Thread 714614352

Do you have any modded consoles?
What are they?
Is it worth it?

worth what? i don't know. all my consoles are modded that can be. i don't see downside really

sure, all my consoles and handhelds are

>>714614352 (OP)
yeah ps2 with opl over network, pretty cool, better than that shit fucking emulator

>>714614352 (OP)
Multiple PS1s. Worth it? No. My first one's disk drive is dead. Only once thought it was worth it due to ePSXe's atrocious input lag.

>>714614352 (OP)
my younger brother modded his 3ds and then helped me do the same with my 2ds
i'd say it's the bare minimum to do that if you're going to use a 2/3ds these days
lots of cool bells and whistles you can get access to and even if you don't wanna pirate shit you can still grab any dlc you missed out on before the eshop was shut down

>>714616618
There are sd card mods but those are expensive or at least used to be dunno if anymore

>>714614352 (OP)
yeah the PS4 pro.
some games have fps patches so if you're a big fan of them its 1000% worth it until shadps4 gets incredibly reliable

>>714614352 (OP)
I have a modded PS2 and PS1. The PS2 is soft modded to run burned PS1 and PS2 games, so I hardly ever use the PS1. I get a lot of utility out of the PS2, lots of fun games on there. I have an R4 cart for mt DS that I've played a few games on too. I also have an Xbox and a PS3, but I haven't bothered with modding them since there's only two OG Xbox games I'm interested in playing, and I have them already, and PS3 are just too big for me to download.

I am considering modding the Xbox anyways and turning it into a media cetner for my CRT TV. I think it'd be pretty funny to boot a console from 2001 to watch my animes and youtube.

>>714616618
Yeah the xstation rules. Do it to an scph-5501 (pu18)

>>714616618
Why not replace the laser? Its a drop in part.

i have never buyded (sic) a 3ds or switch game. yeah i guess worth it.

>>714614352 (OP)
I have a modded PS2 and Wii I use almost daily.
Also a modded Xbox, 360, and various flashcarts

yes my wii, 3DS and PS3 are all modded

NES modded (regionfree fix, just clip a wire)

SNES modded (RGB)

N64 modded (HDMI)

Saturn modded (SD card)

Dreamcast modded (SD card)

Xbox (HDMI + SD mod)

Xbox 360 (JTAG)

TG-16 (PAL to NTSC)

PS1/2/3/4 (CFW)

Switch (CFW)

GB / GBC (Backlight)

Everdrives for all (including for NeoGeo, Vectrex and all microcomputers such as ZX-81)

Probably forgot some

pic related. I've been playing a lot of Gamecube and DS games on it

>>714617743
Oh yes,

Wii (Letterbomb)

WiiU (CFW)

Worth it for having a 20TB HDD with all scrubbed romsets and just firing up what I want.

Other than that i have about 2k legit games and about 900 Steam games

>>714614352 (OP)
Modded Wii, DSi, 3DS, PSP, PS3.
It's absolutely worth it if you already own the systems. Any console you own that can be softmodded should be.

>>714614352 (OP)
I have an Xbox, PS2, PS3, 3DS, WiiU (though I haven't used it in awhile) and Vita. totally worth it, love being able to play all sorts of retro games on my CRT or on approximations of real hardware in the case of DS on my 3DS. I should probably get a DSI for better visuals for DS games but I'm not really sweating it right now

>>714614352 (OP)
I modded my wii, if anything just so I can have all the gamecube games I want running on native hardware, so I don't have to be bothered to compromise with not-100% emulation (depending on what your definition of emulation is)

I was thinking of modding my switch. It's among the older models where "easy modding" is possible, but it has the latest updates because I'm retarded. Have I fucked myself? Or does anyone know offhand if modding is still possible

>>714617481
It'd be the second replacement.

>>714616865
>>714617296
Not scph-9001 compatible.

>>714617848
Does it provide a better gamecube experience than wii? Or is it pretty much comparable, with the added benefit of native hdmi support?

>>714618145
No, it's a downgrade compared to Wii. It does have nintendont performance but HDMI picture quality is insanely bad on the Wii U compared to even component on Wii.

>>714614352 (OP)
yea most of mine are, my 3ds and vita are prob my favs though

The Series S/X is the console I want to see get a full hack at some point. I'm aware of the half measure one it has currently. But at some point it would be nice for it it get a full hack to let it run ISOs of Xbox and 360 and Xbox1 games.

