What games are you playing this week? 2017-05-08

[obsidianspider]

Pac-Mania is kicking my butt for this week's MAME ROW. Mother is fantastic and I'm going to be continuing it.

Does anyone have a "New" 3DS XL? I have been thinking about picking one up as I see you can get them on eBay for around $100. It'd mainly be for platformers and RPGs. I also see that there's a pretty active homebrew/emulation scene for them, but in looking at the installation process it seems like homebrew is pretty easy, but custom firmware is pretty involved. I really wouldn't want to brick the thing just to play some backups or old SNES games.

[meleu]

@obsidianspider said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-05-08:

I have been thinking about picking one up

I think it's unable to make you earn cheevos using it. :-P

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider I just hacked my old 3DS, the process is simple as long as you follow directions. If you have an old 3ds, you are limited to NES, Genesis, GB and GBC.

[meleu]

@lilbud
does it have internet connection?

is it able to run RetroArch?

[meleu]

answering my own question:

is it able to run RetroArch?

I think yes. Look here:
http://3dshacks.wikia.com/wiki/RetroArch
https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/nintendo/3ds/

[lilbud]

@meleu Yes, you have internet connection

Retroarch runs like Internet Explorer. You'd be better off running another emulator like BlargSNES.

[meleu]

@lilbud said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-05-08:

Retroarch runs like Internet Explorer.

Take it easy bro, there's no need to be so offensive! :-)

Thanks for the info.

[obsidianspider]

@meleu I've still yet to look into those RetroAchievements. :)

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud Did you go CFW or just add Homebrew?

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider The whole enchilada. Full CFW and Homebrew

[Darksavior]

@lilbud "SNES9x for Old 3DS" is a better option than blargsnes and it's still alive. It got an update last month.

[celly]

@lilbud which method did you use, if you don't mind me asking. On my daughters 3DS, we use the Ninjhax to get to the homebrew and emulators (11.3.0-ish firmware).

[obsidianspider]

Sweet. I have a bid on an auction that ends on Tuesday that comes with some games and a case. If I can get into one for under $100 I'll do it.

[lilbud]

@celly I used ninjhax as well, now all I need is a flash cart

@obsidianspider New 3DS or Old 3DS?

New 3DS can be hacked but the chance of a brick is higher

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud New 3DS. I'll DM you the link on Twitter.

[meleu]

@meleu said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-05-08:

Now I will try to play with python and try to implement what I commented in this topic.

I've made it. Testers, please!
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10321/looking-for-testers-custom-joystick-mappings-for-runcommand-retropie_setup-menus

[CodeDrawer]

@meleu @obsidianspider How do you get the builds? I am new, but using this forum, I plan to make a NES build out of my old NES that isn't working.

[obsidianspider]

@CodeDrawer said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-05-08:

How do you get the builds?

What do you mean? Builds of what?

[CodeDrawer]

@obsidianspider Sorry in your name, it says the builds you made. Are they like achevments?

[obsidianspider]

@CodeDrawer It's just a set of links to the things I've assembled. Well, two of the five are done. ;)