What is currently the best option for emulating all retro consoles

Getting the original consoles, flash carts, and a good consumer CRT. Don't fall for the PVM meme.

Or do a retro pi thing.

>>3936646
I'm selling my original consoles

Probably a hdmi connection between your tv and computer.

I would like to just sit down and use a controller. Messing with my pc is annoying.

>>3936668
If you want that then play on real consoles. Alternatively, bite the bullet and invest the time setting up a front end for your emulators that's comfy for you.

>>3936641
grab your laptop, install some emulators and connect it to your tv.

get pc thats powerful enough for pcsx2 and and a few controllers and your golden for emulation

>>3936646
tell me more about the PVM meme anon. you look so knowledgeable about them.

>>3936817
This.

>>3936646
top keks kiddo

>>3936654
why post here then?

>>3936646
t. poorfag

>>3936668
Yeah when you stipulate you want Dreamcast emu also I don't think there's really another platform for you guy

>>3936641
Hook a PC up, it's not rocket surgery.

>>3936825
PVMs are a sony line of professional monitors that have very nice RGB displays. RGB is a type of input that, for dummies, sends video/color signals separately from the hardware where it is then synced on the tv, essentially it is like the FLAC of retro console video output.

If you have a decent consumer TV that does S video, and get a ~real~ S Video cable, then that is more than fine. If you're nostalgic for RF and want to use that, that's also fine, who cares, it's up to you.

PVMs are a lot of money because they are memes, but Panasonic and JVC also made studio monitors that go for much cheaper and also have RGB. There's a lot more to different models than that, but it's too much to explain. It looks best with 16 Bit games, 2D PSX/Saturn games and like Neo Geo, but IMO for early 3D stuff it doesn't do too much, and for 8 bit systems it becomes a whole bunch of nonsense because for NES you need to modify it and pick a palette and shit.


If you want a small TV on your computer desk to play games on and find a great deal on like a 13 inch PVM or Pana or JVC etc. then I say go for it, it's pretty comfy.

>>3936825
They're like consumer Trinitrons, except smaller and shittier.
They're not made for looks. They're made for analysis.