Recreating My 1980's Childhood in VR

EMUvr is a really powerful tool for recreating your childhood nostalgia! This is what VR was meant for!
Official site
www.emuvr.net/
Installation wiki
www.emuvr.net/wiki/Installati...
Detailed video guides
• EmuVR Beta
Optional "it's 1989 and your parents are having a totally rad party in the next room" track
• 80s party music heard ...

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Don't miss the brand new and FREE VR arcade i just covered! This is amazing! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH7YfXqPe7tkqtE

[@NerdSnipingBatman]

The next thing they need to do is have a whole house you can customize. Add your living room or something. I didn't have a tv in my room as a kid, so all my gaming was in the living room.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Yup! I would like to make a custom room, i grew up in a trailer in the 80's and 90's so this place is high class for me lol. I had a 17 inch tv in my room around the release of FFVII though so that was good, PERFECT timing especially considering grinding levels had just entered into my life. 😆

[@GuTOHGT]

​@@EQOAnostalgia hey. Which software is being used to create this rooms? Do you think is possible to create similar ambients with Google SketchUp?

[@atlantic_love]

I would literally burst out in tears to look back at my childhood (mid 1970's to 1980's) in VR. I have the Quest 2, and it's the one thing that I want. A way to go back in time.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

If you can get this running with a PC, set it up the way you remember and prepare to cry lol.

[@thebread9186]

@@EQOAnostalgia I really hope they can one day get it on standalone 😢

[@GoldenKickz]

@@thebread9186 That wouldn’t be allowed. Because of the way that you need to get the ROMS, and the BIOS files, that wouldn’t be possible and it would be an instant lawsuit.

[@SoapCkat]

@@GoldenKickz would it be possible to add for sidequest? Oculus doesn't have a say on sidequest atleast I think

[@GoldenKickz]

@@SoapCkat I’m not sure, but probably not. EmuVR is not legally allowed to include ROMS and BIOS files within their app. You have to find them yourself and add them, which wouldn’t be possible on standalone oculus because of the way their filesystem is structured.

[@SalisburyTheWaterFoxxo]

XD "Why does the world suck now?" Nicely put EQO

[@You_Have_been_informed]

they need to add a record player or a cassette player . man that would be perfect.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I think they have a cassette player.

[@TheAcadianGuy]

The 1995-2004 were awesome. I miss hanging out and chit-chat with friends at the park. I miss sitting at the table while playing yugioh with them and cracking jokes while eating cheap gummy bears we walked 20 mins to buy. Thinking about my childhood brings me both joy and sadness at the same time.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Bitter because you're stuck in 2022, joy because it was an awesome time! Looking around at the current state of the world is enough to depress any 80's or 90's kid. Truly sad.

[@x2v9]

Don't be sad it ended, Be happy it happened

[@TheAcadianGuy]

@@x2v9 nicely said

[@klaytonmayeaux8966]

My story is complicated but I wish I could have enjoyed those years more. I loved the things that made the era great but I hate what my life was like at that time too.

[@ebonhawken574]

I can’t get over how immersive it is to watch an old VHS movie in VR on an old TV. I watched a couple of cartoons and stuff and got lost in another world. It’s hard to explain unless you’ve tried it. The amount of nostalgia that flooded into my brain. It felt like I was a kid again in the 90s on a Saturday afternoon in my room. This is what VR was truly made for in my opinion. I wish they would release this as a full package on steam and fully explorable house. Make it easier for everybody to experience this for themselves.

[@Vespyr_]

I was like yeah yeah nostalgia whatever and then you showed me those TMNT bedsheets and woosh.... took me waaaay back. Everyone had those... even girls had tmnt stuff back then.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Never doubt the power of nostalgia lol.

[@thomaskast7842]

I wasn't alive back then, and I feel like I've missed out on the best era to be a kid. I'm so jealous you guys get to put up all these cool decorations and reminisce

[@Willowposting]

The VHS tapes are absolutely amazing too. I've been finding old recordings from channels I watched as a kid and putting them in the game and it's a crazy experience

[@EQOAnostalgia]

It's by far my favorite thing. We didn't have cable a lot so i watched TONS of VHS tapes, and my step dad recorded 3-4 movies per tape. He left me with 5 full office boxes or more of VHS tapes, all with 3-4 movies a pop on them and idk how he managed it lol. I never spoke with him when i got older.

