

But in the case of the PlayStation Classic, I’d seen numerous people online saying that it made a particularly good multi-purpose “retro box”. I’m not one of those people who gets a new mini console and immediately wants to hack it to pieces in order to completely destroy its individuality and uniqueness - my PC Engine Mini is staying pristine, for example. But then I got a PlayStation Classic for Christmas. This has worked absolutely fine for me for a while now, allowing me to dip into a vast library of digitally preserved games across a variety of platforms whenever I feel like it - and, rather helpfully for what I do here, easily capture video and take screenshots. Up until now, my main living room PC has fulfilled this role very well, thanks to a hodgepodge collection of emulators I’ve acquired over the years, plus the excellent Launchbox to keep things organised.

I found for example Mario Kart 64, using GLideN64 as the plugin meant I could not see what options I had selected on the title screen, Angrylion resolved this issue, so could help with a number of other glitches too.While we all know that original hardware is best (and dedicated hardware that pays homage to the conventions of original hardware is almost as good), it remains desirable for many retro gaming enthusiasts to have at least one “retro box” within easy reach. One option I will suggest changing is the RDP Plugin, change this to Angrylion to ensure the best compatibility. We won’t go into detail here, but as a quick win, you can easily upscale and improve the appearance of your N64 games by increasing the resolution and also applying anti-aliasing.Īs a quick example, I’m going to increase the resolution, for my screen as well as increase the native resolution factor to 4x, then increase the MSAA anti-aliasing to 8.

If you select options, you will find a huge list of options relating to the emulator. Since this is emulation, we can benefit from increasing things such as the render resolution and anti-aliasing in the games.

Press F1 to suspend the game and go back to the RetroArch menu, you will find here lots of useful tools and features, such as save states, control options, shaders, and emulator options. Now Choose A Game To Play! Step 6 – Upscaling Resolution & Additional Options
