Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII & 18 Other Previously Lost i-Mode Games Have Been Preserved | Time Extension
The impressive haul includes multiple Kingdom Hearts games
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/18554134
> A Treasure Trove of Gaming History has been Recovered! Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII and an additional 18 Square Enix i-Mode games, thought lost to history, have resurfaced. This impressive haul includes various Kingdom Hearts titles, and the recovery process involved using a debug cable method devised by the Kahvibreak Discord member XYZ. > > Read about the discovery > > The incredible efforts of researchers like RockmanCosmo and Twitter user @NaoyaShinota, employing a custom debug cable and Linux scripts, have brought back games such as Final Fantasy 4 After Years, Final Fantasy Legends, and the Kingdom Hearts Card Struggle series. > > For enthusiasts, this is an opportunity to revisit these titles on emulators like DoJa SDK. However, some games like Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII still require more work to be made functional. > > Have you played any of these Square Enix feature phone games?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/File_Picker_meme
Except that one time. We don’t talk about that one time 😰
(For real though I’m glad they put so much thought into the UX with accents, this is an awesome addition to the DE)
I tried that but flatpack apps kept using the Gnome file picker anyway, there were some flags for some of them to change it but having to do that for each app felt like too much of a pain ^^;
Tbh there’s been a known issue for like 10+ years where the file picker doesn’t allow for gallery/thumbnail viewing, or really any kind of file list viewing options aside from the absolute basic file list. So like if you’re someone who is uploading images to a website, hope ya named the files in a very specific way cause wooooh. XD
Above anything else, that was the primary reason I switched to KDE Plasma.
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/File_Picker_meme
Apparently this did actually get fixed somewhat recently but my distro doesn’t seem to have the fix yet so 🤷
Tbh with something like the Saturn, I'd recommend just grabbing a japanese one. They're typically found much cheaper and are also often in better condition (and come in more colours!)
I love Framerater. They have insanely detailed videos about obscure gaming subjects and I quite enjoy it. :)
So happy to see Daisy as a playable character in this one. And the elephant power up looks very cute :)
I am so happy to see this game making a comeback, and in what seems to be a very faithful remake. Hopefully we see Chrono Trigger get a similar treatment!!!
I never used/have been lucky to be around an AES, but I got a Neo Geo Pocket Color last year and I LOVE it. Despite the smaller game library than other handhelds, the control stick feels super premium and I love the build of it. It feels like a handheld that was designed for arcade enthusiasts, which seems to be what it was intended to be. Also the game library is quite good when it isn’t casino games for some reason!
The Struggle Continues! Please check your old OG Xbox consoles for lost Xbox Live DLC and Updates
Per /u/Harcroft from /r/OriginalXbox:
I’m still plugging away at collecting and distributing original Xbox DLC. Currently we are missing around 300 Title updates and DLC packs.
We’ve made a huge amount of progress this year including:
-building a list of what we know is missing, it can be found over on ConsoleMods.org. (thanks to /u/Derf_Jagged to starting and hosting the page!)
-Milenko has coded Pinecone, a tool to scan through an Xbox file dump to look for lost content and updates
-I’ve built the database file for Pinecone with all known and archived DLC, this information can be access by anyone and be used for any other appliation or tool anyone wants to build
-16 new installers released in 2023 so far, with 2 more pending, waiting on testers
-The first Auto-Update for Halo 2 was found, rewriting known history for Halo 2 online
-The last missing update for Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1 & 2 was found!
-A partial set of Mechassault PAL/Region 4 DLC was found which allowed us to generate a full set of PAL DLC for that title (thanks /u/HoneySoakedSeagull!)
-A partial dump of Advent Rising DLC was found, allowing us to generate a replacement set of the missing 4 DLCs (thanks /u/CasuallyNoted!)
-Ignoring roster updates and duplicate DLCs we got the unique missing DLC list down to just 1 title! Shikigami no Shiro II
-We figured out a way to force the Xbox to load a title update from a different version of a game, paving the way to “spoofed” title updates to maximize compatibility between players on System Link and Xbox Live replacement services (thanks navipar!)
The year isn’t even half up yet and we’ve done so much, I can’t wait to see how much we get done as a community before the end of the year.
Please go out and find Xboxes that had connected to Xbox Live before the hard drives die! For PAL regions we’re badly in need of German and French console dumps. We’re also badly in need of console dumps from Japan and South East Asia.
Thanks for reading!
The Struggle Continues! Please check your old OG Xbox consoles for lost Xbox Live DLC and Updates
Per /u/Harcroft from /r/OriginalXbox:
I’m still plugging away at collecting and distributing original Xbox DLC. Currently we are missing around 300 Title updates and DLC packs.
We’ve made a huge amount of progress this year including:
-building a list of what we know is missing, it can be found over on ConsoleMods.org. (thanks to /u/Derf_Jagged to starting and hosting the page!)
-Milenko has coded Pinecone, a tool to scan through an Xbox file dump to look for lost content and updates
-I’ve built the database file for Pinecone with all known and archived DLC, this information can be access by anyone and be used for any other appliation or tool anyone wants to build
-16 new installers released in 2023 so far, with 2 more pending, waiting on testers
-The first Auto-Update for Halo 2 was found, rewriting known history for Halo 2 online
-The last missing update for Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1 & 2 was found!
-A partial set of Mechassault PAL/Region 4 DLC was found which allowed us to generate a full set of PAL DLC for that title (thanks /u/HoneySoakedSeagull!)
-A partial dump of Advent Rising DLC was found, allowing us to generate a replacement set of the missing 4 DLCs (thanks /u/CasuallyNoted!)
-Ignoring roster updates and duplicate DLCs we got the unique missing DLC list down to just 1 title! Shikigami no Shiro II
-We figured out a way to force the Xbox to load a title update from a different version of a game, paving the way to “spoofed” title updates to maximize compatibility between players on System Link and Xbox Live replacement services (thanks navipar!)
The year isn’t even half up yet and we’ve done so much, I can’t wait to see how much we get done as a community before the end of the year.
Please go out and find Xboxes that had connected to Xbox Live before the hard drives die! For PAL regions we’re badly in need of German and French console dumps. We’re also badly in need of console dumps from Japan and South East Asia.
Thanks for reading!
Yeah, I don't like devs using the term "fediverse stakeholders". Big big red flag.
Woah shoot me that link that sounds great actually!
For those who don't know, Meta reached out to big instance admins and invited them to some kind of meeting:
https://mstdn.social/@stux/110567524159195690
Stux didn't go but was invited, and confirmed this. Those who went were made to sign an NDA.
I'm of the opinion that we should defederate right away from Meta's service. I don't see any advantage to giving them a chance as their whole modus operandi is collecting and harvesting user data. The whole NDA stuff really rubbed me the wrong way.
HELL YES! Go UPS workers! :D I’m really hoping this and the writers strike encourage similar activity in every sector.
I’m using a Framework laptop and the Linux experience on it has been great :) Also is very easy to repair so that’s a plus!
The Secrets of PlayOnline: Episode 1
A series I’ve started where I delve into the history of Square Enix’s PlayOnline service. Next episode I’m gonna be doing some datamining!
Made a community for media preservation (lost, obscure, and found media) since I couldn’t find one!
You can find it at [email protected]
Relocation advice
Hello!
I'm interested in hopefully one day moving to Colorado. However, it would depend on my partner finding a job down that way (he's a procurement analyst) so we've been looking. I figured since this sub exists, that I'd ask and see, are there any things one should know that would help with relocating to Colorado/after relocation?