RetroGaming

Another World, what a great game! This video goes into the techniques used to create such an iconic style back in 1991 on the hardware of the time, and all fitting on a single floppy disk (880k or maybe 837k).

It discusses the maths and code, but I don't think you don't need to be good at either to enjoy the video.

I wanted to play Metroid again, and having a handheld capable of playing all classic games in one, I wanted to give it a go!

Metroid 1 was done with Zero Mission. I played and beat NES Metroid and can confidently say it’s not my cup of tea. Love Zero Mission and love replaying it.

Metroid 2 was done with AM2R. This was my first time playing and beating AM2R, and a handheld is the right way to play it. Might try to beat the original and the 3DS remake… eventually but it’s not my favorited Metroid.

Super Metroid. I have the snes game, I played it here and… it’s a love hate relationship. I played and beat it before, but not in a long time. And coming off of 2 fusion clones, the controls are way too floaty and watered down for my poor muscle memory. I also got lost… a lot. And it took my 4 hours of game time. About 2 weeks of on and off play time. Ultimately I like it, but this is the oldest I can recommend anyone going back in Metroid.

Metroid Fusion. My personal fav since it was my first game (the save battery died in my original game as a kid and I can beat this game on 2 AA before they die). Snappy fast smooth and I just love this game and replaying again for the untenth time.

Very excited to have Super Breakout. Growing up we had the first Breakout, but I only ever hear people talk about this sequel nowadays. Now I'll get to see what the hype is about! Space Jockey is cool too, but I'm awful at it 😅

From 1991 to 2000, the Nintendo UK hotline answered millions of calls from players

The main improvement seems to be the larger 1024x768 4.3" screens (compared to the 640x480 4" screens on the RG DS) and the inclusion of a built-in stylus (still one of those rubber nib ones though), as well as some minor changes to the hinge and other bits. However, it uses the same chip, has less RAM (from 3GB to 1GB), and ships with a Linux-based OS instead of a barely-runnable Android version. It also has a single stick instead of dual, but the RG DS was never powerful enough to run most dual stick games anyways (PS2, GC, etc.), so that probably isn't an issue. The internal eMMC storage has also been removed in favour of another microSD slot (one for the OS, another for ROMs)

It's a little weird they called it the Plus, since the only improvement is the screens and maybe the stylus, while having downgrades to the memory.

It comes in pink, black, and blue (navy-ish), while the RG DS had the red/black, turquoise, and white colourways.

What do you all think of this RG DS "Plus"?

edit: announced, not released!!

(From Reddit by the user "u/Renegade_Soviet")

We have this image, which implies the Oinker is a full spaceship, with a pilot room and all. MegaMicro Game$ also shows it has corridors.

HOWEVER, we also have THIS at Mega Party Game$.

Is there a Mini-Oinker around? Can the Oinker change its size?

So I just did a little follow-up to my Retroid Pocket 6 review, this time looking specifically at the 12GB model and what those extra 4GB actually get you when it comes to retro handheld emulation.

I chatted to the developers behind Eden, GameNative, ARMSX2 and ARMSX3, as well as Retroid themselves, with each weighing in on how the extra RAM affects their respective emulators and where the 12GB model really makes a difference.

I also put the Pocket 6 through just the tiniest bit of testing on my own to sprinkle throughout. Hope some here enjoy it!

mz-700 version Space Harrier (Producer: commentary by Kazuhiro Furuta + play video)

Source Code is Here:

Oh!X 1988 10 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/OhX_1988-10/page/n83/mode/2up

• Runs on Android 12
• Supports, at the very least, GB, GBA, NES, SNES, Genesis, and Game Gear
• Takes input from physical buttons
• Lets you hide on-screen buttons

I have a Sidephone with the Mini Controller keypad and I want to play games on it. There's a bespoke (unofficial) emulator for the phone called SideRetro, but it only supports GB, GBA, NES, and Genesis, and it's vibe-coded, so I'd rather use something else. Tried Lemuroid but it doesn't take input from the physical buttons and can't hide the on-screen buttons.

