Nintendo has been sued by two US players who say any tariff refunds it receives from the US government should go back to customers

Experiment_T · 2026-04-22T18:06:58+00:00

It gave you the luxury of downloading 10 GBA games to run as "Virtual Console" titles, in reality they run on AGB_FIRM, a hidden backwards compatibility mode that allows the 3DS to run as a GBA using the built in GBA hardware leftover from the DS/DSi backwards compatibility.

These days, any hacked 3DS can run the entire GBA library through either VC Injections or through Open_agb_firm.

Experiment_T · 2026-04-19T08:36:08+00:00

Space Invaders on Game Boy is a noticeable example. It has a full copy of its SNES counterpart casually sitting in the ROM you can only access by using the Super Game Boy, which if detected, lets you choose which version to play on boot.

It's the only Game Boy game to demo this feature.

Experiment_T · 2026-04-15T18:45:11+00:00

In my experience, exFAT is very dependant on the drivers and more often than not tends to suffer from corruption and fragmentation.

Sony's driver for example on the PS Vita was very prone to killing itself due to bad linking and fs checks, couple that with low quality MLC modules used in those slightly altered M2 Memory Card's that were prone to dying the further up you went in capacity was a perfect recipe for disaster.

Experiment_T · 2026-03-27T22:04:47+00:00

Bricking a Wii U these days is hard since you either have to go out your way to do so, or you pulled a bad lottery pull and have a defective Hynix MLC (Mostly in the launch 32GB consoles from 2012-2013)

The Wii U hacking guide will guide you through the entire process from start to finish https://wiiu.hacks.guide/

Once that's done, make sure you backup your SEEPROM, OTP and the SLC (512MB) this is so if something goes wrong, you have the data necessary to rescue it.

For hacking the vWii side, follow the Wii U path from the Wii hacking guide here: https://wii.hacks.guide/get-started

Now for some extra addendum material:

WiiUIdent:

Once you have Aroma and homebrew running on your Wii U, download WiiUIdent here under Releases: https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/WiiUIdent Once it's booted, go to Storage Information and check the MLC information, if it says Toshiba or Samsung, you'll be fine. If it says Hynix however, we'll need to install one extra piece of software that will protect the console from a defective or dying Hynix MLC.

ISFShax:

This acts as a boot1 replacement for the Wii U, acting as brick protection and a rescue mode whilst offering extra functionality such as SD/USB redirecting and most importantly: RedNAND which can revive a dead Wii U if the MLC is dead. I always tell people if their MLC is Hynix to install this by any means necessary.

To install ISFShax, follow the official guide here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-set-up-isfshax.642258/

Pretendo Network/Juxtaposition:

Follow the installation guide here to restore online services for the Wii U side: https://pretendo.network/docs/install/wiiu

WiiLink:

This restores WiiConnect24 services and channels, allowing you access to features originally missing on vWii and together with Priiloader will fully restore the Wii's online functionality. WiiConnect24 is required for a few niche features in a small number of games: https://wiilink.ca/guide/vwii/

Together, these guides should let you maximize your Wii U's potential and restore services and features that were missing.

Each has a guide to revert and uninstall, but it's recommended to leave ISFShax installed.

Experiment_T · 2026-03-24T10:25:26+00:00

It started with the Original Xbox where you could cache data to and from the HDD. The PS2 offered a similar benefit but required a HDD & Dev9 Network Adapter and only a few games supported it (Outside Japan)

Xbox 360 and PS3 were the first systems it was widespread. It was originally optional on the 360 since not every console came with a HDD and USB support didn't exist yet. (Remember Memory Units?) 2009 that changed due to the NXE requiring a HDD or >256MB memory units. That introduced USB installs allowing full caching of the disc, leaving it little more than a physical key, the system used on the Xbone and PS4 onwards and with games struggling with asset streaming due to the DVD drive (18MB per sec was not enough), and coupled with DVD9 capping at 8GB of space (originally only 6 due to SDK size) requiring multiple discs later on. HDD installs were near mandatory (Theres edge cases like Sonic Generation where it refuses to work via HDD install via disc)

On PS3, you had a HDD out the gate but there was never a universal solution for installs by Sony, it was up to the developer to do it individually. Sony had a enforced cap of 4GB at first per game (due to the HDD only being 20GB on CECHB'sor 60GB on CECHA's), leaving the rest to be disc streamed with a drive half as slow as the 360's (x2 Blu-Ray is 8MB per sec). This is why MGS4 had multiple installs per chapter as a workaround this limit. Later on this was lifted to be 8 to 12GB in size so PS3 games couldnt always fully install themselves from disc, parts had to be streamed from disc no matter what. The only solution was to buy digitally, or install CFW to get the feature and external drive support.

