bluelander
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- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I’m a pretty avid old video game enjoyer and own multiple CRTs. Also had the pleasure of owning and maintaining a 19" Sony PVM until I traded it to a friend for a mountain of GBA games. Still keep a 13" hooked up for the occasional VHS or old game.
That said, I feel like a lot old sentiment toward emulation and modern display tech is rooted in internet opinions from 2010 or prior.
Yes, older and cheaper LCDs with a Bluetooth controller on old emulation tech pales in comparison to a Super Nintendo hooked up to the cheapest CRT ever. But both display tech and emulation tech have come a long way. High quality upscalers, ultra deep blacks, low latency game modes, insane refresh rates, FPGA, Retroarch run-ahead, cycle accurate emulators, and a dozen other breakthroughs have made retro gaming on modern panels extremely enjoyable.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Have you tried any of the various shaders available? I find that a good shader set gets pretty so close to my CRTs that I honestly can’t tell the difference. I have a Retrotink for hardware scaling and it also has very good shader options.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
There are options now: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinden_Light_Gun
- Comment on The Purpose of Difficulty | GMTK Mini 5 weeks ago:
Very well stated, and echoes my sentiment exactly.
My game time is precious to me and sitting with that feeling of failure while I waste time just getting back to zero feels bad to me. I’d rather be, you know, making some sort of progress.
It’s a gorgeous game, very lovingly crafted. But I would cheer for some built in accessibility options akin to the most recent Ninja Gaiden that let me dial in the experience I want.
- Comment on Jeez, it's like there's no appeasing you tyrants 1 month ago:
Boring straight white cisgendered man with regular hair and no facial piercings here: stop trying to normalize your shitty opinions by pretending like everyone thinks them. We don’t.
- Comment on PSP games that are enjoyable without the nostalgia-factor 1 month ago:
I adore the PSP! I know a lot of titles feel kind of weird or like they’re having to make major compromises due to the lack of triggers and a second stick. Many games felt sort of stuck in-between handheld and consoles because of it.
In no order here’s a list of some of my absolute favorites on the system:
- No Heroes Allowed!
- Amazing, funny dungeon building game where you play the bad guy. Like Japanese dungeon keeper with ecological systems and 16-bit inspired graphics.
- Cladun: This is an RPG
- Fun, simple action RPG. Has a sequel that was also really fun.
- Half-Minute Hero
- Light-hearted parody RPG where you play in small bursts.
- Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman
- Sentai parody mystery dungeon game, and does both very well.
- Tactics Ogre
- A very very impressive remaster of the SFC game. One of the best SRPGs ever made! The PSP version of Final Fantasy Tactics is also good, but I prefer Tactics Ogre by a wide margin myself.
- Ys Seven
- Really all the Ys games on the system are really good. Ys Seven is the most modern feeling and gives you multiple characters to swap between. Fun series of action RPGs if you like that sort of thing. Kind of Zelda-y but with less puzzles and more combat and RPG elements.
- Super Stardust Portable
- Really fun shmup published by Sony.
- No Heroes Allowed!
- Comment on Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water! 2 months ago:
Texan here: we barely get to vote on shit at all. And they’re gerrymandering to make it even harder.
I’d call Texas a clown car but it’s too big to qualify.
- Comment on getoffpocket.com, my guide to Pocket alternatives, just got a redesign 4 months ago:
I use bookmarks for that. All the browsers I use support them.
- Comment on getoffpocket.com, my guide to Pocket alternatives, just got a redesign 4 months ago:
For those unaware: RSS is still a thing and still works. You don’t need fancy platforms and algorithms to follow sites that post stuff you care about. Just an RSS catcher.
On F-Droid, Capy Reader does a great job and supports full article downloads to circumvent the sites that only put previews on RSS.
- Comment on Been throwing down on my N64 with DK64 7 months ago:
That game seems to get picked on these days, but back when it came out my brother and I were all about it. How’s it hold up?
- Comment on Looked out the glass front door to see if my package had arrived. Just a dog turd. 8 months ago:
I have a startling revelation. Upon closer inspection it was a piece of wood.
I have lied to you all.
- Submitted 8 months ago to [deleted] | 10 comments
- Comment on So...you can buy a magnetic wrap that makes your Xbox look like an old PC case 8 months ago:
You don’t have to, you can just look at this one. It’s a visual experience.
- Comment on So...you can buy a magnetic wrap that makes your Xbox look like an old PC case 8 months ago:
Yeah I’m not sure that would fit under my tv either lol
- Comment on Gamers go offline in retro console revival | The Guardian 8 months ago:
A million times this. Retro games aren’t just still good, they’re better than they’ve ever been thanks to modern tools and emulation.
- Comment on So...you can buy a magnetic wrap that makes your Xbox look like an old PC case 8 months ago:
I have an i5 with a 1660Ti hooked up to this same tv. And an i9/4080RTX laptop that I do I lot of gaming on. Also a Steam Deck to the right of the Xbox.
I just thought it was cute and fun :)
- Comment on So...you can buy a magnetic wrap that makes your Xbox look like an old PC case 8 months ago:
Yeah, it’s not perfect. But it’s cute and adds some flair and I’m enjoying it regardless of the exactness of its historical accuracy. Still nicer than another black rectangle under my tv. From 12+ feet away it looks identifiably like “sort of like an old PC case,” which is enough for how cheap it was.
- Submitted 8 months ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 15 comments
- Comment on The Powkiddy V20 is out for pre-order, only 500 Units 8 months ago:
REMINISCIENCE across the bottom kills me 😆
Device itself look okay, but I struggle to pick anything up until I know for a fact that the CFW scene is going to be robust and worthwhile. Once I know what kind of firmware I’ll be rocking and that it’ll be supported by the community I’m a thousand times more likely to grab one. Until then it’s just the waiting game.
- Comment on Who's making older games so expensive? 8 months ago:
Some of it is just them getting hard to find for things that were made in smaller numbers. As time goes on there are less of them floating around.
But also: grading and internet hype has drawn the eyes of a certain class of investor that want to sit on these “assets.” Then everyone that sees a graded copy of a game sell for a high dollar amount assumes their grungy copy with no box and their name written on the cartridge is worth the same amount. You see the same thing across a lot of collectibles hobbies, unfortunately.
- Submitted 8 months ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Comment on My old retro game cart (now defunct) 8 months ago:
Castlevania on NES
- Comment on My old retro game cart (now defunct) 8 months ago:
Traded that to a friend a few years ago, but it was a pretty fun system! Had it modded and recapped.
- Comment on My old retro game cart (now defunct) 8 months ago:
Yeah it’s a little bittersweet. But, honestly, I play more games now than ever before and the features that emulation provides means that more games are accessible to me. The kid version of me would’ve been stoked to see the cart, but would have be more stoked to see save states, fast forward, rewind, shaders, and cheats. Not to mention fan translations and romhacks!
- Comment on My current handheld lineup 8 months ago:
Yup, works great.
- Comment on My current handheld lineup 8 months ago:
I have! Balatro is cool, also didn’t TMNT Shredder’s Revenge. Didn’t know UFO50 got a port, I’ll have to check that out.
- Comment on My old retro game cart (now defunct) 8 months ago:
Definitely underrated! Played that ones a lot as a kid.
- Submitted 8 months ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 9 comments
- Comment on My current handheld lineup 8 months ago:
I also second Pico8, tons of cool games over there!
- Comment on My current handheld lineup 8 months ago:
Then either is honestly a great choice, but the RG35XXSP does have a very slight feature advantage. But it does also have very clicky buttons (think original GPA SP but stiffer), so if you’re a button-feel person then that might be a deciding factor.
