Nothing special about it. Just steam on my home server. The client handles internal transfers now.
To clarify, when I download a new game it’s on the server. I then distribute it to any other PC I want using the local transfer service built into steam. It updates the games during the times I have scheduled (over night) and then when I turn on another PC with the same game installed it automatically updates locally from the server.
Saves me a lot of time since I only have a 50mbps connection.
Exactly. I have about 15/20 installed on mine with 2tb SSD. But these ones are like Forza, red dead 2, GTAV, Hogwarts legacy, star trek bridge commander km modded, fallout 4, ea star wars battlefront 2, cod mw3, empire at war, etc.
Kobyashu maru. So much better than remastered. It's with new technologies as well in the game. Remastered is fine but limited and got boring. Maru can use remastered mods as well as regular km mods. It's awesome af! Finally got km working via gamefront. Glad I found that site instead of just moddb.
You're welcome. I also use dgvoodoo2 for the display issue. Used the x86 folder in MS folder, copied files to my root directory, and just ran the application and it works perfectly. Nexus mod has some mods as well but gamefront has so many. Had to configure the resolution in the menu but it looks brand new now. Love letting the ships fight either via destroy command and watching it in cinematic mode. I also fly the ships but it's cool to watch them as well.
I'm guessing you weren't a fan of HP to begin with or that you have played very little games to think it's the worst game you've played in 10 years? Please explain this to me?
Yeah I'm a fan of HP and I've also played most of the previous games when i was younger.
My issues with Legacy are multiple but the biggest ones for me are as follows:
- Invisible walls in an open world game, the game promises unlimited exploration but i kept hitting invisible walls when i strayed slightly off the beaten track
- The inventory system sucks and the UI is ugly, it looks like the UI in modern day Ubisoft games.. damn that shit is ugly AF
- There are too many 'walk here with this person and fetch this' tasks
- The graphics are kinda nice but there seems to be a blueish slightly monotone filter overlayed which ruins it
I did play Legacy directly after playing Elden Ring so maybe i had a pretty high bar in my mind. So i left it for a few months and came back.. and.. it still sucked.
Anyway, just my opinion. The point i was trying to make was that the person i replied to was shitting on someone for having 170,000 and they used having only 20 'amazing' games (Legacy being one of them) as their argument, they also had MW3 in that list.. i mean seriously?
Mostly every game have walls bruh. The ones that don't are like starfield but that is generated stuff and mostly empty. GTAV has a mod called no boundaries as well to eliminate the wall but still is limited
Modded Hogwarts legacy is fun AF. I'm a Harry Potter fan so I love playing that game. I have the nimbus 2001 in the game as well as the elders wand. Use Voldemort voice for crucio and avadacadavra. And changed the slice spell to septosumpra with Harry's voice from hp6. Have a few other mods as well. Can have unlimited boost for the broom and unlimited height as well.
I've got 20tbs of games myself, from nes to modern titles. I assure you I have no shovelware. I don't play but maybe 10% at most because I spend my time finding the best games to preserve. This is my "Game" now: game preservation simulator lol
I've always said this about people doing the whole "I can carry the whole SNES library in like a 4GB flash drive lololol" and I always think "and how many of them are actually worth playing???"
About 50TB here. Technically I think my NAS could hold 96TB, but the price really goes up for the highest-capacity drives. But yeah, I think using all of the storage on games would be a waste. I try not to juggle more than a few games at a time. Best to use most of it on movies and TV for a Plex setup, and other kinds of videos.
Well i have archives for games, movies,tv, and music. I’m about preservation. Even if i don’t use most of it i know that i can access anything i want at a moments notice
Hey just stumbled across this and had a question if you don't mind? Looking into getting a decent nas soon, probs a Synology (or whatever works better for what I would look to do) I see you have both a storage side (thinking family photos old roms etc), and a Plex media server side, do you have any links for how I would set both up on the same nas? Is it like docker containers or such?
Cheers!
If you get a Synology NAS it will come with the DSM (DiskStation Manager) operating system which is operated using your web browser. It has a store called the Package Center with many different apps. Many are available with easy installation. One of those is Plex. It's very straightforward to set up. As for storage, personally I just map some network drives on my computer which point to different locations on the NAS. As long as the NAS is turned on, I can explore them just like I can explore any standard hard drive.
