• ChaosMaterialist [he/him]
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      16 days ago

      That era was a sweet spot because developers had enough power for complex games and decent graphics, but limited enough that they couldn't drown their art department in graphics fidelity.

    • RION [she/her]
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      16 days ago

      Common misconception—Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games released in 2004

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      16 days ago

      I think most people would argue that at least when it comes to console games, the peak was attained a little later, in the PS2 era

  • gramxi [they/them]
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    16 days ago

    I got myself a cheap emulation handheld and haven't booted up my PC since July. If it doesn't fall apart, it would take me years to finish what I have stored on it.

    • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      16 days ago

      I had a period of like 2 years where I mostly played GBA, SNES, and PSX games on one - super fun. A slightly bigger one with more ergonomic controls and maybe PS2 and NGC support would be perfect

        • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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          16 days ago

          I want one, but I'd use it in the same room as my desktop PC like 90% of the time, so it's hard to justify the cost. They also seem so large for some reason

    • communism@lemmy.ml
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      16 days ago

      haven’t booted up my PC since July

      Do you not need to do like... productivity stuff?

        • communism@lemmy.ml
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          16 days ago

          Neither do I, I just need to use my PC every day for my own projects. Even if not for those I need the use of a physical keyboard, just a much nicer digital experience than typing things on a phone.

  • git [he/him, comrade/them]
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    16 days ago

    I completed a build a couple of months ago:

    • ASRock X670E Steel Legend
    • Ryzen 7 7800X3D
    • 128 GB of G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo
    • Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Edition
    • Bunch of NVMe storage
    • Fractal Design Meshify 2

    I mostly emulate stuff or play 2D games, otherwise I’m working through my boomer shooter backlog.

    • peeonyou [he/him]
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      16 days ago

      i have similar.. less ram little bit slower cpu, but im stuck on playing this pixel art coloring book game.. just clicking squares to fill in the colors and eventually make a picture

  • Luna [she/her, love/loves]
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    16 days ago

    Damn, Fire Emblem: 6 runs great on my beefy computer!

    graphics card dies

    Heyyyy, FE6, you're the only one still with me...

    • Tom742 [they/them, any]
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      16 days ago

      Something about GBA on a PSP just feels right. That was my first emulation handheld, recently found a nice condition original thicc model and jail breaking that thing has been so simplified. I remember needing a paperclip last time I did that