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I didn't figure this mod out myself, this was made by a person (lidnariq) smarter than me over at the Nesdev forums.

https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=196881#p196881

just boring stuff, old things.

Sadly, only brand new stuff is ever part of black friday...

Nothing

Or at least nothing being sold as an actual black Friday special

It deeply upsets me that it doesn't feel that long ago at all that we had the Famicom's 30th anniversary. I even got a Famicom around that time... 2013...

Time needs to slow way down.

jumpscares are considered lazy in movies, the same applies to video games.

The offensive part is that FNAF is so popular that better horror games and series get forgotten or considered "crap" because they don't rely on cheap constant jumpscares.

I just don't like modern games, or where they've gone, or what they've introduced.

Here, have a list of modern gaming things I don't like, from off the top of my head:

- Online everything (I like local MP more)

- DLC, day one patches

- Games being tens or hundreds of gigabytes in size, I have a datacap guys...

- HD graphics (so often ugly and hard on the eyes)

- MOBA, battle royales and games as a service

- Most of my favourite game devs are long since dead

- Consoles being giant power hungry space heaters

Modern games stopped being relevant to my demographic with the 360 and PS3. I am certain I haven't missed much.

Definitely would rather play the same old games instead of only new ones.

At least with familiarity, I know it is going to be good. With new, it is a gamble.

SMB3 vs SMW is really just a comparison of quantity over quality.

(Yes, SMB3 is great, but sometimes more isn't better, it's just more)

And SMB2 for NES is a real Mario game, the joke got old 20 years ago.

A game that seemingly turned video game horror into a joke unto itself. No need for subtly or nuance anymore, just cheap jumpscares.

Maybe wouldn't be as offensive if it weren't such a big deal on YouTube with the kids. Maybe I am just old, but it is sad seeing kids celebrate something so banal and trashy. Maybe Five Nights at Freddy's only works on kids who grew up with Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E Cheese? I never went to them.

I first played Super Mario RPG when I was about 6 or 7 years old, so 98 or 99 I think. I learned English words from that game, had no difficulty beating the game, could even defeat Jinx 3 times at the Monstro Town Dojo and also Culex. Granted, I also always finished the game at the maximum level 30 so that would be why it was easy.

Hard to imagine someone would find the original game hard, so hard it needs a Breezy Mode.

On 11/11/2023 at 12:27 PM, Code Monkey said:

Chrono Trigger

I started it on an emulator around 2005 and then started again on the PSP (also emulator) around 2010. Both times got about halfway through and never finished. Then I bought a complete copy on eBay for $109 (remember those days?) with the intentions of getting to it eventually but then sold it recently for $800 before I even played it.

I'm hoping it comes out on Switch so I can actually play it all the way through.

Same game for me, never finished it, I always end up getting lost and losing interest in the prehistoric time.

I gotta sit down and actually beat it sometime, I wanna see the Antiquity period.

One more edit, I completely forgot about TonyHax for the PS1. Technically it only allows for loading burned discs as the PS1 never did have much for mass storage devices without hardware mods, but it probably should be mentioned.

Dreamcast still remains as the first softmod console, because TonyHax wasn't until 20 years later.

Normally I am hugely excited for unreleased or beta NES games being found and dumped, but this isn't really a game, just a client program for a lottery. Tommy T's Play Me Sound Editor is more interesting.

No I was never all that invested in the lore surrounding the Minnesota Lottery cart, just was never that interesting to me.

Still, nice to see it found anyway.

I'm still hoping Panel de Pon 64 sees a dump online one day...

Ever since home consoles became powerful enough to start including PC-like things such as internal storage, optical drives and even USB and SD card slots on rare occasion, the softmod or software modification to defeat security and unlock functionality has taken place. In iPhone terms this is a jailbreak.

Some would argue what the first softmod console was. If one were to include hardware modchips, then of course that all started on the PS1. For software-only, my vote is for the Dreamcast, it contained a security flaw that meant specially written CD-Rs could boot code on a completely unmodified Dreamcast. No, I don't count the swap trick for PS1.

With that, I present below a list of systems that as far as I know, feature at least one software-based security exploit used to run unauthorized or unsigned code. Yes some use third party accessories, they're not expensive or hard to find and require no tools or soldering.

PS1 - TonyHax save file exploit

Dreamcast - MIL-CD exploit, serial to SD adapter + Dreamshell

PS2 - Freemcboot, Freehdboot, FreeDVDBoot, Mechapwn and Open PS2 Loader, also POPStarter for PS1 backups

GC - save file exploits + Swiss on SD card adapters

Xbox - save file exploits + custom dashboards on internal HDD

Wii - multiple entry points + homebrew channel and USB Loader GX/WiiFlow

PS3 - PS3Xploit + CFW for 4.82 to 4.85 on Phat and Slim, PS3HEN for late slim and super slim

PS4/PS5 - WebKit exploits

PSP/Vita - CFW permanent and HEN

DSi - memory pit exploit and TwilightMenu++

3DS - multiple entry points + Luma3DS

Switch - joycon jig for service mode + Atmosphere

Honourable mention: Xbox 360 - RGH hardware mod + custom dashboards on hard drive (also the older JTAG)

So what are my picks? Consoles, to me it is hands down the PS2 and Wii for sheer convenience, they are great on CRT which is what I have, plus these systems also support PS1 and GameCube, you get four systems plus many more via emulators.

