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Favorite SGDQ 2023 Runs? in c/[email protected]

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

Honestly, the highlight of the show for me was definitely the blindfold Breath of the Wild run... amazing!

Also enjoyed glitchless Elden Ring.

Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus) in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

At least in the case of the Tetris GB, there was no battery save in that cartridge. It really was a case of losing your score after every power off.

Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus) in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's a Miyoo Mini Plus... a relatively cheap ($60) Chinese Linux device.

Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus) in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It's actually a Miyoo Mini Plus... a fairly cheap ($60) Chinese Linux based console for playing retro games. I definitely recommend it.

Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus) in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hah! Amazing!

Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus) in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I mostly use mine for GBA games, and I think it's perfect. The screen is considerably better than both the unlit GBA screen and the lit GBA SP screen, and is the perfect size for those games. Definitely recommend a Miyoo Mini Plus over the RG35XX, if just for the wifi (which makes it easy to load up ROMs, but also to do OTA updates and things like retroachievements).

Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus) in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've not played Tetris Effect yet... the last recent one I looked at was Puyo Puyo Tetris. While I can take or leave Puyo Puyo, I loved the Tetris aspect of that game... especially the four player mode.

Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus) in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Funnily enough, I just tried this last night after talking about GB Tetris. It really is awesome!

Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus) in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's really impressive... had a "quick" go and immediately had a 200 line game on it. It's amazing how much difference the shadow piece makes (not to mention the hold and infinite spin).

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Tetris (Gameboy on Miyoo Mini Plus) (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/retrogaming

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Gameboy Tetris wasn't the first Tetris I played (that was Mirrorsoft Tetris on the ZX Spectrum, with its spooky AY theme music), but it is the Tetris I always go back to.

For such an early GB game, it feels almost perfect. A compelling combination of apparent simplicity and hidden depth, it was (and still is) ideal to pick up and play for five minutes at a time. I think it is fair to say that the GB wouldn't have done half as well without Tetris.

Sure, it lacks features that modern Tetris implementations have - like hold, or being able to rotate infinitely in place, or fancy flashing backdrops - but it seems somehow better for that. Tetris in its purest form, just one more go, for ever and ever.

What are your memories of GB Tetris? Do you still play it? Do you think it holds up? What is your go-to Tetris?

How are you feeling right now (gaming-wise)? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It feels almost petty to mention, but my main problem with gaming these days is choice... there's just too much. I have a SteamDeck packed with over a decade of Humble Bundles and giveaways. I have a MiSTer FPGA with 10,000 retro games. I have subscriptions throwing me more games in a month than I could play in a year... and amid all that choice, I found I was playing none of it.

So I've taken steps. On retro devices, I've taken to removing the full ROM sets (or hiding them from view) and just selecting a handful of games that I used to own, or definitely want to play. In Steam, I've started a collection list of games I'm interested in and I only ever pick from that.

And, somehow, it works. Seeing only three or four games to choose from somehow short circuits that panic response of seeing three or four thousand. It's easier to fixate on a game, or to find something to genuinely enjoy about a title that may not be that perfect experience otherwise, rather than discarding it quickly and moving on to the next fleeting thrill.

What is the oldest game you still like playing today? in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Couple of oldies I fire up regularly: Tetris (Gameboy, 1989); Head Over Heels (Spectrum, 1987); Bruce Lee (C64, Atari, 1984)

handheld devices are great for retrogaming in c/retrogaming

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Miyoo Mini + owner here, and I love it! It's perfect for taking anywhere and pulling out for a quick five minute play. Been playing mostly GBA games on it, which it is perfect for.