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Derf @consolemods.org · Oct 17

Check out ConsoleMods.org!

We aim to foster a positive, collaborative community to preserve modding/repair/restoration information for game consoles, CRTs, and more! Even tiny edits are hugely appreciated! Also looking for native ES, JP, FR, and PT-BR translators.

Discord: discord.gg/x5vEnkR4C8

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Derek Pascarella (ateam) @derekpascarella.bsky.social · 1d

The user Vague Rant just shared a patch for "Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!" on the SEGA Dreamcast to fix its awful analog controls once and for all!

I gave it a quick test on real hardware and boy oh boy, is it a massive improvement.

DOWNLOAD
www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewto...

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Derf @consolemods.org · 1d

I welcome a reddit alternative. It'll be interesting to see how it goes

nooki @nooki.me · 2d

(1/4) I'm soft launching nooki.me to get some early traction and feedback on what to improve. Excited to see how this platform grows!

Derf @consolemods.org · 2d

I saw heavy traffic from China/Singapore this month, so I added background browser challenges against those countries (fails fall back to a CAPTCHA). Below shows how many attempted connections from CN/SG in ~12 hours after adding it. Only 45 connections actually were real users.

A graph showing 152k connections being blocked.

Derf @consolemods.org · 2d

Often times, they are unthrottled and will absolutely DDoS your site by network connections or CPU/RAM usage. Or worse if you pay by usage, they can drive up your bills like crazy.

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Derf @consolemods.org · 2d

Site administration has really changed in the last couple years into a cat-and-mouse game with AI scrapers sucking up resources. Even though most big companies will respect a robots.txt telling not to scrape, there's 1000 other smaller services and individual people scraping.

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 4d

A REQUEST: If you own a French CD-ROM computer game called "Pop Anim'", please let me know. I could use it for some research but haven't been able to find a circulating copy yet. (It's at the BnF but I can't get there right now.)

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Emma (Xfox 360) @xfox360.invoxiplaygames.uk · 5d

FreeMyXe 1.0 github.com/FreeMyXe/Fre...

Release FreeMyXe 1.0 · FreeMyXe/FreeMyXe

Add automatic patching mode (see FreeMyXe_auto.txt for more information). Automatically loads a dashboard set as either after_patch.xex or Dashboard/default.xex in the BadUpdatePayload folder. Upda...

github.com

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 6d

If you do only one nice thing today, please let it be helping Rebecca meet her cancer treatment fund goal

Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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Derf @consolemods.org · 6d

Run XCAT on it to participate directly in data preservation!

consolemods.org/xcat

XCAT

Xbox Content Archive Tool (XCAT) is a utility that runs directly on an Xbox console to assist in finding unarchived DLC and other lost content. When the application is run, It will scan the Xbox hard ...

consolemods.org

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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Derek Pascarella (ateam) @derekpascarella.bsky.social · 7d

Weirdly, the PAL and NTSC-U versions of "Bangai-O" had their brightness turned down, something fans have lamented for years.

Now, thanks to Vague Rant, you can enjoy the correct colors with the PAL, NTSC-U, and even VGA-patched NTSC-U versions!

DOWNLOAD
segaxtreme.net/resources/ba...

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Derf @consolemods.org · 8d

I believe they were part of a research study years back in Missouri. I don't have their direct contact to get more info as they are my great uncle and I only see them like once every few years.

Just looking, the Focused Ultrasound Foundation has a treatment locator, maybe that'd help?

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Nicole Express @nicole.express · 10d

government shutdown means analog tv broadcasts can come back, who's going to stop you, the fcc?

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Derf @consolemods.org · 10d

You can use regular rabbit ears or other TV receiver antennas to transmit, though you may need an amp to boost

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Derf @consolemods.org · 10d

I made an analog TV station on my black & white TV just fine for about $30, sounds like a skill issue

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Derf @consolemods.org · 11d

They seem to pop up and disappear often, I know there was at least 3 different ones (ceddit, unreddit, removeddit, etc). Looks like reveddit might be an active one still

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MobCat @mobcat.zip · 12d

idk, I just think its fun that I can come up with a dumb idea and then have it published in like an hour. Don't let your ideas be ideas no matter how dumb lol. learn by doing.
mobcat.zip/InfiniteMonk...

Infinite Monkeys on Infinite Typewriters

will eventually produce something of worth given enough time. Thoes monkeys are formally known as javascript developers now.

mobcat.zip

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Derf @consolemods.org · 13d

The Great Depression years of FIFA games were the best, especially when the soccer ball made of a burlap sack full of butcher shop waste rips open when you shoot too hard. Really added realism

Derf @consolemods.org · 13d

I feel like this could absolutely be an unhinged project that'd look so slick with a laserdisc

Derf @consolemods.org · 13d

"(L)e port" and "sta(R)board"

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David Shadoff @dshadoff.bsky.social · 14d

The PC Engine's true colour palette isn't linear RGB; the palette goes through a transformation when it gets modulated. And while its composite output is good, S-Video is better. Here's a video that shows off @zaxour 's TurboNanza modification:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=05x7...

PC Engine & Enhanced S-Video - TurboNanza Mod on the RetroTINK 4K! :: RGB331 / MY LIFE IN GAMING

YouTube video by My Life in Gaming

www.youtube.com

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Derf @consolemods.org · 14d

Huh, I might have missed this one!

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HerpDerpWolfBlitzer @herpderpwolfb.bsky.social · 15d

This allows you to have stereo audio with the TED Pro: ko-fi.com/s/6902c3b100

Duo Disguiser for PCE/Turbo Duo Systems - zaxour's Ko-fi Shop

The Duo Disguiser allows PC Engine/Turbo Duo systems to play CD ROM games from the Turbo Everdrive Pro ("TED Pro") - simply hold the RESET button on t...

ko-fi.com

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Derf @consolemods.org · 15d

Takes me back to the flash game they released with it

Derf @consolemods.org · 17d

Using terrible equipment (iron without temperature control,
lead-free solder, cheapest flux, cheapest wick) makes soldering 20x harder. $50 more startup cost will save $∞ in headaches.

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