For portable, my usual go-to is DSi, all I ever usually want is GB, GBA and DS which TwilightMenu++ can do. I don't need 3DS much so a DSi is a better fit for me. Not perfect but gets the job done.

My least favourite is the Xbox 360 because it requires soldering. If 360 doesn't count here, then the Switch is my least favorite as it typically needs an early model and a tether boot from a smartphone or PC or a modchip like the 360.

On 10/26/2023 at 3:58 PM, Friendsfa35 said:

 

mostly these few:

- young people under 30 collecting NES/SNES,
and talking about said games being classics,
as if they were even alive when those games were released.

- people showing off their collection of NES games,
and saying Ninja GAY-den instead of Ninja GUY-den,
i instantly close the video in this case, as said person is clearly an amateur.

- people who post "top 10 rarest NES/SNES/N64 games" videos,
and then keep copy-pasting each other in constantly saying that Stadium Events for the NES was pulled from shelves back then, even though there is no evidence for that at all, as Pat explained, most of them probably were never stocked, and the ones that did sold poorly.
coupled with a potentional lower print run, and you got yourself a pretty rare game.

- the overblown hype of some games USA releases,
which makes the hype carry over to European releases of the same games.

Young people are important to a hobby, they keep it going so it doesn't die off with the old original crowd. You have no sense at all.

Look at 80s home computers, look at how well those aren't doing because of their poor accessibility, being complicated, often expensive and needing a person to be interested in repair/maintenance in order to get to the fun software. Young people just aren't into 80s computers, not like game consoles.

I've seen folks replace the big nonstandard power connector with a smaller, standard 2.5mm one. I too would suggest that given how hard it is to find that old oversized connector

touch fuzzy, get dizzy

Like many, I am a fan of disabling the lockout chip in NES Front Loaders. Not just cutting pin 4, but going further and removing the 10NES chip and adding a couple wires and resistors to make the system function like a Famicom. I understand doing this will fix some official licensed multi-cart games like SMB/DH/WCTM but also allow Nintendo World Championships 90 to work as well. This 10NES removal mod I found over at the nesdev forum.

https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=196881#p196881

What I'd like to know, is there any actual reason to keep an NES with its original lockout chip? Anything unlicensed that relies on it? Because I've tried the Aladdin Deck Enhancer on a 10NES-less Front Loader system and it works fine. Camerica carts also work fine with the lockout switch in Position B.

Otherwise, I think I'll just continue removing lockout chips from NES Front Loader consoles.

Are there any appearances of the N64 documented on this article, not mentioned in your list?

http://micro-64.com/features/n64intv.shtml

No version of the Neo Geo AES has S-Video output, that's strictly an aftermarket modification only.

No, the PC Engine/TurboDuo etc systems have a different composite AV cable compared to a Genesis or Neo Geo. The PCE systems have stereo audio output on their 5-pin DIN socket, this isn't directly compatible with a Genesis-type cable.

The AES and Genesis Model 1 have electrically compatible 8-pin DIN sockets, but the top two pins are not in the same physical places. People usually describe it as the Neo Geo uses a C-shaped pin arrangement, whereas the Genesis and SMS are U-shaped. This is only a problem for RGB cables, you can use composite cables freely across these same systems.

As for buzzing in the audio that changes depending on the visuals, that sounds to me like an HDTV-related problem, perhaps there's a lack of noise isolation between the audio and video. I would highly recommend testing your AES on a proper CRT TV before doing any needless work on the console itself. Analog AV nearly always has at least a little noise, but it's not uncommon for HDTVs to have very cheap analog decoding hardware.

Just to rule out something dumb, are you sure you're not using some sort of stereo audio + composite cable on your AES? Like the PC Engine Duo AV cable, which is a 5-pin DIN cable with stereo audio, that would definitely give you buzzing audio.

I disagree, everything unlicensed that isn't Tengen all seem to be surprisingly expensive these days, they are absolutely not the rock bottom of the NES, that's still held by common licensed games.

Why is Bignose Freaks Out gold cart a $200 to $300 game???

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1 hour ago, PekoponTAS said:

So uh, is 3DS your choice? Or is that just making a point in favour of the DS? Like I said, there's no need for anyone to get upset over this thread, so you don't have to defend a system if someone chooses it as their least favourite.

Though since we're doing this, it's worth pointing out that most of the overly hated 3DS games are actually good, but people just repeat what the internet says about them. Sticker Star, New Island, Federation Force, Hey Pikmin, Triforce Heroes, and Chibi Robo Zip Lash are all very fun games. It's just that nobody's actually played them, so people just say they're bad.

I had the misfortune of playing Sticker Star, it is absolutely dreadful. It is not only the worst Paper Mario game, but it's one of the worst Nintendo games of the 2010s, which sadly there's many bad ones and even more painfully bland ones, even continuing on the Switch with games like Switch Sports, Mario Strikers Battle League, Super Mario Party and the Mario Golf/Tennis updates.

3DS is my choice for worst 1st party lineup. I was trying to defend the DS.