Hard EverDrivin'! Flash cartridges & ODEs

[Sarge]

Wow. That's, uh, a lot of Guitar Hero.

 

[Kazin]

I could've gotten away with a 1tb HDD, and if I ever upgrade to a SSD I may go that route. I've gotten nearly everything I could conceivably see myself playing and still have 1.2tb to spare. Although I have to figure out how to turn bin/cue files into iso, because there are some games (like Chulip) that I can't install. I tried ImgBurn, but it didn't work (it made them into ISOs, but also generates a .md5 file that I don't know what to do with. Booting the ISOs ImgBurn made just makes the PS2 freeze on a white screen).

 

[Sarge]

Hmm... I think the MD5 file is just a checksum to make sure the rip/conversion is correct. I haven't really done anything with them in the past, though.

I feel the same way with my Saturn: I put a 256 GB card in there, and I've still got over half the space available even after loading it up with a bunch of interesting RPGs that are still in Japanese that I can't even play.

I really ought to upgrade my setup, though - I have no idea how much longer this honker IDE drive will last, and while I have qualms about long-term data retention on SSDs, it might be a good option now, especially as cheap as they've gotten.

(I'd also like to try my hand at doing the reset glitch hack on one of my 360s, as well as get a bunch of cheap SSDs for my 7th-gen consoles. I really, really wish it was as easy as hacking the PS3 - I'm half tempted to just be lazy and buy an RGH3 360 to save myself the trouble.)

 

[Kazin]

I can't see myself bothering with the PS3/360. Most, if not all, of the stuff I'd want to play on those have been ported to the PC. Like, my favorite 360 game is Fallout New Vegas, and that's much better on PC with no loading and mods and whatnot haha

 

[Sarge]

True. There's a few I'd like to play on there, though, like Lost Odyssey or Magna Carta 2, although I suppose the former is still available on XB1/XSX. I don't remember how many true exclusives the platform has at this point. And yeah, the PC experience would be better across the board I'd think, especially for games like New Vegas with all the mods and such. (I do have that on Steam.)

 

[Kazin]

Crap! Lost Odyssey, yes. How has that not been ported anywhere?! Dangit (also I do not own a more recent Xbox than a 360 lol).

 

[Sarge]

Haha, I didn't have an XB1 until very recently. A local pawn shop was getting rid of "broken" systems, and, well, turned out a bunch of them actually weren't really broken. (Some were, but I came out pretty good on the deal overall.)

And seriously, someone should port that one to another system, but I don't remember - did Microsoft publish that one? I know it was a Mistwalker jam.

 

[Kazin]

Yeah, Microsoft published it, and I believe owns the IP. Only chance I play it is if it comes out on PC. Oh well, it's far from top of the list anyway lol

 

[Sarge]

It keeps sliding down mine, too, despite its excellent reputation. I got to disc 2 back in the day and wasn't super enamored with it, though, but maybe I'd have a better time with it today.