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Dave

@ davetansley @lemmy.one

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Dice maker, gamer nerd, developer, Dolphins fan. Reddit refugee (maybe).

Still fighting the 80s 8-bit wars, one port comparison at a time.

  • Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus)

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  • At least in the case of the Tetris GB, there was no battery save in that cartridge. It really was a case of losing your score after every power off.

  • Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus)

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  • It's a Miyoo Mini Plus... a relatively cheap ($60) Chinese Linux device.

  • Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus)

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  • It's actually a Miyoo Mini Plus... a fairly cheap ($60) Chinese Linux based console for playing retro games. I definitely recommend it.

  • Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus)

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  • Hah! Amazing!

  • Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus)

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  • Funnily enough, I just tried this last night after talking about GB Tetris. It really is awesome!

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    Dave @lemmy.one

    Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus)

  • How are you feeling right now (gaming-wise)?

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  • It feels almost petty to mention, but my main problem with gaming these days is choice... there's just too much. I have a SteamDeck packed with over a decade of Humble Bundles and giveaways. I have a MiSTer FPGA with 10,000 retro games. I have subscriptions throwing me more games in a month than I could play in a year... and amid all that choice, I found I was playing none of it.

    So I've taken steps. On retro devices, I've taken to removing the full ROM sets (or hiding them from view) and just selecting a handful of games that I used to own, or definitely want to play. In Steam, I've started a collection list of games I'm interested in and I only ever pick from that.

    And, somehow, it works. Seeing only three or four games to choose from somehow short circuits that panic response of seeing three or four thousand. It's easier to fixate on a game, or to find something to genuinely enjoy about a title that may not be that perfect experience otherwise, rather than discarding it quickly and moving on to the next fleeting thrill.