someone to do sound. (I am not a great fan of what is coming out of almost any of the big companies at the moment so I think changing the landscape isn’t such a bad thing. There is loads of typos of art AI isn’t a problem for like stone carving. It is not unusual to have to adapt in many jobs. Good look.

@turboxray It definitely has double the sprites per line 16 vs 8 and better colours. There is more information about getting more out of the NES that is all. Compile’s NES output is much worse and you can presume they knew both systems pretty well.

That’s the thing 4k and 1080p are exactly double the number of pixels in both directions. So most 4k tv’s are fine with a 1080 progressive source.

1080p (Full HD): 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels tall
4K (Ultra HD): 3840 pixels wide by 2160 pixels tall

That is why I agree that the 4k model @damo and someone else was talking about is worth it. (There are some techniques that do a really good job of emulating a crt but they need a 240hz super low latency monitor and a very powerful pc I have only seen them on emulation I don’t think that sort of thing exists in hardware for retro systems.)

@turboxray But the end result that sprite flicker just is intolerable on the NES for me. I haven’t seen anything comparable to power strike 2 on the NES (REcca is probably the closest but it’s not as good). I think the Dragon’s Trap is better than any NES game. (Although the pce port is better). There is lots of crapiness that only the nes exhibited. (Maybe the price of the games which were double and not at all PAL optimized ever affects my opinion of it.) Castlevania 3 is extremely good but that is like saying Virtual Racing Megadrive is really good it’s not really fair. The only 8 bit really play these days is pc engine but I don’t think it’s as clear cut as you make it out to be. It isn’t really representative. I don’t think there is a better soccer game on the NES than Super Kick Off. The Konami shmup coin op verrsions are great but the NES ports are awful. Same for ghosts n goblins. Maybe it would be a different story if that Castlevania mapper had been used on more games. What to do and what not to do was part of it but I think comparing games from the time is fairer than putting a neo geo sized rom and a raspberry pi pico into a nes cart or something like that. I think Phantasy Star is better than Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy. Ultima IV can’t think of any NES game with that amount of depth. I thought the SNES was better at the time but now people are doing fantastic things with the mega drive. There might be loads of NES games I haven’t played but they will never be rereleased.

@farrgazer I will give it a shot presuming there is no switch 2 compatibility issues. (My Switch 1 is in it’s box).

I really don’t like bullet hell shmups that much especially the Cave style ones. It is sad that they seem to have become much more frequently released than the type I like. (Old style vertical. Viper Phase One is about the max bullet amount I like).

I might get these I think I need to build mane for Mac again I suppose. (I don’t remember playing any of them but if they are good I will buy them). I wish I could get a full sized evercade with the neo geo pocket built in games though the screen is just too small for me.

@bring_on_branstons It doesn’t bother me if what I do becomes completely useless. I will do a phd in that situation hopefully in something of more value to humanity. (I suppose what I can already do will be an advantage in that.) But what I don’t get is why you would want to spend your whole life doing the same thing anyway. (I guess I have the luxury of a decent amount of cash not assets so I am relatively flexible in terms of my options).

The optimisation bit necessary for Unreal or Unity games to be properly implemented on Switch 2 would be another great thing for gen ai. (It would need a deep understanding of the low level architecture.) But I think that would be a boon for many indie developers. (They can make a great game using those tools but only a big team can do the optimisation properly.). It is becoming a joke just how badly the results are at the moment from this situation. Doesn’t help that Nintendo is so strict about access to the low level API details.

The situation might happen that due to shifts in the industry many very good artists might be willing to take a risk on indie game and if they succeed they could make a lifetime’s salary on one game. It just depends on attitude towards risk. (Gabe Newell famously put everything on the line at one point house everything he had).

I think some people just don’t like change. I embrace it even if not doing so might be better for me financially.

For stuff like the textures in a call of duty game I don’t think I would notice the difference if the model was trained on the textures in the previous games. I can imagine that would be very tedious work for the artists involved anyway.

@turboxray The NES had those mappers but the master system didn’t need them. Z80 is easier to code for than 6502 but there is just more information available currently for the NES, If you compare the Compile shmups for the MS to the best on NES they are loads better.

So looking at in more detail. 6502 is more efficient but harder to code for has less registers the z80 in the MS has double the clock speed.

MS has loads more ram and vram.

8 sprite limit for nes vs 16 for MS (That’s why a well programmed MS game has less sprite flicker which is incredibly annoying.)

It’s not really fair to compare how much better the best mapper for the nes was because only Castlevania 3 used it.

It is definitely not a NES is definitely better situation other than sound.

@N64-ROX It is Alex Kid in Miracle World as a built in (Properly 50hz optimized in the uk so full screen correct speed etc) and the removal of the card slot. (Most of those card games were rereleased as budget titles at like a 3rd of the price of new games). I don’t remember whether the original master system had a built in game or not. It might have even come with the light gun in some configurations.

I am pleased Xbox is still getting supported but maybe it’s because of the ease of the ports.

This is a good version and the brand new game is well done but some of the other ones like the super famicom version are pretty bad ports. (Arcade Archivee one is good also).

I wish I had kept my crt (Basically for all the tg16 virtual console stuff I have on it.) I have the mini console but the Wii with rgb scart played better on the crt and there are some games I just don’t have on the mini console like final soldier. (And it’s very difficult to find a 4:3 crt of similar quality as most people had gone widescreen at that time.)

There was another rarer pc engine (LT ?) that looked as if it was significantly better.

I enjoyed the stories in the Armies books more than any other part of Warhammer.

