NVidia Shield TV as an emulation box? Best or better options?

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The aim of the feedback was to attempt to alleviate your idiocy by allowing you to see how pointless what you said was because everyone else who has ignored your dirge so far has done neither you nor your lack of comprehension any favors because at least from now on you'll pause to read/consider before satisfying your urge to hit reply. The intent was to help you become a better poster but you're free to take it how you want

Why is anybody even bothering to try and help this guy out??
 

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A Wii U makes a great emulation box. You can emulate PSX, N64 and DS with ease and run GC and Wii games natively. The gamepad works great for DS games that need touchscreen input. Plus they are cheaper than a Shield TV. But the Shield TV is good for media consumption as well, Wii U is not quite as good for that.

Eh, PSX and N64 are still a mess, many games on PSX are glitchy as hell and many games with redbook audio don't even play sound. With N64, you're better off using VC injections as most games will run fine.

Edit: Some games like FF7, FF8 and FF9 all have to be run in interpreter mode, because if it's in dynamic mode when entering a battle, it crashes WiiSX, so yeah.
 
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Eh, PSX and N64 are still a mess, many games on PSX are glitchy as hell and many games with redbook audio don't even play sound. With N64, you're better off using VC injections as most games will run fine.

Edit: Some games like FF7, FF8 and FF9 all have to be run in interpreter mode, because if it's in dynamic mode when entering a battle, it crashes WiiSX, so yeah.
On what emulator? I thought RetroArch was supposed to work pretty well.
 

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Btw, if you would be okay with a handheld that you can plug into your TV if needed, the GPD XD+ is great for that. Just bought it a few weeks ago.
 
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On what emulator? I thought RetroArch was supposed to work pretty well.

WiiSX. There's no dynarec for RetroArch on Wii U, it's been a very slow process as it hasn't been ported over yet. @QuarkTheAwesome will be porting it over. So
until that happens, PSX games will not run well on Wii or Wii U.
 
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Btw, if you would be okay with a handheld that you can plug into your TV if needed, the GPD XD+ is great for that. Just bought it a few weeks ago.

Interesting, I was actually also considering this as it looks great:



But the STV seems to be the best option in terms of support, build quality and raw power because as attractive as the handheld is (and how much better old school graphics look on a small screen) I prefer comfy gaming. What do you make of the GPD XD+ please? A quick review with its strengths and weaknesses would be great.

Has anyone reading went the small/quiet PC way? If so whats your setup and how do you rate it?
 

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I honestly avoid RetroArch on WiiU or Wii I prefer the Wii Emulators for AIO Nintendo overclocked with C2W But absolutely love it on PC Android can be hit and miss at times but depends on hardware.
 

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I honestly avoid RetroArch on WiiU or Wii I prefer the Wii Emulators for AIO Nintendo overclocked with C2W But absolutely love it on PC Android can be hit and miss at times but depends on hardware.

Yeah, the card corrupting glitch I mentioned on my Wii U is what put me off RetroArch. It really does seem it needs the PC version to get the full bells and whistles of filters, optimization and all the other cool features but generally I've never been a fan of it as I've always preferred separate emulators as RA is just so nerdy with its over the top configuration and the rest of the crap when you just want to play a quick classic.

This was the main reason I kept the OG Xbox around so long because everything just worked with no faffing around.

Stuff like this really makes the STV look good though:





 

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Yeah, the card corrupting glitch I mentioned on my Wii U is what put me off RetroArch. It really does seem it needs the PC version to get the full bells and whistles of filters, optimization and all the other cool features but generally I've never been a fan of it as I've always preferred separate emulators as RA is just so nerdy with its over the top configuration and the rest of the crap when you just want to play a quick classic.

This was the main reason I kept the OG Xbox around so long because everything just worked with no faffing around.

Stuff like this really makes the STV look good though:







Card corrupting issues? Never had that happen to my SD cards, maybe you're using off brand cards or just another excuse to crap on RetroArch?
 

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Interesting, I was actually also considering this as it looks great:



But the STV seems to be the best option in terms of support, build quality and raw power because as attractive as the handheld is (and how much better old school graphics look on a small screen) I prefer comfy gaming. What do you make of the GPD XD+ please? A quick review with its strengths and weaknesses would be great.

Has anyone reading went the small/quiet PC way? If so whats your setup and how do you rate it?


A review would be a great idea. It would be fun creating it. But if I do so, I would need someone that looks over it before I release it because English is not my native language. If someone wants to do that, I'd do that.
 

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Card corrupting issues? Never had that happen to my SD cards, maybe you're using off brand cards or just another excuse to crap on RetroArch?

Still banging that drum? Official Sandisk tested with F3 to check capacity and sourced via proper channels. Shit happens, sit on the kerb and get yourself a beer, dirtbag.

A review would be a great idea. It would be fun creating it. But if I do so, I would need someone that looks over it before I release it because English is not my native language. If someone wants to do that, I'd do that.

I'm cool with that, if you'd like to type it up and PM it to me I'll look over it and then you can share it with the community as there isn't much proper talk on this model yet.
 
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Still banging that drum? Official Sandisk tested with F3 to check capacity and sourced via proper channels. Shit happens, sit on the kerb and get yourself a beer, dirtbag.

I'm cool with that, if you'd like to type it up and PM it to me I'll look over it and then you can share it with the community as there isn't much proper talk on this model yet.

Whatever you say jackhole.
 

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If you couldn't tell, some of us are just trying to help you and you don’t have to be a dick about not liking our answers. You kind of shit on your own thread, I can tell from your whining and name calling. Something tells me this probably isn’t the first time you’ve had this issue. I hope find what you need. You can take that how you want to.
 
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@the_randomizer I too got my SDCard Corrupted at one point and it too was a SanDisk oddly enough 8GB.

I use a 64GB now but I think it was due to the way the write speed performance etc in RetroArch for WiiU that many of us have had issues with especially those damn downloads updating cores etc.
 

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@the_randomizer I too got my SDCard Corrupted at one point and it too was a SanDisk oddly enough 8GB.

I use a 64GB now but I think it was due to the way the write speed performance etc in RetroArch for WiiU that many of us have had issues with especially those damn downloads updating cores etc.

I literally never had a SD card get corrupted, used a Kingston card though, 16 GB I think.
 

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HTPC >Shield TV
Bought a Shield TV for 4K HDR playback and emulation. Tried a handful of GC games and they ran like garbage. Bought a $200 Dell i7, works great. Dropped in a 1050ti and now pretty much everything runs pretty well. Playing through some PS2 games now.
 
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Everything works well with android lineage on nin switch
I formulate everything that my.gpdxd (1st version) I use retroarch+ Arcbrowser) no information on the screen, retroarch is in the background, behind the frontend, the switch allows to emulate crt shader easily, with run latency, that my gpdxd can't match or rival, I have 2 retroarch, 32 and 64 bits, because psx rearmed to hd resolution in 32 bits, not on 64bits, and picodrive is full speed in 32 bits, and in 64 bits 20 to 40fps... Everything is perfect in emulation, and superior to the gpdxd in performance, all this with a beta, I wait for the magpie....
 

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