thatman84 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Hi All, So I have been messing with Hyperspin for a few months now and wanted some help picking systems that have a time worthy games library. I have never been a "gamer" casual at best in the past but since I found Hyperspin I have really enjoyed checking out different systems I never had before. So what are MUST have gaming systems? My gaming time is limited so pick up and play games suit me mostly but not strictly. 10-15mins of fun generally My setup so far (I use Android so I'm a bit limited on what's going to work) Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 MAME (.139) MAME (.173 (178 on its way) Genesis Nes Snes PS1 Dreamcast (in process) GameCube (possibly in process) Planning on splitting MAME up into manufacturer and leaving the leftovers in MAME wheel. Saturn and 32x seem like a good idea. Maybe a Shuemups wheel. I just don't know what direction to go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progets Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 This would be better suited for the Android section of the forum. Off the top of my head... Sega Master System Any of the handheld systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBBrennaNNN Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 your setup is almost exactly the same as mine except i have a couple of handheld systems, PS2 and nintendo 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatman84 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 This would be better suited for the Android section of the forum. Off the top of my head... Sega Master System Any of the handheld systems It's ok in here although I'm android mainly I have the hardware to go PC and maybe will in the future. Also you never know when android emus will improve. Sms is a good shout and I should def add some handhelds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Planning on splitting MAME up into manufacturer and leaving the leftovers in MAME wheel. You might want to look in the [Official] ARCADE Manufacturer Logos thread as I've redrawn nearly all major manufacturers' logos in vector. So you can size em down to use as wheels and/or include them in themes. You can of course just name the MAME system Arcade (Classics) and make the default .xml either all games or a very much cleaned .xml and use manufacturers as Genres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatman84 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 You might want to look in the [Official] ARCADE Manufacturer Logos thread as I've redrawn nearly all major manufacturers' logos in vector. So you can size em down to use as wheels and/or include them in themes. You can of course just name the MAME system Arcade (Classics) and make the default .xml either all games or a very much cleaned .xml and use manufacturers as Genres. O yeah I have been checking that and your other logos out. Great stuff. I have not checked yet but can I resize the vectors in gimp maybe? I don't have any other art programs or skills really. One day I will but not just yet Genres is one android limitation but I don't mind have them split out to sperate main menu wheels. I hope to tackle MAME as smaller chunks with cleaned xml's. Can't decide between manufacturer or arcade boards. Manufacturer looks easier (more available) for databases and art so will prob go that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I have not checked yet but can I resize the vectors in gimp maybe? I don't have any other art programs or skills really. One day I will but not just yet GIMP is a raster based program. It can open .eps vector files, but it wil rasterize them. If you want to use GIMP, just grab the .png's in the thread instead. They are already raster based, have a transparent background and should be large enough to use to your purpose. So no need to use the .ai files. In the end .ai might give just that slightly better result when sizing down, but it should be hardly noticeable if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamg Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Personally I think that the "...Classics" wheels should be genres of the MAME wheel. Adding them to the main menu is just clutter than makes it difficult to find what you want. This can be daunting when you have over 100 wheels but as you only have a few, I do not think it would be that big of a deal. If your android box is in a cabinet then I only suggest MAME, anything else you are going to want to sit down to play with few exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatman84 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 GIMP is a raster based program. It can open .eps vector files, but it wil rasterize them. If you want to use GIMP, just grab the .png's in the thread instead. They are already raster based, have a transparent background and should be large enough to use to your purpose. So no need to use the .ai files. In the end .ai might give just that slightly better result when sizing down, but it should be hardly noticeable if at all. Thanks THK Personally I think that the "...Classics" wheels should be genres of the MAME wheel. Adding them to the main menu is just clutter than makes it difficult to find what you want. This can be daunting when you have over 100 wheels but as you only have a few, I do not think it would be that big of a deal. If your android box is in a