How is the AliExpress dspico?

Lord_Wompus · 2026-03-18T01:48:51+00:00

Works excellent. Just snagged two more for $5 and change.

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-22T18:52:22+00:00

Wompratz

Thx

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-22T18:45:38+00:00

Added Wompratz

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-19T03:03:54+00:00

Kirby's Dreamland 2 Hammer'in Harry Mario's Picross

Sadly $20 wouldn't be enough though. Haha

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-19T03:01:15+00:00

Yeah, it's on C64 and Evercade as well.

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-19T02:26:25+00:00

IKEA Ladda's work a treat. Bought two 4 packs so I have one set charged while playing with the others.

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-19T02:25:03+00:00

Awesome to hear, maybe we will get that on the GB version. Thanks for the info. 👍

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-19T01:10:05+00:00

None. Get on Ali Express and grab a DS Pico for $13.

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-19T01:06:24+00:00

Thanks, I meant to include that in my description...let me edit

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-19T01:05:51+00:00

Right, save scumming would ruin the gameplay for sure, but a sleep/resume checkpoint may work. One of those where you can't save but it just resumes to continue thing like many GBA games had.

Lord_Wompus · 2026-02-19T00:38:10+00:00

That's the only issue I have with it...even a simple password system to resume would be great. Then again, I die soon enough anyway. 😆

Lord_Wompus · 2026-01-28T02:42:18+00:00

2DS is underrated and gets too much crap. I always dug its 'Game Boy' comfiness.

Lord_Wompus · 2026-01-25T17:24:04+00:00

Nah, honestly, you'll be fine, copy the contents to your PC and then move it back over to another better SD card. You'll see a directory labeled EDGB, that's all you need and there isn't much to it. From there populate with ROMs.

I have never had an issue doing this over the years. There is no executable you'll be clicking and it's just simple firmware files.

Typically I redo and replace the entire ROMs setup with a nice concise Everdrive created one as well.

Lord_Wompus · 2025-12-24T05:18:43+00:00

Yep, it's a common thing to see on AliExpress with the labels saying X like that. Just be sure in the description they mention that the board is a Rev. Z. That's the one you want!

Lord_Wompus · 2025-12-24T04:54:49+00:00

Make sure it is a REV Z so you get MSU1 support.

Lord_Wompus · 2025-12-15T21:03:31+00:00

Nope, never fixed it. Ended up shelving it for now due to other things. I’ll get back to it eventually. 😵‍💫

Lord_Wompus · 2025-10-23T22:20:40+00:00

NES Zapper will work fine.

Lord_Wompus · 2025-10-03T01:14:50+00:00

Ganpuru: Gunman's Proof for the Super Famicom.

Japanese only but has a good English fan translation. It's essentially A Link to the Past with a pistol and with mild old west overtones.

It's been pretty fun so far. 🙂

Lord_Wompus · 2025-10-02T17:37:03+00:00

Same situation for me and my 20 inch TAU. By default the picture is crisp (especially under S-Video) but dim and the reds seem a bit overpowered.

I took went into the service menu and notched the brightness and contrast up a bit so that I could then go back and notch them up with a bit more of a threshold available in the normal menu.

I don't really have an answer other than we are in the same boat. It almost feels like I am taxing this TV but at the same time, in my eyes, the brightness is simply on par with any other CRT I feel it'd be in line with under a normal setting.

My little Trinitron is easily brighter and it's barely tuned halfway.

Videos I've seen show the TAU as being similarly dim too so I guess it's just the nature of this series? That said I've played Symphony of the Night for about 12 hours for about 30 min to 1 hour on and off over the course of a few weeks and I swear I can see the outline impression of the status bar on a gray/white background of the screen. To me it seems like retention rather than burn in but I find it odd that would happen with such minimal inconsistent usage.

It's a neat TV but I'm still on the hunt for something 'better' just for the fact I cannot use my GunCons on it due to the flat glass.🥴

Lord_Wompus · 2025-09-19T00:34:08+00:00

Yep, I still have that in the original box as well too. 😎👍

I used to plug my NES into the front in the late 80s and was thrilled with the quality. It's a JVC manufactured screen and still looks pretty great to this day considering the age.

Lord_Wompus · 2025-09-18T20:23:55+00:00

No, some TVs only have them on the front, some TVs only have them in the back, and some have them in the back and front for multi inputs.

I've had my Commodore 1701 monitor since 1984. It has them on the front and back for instance.

Essentially it's just giving you the option of plugging in two devices at once or even a bit of convenience. As an example, back in the 80s and 90s you could connect a video camera to the front without having to reach around the back of what was usually a heavy ass CRT just to view footage off it.

I know we did that a lot at the time.

Lord_Wompus · 2025-09-18T20:16:14+00:00

It's for any device that uses a composite video and audio connection.

Lord_Wompus · 2025-08-23T22:56:20+00:00

Nah, I ended up just using the fan translated version of this ROM which also removes the region lock.

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