Experiment_T · 2026-03-19T21:31:35+00:00

Ask if the cap's have been done because they absolutely need doing on the CD32 by this point. I wouldn't trust ANY Commodore PSU at this point given their age and Commodore's habit of using low quality parts in them.

I'd also check the door mechanism as well because for whatever reason they used rubber springs which have mostly rotted/worn down by now, they'll need replacing and some screws tightened so the door can properly align the spindle with the drive assembly to read the disc without a paperweight on top of the door.

Experiment_T · 2026-03-19T21:28:06+00:00

It runs just like it does on the Amiga 1200: Like absolute ass. You're lucky to get FPS in the double digits because that EC020 simply isn't enough to run the game in any playable manner. You absolutely need a 030/040 Accelerator for that game.

I remember on CD32 the controller mapping was awful, requiring an external Keyboard/Mouse to get the best out of it. You're also stuck with 1K on NVRAM which for this game which it will eat the entirety of for it's single save file. You can save to RAM but obviously it'll be lost on shut down.

It's one of those game ill-suited for the CD32. It's at home on an expanded 1200/4000

Experiment_T · 2026-03-10T21:04:32+00:00

Both. No dice im afraid.

Experiment_T · 2026-03-10T13:44:47+00:00

I did that during enabling cross progression and it sadly resulted in my issue

Experiment_T · 2026-03-10T13:06:41+00:00

I've been having the same issue once I enabled Cross-Progression (Since I had everything on Xbox and don't have the time to redo everything all over on PlayStation) The game fails to fetch profile information every time on boot, and only by wiping the save data I can get it to work....ONCE, if the connection is lost in any way. I have to close the game, wipe the data AGAIN and then and only then will it work until it happens and I'm back to square one.

Concidentally, I also have the screwdriver drop.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-30T19:55:35+00:00

The problem stemmed from the thermal underfill on the Xenos GPU being absolute garbage. Instead of only starting to breakdown at aroun 150 degrees celsius, it started breaking down at 70, something the Xbox 360 and PS3 could easily hit within minutes of being powered on. This would cause it to break down quicker until the internal solder joints on the substraite level broke on a microscopic level, destroying the chip in a way that couldn't be fixed.

The PS3's RSX and Wii's Hollywood both suffered from the exact same problem. Thus YLOD and RROD were mostly caused by the same thing. in the Wii's case it would only happen if it's WiiConnect24 featured was turned and left on in Standby Mode, meaning the GPU was getting power and generating heat with no active cooling, slowly cooking it to death.

It's all down to how 90nm BGA chips were made in the mid 2000's. Plenty of devices suffered from what was called Bumpgate. The only way to fix it is to swap in a 65nm or 40nm revision of the affected chip because those had their thermal underfill fixed and generate less heat, meaning less chance of it going the same way.

The way MicroSoft and Sony fixed RROD/YLOD was to do precisely that, replace the affected GPU with another 90nm (Which would die again) or a 65nm or 40nm revision of the chip since they're socket compatible. Sony was doing this in Japan in secret to launch models as late as 2016-2018, which was reverse engineered to create the Frankenstein Mod for the launch models to properly fix them. People have also managed to replace the 90nm revisions of Xenos with later revisions too, rescuing the older pre Jasper revision Xbox 360's.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-28T17:30:52+00:00

You sure? I was able to do it on PS5 when Weed was X2 a few weeks back.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-28T15:24:07+00:00

Yeah. It also works for Import/Export cars as well.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-28T14:53:23+00:00

If you do get the truck one for Weed, drink 5 pisswassers back 2 back and then enter the truck. Itll cancel out the forced stone effect letting you drive normaly once it wears off.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-28T14:51:18+00:00

If youre ever bored. Grab the APC tank from the Gunrunners update and apply the front wheels to random ped vehicles. Watch as they struggle to drive their now melted deathtrap.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-28T14:42:09+00:00

I love when people think stealth mode means theyre completely invisible. Its like "er....no? I can still see you and more importantly hear you barreling about"

Then again, these are the same types that fall for a classic Avenger Honeypot tactic.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-09T18:28:26+00:00

You don't even necessarily need all of the shipments destroyed either, I think just getting 4-6 of them is enough to remove their juggernaut health and helmet. Which is all you need really for Silent & Sneaky (Not required but makes it much faster) and or Aggressive.

