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Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Post by catapart »

This is very cool! My one gripe would be the one-card, one-game situation. I understand why it would be done, but I also remember growing up in the 90's and there was no point where I was happy that I had to switch out the games.

It's not terrible, but if the cards can store more, they should. It's just practical.

Other than that, though, this is something I've been dreaming of! Mostly just the "it plays games and those games are yours to play" angle of it, not so much the "no internet, no dlc" kind of stuff. Those seem less like features and more like eliminating avenues for future bad actors. Which, again, is understandable, I just wasn't particularly hoping for that.

Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Post by ninetyninenine »

lproven wrote: post #93
mulletbum wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have to say, this is not targeted at you. I know exactly what a 1990s gaming experience is like and xbox is the console that killed it completely.

My point is general. That's what I was talking about. Don't assume -- especially when writing. Always explain because people outside your target audience will read what you write and they may go on to buy a million of your product, or give you a job, or something.

Suggestion: Stop giving instructions to people and talking down to them, people generally don't like this.

Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Post by ranger_danger »

catapart wrote: post #131

This is very cool! My one gripe would be the one-card, one-game situation. I understand why it would be done, but I also remember growing up in the 90's and there was no point where I was happy that I had to switch out the games. It's not terrible, but if the cards can store more, they should. It's just practical. Other than that, though, this is something I've been dreaming of! Mostly just the "it plays games and th…

They're literally just SD cards, so I think you can do whatever you want... none of this is new or novel at all to my knowledge.

I understand the novelty, and maybe I'm just grumpy, but I just can't get on the nostalgia cashgrab bandwagon personally.

But whatever floats your boat.

Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Post by ranger_danger »

reactordev wrote: post #9
brabel wrote: post #2

Before reading this I didn’t realize how today gaming is different from 80’s and 90’s gaming , to the point Kazeta is a thing! I thought that mostly, CDs had replaced cartridges and loading games became slow, but apparently subscription plans, online chat and “micro transactions” are now accepted as standard gaming?!

My children have only known micro transaction riddled games. When I show them old school games, they scoffed at the graphics and returned to their phones.

Why would one allow their children to grow up with dangerous addictive slop knowing full-well that it's bad and what the better alternatives are?

Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Post by carra »

catapart wrote: post #131

This is very cool! My one gripe would be the one-card, one-game situation. I understand why it would be done, but I also remember growing up in the 90's and there was no point where I was happy that I had to switch out the games. It's not terrible, but if the cards can store more, they should. It's just practical. Other than that, though, this is something I've been dreaming of! Mostly just the "it plays games and th…

Maybe a good idea for you would be to have a few cards per system (like: SNES plaftormers, or Game Boy RPGs). Or even just 1 card per system: SNES card, Game Boy card, etc. with the full catalogue. There would still be wasted space, but much more practical.

Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Post by JohnKemeny »

belthesar wrote: post #128
Yokolos wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've imitated something like this for my Steam Deck by just keeping a bunch of games on sdcard and switching them out when I want to play something else. Sure, it's technically a complete waste of time and I don't suggest you do or anybody else do it. But I have fun doing it and that's all that matters in this case that has no effect on anybody else. I find it odd when people on Hacker News say "but why?" Because I c…

“But why” is an ever present question on Hacker News, with the announcement of Dropbox being rebutted with “But why, we have FTP”. Not every idea that rethinks an existing system will have the same merit or success of course, but I think it’s fair that sometimes a potential user will say that they think their existing system is fine and that others should adopt it vs consider something new.

Is Dropbox still in use, though?

Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Post by asadm »

ThinkBeat wrote: post #60

This does indeed look cool but is should say: "A Linux distribution focused on console gaming". Whenever I see OS I get excited to see a new operating system but end up disappointed when it is yet another distro.

it doesnt make sense to rewrite those boring parts.

Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Post by wk_end »

JohnKemeny wrote: post #136
belthesar wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“But why” is an ever present question on Hacker News, with the announcement of Dropbox being rebutted with “But why, we have FTP”. Not every idea that rethinks an existing system will have the same merit or success of course, but I think it’s fair that sometimes a potential user will say that they think their existing system is fine and that others should adopt it vs consider something new.

Is Dropbox still in use, though?

Not as little as you'd think, not as widely as it once was. But the reasons for that have little to do with the "but why?"s thrown at it when it was first promoted.

Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

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Post by nilamo »

cout wrote: post #51
vanderZwan wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's an OS that mounts/searches all drives (such as an SD card reader) for the first available KZI file which is a format that describes how a specific game is run (the runtime, additional gamescope options, etc). I hope it also supports putting multiple games on one cartridge and choosing between them at boot time? Don't see a reason to waste a multi-gigabyte SD card on a single ROM of a few megabytes.

Is it still possible to buy smaller SD cards in bulk, maybe 8mb or 16mb? The smallest I could find was 128mb for about the same price as a 2gb card. While I like the idea of physically separate cards for each game, at $10 per card it seems economically limiting.

Finally a use for all the free SD cards MicroCenter gives away, lol

Re: Kazeta: An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of 90s

#140

Post by Pfhortune »

I love the idea of this. Not so much for myself; I want a system with tons of games that I can play at my leisure. But for a child or someone less savvy who wants to break free of the modern miasma of gaming towards something simpler, this would be awesome. No BS, no license checks, no choosing a Proton runtime. Just plug in a game, turn on the system, and go.

Really interested to see where this goes and wish the team the absolute best!

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