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Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by grimgrin » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 6:47 AM UTC

conradev wrote: post #4

I recently got a Miyoo Mini and I almost exclusively use it to play NES Tetris. I’m hooked and I didn’t know there even was a community! https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805029072733.html

check out apotris, a gba rom. it has classic mode, and is just so fantastically polished. plenty of other modes too

Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by grimgrin » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 6:47 AM UTC

teruakohatu wrote: post #17

conradev wrote: post #4

I recently got a Miyoo Mini and I almost exclusively use it to play NES Tetris. I’m hooked and I didn’t know there even was a community! https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805029072733.html

Is the Miyoo Mini worth getting?

Yeah, and onionos is a very nice addition to it

https://onionos.neocities.org/

Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by gleenn » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 7:54 AM UTC

I recently blew the dust off my GameBoy and Tetris game, put some fresh AA batteries in, and it happily booted up and played like a champ even after decades. I wish any hardware or software written today would preserve so well, everything requires internet connections and the hardware hardly lasts this long.

Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by Keyframe » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 8:30 AM UTC

teruakohatu wrote: post #17

conradev wrote: post #4

I recently got a Miyoo Mini and I almost exclusively use it to play NES Tetris. I’m hooked and I didn’t know there even was a community! https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805029072733.html

Is the Miyoo Mini worth getting?

Yes it is (Miyoo mini plus). More convenient than steam deck, runs everything up to and including Playstation 1, just install OnionOS on it. Only downside is there's no bluetooth audio.

Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by yard2010 » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 8:37 AM UTC

gleenn wrote: post #23

I recently blew the dust off my GameBoy and Tetris game, put some fresh AA batteries in, and it happily booted up and played like a champ even after decades. I wish any hardware or software written today would preserve so well, everything requires internet connections and the hardware hardly lasts this long.

Agreed. But keep in mind that is not perfect either, some games that use a clock feature depend on a small battery in the cartridge which is depleted after a decade or so

Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by NamTaf » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 8:39 AM UTC

gleenn wrote: post #23

I recently blew the dust off my GameBoy and Tetris game, put some fresh AA batteries in, and it happily booted up and played like a champ even after decades. I wish any hardware or software written today would preserve so well, everything requires internet connections and the hardware hardly lasts this long.

I broke out my OG beige brick Gameboy and pokemon red about 5 years ago. I swapped out the dissolved acidic powder, cleaned off the terminals and threw in some fresh batteries before hitting the switch.

For a moment, I was deeply disappointed that nothing displayed. Then I remembered that they came with a brightness rotary dial. Swung that around and it was as good as the day I got it. The cartridge even held my childhood save.

What an incredible device.

Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by Kwpolska » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 8:58 AM UTC

yard2010 wrote: post #25

gleenn wrote: post #23

I recently blew the dust off my GameBoy and Tetris game, put some fresh AA batteries in, and it happily booted up and played like a champ even after decades. I wish any hardware or software written today would preserve so well, everything requires internet connections and the hardware hardly lasts this long.

Agreed. But keep in mind that is not perfect either, some games that use a clock feature depend on a small battery in the cartridge which is depleted after a decade or so

Same goes for saving games on the old systems — that's using a RAM chip kept alive by a battery inside the cartridge.

Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by ausaus » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 9:33 AM UTC

conradev wrote: post #4

I recently got a Miyoo Mini and I almost exclusively use it to play NES Tetris. I’m hooked and I didn’t know there even was a community! https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805029072733.html

I had an RG35xx but it's now replaced with a Powkiddy RGB30. A fantastic device for retro gaming due to its great 1:1 screen which covers so many aspect ratios. Also, a perfect device for Pico-8.

Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by 0134340 » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 10:03 AM UTC

grimgrin wrote: post #21

conradev wrote: post #4

I recently got a Miyoo Mini and I almost exclusively use it to play NES Tetris. I’m hooked and I didn’t know there even was a community! https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805029072733.html

check out apotris, a gba rom. it has classic mode, and is just so fantastically polished. plenty of other modes too

If you want a much more refined version of the original GB tetris, check out the rosy retrospective mod: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5813

Re: Celebrating the first NES Tetris game crash

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Post by Dolototo » Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 10:05 AM UTC

gleenn wrote: post #23

I recently blew the dust off my GameBoy and Tetris game, put some fresh AA batteries in, and it happily booted up and played like a champ even after decades. I wish any hardware or software written today would preserve so well, everything requires internet connections and the hardware hardly lasts this long.

My selfwritten game with Microsoft xna still runs.

And I made that 18 years ago.

I had to change my intel q6600 only after upgrading my camera as Lightroom grinded to a hold with the bigger raw files.

Besides the Mainboard / capacity apocalypse ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague?wprov=sfla1 ) I'm genuin happy with how well older things still work.