Any NES chads around?
I’m currently on my 80GB MGS4-bundled PS3 playing GTA IV Complete Edition. I don’t play it as often as I’d like but I’m still getting some enjoyment out of it.
Do you still play on your retro consoles regularly?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by 
Sunshine@piefed.ca to ask@piefed.social
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Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Gnugit@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Im currently playing on my PS3 phat.
- Sunshine@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
How do you maintain the console?
Gnugit@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I recently refurbished it myself which involved delidding the CPU and replacing the thermal paste on it. It was quite a job and found many guides online.
First I tried the fishing line method and that didn’t work at all. Second i tried the razor method and almost damaged the circuitry. Last I settled on the aluminium can method where you cut a long strip of aluminium can and create two handles each end do you don’t cut your fingers off. If donning it yourself recommend cutting several of them and when you use the first one take particular note of getting the length correct so you can leverage it correctly.
I used a hair drier to soften the glue and sawed through it with the aluminium can strip. Aluminium is softer than the circuitry so there is less risk of damage.
I didn’t repair the laser as it cost too much for my budget so I flashed the rom to custom and transfer my disks digitally.
gastroglizzy@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Some of them, yes. My PS1 and PS2 see a lot of action still since I have controllers, memory cards, and a progressive scan CRT TV.
N64 and GameCube are both notoriously difficult to find controllers for. Even though I’d prefer to play on original hardware, when it comes to these consoles, emulating tends to give the better experience.
Idk if Xbox 360 and PS3 count as “retro” but they also see a fair amount of use, though not as much as the PS1 & 2 because about half of the PS3 and 360 games I want to play have native PC ports.
As for GBA and DS, I play those when I’m actually on the go; the rest of the time, I emulate.
I don’t own an NES or an SNES, but I’ll emulate some DKC pretty often for nostalgia.
AskewLord@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
No, not since they became available in 4K/HD versions for cheap on newer consoles.
Only time I would break it out is if the game wasn’t available in a modern platform. the QoL enhancements are just… such a time saver.
the OG load times and play mechanics that were used to just pad everything out… just suck balls to deal with today. There is nothing ‘retro cool’ about having to sit through a FF7 summon sequence 10 times in a boss fight and having it be an extra 10 minutes. Thank god for the FF feature on my PS5 version of the game.
When I was 12 years old and it was 1997, yeah it was fine because we didn’t know any better and time wasn’t valuable.