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Re: OT again

#240179
From: DG
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:13
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In Disguise schreef:
>>>> Can't you do a bunch of emulation on the Nintendo DS and the PSP?
>>> Yes, there's an SD card you can buy and dl roms on it, but I would
>>> not want to play an RPG that keeps me glued to it for days or weeks
>>> on a teeny DS. I'm waiting for them to make the DS compatable with
>>> Wii to play DS on the TV.
>> So you're not waiting for this then:
>> http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/24/nintendo-ds-on-tv-it-sure-aint-purdy/
>>
>> Or any Nintendo DS TV adapter cable.
> 
> Nope.  That's icky.  And look at that picture!
> I'll just wait til Nintendo decides to do it themselves.
> Of course, the whole GameCube/GB thing was a fiasco - too many cables, 
> adapters, etc. for hooking one to the other.
> Now with wireless, it *should* be better.

Sure, after typing in you 64 character key on both machines.

I'm pretty sure that PSP can be hooked up to a TV. But you need a slim or light 
model to do so without getting extra geek creds.

>>> The PSP, I don't know if you can, even though I have one of those
>>> also. Now, an old school PS console, you could also make discs with
>>> games and play them on it, but it required some sort of modification
>>> - I can't remember how it was done.
>>>
>> The MOD-chip thing. It involved opening up your PS1 and soldiering
>> some chip on certain points. There was also a swap disk trick.
> 
> Yes, the mod chip was what I was referring to.  I never did the swap disc 
> thingy. 
> 
> 
The swap thingy had a high "let's not bother with that" value. The whole idea 
sounded like some April fool's day hoax.

-- 
Danny.
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Subject: Re: OT again
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