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> 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 yo

> 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.

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.