cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/23884313
I got this thing recently and wanted to share my thoughts on it :)
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My brother just bought his first 3DS. It’s blowing his mind! 😂
How old/tech savvy is your brother? It’s not at all hard to hack them and it opens up a TON of versatility. I have one that has the OG Half-Life installed on it.
He’s just savvy enough to be dangerous! So he bought it pre-hacked and loaded with software.
Hell yeah! That’s awesome.
The 3DS screen feels like magic every time I go back to it.
It’s just unnatural!
There are Lemmy communities for “retro gaming” or something like that which he might enjoy
Hacked mine recently and have been playing some PSP games in multiplayer with a real PSP over ad-hoc wireless that just works. It’s beautiful.
I’ve been wanting to play Dissidia over ad-hoc between my Vita and Vita TV. Did you ever play online using the PS3’s ad-hoc party?
I do not yet have a PS3 and did not have one in the past, so the answer from me is no, and I unfortunately know nothing about that.
I assume it doesn’t work anymore. But you would set your PSP to ad-hoc, go into ad-hoc party on your PS3, find someone in a lobby with your game, and your PSP would act as if it found a local connection.
I like my Vita, but not for PSP games, they look pretty bad to my eyes, especially if you have used a PSP 3000 or Go (my other Sony handhelds) or PPSSPP.
Interesting to read what the modding community has been doing with old handholds.
I wish they made games for it. It did a pretty good job of streaming and I put retro arch on it. Made it a great travel device.
Yea. I feel it’s a little underpowered. But I’ve got retroarch on it. It’s nice to be able to easily get psp and psvita games on it. Even if half are psx ports.
It’s become my main gaming machine at the moment. But I’m not much of gamer.
Don’t say that. If you like games, you’re one of us.
As a steam deck owner, the vita is the only other portable I still use regularly.
Amen brother/sister
I really disliked the functionality of luminosity detection in Assassin’s Creed to reveal the invisible ink letters and the rear touchpad that I always accidentally triggered but it’s the only think I disliked with this console. This console is a gem abd I hate Sony for killing support for it so fast.
Ah the PS Vita, reminds me of a quote from House of Cards:
“Is that a PS Vita?” -Frank Underwood
Thats cool, i have been using my psp go a fair bit recently
I owned a PSP Go a few years ago, it’s a great device. I loved how tiny it is, but the screen was a little too small for me, and it didn’t handle emulation that well. Loved playing Lumines and Patapon on it, though!
yup it really is small but its also why i love the form factor, one of the truly portable handhelds i own along with the playdate. Hope i can snatch a Vita for a fair price one of these days too.
I still have my original first Gen PSP from 2006, modded that thing straight out of the box.
Wish I could find mine FFS.
The vita, once modded and not being reliant on Sonys expensive proprietary memory cards, is a really great little handheld. Lots of homebrew capabilities, great ergonomics.
I also bought a PSTV when they were on clearance for less than 20 bucks, makes for a nice little gaming console for the bedroom or guest bathroom.
One of my favorite games was Tearaway, it used all the features of the console (touchscreen, tilt, back touchpad etc) without it feeling gimmicky.
I also bought a PSTV when they were on clearance for less than 20 bucks, makes for a nice little gaming console for the bedroom or guest bathroom.
The… Guest bathroom???
Obviously. The regular restrooms have gaming PCs.
Whenever I make an unnecessary purchase, I tell myself its for the guest bathroom
spoiler
I dont have a guest bathroom
I got a Vita TV recently and hacked it to put a larger memory card into it. I’ve been using it as a small PS1.
I didn’t really want to hack it with emulators because it’s extra work and their actual PS1 catalog is quite expensive. But a few games that I own physically were never made available. Or in a couple cases, the digital games were blocked from Vitas for some reason.
Good call. Vita emulation still sucks, the device proper is very nice and there are some good games stuck in there. Less these days, when a bunch of them got up-ports to PC and whatnot, but still.
For the life of me I don’t understand why there’s so little interest in Vita preservation. I get that it wasn’t as well liked as the PSP, and all the custom features are tricky while also having the hassle of all the PSN integration you get on modern console emus, but… still, you know?
I still have mine from launch. Played it yesterday. Get on board. This thing is amazing.
I’ve been thinking about picking one up lately, no idea why. I’m gonna take this post as a sign!
