Thread 12133489

>post em
How is your gaming setup coming along, /v/?

My old setup. Sold almost everything earlier this year...

>>12133541
Nice setup.
>Playing without a screen nor a controller sounds fun.
Typical shitster behavior. Not even reading the thread, just shitting it full
Ps: buy an ad you miserable golem

>>12133518
did you make a good return at least? what did you all keep?

>>12133546
no one cares about your rotting plastic you fag

>>12133489 (OP)
>everything neatly arranged
soulless

>>12133582
The quintessential coomlector.

>>12133569
I emulate as well. I just don't pay for an overpriced mem emulation box.

>>12133518
>CRT
>random posters here and there
>that box in the top left corner
>hanging spot for VR on the side
>Proper PC setup

Pretty cozy and based, ngl. This suspiciously looks like a Europoor setup though, which I guess makes it slightly more impressive. You need a proper stereo for this.

Dorm gaming.

>>12133541
You sit in a hallway and fiddle with a little black box?

>>12133797
Was this taken after they trooned out?

>>12133518
Comfy as fuck

How do I get a good setup?

>>12133518
Do yourself a favour and put the Joker poster in the bin.

>>12134194
based shirtless strongfat chad. only gay thing in that picture is the ps mini.

>>12133489 (OP)
I like second gen consoles.

>>12134276
Good for you, anon. I love that Vectrix. Did you grow up with them and are an oldfag, or just like them for some reason? It's pretty rare to like that gen unless you were growing up with it. I grew up with the NES and played Atarti 2800, but even then I knew it was pretty outdated by early NES standards.

>>12133489 (OP)
I got a newer AVR recently, and since it doesn't convert analog video to HDMI, also got a cheap RetroScaler 2x. Decent hardware for the price. It allows me to use the better S-Video input on my N64, but now I don't have component video capability for my Xbox. Debating whether to bother with that when I can play my old Xbox games with my 360.

>>12134276
>vulpine studios
anon, why do you have furry porn on your wall?
more importantly, why do you have 3 copies of qbert?!

>>12134276
Beautiful. Love the all black 2600. I know I’ve seen the thing on top of the Sears Intellivision, but I can’t quite place it.

>>12134298
>Did you grow up with them and are an oldfag, or just like them for some reason?
A mix of grew up with them and just like em. I'm definitely not an oldfag though. I'm part of that weird in between space of young millennials that are too old to be zoomers but barely remember life before 9/11. Grew up with a mix of Windows 98, the PS2 and the Wii. I wasn't poor growing up but wasn't rich either, and since you only got a new game on Christmas and your birthday or after saving up your allowance for months, I bought a lot of retro game compilations since they were often cheaper and gave you a lot of games for your money. Activision Anthology, Intellivision Lives, Namco Museum, Atari Anthology, those types of games. So I grew up with the games, but not with the systems, if that makes sense.
>>12134312
I dunno, why do you know furry artists from their signatures, anon?
Also because every unlabled Parker Brothers game turns out to be Q*Bert.
>>12134358
That's an Entex Pacman2, it's a second Gen hand held that runs on four C batteries and only plays PacMan.

>>12134276
This nigga fucks.

>>12133569
>no one cares
and yet retro prices continue to rise, how odd

>>12134429
No. You don't.

>>12133569
This. I care so little about rotting plastic I can't afford that I shitpost about it every day.

>>12135019
>plastic
>rotting
crying_indian_man.gif

>>12135451
looks comfy

>>12135451
Nice and cozy set up. What's the console between the Amiga 2000 and black mage?

>>12135451
That gato couldn't look more cozy.

>>12135872
Sharp twin famicom. I've got an adaptor to play nes carts and an adaptor to plug in nes controllers to reach comfortably to the couch

>>12135496
Thanks
>>12135496
>>12135496

>>12135936
Greggy is a sweet boy

Im pretty happy with mine, I do need to put something in the tv shelf and do some cable management. People were complaining that it is too sterile so I might have to put something on the wall

>>12136280
>panasonic Q

How many people in /vr/ have one of those? I thought there was two but I've seen several posted in the last week.

