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'Powered bv SteamOS' gaming handheld validation leaks in Valve documentation, Asus ROG Ally may be among first handhelds with official SteamOS support (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] MrScottyTay 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I like fiddling. Sometimes i fiddle and then never actually use what I was fiddling with once it's working. But even I would gladly welcome not needing to fiddle at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Lol I literally did that twice yesterday with two seperate games...

But yeah, I also have a PS5, and it's great to just hit X and go.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fiddling with things and actually using things are entirely independent hobbies.

As any midde age nerd who briefly got into restoring retro gaming hardware will tell you. Not that I would know anything about that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I went nuts with retro restores and collecting in the 2010s. Now it’s just a bunch of shit in my bedroom that annoys my wife. It’s nice to have it all though. Here recently I’ve been using my Genesis 6 button arcade stick on the Steam deck and playing classic mortal kombat. I hardly ever have to buy hardware because I have everything that was made between 1980 and 2005.

It’s like the kid in me who only got two games per console and had to borrow the rest or rent them just exploded. I have a game shelf that my 12 year old self would sit before and cry. I don’t have time for any of it which would make him cry some more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The thing is, I play a ton of retro games, but I mostly mediate that through RetroAchievements. Since they keep adding new games and have leaderboards and so on it's a great way to have something to follow to help you prioritize your time, instead of standing in front of a wall of boxes paralyzed between replaying Sonic 2 or trying some obscure thing you got seven times in bundles.

But I still love having original hardware in working order plugged into a CRT. It's just almost an archeological pursuit. A shrine to what all these repurposed games I play on modern hardware used to actually look like. And it's fun to fiddle with them for maintenance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I feel you there. It’s funny, you described me last night exactly and I played about 10 minutes of sonic 2 haha. Everything is plugged into an old Apple color monitor. I love that thing and I’ve had it all my life.

I’m gonna check that out. I had never heard of it.