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A funny thing in Iran is how they repackage old PlayStation consoles (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by PerfectDark to c/games
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So in Iran people take old PlayStation consoles, refurbish them and sell them as new stock. My favorite part of this is that they do so with this incredible custom box.

I kinda love this, and if I was there? I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

To be honest, retro gaming on the PS1 is a bit 50/50 for me. Early 3D gaming before my time can be rough. But I have such a soft spot for how beautiful the console is from a design and hardware standpoint. That boxy gray box is such beauty.

I'd probably play it more than the PS5 I ended up selling!

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[–] bizzle 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hell yeah you have, nice. I looked up that thing, do you like yours? One of my kids really likes the retro games and that price is right

[–] AlpacaChariot 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah it's great, my daughter has been enjoying all the old games as well so i bought her one too for her birthday. It's much easier as a parent to give her the R36s and the retro games because they are all self contained offline things unlike a lot of modern games.

Some things I'd say to consider before buying:

  • Factor in the cost of a good quality SD card (or two, one for the system and one for ROMs) to replace the one that comes with it. There are loads of warnings in forums etc about the cards that are supplied, but even so I was shocked when the card that came with mine broke after 2 days. Get a decent card like Samsung Evo Plus 128GB.
  • It's easier to start fresh when you get a new card than it would be to clone the one that comes with the device. Get the OS from here: https://github.com/AeolusUX/ArkOS-R3XS/releases
  • For ROMs, search archive.org for "tiny best set go"
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not everything being sold as the R36s is able to use ArkOS (although I think there's been progress on getting the other ones to use that OS), more deets here. Also, not every micro SD card works in that second slot, but yeah, just get a Samsung Evo Plus (I'm running dual Microcenter cards, don't do this lol). There is a huge enthusiast community doing cool things with these devices, there's a bit of tinkering to get them set up but it's easy enough.

Alpaca, got anything set up through PortMaster yet? I've been meaning to get Stardew Valley and Half-Life on there.

[–] AlpacaChariot 1 points 1 day ago

I've never heard of PortMaster, I still haven't got bored of all the tiny best set games yet!

I think I played half life (maybe 2?) when I was a kid and it scared the crap out of me!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I got one around Christmas on sale and I'm a big fan of mine, I'm replaying Crash Team Racing and Final Fantasy Tactics at the moment. They've got some quirks, there's a lower powered variant floating around, definitely read through the subreddit and do a bit of research on the device. I will say that it's awesome for what it is, but there's places where it feels like a ~$30 gadget.