Cube Posted January 31 Posted January 31 @Julius Heroic Games Launcher (installed in desktop mode) is a great way to play GoG, Epic and Amazon games on Steam Deck. There might be a way to get it to work via the main interface, I know I've done it with uPlay. 1
Happenstance Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Getting the urge to get back to my retro collection again. Spent all night browsing eBay staring at Mega Drive game auctions. 1
Happenstance Posted February 10 Posted February 10 As I setup the Mega SG again this morning I decided to rearrange my Mega Drive drawer so I can actually see the boxes when trying to pick out something to play 1 2
Happenstance Posted February 11 Posted February 11 Seems only fair my Snes collection gets some love as well. Only other game I forgot to add to the photo was NBA Jam as it was in the console. 1 2
Dcubed Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago (edited) I'm an old fucker, and it's my birthday today! So my sister got me something awesome... OLED, since 2025 A modded GBC with an OLED screen! Man, this thing is cool! The custom shell is very nice too. Only thing is that the buttons aren't that great (that's always been a pet peeve of mine with all these custom GBCs, they never get the buttons right), so I've gone ahead and bought a "broken" GBC from eBay for about £30 and will be swapping out the buttons for Nintendo OEM originals when it arrives (I ain't cannibilising my existing working GBC, but I'll gladly harvest from one that's already busted). Otherwise, this thing is tits! I've always loved the original GBC form factor, and the blacks are so black that the game image just melts into the surrounding bezel. Also, the GBC logo can have its colours changed to whatever you want from a choice of 31 different colours! So cool! Edited 5 hours ago by Dcubed 3
Cube Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago Now I want an original style GBA with an OLED screen (although it would need a brightness setting for the video to allow for compensating for oversaturation in some games).
Dcubed Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 6 minutes ago, Cube said: Now I want an original style GBA with an OLED screen (although it would need a brightness setting for the video to allow for compensating for oversaturation in some games). I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet, but I suppose they'd have to find a screen with the right form factor (the GBC OLED screens are all being pulled from Blackberry Q10 phones, which just so happen to fit inside a GBC shell after some modification). I want to see some DS screen mods personally. All the focus is always placed on the GB/GBC and GBA lines, but DS always seems to be left out in the cold. Those screens are pretty ropey these days, so they could certainly do with some modern sprucing up.
Julius Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago Happy birthday @Dcubed! That OLED screen is lovely, great gift from your sister! 1 hour ago, Dcubed said: I want to see some DS screen mods personally. All the focus is always placed on the GB/GBC and GBA lines, but DS always seems to be left out in the cold. Those screens are pretty ropey these days, so they could certainly do with some modern sprucing up. Yes! I've been wanting to see something like this too recently, actually. I've still got my childhood DSi which is basically retired for nostalgia purposes, and my New 3DS XL is the glossy black Solgaleo & Lunala limited edition one they put out for Sun & Moon – don't get me wrong, it's lovely, but it being glossy and black (aka: THE fingerprint magnet) *and* a LE makes me want to retire it. Those are my current options for playing DS games, and while I think I'll probably be getting a different New 3DS XL at some point (probably Metallic Blue like my DSi ) for my 3DS gaming needs, I'd really love to see some better screens to enjoy and revisit a number of DS games. Some of the pixel art on DS games are absolutely gorgeous and deserve to be admired in the most absurdly overtuned way possible 1
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