Retrobrian
@retrobrian.bsky.social
Amateur games console modder and retro technology fan
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This 💯
We had full-featured software, not web apps begging for subscriptions. We installed games once, not on a lease from a server. If your PC broke, you fixed it.
Now it's DRM-ridden software and everything’s a service. Progress? More like digital serfdom.
#90sComputing #RightToRepair #WeLostThePlot
Now it's DRM-ridden software and everything’s a service. Progress? More like digital serfdom.
#90sComputing #RightToRepair #WeLostThePlot
February 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This 💯
Reposted by Retrobrian
Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities:
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
The Gentrification of Video Game History
We’re not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas
felipepepe.medium.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities:
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
Season's Greetings to all those who celebrate!
December 24, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Season's Greetings to all those who celebrate!
Reposted by Retrobrian
If anyone is in the market for a modded PS1, I just listed one in my website:
- Mayumi v4 modchip
- New laser pickup
- RGB SCART cable from @misirajeduart.bsky.social
- Original controller and memory card
Any questions, let me know!
topvint.co.uk/product/play...
- Mayumi v4 modchip
- New laser pickup
- RGB SCART cable from @misirajeduart.bsky.social
- Original controller and memory card
Any questions, let me know!
topvint.co.uk/product/play...
PlayStation 1 with Mayumi modchip, SCART cable, controller, new laser & memory card - Topvint
PlayStation 1 (SCPH-5552) modded with a Mayumi v4 modchip, RGB SCART cable from EM-Modshop, an original SCPH-1080 PS1 controller, a new laser pickup and an original PS1 memory card . The Mayumi v4 mod...
topvint.co.uk
December 23, 2024 at 1:13 PM
If anyone is in the market for a modded PS1, I just listed one in my website:
- Mayumi v4 modchip
- New laser pickup
- RGB SCART cable from @misirajeduart.bsky.social
- Original controller and memory card
Any questions, let me know!
topvint.co.uk/product/play...
- Mayumi v4 modchip
- New laser pickup
- RGB SCART cable from @misirajeduart.bsky.social
- Original controller and memory card
Any questions, let me know!
topvint.co.uk/product/play...
Pleasingly all green.
December 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Pleasingly all green.
Absolutely delighted with my budget MiSTer and 1994 CRT television combo. My little home arcade in the corner.
November 23, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Absolutely delighted with my budget MiSTer and 1994 CRT television combo. My little home arcade in the corner.