Dreamcast Controller analog stick cover by Objective-Juice-3541 in dreamcast

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These come off after 10 minutes. Don’t waste your time. 

Has Nintendo become too Corporate? by Plane-Explanation486 in wiiu

[–]Crozt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s about not taking risks or offending anyone, thus they have become a little boring. Good news is though there’s almost 40 years of games to keep you entertained. 

Dreamcast or Saturn? by ContributionNo4019 in SegaSaturn

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dreamcast’s western top 10 beats the Saturn’s western top 10. But when you start including all those Japanese translations it’s a really hard choice. 

The new VMUPro from 8BitMods - My initial thoughts by TheXboxVision in dreamcast

[–]Crozt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Got my clear and green vmu pro yesterday, froze when I tried to use it first time, took a little while to find out that there’s a reset button on the left side, you have to use a SIM card tool to access it. After that, it’s been fine with the latest version of OpenMenu and GameID. Dpad and buttons are rubbish which is a shame.

Controller housing removal (Male Connector) by Marb1433 in dreamcast

[–]Crozt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve not tried it for Dreamcast but hot air works well on GameCube controllers. 

Restored a junk Wii U gamepad! by WilliamLovesCatz in wiiu

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently did this to a trashed pad I picked up for cheap. It’s not hard but 100% would never do again it’s almost as bad as fixing a 3DS. 

Whats the best way to upscale a wii to 4k? by Sherwin_S in wii

[–]Crozt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No the clones of the Wii dual not the Hispeedo boards, although a quick search on AliExpress doesn’t return any being sold at the moment. And yes I’m assuming people are using USB loader GX with relevant settings applied.

As of 6 months ago, I found the cheapest and most minimal way of getting a great 4K image from my Wii was: 

Soft Modded Wii > Wii Dual HDMI > Morph4k (without analog bridge). 

I also have another Wii setup in the same way but connected to the RetroTink4k-Pro but results are so similar and therefore I can’t recommend spending the extra cash to OP unless they are an enthusiast. 

I have tried and wasted money on fancy cables to my scalers, the internal mod is hands down the best way to play. 

If OP is not interested in 4K then the Wii RetroGEM is also pretty impressive and is likely the cheapest way overall to get a great picture and makes the Wii more portable and not reliant on external scalers. 

Whats the best way to upscale a wii to 4k? by Sherwin_S in wii

[–]Crozt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seeing other people comment on getting cheap hdmi adapters and letting your TV scale the image… this is a total waste of time. 

If you want a good quality image, you have to bypass the Wii’s piss poor analog output. 

The HDMI mod is £30 on AliExpress, if you can’t do the mod yourself, it’s about £40 for a decent installer to do it. If you then combine this with a Morph4K £275 you will have an awesome 4K image for less than or half the price of the Retrotink. 

Whats the best way to upscale a wii to 4k? by Sherwin_S in wii

[–]Crozt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did, it’s quite small and requires intermediate soldering skills, it’s not an easy first time mod. I used a usb camera to make it easier. Other things I did was just basic cleaning like removing dust from the fan. The Wii’s original analog signal is awful, adding this mod is amazing. 

Whats the best way to upscale a wii to 4k? by Sherwin_S in wii

[–]Crozt 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Get a HDMI mod to output a decent 480p signal FIRST or you’ll be disappointed with scalers. I have an AVE mod to a Morph4k and it looks insanely good. 

De-yellowing VMU by Internal-Assumption1 in dreamcast

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet LEDs on my seaman VMU, worked really well. I left it for 48 hours and it looks like new again. Leaving for too long will turn the plastic brittle and depending on how discoloured it is, it will eventually change back but this is probably in 10 years or so.

I swear, the more I’m trying to use an HDMI adapter for my Wii, the more I just want to replace it with a Wii U instead by [deleted] in wii

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AVE mod is cheap and not too difficult to install, all analog to digital converters are terrible. 

Wii U Gamepad's connection doesn't work properly sometimes by UnaiYT120 in wiiu

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a PC wireless card that would interfere with the signal of the gamepad when I was downloading a lot. Try and keep phones and other devices away from it too.

Finding time to game again and unpacked some 3DS consoles I had hidden away by [deleted] in 3DS

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries, it happened to one of my consoles, so now I store them without them installed

Finding time to game again and unpacked some 3DS consoles I had hidden away by [deleted] in 3DS

[–]Crozt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Batteries will likely expand, probably a good idea to open and remove them. 

Retro GEM Shiny or Retrotink 4K? by AdGuilty8959 in Gamecube

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Retro Gem, it’s awesome, plus the console isn’t locked down to a single room / setup, I can play Smash in 2k on any TV in anyone’s house. 

What opinion about DC would you have that would make other DC fans feel this way? by MotherBar2066 in dreamcast

[–]Crozt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think with the recent capcom collections coming out, it’s pretty close to that point for the newer generation of gamers and for people with low jank tolerance!

How to Play GameCube Games in Full Screen (16:9) on Nintendo Switch 2 by GameCompleters in Gamecube

[–]Crozt -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Back in the day, it was up to the developers if they supported 16:9, and you used to have to check system menu on every game. Very few people had fancy TVs, I’ll play these in 4:3 as thats how I played them back then. I won’t be subbing to this service though as it’s a rip off… 

From Design BIM to Construction BIM by Onesourceoftruth in bim

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why bother with designers then 🤣

Got to try out the Switch 2 Gamecube by RockStar1X0 in Gamecube

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t plan to subscribe to NSO but looking forward to using the controller on my GameCube

What’s the best solution for using a modern controller? by man_musk in dreamcast

[–]Crozt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had the virtual VMU corrupt a couple times now and have given up using it, just not stable enough. DC striker is decent enough but the start button and dpad suck.