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Retrogaming as a person who is blind (self.Blind)
submitted by Wooden_Suit5580
Hello everyone,
Hope everybody’s doing well.
I play retro games on my iOS, windows, and android devices. I accomplish this by using a few apps. This was not an easy process to get this set up on some devices. I have learned a lot and I’m continuing to learn more about retro games.
The current emulators that I use for my retro gaming areRetro Arch
https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-8-2-coming-soon-accessibility-features-for-blind-people/
Retro Arch works on most platforms
OpenEmu is a good emulator that works well on a MacBook
https://openemu.org/
On my iPad I recently started using Provenance emulator https://provenance-emu.com/
Some of these are pretty straightforward and easy to set up. Some of these do require sideloading to your device. This is not jailbreaking your device. Sideloading is something that is totally different than jailbreaking.
I have found these emulators work on it back and iOS with screen readers running. Retro large has a self voicing screen reader so if you’re on windows it will work there as well.
In order to get all of the games legally, I purchased a retro arcade console on Amazon that has 256 GB of games on it. I knew once I received that console that it would not be accessible. So all I did was remove the microSD card from that console and used it on my other devices. Here is the consul that I purchased on Amazon.
Kinhank Retro Game Console 256GB, Super Console X PRO Built-in 62,000+ Games, Video Game Console Systems for 4K TV HD/AV Output, Dual Systems, Compatible with PS1/PSP/MAME/ATARI https://a.co/d/1PML5IY
I also found the following guides by Devin Prater very useful
https://github.com/devinprater/accessible-retro-games/blob/master/emulation/ppsspp-ios.md
If anybody wants to tempt any of these and run into any stumbling blocks I can help you out as best as I can so please feel free to send me a DM.
Hope everybody stays safe.
☺️
Hope everybody’s doing well.
I play retro games on my iOS, windows, and android devices. I accomplish this by using a few apps. This was not an easy process to get this set up on some devices. I have learned a lot and I’m continuing to learn more about retro games.
The current emulators that I use for my retro gaming areRetro Arch
https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-1-8-2-coming-soon-accessibility-features-for-blind-people/
Retro Arch works on most platforms
OpenEmu is a good emulator that works well on a MacBook
https://openemu.org/
On my iPad I recently started using Provenance emulator https://provenance-emu.com/
Some of these are pretty straightforward and easy to set up. Some of these do require sideloading to your device. This is not jailbreaking your device. Sideloading is something that is totally different than jailbreaking.
I have found these emulators work on it back and iOS with screen readers running. Retro large has a self voicing screen reader so if you’re on windows it will work there as well.
In order to get all of the games legally, I purchased a retro arcade console on Amazon that has 256 GB of games on it. I knew once I received that console that it would not be accessible. So all I did was remove the microSD card from that console and used it on my other devices. Here is the consul that I purchased on Amazon.
Kinhank Retro Game Console 256GB, Super Console X PRO Built-in 62,000+ Games, Video Game Console Systems for 4K TV HD/AV Output, Dual Systems, Compatible with PS1/PSP/MAME/ATARI https://a.co/d/1PML5IY
I also found the following guides by Devin Prater very useful
https://github.com/devinprater/accessible-retro-games/blob/master/emulation/ppsspp-ios.md
If anybody wants to tempt any of these and run into any stumbling blocks I can help you out as best as I can so please feel free to send me a DM.
Hope everybody stays safe.
☺️
gunfart 2 points 1y ago
>In order to get all of the games legally, I purchased a retro arcade console on Amazon
this is not how you acquire games legally..
this is not how you acquire games legally..
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gunfart 2 points 1y ago
just because you bought a chinese arcade knockoff sd card full of roms off of amazon doesn't make them legal. honestly the whole owning games and ripping their roms for backup use is a legal grey area because nobody has ever been taken to court over game roms or emulators (that i'm aware of), but still. some people view it has a moral thing rather than a legal one.
i'll straight up admit i've pirated tons of software and games when i was still sighted, not that it was right but it for sure wasn't legal
i'll straight up admit i've pirated tons of software and games when i was still sighted, not that it was right but it for sure wasn't legal
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Wooden_Suit5580 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
I know that obtaining rums is a legal gray area and a lot of people don’t feel comfortable downloading them from the web. That is why I purchased the retro console. I figure if I get sued and I can fall back and sue Amazon and the person that sold it through Amazon! Lol
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Wooden_Suit5580 [OP] 3 points 1y ago
No, the games themselves are not accessible. Only the way that I access the games. Certain games that I remember playing when I was cited were Mortal Kombat, NFL blitz, NBA jam. A lot of this is based on my memory of those games and playing them when I was younger. The emulators that I use to access the games is accessible with voiceover on iOS, also on windows, and Mac, I am not sure about Lennox.
Amonwilde 2 points 1y ago
The interface is also accessible on Linux, nicely.
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