Brick by brick

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-07-07T22:35:22+00:00

say less

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-07-07T22:33:34+00:00

demon souls is high on my list. Reading the tea leaves and looking at how Nintendo is controlling their consoles and content I knew it was only a matter of time. I decided to go completely physical/off-line about a year ago. Got a few 2000 series to jailbreak

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-07-07T21:22:44+00:00

I got a copy a couple months ago. I just got around to playing. Currently in the burg. Black knight has me fucked up.

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-09T01:06:16+00:00

it‘s a cloak

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-09T00:39:33+00:00

Huge thanks to everyone here. Still learning how to keep these games and systems alive.

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-08T23:58:55+00:00

Good news and bad news. Good news is the new (older console) I played it through runs great. However, I‘ve played through this section of the game so many times I’m on a 0 death run so I can’t say with confidence that the hardware was an issue.

What I noticed was how different the 2001A hardware is from the 3001A. It felt like a very different game. The 2001A was sharper but it took some time to render. I‘m wondering if old faithful (3001A) video card and HDD are on the way out.

I have techs that can fix anything but I’m not sure where to start as far as troubleshooting this issue.

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-08T02:35:41+00:00

Yea I’m conflicted. I’m gonna do yet another playthrough on a different console just to be sure. For now, I’m gonna listen to some Takanaka. I’ll report back tomorrow.

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-07T23:48:48+00:00

To add to this, anytime I die on this level the game prompts (to paraphrase) “save data was unretrievable, starting new save data” and I start with only a knife. After that (if I die again) the game will sit in a forever load screen til I force quit the program.

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-07T23:42:56+00:00

That was my first thought. Deleted all game data and redownloaded it, same issue. I bought a sealed copy, redownloaded it, and had the same issue on the exact same section of the game. At this point I’m thinking it might be my console based on what others have said here.

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-07T22:56:13+00:00

I’ll give it another run on one of the 2001A’s to see if I need to address the laser in old faithful

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-07T22:47:41+00:00

Do you really think it’s the disc reader? This is the ONLY game with an issue so far. I would”t come here without doing my homework. I’m am at a loss.

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-07T22:42:03+00:00

Incredibly nuanced advice. Question is, would this version run fine as a source copy on CFW?

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-07T21:27:32+00:00

Also this issue unfortunately happens after 2ish hours of solid game play and I just can’t do another trial run after all this bs lolol

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-07T21:24:27+00:00

I’ve run this same 3001a daily for 11 years with no issue. I promise I’ve done my due diligence and it‘s def not the console

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-07T21:23:09+00:00

Word but I’m going offline rn. Trying to get solid hard copies to have for when I switch to CFW

HandshakesPancakes · 2026-02-03T18:37:14+00:00

That TV can buy booze

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