Let me know if you’ve any specific questions about the RG40XX H although I’m guessing some of the seasoned pros here also have one.
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Does anyone use something like backloggd, or an alternative ‘letterboxd but for video games’ to assist with game curation. I’m trying to navigate my way through the endless amount of games from the mid-80s to early 2,000s and feel like I need some sort of logging tool. This looks like it could do the job. I’m primarily looking for somewhere I could navigate through user generated lists (eg top 100 PS1 games, top 100 RPGs) to then inform lists that I would curate and align with what’s on my RG40XX. What I’m desperately trying not to do is add 1,000s of ROMs onto an SD card to then get decision paralysis every time I reach for the device.
I did for a while, but couldn’t keep it up. It missed the sweet spot for me that Letterboxd hits of being super easy to log stuff.
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I created an account last night and I can already see how some of those small UX differences actually make such a big difference.
I think it will sill serve it’s purpose of cataloging games into
- games I want to play but have yet to aquire
- games I’ve aquired but will be rotated onto my device at a later date
- games on my device
- games removed from my device after playing
I don’t expect to log at the same rate as I would movies, TV or music and I can’t think of a better way to curate the above
dont know about backloggd, but I have an approach to the too many roms dilemma. something I was late to realise is that with emulation station based frontends holding down select toggles between showing all roms and showing just those marked as favourite. so can have entire romsets on there which is useful, as if there is a game I want to check out it is most likely already there also just browsing the video previews and seeing what catches my eye.
its not ideal as you have to do it for every system, and it only remembers until the device restarts. but as well as marking a game as favourite there is an option to mark a game as ‘hidden’ and that way it only appears when ‘show hidden’ is selected from menu. problem is wanting to hide thousands of games would take a long time to do individually. keep meaning to write a script that takes the games list.xml file and adds in hidden=true to any rom that is not set as favourite. that way all non-favourites could be permanently hidden unless deliberately ‘show hidden’ is selected.
i’ve also got this set up on my raspberry pi home server
its not like backloggd, no lists, it hosts roms and lets you emulate directly in browser, but there are also client apps for handhelds via portmaster. so you can connect from handheld, and downloads game from your Romm collection.
Haven’t tried that functionality yet as the hiding non favourites as good enough for me, but its nice being able to browse entire system rom sets and play in browser
edit: oh wait, looking at the romm demo there are ‘collecitons’ which I guess you could use to make lists of whatever you want
RomM looks impressive.
One reason I’m looking for a letterboxd for retro games is that I do want to leverage community ratings and lists along with genre categories to help curate my collection. The reality is that I was an Amiga owner during the 90s and then went straight to a PS2 so I’m looking for guidance in what I should be playing that I’m completely unaware of. There are entire genres like RPG and RTS that I’ve avoided entirely that I’ll be looking to dabble in.
Which consoles are you most interested in? What are your favourite genres or games? You could get some good recommendations for games from us on here.
Looking at essential games for
- snes
- megadrive
- ps1
- game boy advance
- nintendo 64
- DS if it can work well on a single screen
catering for the fact that if a game has been remade and improved upon in a later console then I can skip the original.
I’ve enough insight into Arcade for now although there’s more than likely some games that I’ve missed out on over the years.
I’m also then trying to come up with a plan for introducing me to the world of RGPs. I think I got Gemini to propose a plan will have to take a closer look.
new ‘plus’ version
differences seem to be:
- Stock Os is linux not android
- Integer scales original NDS
- Redesigned hinge
- Touch stylus
- Dropped a thumbstick, presumably so they can reintroduce for an eventual rg ds plus pro model
No word on the chip and whether it can handle 3ds but probably not as that would more likely be android
The Megadrive was my introduction to RPGs (Landstalker, Shining Force 1 and 2, Phantasy Star IV) and would be a good starting point. The SNES is the golden age for Japanese RPG games, though, so you will have plenty of essential games to try on that console. Subsequent remakes become more of an issue with SNES RPGs, but whether or not they are an improvement can be very subjective.
The PS1, Gameboy Advance and DS all have quality RPGs to play when you are ready to move on from the 16 bit era.
The N64 is the only console on that list mostly devoid of RPGs, but it does have one well regarded real time tactical RPG in Ogre Battle 64.
Real time strategy games generally play better on the Amiga, so if you are able to play those on the Amiga I would focus mainly on console only games. The Megadrive had a very early example (Herzog Zwei) that was influential on the genre and would be an accessible entry point.
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Thanks, at some point I’ll track down those kickstarter ROMs which I believe are needed for Amiga emulation. I probably have a version of them somewhere that I used in the past, I actually probably have the legit floppy disc somewhere too if I looked hard enough as I never got rid of the Amiga.
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Oh, another thing I forgot to mention is I’ve never managed to get into a zelda game when I dabbled with emulation over the years so if anyone can suggest a good and not necessarily linear primer, that would be great.
As you have struggled to get into the series, I would actually go an unorthodox route and suggest Soleil (known as Crusader of Gentry in the US) on the Megadrive as a simpler beginner’s take on Zelda. It is a good game that you should be able to complete fairly quickly.
As for Zelda games, I don’t think the order you play them is considered to be important. It is more down to whether the 2D or 3D games appeal to you more. The order of release is as good as any for following the 2D or 3D route.
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Incredible game. I have the cartridge somewhere here. Could never beat it as a child, might be time to go back to it.
@cloudb in a similar vein there’s a Zelda clone on the Megadrive called ‘Story Of Thor’ (or ‘Beyond Oasis’ in the U.S.A.) that’s one of the best games on the system. Phenomenal soundtrack by the legendary Yuzo Koshiro.
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