>>12133541
Simple as

>>12133582
This

>>12133590
This

>>12133489 (OP)
>/v/
wrong board

>>12136349
i am probably to blame for at least one of those posts, i was the guy who has two of them. Although i am selling my spare one

>>12133569
>no one cares about your rotting plastic you fag
NTA but I wish you'd piss of and stop posting worthless seething spamming bad vibes twat

>>12134194
Based.

It's coming along. Well done, Anon. I give a pass on the PS mini. Those things can be side loaded to be made a little better.

>>12135451
based af

wouldgamethere/10

>>12136349
>newchild doesn't know everyone on /zr/ has a warehouse full of anything any youtuber has ever screeched about
Fitting in really isn't your thing, is it?

>>12133489 (OP)
>How is your gaming setup coming along, /v/?
I need to redesign, I need a 50 inch opposite couch with a hdmi switch and 5.1 speaker with inputs via optical and composite but also a dual screen PC and a 32 inch crt withthree consoles on them, the TV by scart, composite and RF the oled 50 inch has four by hdm and then I have to 14 inch crts with 8 bit computers. I have a wall mount for the TV and a lazyboy to add, it's just become messy and needs a reorg with cable management and thought for two wheels and a light gun rack as well as a few joysticks as well as controllers.

>>12134276
BASED

>>12134205
no idea

>>12134374
>Activision Anthology, Intellivision Lives, Namco Museum, Atari Anthology, those types of games.
Samebrain, capcom and midway and atari athology are there too I'd guess. namco museum is great stuff.

>>12136349
>board with obsessed hobbyist weirdos all have similar obscure stuff
Guarantee it's the same phenomena on other boards.

>>12134205
do people just not give advice anymore?
never been able to get a good setup and asking on every site/board leads to dead air or shit

>>12136846
It's sort of a weird question. Just buy whatever interests you and arrange it in a way you find pleasing. If this proves too difficult, adapt someone else's setup to the limitations of your budget and home.

>>12136846
Gonna be honest, asking "whats a good set-up for this hobby I enjoy", sounds very gay and like trying to fit in to something. Did you need advice when you were kid of how you should set up your bedroom? Most set-ups are not one size fits all. It's just making a workable space in whatever spare area you have with whatever stuff you have access to. Unless what someone is really asking is "how can I make a set-up that will maximize people on the internet giving me a thumbs-up?"

>>12134276
>Fellow 2nd gen enjoyer
Jealous of your 5200. I'm trying to decide between it and an Atari XEGS.

>>12133518
Do you emulate now?

>>12137080
Get an 800XL

>>12133489 (OP)
looks like books belong there instead, terrible aesthetic

>>12137080
I'm equally envious of that colecovision and Odyssey2, bro. I'd say only get a 5200 if you're a freak like me trying to collect all the second generation consoles, otherwise listen to >>12137103 and get an Atari 800.

cant you be normal
either you guys live in a museum or its >>12134194

>>12136875
>>12136923
It's a lot harder when you didn't grow up with furniture or most basic things + OCD. Been trying to arrange my room with my consoles in a way that's pleasant for over a decade.

>>12137271
That's understandable. If you're comfortable doing so, maybe try posting what you currently have and explain why you find it unsatisfactory. It's difficult to offer advice without having some familiarity with your tastes, goals, and space limitations.

>>12137080
>>12134276
Did you guys ever get maintenance done on your Vectrex? How/where did you do it?

I have one and I feel like it's just a ticket timebomb.

>>12137338
If you look closely in the picture of my collection you can see that mine is still miscalibrated from when I bought it. I took some electrical repair classes in college, so I dug up the old factory service manual online, put on some heavy rubber gloves and opened it up to fuck with it. I thought it was just the X and Y adjustment potentiometers or the CRT centering rings being misaligned. Turns out it was neither of those, so I'm waiting for a slow day at work so I can take it in an use a company oscilloscope to further diagnose it. I probably should buy a multicart with the factory test program before I do that, too.
Take extra care to NOT TOUCH the inside of the CRT if you open up the Vectrex, it can and will kill you if you're not careful.