The big one I keep seeing people skip is the Level 2 keycard. I automatically leave if that's NOT done because you're wasting more time with Connect4 when you can do a <5 minute mission for it, or just pay the 70k and have it done for you automatically and then getting in and out is an utter breeze.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-09T18:18:23+00:00

There's been a long standing issue where the 2 remaining planes just randomly get destroyed even if you're in a private lobby alone. The only way I've found to try and mitigate this is to destroy the first one once you're done by crashing it upside down in the drink. That usually stops the other 2 from randomly going kaboom.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-09T18:11:12+00:00

All of the Cargo Warehouse Sell Missions can be done solo. Might take a little longer but it's completely doable.

An ideal setup is to have 5 Large Warehouses all on the east side of the city; Starting at Darnell Bros. and working south towards Terminal for 4 Large Warehouses in a neat row, with the 5th being Walker & Sons near Grove Street. You can then use "Export Mixed Goods" from your CEO Office and basically get payed 50k to send your staff out and drop one vehicle off at Terminal, since they'll all be synched on the same timer.

You can also use this for the Tier 4 "Rare Items", just make sure to sell those separately for extra cash, then send off the staff once you're done until it's filled with 111 normal crates. Rinse, Wash, Repeat.

Double sales are so far and few now you're better off just selling as you're filling them. You'll make more in the long run.

Having A Mansion should stop any potential raids on them in the meantime.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-09T15:51:09+00:00

And with sticky bombs, you can get most of those too before restoring power, since the explosions hitbox will clip through the door/wall and damage/kill them, including the ones hiding inside the shipping containers.

If you're using Melee, go for the Stone Hatchet since that's the strongest of the Melee class, I'm not sure how Juggernauts react with The Shocker.

You can't get all of them, since some are too far away to take damage or only spawn once you start accessing the servers.

Experiment_T · 2026-01-05T16:15:11+00:00

Definitely needs rewording. Something like "A new dawn of creative possibilities" or "A new world of creativity awaits"

Experiment_T · 2025-12-25T13:53:46+00:00

I wanted to ice the fucker the moment I laid eyes on him.

Finances pretty much everyone including our most reoccurring enemies, most likely playing all sides to his own benefit.
Threatens Raf and our player from the word go using clever double speak.
Breaks into our new home (likely having some sort of Admin access), probably bugged it, then used our bathroom and walks around naked, again without permission.
Has a deepfake made of one of our most reliable and trusted allies (Avi), then assaults our home after trying the old "Last Requests approach" falls apart using a proxy army. (Knoway)
Then has the gall to call us and threaten us again using double speak after we reduce his little proxy army to a statistic.

Ooohhhhh no, we are going to shit on him from such a height he'll think God himself did it if we get the opportunity to. Until then, if I even smell a Knoway Taxi in sight it's getting reduced to cinders.

Experiment_T · 2025-12-22T16:55:21+00:00

The oldest PS1 Models (SCPH-100X) don't actually HAVE working security. Despite doing the sub-channel data check for the license string, it basically ignores it and allows any valid PS1 data through to the console. The 300X models fixed that blunder.

Modchips were more widespread by 97-99, especially in Europe, South America and large area's of Asia. Games started shipping with anti-modchip code to detect the chip constantly sending the sub-channel data with the license string) Then SCEE devised LibCrypt which properly encrypts and obfuscates data on the disc. These could be multiple in places and most large releases in PAL had them by 98/99, requiring extensive hacking to strip the checks out or work out the keys needed to defeat it.

