You might laugh, but these were highly coveted from Aliexpress back when they were being sold! Finding one now is extremely hard, since they ceased production, so in handheld circles these still have big fans!

For anyone who still wants to access Reddit just to browse favorite (niche) subs which won’t ever get traction here, some third-party apps still work.

My favorite is cygnusx’s Slide for Reddit fork (they picked it up after it was abandoned). You can use it logger in or anonymously - without an account logged in:

https://github.com/cygnusx-1-org/Slide

^ you can see my Slide app with the frontpage showing regular subs, and it doesn’t use the dumb new reddit algorithm which shows you posts from like a week ago.

The other option is Morphe who patch the official Reddit app. It will require an account but you can change a heap of things, block everything you dislike too. The patching app does YouTube and YouTube Music or whatever they call it, but it also patches Reddit:

https://morphe.software/

^ here’s an example of some of the things you can change in a Morphe patched Reddit’s settings

Also sorry for the pictures, I wrote and uploaded this while steaming milk for my coffee!

We do our best in the /c/games community! It isn’t niche by any means, but we have regular posters (including myself) and we have fair engagement on new posts and members also.

Unfortunately as is the nature of most social media, it can only be as active as the users. So for very niche subjects I can’t see Lemmy ever being super viable (sadly)

I’m more than happy to ask e1K what he recommends you look at to get started, if you’d like?!

Whether I could create a new account on Reddit for the first time in years, in order to share articles I have written with more people

Within 24 hours I had one absolutely crazy person declaring that forever more whatever I posted they’d add a comment under it warning people that I’m on a posting crusade (I posted it to one sub: consolerepair)

Needless to say this experiment was flames

e1000 doesn’t do interviews. Doesn’t share his creations on a site or blog or GitHub, just occasionally on Discord or (more rarely these days) Reddit.

He only did this because we had friends in common like Gamma (GAMMAOS) and klops (PortMaster), bmdhacks (ex-PS2 dev and PortMaster genius) and so on saying I’m trustworthy to share his story.

Most of what we chatted about in the article weren’t known before now. Among his friends, he is known for not going for the spotlight.

After getting to know e1K, and chatting to him for a few weeks I feel pretty confident in my own word choices. I’d prefer it if I wasn’t judged for it on the merits of others using that same word, but I guess there’s nothing I can do about that. Knowing e1K and becoming friends with him, and being the one who literally interviewed him about his life and work? Yes. I’d say he is quiet about his mods.

Totally funded by Epic. Lake tried for over a decade to get anyone to want to publish it, it no one was interested. Not only did Epic put the money up, they had a clause of profits over a certain amount going only to Remedy.

It is a fact. We’d never have Alan Wake 2 without Epic picking up the bill!

Re-told …again

I’d give so much for a Metroid Prime 2 remaster, with the same level of care they put into the first. It is such a great game to play on my Switch (I think I’ve done so 3 times now)

But sadly with how blandly average 4 was, I don’t see Metroid being a focus for Nintendo going forward

Dont forget you can check ProtonDB and see how users have found it on the Steam Deck! The site is a great resource for checking in advance:

https://www.protondb.com/app/243470

There’s 30 separate reports there for you to check over!

How did I know you’d be mentioning RomM :P

Then consider this your reminder to get to it!!!

Well worth it, and if you get the Nightdive 2022 remaster, don’t forget to completely ignore their new graphics mode and opt for the original!

Oh I’ve been singing Cloudpunk’s praises for years now! I even chatted to the devs 12 months or so ago about interviewing them, but that never panned out (sadly).

I think of this one in the ‘perfect for Steam Deck/handhelds’ territory, it suits it so perfectly…both in gameplay and in the vibe (very cyberpunkish) too. Have you seen they have a sequel of sorts coming up? Or at least a game in the same universe, called Nivalis!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1488490/Nivalis/

While not technically cyberpunk, or even at all, it is a fantastic film done by Ridley Scott in 1989. The neons and night time of Japan will remind you of Blade Runner!

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4105-black-rain

Definitely worth watching the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Gv1C8dPGs

Oh my God I was scrolling past and thought this was like…gore! Something had gone awfully wrong!

The relief as I zoomed in after paying attention to the title is enormous

The company got in touch with me to review.

I had to decline though. The C64 era is far, far before my own. I think I’d just be doing it a disservice covering it, since I review modern handhelds the inevitable comparisons I’d draw against this wouldn’t be fair!

I do love the design, but these ones aren’t for me!

You can send me a DM if you need any help!

I’m on Discord with the username perfecteddark, or you can always reach me here if you need any pointers or assistance :)

You made the right call, you might go into this expecting to focus on one or two systems, but having the power and capability to run so much more is never a bad thing.

(I’m in Australia, so if you do write me, factor that time difference in)

You’re going to have the best time with this one, I promise!

The Pocket 5 is Retroid’s best selling handheld, the performance (and let’s face it, the design and looks being so nostalgic with that GameCube one!) just found its home with users.

• The amount of support for the drivers is crazily high. Being the Snapdragon 865 means you can play a ton of systems, some Switch gaming is even doable on it.
• The wonderful front-ends! Which are just all-in-one launchers for all your emulators, highly customizable and making it feel like a true ‘console’ experience. You can set one of these up and ignore the Android side, having it boot up straight into one of these. My fav is RetroHrai! - in fact you can find my interview with the developer of RetroHrai! here
• You can run it with ROCKNIX if you’d prefer it to be using Linux, too! Or Batocera also, for the same thing
• They have an official accessory which adds a pivoting second screen to the top of it, turning it into a 3DS if that is your thing
• The size is perfect too, very close to that of a Switch Lite…but to me feeling more premium than Nintendo’s own!

In fact if you are familiar with the Switch Lite size, and wanted to see how it stacks against it you can use this link to see them both on Retro Catalog:

You can typically find the Pocket 5 second-hand for a great price too!

Oh you’re super welcome! There’s something super nice about the metal construction handhelds. The premium feel comes at a cost of some added weight, but to me it is worth it and more. I can’t begin to explain how much I love the TRIMUI Brick Hammer! I’ve been playing Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution on there lately, and it just ‘pops’

Oh, my friend also makes a music app for it which I just love:

Lenovo that we know in the west just isn’t the gigantic umbrella corp that Lenovo is worldwide (or specifically here, in the east). Their name isn’t synonymous with computing elsewhere in the world, it is synonymous with things like toothbrushes, or even blinds. The manufacturing and ROM card of this are just handled by a 3rd party company licensing their name to make this. In China they’re not getting Nintendo’s lawyers knocking.

And I think the irony of this ‘bad press’ for us is that it is only increasing the sales!