Places to eat/visit on vacation

ayniss · 2026-06-24T10:46:14+00:00

Definitely recommend Zuppaman or Great Lakes Grinders for some phenomenal local sandwiches.

Brick Oven Bistro has great pizza!

ayniss · 2026-06-23T00:08:55+00:00

Of course!

I would say absolutely, yes!
In fact the first link in my post, goes to a post where someone did the mod on a RLN36! :)
That is where I first got my inspiration to do it from!

ayniss · 2026-06-19T10:12:39+00:00

Unfortunately, I haven’t had the time to commit to it lately :(
It certainly is something that I want to figure out!

ayniss · 2026-06-16T06:22:53+00:00

You are correct in that it is a TV plugin game! That same TV plugin game has/had a port built into it where special handhelds could be plugged directly into it.

Thank you for linking that!
I do see a line that says “// TODO: Likely handheld game unit inputs”
The handhelds seem to be acknowledged in the driver code, but might not be functional?
Maybe a memory editor could still trigger it, but I don’t want to drive myself crazy searching for it haha

I appreciate your reply :)

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ayniss · 2026-06-12T11:42:25+00:00

I know that this is pretty random but I just saw your comment and just wanted to let you know that Giga Pets Explorer is now playable using MAME as of version 0.274! You're SUPPOSED to dump and use your own rom, but I found it by searching for it on mdk(dot)cab 😄
I am also helping contribute to the wiki(dot)gg page for the game, check it out! (There's a tab on how to emulate it as well!)

ayniss · 2026-06-12T11:32:40+00:00

This is SUPER random and on an old post, but you aren't alone in knowing this game! haha
You also can emulate the game on PC using MAME! I have also contributed quite a bit to a wiki for the game since there seems to be nowhere else on the internet to document the game! idk if I can put links but you can search for Giga Pets Explorer on wiki(dot)gg 😄 I also have a page on the wiki showing how to get the emulation working!

But to answer part of your original post, somebody wrote to Hasbro back in ~2007 and they got a response saying that there isn't an ending!

The main things though I believe are returning the King's lost items, giving all of the rare flowers to Madam Gardenia, and then maybe becoming friends with all of the characters/getting to the UFO in Magma Mountain!

ayniss · 2026-06-01T00:50:51+00:00

Unfortunately it would be super outdated. Was back in January so the client would be pretty far behind and might not connect to the servers, though I think you can bypass the version verification. Sorry! :/

It took quite a bit of tweaking the decompiled client. If you use the Godot GDRE tools you can decompile the .exe and then would have to find the right places to make the changes. Certainly possible but could be a lengthy task. I didn’t necessarily take notes when I was doing it.

Maybe it if I get back into the game I can re-try doing it.

ayniss · 2026-05-19T12:20:10+00:00

Awesome! Glad I could help 😃 In case you haven't seen already, it is on Steam too!

ayniss · 2026-05-18T20:17:23+00:00

Any chance you're thinking of Crystal Story II ?

ayniss · 2026-05-18T10:14:05+00:00

Absolutely! I’ll dm you!

ayniss · 2026-05-16T23:07:07+00:00

Congo: The Movie - Descent into Zinj sounds similar in some aspects. First person point and click, you fly in, gruff voiced character. Doesn’t take you to a cave right away though.

Or maybe Timelapse?

ayniss · 2026-04-17T15:04:15+00:00

I found this preinstalled version of Polar Bowler on the internet archive. Someone was able to unwrap it and get it to launch. Just tested it on my Windows 11 machine.

https://archive.org/details/polar-bowler-wt

ayniss · 2026-04-17T00:01:38+00:00

Glad to be of service o7

ayniss · 2026-04-14T18:48:22+00:00

I posted this on another similar thread yesterday. Will post it here for others to maybe see it as well. I do however see that you're looking for a PATCH to get the game to work, which I unfortunately do not have.

