Yea, I'm in the same boat. I have a few games for Switch (Tomb Raider collection, World Ends With You, Live A Live) that I need to get around to, but honestly I'm happy just playing Donkey Kong Country on my SNES for the time being.
I find that when I start treating gaming like a job (looking up how long games take to beat, forcing myself to get in a certain amount of time on a game per day, etc.), it quickly becomes unenjoyable. I know that sounds extremely common sense, but a lot of us fall into that trap anyway.
And yea, in my opinion you just can't beat playing on original hardware. NSO is great, but playing DKC on NSO compared to my actual SNES on a CRTV... yea, just doesn't even compare. The feeling is so much better doing it the way it was originally designed.
I picked up (another) faulty PSP with about 20 games for a decent priced from eBay...and I actually got around to fixing this one! It was listed as having a faulty screen, but sound etc was working. I thought it was probably a relatively simple fix like the backlight fuse or something, but when I turned it on the screen looked like it was shattered with loads of cracks all over it - it looked perfect when it wasn't powered on though. Just replaced the screen with a donor from one of my other faulty PSPs and it works perfectly.
@dmcc0 Happy days 🥳 Each time I read your posts on this topic, there's a part of me that wants to join in, bigly. But there's another party of me that has a very many devices in very good condition already, so cannot justify the space or time, so please know that you have my full support.
You guys had me at blood and semen.
What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?
@gcunit Thanks. It was nice to finally get something fixed, gives you a real buzz when something that previously wasn't working is brought back to life. Admittedly, this wasn't a particularly tricky fix - quite simple in fact, but I'll happily take the easy win this time. I've never had a PSP before, so I'm probably going to keep this one. The plan is not to buy anything more for now and concentrate on fixing the stuff I've already got, but I've said that before...
This all started out because I wanted to re-buy some of the stuff I'd regretted getting rid of when I was younger, was looking for a Mega Drive and noticed how inexpensive faulty ones were. After a bit of research, I figured it was something I could probably fix it myself.
Tactics Ogre, Gokujou Parodius, Tales of Phantasia, Romancing SaGa 2, Dragon Quest VI, Front Mission, & Fire Emblem Monshou no Nazo/Mystery of the Emblem
I got myself a few games on eBay - specifically, some Japan only SNES games. I was particularly interested in getting Gokujou Parodius to go with my Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy (PAL) and Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius.
With the use of a Sanni Cart reader, I was able to dump the roms and patch them with translation patches - mostly. My Front Mission cartridge was of too low a revision for any available patch, whereas Tactics Ogre was of too high a revision for any patch currently (and most likely ever) available.
I'll have to play them using a translation guide, or general purpose FAQ.
An interesting note for the Tales of Phantasia fan translation - it includes a fan dub of the voice acted lines, and it's charming in it's own way, so props to them for that.
Traded in some Switch games at CEX that I'm unlikely to ever play, and got Rainbow Islands Evolution on PSP (maybe not quite retro yet) and also Taito version of the Super Pocket.
@NeonPizza Nice see an actual retro purchase in this thread rather then my latest purchase is something something on the Wii or DS 😜
Did you get it from Nintendo or off of someone on ebay or some other third party site. I always liked the feel of the NSO controllers it's annoyed me that they didn't do the 6 button pad for the Genny. I actually got to hold the NES ones when a pair came through my work a few months ago and they felt good. I was annoyed that I couldn't buy them but that the breaks lol.
Let me know how they feel when you get your hands on them really interested to hear your opinion.
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@NeonPizza The SuperStation will be using the SNAC for the PS1 ports I suspect. It wouldn't surprise me if an adaptor appears at some point so you can use original controllers via those ports.
@NeonPizza I just checked it out, thanks! However, I am getting a little motion sickness as I am not moving but the scene is moving. They look really good but still a video.
BUT I will definitely try some 360 videos in VR to get accustomed to the motions
@NeonPizza I don't really have any nostalgia for the old Nintendo consoles - being in the UK I was more into home computers like the C64 and Amiga, then I got a Mega Drive/Genesis as my first console - so I'm glad it isn't styled on an NES/SNES.
Last weekend, I found a copy of Armoured Core: Last Raven for ps2 at a local Gamestop for a good price. Copy works, and comes with the manual. Tried it and, well, turns out earlier Armoured Core is a little hard to get into. I might need to start with another entry (even the original)
I actually have a disc only ps3 copy of For Answer I found at a yard sale... for 25 cents. But I need a ps3 to play and try it.
@NeonPizza 😂 I'm not sure I had GI Joe on the C64, although that character select screen looks familiar. GI Joe wasn't that popular in the UK as far as I remember, although I'm sure my younger brother did have a couple of the action figures - I definitely remember the Snake Eyes one. My older brother still has the C64 and Amiga's I think - we had an Amiga 500, but he also bought a 1200 and a CD32 for himself when he started earning some cash as he would've been about 16 or 17 when the 1200 came out.
The MiSTer is something I 've always wanted to get at some point, but could never really justify the cost given I've already got an Analogue Pocket - until the MiSTer Pi was announced. I ended up ordering the SuperStation One instead though. The convenience of an all-in-one box instead of having to figure out all the parts needed for a MiSTer won me over in the end - and, as you say, it looks a lot nicer than a MiSTer.
I'm kinda similar in what I'd consider Retro - anything pre-CD for me - so, apart from my Mega Drive, the SuperStation One will be surrounded by older-but-not-quite-retro consoles like the Dreamcast, Wii, PS2 etc, although I'm always looking out for older stuff I didn't have back in the day, so might pick up an NES or SNES some day.
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