A lot has changed since the late 1980s. I can now run Thunder Blade off of a flash cartridge (EasyFlash3). And in general I’ve grown so cynical of in-game product placement that it’s not even funny.
I got an OLED SWITCH for Christmas and I’ve been diving into the emulated games. So much fun but I normally emulate games on my miyoo mini plus or pc....
I introduced a friend to Earthbound and we played it together on the SNES app. It was nice because I could watch them play and point my cursor to things, and even take the controls from time to time. It’s not a bad way to play games but I have better options for playing retro alone.
I remember using this a lot in my first year of migrating from Windows to Linux. It was engrained into me that my system will degrade if I don’t “clean” it regularly, like on Windows.
I spend a lot of my free time watching gaming videos on youtube. Most of these would fall into the ‘essay’ style. Who are your favourite videogame subs on youtube?...
ThorHighHeels’ videos have a relaxed, positive vibe that I always enjoy. He usually covers lesser known games from the mid 2000’s and his appreciation of visual design, music, and aesthetics really resonates with me. My favorite video of his is the one on Mysterious GBA Games.
Never having had a GBA growing up (or really any gaming system), I recently decided to delve into the retro scene and try to reshell a GBA SP. I bought a board and shell off Aliexpress and a few reproduction cartridges. (VERY) stupidly wanted to test the repo cart without finishing the shell and ripped off the cartridge slot!!!...
It’s the NES version 😅 The sprites make for a great argument for using shaders. I couldn’t find a fully unfiltered picture online, but you can still tell that this skeleton looks a little sillier 18-wizardry-proving-grounds-of-the-mad-overlord-gameplay
The game itself isn’t very fun or interesting at all imo, but I do love this artwork. It’s a simple puzzle game where you draw a path from your character to the girl, while avoiding letting the bully reach her. The title translates to something like “Love is a Strategy Game”
Thank you. I used waifu2x to upscale the best image I could find online, then spent hours in GIMP cleaning it up manually. I’d assume AI upscalers could save a bunch of time but I did this just for fun anyway 🙂
I’ve been using NewPipe exclusively for about 4 years now and I’m very, very happy with it. I take background audio playback, downloading, adblocking, sponsorblocking et.c. for granted now and often forget how crippled the vanilla YouTube experience is.
Yeah, there’s a lot of them, but they’re usually in self-contained trilogies that aren’t related to the others. I’ve only played Ryza 1 & 2, and plan on getting the last one later this year!
So I’ve been playing the first SaGa game, following the announcement of the new SaGa: Emerald Beyond that will release in 2024. I’ve never played a SaGa game before, but I love how rough around the edges and unconventional it is. You really have to use your imagination a bit sometimes and not interpret everything literally....
I really, really hate this trend of not localizing titles that presumably sound cool in Japanese, but are just like ??? in English. Various Daylife is the worst offender I’ve seen so far 💀
One of my recent retro game moments (lemmy.world)
A lot has changed since the late 1980s. I can now run Thunder Blade off of a flash cartridge (EasyFlash3). And in general I’ve grown so cynical of in-game product placement that it’s not even funny.
Windows vs Linux (fedia.io)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13602600...
Is Bluetooth getting worse on Linux?
I’m noticing a lot of issues with bluetooth popping up, and they only seem to be getting worse....
With Nintendo Switch Online having emulators like gba and 64 etc. Would you play those versions or would you continue to emulate those games on another device?
I got an OLED SWITCH for Christmas and I’ve been diving into the emulated games. So much fun but I normally emulate games on my miyoo mini plus or pc....
Nintendo Switch Year in Review 2023 - Nintendo Official Site (year-in-review.nintendo.com)
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NES, Game Boy – October 2023 Game Updates – Nintendo Switch Online (www.youtube.com)
Favourite Gaming Youtube Subs?
I spend a lot of my free time watching gaming videos on youtube. Most of these would fall into the ‘essay’ style. Who are your favourite videogame subs on youtube?...
Managed to save a bungled GBA SP board. (lemmy.zip)
Never having had a GBA growing up (or really any gaming system), I recently decided to delve into the retro scene and try to reshell a GBA SP. I bought a board and shell off Aliexpress and a few reproduction cartridges. (VERY) stupidly wanted to test the repo cart without finishing the shell and ripped off the cartridge slot!!!...
A border I made when I played Wizardry (sopuli.xyz)
Linux-compatible multiplayer games to make new friends in? [seeking recommendations]
I’m seeking recommendations for mp games where I could make friends so...
I upscaled this Game Boy boxart because no high-res scans existed online (Koi Wa Kakehiki / 恋は駆け引き) (sopuli.xyz)
The game itself isn’t very fun or interesting at all imo, but I do love this artwork. It’s a simple puzzle game where you draw a path from your character to the girl, while avoiding letting the bully reach her. The title translates to something like “Love is a Strategy Game”
NewPipe | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository (f-droid.org)
NewPipe also allows the use of other platforms like SoundCloud, PeerTube, Bandcamp and media.ccc.de
New Raspberry Pi 5 comes with PCIe 2.0 x1 interface and power button (www.raspberrypi.com)
Broadcom BCM2712 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, with cryptography extensions, 512KB per-core L2 caches and a 2MB shared L3 cache...
I love the character art from Brandish (Snes) (sopuli.xyz)
Pixelfed link with 10 pics...
An unfortunate image i found in my screenshot folder (Atelier Ryza 2) (sopuli.xyz)
Keiji Kinebuchi Pokemon Cards (sopuli.xyz)
Wow over 100 subscribers!!!!
I don’t know how to see the total for all instances but at least for Sopuli we have hit 100 which I didn’t really think would happen!!...
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Amazing upbeat song from a Klonoa game on GBA that never left Japan (www.youtube.com)
Since the GBA lacked dedicated sound hardware, I think this is very impressive, even despite the bitcrushed vocals 💀
"Cactus" from Final Fantasy Legend/SaGa (1990) (sopuli.xyz)
So I’ve been playing the first SaGa game, following the announcement of the new SaGa: Emerald Beyond that will release in 2024. I’ve never played a SaGa game before, but I love how rough around the edges and unconventional it is. You really have to use your imagination a bit sometimes and not interpret everything literally....
Unicorn Overlord — Announcement Trailer | Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, PS4 (www.youtube.com)
Vanillaware’s latest is giving me major Ogre Battle vibes....