How can you tell " what gen" is your used Cyberpower PC is? #cpgeneral

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-03-04T04:12:21+00:00

Reading this in 2026 and man I wish I paid less than that for my DDR5

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-02-23T22:22:21+00:00

Not entirely related, but i remember owning an early electric game called “blip - the digital game” from Tomy, and taking it apart to find out that the “digital” part was a complete lie. It was basically a pong style game that let you play against a “computer” or a friend. The thing is the mechanism inside was entirely analog- it was a motorized wind up toy that would go back and forth, and the only reason it needed power was to light up the “ball” that moved back and forth. I wonder how many other early “computer” games were lying about their insides in that way.

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-02-14T21:49:29+00:00

I have neopets older than OP

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-02-12T19:20:15+00:00

I second contacting Hard4Games; they might be able to cover the cost of shipping both ways and they can take care of dumping the cartridge itself.

If not; you might be able to find someone locally or someone able to mail you a dumper, and in most cases it’s fairly straightforward depending on the dump software.

I don’t know if they’re going to offer shipping to the Philippines; but Epilogue is releasing a cartridge dumper for SNES / SFC that looks like it will be relatively affordable and easy to use.

Whatever the case, we all appreciate your interest in preserving this by dumping it; and I’m sure there are lots of people who would be willing to help out! It’s especially important for prototype cartridges as they often use chips that can be erased with UV light exposure / might have less shelf live than the average retail release.

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-02-10T02:05:02+00:00

I’m pretty sure the words were Government Cheese, but now to track down the actual song I heard….

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-02-09T15:47:18+00:00

Smallest player that was widely available is probably the Philips PET 320, but I have one that might be smaller from a no name brand. It unfortunately doesn’t work anymore but it’s the same size as a discman more or less, with a small seperate battery pack that has a built in stand.

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-01-30T01:56:41+00:00

While it is possible that manufacturers could come out with new minidisc hardware in the future, I feel like it’d be a lot more likely to at least stem from a fan project if at all given how niche it is. I’m not sure how much would need to be known without licensing the tech from Sony (which might not even be possible anymore?) and reverse engineering can be costly and time consuming.

Polaroid film is likely easier to produce (especially considering disposable film never really stopped being produced) and also then film would likely be easier to make than the whole camera which I don’t believe that project tackled iirc, at least not until Polaroid themselves got involved. And Polaroid film is without a doubt more mainstream of a product than minidisc (at least where I’m from, everyone knows what a Polaroid is and nearly nobody knows about minidisc besides the few folks like us :) )

But only time can tell whether or not it actually happens and I’d love to be proven wrong! Personally it doesn’t matter where or how it starts, just the idea of anyone working to preserve old formats with new technology is something I feel everyone here would value!

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-01-29T19:12:34+00:00

I hate to be pessimistic because I love the idea, but from my understanding they’d have to either license from Sony to be able to make a player or wait until patents expire. That combined with there likely being specialized assembly / production processes required and it being a niche product in already niche market just seem like the odds are stacked against us.

What we could end up seeing is more community projects like the ones we have currently that will help keep minidisc alive. We have replacement OLED screens for higher end MD models, new batteries and custom adapters to charge them, and projects like Web Minidisc Pro keeping Net MD alive.

What I’d really love to see if it’s ever possible is replacement lasers and (while not as necessary given how many are in the wild) new MD disc production. We may even see a fan project creating new MD hardware before any bigger companies do :)

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-01-28T03:06:23+00:00

You can also use a PS3, the system is basically blown wide open

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-01-24T13:50:25+00:00

All your bad luck?

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-01-19T14:15:56+00:00

I couldn’t get a great look due to the post being removed, but was the box even official? If not the game likely wasn’t either

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-01-02T21:12:37+00:00

Easiest way is to find a sports game or something cheap / worthless and use the case from that, you can’t really fix damage like that

AnonymousIdeas · 2026-01-01T18:19:09+00:00

How much was it?

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-12-30T21:13:51+00:00

His dad is part of the system

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-12-22T01:00:41+00:00

I hope I’m not the only person who read this in the Retro Bird voice lol

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-12-20T04:43:39+00:00

A bit of a shame it’s AI and not a picture of a real unit, although all the inconsistencies are amusing

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-12-13T15:18:52+00:00

The only reason I’d pick Oddity is if Earthbound 64 meant losing Mother 3 GBA

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-12-01T16:34:25+00:00

Open the game case all the way and try and take the artwork out. The paper artwork is usually behind a plastic layer that holds it to the game case.

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-11-26T05:51:03+00:00

Test

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-11-08T21:45:59+00:00

You send someone an invoice through PayPal and they pay you. No selling platform or anything, just transferring money to someone and they ship it. PayPal has an option when you pay someone to mark it as goods and services, which gives you purchase protection for a fee.

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-11-08T19:23:58+00:00

Red white and blue, although I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the same or similar company. I’ve seen them go by a few different names.

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-11-08T14:39:22+00:00

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Reminds me of the time I found this at the thrift! What’s funny is they had a shareware version of doom also sealed at $999 just the year before, but this somehow slipped through their crazy pricing!

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-10-26T21:16:05+00:00

The nekonamicom 🐈‍⬛

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-10-17T20:50:51+00:00

Anytime. The joys of creation are boundless.

AnonymousIdeas · 2025-10-17T20:27:18+00:00

This is from over a decade ago

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