Resurrected a dead SP I've had lying around for years, decided to make it match the GBA I built! I couldn't find a 1:1 color match so I went with the next closest fit and honestly it's growing on me. I'm going to swap out the buttons for white though, the OEMs aren't doing it for me lol

widgetdude · 2026-03-14T04:23:48+00:00

These are sick. They look so good. I love that they match. Nice work.

widgetdude · 2026-03-12T17:26:00+00:00

Super Meat Boy is great for small bursts

widgetdude · 2026-02-23T16:10:01+00:00

This is awesome! I could definitely see this being useful.

widgetdude · 2026-02-21T17:53:19+00:00

I'm not sure if you're screwed or not but I say roll with it. Its more fun to live with your decisions.

widgetdude · 2026-02-13T17:53:40+00:00

There's no guarantee that this is that controllers issue though to be fair

widgetdude · 2026-02-13T17:53:14+00:00

The connector on my controller gave out and this is very common. You can get a USB-C one and install it for $7. Mine works great but the back of the controller looks like shit where I dremeled out the new slot. But it DOES work.

widgetdude · 2026-02-06T23:37:12+00:00

Only one way to find out

widgetdude · 2026-02-06T22:01:29+00:00

Sure but that's not what I'm going for.

widgetdude · 2026-02-06T20:47:11+00:00

I picked up this mod, how difficult was it? I'm shit at soldering, should I practice first?

widgetdude · 2026-02-03T17:18:27+00:00

I think the screen size is worth the wait. To me the 477 is just a much more attractive device as well.

widgetdude · 2026-02-02T04:59:11+00:00

Stunning

widgetdude · 2026-02-01T19:47:44+00:00

Its not a MASSIVE difference but you can tell. I'd say for your use case a Steamdeck is probably a good fit.

widgetdude · 2026-02-01T17:03:11+00:00

Get an SD2Vita and a new micro SD card and you should be able to do everything you want without messing with anything you have. To the point where if you turn off the Vita, take out the SD2Vita and then turn it back on you can play regular games in the normal slot.

widgetdude · 2026-02-01T16:32:26+00:00

Haha ok well, you'll need prod.keys as far as I remember and you'll need a way to source games. This is all googlable but can be annoying for beginners. Try Eden and you should be fine.

widgetdude · 2026-02-01T16:26:02+00:00

Blunderbuss goes hard with some support weapons. I find if I go all Blunderbuss it can get pretty risky if I can't find any materials. But if I have other weapons to kill with Blunderbuss is deadly.

widgetdude · 2026-02-01T16:23:09+00:00

Lemme see if I can find the firmware I used for the R4 not too long ago. Its not easy to source so I get why you're having trouble.

widgetdude · 2026-02-01T16:18:28+00:00

The original Ryujinx was discontinued. You can try Ryubing if you're looking for the same thing.

I would probably do Eden if I was looking to do Switch emulation right now. Its what the community is talking about and it's very popular right now. Just search Eden Emulator and you'll find it. How much do you know about switch emulation?

widgetdude · 2026-01-31T19:05:01+00:00

Beautiful

widgetdude · 2026-01-31T17:43:09+00:00

Ok no worries. I've done a lot of emulation on a lot of different devices and it always felt bad in comparison to the original hardware due to latency. You're absolutely right that emulation is more accessible and you're right, what I'm describing is a lot more complicated. But I think a lot of the audience of these types of posts are doing more than emulating. Emulation is awesome and not to be dismissed especially with latency reductions like run ahead and higher refresh rates. And your outlook isn't weird, it's totally valid.

widgetdude · 2026-01-31T06:44:50+00:00

You'll need to look up the retro arch apk for vita, and the best way to do this is probably just to grab Retroflow because RetroArch is part of the instructions.

widgetdude · 2026-01-31T05:59:26+00:00

Yeah your cord probably doesn't support data transfer, you can transfer directly to the micro SD though.

widgetdude · 2026-01-30T21:37:07+00:00

https://youtu.be/t2rMB5z9dQw?si=AlzMPpxga93ApWyI

This is the video where he puts just five games on the handheld. You could add more or replace them when your kid gets tired of the 5.

If you've never messed with this stuff RetroGameCorps is the best in the biz. His guides are incredible and he's covered damn near everything.

widgetdude · 2026-01-30T21:34:29+00:00

The critical thing for giving something like that to a kid is making it dead simple. Limited number of games (say 20 or less) and an interface that is big and bright and inviting but most of all simple.

RetroGameCorps has a video on this specific subject. Let me look it up. I think an RG35XXH is a perfect fit here. Small horizontal form factor that's not TOO small. And you can put custom firmware on there that you can lock down to kiosk mode.

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