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> tons of folks porting emulators instead of being creative On one hand this is something that annoys me a bit to this day - i am into original xbox homebrew g

> tons of folks porting emulators instead of being creative On one hand this is something that annoys me a bit to this day - i am into original xbox homebrew games (bought a modded one last year specifically for this) and pretty much 99.999% of the homebrew software is emulators. While i can see the point until around mid-2000s due to the available hardware back then, emulators are by far the main target for any jailbroken console to this day[0], including modern ones - and i fail to see the point for that considering the availability and TV connectivity of cheap PCs (including some who are very small and yet very fast like those by beelink) or even Raspberry Pis, etc (not to mention way more versatile). On the other hand it is because of the effort people put into these projects that everyone else who isn't interested into emulators (e.g. me) still have the tools and ability to use the hardware as they please instead of it becoming useless ewaste. [0] the main exception, for whatever reason, seems to be Dreamcast. And very old consoles like NES, SNES, Gameboy, etc of course.

coldpie 3y ago
> and i fail to see the point for that considering the availability and TV connectivity of cheap PCs It's a fair point. I think part of the appeal is, after you've finished the hack, you get both the emulators and the "just works" experience of a console. The controllers are high quality, sync correctly, and don't get disconnected; the UI is sane and just works out of the box; it will negotiate with any TV and audio setup correctly; you don't have to deal with OS updates breaking your setup or fiddle with any CLI-commands. > everyone else who isn't interested into emulators (e.g. me) You might get a kick out of this, I made two homebrew games for PSP back in high school. They run well in PPSSPP, if you don't have the original hardware handy. I'm still quite proud of them. https://coldpie.itch.io/ https://coldpie.itch.io/
- badsectoracula 3y ago
  I think most jailbroken consoles these days are more of a PITA to get working though - e.g. updates will either have stopped anyway or if they're still been released, they may stop the jailbreak from working. Older consoles' gamepads also tend to not be in a great quality after deteriorating over the years (in fact the gamepad i got with my og xbox was in terrible condition with a non-working left trigger, though fortunately RetroFighters made a new one which i preordered), etc. Personally i think an emulator running on a tiny PC or Raspberry Pi connected to a TV with HDMI is going to be much easier and viable long term. Though if you already have the console sitting there anyway might as well use it, but i think even the "easiest" option - Xbox Series X/S (which officially allows you to install your own programs) - is still not that seamless. > You might get a kick out of this, I made two homebrew games for PSP back in high school. They run well in PPSSPP, if you don't have the original hardware handy. Neat, i downloaded them and i'll check them out. Note BTW that the dev diary links seem to be broken for both games.
  - coldpie 3y ago
    > Note BTW that the dev diary links seem to be broken for both games. Ha! Yeah they were hosted on the website I set up in the mid-2000s and finally let expire. I wonder if they're on the Internet Archive, I'll update the links sometime.
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coldpie 3y ago

> and i fail to see the point for that considering the availability and TV connectivity of cheap PCs It's a fair point. I think part of the appeal is, after you've finished the hack, you get both the emulators and the "just works" experience of a console. The controllers are high quality, sync correctly, and don't get disconnected; the UI is sane and just works out of the box; it will negotiate with any TV and audio setup correctly; you don't have to deal with OS updates breaking your setup or fiddle with any CLI-commands. > everyone else who isn't interested into emulators (e.g. me) You might get a kick out of this, I made two homebrew games for PSP back in high school. They run well in PPSSPP, if you don't have the original hardware handy. I'm still quite proud of them. https://coldpie.itch.io/ https://coldpie.itch.io/

badsectoracula 3y ago
I think most jailbroken consoles these days are more of a PITA to get working though - e.g. updates will either have stopped anyway or if they're still been released, they may stop the jailbreak from working. Older consoles' gamepads also tend to not be in a great quality after deteriorating over the years (in fact the gamepad i got with my og xbox was in terrible condition with a non-working left trigger, though fortunately RetroFighters made a new one which i preordered), etc. Personally i think an emulator running on a tiny PC or Raspberry Pi connected to a TV with HDMI is going to be much easier and viable long term. Though if you already have the console sitting there anyway might as well use it, but i think even the "easiest" option - Xbox Series X/S (which officially allows you to install your own programs) - is still not that seamless. > You might get a kick out of this, I made two homebrew games for PSP back in high school. They run well in PPSSPP, if you don't have the original hardware handy. Neat, i downloaded them and i'll check them out. Note BTW that the dev diary links seem to be broken for both games.
- coldpie 3y ago
  > Note BTW that the dev diary links seem to be broken for both games. Ha! Yeah they were hosted on the website I set up in the mid-2000s and finally let expire. I wonder if they're on the Internet Archive, I'll update the links sometime.

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