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stephenthinkpad posted:I am the only person who remember the Xperia PSP phone because I owned one. I wanted one of these real bad. Did it actually work as a PSP or was that fraudulent?
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Saoshyant posted:I think the Geneva Convention has an appendix specific for offloading really shite hardware onto unsuspecting people. flavor.flv posted:So GKD has released their answer to the 353v: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--7h5AXJe1s
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Barudak posted:I wanted one of these real bad. Did it actually work as a PSP or was that fraudulent? only ps1 and ps mobile games, iirc
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Rinkles posted:only ps1 and ps mobile games, iirc Fraudulent as hell, then. Thank you for putting this long running mystery to rest.
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stephenthinkpad posted:I am the only person who remember the Xperia PSP phone because I owned one. I wanted this for reasons I could never even explain to myself.
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njsykora posted:I wanted this for reasons I could never even explain to myself. You want poo poo that can slide open, like that Matrix phone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDki5IVpWfQ stephenthinkpad fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Dec 15, 2022 |
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stephenthinkpad posted:I am the only person who remember the Xperia PSP phone because I owned one. My brother went through like 3 of those. I think he still has it somewhere.
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Android phones at that time really struggled with the operating system, never mind stuff running on top of it, and by the time Sony were finished with their software skin the thing was ready to collapse. I know someone who had the previous gen flagship, the X10, at the time and it just looked horrible to navigate and crashed constantly, probably due to a serious lack of RAM.
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Yeah HTC's skin ate like every byte of free RAM also, it was a rough era
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My first smartphone was a Motorola droid x and it ran slow as poo poo most of the time
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Nah, Sony just suck at software. HTC HD2 ran fine on every version of early Androids. You can't blame it on Android.
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In the early stages of development, the Xperia play and the vita were the same device, but marketing convinced them to split it into two things to target separate market segments Same people got them to switch from microsd to proprietary memory cards and drop the TV dock before release. They could have beaten the switch to market by seven years! Or, more likely, it would still have crashed and burned but with the added effect of convincing Nintendo that a hybrid handheld/home console was a bad idea
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there must be some mass cultural trauma inflicted by insane 00's handhelds that's leading gamers to hoard anbernics
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uiruki posted:Android phones at that time really struggled with the operating system, never mind stuff running on top of it, and by the time Sony were finished with their software skin the thing was ready to collapse. Around 2012/2013 is when things started to get sensible with devices that were built from the ground up to run Android and HTC/Samsung telling carriers they're no longer getting favorites. flavor.flv posted:Same people got them to switch from microsd to proprietary memory cards and drop the TV dock before release. I mean, Sony knew it was cheaper to manufacture SD cards than their memory sticks. That's the only sensible explanation.
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ExcessBLarg! posted:It's still hilarious to me that Vita "ROM" cartridges are basically SD cards with a DRM chip, hence why it's trivial to use an actual microSD card on hacked Vitas with a cheap adapter, but the actual user-removable storage had to be some proprietary poo poo. For the Vita to keep a very competitive price against the 3DS, they basically made the difference in accessory sales: both the memory cards and USB cables were all proprietary nonsense, so only Sony could sell them at the markup they would desire. I imagine it was easy to greenlit this idea to some of the other higher ups with the additional argument that it would make the system harder to crack, too (what with suffering years of the PSP being widely hacked apart)
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beer gas canister posted:there must be some mass cultural trauma inflicted by insane 00's handhelds that's leading gamers to hoard anbernics   
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I own all of these. Not with pride, but with a certain "eh, they were cheap and they would have turned on a landfill otherwise" since I bought them around 2009. Speaking of, both the Gizmondo and Zodiac had shells made of such cheap, completely lovely plastic, that they have been melting (yes, melting) for the past few years. I have them inside those ziploc bags for refrigerated food, hoping one day I'll find 3D printed shells for both of them to restore them to their "glory". As if anyone cared enough to make those. The Tapwave Zodiac doesn't even have a removable battery, which complicates keeping them working even further.
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All Japanese hardware things ran on proprietary poo poo. This is in their culture. I am glad the whole consumer electronic appliance space has been replaced by Chinese/Korean brands which overwhelmingly use open standards. Now I just need the Japanese brans exit the prosumer cameras market and I can get rid of all my proprietary hardware
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Saoshyant posted:I own all of these. Not with pride, but with a certain "eh, they were cheap and they would have turned on a landfill otherwise" since I bought them around 2009. Are the Gizmondo and Zodiac at the stage of being valuable yet? I know a bunch of YouTubers a few years ago did those THE RAREST HANDHELD EVER videos around them. The Ngage never will be, Nokia threw those at the games press to the point where some old games media people have multiple CIB game collections.