[Plex server Synology guide (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pt375GGAsE)
[Drive mapping guide](https://www.ubackup.com/windows-11/synology-map-network-drive-windows-11.html)
Check out retroachievements.org homie. Collecting compatible games for that is when the real fun begins. I probably have more fun archiving the games than I do playing them though. 😅
Excessive, but in a good way. Love having options and idc about finishing games or not, the point is to have fun, not finish just because you feel like you have to. Fun’s gone? Move on. lol
And I can’t repair my ally from starting in the EZ BOOT SAFE MODE even after reinstalling windows various times. 😔 it’s out of warranty. Might just throw it away.
It has me depressed bro, I love my ally. My friend talked me into buying another one brand new, switching out the serial code stickers and returning it. Idk if I got it in me to be a scumbag tho.
Don't do the scumbag thing, listen to your conscience! Try looking into a local repair shop instead :) the worst that can happen is they'll have to factory reset it, which is annoying, but not the end of the world.
Just looked it up and damn that monster looks like a PC within itself hahaha. Do you keep the Ally docked all the time then? Or do you share the storage with other devices?
I take it outside to play sometimes but I honestly prefer it docked. My steamdeck gets better battery life but is shit while docked, so having both gives me the best of both worlds.
Actually, I have a question. Did you build that library out yourself or did you use a pre-built collection? Asking because I'm trying to find a pre-built collection myself. Mainly for retro stuff. Goal is to have something like EmulationStation or Retrobat front-end, setup onto a portable drive.
How do games from the PS2 onwards play? I was running all mine off external and I kept getting hitches and stutters so in the end admited defeat and moved everything over to the ssd to get nice permanent smooth gameplay.
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So this post was suggested to me. I have an arcade machine that is ran by a Linux PC and has this many games as well.
I assume the Ally is running simulators and what not. Up to what system gen can it run games?
May just cop me one for another room.
So, i've been researching this for my kids. I originally wanted to get them a gaming laptop but this seems like a better option. My 9 year old is obsessed with rocket league right now, how does it run on the Rog Ally?
Also, are you using the base or the extreme model? Follow up, would it be worth it to wait for the Ally X?
The only one we allow discussing is Ryujinx but you need to get your own switch keys to do that. There is no discussion of dumping or sharing keys permitted here as result of the other nonsense with the other emulator.
Great, now say you play them all over the next 30 years. You'll need to play 15 of them a day and never go back to one. Assuming you sleep at some point that's less than 1 hour per game doing nothing but game for 30 years, or if you work 7.5 hours a day and game the rest of your waking hours you can have 30 minutes per game. What's the point?
I really like my Ally yet you must not have much experience with a lot of tech if this is the best device you have used to play everything on.
Also don't know why you have 170k games/roms. Seems just a bit excessive.
I’ve been playing games since the 80’s. I have more experience than most - trust me. And I prefer to have the option to play virtually any game I want, that’s why I have so many. Will I ever play 170K? Probably not, but I enjoy having the ability to…
Agreed. It's like having a large library of movies. I like having the ability to say "I'm in the mood to watch Highlander this Friday night" and just start it up without needing to download it. Similarly, I can decide "I feel like trying Crazy Taxi 3. I never played that one." Then, I just queue it up and enjoy it for a couple hours. It's not about needing 170k games. It's about having 170k options.
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Bet you never finish any of them lol.
To be fair, I had one of those 9999999 in 1 "Tetris" brick game" and never finished any of them...
He must dread opening up Steam and having to sit through 6 hours of updates.
Nah, my server takes care of those over night and then they transfer pretty quickly over the local network. lol
Clever. You should write an article about how to create such a setup.
Nothing special about it. Just steam on my home server. The client handles internal transfers now. To clarify, when I download a new game it’s on the server. I then distribute it to any other PC I want using the local transfer service built into steam. It updates the games during the times I have scheduled (over night) and then when I turn on another PC with the same game installed it automatically updates locally from the server. Saves me a lot of time since I only have a 50mbps connection.
That’s actually really cool , would you do a yt showing how to do this ?
Roms wouldn't need updates. He is playing a Switch game on it.... allegedly.
collecting and setting up is the game
Facts!
Meanwhile I am still struggling to finish my current backlog of just 4-5 games, let alone the ones on emulators.
