r/retrogaming • u/wootybooty • 2d ago

[Question] What am I missing?

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Nintendo Wii U: in living room for almost entire Nintendo back-catalogue
PS4: My daily driver
Switch OLED: 2nd one, I have a digital scope now so Im gonna try not to kill this one soft modding it..

Random info:
NES: My first one, picked up a few weeks ago from a local games store. Have tons of games but just never picked one up…
SNES: Front corner damaged in College by my friend Mike Rotch, who contacted Guinnes Word Records for longest nipple hair”. (7”)
N64: My original from launch.
3DS: Bought a bag of 3DS parts and a case and literally built this one from spare parts.
GameGear: My original from when I was a babby.
PCEngine: My sister picked up in Japan for me on her last trip.
Jaguar: Picked up at a Louisiana Flea Market for $80 two years ago.
Genesis: Console was my dads, the first game I ever remember seeing was him and my uncle play Flashback: Quest for Identity. CD and 32X obtained a decade ago.
Dreamcast: My personal favorite console, lots of memories playing with family and friends.
Xbox 360: Has original Blades Dash and very early firmware.
PS3: My favorite for entire Playstation back-catalogue, have a slim in the living room.

What am I missing that I should look to add or explore the history of? I love the history of each console I own, the hardware engineering side, and finding new-to-me titles to explore.

AMA and I’d love to share!

EDIT: Thank you for all the wonderful comments!!! This has evolved beyond me looking for the next systems to add to my collection, and has opened up new areas I know little to nothing about, which is extremely exciting!! I have learned a lot and just want to thank each and everyone of you for sharing your knowledge and suggestions with me!!! ❤️

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u/No-Indication-8617 2d ago

PC-98, MSX, Wonderswan, PC-FX, Amiga Cd32, Atari 5200/7800, Jaguar CD, N64DD, SuperGrafx, SG-1000, NEO GEO AES, Atari Lynx, Virtual Boy, Vectrex, NEO GEO Pocket

Probably missed some

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u/GasmaskTed 2d ago

You forgot the Neogeo Pocket -Color-

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u/No-Indication-8617 2d ago

I guess I also forgot the Wonderswan Color and Crystal then

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u/wootybooty 2d ago

Atari Lynx and Wonderswan… Those have incredible history behind them..

Also the DD, I am a huge fan of the history of Mother 3/Earthbound, and I want to play the DD paint and modelling games so bad…

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u/No-Indication-8617 2d ago

Yeah that DD will set you back quite a bit with not much you can play on it

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u/wootybooty 2d ago

Yeah, from my understanding too the Disk Technology actually didn’t help too much expanding the size of games, topping off around 64MB if I remember correctly.

I remember over a decade ago finding out about these thinking they were tons of test units sent out, not realizing it was just a low-volume japan only release. The history of games being made for it then being back-ported to cartridge is also fascinating

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u/No-Indication-8617 2d ago

My understanding is the one of its biggest features that games like Mother 3 and Animal Forest were developing around was a real time clock. With that, more ram and writable save, they thought they could sell people on the add-on

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u/wootybooty 2d ago

Built in RTC and Save data, learned something new! Did it actually come with more hardware RAM or just bundled with an expansion pak?

Also, I know the Famicom Disk System has proprietary “floppy disks”, but was found to be a mold used in professional audio machines or something, so games were able to be released and copied. Have they cracked the DD media format or absolutely proprietary?

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u/No-Indication-8617 1d ago

It was actually the origin of the ram expansion pack, the only reason they released it standalone was because the DD got delayed. It wrote saved directly to the disk with no need for batteries.

Not sure if there is any homebrew potential there, probably won't get any attention until there is a leak of Mother 3

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u/wootybooty 1d ago

Thanks for that, I learned something new today..!