>>12137084
Yes. I needed money and the space for my newborn. But I'm fine with emulating now. I swallowed the purist / original hardware pride and now I'm good

>>12137140
People who can read are too hard to impress with manbaby pictures

>>12134194
>mfw I can smell this picture
Nigga is living like a literal hamster

>>12133518
Divorce thanos?

All in storage until I get my shit together.

audiocucked

>>12137747
No just became a father recently and needed money for things

I mostly game on my tube, but my friend always wants to watch me stream shit, so I finally sorted it out. Actually had most of what I needed laying around, after borrowing my wife's old laptop and buying a cheapo headset.

After 10+ years of collecting games, another 10 years of not playing them, I'm selling half of my collection.
The only good thing is that prices are now absurdly high.

>>12137929
i started buying stuff 20 years ago, most of it sat on a shelf since, id planned to get round to it or play those games eventually but never did.

i started selling stuff off bout 10yrs ago, a lot i sold to CeX for some quick cash, so id get about half what its worth sometimes a 5th of what its worth.

couldnt be bothered with the hassle of selling it individually, stil i made a profit on some stuff, other stuff i got less that i paid 10-20 yrs ago.

since im fast approaching 40 its time to get rid of a lot of shit, i kept a lot of the consoles and a few games for each that have sentimental value, and sold everything else, i plan to get flash carts for my 8/16bits, everything else has hdd/sd for games.

>>12138130
>since im fast approaching 40 its time to get rid of a lot of shit,
Why? What significance does that hold?

>>12137183
>Trying to collect every 2nd gen console
Sounds fun, good luck bro. I saw an Emerson Arcadia 2001 show up on Market Place in my area a while ago, and they're the consoles you're most likely to find. decent deals on
>>12137338
I'm lucky enough to have a console repair guy and a CRT repair guy less than a 30 minute driving distance from my house so those are who I use.

Also thank you both for the advice. I don't shit about the 8-bit Atari computers besides that there's ton of arcade games I wanna play on them, so I'll keep my eyes out for an 800. Those are considerably cheaper than the 5200 and XEGS anyway.

>>12137929
>>12138130
nobody cares. post your setup or blog elsewhere, faggot(s).

>>12134194
Beautiful dresser. Love that old, worn look.

>>12136846
Good setup, the guide.
>acquire 27" (or larger) CRT (preferably with s-video & composite, late model Trinitrons are a good bet)
>acquire good quality composite or s-video cables (monster cable is worth it)
>acquire audio receiver (any old one will do)
>acquire bookshelf speakers
>acquire a furniture piece to place your acquired setup on
>acquire surge protector (buy a new Tripp Lite)
>hook it all up
That's it. That's how you get a good setup.

r8

>>12133518
It's always funny to see PALfags act superior over muh original hardware when they're actually playing butchered 17% slower 50hz conversions and would have gotten the intended superior experience had they just stopped being fags about it and emulated. Really just proves these people are posers trying to look hardcore and don't really know anything, emulator inaccuracies are just placebo and impossible to see unless you're autistic whereas 50hz is immediately noticeably inferior to anyone with eyes.

>>12138383
This, basically. Why the fuck would you even need "advice" to figure this out, though?

>>12138413
Hard to tell. If that's in a room of your house 6/10. If it's in your garage, 2/10.

>>12138413
8/10

>>12136846
I don't visit this board very much anymore because there aren't very many good posters left and I don't enjoy the low effort baiting and shitposting culture but I'll try my best to give you sound advice. Start with one system and one TV. Best place to buy a system is on FBMP and make sure you can test it, if that doesn't work try a retro store if you have one locally, they should have tested it and maybe even cleaned it before buying it themselves. I'd advise against ebay for this because it's a dumping ground for stuff that is in less than good condition, but if you find a good deal it might be worth it. Buy a TV off craigslist or FBMP, any CRT will do to start off. Don't spend a lot of money on your first TV. 20 - 27" is what most people like but you may like larger or smaller than that. Don't search for "crt" or "trinitron" or whatever else, just search for "tv" and start scrolling, people selling CRTs typically don't put a lot of effort in their posts and just want it gone. Just start playing games and having fun. You can go with original carts or a flashcart, nothing wrong with either. Be on the lookout for a better TV all the time, you are going to want to swap it for a nice one eventually, Sony, Toshiba and JVC are the known good brands but I've had a ton of crap TVs that look better picture wise than the brands I listed. Don't get hung up on brands or models, look for picture quality and good inputs. You will want S-video and component eventually. Getting some decent speakers is nice, but that's probably down the line a bit if you are just getting started.