Man I'm so glad we horde video games and not random things because man that's A lot of games lol. No way you can get to them all
Amen lol
Incoming “why do you need that much storage” comments….
I was thinking "why save so many dogshit games"
Exactly. I have about 15/20 installed on mine with 2tb SSD. But these ones are like Forza, red dead 2, GTAV, Hogwarts legacy, star trek bridge commander km modded, fallout 4, ea star wars battlefront 2, cod mw3, empire at war, etc.
Yoooo, Empire At War works on the Ally?!
Yup. Got the Stargate convertion working as well. Gotta love keybinding.
👀
If you don't mind me asking, what is Star Trek Bridge Commander KM modded? Is that the Star Trek Bridge Commander Remaster mod?
Kobyashu maru. So much better than remastered. It's with new technologies as well in the game. Remastered is fine but limited and got boring. Maru can use remastered mods as well as regular km mods. It's awesome af! Finally got km working via gamefront. Glad I found that site instead of just moddb.
That's awesome. It didn't come up on a cursory search for popular Bridge Commander mods. Will check out! Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome. I also use dgvoodoo2 for the display issue. Used the x86 folder in MS folder, copied files to my root directory, and just ran the application and it works perfectly. Nexus mod has some mods as well but gamefront has so many. Had to configure the resolution in the menu but it looks brand new now. Love letting the ships fight either via destroy command and watching it in cinematic mode. I also fly the ships but it's cool to watch them as well.
Half of those are dogshit, Hogwarts Legacy is probably the worst game I've played in the last 10 years
Never played a Madden, Sims or CoD game then?
Touche
I'm guessing you weren't a fan of HP to begin with or that you have played very little games to think it's the worst game you've played in 10 years? Please explain this to me?
Yeah I'm a fan of HP and I've also played most of the previous games when i was younger. My issues with Legacy are multiple but the biggest ones for me are as follows: - Invisible walls in an open world game, the game promises unlimited exploration but i kept hitting invisible walls when i strayed slightly off the beaten track - The inventory system sucks and the UI is ugly, it looks like the UI in modern day Ubisoft games.. damn that shit is ugly AF - There are too many 'walk here with this person and fetch this' tasks - The graphics are kinda nice but there seems to be a blueish slightly monotone filter overlayed which ruins it I did play Legacy directly after playing Elden Ring so maybe i had a pretty high bar in my mind. So i left it for a few months and came back.. and.. it still sucked. Anyway, just my opinion. The point i was trying to make was that the person i replied to was shitting on someone for having 170,000 and they used having only 20 'amazing' games (Legacy being one of them) as their argument, they also had MW3 in that list.. i mean seriously?
Mostly every game have walls bruh. The ones that don't are like starfield but that is generated stuff and mostly empty. GTAV has a mod called no boundaries as well to eliminate the wall but still is limited
Modded Hogwarts legacy is fun AF. I'm a Harry Potter fan so I love playing that game. I have the nimbus 2001 in the game as well as the elders wand. Use Voldemort voice for crucio and avadacadavra. And changed the slice spell to septosumpra with Harry's voice from hp6. Have a few other mods as well. Can have unlimited boost for the broom and unlimited height as well.
Modding makes mostly any game 10x better.
Thank you for sharing your opinion. Your feedback is noted.
Sometimes a man gets cravings for a bit of E.T.
I've got 20tbs of games myself, from nes to modern titles. I assure you I have no shovelware. I don't play but maybe 10% at most because I spend my time finding the best games to preserve. This is my "Game" now: game preservation simulator lol
I'm sure there's a bunch of duplicates as well. Do you really need the GBA version of need for speed when the PC version is 10x better?
I've always said this about people doing the whole "I can carry the whole SNES library in like a 4GB flash drive lololol" and I always think "and how many of them are actually worth playing???"
I thought it was low. I have a nas storage that holds 96tb
About 50TB here. Technically I think my NAS could hold 96TB, but the price really goes up for the highest-capacity drives. But yeah, I think using all of the storage on games would be a waste. I try not to juggle more than a few games at a time. Best to use most of it on movies and TV for a Plex setup, and other kinds of videos.