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Siiiiide talkin, you're telling me lies. Siiiiide talkin, you wear a disguise
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I think I saw an ngage emulator in the wild a few years back. Edit ah yes. https://www.howtoretro.com/what-is-the-best-nokia-n-gage-emulator/ No need to keep fire hazards. coconono fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Dec 15, 2022 |
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This thread inspired me to look up a playthrough of the Elder Scrolls Ngage game and I never thought I'd say this but I'm impressed
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Is there a Tiger Game.Com Retroarch core?
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Rolo posted:Is there a Tiger Game.Com Retroarch core? The MAME core supports it so yes
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My analogue pocket arrived and I'm playing kirbys star stacker >8]
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Marx Headroom posted:This thread inspired me to look up a playthrough of the Elder Scrolls Ngage game and I never thought I'd say this but I'm impressed Yeah it's actually kinda cool
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I had a similar reaction to the doom rpg lol
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njsykora posted:Are the Gizmondo and Zodiac at the stage of being valuable yet? I know a bunch of YouTubers a few years ago did those THE RAREST HANDHELD EVER videos around them. Not sure about the current market for those two. In 2009, they costed me like 20€ each, so I said what the hell, it's a piece of gaming history I guess. It wouldn't surprise me if things changed, though: the retro market bubble exploded and exploded and continues to explode, and these two devices? As I have mentioned, they can barely stay in minimally good condition since they all turn into goo after a few years, and it's been over 15 since they came out. So maybe their rarity in good condition plus the bubble made them more expensive? Edit:  of course I could just look it up and guess what? Market went crazy because of course it did. Who even wants this poo poo at those prices? 
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Gizmondo is pretty hardcore collectable (predated Gizmodo). I only have a Microsoft Kin One in mint package.
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Just printed this case for my Retroid 3+: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5627479 It's great! Super snug fit and clips onto the bottom when you're playing. I would feel comfortable tossing this in a bag.
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stephenthinkpad posted:Gizmondo is pretty hardcore collectable (predated Gizmodo). I only have a Microsoft Kin One in mint package. Lmfao "meeting sis for retro show"
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It took a lot of tinkering but I’m on hotel Wi-Fi in New Jersey playing Turtles in Time on my RP3+ with my buddy on his PC in North Carolina. No lag and we both get trophies. This rules. Bubble Bobble is next.
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Rolo posted:It took a lot of tinkering but I’m on hotel Wi-Fi in New Jersey playing Turtles in Time on my RP3+ with my buddy on his PC in North Carolina. Please explain these dark arts.
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Catching up on this thread and reading about someone using one of their handhelds only for Tetris made me realise just how big a moron I am (for a specific reason this time.) I got my first (and so far only) retro-handheld thing a few months ago. I took it on one trip in the car so far, in October, maybe. I loaded up the Genesis/Megadrive rom list and played a few games, mainly Road Rash and Columns. I remember playing Columns thinking, "I wish I could play Tetris now," then I switched to Road Rash. I had completely forgotten, while literally playing the device, that it was based off emulation and I had a Tetris rom in another folder. I just sat their playing Columns thinking, "I wish this Megadrive thing could play Gameboy Tetris."
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Mrenda posted:"I wish this Megadrive thing could play Gameboy Tetris." The Mega Drive does have its own version of Tetris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaYZfOC3zpc Give it a spin if you like. I got your point, though. When we have been mentally conditioned to one device = one platform we don't realize immediately we can just play them all in one place.
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Is there actually a color version of Tetris that have the good beats from the OG Tetris? Every one I tried is so vastly interior to the GB version. I always go 9-5 and get to the space shuttle.
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roobots posted:Please explain these dark arts. Hotel Wi-Fi won’t let you host Netplay but it will let you join. Tested at Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt properties. You need: -The host to forward the port -The same version of retroarch -The same core and version -The same ROM, literally the same file, we just share a folder in my drop box at this point -Both people load the game and auto-log to retro achievements, then jump to the menu to host/join Another thing we did is rig a hotkey to “unplug” your controller. We do this so we can play single player games like Megaman and pass the controller when we die or beat a level. We beat megaman 1, 2, CastleVania and even Ninja Gaiden this way without cheating. We haven’t tested trophies this way yet, we just got into doing that.
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stephenthinkpad posted:Is there actually a color version of Tetris that have the good beats from the OG Tetris? Every one I tried is so vastly interior to the GB version. I always go 9-5 and get to the space shuttle. Tetris DS, I remember being real good?
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