I wonder if it makes any difference sales wise it doesn’t look like a bad game (Not that I buy these type of carts)

I just don’t enjoy side scrolling shmups. With the exception of Lords of Thunder and. Gate of Thunder.

The Neo Geo flash cartridge hope enfd up open source like DS pico. (I have never really think people should be doing this for obey.

@AllieKitsune I think the problem was deeper than that. It applied to Nintendo as well.

I worked with quite a few people with that reputation but usually got on with them well. To the point where in some cases they specifically asked for me when they needed something doing (I think the only thing I did differently was listen very carefully and do exactly what was asked.) I prefer people like that to people with a. social media presence that hides what they are really like and underhanded behaviour. (That seems to be how people with similar social problems handle things these days.) I don’t like that underhanded behaviour.

I worked with someone with a similar sort of reputation to Naka but he was always great with me.

It is because they have switched the factories that were making normal ddr5 to HBM because it’s far far more profitable for them. On a £20000 AI GPU there is much more for them than a £500 PC.

The problem with these devices is even if you do get the ones with rom's the sdcards are absolute garbage so it won't work within about a week.

I made the mistake of using a massive supposedly perfect pack with my trimui smart pro s and loads of the Arcade games are broken including ones I actually do want to play. So I think I am just going to use a fbneo fullest the ntsc ones set done by.byuu and maybe a few select pc engine games.

(I am not against paying for stuff I have the Neo Geo evercade carts and the Neo Geo Super Pocket but I sure as hell won't be paying £90 a game when I pick up the AES+)

There is an open source cart ripper it’s not cheap but it looks well done https://www.cartreader.net/

I like the MD (And Neo Geo which is slightly superior) sound for chiptunes. I think xhipzel uses 2 gameboy’s to compose and that really was trash in the wrong hands.

@StyrofoamCup I would definitely take both Raiden 2 and Raiden dx. Don’t see the issue now there is mame support for both.

@AtomB It is copyright infringement even if they are still on sale that is the law that’s been broken in both cases it doesn’t differentiate.

A universal cart dumper should be possible to make cheaply cheese days. (Talking £30 AliExpress type cost the microcontroller probably £5)

I am not that interested in early 3D games I want the 2D games from around the same time (When they were pulling out all the stops to compete).

I have enjoyed the 30 minutes I spent messing with one although it’s owner sold it a profit and they are not that easy to acquire (Or were not). There is lots of this sort of hardware where they want your money in advance and I just don’t do that. (To be fair I haven’t recently looked at availability). I think the time for me to buy one may have passed.

@Brambles It depends if they steal code from the official console sdk then that really is a problem. (That is why Marcan removed quite a bit of his Wii stuff.) The way the bios is reverse engineered can also have some issues if it’s not done really carefully. (Presuming you don’t have to provide your own which is generally a process nobody undertakes themselves. The first few generations of emulators are generally quite risky legally until the bios is clean room reimplemented. (There is a mainframe emulator that ibm did sue over but they went through a seriously thorough process to make sure it was. I don’t think many console emulators would be able to handle that level of scrutiny.) How many people using emulators actually dump their own bios ?

These Android handhelds really need to work out some kind of bypass for the default input system. But I guess that would require patching the emulators and maintaining them (Or god forbid cooperating). Otherwise only the super high end ones (Which can use other hacks) are going to be worthwhile. The native Linux versions of most of the emulators are generally better as it is. I haven’t tried one of the really high end Android based ones but I would probably go for an Analog Pocket given the option anyway. (I love my Trimui smart pro s my Romset is not perfect but for the most part it’s great).

I hope they switch to a more powerful fpga at some point. (Is there not something fully compatible but just with more gates)

@PXAbstracftion Yeah I can imagine I accept the few losses as they are massively offset by the wins. (Redmi Pad 2 £110 / Trimui smart pro s £50) but yeah I wouldn’t risk it for something super expensive.

@Martin_H I guess I would probably agree. (I was fairly into JRPG’s at the time. (I am not new everything is a cut scene that used to engage your imagination.) But making games that are great from the first second you play it is a skill as well. (I tried some Avater game and it was an hour before I was actually playing it recently.)

@PXAbstracftion I haven’t done badly from AliExpress but I usually use the official store from whatever I am buying. I have ended up with some weird stuff when buying Esp32 stuff. (Like coming with no battery when I ordered the battery version) but for 8bitdo I have saved loads by using Ali (Probably hundreds).

@PXAbstracftion I do have one that was recommended but the case never fit right and it did work to rip the back to the future 4k which is the only 4k disc I have. But I only got it for the sake of it and it needs 2 usb a s for power. And they need to be next to each other which is a pita for many modern laptops. (If it works for that I can’t imagine it would introduce problems for this but it might).

@PXAbstracftion The lg slimline ones like I have are not that insane in cost but they need very specific usb chipsets to be used externally. (I have what is necessary but the case doesn’t fit properly it all works but it isn’t neat).

The case wasn’t cheap either it had to be imported.

@no_donatello Depends whether the key is the same for all the same disks or not I think it varies between systems.

Is model 2 etc completely out of reach for Mister ? (I guess if Saturn works Titan is theoretically possible but model X was a serious step up)

I have the slimline lg that is supposed to work. If someone wanted to do a fullset for archive.org like byuu did for snes I would probably give the drive away (I got it for ripping 4k Blu-ray but I never have yet. (I have a suitable usb thing for it but it doesn’t look too nice or close properly..) Otherwise I guess I will get the iceybox enclosure and sell it when the price goes through the roof. (It’s quite picky about usb chipsets ).