If you see me somewhere please let me know. I’ve no idea where I went.
Rockbox is a bad benchmark due to its insane versatility. Just because modern players “should” support something doesn’t mean the manufacturer put the work in to do so, or even do it well.
That said, when I buy a portable music player the decision is always based on whether or not there’s a Rockbox port for it.
With all his meddling it’s not even the Twitter of the US anymore
“SLAMMED” SLAMMED!
Millions of people not voting because it would take millions of people voting to elicit positive change and nobody is doing that is one of the most frustrating things.
I haven’t seen anybody mention failing systems. These consoles are all old enough that some TLC may be required soon to replace failing capacitors, etc. If you’re good with that and the (light) headaches involved in connecting old consoles to new TVs, there are solid recommendations in this discussion.
If you’re okay with emulation, the Anbernic RG351MP (or the newer 353) will play games from Atari 2600 through PlayStation 1, including arcade machines and old DOS games. The Anbernic hardware is very nice and exceptionally portable.
Steam Deck and Nintendo New 3DS are also phenomenal emulators for old games, but require some setup.
Rockbox *is…
It’s still going.
I have a Keychron K10 I got as an Amazon Warehouse deal. It was cheap enough (but not under 50, sorry) and is an enjoyable budget mechanical keyboard. Decent keys and features for the money. Based on that I’d recommend Keychron.
I don’t need any of these but wanted to say thank you for brightening people’s holidays!
'Tis the east, and Julicat has knocked a glass of water off the shelf.
What company? I know a number of them have been bought out and ruined over the years.
You may be able to find a replacement by asking after similar styles on an enthusiast forum (like Head-Fi).
Crap quality bluetooth headphones that hurt your ears cost twice as much as wired, but go on
I’ve got plenty of vacuum tubes to test…if it still works. Who tests the tester?
In the board game theme, have you tried any 2-player abstract strategy games? Some of my favourites include:
Quarto (complex 4-in-a-row game with a twist: your opponent chooses the piece you must play)
Quixo (from the same publisher, Gigamic - tic tac toe on steroids with an ever-changing board)
Hive (each piece moves a certain way, very portable defend-the-queen game)
Tak (simple rules, deep strategy - connect opposite edges of the board while preventing your opponent from doing it)
Not strategy, but abstract speed game: Nine Tiles by Japanese company Oink Games (not Nine Tiles Panic, tho that one isn’t bad). Oink has very clever, easily packable party games and a few can be played with two people.
Found an EMC Model 213 tube tester at a thrift shop this summer. It’s a cute little portable unit in a fabric covered hard case, from about the early 60s. Useless without the chart (typeset on a literal typewriter) that tells you how to set the row of 12 switches & three knobs that dial in the proper test for each type of tube. Luckily I found a scan online!
Upvoting because I also have a black cat named Cheese. No other reason.
How techy are you? I was eyeing up and may give it a shot in the new year.
Edit: odd Boost doesn’t show my linked text. Just in case - https://deckhd.com/
Looks like I’m the first comment actually interested in this cool giveaway! Thank you kind stranger for sharing your fortune.
Arkham would be the only game I’m interested in, as I do like Batman lore and hear the games are good. I’ve never played one before, but if my brother can get his hands on the OLED Steam Deck next week he will sell me his old one and I’ll finally have a Deck to play games on!
I’m years from playing games (not since the PSP), so if there are any cool Steam games y’all want to recommend I’m all ears!
I don’t have time for open world or RPGs, so I prefer puzzle, racing, and more linear story games. Pick-up-and-play stuff. That said, if you’re passionate about a game, I’d love to hear about it!
What about “hello I’m your customer and I’m not installing your app.” End of argument.
Yup, that Open Args deep dive into chevron deference was an eye opener and called this one years ago. Sucks AT turned out to be That Guy.