Edit: It's been tough finding a good selection of apps that recognize my physical buttons, let me hide the on-screen buttons, and play what I want. RetroArch seemed to do the trick, but if I hide the on-screen buttons there's also no way to open the RetroArch menu that I can find.

For now it looks like I'm sticking with SideRetro for the games it can play -- even if the dev uses AI to code it, I don't think it can actually harm my phone, and it's not like I'm paying for it. Nostalgia GG works great for Game Gear (it has ads, but thankfully only on the launcher) and an option no one mentioned yet for SNES, Snes9x, which turned out to be perfect.

Thanks for all the input, everyone!

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/66737678

RetroAchievements for Terraria require tModLoader, which you normally can't run on Android. I tried getting it to work with GameNative, but had no success.

But recently, I discovered this Android app that lets you run desktop .NET apps: https://github.com/FireworkSky/RotatingartLauncher

The installation is pretty straightforward: you just specify the path to the GOG Linux version of Terraria and the path to a ZIP file containing tModLoader.

For mods, I downloaded them on my PC through Steam and simply copied the .tmod files to:

<Internal storage>/RALauncher/Terraria/tModLoader/Mods

For save files, I set up Syncthing to sync ~/.local/share/Terraria/tModLoader/ to: <Internal storage>/RALauncher/Terraria/tModLoader

By default, the game opens stretched at a much lower resolution, but going to Settings -> Video -> Fullscreen automatically sets the correct resolution.

To log in to RetroAchievements, I had to connect a keyboard to enter my username and password. While doing so, I noticed a small bug: connecting a keyboard while the game is running crashes it.

I haven't seen this app mentioned on Lemmy, so I hope someone finds this useful.

P.S. The handheld in the picture is an AYN Thor.

(Female version on the bottom, to clarify the Female Main Character has hair instead of horns)

40 years later, and I've still got the skills

cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/24898677

But beware: Time Extension detects GenAI in the trailer: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/08/manic-miner-is-back-but-the-trailer-has-the-suspicous-stink-of-genai

This is my full interview with Geekstrada and Helaas, the two developers behind Leaf, the custom firmware for the MINILOONG Pocket 1 (which you might have seen Russ cover a couple of weeks back with a video, if you're into the retro handheld scene).

We chat about how they came together, why Leaf exists, the thinking behind its development, the Colorway Studio you might have used when buying Retroid's Nova, and the community growing around the project. It's a long one, but there's plenty in here about the people, ideas and tinkering behind Leaf.

I know these kind of interviews can be a little niche, but I think that so often people use these apps, programs, projects and builds without knowing the people behind them. I think I'm up to over 60 interviews now, so this is my tiny project of remedying that. Hope some enjoy it :)

Hey All,

So I haven't soldered in over 10 years but just recently I dug out my old GB/GBC/GBA games and I found a number of them have dead batteries so all of my saves are gone for those games. 😭

I'm bought all the stuff I need to replace the batteries but the batteries themselves. Does anyone have a good place to get tabbed batteries? I was going to get them from amazon but wanted to see if there was a better place. I think most of the games I need to replace are CR2025's but there may be a few CR1616's too.

Hopefully this is the right community to ask this in.

Thanks!

The weird, rare Panasonic Q GameCube was a hybrid GameCube and CD/DVD player. Very few were sold due to the PS2's similar capabilities, but that makes the Q worth more now (of course)

Taken from bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/simplyaj.com/post/3mtq6av6yp226

Plus a sidenote from this person on DS games: https://bsky.app/profile/simplyaj.com/post/3mttai4jaz22j

Not sure on the technical details of exactly how long they last, but I've heard similar things several times before.

Always depressing to be reminded of this. Haven't had many fail, but honestly haven't tried a lot of my 3DS/Vita games in a while, so who knows.

If nothing else tho, it's nice to have an excuse to revisit some things. Once you boot it up, you might find yourself enjoying the reminiscing. :)