Laptop with roms and a wired snes like controller. On a Walmart plastic picnic table. Next to a tv with a hacked ps classic. Legit n64 and all the top games in a storage box near by. Cat bed in the window in petting distance if the gaming gets too intense.
Won’t be posting pictures. From my understanding you can dox people from the camera phone pictures using the Meta data.

>>12138453
It's my garage. I want to move it inside because the winter is cold but I don't have anywhere to put it right now so I'm just gaming out in my garage for the time being.

>>12138473
>Cat bed in the window in petting distance if the gaming gets too intense.
Good day, fellow toxomplasmosis-enjoyer!

>>12133518
>Sold almost everything
So you started emulating huh.

>>12138481
The typical garage isn't a place for vidya, mate.

>>12138453
>Why the fuck would you even need "advice" to figure this out, though?
Lots of people (especially zoomers) never had a sound system in their house growing up and lots of people also don't have any experience with cable quality. You don't know what you don't know. You are correct, however, that a basic logic stream should very quickly land on "battlestation or gaming setup is an A/V setup; get good stuff and have good setup".

>>12137326
It is extremely hard for me to take a photo that has decent lighting, quality, or doesn't show my reflection...
I wanted to get a rack or one long desk to work on everything but since my dad didn't want me to get rid of the old desk, we just threw the two together. It's not that comfortable and looks pretty bad.
I always wanted to weebify it, get some posters, figures, hook up the rest of my old games and just make it look savvy

>>12138543
This was one of my favs when looking for setups. I asked on a lot of places including /g/ but 4chan is fucking dead now and the people who do have good setups are 30+ and have parents money.

>>12138536
I think a cheap set of powered speakers make a lot more sense for most people than a full setup.

>>12138548
>a cheap set of powered speakers
powered by what? What do you consider a "full setup"?

Audio is so easy. people just make it seem hard because they're afraid of any cable that isn't a power cord or HDMI these days.

>>12138548
There's a bajillion good audio receivers floating around for pennies to peanuts and just as many speakers. Walk into any ol' boomer's house and they have one or two unused receivers just sitting somewhere. Probably would give them to you for cleaning the gutters, too. In my experience, most powered speakers require a special adapter to work with a TV anyway. Speaker cord gives you a lot more freedom to put your shit where you want and actually hide cords. Receivers also give you the ability to customize your audio to a degree that your TV probably can't. I would consider typical powered speakers a workable solution, but not really fit for a "good" setup.

>>12138493
Wifey won't let him :(

>>12138485
Nice.

>>12138487
Yes. I explained it in the other post

>>12138581
Powered speakers just implies having a built in amp designed specifically for the drivers. Full setup I'm just talking about a receiver/amp, floor speakers and a sub, makes little sense to have all that just to play video games, maybe if you had a VCR or turntable I would understand the need for that but we're just talking about video games. Modern powered speakers usually use RCA wires, you can find them new for about $100, used half that or less.

>>12138938
Weird that you consider a sub and floor speakers necessary for a VCR, but not for video games. Also, I never said anything about floor speakers and subs in my good setup guide. You don't need either of those for a good setup. Bookshelf speakers are perfectly acceptable.

>>12138335
>Why? What significance does that hold?
just seems pointless to hold on to most of that shit, its sat on a shelf for 15-20 years and i still havent got round to enjoying it so far and probably never will, i decided to down size and just keep things that are important, and turn the rest into cash.

>>12138360
>post your setup or blog elsewhere, faggot(s)
no setup at the moment, shits all over the place due to decorating, heres an older pic now post yours.

