On the Game Boy Advance, there's Punch King...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7vE0Llwkw

...and Wade Hixton's Counter Punch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP2VkguvyTs

I haven't played either of them, so no promises that they're good!

It looks great! 🙂

OMG I just came home with a Sanyo DS13320 from the side of the road and I am ECSTATIC!!! It couldn't be more perfect for an NES, and it looks in great condition externally.

I haven't plugged it in yet. It doesn't appear to be wet anywhere outside or inside, so hopefully it was put outside after it rained this morning.

Should I do or check anything before plugging it in and trying to power it on?

Richard Dawkins has an entire chapter on this exact topic in his book "The Greatest Show on Earth". I highly recommend reading it, even just that one chapter! It doesn't feel like a text book, and his writing is very easy to follow in my opinion.

It's chapter 8, "You did it yourself in 9 months". To summarize, many people mistakenly think of genes as a "blueprint", but he suggests it's better to think of genes as instructions for origami paper folding. Genes don't know the whole creature, they just know what to fold next, what to duplicate, what to bend, and so on, kind of like that. It's been a while since I read it. 😅

But I do remember, humans are so complex, we may never fully understand the complete embryo-to-adult growth process, BUT the author points out that there IS a creature, a very small worm, that we are able to understand everything.

That may not seem like a big deal at first, but think about it. Scientists understand the complete growth process of a living creature, from a single cell, every gene, every cell, everything, up to when it's fully formed. So cool.

Metroid II is my all-time favorite game in the series. It introduces her ship, introduces her iconic look, and is the last game in the series to not include the "break this with this item" blocks. I just love everything about that game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy

Today I learned! :)

Justin Bailey Samus >>> Zero Suit Samus 👀

Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu

FYI we got this game when we we got our Switch and it sat, untouched, for YEARS, until I finally picked it up a few months ago. Honestly, I REALLY enjoyed it! BUT... the first 30 minutes to an hour are very poorly done, and are soooo boring. After that it hooked me.

As someone who's favorite game in the series is the original Pokémon Red, I think this remake was quite well done. It looks great (much better than Sword / Shield in my opinion), and really trims out a lot of the fluff and grind of the classic games.

Also if he's playing, you can use the second controller to join him and casually help him catch and battle Pokémon. It's cute. :)

Let me know if you want any more in depth review or info.

Pokemon Blue

FYI the internal cartridge battery that's used to save your game is probably either dead or nearly dead!

A multimeter should show the battery at 3.25v. Anything less and it could die any day. Changing the battery isn't too difficult, but it requires soldering.

This is my favorite tool set used to take the one screw out to open the cartridge, to check the battery.

https://www.retromodding.com/collections/tools/products/repair-tools-set

I honestly don't really use it, but I am excited about it in the future. :)

I installed it because of OSNews, my favorite tech news website. But the Gemini page seems to be down?

https://www.osnews.com/story/136770/osnews-launches-gemini-capsule/

Yes! I use the Buran app (open source on Android) to browse it. :)

Big willpower. Driven. Uncompromising. That kind of thing.

I think that is the answer. :)

I'm trying to think of examples from famous recent movies with women who have that description...

From Disney:

• Moana from Moana
• Joy from Inside Out
• Anna and Elsa from Frozen and the sequel
• Mirabel from Encanto

Have you seen any of those movies? If not, what movies have you seen?

Ohhhhh I thought you meant the phrase was "growing up r*****". Took me five minutes to figure out what you meant. It's just the one word, not the whole phrase. 😆

For anyone else confused like me, it's the pejorative word for a person with a mental disability.

Doom, or, gzdoom! You can use it to play the original Doom 1 and 2 games with modern mouse and keyboard controls on HD displays. And there's an endless number of fan made level packs to try.

As for open source AND free / open resources, there's Freedoom 1 and 2. I occasionally play them, they're fun, but a little lacking in stage design.

I don't have a static IP address. I use a free dynamic DNS service.

Is each instance like another person with a server?

I just wanted to add, any computer with an internet connection can host a web page! A desktop, a laptop, anything. That's how the internet all started, as a collection on interconnected computers sharing data. I think many people nowadays forget this or even never knew about it (including me), since we live in a world where people spend all their time at like only a dozen websites. (Google, Instagram, Wikipedia...)

I have a public "webserver" in my basement. It's just some random computer hosting some photos for family members. And it's all completely free, I don't pay anything to do it. I could easily pop an instance of Lemmy on it too.

The biggest hurdles in setting up a server from home are needing some technical knowledge, and a free domain name / URL usually looks a little silly (unless you pay for one), and getting hacked is a very real threat unless you pay close attention to security.

What games do you want to play?

YESSS.

Favorite character is Midna from Twilight Princess. Her design is just so weird but it works. She antagonistic towards the player but I can't help but love her. Your friendship grows throughout the game until that one incredible shot together. And the surprise ending is both fun and tragic.

EDIT: this shot.

https://www.deviantart.com/hayato-01/art/Link-And-Midna-screenshot-TWILIGHT-PRINCESS-517986893

Favorite relationship is Marin from Link's Awakening. She's wonderful on her own, but then she shares so much about her life on the island and her dreams and grows even deeper as a character. I feel a stronger bond between her and Link than any incarnation of Zelda.

Thanks for following up! 🙂

That's exactly right! I wrote about it in another response. :)