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punk rebel ecks posted:How is Waterworld for the Virtual Boy? Not great, but OK. My US Virtual Boy tier list: Panic Bomber Wario Land Mario Clash Jack Bros. Mario's Tennis Galactic Pinball Teleroboxer Vertical Force Water World Red Alarm Nester's Funky Bowling 3D Tetris Virtual League Baseball Golf
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Re: NTSC-J PS2 - If you mean "best" subjectively then there are some pretty cool color options you can explore. Ocean blue, Sakura pink, white and silver are all pretty common on auction sites.
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Jan 26, 2020 23:41
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Isn't there a way to connect a PS2 to a harddrive so I can play my games on there without loading?
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Jan 27, 2020 00:09
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What do you mean by without loading? You can get a PS2 to play HDD games relatively easily, yeah.
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Jan 27, 2020 00:11
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LODGE NORTH posted:What do you mean by without loading? You can get a PS2 to play HDD games relatively easily, yeah. Something like this? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-Plays...OgAAOSwUvhdo4x5 Also, it would load obviously, but the load times will be much faster I'd imagine.
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Jan 27, 2020 00:13
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No not like that How the gently caress did you even find that in a search engine and not find the actual way to do things? You get a network adapter and plug a HDD into it - either the old one with IDE/PATA or newer, third party ones with SATA (but often no actual network interface), then you just use OpenPS2Loader.
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Jan 27, 2020 00:16
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punk rebel ecks posted:Something like this? You 100% don't need to buy something like that. You can buy a Free McBoot memory card, a standard 2.5 HDD, and be on your way for a fraction of that. I'm fairly certain the default install includes HDLoader or whatever they use now too, so you may be good to go from there. How you get the games on the HDD is the "hard" part.
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Jan 27, 2020 00:17
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I see. Do I have to have a fat PS2 to do it and not a slim? Also do I need to use the boot disk every single time I want to play a game off of the HDD?
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Jan 27, 2020 00:19
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Slim PS2s can run stuff off USB or a network but it's not as stable as a HDD. FreeMCBoot is installed to a memory card or the HDD itself and boots a modified OSDSYS so no, you just turn it on and select the loader from the menu.
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Jan 27, 2020 00:23
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punk rebel ecks posted:I see. Do I have to have a fat PS2 to do it and not a slim? I'm pretty sure with a Slim you can use a USB external if you really wanted. I think you can do this on a fat too. The only difference is the Network Adapter slot would be transformed into an "internal HDD drive" as opposed to an external connected to the console. And you don't need a boot disc at all. You Free McBoot it, keep the memory card in, boot OPL. and go on your way.
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Jan 27, 2020 00:24
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Is there a way to play backups of games off an hard drive on a GameCube?
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Jan 27, 2020 01:14
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Good to know. Discs scare me since i'm afraid disc drives will die.
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Jan 27, 2020 01:27
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO5DmaXKZ0c Here's a tutorial of how to softmod the PS2. Everything you need is included in the description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_wa57J8vbg MJR goes over what a softmodded PS2 can do.
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Jan 27, 2020 01:39
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40-Degree Day posted:Is there a way to play backups of games off an hard drive on a GameCube? I mean, probably, but it's way easier to do it off an SD card. You can use a SD to memory card type deal or repurpose the serial port 2 on the bottom to read SDs. You just have to figure a way to boot into Swiss. Easiest way would probably be a mod chip clone for like $10 then burning a copy of Swiss to a mini DVD.
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Jan 27, 2020 01:40
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A lot of games have issues if you do it that way, but it's not bad. There is an ODE, but I think it's kind of tough to get hold of?
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Jan 27, 2020 01:56
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By chance I have access to two Dreamcasts and some identical titles as well as two identical displays so I'm going to do a side by side comparison of my vga adapter and my Pound HDMI adapter. I'm never sure which one looks better so I hope it helps shed some light.
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Jan 27, 2020 02:23
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Do slim PS2s have a longer life than fat PS2s? I assume so due to being a redesign and using small fans. Or are fat PS2 fan easy to replace?
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Jan 27, 2020 03:44
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punk rebel ecks posted:Do slim PS2s have a longer life than fat PS2s? I assume so due to being a redesign and using small fans. Theoretically maybe but my fat PS2 from ~2003 is still kicking with zero issues. My launch console only lasted 2 years but ps2s are hardy consoles.
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Jan 27, 2020 03:50
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The primary failure point on PS2s of both varieties is the disc drive - if you're using FreeMcboot this ceases to be an issue. The slim does have the advantage of mounting the power supply outside the case, making it trivial to replace and reducing heat (and thus eliminating a potential failure point), but the tradeoff is that using a hard drive is a major pain. If you're intending to use a network share instead of an internal HDD (you don't want to use USB, the USB 1.0 standard doesn't transmit data as fast as a DVD), this is less of a problem.