>>12138976
>just seems pointless to hold on to most of that shit, its sat on a shelf for 15-20 years and i still havent got round to enjoying it so far and probably never will
I feel you, anon.
Plus there is now less time to play, and less time to play for long sessions.

>>12139005
>Plus there is now less time to play, and less time to play for long sessions.
thats it, and the reason i mainly play arcade games now, something you can play for 5mins or 30mins, usually i play negeo games on my nds lite, works pretty gud.

>>12138383
See >>12138543
I have a decent CRT, cables etc. No audio system but the TV is loud enough, I just am not good at furniture or picking a comfortable aesthetic. Management is annoying.
>>12138453
Reread my post
>>12138467
I got a JVC 20" for $150. It costs more than $250 on average where I live (NY) on Marketplace.
I honestly like Composite/SVideo, just need good furniture and a way to set them up. A lot of them have broken in storage and don't know whether to fix or replace.

>>12139196
Furniture and speakers are afterthoughts especially furniture. Just make sure it's something substantial enough to support the weight of the TV. As for the speakers you will want to make sure they are shielded if you plan on having them right next to your TV.

>>12140110
>Furniture and speakers are afterthoughts especially furniture.
based no class nothing owning bug eater

>>12138938
>Full setup I'm just talking about a receiver/amp, floor speakers and a sub, makes little sense to have all that just to play video games
Why not? Do video games not have low-frequency audio? Also, if you're already getting an amp and speakers, that's a majority of the cost/effort of a "full setup", anyway. Adding a sub is practically effortless. You don't really know what you're talking about.

>>12137779
Best setup itt

Not changed much since the last pic

>>12138383
>I don't actually play video games I just like to jerk off at the concept and sniff nostalgia farts: the guide.

>>12137779
Just waiting for a water damage. Get that shit in plastic.

>>12140367
>thinks a practical A/V setup is all show and no game
What a pleb.

>>12140110
>living in this level of scarcity
Goodness. Show us where the furniture and sound system touched you.

>>12140393
>and here's my 8 year old son's video game setup from the 90's he's quite the retro enthusiast

>>12140426
Unfathomably based.

>>12140634
reddit filters to based now?

>>12140383
An upscaler is smaller and better, so yes. Enjoy your scam-lines.

>>12140256
Nice setup! which console in your collection do you play the most often?

>>12142808
Thanks anon!
My Megadrive by far since it's my childhood console, then I like to play Tetris on my DMG with my daughter. Also love me some guncon2 action and neogeo metal slug or fightans with friends.

>>12143660
>figures in front of game cases
>that many games
How to tell this anon doesn't actually play any of this and just coomlects for the sake of coomlecting. Sad.

>>12143681
>"i maybe have to move a small object in front of my game to reach it?? Oh, the humanity!!"

>>12143681
You can lift the games above the figures.. anon, find a more fitting target for your bitching

>>12143681
>You have many games therefore you don't play them.
Yep you are retarded. Plus those games are more than 30yo, don't you think I had time to play them before you were born ?

Bump

>>12133489 (OP)
Some of it is in my closet, most is in a storage unit. No time or space for videogames. Even on my downtime I'm usually exhausted and coming here is easy and gives me a similar feeling. I have an r36s I play on at night or days like today where I'm recouping from working myself into an early grave

>>12149115
Thanks for unsolicitedly filling us in on your incredibly dull and shitty life

>>12134194
I envy all these anons in here completely oblivious to who this fat attention seeking faggot is

>battlestation thread on /v/
>RGB lightning faggot shit everywhere
>funko pops and other gay mass produced figurines in glass cases just waiting for you to snag your elbow on them
>no videogames except AAA garbage on modern consoles
>shitposting out the ass, barely any on topic posts

>battlestation thread on /vr/
>comfy setups without eye raping GAMER™ lighting gear everywhere that you can tell are actually used for games
>tasteful and cool physical memorabilia
>tons of vidya across the ages
>no shitposting, only peace

Man I need to unfuck my living room setup, the free furniture I got from my dad is nice but it doesn't accommodate multiple systems and game/movie cases very well. My roommate and I have been trying to keep an eye out at thrift stores but nothing really has caught our eye.