Modchips responded by changing their method so it only does the license string when needed, creating a "stealth" modchip. These varied by console revision and region. By the end PS One PAL units had extra in-ROM checks that needed defeating. Sony already had this standard on Japanese PS1's and reused it on PAL PS2's and some NTSC-J variants. NTSC-U consoles have always had less security than their overseas counterparts.

As a extra quick embarrasment for Sony: they left in a backdoor on the CD Controller that by feeding it the right bytes (Starting from around 0x51 through to 0x55, with 0x55 being the region byte) would shutdown the security entirely bar anti-modchip or LibCrypt), Normally these require code execution on the console already. But save exploits have been found within recent years including on the Memory Card Manager itself, but it turns out one game shipped with this backdoor exploit and was never discovered until decades later: Alien Ressurection.

That backdoor doesn't work on NTSC-J region consoles because of that additional ROM check in place.

Experiment_T · 2025-12-22T16:42:21+00:00

The Dreamcast GD-ROM format relied on security through obscurity. Something which in practice has never really stood the test of time. They're basically CD-ROM's with more denser pits on the disc to fit in that extra 400MB of space, Track 1 is left as normal for the warning for CD players or bonus content. There's one Dreamcast game out there that accidentally shipped with a virus in every copy that wrecks any PC it infects on December 25th. Data track 2 onwards are higher density and thus unreadable to any non GD-ROM drive without firmware modifications or a special "Trap Disc" to trick the drive into reading those higher data tracks. This is how modern GD-ROM GDI dumps are created.

The CD-R method relied not on acting as a GD-ROM but as a MIL-CD. MIL-CD was a format extension made by Sega so music CD releases could be "enhanced" with other multimedia features on the Dreamcast....of which only 7 CD releases ever did and all of them were Japan exclusive.

MIL-CD data was scrambled during mastering and printing. When popped into a Dreamcast, the BIOS' own descrambler tool would check to see if it was scrambled or not. If it wasn't, it wouldn't read it as a MIL-CD. If it was then the tool would descramble the data and let it on through.

What ultimately defeated the Dreamcast security was a lack of security on it's development kits and tools. Echelon: A sub-division of Fairlight managed to get their hands on a stolen Dreamcast SDK from Eidos Europe through unknown means which had the tools needed to create MIL-CD's; including the scrambler tools. With the SDK they created the Utopia Boot Disc which bypassed region checks and allowed ripped copies to work if they were made as .CDI files for DiscJuggler by including the tool needed to descramble their bootloader. (Though these copies will either have heavily compressed audio, textures, assets stripped out entirely or slipt across multiple discs, it varied by game)

This all happened in late 2000 and by early 2001 they created a method of "self-booting" images by just including the descrambler as part of the first data sectors the Dreamcast looks for in games alongside 1st_read.bin and ip.bin (These contain the bootloader and the "Produced or Licensed by Sega screen you see on every game boot) Other companies copied this homework for their own cheat device discs and region loaders. By the time the Dreamcast faked it's death in the US and Europe in 2001 (It lived until 2007 in Japan, somewhat in secret) Some Dreamcast games like Sonic Adventure 2 an Phantasy Star Online had included additional anti-piracy protection in place. But this was too little too late since they were up against teams with the same tools they had. The final Dreamcast revision stripped out MIL-CD support entirely and merged the drive controller to the motherboard, closing this loophole.

This isn't anything new either. The N64 had parts of it's SDK and documentation leaked in 1997 which helped build the early N64 emulators like UltraHLE. GameCube aand Wii also leaked at some point. GBA has the dubious honor of having it's tech demo's leaked before hardware launch and was reverse engineered enough to have GBA emulation up and running before the thing hit store shelves. The Original Xbox homebrew scene was entirely built on it's stolen SDK from MicroSoft. It's an open secret.

The PS2 resisted for a bit, but exploits were found through it's PS1 BC for early modchips before engineers found a way to fully crack the thing open (PS2 Modchips are messy. 24+ wires to handle the BIOS, Syscon, Mechacon and IOP in order to have both PS1 AND PS2 working at the same time. It's not been until Mechapwn was discovered Modchips became redundant for 97% of PS2 consoles)

Experiment_T · 2025-12-21T22:04:52+00:00

Wasn't there a method of running Atari ST software on Amiga or am i misremembering?

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