The GBA, not bc it has fancy features like the Wii, but bc the mods deliver an experience I couldn’t otherwise have.
Sure, running ripped games on a PS1 or full-on Slippi on a Wii is nice, but I wasn’t locked out of those experiences. I could use a PC or even my phone these days to get a similar experience.
However, GBA hardware mods are all about making the GBA the best it can be, not just doing something in yet another place like the Wii mods.
For instance, in the form factor of the GBA (i.e. the landscape form that is far superior to the SP), you can:
Install a beautifully bright LCD (these days a display better than what came on the SP)
Switch over to a rechargeable battery via USB-C
Replace the awful mushy membrane buttons (which have, unfortunately, taken over the gaming industry) with tactile clicky push buttons
Run any game you want off with a flash cart (if you’re rich enough for one).
With those mods and the extensive and wonderful GameBoy/GameBoy Color + GBA library, you get a truly elite handheld experience.
Sure I can play GBA games on my phone, but I can’t play them with a device that feels so good to hold like this. A dedicated distraction free gaming experience on the go as well. It’s personalized and practical and beautiful.
So yeah, loading backups from SD on a Wii is cool, but to me, nothing beats perfecting an already great device through hardware mods!
Honestly my "favorite" is my SteamDeck. In that it doesn't really need to be "modded" just install some software and away you go. At certain points ive made it into:
A desktop with mouse and keyboard
A satellite tracker (satnogs)
A retro gaming system
A quick media system (we had some movie nights and the laptop adapter died at one point).
The PSP was my first back in the day. It was awesome!! 3DS is also a close second. I think I have a ton of homebrew games. Ive seen some impressive wii/wii u stuff lately. And the switch / switch 2 mod scenes are pretty cool. Switch for now is the easiest with all the homebrew stuff people have been putting out. And the switch emulator(s?) that are coming out are pretty impressive. Was able to play a couple of games after getting and compiling the latest releases. Hard to find but totally worth it.
Im having a blast with the miyoo mini plus playing pico 8 games lately.
Szedłbym w stronę map na bazie OpenStreerMap, gdzie będzie można wybrać opcję pola kempingowego. W większości aplikacji typu OsmAnd jest taka możliwość. Można też, np. poprzez stronę openpoimaps w zakładce hotels. Na bazie OSM jest też Lokjo, ale tego jeszcze zbytnio nie rozkminiałem. To oczywiście zaznaczone są oficjalne miejsca, ale np. Grupie biwakowej są miejscówki mniej oficjalne.
I was playing Custom Robo until Armored Core’s existence was brought to my attention. So now I’m working through the og title and it is crazy fun so far.
There’s been a little Pokémon Colisseum on the side as well, as I never got to try it as a kid. Much better than the main series and I wish they’d drop more interesting experiences like this one…but they got their money machine and no reason to risk turning it off ig. Lame-os.
Have you tried gaming on a plane before? I can’t do it. It’s more bearable than gaming in the car, but gaming in any moving vehicle messes with my head. So I’d go with an audiobook.
That said… old school RPG but plenty of people have suggested them.
It has to be Riku in Kingdom Hearts. He takes about 5 minutes or more to tell you that your path ends there and he actually delivers. Then he tells it again when you inevitably try again, because you can’t skip the bloody cutscene.
Have recently played this for the first time, and I’m stuck on the final Riku fight, it’s excessively difficult and worst of all I just don’t really care about the characters for it to be worth it for me to finish the game, honestly a super overrated game.
For a long time I thought KH to be the best game ever but… It is ! When you’re a teenager, when you’re going through angst. But when you’re a grown up, it is not as good.
Silksong coming out actually motivated me to do what I’d been putting off, which was getting platinum in Expedition 33. The Simon fight was tough but fun and satisfying, then picked up any lingering journals, music disks, and Monoco skills.
Amusingly my final trophy was the mime you can encounter during the prologue, which I had completely missed on my first time through. So I fired up NG+ mode, knocked that out for my plat trophy, and decided to watch the Gommage cutscene one more time. It still hit me just as emotionally the second time around. This game really was beautiful and it’s going to stick with me for a long time.
With that out of the way I’m now a few hours into Silksong and enjoying it so far. The bosses I’ve encountered have been tough but not “throw the controller and rage quit” tough. But I’m sure that is coming soon, haha.
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