[@mattszalay8819]

Never thought i would want to rewatch the commercial from my childhood but now there's nothing i want more. Great video thank you.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Thanks, i'm glad so many have enjoyed it. God bless.

[@killertheweebwarriors2685]

As I'm born in 2000's. That was amazing you custom retro room in EmuVR as memories. Also I'm sorry for your loss of your cousin Jerry and hope he can be rest in peace. 😢🙏💕

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Thank you. God bless.

[@stringercorrales6627]

Also I’m so sorry you were born in the new millennium.

[@killertheweebwarriors2685]

@@stringercorrales6627 it's okay. As long I still support early retro games.

[@Ruben-GG]

It's fun to watch you soak in the experience. Born in 94, I can remember owning a lot of VHS tapes with movies recorded straight from the TV. Some of them would even end abruptly, to be interrupted by a home workout video.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I kind of did something like that in the Halloween 80's Music Video upload. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIilhIWNmdt2rJI You can get really creative with EMUvr it's great.

[@Ruben-GG]

@@EQOAnostalgia Oh awesome, love those ambience type videos.

[@nthnglsn]

I just started setting up my room and it's amazing. I put old Saturday morning bumpers onto a vhs and play it on the TV and omg the nostalgia overload is on another level. The commercials are honestly my favorite part now. Just wish I could play multilayer but I don't have friends which I guess is another dose of nostalgia lol 😅

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Yeah the only problem with this, you can't bring back your childhood buddies to enjoy it with. They all moved on.

[@churlissh_7680]

Beautiful genuine reactions, I loved watching you be filled with joy due to the nostalgia

[@EQOAnostalgia]

People seemed to really vibe with this video lol. I was definitely hyped seeing it all again.

[@dalecorne3869]

I must be insane as well. I have put together a few VHS Tapes (in my room) of classic tv shows and I also threw in commercials. I use MY room just for watching TV like it used to be. Each tape is anywhere from 1.5 hours to 3.5 hours. It's just like watching tv in the past. I love this !!! I set up my room to a 70's style since I was born in 1960. I am slowly but surely uploading those mp4s to my Mega cloud drive. If anyone wants those, let me know and I'll put up links. I already did the work, so I might as well share them. I have shows in the run like Bewitched, MASH, Night Court, Barney Miller, The A-Team and so on. Good stuff.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Awesome! Don't miss this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH7YfXqPe7tkqtE

[@estrella-v1994]

If only we could just live in memory and filter all the bad stuff. I'm so glad I heard about this. Even as a late 2000's kid, I felt immense nostalgia watching this since I grew up with retro media. I'll definitely have to try this out tomorrow when I get my Meta Quest 3 with my PC link cable. Thanks for the video.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I think many of us feel this way now. "Why can't i just live here, and F the world!" The powers that be, have made our world so shitty, that most of us, especially young men, retreat into three things in specific. . . Pot, Porn, Video games. It's an epidemic honestly. It's a sign that society is declining. Most of us just want to NOPE OUT of society right now. With good reason i might add.

[@estrella-v1994]

@@EQOAnostalgia Totally. Very easy to get addicted nowadays and depression rates are rising. Thank God for escapism.

[@DJ88Masterchief]

Man I wish I could put this much effort into the actual room. I got all my games in EmuVR, with labels, but still the blank room. I don’t know where to start. But the Ghostbusters episodes with the commercials!!? That’s a really cool idea. I haven’t setup any VHS yet. It does have Netplay! You need to know the person to join someone’s room

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Just look up a quick video guide. You'll be surprised by how easy it is. It's easier than what you already have done.

[@amatherly81608]

Hey man, i love that more and more people are starting to realize how amazing this program is!! i have been using this for almost a year now and i can tell you, i thought the novelty would wear off quickly, but it hasn't.. Just to clarify about the video, the reason you are seeing that red bar is due to the resolution of your video. i'm assuming you have that at 720p or 1080p. EmuVR likes 480p videos, there are plenty of ways to convert them down. i personally just use VLC. Keep up the awesome work and you've earned yourself a subscriber!

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I think people are looking to retreat into a better time, or at least the memory of it. Things are so crazy man. Thanks so much for telling me that, i was wondering why my 80's music video VHS was red line free while others were not so that's a HUGE help going forward. I also noticed i'm not achieving full screen with VHS so that might be why. I might make a follow up 80's VHS mix since my recent one is finally starting to pick up some views, and fullscreen would help. Thanks for the sub and taking the time to watch/comment.

