have you folks ever tried archipelago? its the multi-game randomiser where it shuffles items across everybody's games (mario's sm64 boss key is in a chest in ocarina of time etc)
i have a group that i do it with, but i ****ed up the settings and accidentally committed to playing ~60 hours of tony hawk (1+2 remake) so that's mostly what ive been doing. i have to do a list of tasks on every level with every character but have to unlock said characters, levels, tricks and stats along the way. im about 40 hours in and have done a bit under 80% of checks. im playing ape escape 2 in the same randomiser but that one is going well and is doable in a human amount of time

in older news, its been mainly random steam achievement stuff. im nearly at 350 games with 100% achievements done:
played heavy rain again, its a bit stiff controlling nowadays, but the actual story/writing is still silly, pretty funny, and generally a good time. i think people who take it very seriously might be a bit disappointed by it, though
brotato got a dlc pack with a new level and some new characters, its more of the same but the new level is pretty good
did the 100 endings on the 25th ward silver case, dont get excited by the sound of that though, they were mostly just dialogue screens. played the game years ago and enjoyed it but went back and cleared it off the list

also wow forever is really good. youve got to like wow (especially old wow) but theyve done a great job with this one. if youre a wow fan and havent tried it yet, give it a go, it'll be something special one day

Nearly done with the story of Tears of the Kingdom. I started it shortly after it came out, but for whatever reason never sank deep in. Three years later and now I'm trying to decide what side quests are worth doing before starting the end mission.

Playing fire emblem: fortune's weave. Very addictive.

I'm going to play Elden Ring for the first time. I have previously achieved the Platinum Trophies for Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, and every Dark Souls game. Not actually sure why I waited so long for this one.

I picked up Marvel Tokon and it's extremely fun. Much more complex than I thought it would be - especially compared to Strive which I dabbled in 2-3 years back.

I was playing a few games this summer here and there. The starfox remake was fun. Splatoon Raiders is super fun and addictive. I tried Marvel Tokon today and really liked it. It gave me that same exciting feeling as umvc3.

Shame about the PC issues. I wanted to go PC, but got it on ps5 instead.

cheers fellas, i still love retro gaming, and i think having a device like this would encourage me to do it more i've got some links saved so i'll definitely take a look when i next get a bit of fun money

speaking of lack of fun money, i had my processor finally conk out and die so i splashed out on the switchover to am5, so new motherboard, new ram, and my ****ing lovely 9950x3d. (bit of explaining here, through a work incentive i was able to secure an 80% discount of a 4090 card, which i've had for nearly 2 years now, but it was always a bit bottlenecked by my older cpu, particularly if i wanted framerate). huge improvement to the pc, but spenny, especially at todays prices. £380 for 32gb ram AFTER my staff discount, and its legit like the most basic *** ram you ever saw, like two bits of plywood with ddr5 written on them in crayon basic. works a belter though hahahaha

despite my megapc, im still playing final fantasy 12 because this game is long as ****. i'm being sincere when i say this because i didn't really play the original version on ps2 (i'm doing zodiac on pc), how the **** did any adult beat this game back then, its so long!! ive been playing for 45 hours, with the game almost entirely on 4x speed, and it never ends! im not like ****ting the bed and dying all the time, im just playing, killing the mobs, finding the hunt monsters and progressing the story, and i don't have any clue if i'm nearly done or not. game's mostly been pretty easy but with random endgame content showing up that i'm still working towards. started okay, but the story and characters haven't really grabbed me like other games in the series. (i'm a chronic 9 enjoyer)

apparently i am an above average rocket league player at upper end platinum, usually diamond in tournies with 58.8% win rate over ~5500 games and ~430ish hours. i just wish i had people to play with then i wouldnt lose constantly to my team mates ****ing being AFK/trolls/non-communicating T_T

been playing KH1 final mix on proud mode and in agrabah

got (pirated bc im poor) the first hellblade game and gonna start playing later bc i am feeling extra schizo lately

On a Sony Bravia 4K Ultra HD. Not using any of my older systems on my OLED, and have not tested them there.

The PS2 looks pretty good on the RetroTINK, and I also have the Analogue 3D, SuperNt and MegaSG hooked up to the TV directly.

And while I have a CRT hooked up to an SNES and Sega CD+Genesis+32X monster, I’m starting to lean on playing older games on my HDTV with the FPGA and upscalers. Really like how they look with scanlines on a bigger screen (I did go online for help to mess with the SuperNt and MegaSG settings to get the aspect ratio and the horizonal/vertical syncs just right).

I know you weren't asking me, BUT! just to share my experience with retro stuff.

I just recently played Halo 1 on original Xbox and Smash: Melee on a 27" Sony Trinitron. It was a great experience, but the TV is 95 lbs. or ~45 kg.

If you wanna run N64 on a modern TV, you might have to look into an external video processor. I picked up one of these about 5 years ago: https://www.retrotink.com/shop/retrotink-2x-pro. It allowed me I ended up selling the N64 and all the components because I simply wasn't using it. I also had to enable "game mode" on the TV which affected picture quality a bit, but it was better than experiencing ~.25 second input delay.

There's another upscaler that is pretty well-reviewed, but I have never used it so I can't vouch for it: https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/...D2X-HDMI-CABLE

out of interest, what kind of tv are you using with it? i got an analogue 3d back when that launched and running n64 stuff on it doesn't look great on my oled. i also have a backwards compatible ps3 and running ps1 games on that also doesn't look great. ps2 games arent too bad, though. ive been contemplating just straight up buying a sony trinitron crt because ive had that itch for the old days (and they look sick tbf)



currently playing forza horizon 6 (it's really good!) and i just started final fantasy 12 the zodiac age (not bad so far)

Not much right now, got a vacation coming up so not playing anything long.

Pokemon Pokopia (Switch 2)
Final Fantasy XIV (PS5)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PS2)

Planned after vacation:
God of War (PS3)
The Witcher 3 (PS5)

For my PS2/Wii/Saturn/etc, I have a RetroTINK 4K. It does the job so well at upscaling the image and adding scanlines that make it look like a CRT (expensive, though).

Ugh yes. I was trying to get my daughter to play some retro games and the processor to get anything to look and run properly on a modern TV is a huge pain. Even PS2, GameCube, or Xbox require expensive upscalers with extra power source to run on modern equipment.

Work has been busy, so I’m afraid to jump into something new right now.

MLB: The Show 24 franchise mode is my goto.

I was in my second playthrough of RE: Requiem, but man, the big Leon section just doesn’t draw me back. I just want to push through it and get to Insanity mode on a third playthrough.

I’m also slowly trying to 100% E33. There is a bug I sometimes get where my last standing character never dies, and even then took me a long time to get through one optional boss fight.

And, I finished Sonic Blast Man on the SNES… on the Super Nt. What a marvelous machine to play older games on a modern display.