Let's Argue: Best console for homebrew?

[Deleted member 397813]

lets see

 

[AmandaRose]

Why is this even a thing when we all know it's the WiiU closely followed by a New 3ds.

 

[the_randomizer]

Wii U is among the best, why?

- Easier to hack with permanent CFW than others
- Partially portable with the Wii U pad (partially as in, you can't be too far from console)
- Much more CPU and GPU horsepower for running MAME and other arcades full speed
- DS emulation via VC injection is also pretty darn good

 

[Deleted User]

(this ranking asumes you have none of these, i also added some besides the original options)

First are the 3ds and Vita, cheap, near impossible to get banned, large non-hb catalog, large hb catalog, powerful enough to emulate a lot of stuff, great controls, super portable.

Second would be xbox 360 or ps3 because of cheapness (at least in most countries, cuz here even used they are like 150 usd, and that is if the seller is generous), near impossible to get banned, large non-hb catalog, large hb catalog, powerful enough to emulate a lot of stuff and great controllers.

Third would be Xbox or Wii, cheap, impossible to get banned, large non-hb catalog, large hb catalog, powerful enough to emulate some stuff, ok controllers.

Fourth would be a Shield Tv, cheap (in most places), impossible to get banned, ok non-hb catalog, large hb catalog, powerful enough to emulate most stuff, ok controller or controller up to you.

Fifth would be a Raspberry Pi or a similar SBC, cheap, impossible to get banned, large hb catalog, powerful enough to emulate a lot of stuff, the controller is up to you, the portability is up to you.

Sixth would be a cheap pc (reffer to what i said at the beginning), 200-400 dollars, impossible to get banned, large non-hb catalog, large hb catalog, powerful enough to emulate even some of the systems earlier on this list, controller up to you.

Seventh is Wii U, it still somewhat holds up in price due to collectors, near impossible to get banned, ok non-hb catalog, large hb catalog, powerful enough to emulate most stuff, ok controller, somewhat portable.

Last is Switch, alright, hold you pitchforks and let me explain, it's among the more expensive ones on this list, ban risk is fairly high, large non-hb catalog, large hb catalog, powerful enough to emulate most stuff, the controller just breaks easily, fairly portable.

Android phones: i didnt know where to put this one, so it's unranked, but assuming you go for a 200-400 dollar goal (including a controller), they are impossible to get banned, a few non-hb titles worth playing, large hb catalog, powerful enough to emulate most stuff, controller up to you, and fairly portable

Going back to what i said first, this ranking assumes you have none of this already, in reality, you probably have one or more of these, its best to use what you have (personally, i wouldnt run hb on a switch, but its your console, do what you want), no one lives in the same situation, and only you know your budget, what you are running, how you are going to run it, where you'll be using it, etc, personally, i just have an n3ds for on the go, and a fairly expensive pc at home, and that's the setup that works best for me, might work for you, or it might not. This list is just my opinion, feel free to disagree with me.

 

[Crazynoob458]

my first wii
bloody ass easy to hack
large amounts of homebrew

second ds
flashcarts
FLASHCARTS
high quality homebrew but not lots of them

third switch
nothing really lots of homebrew and some other interesting nitpicks

 

[M7L7NK7]

Switch for near perfect n64 emulation

 

[DinohScene]

360 is the worst console when it comes to emulation.
Your poll is invalid!

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

PSP/Wii/PS3 era best, since that was the last era when console homebrew was actually more than just "emulators/retroarch/open source game ports and maybe things for save backing up/editing/cheating". Give me back my weird custom homebrew games and programs, please.

 

[macalere]

i vote 3ds because it is the only one i have. and also close this thread

 

[Deleted member 397813]

and also close this thread

no need for this

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Aw, no love for the PS3, given it can play the most games now on all versions of the system?

 

[tabzer]

1. Switch
2. Vita
3. *new* 3DS/PS3
4. Wii U/PSP


Somewhere on the list is a SNES mini. Below that is the original Xbox. Below that is the Xbox 360.

 

[Veho]

For running homebrew, or to develop homebrew for?

 

[tabzer]

For running homebrew, or to develop homebrew for?

Why not both? As long as you contribute to the argument then I don't see what your problem is.

 

[Veho]

PSP/Wii/PS3 era best, since that was the last era when console homebrew was actually more than just "emulators/retroarch/open source game ports and maybe things for save backing up/editing/cheating". Give me back my weird custom homebrew games and programs, please.

Homebrew peaked with Moonshell DS.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

PSP/Wii/PS3 era best, since that was the last era when console homebrew was actually more than just "emulators/retroarch/open source game ports and maybe things for save backing up/editing/cheating". Give me back my weird custom homebrew games and programs, please.

Honestly, just the old days was better. You could still customize the aesthetics of Windows as opposed to the sterile, uniform, corporate looking designs of today, some emulators came with menus like ZSNES (Even if the emulation isn't good by today's standards), you had emulators on console that had menus with music like this playing:



It was a time before political correctness. A time when computers and doing anything out of the ordinary on them was reserved for nerds and geeks like you and I. A time before social media like you and I know it today existed.

Gotta admit, I've been on a bit of a retro discovery phase in life, especially considering there's a lot of music and media in general I've missed out on in life growing up the way I did.

 

[slaphappygamer]

It’s clearly the Wii for Mii, not Switch.

 

[godreborn]

360 is the worst console when it comes to emulation.
Your poll is invalid!

Indeed. 360 is a disaster, but what you need it for is doable.

 

[The Catboy]

Bias answer that is only based on my experiences, but my lineup is 3DS, PSP, then OG Xbox. My Switch isn't hacked right now mostly due to lacking money to replace it if anything goes wrong and lack of time to want to hack it. The 3DS is easily my most worked-on system, having been so closely involved in the 3DS scene. I love the 3DS homebrew scene and I love the progress that has been made in 3DS hacking. I also love how involved I was in the scene, how I got to know so many of the devs involved and was able to help out both as a member of the scene and behind the scene alongside some amazing people (@CrimsonMaple is one of my closest friends now and I love them. <3) From there, the PSP was such a powerhouse of portable emotion, that it easily was one of my go-to systems for emulation on the go for years now. The Xbox is just a fun system to hack and I learned a lot about the hardware and how to get things working. I have a lot of good memories with my hacked Xbox and I still have my old as fuck first hacked Xbox.

 

[JaNDeRPeiCH]

my first wii
bloody ass easy to hack
large amounts of homebrew

second ds
flashcarts
FLASHCARTS
high quality homebrew but not lots of them

third switch
nothing really lots of homebrew and some other interesting nitpicks

Flashcarts are great, i have a functional Supercard DSTWO,Acekard 2i (not a clone), ace3ds plus and r4 gold rts.

I wish how to mod my supercard dstwo to mod it to fit and extract with no issues in the slot 1 on my old3ds aqua.