[@theincrediblegeneral5135]

I'm 13 and I exclusively play retro games, been playing them since I was 3 and this also hit close to home lmao I loved it

[@EQOAnostalgia]

That's awesome! Thanks for watching.

[@Ton....]

​@@EQOAnostalgia I'm also 13 and I can't believe im just finding out about EmuVR. I have been into retro emulation for 3 or 3 1/2 years and never heard about it. This is a very cool project.

[@theincrediblegeneral5135]

@@EQOAnostalgia no problem dude!

[@johnnyjohnsonston2581]

I am watching all of the emuvr videos I can find on KZbin. I am almost convinced to get a headset for this app alone. Awesome set up on this one!

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

Love this video! Instant sub.

[@squirrellydan4987]

Pretty cool. Needs some old comics and G.I. Joes!

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Definitely lol. I was thinking the same when i pasted that TMNT figures ad to the dresser 🤗

[@theloner6063]

VR is many levels ahead of everything else....it´s the future.

[@snikrepak]

As someone who was born in 89, I can say yes, vr is the next step, not only does reality just suck in general, in VR, as you can see, you can experience what others lived.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Facts

[@BrokenCans]

This is pretty amazing.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I never want to leave!

[@crackedgamer5576]

I love EmuVR content and this was really cool

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@gaddummit]

Dude I love this

[@GreyMatterShades]

Man, the nostalgia hits HARD with this. I don't have a great PC, but I've got an HTC Vive that I'd never bothered setting up and now I've finally got a reason to try it. I mostly play on PSVR these days, and I've often felt that I love VR because it reminds me of how the videogame industry was in the mid-90's when it was shifting into 3D and nobody knew how to do anything. All the games were janky as hell (like a lot of VR, or at least PSVR), but there was an unbridled creativity and wild feeling of experimentation and wonder (also like VR). So to me, a VR experience that can allow me to transport myself back to that period of my life and relive those games in that environment... I dunno it just seems perfect. Keep up the awesome content! 👍

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Thanks, definitely feel that way about VR as well. A lot of 90's style games are also getting new life with VR. Space Pirate Trainer, Compound and Drop Dead just as a few examples. EmuVR also has a lightgun mode which is really cool. Takes some time to set up though so i haven't bothered yet.

[@GreyMatterShades]

@@EQOAnostalgia Yeah a lot of VR shooters really do remind me of old 90's lightgun games. Pistol Whip gave me that sort of vibe a bit, though it's much easier than something like Time Crisis! Playing lightgun games in EmuVR actually looks pretty amazing from the videos I've seen. It's a pretty great option considering those games don't actually work on modern screens. Incredible what these developers have been able to accomplish so far.

[@jonhale7277]

Man this brings back so many memories. You should try out the lightgun games, its mind blowing.

[@KILRtv]

I miss EQOA, too. I also have EmuVR. There are two revival projects going on entitled EQOA Emu and Project Return Home. The former had an update on June 5, and it appears that it is playable.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

EQOAemu and Sandstorm, PRH is the same team as EQOAemu, yes Sandstorm is playable i make regular content here about it.

[@KILRtv]

@EQOAnostalgia , I just watched a tutorial on how to get set up, so I hope to try that out soon. I'm glad they were able to save this game from the Sands of Time, just like several others such as Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes, and Sims Online

[@BlvkHarleyQuinnPlays]

This is awesome!

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Ikr!?

[@elijahandrews3073]

Long live jarry

[@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!!

[@bnsyphotography2104]

They should make it so you can design your own room. As in where the bed is, furniture, the shape of the room etc. I would love to re-create my bedroom from the early 2000s, with our ps2, samsung box tv, tv stand, white tables with my lego on top of them, the rug. It would be a childhood dream.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Yeah it would be nice. I've gotten this comment a lot. I thought the same thing when i first started messing with it.

[@szabolcscsengoi4231]

This is a real gem! Would be awsome to let me import my own furniture, door and window position...

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Yeah it is. I would love to see more updates adding additional options.

[@RetroEmulationArchive]

so cool....

[@Vulto166]

Dude. Jerry look like me when i was 7. Not kidding.

[@SpaceHobo42]

Damn. Add this to the cloud in the metaverse.

