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Derf @consolemods.org · Oct 17

Check out ConsoleMods.org!

We aim to foster a positive, collaborative community to preserve modding/repair/restoration information for game consoles, CRTs, and more! Even tiny edits are hugely appreciated! Also looking for native ES, JP, FR, and PT-BR translators.

Discord: discord.gg/x5vEnkR4C8

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Derf @consolemods.org · 3h

It was the best when people first got a Kinect and had voice chat come out of their TV speakers so you could yell "XBOX, OFF" on mic

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The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 21h

We're a bit late to the party, but Data Crystal turned 20 years old last month! That's... old.

DC is the sister wiki to TCRF, focused on reverse engineering, datamining, and documentation; stuff useful for ROM hacks and fan translations.

datacrystal.tcrf.net/wiki/Data_Cr...

A screenshot of the original front page of Data Crystal [https://datacrystal.tcrf.net/w/index.php?title=Data_Crystal&oldid=2]

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Derf @consolemods.org · 23h

Wild findings

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

Derf @consolemods.org · 1d

You just need a cursed computer that can handle both on the same port
youtu.be/rZpHizpZSPQ?...

A DisplayPort Port That You Can Plug HDMI Into

YouTube video by Jon Bringus

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Derf @consolemods.org · 1d

D (Sega Saturn).

Not sure why I hated it. Maybe just too slow and ugly, especially when compared to snappy PC point-and-click games. It's weird to me that it came out the same year as Phantasmagoria (which I liked).

Derf @consolemods.org · 3d

Ultrasonic bath to decrust vias maybe? Seems to be a big problem for Duos

Derf @consolemods.org · 3d

Most definitions specify console-only, like you mentioned (unlicensed). I'd say shareware if it was free. Otherwise, I'd think of it more as indie, but that's a relatively new term. Not sure what an equivalent would have been back then

Derf @consolemods.org · 3d

For my LG A2, it was under Settings > General > External Devices > HDMI Settings. Don't be a 🤡 like me, enable it!

Derf @consolemods.org · 3d

PSA for those with a RetroTink 4K: Make sure you have 4:4:4 Pass Through enabled on your TV. I didn't realize that masks were totally jacked up by not having it on, they're 100x better now!

LG TV settings that say "4:4:4 Pass Through"

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Nicole Express @nicole.express · 4d

New blog post! A look at the region converter hidden in some early NES games, an analysis of an NES epoxy blob cart, and an attempt to repair a broken Famicom cartridge. A bit disconnected but I hope you enjoy! nicole.express/2025/not-jus...

Cartridge Chaos: The Official Nintendo Region Converter and More!

This post is a combination of looks at several oddities among my pile of NES and Famicom cartridges. Why, for example, do I have a copy of Gyromite when I do...

nicole.express

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 4d

Does anyone recognize this song? It kept showing up in my dreams this past night, right before I'd wake with cold sweats.
It would crash my machine whenever I tried to transcribe it.

While I wrote it, I couldn't stop crying. I have no idea why, tears would begin rolling whenever I hear the song.

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Derf @consolemods.org · 4d

/r/TipOfMyTongue is useful for finding stuff like this

TOMT: When you can't remember that…thing…

For finding the un-googleable things that are on the tip of your tongue... That word... The name of that song... That movie...

www.reddit.com

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Derek Pascarella (ateam) @derekpascarella.bsky.social · 6d

The user Vague Rant just shared a patch for "Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!" on the SEGA Dreamcast to fix its awful analog controls once and for all!

I gave it a quick test on real hardware and boy oh boy, is it a massive improvement.

DOWNLOAD
www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewto...

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Derf @consolemods.org · 6d

I welcome a reddit alternative. It'll be interesting to see how it goes

nooki @nooki.me · 7d

(1/4) I'm soft launching nooki.me to get some early traction and feedback on what to improve. Excited to see how this platform grows!

Derf @consolemods.org · 7d

I saw heavy traffic from China/Singapore this month, so I added background browser challenges against those countries (fails fall back to a CAPTCHA). Below shows how many attempted connections from CN/SG in ~12 hours after adding it. Only 45 connections actually were real users.

A graph showing 152k connections being blocked.

Derf @consolemods.org · 7d

Often times, they are unthrottled and will absolutely DDoS your site by network connections or CPU/RAM usage. Or worse if you pay by usage, they can drive up your bills like crazy.

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Derf @consolemods.org · 7d

Site administration has really changed in the last couple years into a cat-and-mouse game with AI scrapers sucking up resources. Even though most big companies will respect a robots.txt telling not to scrape, there's 1000 other smaller services and individual people scraping.

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 9d

A REQUEST: If you own a French CD-ROM computer game called "Pop Anim'", please let me know. I could use it for some research but haven't been able to find a circulating copy yet. (It's at the BnF but I can't get there right now.)

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Emma (Xfox 360) @xfox360.invoxiplaygames.uk · 10d

FreeMyXe 1.0 github.com/FreeMyXe/Fre...

Release FreeMyXe 1.0 · FreeMyXe/FreeMyXe

Add automatic patching mode (see FreeMyXe_auto.txt for more information). Automatically loads a dashboard set as either after_patch.xex or Dashboard/default.xex in the BadUpdatePayload folder. Upda...

github.com

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 11d

If you do only one nice thing today, please let it be helping Rebecca meet her cancer treatment fund goal

Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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Derf @consolemods.org · 11d

Run XCAT on it to participate directly in data preservation!

consolemods.org/xcat

XCAT

Xbox Content Archive Tool (XCAT) is a utility that runs directly on an Xbox console to assist in finding unarchived DLC and other lost content. When the application is run, It will scan the Xbox hard ...

consolemods.org

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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Derek Pascarella (ateam) @derekpascarella.bsky.social · 12d

Weirdly, the PAL and NTSC-U versions of "Bangai-O" had their brightness turned down, something fans have lamented for years.

Now, thanks to Vague Rant, you can enjoy the correct colors with the PAL, NTSC-U, and even VGA-patched NTSC-U versions!

DOWNLOAD
segaxtreme.net/resources/ba...

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Derf @consolemods.org · 13d

I believe they were part of a research study years back in Missouri. I don't have their direct contact to get more info as they are my great uncle and I only see them like once every few years.

Just looking, the Focused Ultrasound Foundation has a treatment locator, maybe that'd help?

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Nicole Express @nicole.express · 15d

government shutdown means analog tv broadcasts can come back, who's going to stop you, the fcc?

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