Oh for real. I got one on a whim and used it with an LCD first and it was already a major improvement. Once I tried it on a CRT I knew I had to set it up somewhere permanently. Really smooths out the n64s combination of jaggyness and blurriness lol

Getting an s-video cable was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, lol. It looks really good through a decent CRT. Its still a very blurry console but the extra bit of visual fidelity makes a huge difference.

I’m not opposed to upscaling if its done really well, playing the switch online n64 games with the switch online n64 controller is a really good experience. But I have no interest in playing those games, I’m really enjoying diving deep into the library.

If you get something like these https://handheldlegend.com/products/n64-silicone-button-pads and replace them they should be good as new. The replacement membranes I’ve got work just as good as the originals. Broken controller could probably be used for parts here too, it probably broke in a different way than just bad buttons.

Edit: part of my reason for posting this was in the hopes that someone would see it and ask questions about their own n64 controllers. They are a precious resource!

I’ll look into it before I take any action, thanks for the idea!

They’re pretty much LIKE new, but no they aren’t sealed, they feel like they were barely used tho.

I’m not a collector, n64 is the only console I play on real hardware, and I use an ever drive, not real carts. Controllers are the thing I care about a lot tho. For most consoles I have USB or Bluetooth controllers that replicate the original feel, either the Nintendo switch online options or a ps3 controller for ps2, etc. The real n64 with s-video into a real CRT is the only extravagance I indulge myself with. I did preorder the analogue 3d and the NSO n64 controller is actually very good, so I’m looking forward to playing around with that, but n64 is a console that benefits a lot from a real CRT, so I “need” good real controllers

Yeah, they aren’t sealed (though I would absolutely open them if they were, the allure of playing with a 10/10 stick is too great. Maybe when communism comes I’ll take an extra dangerous job to earn the privilege.)

Its possibly to just squirt some lube in from outside and call it a day, but I really SHOULD open it and get to the parts you can’t reach from there. It would be irresponsible to let these controllers degrade any faster than they have to.

Edit: I just noticed you said dry lube, I dont know anything about that, does it work pretty good? Would it maybe distribute itself better than a liquid lube?

“It could be even better” is a funny thing to say loftily about a game that has a whole bunch of unintentional bugs like some items just not working and whole systems that don’t function lol

Mouse cop

Allegedly! They are really suggesting that it might be some unrelated space debris in the video. Which would be a hell of a coincidence imo

Hopefully the little nub that actually connects is rubber, otherwise yeah it’ll break off the first time you drop the switch 2 with the joycons connected.

The rails were brutal tho, I’m sure this will be an improvement

Someone earlier said they needed a guide. I don’t use social media apps and I don’t know Mandarin.

Anyway it looks from the reviews like they have the UI auto-translate to english based on location now

Is there a good guide on how to sign up? I never used tiktok but I kinda want to try this out

The performances! It’s a straightforward adaptation that doesn’t get wacky or play on your existing expectations of the story like most modern adaptations do. It’s still funny because Alistair Sims can be a very funny actor, and the dramatic moments are very good too. The actor who plays Jacob Marley is also amazing. Lots of great faces, lol. And Alistair Sims voice is just incredible.

The special effects are serviceable (good even, but yeah, old.) If it has one flaw I think it might be a little earnest for modern audiences, but it is a good adaptation of the novel in that sense too. I definitely recommend giving it a shot!

MFW nobody mentions the Alistair Sim version from 1951:

Its actually got a lot of really interesting ideas in it. The last two novels (there are four) essentially jump into completely unrelated to the game territory, but the characters you’ve been following are so good and the ideas so crazy it works.

As for the Mormons, they aren’t treated as heroes, just that their survival prep and accumulated arms make them able to hold out. Corporal Taggart (doomguy) is a lapsed catholic (when he prays he in incapable of coming up with an image of god and ends up visualising the faces of the horrible abusive nuns from his catholic school) and Arlene Sanders had a brother who went Mormon and became a sexist jerk, so they are both pretty wary. The one Mormon who ends up coming with them is a good guy but also is having crisis of faith. The Mormons are pretty mad about Arlene being a combat soldier who is a woman too. They don’t stay very long because they have to go kill more aliens of course.

Resisting the urge to nerd out on the cosmology established in the third and forth book lmao

Hire fans!

They land in salt lake city for the hell on earth portion, and the Mormons are mega survivalists who have basically one of the last real bases against the invasion.

I do remember them mentioning that positions in the IRS and other government agencies allowed the Mormons the ability to stockpile the stuff they needed to do so, but the actual IRS and american government turns collaborationist with the alien invaders at the first opportunity.

Book club but for the DOOM novels please, I’ve read those things at least fifteen times.

Can’t even find a decent culture to be colonized by!