So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Re the DS titles, I wonder could a compromise be met as you have a screen in your hands with the Switch and also a TV in front of you. Some games might work in a hybrid TV/Switch mode, with the TV being the top screen and the Switch screen being the bottom.

Like the Wii U - for me there is too big a disconnect looking from TV down to device. Works with some stuff, but not where you need to see both screens "at once".

Those Ikea Kallax units can have their cubes split in half, so two consoles per cube (if the console fits.) Makes a reeeeaallly nice display. If you were able to consolidate your consoles into a much smaller space Cidey, it could leave a lot more space for games, shelves, etc etc. You could put the main consoles into action on display, and have the more obscure stuff semi-stored but easily accessible and easily put into use. Here's x13 consoles on a very simple 8x2 unit. You can buy these in bigger and smaller sizes, and combine them etc.

First thing I thought reading that was, is the N8 card a China version? Seemily those can't be upgraded, if they are they get bricked...I haven't dared to find out :D

But yes, I pop out to have a look at a game/machine for '5min' as I tell the boss and a hour or so later I arrive back f'ing and blinding that ever I was to look at as it doesn't work or needs fixing. Retrogaming is fun!

Need to share that video with the other half :) so very true.

I believe the China versions have all the features of the 'legit' versions of the same F/W version - but they make it clear to not update'em, as I take it that Krikzz might have things in newer F/W which breaks the clones.

Oh 100%, especially given it's a man trying to make a living in Ukraine! Was more just wondering about it from a technical standpoint.

I contacted Krikzz a little while ago about my broken Turbo Everdrive v1 (more to see if there was anything I could do to get it going myself) and he actually said I could return it for free to be fixed. This is a ten year old used product.

Once the postal address of Ukraine was sent along I decided to leave it, thought it would be taking the piss all things considered. Happy to just buy a Pro instead and see it as an upgrade.

Oh the N8, I did remember reading somewhere that it was OK'd by Krikzz. Hard to find text but I found this;

"...there does exist an officially released Chinese Everdrive N8 build available only in China. This build is not designed for buyers outside of China and will not be repaired by Krikzz under his warranty policy"

Prob not for the other Everdrive type products

This game is absolutely brilliant. You really can tell immediately that Resident Evil was originally going to be a Sweet Home remake.

I got shivers the first time I opened a door, was greeted with an animation of a door slowly opening, basically an 8 bit version of the Resident Evil loading screen between areas. Literally where it all started.

It has everything, resource management, limited slots to move your items into, wondering what items are actually used for, very Resident Evil-esque puzzles.

Couple that with turn based RPG battles and it's a really hard game to put down.

It almost feels like a modern retro 8 bit game, using 32 bit era game mechanics. Really hard to describe, such a shame it was never released in the west.

Fairly obvious reasons as to why :D - gore aplenty on the Famicom, would loved to have seen the faces on Nintendo of America when someone brought over a Famicom preview cartridge.

Never hard of that, actually looks like a bit of fun. Reminds me a bit of Micro Machines mixed with Propeller Arena.

I'm almost through Sweet Home. There were definitely a couple of obtuse puzzles I had to get a bit of guidance on.

It was mainly due to the random battles though as mentioned above, it doesn't work well in that regard with the exploration elements.

There is also a really REALLY annoying attack a lot of enemies have later in the game, where they send one of your characters off to a random part of the mansion.

So there you are, trying to wander around figuring out the puzzles and where to go next, random battle - the enemy uses this attack and a character is then sent off miles away.

The character is trying to make their way back to the rest of the team and they get stuck on something, they don't have the item to get unstuck, so you have to then get one of your other characters to find said item and go to fish them out... but no, that character is now in a random battle and the same enemy has used the same attack on them and they've been sent off somewhere random too.

Luckily within the menu there's a quit button and you can load your last save. Actually the whole save feature is really really good. Can save anywhere and reload at any time you want.

I actually came across a game breaking bug which had no way out of other than reloading the last save. Thought that was something interesting to find in a game from '89.

Things that make the bug possible:

When you walk into a new room, you cant just walk back out the door, you have to walk one square into the room and then you can walk back out.

You can't walk through your team mates.

Here's the bug for anyone that's interested: (excuse the below blurry photo, took it in a rage as I hadn't saved in ages)

The four guys in a line in the middle are my team.

I'd first walked the three guys in front of the door into the room and stopped them where they are now.

I then walked the guy in white standing in the door into the room - he is now stuck and can't go forward into the room because he's blocked by characters, he also can't go back out the door as he needs to step into the room first.

Usually what you'd do here is select the three guys ahead of the stuck guy, move them into the room, the stuck guy can now walk in.

Problem which arose:

The guy stuck in the door is now holding a key item that triggers a cut scene which makes the guy on the top appear.

In this cut scene, you have to follow the guy who has appeared. You can't select the menu, so have no way of switching to anyone else.

The only character you can move is the guy stuck in the door with the key item and he can't go backwards or forwards.

Only option is to reload your last save. In this case, I think I hadn't saved in about an hour. You can get a lot done in an hour playing this game so it was definitely rage inducing.

So if anyone is going to play this, save and save often!

I never thought of it that way but you're totally right, there's definitely that roguelike element where you have to die to figure some rooms out and then don't repeat the same mistake on the next playthrough.

That theory is really backed up by the save/reset game function being so available and easy to use in the menu.

Trying to kill Emporer Ing in Metroid Prime 2. Got through a few stages at lunch. Had much less success this evening.

It’s hard on thumbs in their 40s.

Super Mario 3D Land is absolutely brilliant. I don't even want to look up how old it is as it still only feels like it was released yesterday...

Started Resident Evil:Survivor this evening using the PSX MiSTer core and a guncon. Thought the controls would work with a combination between the Guncon and Dualshock but it's 100% one or the other.

Very clunky until you get your head around it but once it clicks it's very interesting. Tank controls with a Guncon. One button turns left, one turns right, pull trigger and shoot off screen goes forward. Double tap off screen and you step backwards. Actually had quite a bit of fun with it.

When I was doing the NAND replacement on my Wii U there a while back, I noticed that my Earthbound save is 10 years old in October. Hard to believe it was a decade ago playing it! I think it's only fair I go through it again this year at some stage. I can still remember a lot of the tunes from the game, despite playing it once, ten years back....truly memorable stuff.

Yeah I'd be interested to hear if it still works. I imagine there's a question over the longevity of the cheap flash chips on those types of mods, especially back in that era of modding.

Id forgotten how lovely this was, all absolutely mint. If I remember correctly they could be had for peanuts at the time.

Original ROM chip was still in the box too!

Tried it out and it still works perfectly.

My old save file is still there too