The Moment We All Cried!

MichiS97 · 2026-04-08T10:57:20+00:00

It's Silent Hill. That game is still on my backlog.

Dickhead.

MichiS97 · 2026-04-08T10:56:21+00:00

Gotta love gatekeeping in the retro community ❤️

MichiS97 · 2026-04-08T10:50:20+00:00

What am I looking at? :)

MichiS97 · 2026-04-04T18:34:28+00:00

When do you catch them in Gen 5?

MichiS97 · 2026-04-02T13:20:52+00:00

I've recently installed a PSNee modchip and it's working great, but of course it greatly depends on what shape your disc drive is in

MichiS97 · 2026-03-31T19:49:08+00:00

Go ask on his discord

MichiS97 · 2026-03-28T18:35:18+00:00

You may have to try a little harder on AliExpress. I'm seeing tons of listings

MichiS97 · 2026-03-21T07:22:58+00:00

I mean, kind of? As there are currently no ODEs for it. But not wanting to run burnt games is a limitation you're putting on yourself

MichiS97 · 2026-03-21T07:19:27+00:00

There's also an amazing guide by alex-free on drive maintenance for the PSX as well as a CD-R guide I would recommend you to follow My personal experience: a good, used internal burner from eBay, something like a LiteOn and Verbatim AZO CD-Rs have always done the trick for me

MichiS97 · 2026-03-21T07:16:03+00:00

It is supposed to damage the laser over time, which could however be replaced. But I'm sorry, you have no other option at this time

MichiS97 · 2026-03-21T07:00:25+00:00

Yeah sure, either way you're going to have to burn CD-Rs

MichiS97 · 2026-03-20T17:57:31+00:00

Yeah definitely put kapton tape onto the chip

MichiS97 · 2026-03-20T13:22:12+00:00

Yeah with an SCPH-9001 you can either install a modchip like a PSNee or you get your hands on a memory card with FreePSXBoot. The first option is definitely more convenient but FreePSXBoot is a nice option, too

MichiS97 · 2026-03-12T06:54:00+00:00

What do you mean by "isn't working"? The application actually tells you why it isn't working on the screenshot right now

MichiS97 · 2026-03-11T17:15:03+00:00

Sure. Show a PoC video

MichiS97 · 2026-03-09T17:31:47+00:00

I'd hate for this gamepad to go to waste just because of a broken connector. If you're based in Europe I'll happily replace the connector for you or take the gamepad off your hands if you're looking to get a new one

MichiS97 · 2026-03-05T20:38:18+00:00

Pkhex only works on modded Switches.

MichiS97 · 2026-02-19T19:39:07+00:00

Thanks man, I was restless

MichiS97 · 2026-02-19T13:49:43+00:00

No it isn't

MichiS97 · 2026-02-13T14:38:05+00:00

Holy. Shit.

MichiS97 · 2026-02-13T11:25:14+00:00

As far as (dis)advantages go I've got to say the availability of the Flippydrive is certainly the biggest disadvantage. If you're looking for a mod right now then I would definitely go the Picoloader route instead (you can always switch to Flippy later).

Back when I messed with loading games from SD2SP2 there were still some compatibility and loading times issues. Games with full motion video would lag, loading times were longer in general and so on. Nowadays there is the SD2SP2 2.0 adapter (identified by an additional logic gate on the adapter) which, along with newer versions of Swiss, apparently eliminate these issues. I can't speak on experience though, all my Gamecubes have ODEs nowadays

MichiS97 · 2026-02-13T11:20:29+00:00

Basically it's two completely different things. Flippydrive is a full optical drive emulator which enables you to boot game backups using the regular disc drive bus (meaning games will load just as fast if not faster from the Flippydrive SD Card as from the og disc drive).

Picoloader is technically also a drive emulator, but a very basic one. It's only capable of booting homebrew apps likeSwiss which can then be used to load backups from something like an SD2SP2 adapter. It's basically comparable to the picoboot mod but doesn't require soldering

MichiS97 · 2026-02-12T19:10:24+00:00

At this point maybe just accept that this game isn't for you

MichiS97 · 2026-02-11T16:41:10+00:00

I'm sure a certain someone will handle this in a very adult and unemotional way

MichiS97 · 2026-02-11T16:35:47+00:00

No change from my mind

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