EmuVR - The ONLY Way to Emulate Retro Games!!!

I give a tour through my virtual 90's room in EmuVR, the coolest VR experience out there! I nearly shed a tear the first time I tried it.
The irony is not lost on me that we are using cutting edge tech in 2023 to go back to a day where tech sucked (more or less). But they really were the golden years! This is simply incredible!
EmuVR Installation guide:
www.emuvr.net/...
8Bitdo Controller:
www.amazon.com...
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[@ItsN0xy]

I just discovered emuvr a few days ago, and since then I've been obsessed with seeing other people's setups and playing it myself, making sure every little thing is perfect

[@imaginator85]

Oh man I know the feeling! I've been on that train for 6 months. Lol. I posted another video on it a few weeks ago and just 2 DAYS after that, another update dropped on Christmas! If you join thier Discord, you now have access to user generated content!!! So the floodgates are open. Its been mad seeing more and more assets drop in there daily to use!

[@ItsN0xy]

@@imaginator85 THATS AMAZING AND I HAD NO IDEA! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@amatherly81608]

Dude amazing video! I’ve been using this for almost 2yrs and I still love it! It really does feel like you’re back in time!

[@imaginator85]

I know right!? So glad you're digging it still after all that time! Wish I knew more people to visit thier rooms and see what they've done! Haha

[@amatherly81608]

@@imaginator85 I have a few videos on my channel as well! I don’t do them very often, but they’re there. Basically just footage of me playing the games and I’m kinda everywhere with it lol

[@BobbyZoppelt]

Yeah man I went crazy with all the customizations wanting to make it all perfect. It's so incredibly satisfying seeing it all come together as well. I tend to enjoy just watching old shows in the room. I've got videos of old live Nickelodeon programming from the early 90s I'll watch. I'm sure we'll eventually have custom assets and rooms that's going to take this to the next level.

[@imaginator85]

Dude that is LEGIT. The shows and cartoons work almost better than the games! 😆 Let me know if you have questions setting up!

[@SINfromPL]

man, it would be awesome to have some link; i really dont have time to set up everything myself.. i had one link but it was like 2021, would love to try updated one

[@TheRed02151]

omg this just made my day. I have an VR headset, but I didn't know this was possible! You know stuff like this makes me so excited to see what the future brings for VR. I mean think about it, a few more modifications to improve the immersion, a smaller headset that's practically weightless, and maybe even actual actual hands (gloves we can wear) with haptic feedback, and then THIS IS SOMETHING THAT"S GOING TO TAKE OFF LIKE CRAZY!!!

[@imaginator85]

I KNOW RIGHT?? I mean, the Quest headsets hand tracking is already pretty impressive (especially after the recent update). We are inching ever closer to Ready Player One territory! Lol. Let me know if you need help getting it set up!

[@TheRed02151]

my only complaint is the heavy headset can sometimes make you notice you're wearing it, but that's already being improved upon! And chips continue to get smaller and more efficient!.

[@imaginator85]

@@TheRed02151 Exactly.. The Quest 3 comes out this year and looks to be half the size.

[@James-tk2yl]

Lmao it was the Panasonic that got me most, that was my exact TV model!

[@imaginator85]

Haha thats amazing! Yeah, the nostalgia on some of this stuff is real!

[@sternosaur]

This literally feels like you're just showing us around your room hanging out lol

[@imaginator85]

Hahaha seriously! Like an 8-ywar old when a guest comes over I'm like "look at this! Oh and look at this!" Lol I kinda wanna do an updated tour. There have been some really cool improvements.

[@CYON4D]

Great stuff.

[@MrBen2177]

That RGB/scanline filter is Amazing. Alle emulators Should have this

[@imaginator85]

I know! Its the little details like that that REALLY take this to the next level and made the nostalgia hit me hard.

[@maegnificant]

Most of them do

[@agroed]

**one of the first things I see in your room is a giant pin-up of Rogue** Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@imaginator85]

Lol You know it!

[@Azurantine81]

This is super fun if like me you have a whole bunch of pc controllers for the various old school systems, I actually had to buy a 10 slot usb hub just for my controllers but it is so worth it for the immersion. Vagrant story brings back so many memories for me, such a classic.

[@imaginator85]

Oh man thats incredible! Vagrant it a hugely underrated game!

[@blacktopbeats9930]

I can smell the static coming off of that tv when he got closer to it too show the pixels

[@imaginator85]

And when I get close I almost expect to get zapped. 😂

[@adventuresofmatt8877]

Not kidding, is everything vr could be at its current state

[@Spawnholio]

Awesome. I'm going to have to try this out with my Oculus Quest 2. Thanks for a great video. 😍

[@imaginator85]

You got it! Let me know if you need help!

[@LeSwipzGaming]

I have successfully been able to run this very smooth on my quest 2 WITHOUT a physical gaming PC. Using plutosphere, it was 100% playable but the setup time was lengthy but I am having a BLAST in EMUVR!!