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Jan 27, 2020 03:54
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the closest my (fat) ps2 ever got to dying was me completely loving up using a swap magic slide tool and then not being able to get the insanely small ribbon cables back in the disc drive while attempting to fix it, and even then i eventually managed to get it all going again. you'll be fine, you don't need to overthink this so much
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Jan 27, 2020 03:54
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Are people still developing emulators for the Dreamcast? Having all the NES ROMs burned on a NesterDC CD back in the day was awesome
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Jan 27, 2020 04:18
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I doubt it. The Xboxes and Wiis became way more capable in that regard.
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Jan 27, 2020 04:29
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40-Degree Day posted:Is there a way to play backups of games off an hard drive on a GameCube? Best solution is a Wii with Nintendont IMO.
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Jan 27, 2020 04:49
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Gonna post my PS2 tower of power. Should probably get a bigger card. It's been years since this photo was taken.
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Jan 27, 2020 05:02
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punk rebel ecks posted:How is Waterworld for the Virtual Boy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGdPzNdOiSs Worth messing around with for a few minutes on an emulator or flashcart, but certainly not worth the asking prices on eBay and such.
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Jan 27, 2020 05:04
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Ofecks posted:I want to say only the NA version has the nasty checkpoint at the end, but I'm not sure about that. Might just be when continuing. I do know that you take less damage per hit in AkuDen. No, you're right, in the original version you get a final checkpoint right before Dracula. In the US version the final checkpoint is at the door below the pendulum area, but you lose it when you continue and start at the beginning of the stage.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Gonna post my PS2 tower of power. Should probably get a bigger card. It's been years since this photo was taken. I had no idea you could do that..what's the biggest size you could get? Looks like I may have to swap my silver slim for a fatty.
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ChaosArgate posted:This might be a bit of a weird question, but does anyone know why a GameCube copy of Ocarina of Time might start doing some... weird things with the texture mapping? (forgive the lovely pics, one's a phone pic and the other's a capture card screencap that hasn't been adjusted for aspect ratio) So I dunno if anyone here remembers my GameCube's hosed up attempts at rendering Ocarina of Time, but I can confirm that it is 100% possible to complete it like this! https://twitter.com/ChaosArgate/status/1221649249529712642
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Jan 27, 2020 05:23
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Bank posted:I had no idea you could do that..what's the biggest size you could get? Looks like I may have to swap my silver slim for a fatty. Should theoretically support the 2TB max that Open PS2 Loader supports. Though 2TB SD cards aren't a thing really. 1TB SD can be had though, at a premium. 8-bit Miniboss fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Jan 27, 2020 |
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ChaosArgate posted:So I dunno if anyone here remembers my GameCube's hosed up attempts at rendering Ocarina of Time, but I can confirm that it is 100% possible to complete it like this! I do I do! I just fell way behind on keeping up with streams/videos...
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ChaosArgate posted:So I dunno if anyone here remembers my GameCube's hosed up attempts at rendering Ocarina of Time, but I can confirm that it is 100% possible to complete it like this!
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ChaosArgate posted:So I dunno if anyone here remembers my GameCube's hosed up attempts at rendering Ocarina of Time, but I can confirm that it is 100% possible to complete it like this! It's perfect
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absolutely anything posted:the closest my (fat) ps2 ever got to dying was me completely loving up using a swap magic slide tool and then not being able to get the insanely small ribbon cables back in the disc drive while attempting to fix it, and even then i eventually managed to get it all going again. you'll be fine, you don't need to overthink this so much im on my 3rd or 4th one and I have 2 of them just in case this newest one dies.
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ChaosArgate posted:So I dunno if anyone here remembers my GameCube's hosed up attempts at rendering Ocarina of Time, but I can confirm that it is 100% possible to complete it like this! Good job getting the good ending!
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Jan 27, 2020 08:28
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I also just wanna say that the Fire Challenge in Ganon's Tower is loving miserable this go around.
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Gnoman posted:The primary failure point on PS2s of both varieties is the disc drive - if you're using FreeMcboot this ceases to be an issue. The slim does have the advantage of mounting the power supply outside the case, making it trivial to replace and reducing heat (and thus eliminating a potential failure point), but the tradeoff is that using a hard drive is a major pain. If you're intending to use a network share instead of an internal HDD (you don't want to use USB, the USB 1.0 standard doesn't transmit data as fast as a DVD), this is less of a problem. I've got a fat PS2 that died on me not long after I installed the network adapter & HD. Still looks like it powers on, but no output. One of these days I'll have to replace it, I don't have ethernet in the room that it's in, so loading over the network on my slim is a huge pain.
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TVs Ian posted:I've got a fat PS2 that died on me not long after I installed the network adapter & HD. Still looks like it powers on, but no output. Not sure if you tried powerline adapters? I have them in my ~60s place and it seems to work great.
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Bank posted:Not sure if you tried powerline adapters? I have them in my ~60s place and it seems to work great. Yeah they do work pretty good. I’ve been using them for years now.
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There's still nothing you can do with a late model Slim right? I don't remember the model number of mine off the top of my head. I got it about 10 years ago thinking how nice it was that they were so cheap, not thinking about running roms on it.
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Anyone use an Nvidia Shield with Retroarch? I'm planning to play stuff pre-N64/PS1 (NES/SNES/MG mostly).
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