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Anyone else playing on a 5-20 year lag? (xkcd.com)

submitted 1 year ago by sparr@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I tried a couple of times to make https://www.reddit.com/r/cuttingedgegaming/ happen, but never reached many people. This community seems to mostly folks playing 1-2 year old games, I wonder if there are more of us who are playing older (but not "retro") games, particularly PC games?

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm going to start this lag anytime now with PS2 games. I didn't have one when it was new and decided to have the real deal instead of emulating it. It's all set with a 500GB HD and loads of games. Now, I only need time...

I also have an extensive collection of classics on my GOG account. Yet to start playing the majority.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did they do a HDD for the PS2? I thought it was on good-old 16MB memory cards full of "blocks"!

[–] Shizrak@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you get the "network adapter" accessory, you can install an HDD in the fat PS2. Then after setting up the bootloader and apps, you can play your games directly from the HDD.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice, I never knew that! Was this an official thing at the time or has someone reverse engineered it later?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

It was an official thing, and the only way to play Final Fantasy XI, since the game had to receive updates. The HDD has to be a 3.5" SATA drive to slot in properly. I looked around for one adapter 3.5 to SD adapter, but finding a used 500gb drive was cheaper.

[–] Shizrak@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

If you get the "network adapter" accessory, you can install an HDD in the fat PS2. Then after setting up the bootloader and apps, you can play your games directly from the HDD.