[@imaginator85]

Right? It's just incredible!

[@VRplay86]

That's so cool 😎 Im super jealous😔 I want it, but don't have to computer.

[@NettiGaming]

Great video

[@kraftysandwich]

This is so awesome! New sub from me. I've got everything working the only thing is I have the exact same 8 BitDo controller as you but when I go to use it while plugged in I can't get it to work in EmuVR... still stumped.

[@krammis76]

Love it! Although you didn't blow in the cartridge before you put them in. So i'm actually surprised they booted up. :P

[@charlesdodimead5658]

I still have that EXACT Sanyo CRT and use it for retro gaming

[@imaginator85]

No way! Thats epic!!!

[@charlesdodimead5658]

@@imaginator85 yea used it up until about 2013 and got flat screens shortly there after. Found an Atari 800 aty job and I was SO happy I kept it. I have an HDMI to RCA converter so I play on it all the time.

[@daktheavking9357]

PSVR2 is finna be amazing with this

[@imaginator85]

@@daktheavking9357 I know! I've got my eye out for that adapter!

[@mariotorres2326]

I could buy those old Crts! If they had scanline, aperture grille or shadow mask like those crt-shaders on retroarch. I could buy controllers, steering wheels or lightguns to play the actual devices on it. Unfortunately no way to downscale or uspscale resolution. I' ve seen a Crt-based headset here in KZbin

[@Kethra430]

Plus, one subscriber. Nice doc brown joke

[@imaginator85]

You da man! Thanks friend!

[@maxboxcofee]

Hi dude, cool setup, i have a couple of issues with the emuvr can u teach me how to setup my own room? Or if you have the Discord it would be appreciated

[@numeral382]

except for melee, slippi is the future of emulators.

[@kuvos13]

WHERE DO I CONFIGURE CONTROLS IN EMUVR? My PS5 controller are using XBOX layout making it completley useless due to X (Cross Button on PS5) Button is B Button (Xbox Button on Xbox controller) and no matter how I change it just refuse to change in EMUVR because it forces its own shitty control layout....

[@nekocorp]

When I see a random Slayers PS1 game on the VR shelf: 👀

[@imaginator85]

YASSS. Good eye! Slayers was one of my favorite shows in the mid 90s. I've added an old school Slayers poster to the wall since this video too. Haha. Another fun fact: I named one of my daughters Lina. 😉

[@TKOGH]

how you add the image of the game in the carttrige? and also how you cutomize the room like the bed color?

[@imaginator85]

All of the customizations can be found in the "custom" folder thats provided. Within that there are folders for the floor texture, bed texture, etc. You simply find the image you want to use online and then just save it over the top of the sample image in the folder. 🙂 Done!

[@TKOGH]

thank you sir @@imaginator85

[@user-hr4sg5qr9i]

any idea where can i download the posters and textures ?

[@imaginator85]

I found all my posters and textures on Google images! Lol

[@farmingandmaybemore5175]

not once did I see you blow on the bottom of any cartridges!

[@imaginator85]

Hahaha! Thats a massive miss on my part for sure! You'll be pleased to know I've started this practice even when I'm alone. 😄 I honestly wanna do an updated video since I've added more consoles and the made the room look so much cooler.

[@Vespyr_]

Shame this thing is a living nightmare to setup.

[@imaginator85]

I'm not computer savvy at all and was able to do it just by following thier guide. Let me know though if you need assistance! That said...I agree it would be incredible if it were just an app.

[@arachnoyes]

Where can I find the games?

[@imaginator85]

There are a ton of places online to download the game files (called ROMs). For legal reasons the creators of EmuVR don't host them on thier site. The older games like NES and SNES you can pretty much find with a simple google search (ex. 'NBA Jam SNES rom'). I have a buddy with a complete rom library but I got plenty from Google searching as well. 🙂 Let me know if you need more help!

[@charlesdodimead5658]

He can't tell you at risk of the video being taken down. There is a whole ethical dilemma regarding "abandonware" and piracy. When Nintendo, Sega, and Sony realized there was still a market for retro games that's when you saw items like the NES Classic. Again, regardless of the ethical implications - ROMs are STILL considered to be the IP of the company that produced it, thus if he were to tell you it would be aiding and abetting in "piracy".

[@tatecheddar]

Look, I know you don't have the best PC and you reiterate that it's just a barebones machine used for internet and documents, but that's probably not completely true. You should let people know what the specs are. There are people out there that will hear you say that and try to use VR on a laptop with a Core i3 with integrated graphics and only 8G of ram and wonder why it doesn't work.

[@imaginator85]

Haha you're probably right! My brother who builds custom PCs made it so he probably future proofed it pretty well. I actually checked my specs for someone a bit ago. I should post them in the description.