I bought a couple 8bitdo bluetooth mod kits recently. I did the NES one a couple weeks ago (not pictured). I had time to do the SNES/SFC mod today. I like the NES one with Mister. There is some lag if you’re sensitive to it, but I’m willing to forgo that for the ease of use.
Ready to go
8bitdo pcb installed (they ship in a ESD bag that is oversized so you can store your og pcb in there, which is a nice touch, imo).
charging up!
PS3 pickups today. I have never played Journey so to see it in store on a disc was nice. Also, everyone’s favorite FromSoft game, lol. Never played it, but heard good things.
Both CIB with manuals and reversible covers, back when we were a civilized community! …sure! /sarcasm lmao
I’m thinking about setting up a dedicated ps3/4 micro gaming setup since dad gets booted from the TV room during kids movie night. Hmm, maybe more to come on that, micro and modest so don’t expect much, lol.
I’ve been looking at PS3 games wherever I go lately because stuff like 3D Dot Game Heroes is going up. (I have it thankfully.)
I’m consistently amazed at how much on PS3 is either available on PC and playable just as well or better, how much is just plain grimdark or horror, and how little there is that really stands out as being worth owning beyond what most people probably already know about.
You can really tell how much Japan struggled in the PS3/360 generation and how much gaming moved away from and was downright hostile to… color.
ha, again last night for me, it’s summer so not the most representative sample. That said, I bought a monitor for my pstriple/quattro setup. We’ll see…
I don’t recall where on the board I posted this previously circa 2020/`21 because I was working from home during covid, but stay oem on your membranes. The new ones look great and all, but determine if you prefer nicer looking membranes you never see or diagonals actually registering. oem ftw. ‘mushy’ buttons =/= bad
working diagonals on the left | nice, new, and not worth it on the right
Greg Sewart’s great History of Ridge Racer video got me to bite on RR7. Am I today old seeing “arkbird” on the bumper of the cover car? Namco game, so Is that a Ace Combat reference?
Side note, Namco has some of the best menus: snappy, responsive, great music, oozing LFG!
Greg’s video, worth a watch if you haven’t seen it yet
Also picked up an NTSC-J disc for Ridge Racer 7 a couple of months ago, was shocked to find my PAL save file from 2012 was loaded up just fine on it, and the online servers are sitll going! Nowadays saves are locked to game region and online account for the purposes of trophies.
Picked it up because Japan is the only store where you can still buy the 3D license for the game, but unfortunately the 3D mode sees a drop from 1080p60 to 720p30. Was hoping for a silky smooth 60fps but it seems Ridge Racer on 3DS is still the best 3D RR for now.
If my memory serves me correctly, the graphic designer who worked on Ridge Racer 7-era games ended up at Sega working for the Hatsune Miku Project Diva games on PSP and Vita, definitely a shared design language there.
A few weeks ago I got a refurbished 250GB 360 for $115. I used to own a 360 way back in 2010 but it was one of the old white models with the bad motherboards and it red ringed on me within only about 5 months of owning it (fortunately it was a gift):
Unfortunately the 1.01 DLC code doesn’t work since I wasn’t able to get it before the 360 store shut down so guess my only option to get it will be modding my system in the future. But the good news is that I was able to purchase the Black Label DLC fortunately when the store was still active.
Edit: I got the 1.01 DLC code to work!!! Earlier I had been trying to redeem it before I played the game. So I tried one more time and it went through, apparently it required save data from the game in order to activate. Very happy I was able to get this, yesssss.
Sort of an FYI for folks… the Yen seems to be gaining traction again. If, like me, you occasionally like to buy from Japan, now’s still a good time. I put in a small order of PC Engine games from Suruga-ya who are doing free shipping til tomorrow.
As with anything, be sure to check against Price Charting or an eBay search to make sure you’re getting a good price, but I definitely got some deals.
GS is definitely the type of game I love from the 16-bit era. Looks pretty good. Has decent music and sounds, and a gameplay hook that’s a unique take on something you may have seen before. I’ve made it to the fourth level so far. Definitely glad I got it in this batch!
Galaga ‘88 and Dragon Spirit are PC Engine staples that were basically the same price complete in box as they would have been HuCard alone. Super Darius seemed like a must have as I build a collection for Hudson’s system.
Grabbed the Dreamcast version of Andro Dunos II. It’s choppier than the Switch version (not 30fps but it drops frames) and apparently missing some parallax etc, but still solid! And I half got it for the soundtrack CD.
By grabbing the last switch release (the Cotton 2/Boomerang set, SLG version with updates on cart), I now have a vintage and modern version of each Cotton game except Rainbow.
And here’s an interesting one, I ordered some bits from Retrosix (GBC new amplified board was the main thing I was after) but because they have quite cheap prices I got some other parts from to try out. Such as this SNES pad shell, rubbers and buttons.
It pinches an original cable slightly, not enough to be a problem. And the 8bitdo charging connector needs some cutting to fit nicely. But overall great quality, recommended if you need some parts.
Another thing I tried are these which I posted about above, which make buttons more responsive
They make buttons snappy. They worked great in one SNES pad, but I think they made my original SNES pad with 8bitdo PCB feel a bit tight, I’ll keep experimenting.
