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?

  • Shizrak@sh.itjust.works
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    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.

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      1 year ago

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

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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        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.