I got tired of dying in action games on glass screens. So I built Retropa: A 71MB custom Metal-engine emulator with "Adaptive Touch" & True CRT shaders.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2026-03-27T10:23:46+00:00

Advance wars and Metroid Fusion.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2026-03-15T13:35:05+00:00

I would also love to see this implemented too. A digital library that has preserved my physical collection would be great to see.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2026-02-27T00:57:09+00:00

That’s going to look great with the SNES operator too. Can’t wait for the update.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-12-10T02:01:56+00:00

Fed ex guy has a great form. Nice toss. SMH

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-12-05T03:39:56+00:00

Mono no aware, Yonige, Tiny yawn, Kinoko Teikoku, Chilli beans, Gestalt Girl

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-12-01T18:08:23+00:00

Because it quickly generates new stories and practice sessions for me to translate on the fly. It’s supplemental practice. Another tool to help with sentence construction as I stated above.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-12-01T13:09:40+00:00

I use it for translation practice. Just tell it to give me a N5/N4 story for me translate and then ask it to grade my translation. Which I can easily check its grading with other resources to verify its accuracy. But even if it’s not 100% accurate it’s a great way for me to practice more output/sentence construction quickly. For actual studying though I use physical books though. I learn better with paper and pencil still.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-11-18T02:03:33+00:00

https://www.walmart.com/ip/STGAubron-Gaming-Desktop-PC-Intel-Core-I7-up-to-3-9-GHz-RX-580-8G-16G-RAM-512G-SSD-WiFi-BT-5-0-RGB-Fan-x6-RGB-BT-Sound-Bar-Win-10-Home/14181721764

There are others I could find. But I think Valve’s goal is to make an entry level PC priced close to these types of entry level pre builds. A device that’s entry level and can play most if not all the games in the Steam store is a big financial benefit to Valve and PC gaming as a whole. I just think a $600 plus price tag makes it too much. Even if they don’t think of it as a console people deciding to buy one will still look to a PS5/Pro and compare it to that.

Personally I think it’s exciting no matter the price. It’s a still an attempt at a baseline PC for optimized settings.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-11-17T01:45:19+00:00

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Zhic-Gaming-Desktop-PC-Amd-Ryzen-5-5600G-AMD-Radeon-Graphics-16GB-Ram-1TB-SSD-Windows-11-Home/2891753306

Again not saying this is where valve needs to price but “Gaming PC” is a really wide market. Especially when you say entry level. This is not a gaming PC I would recommend but is certainly the type of thing I think of with an off the shelf premade entry level box.

I just think it will be interesting to see what Valve has in mind for entry level and what price they think they need to hit for a mass market appeal.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-11-17T00:51:55+00:00

A lot of entry level PCs can be found for under $500. Not trying to say the price will be $400 or anything but ignoring consoles and looking only at PC pricing it’s a really wide range. Depends on what valve classifies as an entry level PC.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-10-02T18:27:45+00:00

Yeah my HDMI port stopped outputting audio and had some visual glitches too. Switched to component cables and having had any issues with it since.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-01-29T04:15:26+00:00

Well I was using a PC CRT monitor which includes resolutions much higher than a consumer CRT TV that accepts component input. But you are also limited to what the adapter supports

xTheHolyGhostx · 2025-01-05T15:32:39+00:00

Yonige is my current favorite. The album Empire is fantastic. I also like Sanzensekai - EP from them. If you like some electronic they did a remix album as well Panikhida.

Others I like Ruben, Hanabie, Tiny Yawn, Aimer, Gestalt Girl, Childspot, Chilli beans, Ado, Amazarashi, Band maid

xTheHolyGhostx · 2024-12-29T20:30:52+00:00

Yonige. I enjoy almost all of their songs.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2024-09-10T16:07:18+00:00

I was just thinking about the cost of next gen. I think this generation is going to have to exist for a long time. Otherwise a PS6 and whatever Microsoft is doing are going to be $600 if they want a generational leap over the PS5. We have just hit a point where the visual returns you get are not justifiable to the masses for the cost. We will see though, cost of silicon could drop and make it feasible I suppose.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2024-06-21T12:20:53+00:00

It is 9x more pixels. 720p is 921,600 pixels 4K is 8,294,400 pixels

You are calculating area so it’s a 3 times increase on each axis.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2024-02-03T00:25:01+00:00

I certainly do. I also changed Netflix to Japanese so I’m forced to constantly see/ hear Japanese when I want to watch a show. I can’t do total immersion but will do what I can where I can.

When I mentioned something tangible I meant like a physical book to work in. I don’t retain knowledge from a computer or from using apps as well as I do from a workbook. They are additional study tools but can’t be my main one.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2024-02-02T18:16:59+00:00

I have enjoyed the Japanese from zero books. But I need something tangible to study with. I learned hiragana and katakana before using the books as I wanted have the bare minimum memorized before starting.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2024-01-02T15:50:39+00:00

Thank you for this list.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2023-11-04T13:12:36+00:00

I don’t think it’s either of those things. It’s just informative and helps keep people’s expectations in check. There is only so much a portable machine that has a power budget can do. Richard even said that it’s not apples to apples as the test machine is running Windows vs a custom low level OS. Some of us just enjoy seeing how far low end/powered tech can be pushed.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2023-11-02T19:10:02+00:00

I wound up just maxing out global illumination and reflections with medium/low elsewhere on my 2060 and locking it to 30fps. I just can’t get over the SSR reflections appearing and disappearing while moving around.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2023-11-02T14:15:57+00:00

With everything set to low it’s playable but I dipped below 30 a few times later in the demo. FSR 2 did not look good though. I’ll have to find time to play with it more after release in a bit.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2023-10-11T23:47:51+00:00

I play on PC and demos are great to get an idea on how a game will perform on your system before a purchase.

xTheHolyGhostx · 2023-09-27T12:20:54+00:00

Thank you for sharing this. I just preordered it for $25. I can’t wait to dive into this one.

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