oh definitely. Games just felt differently back then. It was rarer for games to hold your hand, too. Not to say that that was always a good thing, sometimes it was quite annoying I guess, but maybe it was part of the reason games felt different. Combined with having to find stuff out on your own, you literally were on your own, yeah.
There are many things though that make this era of gaming special, this one is just something I often think of.
No, not quite. 60fps (or 50fps for PAL regions) was basically always the target for 2D games rendered at 240p, because it was easily achievable with the hardware and looked way better.
When 3D games started to appear with the release of the PS1, Saturn and N64, 60fps was often out of the question because the hardware wasn't powerful enough.
Interlacing doesn't really have anything to with that. Interlacing just means that of the 480 lines of resolution, only half get shown on screen every frame (always the even or uneven ones). Since the image gets rendered in 480p anyway, it doesn't matter whether or not the game gets rendered at 60fps or not.
Except when using field rendering, which was popular on the PS2. There, only the lines that get shown that frame get rendered, which is why it only works at 60fps. Maybe that was what you were thinking about?
Think nes, snes, and Sega game emulation. No reason to run over 30fps.
Why would you run such games at half the framerate? 60fps was the norm back then.
Just bought that yesterday, I searched for a comment here mentioning it. Im already at it grinding tracks for 30 times in a row for that perfect run that I'm totally definitely gonna get soon.
Huh I dunno, I feel like its usually used as "awesome", its just rather colloquial
As if there weren't enough images in this comment section already
And yes, I did get this image from here
Hey nice pic, thanks for posting this. It also just reminded me that I still have some pictures to share as well. Better get going.
My previous "setup" was a total mess. I rearranged my room a while ago, but didn't get around to build a nice setup until now.
The first step was to build something that my Philips 32PW9951 HD CRT could sit on. It weighs 50kg (110lbs), so I didn't bother to much with finding some piece of furniture that could hold it. I ended up using a kitchen top with 6 strong metal feet (40cm/15.7" in height) screwed into it. It ended up working pretty well.
While the drawers that my smaller Sony KV-21FX20D stands on aren't perfect, its good enough for now.
I still neede something to put all my consoles into, so I bought a used shelf for 15€ and removed the backside so that I can route my cables through.
I think it fits really well, there was also space for my VHS player, scart switch and a lamp on the side too.
I really like how it turned out. All my consoles are connected now and it's sooo much better than it all was before. I acutally want to sit down and play something now.
This is what's connected now:
I actually like that left-right motion. It means that its harder to drift and get a speed boost. Not just holding a button like in most other MK games. I imagine its better on a dpad than an analog stick though, so I guess its still good that they moved away from it.
Interesting choice with the color palette. I like it
I don't know, it's cool that there's finally a use for the port, but just being able to use Bluetooth controllers and having a few audio enhancements isn't really something most people waited for, I think. The price is also kinda high for that.
Just tried it out, there have definitely improvements been made since I last tried it, I'm happy to see it get better.
And yes, this is the halloween edition. They just had that on their site when I wanted to buy the flashlight, so I thought why not. I think it looks pretty funny. It was technically delivered on halloween as well, but I wasn't at home at the time. That's why I only have it since last saturday. Anyway, it's a pretty nice flashlight, really bright for the size:
It just feels so nice to use and gives you the impression that you have something high quality in your hand.
Also thanks to y'all for making posts in this sub. Looking aroung this community let me to get this flashlight. It's nice to have a community with people who find flashlights interesting and make good recommendations.
This is were I found it. I only remembered to take a picture when I already put the thing into my car. It was laying tube down on the fridge.
This was also my first time working on a CRT. Was kinda scary, but nothing happened in the end. Not even a spark when discharging. Guess these newer sets all have a resistor that drains the voltage built in (this TV is from November of 2002).
The power cable uses a connector, so I could just remove the cable and solder a new one to it. Soldering it directly to the board would have probably looked cleaner, but I guess this worked well too. I simply cut off one end of a normal power cable and soldered it to what was left of the existing one. I planned on using heatshrink tubes, but they already shrinked while soldering. I just ended up using electrical tape instead. Not the cleanest soldering work, but it does the job.
This is how it ended up looking inside the TV:
I wanted to be on the safe side when turning the CRT on for the first time, so I did it outside.
It did power on, and looks pretty damn good!
As it turns out, the tube was actually made in the UK. I think that's pretty cool, since everything has to be made as cheaply as possible today. The whole thing seems very well built in general, Rubycon capacitors everywhere.
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Of course I don't have the remote for it, so I didn't change any setting when taking these pictures. The black levels were still pretty bad, and geometry could be better as well. I ordered a remote to dial everything in, I hope it looks even better after that.
I know that this isn't a new mod or anything, but I just took pictures of the process along the way anyway.
After desoldering the old battery, you can put in the battery holder. It's just a slight bit to wide, so you'll have to bend the tabs inwards.
Just solder it in afterwards!
And that's basically it. Put in a new battery and never worry about the systems clock anymore :)
Oh that sucks. I only had this problem with a Dualshock 1 a while ago, my Dualshock 2s thankfully never got into that state. Maybe it has something to do with how they're stored? Anyway, you can always replace the thumbsticks if cleaning doesn't help.