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

[mediamogul]

@meleu

You're on quite a role. If I happen to read about you solving chess this week I won't be surprised.

[meleu]

@mediamogul I'm afraid my english skills put me on one of those situations pointed out by @backstander in another topic. Then I'm gonna follow his advice:

[mediamogul]

@meleu

Sorry, it was a math joke (if you really stretch the definition of "joke"). Don't worry, the only other one I know is that 3 out of 2 people have trouble with fractions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solving_chess

[backstander]

[mediamogul]

@backstander

That's a good one! It's also great to see a pi joke that's not a food pun.

[backstander]

BTW...the game Eador: Genesis is free today on GoG.com! This is in celebration of Gremlins, Inc. being added for purchase through GoG!

Also Dungeon 2 is free on HumbleBundle.com as well! This games is kind of like Dungeon Keeper (one of my favorites from back in the day).

And...you can get Party Hard 2 Alpha for free at this link (HumbleBundle.com)! Just scroll over halfway down the page and enter your email address.

[CodeDrawer]

F zero!!!! <3

[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.