Hi all,

I am waiting on my Retroid Pocket 5 to be delivered.

This is quite a small screen for a game that appears to have a lot of text.

I wonder if anyone has tried?

I see the devs have said they will be making an android port, one 1.0 is out. Well, 1.0 is out, so maybe in a year or so we might see that port? For now though, I'd love ot know if anyone has tried, and what it's like?

I'll probably buy it anyway, for PC gaming, but I don't do a lot of that anymore, and am hoping it has some nice scaling options etc for small screens.

Thanks so much.

I just got Strago in Final Fantasy VI (SNES version), who is a playable character who is ~70 years old. Got me thinking that you don't see many older protagonists in games, maybe especially retro games.

I remember the elderly wizard from The Immortal (NES), but I can't think of many more. I guess retro games were largely targeted at children so most characters were very young.

Do any older protagonists come to your mind in retro games? Or similarly, any retro games whose subject matter deals with aging?

This type of music reminds me of 16-bit-era gaming - but I can't put my finger on on why!

• Were there specific games which had music like this? (Sonic? Megaman?)
• Or maybe this music evokes that open "sky level"-type aesthetics which sometimes featured in those games?

Interested to hear whether this reminds anyone of specific titles or levels? Any other thoughts?

Hey, sharing this here, as much of the retro gaming community also cares a lot about preservation, and the 3DS & Wii U will arguably become retro soon.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/28549378

(MAJOR UPDATE: ONLY 10 HRS REMAIN BEFORE SHUT DOWN AT TIME OF WRITING THIS UPDATE)

Hello everyone. For everyone who owns a 3DS, 2DS, or even a Wii U, I'm sharing this out to as many places I can think of, where the awareness can make an impact. Please read if you own a 3DS or Wii U at all, or know anybody who does:

The SpotPass servers by Nintendo will be shutting down on April 8th, 2024 (4PM PDT). The SpotPass Archival Project has been created by the 3DS and Wii U Homebrew modding community, to make sure as much SpotPass data as humanly possible is preserved for the foreseeable future and not lost forever in the coming few days. A huge amount of SpotPass content is essentially free DLC for various games and apps, and they could hav

This week's #retrogaming game of the week, in honour of it being Wrestlemania season is... WWF Super Wrestlemania.

Oh. Why do I do this to myself?

retro #WWE #WWF #SNES

(cc; @retrogaming )

https://alexreviewstech.com/retro-game-of-the-week-wwf-super-wrestlemania-snes/

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1469260

It's a good watch.

I didn't know about the Zelda theme that plays at the beginning of Ocarina of Time till now, for example.

Also, video is 25:44 in case you want to invest; I used the picture-in-picture option to switch tabs while watching it.

cross-posted from: https://retrolemmy.com/post/3248820

You can download the free megawad, and the first too. Or you can support them and buy it for a mp3 or costum midi soundtrack.

It is compatible with the original DooM, but made with gzDooM in mind.

I case you didn't know: John Romero is one of the original developers and Co founder of id Software.

I'm planning to soon get the RetroTINK 5x to play both PS2 and GameCube which I may get the component switch-box to switch input without having to unplug and plug the input again. For that, I need to get an regular component cable which I was wondering if cheap ones would do or if I should try find a specific cable to get best image quality.

Watch somebody post their Nuon collection now.

I have a fondness for the Game.Com. Most of the games are terrible, the screen is terrible, it's slow, and they try their hardest to just self-destruct. Mine is an amalgamation of 3 broken ones.

Here's an imgur link to my reviews of every game (except the elusive Wheel of Fortune 2), if you're interested.