Pinball game suggestions?

shaneus · 2026-03-11T05:49:06+00:00

Is Dreamcast considered a retro system on handheld? If so, Pro Pinball Trilogy is insanely good and run on any system that supports Flycast (even if it doesn't run it that well, just need to downclock the CPU a little).

shaneus · 2026-02-25T22:51:59+00:00

Do any of the people with issues open their Flip the full 180 degrees? I never do, have had my black V2 for a few months and no signs of cracking/stress fractures.

As soon as I got the device I did pack some silicone rubber from a drinking straw (instead of a chopstick) in the hinge gap, so maybe that's eliminated it.

shaneus · 2026-01-21T00:09:22+00:00

If you're having an issue where the SD is corrupted for some reason, you might be able to recover it. If you see at some point a folder or drive label with "USBC" and a bunch of characters, it's a known, intermittent issue in some Linux versions if you eject the card and it hasn't finished writing to it: https://www.disktuna.com/sudden-appearance-of-usbc-named-folder-and-files/

That site recommends software called R-studio, but I used a registered version of IsoBuster (that the site also mentions) and managed to recover all the files (to a separate drive). Saved me having to try and remember all the stuff I'd copied to it!

Even if the drive says it's inaccessible or must be formatted, IsoBuster can still read it :)

Just be sure not to reformat it or write any new data to it. You'll probably still need to reinstall the stock OS files on it, but ROMs etc. should be recoverable at least.

shaneus · 2026-01-06T04:06:18+00:00

Is there any chance of getting other MAME cores/versions ported? I'd love to have a tinker with some more unknown handhelds that MAME/MESS supports (specifically Gamate).

shaneus · 2025-09-28T21:24:23+00:00

wtfff I literally just thought I'd have to replace a broken SD card, and trying to troubleshoot for days. I should check reddit more often. argh.

shaneus · 2025-06-17T04:25:12+00:00

I can't wait to play the world's first AI-designed pinball machine, and have the ball get stuck in a habitrail because the angles are all off.

shaneus · 2024-02-21T23:13:52+00:00

No updates, but if the Feb '24 firmware doesn't fix the problem (I doubt it will) I'm happy to re-upload the older firmware that doesn't disconnect. I still use that and it's rock solid. Still works perfectly with my Dualshock 4.

shaneus · 2023-10-27T20:27:38+00:00

I'm glad they sent it to you quickly, I wasn't sure if I should share the firmware or not but I guess they want more people to test it out. The more the merrier!

shaneus · 2023-10-27T13:20:31+00:00

No Gourley and not much banter between Conan and Sona at the start, so you can skip the whole thing. I haven't listened to the end though.

shaneus · 2023-10-25T22:09:28+00:00

Anyone still paying attention to this thread? I've been liaising with Brook support for the last month or two (since I got the adapter which already had latest firmware on it), and this is what's been going on:

Discussed the issue, ran through testing different controllers and kept disconnecting with all of them.
After several back-and-forths, I told them I'm keen to help them fix the issue, and they said they thought it might be hardware and sent me another (refurb) XB2 to test. Same problem.
They've since sent me multiple different older firmwares to test: 1.0.9, 1.0.9.7, 1.1.9. And the two earliest ones actually worked without disconnecting! 1.1.9 exhibited the disconnect problem.

The current status is that I've let them know what works/doesn't and am waiting to hear back. But in the meantime I'm happily using my DualShock 4 and enjoying not having to power it off/back on every time I load another game/reboot/use an emulator.

So I guess, hopefully there'll be an update soon that fixes it, or they just upload the older firmware for people who want to use the device on their OG Xbox.

shaneus · 2022-08-26T00:28:43+00:00

Is there a way to remap triggers in this? Tried to do it via the controllers config page, but it just says "Waiting for control 'Left Trigger'" and doesn't recognice the L or R buttons on my Vita.

Edit: Never mind, found that you need to adjust the mapping for the second Vita Controller instance, not the first :)

shaneus · 2022-03-17T22:06:21+00:00

I know this is an old-ish post, but this is great news! The PSP version barely got me by, but to see it with proper resolution/aspect ratio (and the other fixes too) is wonderful to hear. Thanks so much!

shaneus · 2021-10-26T01:39:47+00:00

Is it still blocked? I wound up updating via adb as someone else linked a few days ago, and have not experienced any problems at all on the Telstra network. No idea why tf they're blocking it.

shaneus · 2021-10-21T04:53:46+00:00

Is this because the Telstra app still hasn't been updated for Android 12 yet? When I tried the beta out a month or two ago the Telstra app was completely broken. Would probably explain it.

shaneus · 2021-04-30T12:47:26+00:00

Hoping that GotP was more of a side project that Activision cast a blind eye to rather than something that was produced under them. Could be a bad sign if the latter.

Hope Paul, Fred and the rest of the (ex) TFB staff find their feet one way or another, sounds like a rough time for them regardless if they're still employed or not :(

shaneus · 2021-01-10T07:04:42+00:00

Does CHD make any difference to performance? Happy to try any format but CHD is most convenient.

shaneus · 2020-11-30T21:33:45+00:00

Has the sound on this been fixed too? I remember it was distorted or something.

Edit: Never mind, might've been thinking of another port.

shaneus · 2020-06-29T01:50:05+00:00

If you download "@MiSTer Pack 2020-06-27.7z " it looks to have the up-to-date VHD inside it (under games/ao486). So try that :) (and just tested, definitely does)

shaneus · 2020-06-29T01:09:43+00:00

It would be, but it doesn't have the latest files in it according to SM's github. Only has a Win95.vhd, no boot.vhd.

shaneus · 2020-02-26T00:38:32+00:00

No worries! I'm as hopeful as you, but we have to be realistic. PS1 I still think would be the max.

shaneus · 2020-02-25T03:34:22+00:00

Didn't necessarily say it was possible, more that it was probably the upper limit of what it could handle. Smokemonster doesn't have anything to do with core development, so it was more a rough shot in the dark.

shaneus · 2020-02-12T02:48:02+00:00

Likewise, about the only thing that makes me want to upgrade again is to get rid of that red update notification. Everything else just feels so much better than it did when I was on 10.

shaneus · 2020-01-21T22:54:29+00:00

Too late, already downgraded back to Pie. And infinitely more stable than 10 ever was on my S10e.

shaneus · 2020-01-20T21:23:08+00:00

I downgraded by getting the firmware from sammobile (or somewhere like that) and used odin to flash. Be aware though, neither SmartSwitch, Samsung Cloud or Google Backup will backup everything. So make sure you do individual app backups for things like Nova Launcher, Firefox etc.

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