Post #1183466
2026-04-08 06:15 UTC
Modding disc-based console to let you play games stored on solid state memory:
Pros:
- Much faster loading times.
- Can carry your entire library with you.
- Built-in backup of your game library in case of disc rot or something.
- Overall much better experience
Cons:
- There's a certain... feeling to knowing that the console is actually physically reading a disc to let you play. Like you're playing the game the way it was "meant" to be played. e.g., on the psp, I still think UMD is really cool despite the fact that severely hampered the experience of the PSP compared to the cartridge-based DS. It's kind cool hearing the UMD drive spin & move the laser while playing. However, I do not play UMD games on it. Instead, I dump the disc to the sd card and then play from there.
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@GamesMissed@mastodon.social 2026-04-08 12:55
@younata I have been thinking a lot about this recently. I think that playing from a disc (or cartridge) – which means deliberately taking out the case for the previous game, popping out that disc, putting it away, choosing a new case with a new disc, inserting the disc into the system – requires me to slow down and think about what I'm doing and what I want to do. It helps me fight the easy but shallow stimulation of just pressing a few buttons and immediately seeing a different set of pixels.