>>714614352 (OP)
i used to have a modded ps2 and xbox 360 but they both died.
i still have a hacked 3ds and psp.

>>714618145
what this anon said >>714618241 but the Wii U supports component cables and doesn't have the picture quality issues if you use them

>>714618091
>It'd be the second replacement.
When was the last replacement?

>>714618296
don't those require downloads? like you can't just put in old xbox disc in xbox series x and it plays

>>714618241
Huh. Good to know, thanks anon. How's the ds emulation? Good enough for most games worth playing?

>>714618494
well thats why im saying I hope it gets a full hack in the future

>>714618539
Ah, thanks to you too.
t. >>714618539

>>714614352 (OP)
>Wii
>3DS
>Vita
>PS1
>Is it worth it?
YES! It is a luxury! When money isn’t too tight and I have a place to put it I might get an OG Xbox next!

>>714618708
Everyone should have a Classic Xbox.

>>714614352 (OP)
3DS
It's absolutely banging and I'd recommend getting one ASAP cause the retro game market isn't getting less expensive anytime soon

>>714618539
Its great for DS. The Wii U had several DS games officially released on virtual console, so the compatibility is good. I've played Chrono Trigger and Heartgold and didn't have any issues

>>714618593
yaya meant that would it even work? i guess you could get one emulator or whatever layer compatibility thing, change the settings and hope it works for all games?

>>714618758
So what can a modded Xbox do that my modded PS2 can't?

>>714618770
Good enough for me. If I get my hands on a wii u, I'll look into that. I'd love to give hg and tetris ds another go

>>714618976
Seamless online integration with Insignia that works with 200 titles, integrated download tools for downloading new dashboards, game mods, custom skins, homebrew, official game DLC, tools all from the internet in 2025, the best versions of 6th gen games, 480p minimum in every game, ninja gaiden black, 4 players with no multitap.

It is an excellent counterpart to the PS2.

Just my psp definitely worth it

i gave my younger siblings all of my consoles many years ago, so the only one i ever modded was the Wii. i bought a N3DSXL a few months ago though and modded that, it's fucking great

>>714614352 (OP)
I've been using emulators lately but I've been thinking of modding a 3ds and grabbing a PS3 to jailbreak

>>714619179
>Seamless online integration with Insignia that works with 200 titles
PS2 has a similar project called PSRewired which restores online functionality for many of it's games. Though I'll admit Xbox live is more robust than PS2's DNAS ever was. Does Insignia have all the old Xbox live features like friends and voice chat?

>integrated download tools
Ok that is pretty cool

>game mods
got any examples?

>4 players with no multitap.
What are some good 4 player games for Xbox. Most of the 4 player stuff I played was on the 360. I already know about Halo.

>>714619757
3ds is pretty nice. twilightmenu++ lets you do ds games natively and i think you can set up forwarders to have the icons for the games on your home screen.

you can also do gba games natively either via open_agb_firm, which is like a command line thing you run from a boot menu (no limitations doing it this way and it's easier but a bit clunkier), or via injection so that you have gba game tiles on your home screen (although at this point you don't usually need to do it yourself, you can just download one someone else did). the latter's a bit harder to do yourself and you're limited by the number of tiles you can have on your home screen, so you can't do the entire gba library that way.

>>714620097
I've heard 3DS or PSVita are the way to go for modding handhelds but the native DS games are why I'm leaning towards the 3DS. DS games suck to emulate on anything else when it's a game you need the touchscreen for. I'll look into that though, the homescreen thing isn't a dealbreaker but it would be cool as fuck, I would've killed for that when I was a kid. Command lines aren't foreign to me though and as long as the game runs I'm good

>>714620457
the way i have it set up is that a few of my most common gba titles are on my home screen but i just access the rest of the gba's library via open agb firm. seems like a decent balance to me.

twilightmenu++ is solid but the scaling isn't perfect due to the resolution mismatch so if you're sensitive to that you might take issue. i think there's an option to play at actual resolution with blackboxing but i don't use that, it's fine for me.

