The Stupid Purchases thread!

[Dake]

I mean, it doesn't help that the mechanisms to pop up headlights are finicky and prone to failure. When they work, they look awesome, but keeping them working flawlessly requires more effort than a lot of drivers want to put into their cars.

My sister had an old Firebird with pop-up headlights. Can confirm, they're a bitch to work on.

Definitely manufacturer dependent. GM product? Of course. Toyota? Never an issue personally. Sure, you can find the occasional thread on the forums, but definitely an exception rather than the rule (and half the time it's just a popped fuse).

Incidentally, that's one of the best things about being into these cars: it may be thirty years old, but it's also still just a Toyota. I think nothing of hopping in and driving a couple hundred miles to a car show. Meanwhile, my neighbor has an awesome mid-nineties Ford Lightning and he barely trusts it to get him to the local Cars and Coffee.

So hey! I've had my little emulator console for about an hour (longer than that, but actually in my hand using it.), and I've started to figure it out, so here's a quick review:

x20 mini: good size screen, controls actually feel solid, button feedback is nice (to me anyway.) build is resonable. There is no way to update the firmware or load alternate software. The in built emulator is literally the cheapest jive you could crank out that still works and does not support multiple button presses. 0/10 do not buy.

Like I said: 30 bucks while drunk, don't mind getting burned. At least I got an 8 gig SD card out of it.

Edit: and in the spirit of the thread: I immediately bought another one. Three time more expensive, but an actual brand name (anbernic) in portable consoles which comes well recommended.

Ooh, that sounds like fun. I keep thinking about getting the Emudeck app for my Steam Deck (another frivolous purchase), but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

 

[wonko the sane?]

If you want old school, 8, 16 and 32 emulation: just spring for the app on the steam deck... or buy the "whatever classics" collection already on steam. Android consoles are very competitive and broad these days and you VERY MUCH get what you pay for.

My sole lament is that the little console is worthless: and I've got literal hours of "hurry up and wait" tomorrow and now nothing to do with it.

 

[Pocket]

Ooh, that sounds like fun. I keep thinking about getting the Emudeck app for my Steam Deck (another frivolous purchase), but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Wait, they're charging money for emulators now? You know RetroArch is on Steam for free, right? And also that you can hop outside of the Steam UI and download more standalone emulators from Flathub.

 

[Tm_Silverclaw]

Just use emudeck... seriously. It's free, pretty fool proof.