mister_newbie

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Just download it from MS directly and use it unactivated (select "I don't have a key" when prompted). Why anyone would f- around with their OS, of all things....

If you care to activate, it's trivial to get a grey key or to find an activation script (though I think they patched out the script – even though MS Support themselves used it)

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Roguelikes, such as Hades. A single run won't take you longer than 30mins (and often far, far less than that – you'll die, a lot).

Every run is progress. And if you feel like you're not progressing fast enough, you can turn on "God Mode" (the protagonist is a god) and gain 2% damage reduction after each death, to make subsequent runs a little easier (no penalty in doing so, either).

I think the larger content creators will push back against this, precisely due to the timestamp issue.

Near, creator of bsnes/Higan/ares. Their story is tragic.

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I've only ever really liked the original 2 isometric ones, and Vegas. The Bethesda ones are boring.

Don't forget distribution. It costs money to make a nice cartridge. It costs money to stamp a CD and put it in a pretty box. And that cost applies for every. single. copy.

Now compare that to digital distribution...

Play retro adventure games, or modern Telltale ones.

Buy a 3D printer and print mini "Blu-ray" cases that actually hold a USB stick or MicroSD card. Would still be cheaper than making actual discs.

btw™ is owned and operated by the Arch gang.
All rights reserved.

Lawyers gonna lawyer. And Japanese companies have never embraced modding.

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

George Carlin

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Music is integral to build the game's overall atmosphere. At least indie studios still get it: Look at Cuphead, Hollow Knight, Hades, Vampire Survivors, etc.

That's not entirely true. If you have a really old firestick on a really old firmware in a drawer somewhere, there was a way to flash a custom Android build on them way back. That's long been patched out, though.

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Fascinating how no inkling of this, then Robert pulls off what was thought impossible on the DE-10nano/MiSTer FPGA, and lo-and-behind, Analogue is here to cash in "save the day".

Just buy a MiSTer and support Robert Peip's Patreon, instead.

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OOTL, Konami?

If it makes you feel any better, you'd be giving money to Microsoft now, baby! lol

Most YouTubers aren't actually tech literate?! Say it ain't so! /s

Yeah, Near was a genius, too. They invented the MSU-1 virtual expansion "chip" for the SNES, which allows for CD audio and video on SNES games (and with an appropriate flashcard, it can interface with and run on actual SNES hardware).

This article's premise is BS. Easy mode is for people of any age who have not gotten gud.

I don't disagree with you, but a lot of people, when presented with new game mechanics, don't have the time to spend "getting gud".

I know that if I were to start playing, for instance, Hollow Knight today, rather than at its release (cleared Pantheon of Hollownest), I'd likely have to put it down or install a nail damage increase mod – I have kids now; no time to grind at bosses to learn the patterns.

It'll get an influx of players next month with the GamePass release. How long that lasts is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

?!

Wtf, then.

I had this exact thought. I've since bought a domain name, moved my email over to tutanota, did a takeout request, and installed DeGooglified LineageOS on my phone. I went nuclear. Fuck Google - remember when their motto was "Don't be evil" ? Ha!

Momo is FF9 due to a separate listing for Tetra Master starter pack DLC.

Try Sea of Stars, it scratches that Chrono Trigger classic RPG itch, while nearly completely eliminating the grinding. I got every achievement in it, and at no time did it feel like a slog.

  • Wanna get every item? There's a feature that facilitates that, which lets you know what areas still need to be swept, near the endgame.

  • Feel like you're not leveling fast enough? There's an easily purchased in-game item to double XP (toggleable)

  • Only got time for short sessions? Save points are everywhere

And yet, the game isn't too easy, either.

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You forgot Sea of Stars (which bested all your listed games in the Indie category at Golden Joystick).

Early-mid 90s.

The latter years of the NES, the entirety of the 16-bit console era (SNES/Megadrive ["Genesis"]), the golden age of PC adventure games & the dawn of multimedia (CD-ROM based games & talkies).

Just before the release of Doom, where FPS took over; and the PSX/N64, where (bad) 3D was teh hotness; is where it's at for me – likely why I love my MiSTer FPGA so much.

Focus on the jokers, NOT the hands. You can easily win the first few stakes with a high card build.

Also remember that cards are scored left-to-right, so chip jokers on the left, mult jokers on the right.

Card Sharp is a very powerful early joker, imo.

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Lieutenant → Lefttennet

Project Diablo 2 is a pretty vanilla version of Diablo 2 LoD. Yes, it rebalances.skills and items, and adds corruptions and endgame maps, but there's no new skills. For a complete overhaul, you want MedianXL.

That said, I'd still forego both and go with D2R. Modding is coming along, finally. After a regular playthrough or eighteen (6 classes × 3 difficulties), give Diablo 2 ReModded a try.

I use jellycon plugin with Kodi; best of both worlds.

No kidding? Didn't think it was possible anymore. I have that exact model, gotta look into it – the homescreen ads drive me insane (and wifey won't let me just buy a Shield).

I bought the Aoostar R1 and freaking love this thing. Throw in 2 drives (I bought 2 refurbished white label 10TB drives I got off Bezosland for cheap) and threw Proxmox on it. Serving up my SAMBA shares, running PiHole and Jellyfin, all on separate LXCs. She's a beauty.

King's Quest III

It was the first game I remember playing solo without help, I really sunk my teeth into it. I was 8 and it had been released a few years prior, so it was also the first game I bought with my own money when I found it in a bargain bin at a computer convention show in the late 80s.

My Dad was busy and couldn't install it for me right away, so it was also the game that got me started using MS DOS (everything I ran prior was installed by my Dad and launched via [IIRC] WordPerfect Shell).

Yes, I'm old.

Can you not sideload to those TVs?

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Install Kodi

Add the jellycon plugin (instructions on jellyfin site)

Done

srt files are just text, aren't they? Maybe Pastebin?

The R community misterfpga or fpgagaming is where you get most info (the official forums are amazing too), but it's really quite simple

Buy a DE10-nano from Mouser or Digikey (stick has stabilized, Yay, but prices have gone WAYYYY up -- they used to be $190USD).

With just the base board, you can use most older Arcade cores.

To do anything console-gaming, you need to purchase a RAM module. Misteraddons is where you go for that if your in North America, EU, go through ultimatemister. Get the 128MB. You'll also need either the official USB hub (works like a daughterboard) or a plain old OTG USB Hub (the official one is more robust). Some people buy a case (there's 3D printed ones, and there's fancy aluminum ones), others (like myself) slap the whole thing in an ITX PC case.

Once you assemble the stack, you simply download the misterfusion script to burn the SD card, and the update_all script to grab the cores, and you're off the races (supply your own console ROMs).

Note that it's not a general purpose emulator. If the core doesn't exist for x, you ain't playing x. This is more an issue with arcade titles; consoles are easy - if the core for the console (e.g., SNES) exists, you can pretty much expect that all games for that console will work. The beauty of it is there is NO (read: imperceptibly) lag (you can get no lag [beyond what was present on original hardware] if you go analog to a CRT and use OG peripherals with a SNAC adapter, but it's not a noticeable difference IMO). It's unbelievable once you try it. For me, the litmus test is the Tyson fight on NES Punch Out. It's just... easier when you're not fighting input delay that exists in almost every software emulator out there.

Check the YouTube channel video game esoterica to see what's out there. I love it. Feels just like being on original hardware.

They made a comment about VR during one of their OLED Deck interview. Deckard – whatever it is – is still in the works, I presume.