>>714619978
>Does Insignia have all the old Xbox live features like friends and voice chat?
Yes
>got any examples?
See webm
>What are some good 4 player games for Xbox
Gauntlet Dark Legacy (local)
Gauntlet Seven Sorrows (also allows 4-player online co-op)
Halo 2 (4 player split-screen online multiplayer)
Test Drive Eve of Destruction
Phantasy Star Online
Splinter Cell Double Agent/Chaos Theory
X-Men Legends 1/2
Hunter The Reckoning Redeemer
Dungeons and Dragons Heroes
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Alien Hominid
Digimon World 4

Is there any way to run PS1 games in on PS2 that isn’t using that shitty POPs emulator? Last time I tried was like 10 years ago, and the piece of shit deleted my save files TWICE. Not trustworthy.
>>714620831
nta but thanks for the recs

I have modded all nintenkek consoles, the last one I actually bought a bunch of games for was Gamecube. I have a modded wii, Wii U, DS (Flashcart), 3DS, Switch.

i have a ps2 slim with funtuna. it's cool but big games (over 4 gigs and especially dual layer disk games) is a bit of a hassle.
i also had a ps3 with CFW (before i broke it by trying to fix a hardware issue) and it was pretty cool having my games in the console itself (though again, moving games was a bitch). if i had a spare 1tb drive and could be fucked to properly backup my stuff, i could have have my entire library of games and every other game i ever could have wanted on that thing.

>>714614352 (OP)
PS2, Wii U, PSP, vita and 3ds.
My problem with modding is that it still has some compatibility problems, which tend to be somewhat difficult to troubleshoot if it's not outright a bug in the software.

>>714614352 (OP)
Yes, I have a modded 360, PS3 and PS2. All worth it, no questions asked. Some of the best devices I own.

>>714614352 (OP)
Yes, I have a modded 360, PS3 and PS2. All worth it, absolutely. Some of the best devices I own.

>>714614352 (OP)
>PS1 modchip
>PS2 modchip + OPL
>PS3 CFW
>PSP CFW
>Wii Hombrew Channel
I stopped buying consoles after the seventh generation, but I still have all of them in working condition.

>>714621953
Also having a PAL wii U sucks dick if you wanna play wii games via the injection method.

>>714614352 (OP)
Yeah.
PAL NES - Disabled lockout chip
Master System - 50/60hz switched
US SNES - Widened cart slot
PAL SNES - 50/60hz and region switches
Saturn - 50/60hz switched, and Region switch
Gamecube - Mod chipped
PS2 - Hard Drive + modded mem card to run ISOs
PS3 - 3K3Y Optical Emulator
Switch - Atmosphere or whatever it's called
PS4 - Goldhen

>Is it worth it?
From the PS3 onwards it's worth having systems modded.

For all those previous ones (nes up to ps2/cube) it's not worth it because i can just emulate on my CRT because i have a 240p transcoder and dedicated emulator PC.

>>714616246
I run PCSX2 through my CRT via component cables.
It's literally indistinguishable from the real thing which i also have, modded, but have no use for because the emulator requires less fucking around.

>>714622991
>>714622908
no one cares pcxsnoy

>>714618976
Play good games

>>714622991
you're coping

>>714614352 (OP)
mini pc with batocera is better

>>714614352 (OP)
Holy fuck those black levels are ABYSMAL. It's like I'm back in 2009

>>714614352 (OP)
who the fuck mods a ps2? all you need is a freemcboot memory card

>>714617223
pretty sure that uses pops to play ps1 games on your ps2 not the hardware and pops is an absolute shit emulator

>>714614352 (OP)
Wii, Wii U, 2 3DS, and a Switch.
I downloaded the files to softmod a 360, but I haven't felt like using it since that exploit came out.

>>714625895
That's modding a PS2

>>714626036
I'm not using Pops, I'm using Mechapwn, which removes the region check from the DVD drive. Completely bypasses any FMCB fuckery and runs the games directly on hardware, which lets me play burned discs the same way I would official ones.

>>714614352 (OP)
I’ve pretty much got all the main consoles from 3rd gen up to 6th gen with flash carts and ODEs
Same for handhelds too

>>714625626
Any good Xbox exclusives aside from Halo 1 and 2?

>>714626186
Not really
If anything it’s a hack
Modding requires altering the hardware

>>714626467
you're technically correct but the terms tend to be used interchangeably, i.e. people "hacking" their 3ds or switch is technically softmodding it

>>714626437
Yes
https://vsrecommendedgames.miraheze.org/wiki/Xbox

>>714625895
I've seen people add internal storage to slim PS2s by soldering an a connector for an SSD to some unused internal pins. I use a softmod called mechapwn to enable to the playback of burned PS1 games.

>>714626520
Yeah, a softmod is different but I don’t think PS2 is even that, unless you alter the mechacon
Freemcboot just bypasses the bios