[@gigarott]

Dude I had those bed sheets!! This is therapy 😂

[@EQOAnostalgia]

IKR!? This is my happy place. 🤗

[@gigarott]

​@@EQOAnostalgia I love this! Definitely the coolest thing I've seen in a while!!!

[@jasongCLJ]

I feel ya on this Brother. And at the end you said why does the world suk now . ~ I have pondered on that so many times . I do think that mostlY it is because we were young and full of wonder and innocense and such as that back then . .. . and so i end up questioning deep into this ..in prayer ... and one thing i ask Father about is when are we going to get that child ...life and carefreeness again ? Ya know Bro ? When will our hearts desires from childhood+ be realized ?

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I definitely feel you on that. Heaven to me is just like that. When i think back staring up at the clouds and the shapes i was looking for, tree's swaying in the wind i realize i was looking at Him the whole time. THAT is home. Not this crap we're living today.

[@theexile4694]

Ah, this comment. Yes. I saw your comment Jason. Lol.

[@jasongCLJ]

@@EQOAnostalgia AMEN to that .., and the stars .. i had quite the experience (spiritualy) after inwas first vorn again at 13 .. 1991 .. by praying withbthe stars. (-: COME LORD JESUS

[@Rjgheen]

There is Netplay which allows you to invite people to your room

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Yeah i saw that in one of their older update videos. Pretty awesome!

[@baronnuuke7821]

That's insane. I remember we had a lot of VHS too, and at some point my dad bought a LaserDisc player. Remember that shit ?

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I do lol, the first and only time i seen one was in study hall. Teacher brought out a massive disc the size of the moon to play Romeo & Juliet, the 90's version lol. Never saw a single one after that day. Came and went so fast.

[@fukitweball]

Toy story vhs, Zelda wind waker. And I’m never coming back.

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

Do you have experience with inviting people over in EmuVR?

[@michaelvarney.]

I hope they have this for Apple Vision Pro.

[@NettiGaming]

❤

[@shimmycoccapop8808]

there should be an option to move the door and window. the house I lived in most of my childhood had the window on the opposite wall from the door.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Would be nice but we're lucky to have this. It's a free app that people made in their spare time from my understanding.

[@BobbyZoppelt]

Dude I had the same bedsheets!

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Radical!

[@Tristan02539]

I’m a 2000s kid hopefully in the future I can recreate my old room with my wii and ps3

[@SalisburyTheWaterFoxxo]

PS3? Wait were you a late 2000's kid? I was a early.

[@Tristan02539]

@@SalisburyTheWaterFoxxo I was born in 2001. I was more of a Nintendo kind of kid growing up so I was a little late with the ps3.

[@TKOGH]

question I already habe the game duck hunt and rhe gun but I don't know how to select the tv and then cash the gun ..or it doesn't shut ? any tutorial how make the gun works on the game

[@svenholzinger5469]

Would it be possible to share all the labels, miscs, and posters as well as the room that is saved?

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Sadly no. I don't have a way to do that. Besides, part of the magic of this app, is making it your own. It's not too bad. Just takes some time. I will say this, i seem to remember the labels mentioned on the EMUvr forums, CAN be snagged up in a upload. Check their discord as well.

[@Skibbitypappappa]

Pretty sure the Turtles movie came out March 1990? But still awesome

[@EQOAnostalgia]

It did, but i'm pretty sure they began selling the merch late 89.

[@exodous02]

I need to set this up, I think they have multiplayer don't they? I'd like to play some retro games with my brother

[@EQOAnostalgia]

They do yes, i never bothered to set it up though. They also have light gun functionality, also haven't set that up.

[@fnafhexplushies8321]

Well I’m Only 13

[@myarmfell0ff]

Us dudes really are just itching to back to our childhoods huh? 🥺

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Modern reality is a drag.

[@astro4248]

Hey man I really want that wallpaper that’s how mine were as a little kid how did you find it?

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I just searched up random images of wood panelling.

[@VRplay86]

👍🤓👏👏👏

[@joseguerrero4022]

Oculus quest should have it

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Sucks, but there's Quest exclusives i can't get on PC either. I hate it lol.

[@babylovesss1876]

Will this run okay with a 2019 MacBook pro

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I'm not sure, idk much about that hardware. It's free to give it a shot though. Not too tricky to setup with video tutorial.

