charizardcharz
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- Comment on I can now save my game in Pokemon Yellow again after 25 years. 1 week ago:
Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald only use the battery to power the onboard clock, the saves are on flash. If you loot at the PCB you can see the flash chip on the left, it’s the one that’s not under the battery.
It’s safe to replace the battery, but since the RTC will be starting from 0 again you won’t see time based events happen until the it catches up to the time stored in the save. If you’re not planning on starting a new game or fixing the save file using a cart reader and save editor (alternatively a DS with GBA slot and a flash cart) there’s no point in replacing the battery.
- Comment on Memory Express trying to claim a 2TB ssd is "$470 off" 2 months ago:
It’s already illegal in Canada, you can report them to the Competition Bureau. I don’t think its very well enforced though.
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 5 months ago:
Well, that shows how well I was paying attention to the video
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 5 months ago:
It was mentioned in the LTT coverage. Aside from native ARM games they have a translation layer(FEX) to play x86 games on ARM. They'll have a "Verified" tag like the Steam Deck for compatibility. I assume you'll still be able to force trying to run unverified games.
- Comment on Recieved an ultra slim keyboard in a box big enough for a microwave oven (packing material in comment) 8 months ago:
For some reason it didn't click how oversized the box is. More likely they ran out of smaller ones then, or some shitty algorithm said this was the "most economical" box.
- Comment on Recieved an ultra slim keyboard in a box big enough for a microwave oven (packing material in comment) 8 months ago:
Sometimes it's due to the battery shipping label that's required for lithium batteries. They need a box big enough to fit it as it's a fixed size and needs to fit on one side of the box.