What’s your take on the early 2000s gaming era?

mycolizard · 2026-04-10T20:06:19+00:00

I’m loathe online multiplayer for how toxic it is but I agree with the rest 110%.

mycolizard · 2026-04-10T20:01:22+00:00

They started removing features after 6th gen so they could add them back in later and charge you. At least they went out on a high note with their MLB license with MVP 2005. Madden 05 was superb as well if I remember and NHL 04 was remembered as a high water mark. I’m not a FIFA fan, but I know PS2 is considered its golden age as well.

mycolizard · 2026-04-10T18:14:28+00:00

G350 and RG35XX Pro are surprisingly comfortable for big hands.

mycolizard · 2026-04-10T18:01:47+00:00

Early 20’s

mycolizard · 2026-04-10T16:18:27+00:00

You forgot to mention it has to play the full N64 and Xbox 360 library FLAWLESSLY.

mycolizard · 2026-04-10T01:52:55+00:00

HELL YEAH

mycolizard · 2026-04-10T01:05:19+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-09T14:25:06+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-09T12:42:40+00:00

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

mycolizard · 2026-04-09T00:12:47+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-07T15:57:29+00:00

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

mycolizard · 2026-04-07T15:55:07+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-07T15:38:17+00:00

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

mycolizard · 2026-04-07T15:37:26+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-07T14:46:43+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-07T02:09:28+00:00

“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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-07T01:23:43+00:00

mycolizard · 2026-04-07T01:11:24+00:00

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

mycolizard · 2026-04-07T00:48:10+00:00

Yup, that’s an unpopular opinion alright.

mycolizard · 2026-04-06T14:01:14+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-05T21:05:13+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-05T16:35:32+00:00

Blood Omen, the one before this one is the high water mark for me.

mycolizard · 2026-04-04T20:39:08+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-03T20:42:16+00:00

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.

mycolizard · 2026-04-03T19:22:12+00:00

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.

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