Lordmonkus

I'm not gonna tell you which emulator to use, that's your choice. However, I will highly recommend Retroarch, it really is the best option for the vast majority of emulation that it has cores for. It is the best for several reasons like easy controller setup, save state management and shaders to start. But the biggest and best reason to use Retroarch is for its Hard GPU Synch setting which has a pretty big impact on reducing input lag.

DOS76 said Kawaks or Final Burn Alpha are both options but truthfully the fb_alpha_neo core in RA is the best Neo Geo emulator I've ever used. This right here is the correct answer.

Yeah the start and back buttons to exit is a paid Launchbox feature but you could use X-Padder to do it as well. The RA input settings are under the Settings > Input > Input Hotkey Binds.

Windows 10 you need to roll your controller driver back to the previous version to regain control over the button. I think there is another fix but rolling back driver is the easiest one.

For exiting games on my XBox controller I use the back and start buttons together. The XBox button is used by default in Retroarch to bring up its menu for tweaking purposes and save state management.

You may need the qsound files for the CPS games.

https://www.asus.com/Monitors/ROG_SWIFT_PG278Q/ I just picked up this bad boy right here and let me tell you that it is definitely one fine monitor. If you are you in the market for a significant upgrade from a standard run of the mill monitor and you don't mind dropping the dough I cannot recommend this monitor enough. The one drawback of this monitor is that it is not IPS but because it is a TN panel it is super fast and responsive. IPS vs TN is gonna be a trade off of eye candy vs performance, since I don't do content creation the IPS was not important to me and since I game A LOT I chose the performance. The Acer Predator was the other monitor I was considering in the same price bracket which is an IPS so if you need or prefer IPS that is the monitor to get. I was never an absolute input lag whore and was very pleased with an old 22" Samsung monitor and I could play games just fine with it but this thing is a noticeable upgrade in that department. Controls are super quick and responsive and the G-Sync technology removes all screen tearing making everything just so creamy buttery smooth. Being 27" and a 2560x1440 resolution it takes Retroarchs CRT shaders and makes them look the way they were intended to look. The CRT-Royale shader is regarded as one of the best CRT shaders out there but on a 1080 screen it just was not doing it justice. I used a tweaked version previously and it looked what I thought was pretty good but now I can use the proper version of the shader and OMG! does it look amazing. Bottom line is this. Is it Pricey ? Yeah. Is it worth it ? Like Stone Cold says, "Gimme a HELL YEAH!"

Those filthy bad rips.

The core I use with the most success is fb_alpha_libretro.dll. I use it for both NeoGeo and Capcom CPS games.

@angelobodetti if you check my forum sig I have a small blog site setup and on there I have a tutorial video on youtube on getting CD based systems up and running.

I have noticed this a couple of times, thought I was just being stupid and not doing it right. lol.

I use the fb_alpha_libretro.dll core it works for both NeoGeo and CPS games.

Adik said I finally found a solve !!!! The problem was the "Threaded Video" option in RetroArch. When I disabled the option, everything worked perfectly :D Thank you all for help :D Threaded Video should always be disabled unless absolutely necessary to get a core to run games at an acceptable speed

I 2nd what Dos76 said. Use Retroarch and the FBA core, it is by far the superior emulator.

Windows voodoo.

Nice find there, lovely shade of 70s brown. I used to play Pong on an old Coleco Telstar way back when I was like 3 or 4 years old.

Ok, I just checked out Altirra and it a much nicer emulator but it does look like you are stuck with figuring out which game uses which mapper setting and doing it all manually which is unfortunate because it certainly is a nice emulator.

Once it's setup you really shouldn't have to go into the UI though, it's just there for emergency use. Maybe I will take a look at Altirra in a little while. The 5200 is a curse I say :P

Ok, just so I am not coming off as a complete dick here I just went through the effort of getting the Atari 5200 emulated and working through Launchbox. The emulator I used was Kat5200 which has a funky Win 3.1 like UI but it does get the job done and has some old tv looking video filters. You do need a bios file named 5200.bin and the emulator needs to be pointed at the file. Overall it wasn't terribley difficult to setup and the few test games I did try out seemed to load up perfectly and play. Like I said the UI is a little on the funky side but does get the job done. If you wanna list some games you are having troubles with in Altirra I can try them out in Kat5200 and see how it handles them. I still don't think the 5200 is worth the effort however :P

/waves hand in a jedi mind trick motion "This is not a system you want to emulate" Sorry but the 5200 is just a waste of time and energy. The games are crap or have better versions on the 7800 or equal on the 2600 and the controller is a mess to try and emulate.

They did sell out all of the original print run and they made a 2nd print run and that completely sold out. They make their real money off the digital sales. The Dreamcast version at least isn't too expensive to get printed up.

Indeed, it is a game worth the money and purchasing the PS4 or the Steam version so you can have a legit copy. I still prefer to play the Genesis + CD audio version.

My favourite version of Pier Solar to play is the Genesis version with the CD. I also have the PC version and I just didn't like the mix of standard and hd graphics, it looks weird to me. The Genesis version running through Retroarch with a shader just looks more "cohesive" I guess is the right word to me. There is a version floating around with the cd iso out there and running through RA will run the cd music with it.

See, I figured there was a way around it :) I'd still use Retroarch or Mame over WinKawaks unless someone can show me a very compelling reason to use it.

My order of preference for NeoGeo emulation would be Retroarch using the FBA core first, Mame second, stand alone FBA 3rd and WinKawaks last. The reasons for standalone FBA and WinKawaks as the last choices are because FBA itself has really funky keybinding and WinKawaks in my experience had troubles working through a front end. My WinKawaks issues may have just been my personal problems and maybe they could be worked around. I've never used Nebula so I have no comment on it.