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i get it now (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's wild, I grew up in poverty. My parents were basically homeless cultists for my early years. One time when I was very young, maybe 5, I asked for a dollar-store cap-gun and my mother told me they don't have money for it and I cried and never asked for another thing.

I know I had a bizarre situation growing up, but I also understood basic facts like money and either you have it or not, and eating was more important.

I feel like kids have been parked in front of marketing and propaganda and left to be raised by tablets and smartphones with ads and apps designed to sell products, and parents are so checked out that their own children have become corporate spawn, asking for the unreasonable, stealing credit cards to buy fortnite skins, expecting annual entertainment machine upgrades that cost as much as a month's rent.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 72 points 1 day ago

The DS is still expensive today 😭

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago
[-] missingno@fedia.io 21 points 1 day ago

Many of the best DS games are built around the hardware in ways that make it difficult to get the full experience from trying to emulate.

[-] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

There’s hardware made to emulate that too, should you go that route. Not free though.

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

The thing you emulate it on is not free. The internet you used was not free. Your time is not free.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Oh no

Anyway

[-] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

I've discovered this recently and am loving playing Mario 3D land with my son.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 day ago

I play it on my laptop, but I'm happy to hear that children are acceptable hardware emulation devices

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Way more expensive than a DS though

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Like a real life Tamagotchi. You mean you have to feed it every day?

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Can easily play Doom on it.

[-] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, he's 4 so he doesn't really care about Fortnite , Minecraft or Roblox yet. Also the tiny retro handheld console I have is easier on his little hands.

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago

The DSi is actually fairly affordable and easily the most useful (pre 3DS) since it can be hacked with just an SD card and 10 minutes of your time. I bought mine for 30 bucks and got an extended battery plus a usb charging cable for another 5. It holds up well for what it is.

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Hey, maybe you have some insight. I have a 3rd hand ds 3d (got it from a neighbor who got it from someone else and so on...) that is "locked"? Do you know how to completely reset it to a factory state? My charger is packed in a box somewhere unfortunately so I can't tell you the exact issue, but basically I want to have a "new" install and make our own account on it since we can't currently

[-] aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

you'll have to reset the parental controls (mkey): https://wiki.hacks.guide/wiki/3DS:Remove_Parental_Controls

then you'll be able to erase system data. Don't bother with the "remove pin" option it is broken

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Thank you very much! I'll give that a try when I can get it charged up

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You can factory reset it by following this guide if you can still enter the settings menu. If you mean locked as in bricked then things are a bit more complicated. If you want to put custom firmware on it to run pirated games and/or emulate games for other systems then this guide is of great help.

[-] tpyo@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

It isn't bricked. I was able to see some videos and pictures the old owners took with it and some things like that. It's been quite a while since I tried messing with it so I don't remember the specifics

[-] Dadifer@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

Might as well. Can't afford anything else.

[-] Tetragrade@leminal.space 12 points 1 day ago

YTA buy the oomfies a DS you hater 😭😭😭

[-] whysteria 8 points 1 day ago

Wondering about where my childhood DSI(XL) is keeps me up at night I have all my important identifying government documents in order BUT WHERE IS MY DSI

[-] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I'm giving my child a house 😁

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