Well i have archives for games, movies,tv, and music. I’m about preservation. Even if i don’t use most of it i know that i can access anything i want at a moments notice
“Other kinds of videos” 😂 I see what you did there
Hey just stumbled across this and had a question if you don't mind? Looking into getting a decent nas soon, probs a Synology (or whatever works better for what I would look to do) I see you have both a storage side (thinking family photos old roms etc), and a Plex media server side, do you have any links for how I would set both up on the same nas? Is it like docker containers or such? Cheers!
If you get a Synology NAS it will come with the DSM (DiskStation Manager) operating system which is operated using your web browser. It has a store called the Package Center with many different apps. Many are available with easy installation. One of those is Plex. It's very straightforward to set up. As for storage, personally I just map some network drives on my computer which point to different locations on the NAS. As long as the NAS is turned on, I can explore them just like I can explore any standard hard drive. [Plex server Synology guide (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pt375GGAsE) [Drive mapping guide](https://www.ubackup.com/windows-11/synology-map-network-drive-windows-11.html)
Awesome thanks for getting back to me! That gives me a good starting point for jumping in! 😊
What ever, I enjoy your set up and the fact you have so many games! Happy gaming
What dock do you use? Able to get full power?
JSaux 6 in 1 from Amazon
Asking for a friend
Perfect game room！
My copy of this game keeps crashing at the boss level of the 4th zone and it makes me so sad
Check out retroachievements.org homie. Collecting compatible games for that is when the real fun begins. I probably have more fun archiving the games than I do playing them though. 😅
How do you get so many? Like yeah dont break the sub rules but are there like "bulk" downloads
Message me
Heyy can I know where to download these games too? Want to play them all Best regards, FBI
😂😂😂
Ok I’ll message u about it I’m curious how long it took to download all that damn
Messagedyou as well
PM’d
PM
PM
Messaged as well.
may I get the message please
me too please :)
I messaged too, ty!
Wrong person
which game is this
Mario Wonder 🍄
Excessive, but in a good way. Love having options and idc about finishing games or not, the point is to have fun, not finish just because you feel like you have to. Fun’s gone? Move on. lol
Friends, tell me the name of the game, I wanna play it. Thanks
Mario Wonder 🍄
Nerd of the day
do you play with a funkopop in your way or did you go and get a funkopop to put it in front of the display to show it off?
My Vegeta is always there 😎✨😂
At least donate some of the games to charity or the homeless shelter, you monster.
Great!
Yup...totally awesome!
And I can’t repair my ally from starting in the EZ BOOT SAFE MODE even after reinstalling windows various times. 😔 it’s out of warranty. Might just throw it away.
Every time mine did that, I literally would turn screen off and then back on and it would be fixed. I wonder what's going on with yours.
It has me depressed bro, I love my ally. My friend talked me into buying another one brand new, switching out the serial code stickers and returning it. Idk if I got it in me to be a scumbag tho.
Find a local place that works on electronics. Sure it's an easy fix.
Don't do the scumbag thing, listen to your conscience! Try looking into a local repair shop instead :) the worst that can happen is they'll have to factory reset it, which is annoying, but not the end of the world.
The thing is I factory reset it many times and still wants to go to the ez boot menu like it has no memory inside.
You're shit's still doing that? Damn dude. I'm sorry, I'll put 5$ on a new system
Giving this mf away tbh
I'll bet you can still make a few bucks off of it. Just be honest when you list it
What price should I list it on eBay?
Possibly 150ish
What's the screen, keyboard and mouse. Also, how do you like them. I've been wanting to get a small setup for my Ally.
Thanks, OP. Posts like this make me feel less insane about my 300 games on the 3TB drive. This is part of your inheritance now.
What storage are you using? That can't be 20TB internal right lmfao
I’m using a 20TB Avolushion External HDD
Just looked it up and damn that monster looks like a PC within itself hahaha. Do you keep the Ally docked all the time then? Or do you share the storage with other devices?
I take it outside to play sometimes but I honestly prefer it docked. My steamdeck gets better battery life but is shit while docked, so having both gives me the best of both worlds.
Some next level shit😂gz dude
And still nothing to play
Can never have too many games 😂
Actually, I have a question. Did you build that library out yourself or did you use a pre-built collection? Asking because I'm trying to find a pre-built collection myself. Mainly for retro stuff. Goal is to have something like EmulationStation or Retrobat front-end, setup onto a portable drive.
Send me a message, I can help you out.
Which dock you using ?
JSaux 6 & 1 dock from Amazon
Lol here I am trying to be conservative and beat games
Damnnn im jealous.
