samtheeagle

joined 2 years ago
[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I've got a lot of mileage out of Pocket City 2.

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Watch it every year. Something of a tradition for me now!

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's your lucky day! Invest it on a lotto ticket 😂

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those boys look like they've been through it! Great job!

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Right front. I only carry a small card wallet so both go in together fine. Keys and other scratchy stuff in the left.

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I love your comment about happiness not being a contest. I have always bought in to the idea that happiness is a choice, you decide what's important to you and if you're getting those things then be happy! Don't worry about everyone else comparing themselves to each other endlessly, that is the road to madness 🙂

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've got my own XMPP server running on a raspberry pi so that I can have a safe chat app with my kids. I didn't want to expose them to the wider world at their age, but it's great to have a chat / video calling app that's all routed through my private kit. So now when they're ignoring my messages I know that they 100% safe online 🤣

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Side by side pic here. I was quite surprised at just how small this thing is, and if the Miyoo is even smaller, I'm glad I opted for this!

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The screen is indeed very nice.

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Hundreds, if not thousands, across all kinds of retro consoles! Atari all the way through Gameboys, NES up to PS1. The default OS seems ok, but I only tried it briefly before switching over to GarlicOS which everyone seemed to be keen on. This guide was super helpful in getting me started.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by samtheeagle@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
 

Just got this bad boy yesterday and I'm like a kid at Christmas! 😄 The delight I felt firing up my old love, Desert Strike... Goosebumps! Seriously impressed with this bit of kit, and I'm enjoying exploring the options as much as the many many games! The effort put in by the community with GarlicOS and the ROM packs is simply magnificent.

[–] samtheeagle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Personally I've found the Lemmy experience perfectly ok. I went from never having heard of it to being up and running and having the general gist of it in about 30 minutes. Is it a commercial grade polished product? No. But it works just fine, gives me content to browse, and isn't some horrible humanity grinder in search of profit. If people keep joining the content will follow, just need to be patient and contribute (note to self, I should post something instead of lurking).

As some others have mentioned elsewhere having a slight barrier to entry might slow down the influencers migrating over too. We can but hope.

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