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Modded Consoles saved my retro gaming experience... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 days ago by LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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I finally replaced my old SONY projector TV which had perfect connections for all my old and new consoles. HDMI, component and composite. Since no new TV's come with composite connections, we are all left to either buy a converter, mod our consoles for HDMI, or buy an older TV. Most of these options aren't cheap or easy.

I have a modded Wii, Wii u, Xbox, and Xbox 360. The Modded Wii u replaced my modded Wii since i can play all my gamecube, wii, and wii u games on my Wii u AND since it's via HDMI, all the games look fantastic!

My Modded Xbox 360 replaced my xbox as it can play almost all xbox games and all 360 games. Both consoles can also emulate all retro consoles, so 2 modded consoles can replaced over a dozen retail consoles.

I'm not much of a Sony guy, so haven't modded any of my Playstations, but that may be next.

For playing original hardware i got a $40 Insignia Converter from Best buy that works great for NES-N64 and everything in between. But for the 2000's consoles, they all looked horrible through the converter. Modded consoles make all my old games look better than they ever have.

I have never seen SSX Tricky so clear and detailed!

And now i don't have to spend $450 on a retrotink!

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[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Modded consoles are the best way to enjoy previous gen games. A CRT in real life, isn't so espansive, check on facebook marketplace or similar.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

I already got rid of several CRT's cause they are just too deep and the nostalgia of scan lines isn't something I care too much about. My games looks fine the way I currently have them setup.

I do have 2 old LCD's with composite connections though just in case I want to use them down the road.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What did you use on your 360? I am about to install project stellar on my og xbox and was looking for something similar for the 360.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The 360's i have all RGH 3 modded for the slims and RGH 1.2 with a glitch chip for the Phats, so all hardmodded. Badupdate for the 360 is getting better and better as the months go on and that is a softmod that you do evertime you boot your console. So very little risk of a brick and no permanent mods. I use Aurora for my 360's and i love it!

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Which version of the slim do you have? I'm fine with a hardmod of it means I can just leave it alone. I just want to run games off the hdd. I don't really care about anything else.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

I have modded a couple trinities and Corona's with the post fix. Both work fine. I've done 5 so far, so now i can mod them in about 30 minutes. Really crazy how good the modding community for the 360 is. eBay and facebook marketplace you can find some good deals on the slims, just avoid the xbox slim E series as the majority of them can only be softmodded.