[@The_blueberrywaffle]

How do you get the vhs

[@EQOAnostalgia]

You just put the MP4 file into the Games folder under Video. Then use the game scanner. Use VLC to render it down to 480p though for full screen or you get that lousy red line i had in this video.

[@soaktinbleech1106]

This is really far out, how'd you make this?

[@yupyup2347]

Honestly what sucks about it is that you have to find emulators on your own without a hint or direction like what website has already emulated games for free and without viruses

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Hop into the discord, People on youtube are nervous about that stuff. There is a large community around all forms of emulation. Be it arcades or just a standard PCSX.

[@yupyup2347]

@@EQOAnostalgia yea another youtuber showed a site full of emulators called romsforever but I’m not sure if it’s clean tho

[@EQOAnostalgia]

@@yupyup2347 Yeah, be careful man.

[@PlayStarDE]

is there a way to play this without vr

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Yeah, it has a desktop mode.

[@user-ie1om7wb5y]

What's the game

[@saculvlogs7742]

Can I download this without pc

[@EQOAnostalgia]

No

[@169Aquarius]

How did you do this

[@EQOAnostalgia]

It's all in the description.

[@Forp777]

Does it play gb

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Yeah

[@jedialpha2]

No Batman '89 poster??

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Classic! Still the best imo.

[@SkullPlayzFT]

What’s the game

[@EQOAnostalgia]

EMUvr

[@SOCOMJOHN]

Socom! Hell yeah. Do you have a video of your socom setup?

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Sorry for the late reply, no just a couple of videos playing again after 15 long years away. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5TXgaiGr9ytmc0

[@meanmachine5598]

Why do this all in VR ?? Why not just get some retro consoles, tvs and furniture and enjoy it in real life having friends come over to play couch coop and enjoy it the real way.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Because people moved on, friends live in other states, consoles and the physical copies of games aren't cheap. CRT's are bulky and take up a lot of room. Etc, etc.

[@aspol12]

because what you're describing is like $6000 to set up (plus an indeterminate amount extra per game, which can add up very fast), a lot of work and for not much reward, while this is only like $1500-2000 to set up (for the costs of pc + headset) and also each game can be gotten for free, and you can use the pc and vr for much more than this

[@theexile4694]

To answer your question... "Why does the world suck now?" It sucks because we've slowly started to transition over toward an idiocracy. Intelligence is frowned upon in society and is often mistaken as some negative trait. People have started to actively reject logic, reasoning, and evidence in favor of irrational self gratification and narcissistic trends. The best way to describe this is the scene from the movie Idiocracy, where Joe tries to ask a group of people for help and is instead met with anger, resentment, and threats of violence because he is seen as mocking them for simply speaking proper English and not some form of urban ebonics, or something equally broken and disjointed. Gaming, our favorite past time, has now been reduced to microtransactions , buggy releases that morons just accept, a simplification of game mechanics making games less enjoyable, gaming as a whole being used as an outlet for Postmodern Neo Marxist, aka woke, ideas to spread, a rejection of making games that don't require an online component, a rejection of LAN in games, always online garbage, DRM garbage, technology moving toward no physical ownership of anything, etc. You are watching the world slowly decay and lose it's once hopeful luster and its why nostalgia hits people like us so hard. We remember how good things were and could be but, realize they may never be that way again. Nostalgia helps us coop and it's comes to us as a warm, somber, sad, kind of melancholy you can't shake, nor would you want to; As if you did, you would lose some of the best parts life has to offer and lose a piece of yourself in the process. At least that's how I see it. In particular I miss '96-'02. That was a golden age for gaming, in my opinion. Feeling similarly to you, I recently picked up a PS1 and all the equipment necessary to mod it and hook it up to a modern display to play. I was even able to rip the BIOS off the console. Now I can use PS1 emulators on the PC with a legit BIOS. I've been throughly enjoying my time going back.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

To be honest It was rhetorical, i know why it sucks. It sucks because we're Godless and our leaders are literally Satanic. But you're not wrong about any of that either lol. USA is about to collapse so, the nostalgia for my time having grown up here is in overdrive. Spot on. God bless. The Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

[@jasongCLJ]

why is my comment not showing up ?

[@jasongCLJ]

HI . CAN YALL SEE THE COMMENT THREAD THAT I POSTED UNDER THIS VIDEO ?

[@theexile4694]

@@jasongCLJ what comment?

[@proit8453]

Comment

[@EQOAnostalgia]

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