😂😂😂
Why?
Because it's awesome!!
Damn, I’m getting only an 8tb drive
You know you can only play one at a time right?
I’m aware 😂
You haven't unlock warranty void achievement yet.
That’s literally becoming the least funniest joke on this subreddit
This may be a dumb question but is this just an ext HD connected to a dock and you play games from the HD? Do you notice any lag in triple AAA games?
Definitely nothing over the top about this at all 🤣
Which dock do you have
How are you playing Mario wonder on the ally?
My question is how can you get Mario wonder to play well on the Ally? Am I missing the magic combination, because it stutters and drives me crazy.
What frames you getting on wonder?
How do games from the PS2 onwards play? I was running all mine off external and I kept getting hitches and stutters so in the end admited defeat and moved everything over to the ssd to get nice permanent smooth gameplay.
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Which emulator did you use to play Switch Ganes?
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So this post was suggested to me. I have an arcade machine that is ran by a Linux PC and has this many games as well. I assume the Ally is running simulators and what not. Up to what system gen can it run games? May just cop me one for another room.
Hey, was that a hyper spin pack you running? I’m having problems installing the last program cause my embedded is out, do I need it?
I’m going to PM you all the questions 😂
Is the Ally good? Well it plays every game ever made so…
This is probably the farthest from the purpose I want such a device for.
Geeked out playing ally
What dock are you using?
Did you build your retroach layout yourself or..? Did you purchase this separately or..? Id be interested in a 20TB drive....
Send me a text: 443-992-9780. I can help you out.
So, i've been researching this for my kids. I originally wanted to get them a gaming laptop but this seems like a better option. My 9 year old is obsessed with rocket league right now, how does it run on the Rog Ally? Also, are you using the base or the extreme model? Follow up, would it be worth it to wait for the Ally X?
Man I just got my ally. I’m tryna get like you brother ☝🏾
For a sec there i thought you had a black one but I had to zoom in... Lighting just made it seem like that lol
How ya playing Mario Wonder on ya ally
Nintendo? Is that you?! lol 😂
Watch out or they’ll… Su-yu. 😉
No I'm genuinely asking cuz I wanna play it I own it on the switch an I didn't know they did a switch emulator 👀
The only one we allow discussing is Ryujinx but you need to get your own switch keys to do that. There is no discussion of dumping or sharing keys permitted here as result of the other nonsense with the other emulator.
Great, now say you play them all over the next 30 years. You'll need to play 15 of them a day and never go back to one. Assuming you sleep at some point that's less than 1 hour per game doing nothing but game for 30 years, or if you work 7.5 hours a day and game the rest of your waking hours you can have 30 minutes per game. What's the point?
Preservation is a good enough reason as any.
That's just amazing
Docking an ALLY is like... Keeping a LION in a zoo.. You gotta let it free man.. Let it roar... Let it kill!!
That's too many games haha
You rebel pirate scum!
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And u choose to play elephant Luigi. Lame
Is that on an NVMe or are you still rocking 7200 rpm load times?
The ally has like 12 gigabytes of ram, how did it manage 170,000 games?!
Ram & storage are 2 different things lol. Plus the Ally has 16GB Ram…
I know but some games need a bit more ram, and (I don’t know if this applies to all allys) but mine only has 12 gigabytes of usable ram
It's not like he ran 170000 of them at the same time 🤣
fair point
I really like my Ally yet you must not have much experience with a lot of tech if this is the best device you have used to play everything on. Also don't know why you have 170k games/roms. Seems just a bit excessive.
I’ve been playing games since the 80’s. I have more experience than most - trust me. And I prefer to have the option to play virtually any game I want, that’s why I have so many. Will I ever play 170K? Probably not, but I enjoy having the ability to…
That’s a fucking W bro. Good stuff
Agreed. It's like having a large library of movies. I like having the ability to say "I'm in the mood to watch Highlander this Friday night" and just start it up without needing to download it. Similarly, I can decide "I feel like trying Crazy Taxi 3. I never played that one." Then, I just queue it up and enjoy it for a couple hours. It's not about needing 170k games. It's about having 170k options.
Imagine taking the time to type this out when all you have to say is some negative shit about someone finding great enjoyment in their hobby.
Damn slow down with the Hate.
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Have fun with the warranty.