cabinet then I only suggest MAME, anything else you are going to want to sit down to play with few exceptions. Yeah if android had genre feature I would do it that way. Such is life. I read the sit down comment you made somewhere else recently and thought that makes perfect sense. Mines under the living room TV so not problem for me. You guys have any must play systems I should add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamg Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 This really goes back to nostalgia for me. I grew up with a NES and that was our video game console well into the SNES's lifespan as we did not have much money. So my heart is there I guess. That being said, I really enjoy the 8 and 16 bit eras. There are some good games for the later consoles but early 3D models did not age well as a whole. Cannot take away from gameplay on some of the 64's games and the RPGs for PS1 are rich. Outside of that I really have a hard time recommending these consoles. Dreamcast is an exception as the 3D has held up decent in most games (cough Dynamite Cop though) and the gameplay is just exceptional for many of it's titles. Highly recommend that system. My list of just have to have consoles would be as follows: Atari 2600 Atari 7200 Sega Master System Sege Genesis Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Dreamcast eXoDoS DOS games for DOSbox MAME PC Titles from steam including but not limited to Arcade Pinball, Pinball FX2, Gungeon, Ultra Street Fighter IV, Crawl, Worms, etc That is the minimum I would have on the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatman84 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Thanks Adamg that's exactly what I was looking for. How could I forget about worms love that game. Heard good things about Dreamcast so grabbed a full set yesterday will that's next on the list. Now to find out if dos games are android compatible. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyHighGam3r Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Here is what I would say are 'essential' as far as actual emulation goes that every HyperSpin setup should have if the system can handle themAtari 2600Atari 5200Atari 7800Atari LynxAtari JaguarColecoVisionMattel IntellivisionNEC TurboGrafx-16NEC TurboGrafx-CDNintendo Game BoyNintendo Game Boy ColorNintendo Game Boy AdvanceNintendo Virtual BoyNintendo DSNintendo 3DSNintendo NESNintendo SNESNintendo 64Nintendo GamecubeNintendo WiiNintendo Wii UPanasonic 3DOSega SG-1000Sega Game GearSega Master SystemSega GenesisSega CDSega 32XSega SaturnSega DreamcastSNK Neo Geo AESSNK Neo Geo PocketSNK Neo Geo Pocket ColorSony PSPSony PlaystationSony Playstation 2Also, no, I do not think a MAME wheel is in any way an 'essential'.That's just my opinion as a console gamer though.Arcades were LONG gone by the time I came around lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyStickKilla Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 So were some of those systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thcdgaf Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Here is what I would say are 'essential' as far as actual emulation goes that every HyperSpin setup should have if the system can handle them Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari Lynx Atari Jaguar ColecoVision Mattel Intellivision NEC TurboGrafx-16 NEC TurboGrafx-CD Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Game Boy Color Nintendo Game Boy Advance Nintendo Virtual Boy Nintendo DS Nintendo 3DS Nintendo NES Nintendo SNES Nintendo 64 Nintendo Gamecube Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U Panasonic 3DO Sega SG-1000 Sega Game Gear Sega Master System Sega Genesis Sega CD Sega 32X Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast SNK Neo Geo AES SNK Neo Geo Pocket SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color Sony PSP Sony Playstation Sony Playstation 2 Also, no, I do not think a MAME wheel is in any way an 'essential'. That's just my opinion as a console gamer though. Arcades were LONG gone by the time I came around lol. Without arcade there wouldn't be consoles think about it Sent from my A462C using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Without arcade there wouldn't be consoles think about it The 1st games were on 'super computers' way before personal computers, consoles were a thing. Without it no arcades etc. would exist. So..... add the text based games of the vacuum tube super computers? without it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thcdgaf Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 The 1st games were on 'super computers' way before personal computers, consoles were a thing. Without it no arcades etc. would exist. So..... add the text based games of the vacuum tube super computers? without it..... that was before my time prolly grew up pong era lol monochrome PCs Sent from my A462C using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Think about it..... I was joking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thcdgaf Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Think about it..... I was joking go me there must be the age lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creezz67 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 No MAME ??? eHHHH :wallbash: :wallbash: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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