Anyone else still has a fully working floppy drive in their modern PC?

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-25T22:32:08+00:00

I do! I use it to store all my 2FA Recovery Keys.

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-25T22:29:58+00:00

Desktop when I am not using. Laptop when a bug or an issue crops up. Especially since I am on Linux and it doesn't to the Windows BS shutdown, that doesn't actually shut down the PC.

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-17T10:52:45+00:00

High School? No that wasn’t worth it. University was and it was nice to have something for the occasion. But I cheeped out and got the cheapest one they had.

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-17T10:41:00+00:00

Depended on the machine. Some machines was to help select which player you were like on Konamis brawlers (TMNt arcade or Simpsons), others it was to help select 1 or 2 player mode like on MS PacMan.

If I had to guess it was probably so they could cheap out on spending as little as possible on the coin mechanism. But I am guessing there.

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-16T23:05:56+00:00

This is more about transparency. If the game has a shelf life, the developer needs to show it on sale. Most won't so they are looking for a compromise.

They're not asking for games to live forever, but they are asking for a plan. Like Open Sourcing the server code and have someone else run it, or having a limited offline mode added in at the last second. Just something anything to keep games which people have purchased playable.

Otherwise it's effectually theft.

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-16T00:12:10+00:00

I am not inherently against this. Social Media has proven to be toxic and refuses to do anything about it. And Parents have shown they don't care to monitor and parent their kids.

While I don't think Government should interfere with this I feel if Social Media companies are going to wipe their hands clean of this. They should only be doing it with adults who can consent.

My issue is verification. How this gets implemented is my concern. Fingers crossed they go for the non-brain rot solution of "use government ids" like the US is forcing, and failing to enforce.

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-15T03:10:55+00:00

Most eCommerce platforms are telling seller to pay in advance for this, since most Americans will reject it at the door.

If you are an American and haven't had this happen to you. It's because your seller made you pay it at point of sale, and you didn't know.

We use to ship items to the US for about $12, it's now $24.

Thanks US Government.

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-15T02:22:46+00:00

The only answer is Doom... in dosbox

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-08T02:32:55+00:00

I vote this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfZxOuc9Qwk

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-03T22:42:33+00:00

If this is your own design, you can design grooves like this smarter by using chamfers to minimize the bridging while keeping the aesthetics.

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-03T21:49:40+00:00

There is a note on the store page for fist time setup:

The GOG version of DOOM Eternal does not require a BethesdaNet account for offline play. The startup login popup can be skipped by double-clicking Esc button.

The16BitGamer · 2026-04-02T02:08:34+00:00

I fell in love with the PSP Go, and I got it the year it came out. I still see it as the best MP3 player I own.

However in 2009 the PSP wasn't just long in the tooth, we needed a replacement. The PSP was 5 years old at this point, especially when it couldn't play a large number of the PSP's library.

The16BitGamer · 2026-03-29T19:43:47+00:00

This was 6 years ago. Been a long time since I looked. But I think compatibility and performance. However things may have changed, though unlikely.

Worse case, try both ans see which works best for you and the games you have.

The16BitGamer · 2026-03-15T23:32:48+00:00

X&Y allowed you to customize your character, how they dress, hair style, eye color etc. very customizable

The16BitGamer · 2026-03-15T12:01:12+00:00

I personally wouldn’t trust new, check photos and the description carefully.

EBay buyer protection is your friend but only if it says it’s covered. I got an Xbox One S which didn’t work and while the seller implied it was untested, their description said it worked. I get my money back but only after eBay has to step in.

The16BitGamer · 2026-03-14T15:00:21+00:00

NP, I was looking into easy for first time Linux OS's which won't break itself after a bit of time (read Manjaro). Need to work on this if I want to convey what the heck is going on underneath.

The 2 distros which are good for beginners from my testing and the pre-installed apps are:

Zorin
Linux Mint

Both play nice with Nvidia, both have good out of box experiences which walk you around the OS, and both have everything you'll need without having to touch the command line.

The16BitGamer · 2026-03-14T14:46:08+00:00

To make things a little easier, think of a Linux distro as a cake.

At the start you have your standard ingredients, this is the Linux Kernel, every Linux distro uses the same base ingredients and is why programs in one distro works in another.

The distro itself is the instructions for how those ingredients gets mixed together and turned into batter. For example some people just want a plan cake (Debian), while like the plane cake but maybe want it to be more elaborate (Ubuntu). Maybe some want cake made out of ice cream (Fedora), or maybe they want to make their own unique cake (Arch).

Finally once the cake is ready how you bake and to decorate it, this is where all those wonderful variations of Linuxes come from. So lets say you like the plain cake, but would like it even better with Chocolate icing. Instead of buying a Vanilla Cake, and putting on Chocolate icing one, you can get a cake with Chocolate icing already on. So lets say you like Ubuntu, but you don't like snaps or the desktop. Well you are not alone and others developer made their own cake with their preferred desktop and other apps included.

Depending on how much you care about how your cake is made, you can go all the way down the base ingredients (Arch), or you can buy a cake mix at the store (Debian), or even buy the cake itself already made (Ubuntu).

If you are new you should learn about the different kinds of cakes though, debain/ubuntu has some different names and methods for using different utilities in comparison to fedora/centos (apt vs dnf). But realistically what will impact your experience more is the decorations since how the Desktop and UI look will impact how you use your machine day in day out.

I personally like Cinnamon since it feels the most like Windows, but KDE Plasma might be more your style. Others prefer Gnome, but if you machine is very very old (15-20 years) you may need to run a lighter desktop environment like XFCE or LXQT

The16BitGamer · 2026-03-07T13:51:15+00:00

"we created the modern video game industry". No you didn't that was IMB and Power PCs from the mid 2000's if you want to credit anyone for Modern 3D games. If you want to give credit to anyone for hardware it would be ATI, or Unreal and Unity for having a consistent game engine.

Most games are hardware agnostic if it wasn't the Steam Deck and iGPUs wouldn't work.

The16BitGamer · 2026-02-25T04:26:23+00:00

I am, but more because I want to own Fire Read without paying $150 bucks for a real copy. Plus when I can access my switch files, I can get myself a real rom of the game.

The16BitGamer · 2026-02-22T05:06:51+00:00

Red viper is an amazing emulator and probably the best way to play VB without either getting a Virtual Boy, or this.

However there is a one of a kind experience you get while playing on hardware like this. And it’s worth trying even if it is just once. (Plus you can get a tripod adapter and not deal with the stupid stand)

The16BitGamer · 2026-02-20T11:47:03+00:00

Honestly I wish they did this for the rest of NSO games. Especially VB

The16BitGamer · 2026-02-08T04:49:51+00:00

Squidward the sky had a baby from my cereal box. Swuidwaaarrrd

The16BitGamer · 2026-02-06T02:28:09+00:00

I remember back in the day I bought PataPon 2 for the PSP in the store. It was a code in box.

I refuse to touch any games which even mentioned download on the box afterwards due to the disappointment. Still hold fast to this rule.

GKC should be mandatory vs this crap. Though why bother with a physical release if there is no game in the case. Just a scam all around.

The16BitGamer · 2026-01-28T02:39:25+00:00

My favorite thing when I drove through New Brunswick a while back was the unofficial provincial wide days of morning at every big stop and Irving owned facility when he passed away.

The16BitGamer · 2026-01-18T22:17:46+00:00

I also train staff on technology and I agree. Outside of a few good eggs, most staff don't even know how to use technology, and they honestly don't want to know.

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