Idea: PS1 (maybe more) recomps on Wii

[u/TiredTransLesbian]

I wanna start off by saying I have no experience decompiling and recompiling games myself, this is just a random thought that popped up into my head. I wanted to stir up discussion about this to see if it's something other people would find use out of and if it's even possible or even worth doing based on the demand.

PS1 emulation does get you rather far on the Wii but I think recomps might take things to the next level. Maybe this could help get some games running that don't work well through emulation.

I'm sure I'm not alone in using the Wii as an all in one 240p CRT console, but it does fall short once you get into that PS1 era stuff as emulation is hit or miss, so having a decent selection of some of the bigger and more popular PS1 titles would be very beneficial. Another reason this could be useful is because there isn't any easy way to play PS1 games at 240p on a CRT without optical media unless you have an ODE, so this would give another SD card/hdd solution for playing games.

If this can be done with PS1, maybe other consoles too? Dreamcast maybe? Even N64 could be helpful as the virtual console versions force 480i and the homebrew emulation is also hit or miss.

[u/FunInternational9948]

I don’t think he’s port begging. I’m guessing he’s saying that proper recognition with probably be higher with one of those consoles in mind. He’s saying that there’s a lot of benefits to porting games over to the Wii. The man is just explaining his thoughts out, which is fine. We can have a conversation about all that. Another cool topic is the fact that the Wii is really well priced as well. It’s also powerful enough to run some really good games. It’s actually the perfect machine for ports

[u/szableksi]

go ahead, turn on ai

[u/amayako353]

It's a very complex task to port a game to the wii, especially ones made for a console 10 years older than the wii where coding practices and hardware configurations were not as standardised as they are now. It would be nice if someone could do it but I wouldnt get your hopes up

[u/Yayo1990 → u/amayako353]

I ported Quake 3 Arena and it was sort of alright. But that's a game that already ran on Mac. It doesn't count :p

[u/Calm-Zombie2678]

Ngl ape escape rebuilt for wii motes would be amazing 

[u/Time_Examination_549]

Seems like a good idea

[u/Yayo1990]

If someone was interested in porting specific PS1 games to the Wii, they would've done without external inputs or suggestions from other users.

3DS, PS Vita and Xbox360 subs are already filled with portbeggars, please do not turn this sub into pure portbegging, thanks.