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ClipperDefiance ClipperDefiance @lemmy.world

Formerly MintRaccoon@kbin.social

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Lemmy’s essential 25 PS1 games
  • Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a fantastic 2.5D platformer with a great story.

    An important thing to know beforehand is that there is a limited number of lives in the game and no way to replay levels until completing the game. This can be a big deal because you may find yourself unable to complete later levels on only a single life. This isn't an issue with the later Wii (not recommended) and Phantasy Reverie (recommended) versions since they allow replaying levels.

  • What is your favorite mod?
  • I think it's really impressive what the community has done with Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Project+ is basically the current "flagship" modpack. It builds on Legacy TE (which is built off Project M), so there's loads of new content and more Melee-like gameplay.

    Another Brawl mod I like is Brawl -. Its main thing is that it balances the game by making everyone's movesets overpowered.

    Changing genre completely, I really like the Gay Awakening and Gay Fates mods for Fire Emblem: Awakening and Fire Emblem: Fates. The main thing the mods do is add new romantic and platonic supports to the game. The focus is, as the name implies, on adding gay and lesbian content, but it also adds straight content to a lesser degree (like for the characters that can only support with Robin or Corrin).

  • What’s an outdated piece of tech you still use and love?
  • I am sorely lacking in Atari. I would've had one if my grandparents hadn't thrown out my dad's 2600 when they were cleaning out their attic.

    I'm only a little older than Saturn and PlayStation (based on their Japanese release dates). I get what you mean though. It's definitely weird when you realize that there are adults that have never experienced the things that were integral aspects of your own childhood. I have cousins who've never used a VCR, meanwhile I still have the one our grandfather bought me in the late 90s.

  • What’s an outdated piece of tech you still use and love?
  • It is a neat little machine. Mine's orange and I modded it with an IPS screen (because I've been spoiled by modern backlit screens). My main reason for buying it was for Klonoa.

  • What’s an outdated piece of tech you still use and love?
  • I have a large collection of game consoles, with several being older than myself. Just to list the ones that are at least 20 years old:

    • NES
    • PC Engine (Core Grafx II)
    • Game Boy
    • Genesis (Model 2) + Sega CD (Model 2)
    • SNES
    • Game Gear
    • Saturn (Model 2)
    • PlayStation
    • Nintendo 64
    • Game Boy Pocket
    • Game Boy Color
    • Dreamcast
    • WonderSwan Color
    • PlayStation 2
    • Game Boy Advance
    • GameCube
    • Xbox

    I also have some old A/V stuff, like a small collection of CD Walkmans and most of the pieces in my stereo system (the turntable is new, but everything else is pretty old). I buy a lot of old electronics from thrift stores because I really just love playing with them.

  • Hardware considerations for a new dual boot PC
  • My understanding of what happens when using separate drives is that one drive is given priority in the BIOS/UEFI menu and then people just use the device menu when using the secondary drive. Windows really only cares about its own drive with this setup, so the bootloader on the other drive is safe. I've never actually done this myself since the only system I dual boot on is my laptop and it only has one drive installed. To answer your second question, I just use my bootloader (GRUB in my case) to select which OS I boot into.

  • Hardware considerations for a new dual boot PC
  • Some people recommend having Linux and Windows on entirely separate drives since Windows doesn't always like to play nicely with Linux. The only issue I've ever had with them on the same drive was the time Windows ate my bootloader when upgrading from Vista to 7. Another thing is that you should install Windows first because it will eat the bootloader (as previously mentioned) if Linux is installed first. I also recommend keeping a flash drive with System Rescue CD installed handy in case you have to repair the bootloader.

    Edit: Typo

  • FAA sheds employees as planes keep crashing—but welcomes SpaceX staffers.
  • For anyone not familiar with it, the Tenerife disaster is the deadliest aviation accident of all time. A quick summary is that 583 people were killed when two Boeing 747s collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport.

  • Media Software replacements for Windows?
  • Thank you for letting me know. I wasn't aware since I've only every used it on Linux.

  • Media Software replacements for Windows?
  • I wouldn't recommend Clementine since it's unmaintained. You might want to consider Strawberry instead, which is an updated fork of Clementine.

    That having been said, I actually use Audacious because I like using old WinAmp skins.

  • "SO proof" distro
  • This is what I do with my mom and her boyfriend. I've had them on Linux for a few years now and neither have managed to break anything.

  • Red, White, and Blueland
  • Fun Fact: Jamaica is the only country to not have red, white, or blue in its flag.

  • Should I ditch Samsung Galaxy S8?
  • If you really want to keep your current phone you could use a different ROM. One I know off the top of my head is /e/. I don't believe it's quite as hardcore about security as Graphene, but it might be your best option (or at least the cheapest one).

    As for why Graphene only supports Pixels is supposedly because they're the only phones that support relocking the bootloader.

    Edit: I forgot to mention that /e/ only works on Samsung phones with certain processors, so if your device is from certain regions (such as America) it won't be compatible.

  • Retro Warriors 498 - WonderSwan
  • I'm aware of it, but I haven't played it yet.

  • Retro Warriors 498 - WonderSwan
  • I had been wanting one of these for years, so I finally picked one up thanks to some Christmas money. I put in an IPS screen, some pads to fix the power button, a new lens, and got some rechargeable AA batteries. I have three games so far, Klonoa: Moonlight Museum, Digital Monster Ver. WonderSwan, and Final Fantasy IV. I've mostly been playing Klonoa, since it's the main reason I wanted a WonderSwan in the first place (also all those Digimon games). I might get myself a Flash Masta next time they're available to play some fan translations and maybe some more absurdly expensive titles.

  • Passenger plane catches fire at South Korean airport. All 176 on board evacuated
  • Other articles on the incident say it was an Airbus A321.

  • Is there a "Guitar Hero" for MIDI on PC
  • I don't know. There's this post on their forums which talks about why development of version 11 is taking so long, but the post is also four years old. Unfortunately, since it's not open source we can't tell exactly what's going on.

  • Is there a "Guitar Hero" for MIDI on PC
  • Synthesia sounds like what you want.

  • What is the origin of your username/nickname?
  • Clipper Defiance was a Boeing 707 operated by Pan Am. Its main claim to fame was when on February 7th, 1964 it brought The Beatles to America for the first time.

  • What was the hardest video game boss for you?
  • Inner Agent 3 from Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion

    What an absolute nightmare. They play like an online cheater. It's just back to back sub and special weapons. There's almost no room for error. I gave up after like thirty tries because the reward just wasn't worth the stress and frustration.