Gaming - Dave Jansen

Gaming

A collection of 12 posts

Hitman 2 (2018) on the GPD Win Max (Manjaro)

Hitman 2 (2018) on the GPD Win Max (Manjaro)

I've been slowly putting the Win Max through its paces, mostly by sitting in my living room or in bed before sleeping playing through some games I never got a chance to play through. I have several of the older Hitman titles, and they run well as can be expected,

Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Unboxing (PS2)

Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Unboxing (PS2)

It's a bit of a quiet season for my blog. I've been mostly busy with work and personal life things, and as I mostly keep this blog to technical subjects only I haven't been able to share much. I've got multiple projects lined up that are just waiting for final

Grand Theft Auto 3

Grand Theft Auto 3

I have recently gotten my hands on a PS2 again (a few actually, but a story for another day), and have been rediscovering it. It’s been so much fun. The PS2 is actually the first console I ever purchased with my first ever internship “salary,” (in its entirety, all

Taking a first look at the Wii Classic Controller

Taking a first look at the Wii Classic Controller

I wanted to try out the Wii Classic Controller for a while now, and earlier this week I was finally able to do so. The Classic Controller is a controller that you plug directly into the Wiimote, so while it's a wired controller, it wirelessly connects to your Wii (or

Now is a great time to play on Wii.

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Now is a great time to play on Wii.

These days I have come to appreciate older generation consoles and games more. I have always considered the Super Nintendo my favorite console, but there is so much more to explore and try, and it often feels hard to figure out where to even start. With so many great titles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time

I grew up with the Super Nintendo as my favorite game console. My family also had an NES, although I don't think I was as interested in gaming when that came out so I sort of skipped over that one. The Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis, for folks in America)

GPD Pocket 2 RPCS3: Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Final Mix Test

GPD Pocket 2 RPCS3: Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Final Mix Test

I wanted to test how well (or if at all) the GPD Pocket 2 runs RPCS3. I tried a few games and most of them did not work, either at all or at a very low framerate, which is to be expected. What I did not expect was how well

Guide: How to run Steam when your macOS drive is case-sensitive

Guide: How to run Steam when your macOS drive is case-sensitive

Unfortunately companies like Steam and Adobe have still opted not to properly update their apps to be compatible with case-sensitive file systems, so if you have opted to choose this when setting up your Mac or Hack, when you get to wanting to install Steam you'll run into issues. Fortunately

GPD Pocket 2: Dolphin Emulator on Ubuntu & Win10 Quick Comparison (Mario Sunshine and Twilight Princess)

GPD Pocket 2: Dolphin Emulator on Ubuntu & Win10 Quick Comparison (Mario Sunshine and Twilight Princess)

I wanted to see how Dolphin's performance on the GPD Pocket 2 compares between it running on Ubuntu 18.10 and Windows 10. The results aren't as clear-cut as I originally had hoped they might be. Let's take a look. I apologize that you cannot see the actual framerates during

Cleaning SNES and Super Famicom carts

Cleaning SNES and Super Famicom carts

When collecting older games —or simply revisiting your childhood games— it's usually a good idea to clean the games and, ideally, replace their batteries. A few months ago I made a video about the first Super Famicom game I replaced the battery of, but I had more work ahead of

Upgrading a PS4 Hard Drive

Upgrading a PS4 Hard Drive

Not too long ago I upgraded the hard drive of my PS4. This was just in time, too, with Red Dead Redemption 2 coming out not long after and weighing in at a hefty 100GB. The stock 500GB drive that came with my PS4 was already constantly full, requiring me

Video: Replacing the battery of a SNES game, or; Can I (Still) Solder?

Video: Replacing the battery of a SNES game, or; Can I (Still) Solder?

It's been forever since I last soldered something, so when I planned to replace the battery of my Donkey Kong 2 SF cart, I wasn't sure if I would be able to do an adequate job. Naturally I decided to grab the camera and record the process, not to show