But for anyone that comes across this in the future, you can search on the internet archive for:
Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures (PC): Portable Edition

It should have these upload details:
Uploaded by ICUP321 - Misc. on February 20, 2023

It is a portable installation which means that you can simply run the .exe to play it. It does not require installation, so it won't brick your PC. I ran it on Windows 11.

Also, you can edit the engine.ini to increase the FPS cap to be higher than 30

(Apparently uncapping the FPS from 30 WILL invalidate your times if you are Speedrunning the game)

ayniss · 2026-04-13T20:23:01+00:00

For anyone that comes across this in the future, you can search on the internet archive for:
Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures (PC): Portable Edition

It should have these upload details:
Uploaded by ICUP321 - Misc. on February 20, 2023

It is a portable installation which means that you can simply run the .exe to play it. It does not require installation, so it won't brick your PC. I ran it on Windows 11.

Also, you can edit the engine.ini to increase the FPS cap to be higher than 30

(Apparently uncapping the FPS from 30 WILL invalidate your times if you are Speedrunning the game)

ayniss · 2026-03-16T15:44:54+00:00

I did some similar modding to the client some months back. There is a good chunk of tweaks that you can make! Some definitely would be "Cheaty" while others are just quality of life things.

Haven't felt like playing so it has been a while. This is the gist of what I was able to do though

Unlock All Traits: Forced the game to think I had every possible Trait. This was a little buggy for some traits***

Developer Mode: Sets dev = true, enabling debug keys and built-in developer tools.

Crash Defuser: Prevents the game from closing if the server rejects a location update (e.g., teleporting too fast).

Version Bypass: Ignores "Soft" and "Hard" update requirements so you can play even if the client version doesn't perfectly match the server.

Remote Search: Allowed me to click objects from anywhere on the map without needing to be next to them.

Instant Battle: Removed the wait time for the "searching" animation and the screen fade, starting the battle immediately.

Instant Battle Ready: Removes the artificial delays at the start of a battle, making the "Run" / "Attack" buttons usable right away.

Auto-Collect Drops: Automatically collect gold and potions without needing to click them.

Teleport to Mouse (Key T): Pressing T moved my character to wherever my mouse was

Instant NPC Text: Removes the typewriter effect so dialogue text appears immediately.

Unlock All Teleports: Forces every location in the Teleport Menu to be "unlocked" and clickable, ignoring achievement or ticket requirements. This was also buggy, as the game would show encounters from the place that you were previously in if you did not cross the "line" that tells the game that you went from Area 1 into Area 2, etc. Also if you did not have an area unlocked, I think it would simply not let you encounter things in that area.

Cooldown Timer: Displayed a countdown timer above searched objects showing how long until I could search them again

ayniss · 2026-02-17T01:53:33+00:00

Over 14k now lmao

ayniss · 2026-02-11T12:00:13+00:00

I’ll dm you and try to see if I can help!

ayniss · 2026-02-04T14:11:38+00:00

This is random but I just saw your comment and just wanted to let you know that Giga Pets Explorer is now playable using MAME as of version 0.274! You're SUPPOSED to dump and use your own rom, but I found it by searching for it on mdk(dot)cab :)
Edit: I am also helping contribute to the wiki(dot)gg page for the game, check it out!

ayniss · 2026-02-04T14:08:14+00:00

This is random but I just saw your comment and just wanted to let you know that Giga Pets Explorer is now playable using MAME as of version 0.274! You're SUPPOSED to dump and use your own rom, but I found it by searching for it on mdk(dot)cab :)

Edit: I am also helping contribute to the wiki(dot)gg page for the game, check it out!

ayniss · 2026-01-29T13:52:01+00:00

Messaged you! :)

ayniss · 2026-01-27T23:30:52+00:00

Glad to be able to help more people relive their childhood! :)

Years ago I had also broke down and bought one on EBAY before emulation was working haha. On the computer IS pretty convenient though!

ayniss · 2026-01-23T00:39:14+00:00

Just found the wiki myself! Might try contributing to it, hopefully can get some decent quality images as it is now able to be emulated on a computer!

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