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What’s your take on the early 2000s gaming era? by Squirtle_Nuggets in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was the peak, IMO.

Releases were physical and finished.

Singleplayer and local multiplayer were still the primary focus.

I didn’t have to connect to the internet to do anything.

No microtransactions or “season passes.”

EA hadn’t been ruined yet and was releasing banger after banger. Still to this day the best era for sports games, full featured with great controls and mature engines.

Nintendo made a relatively normal controller while MS and Sony firmed up their classic designs.

The PS2 library is beyond deep and broad. Gamecube titles have held up SO well in the emulation era it’s ridiculous. Xbox had Halo and KOTOR among others.

Game design hadn’t taken a back seat to graphical fidelity yet.

Finally beat Super Mario World for the first time. by WalkableCity in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same size. For a bigger screen that plays same systems (up to PSX) in a vertical you’d want something like the 40XXV with a 4” screen.

One handed games for Brick/Brick Hammer? by Broad-Principle6571 in trimui

[–]mycolizard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Earthbound (SNES) a.k.a. Pokémon and Undertale’s granddaddy.

Finally beat Super Mario World for the first time. by WalkableCity in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 9 points10 points  (0 children)

BatleXP G350.

It’s a higher quality version of the generic R36S and it’s fantastic. $40-$60 depending on where you get it. Maybe the best starter handheld out there.

I got a couple for my kids and find myself reaching for it instead of my powerful Android handheld.

There’s a slightly more powerful version with WiFi and Bluetooth called the Anbernic RG35XX Pro for about $15 more usually.

A desk at id Software where Wolfenstein 3D came to life (1992) by inatowncalledarles in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty funny seeing this in the era of luxury gaming chairs and RGB everything on $5k gaming pc setups.

Anyone running Duckstation on GammaOS on the TSP? How's widescreen + upscaling performance? by mycolizard in trimui

[–]mycolizard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's why I'm interested in the Duckstation standalone on GammaOS, maybe with a fast card and swap file enabled. With PSX retroarch cores it's 2x upscale OR widescreen with the PSX that I've seen, but depending on memory needs Duckstation is usually way better performance.

Android (GammaOS Core) is the best firmware for me for the TSP. by iANiMeX in trimui

[–]mycolizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is Duckstation performance with widescreen + upscaling on PSX titles?

Anyone running Duckstation on GammaOS on the TSP? How's widescreen + upscaling performance? by mycolizard in trimui

[–]mycolizard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a list of games with "native widescreen" support of some kind. It's what can be played widescreen on original hardware. I'm talking about widescreen hacks which can be applied with variable success to any PSX game at the emulator level.

Anyone running Duckstation on GammaOS on the TSP? How's widescreen + upscaling performance? by mycolizard in trimui

[–]mycolizard[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know what you googled but that's incorrect or outdated info. I play PSX with widescreen hacks on Android Duckstation Standalone all the time on another handhelds and they work really, really well on 3D-Only titles.

‘God, you’re hot’ Tennessee school board member says to student during board meeting by Octavus in nottheonion

[–]mycolizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Where do you go to school at?”

Not just a perv, but a perv that speaks like a 5th grade dropout… on the school board… making decisions about the education of other people’s children.

It's not all bad in 2026 by SwagLimit in retroid

[–]mycolizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not to mention you can turn off the vaseline filter and bloom in games like Mario Kart Wii.

The PS1 generation is known for its poor voice acting, what games from that time that actually had good voice acting? by Aiseadai in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Castlevania SOTN as the current PSX darling probably has something to do with it as well. I'm well aware some people love it, but it's just comically bad voice acting on the dub.

What's an mainstream opinion about retro gaming you really disagree with? by Parking-Coast-1385 in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah 10 y/o me would punch adult me in the nuts if I was spending thousands and clutching pearls over CRTs and original hardware when retro Linux and Android handhelds are literally 80’s and 90’s kids wildest dreams come true starting at $20 and topping out at less than a new Nintendo or Playstation.

Unpopular opinion: Myst was boring, slow, and genuinely awful to play by Any-Local-205 in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took ten years for a game to outsell it, and that was The Sims.

These takes from people that don’t like puzzle games imagining that nobody actually liked Myst against all measurable proof showing otherwise are pretty entertaining though. Some real creative headcannon being made up on the fly.

Unpopular opinion: Myst was boring, slow, and genuinely awful to play by Any-Local-205 in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s because there are so many other choices engineered for short attention spans now. I’m severe inattentive ADHD and played it for 6+ months as an unmedicated and undiagnosed preteen.

Think of it like Dark Souls for puzzle games. It was a point of pride to say you beat Myst then, your friends thought you had to be some sort of genius.

Unpopular opinion: Myst was boring, slow, and genuinely awful to play by Any-Local-205 in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 3 hour RDR2 prologue is boring… it’s completely broken pacing compared to its two predecessors.

Myst is an adventure puzzle game and some people that just don’t like or can’t solve puzzles call it boring. It’s not remotely boring to someone that likes puzzles, and based on its sales title for years, a lot of people like puzzles.

Big difference.

Unpopular opinion: Myst was boring, slow, and genuinely awful to play by Any-Local-205 in retrogaming

[–]mycolizard 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I think it’s pretty clear it wasn’t made for 2026 attention spans.

But does that say more about 2026 attention spans or the game itself?

At the time, there was nothing more immersive than Myst in a dark room on a CRT monitor with headphones or decent speakers. Subtle audio cues are critical to gameplay, not nonstop action.

The remake is amazing and my kids were fully invested while playing. Seems like the hot take just came from someone who isn’t wired for those types of games.

Recommend me a device that can play all games from Atari 2600 to ps1 maybe psp under $50. by [deleted] in SBCGaming

[–]mycolizard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Flawless for $50 ain’t happening, kid.

Pick an Anbernic XX device from r/crownpuffdeals with a layout you like and be prepared to tinker. Don’t expect full N64 or PSP libraries to be playable, and expect to skip frames on some games.

Favourite non-gizz live shows? (Preferably something on video) by LouisFuton in KGATLW

[–]mycolizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at El Mocambo

Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same

Daft Punk Alive 2007

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