Awesome, thanks for answering these questions. I noticed a typo in my last question though and I want to know you didn’t misunderstand it. Where I said “so if I buy a PS4 that has cross-buy support with the Vita on a PS5”, I meant to say “so if I buy a PS4 game that has cross-buy…”. Is your answer still the same?

The cross-buy list seems to mostly serve the same use, thanks. So how does this work exactly? If the game is cross-buy compatible with PS3 & PS4, does that mean that buying it on PS3 or 4 will make the game become downloadable on the PS Vita too? And is the PS Vita Store still online? Can I buy a game for PS4 physically on disc and get access to the PS Vita game through cross-buy, or does it only work with digital games? Plus, you can buy PS4 games on the PS store for PS5, so if I buy a PS4 that has cross-buy support with the Vita on a PS5, will cross-buy still work and give me access to the game on the PS Vita?

Most of those games in your list I’m getting on other platforms though. Like The Walking Dead on PS4, Spelunky on GOG (PC), Hotline Miami on GOG, Rayman Origins I already own on GOG, MGS HD on PS5. But thanks for the small list, it’s a good one otherwise.

Thanks. Despite not owning a Vita, I’ve actually got a loose cartridge of Borderlands 2 somewhere which I’ve owned for like 5 years now, lol. I know it’s a bad port, but it seems like it would be a fun novelty to play on an overclocked console (I’ve seen some video tests and performance can really be boosted)

I don’t think the article was trying to imply that they weren’t already in use in electric cars, just that they would be better for them.

Thanks for the encouragement! Yeah, you might be right that I might not often have injuries; not any that would be severe enough to handicap my driving at least.

Skating seems like it would fit the van-life really well on one hand, it just seemed on the other hand to be too risky for someone constantly travelling around in a vehicle; especially when that vehicle is your home and contains most of your possessions and you don’t want to get stuck somewhere you don’t want to stay. I guess it’s not really worth worrying about than. I’ll figure out what to do when that day comes that I get injured enough to not be able to drive, if it ever comes.

Another cool one is an unofficial YouTube client app called ThirdTube which is pretty cool. There’s an emulator for the Virtual Boy called Red Viper which just had a huge update recently, which made every game in the entire consoles library run accurately at full speed (and even the 3D from the original Virtual Boy works too!). You can add custom themes to your main menu with the app Anemone3DS and can make a backup of the save data for each of your games onto your SD card with an app called Checkpoint. They’re all my favourite; otherwise I haven’t explored a large amount of what is on offer still.

No worries. Awesome. Hope you enjoy your newly modded 3DS. I recommend a Homebrew app called FTPD that lets you wireless transfer files to your computer, but if your on a New 3DS or New 2DS, it’s particularly handy because it reduces the amount of needing to screw open your entire 3DS each time you want to transfer files.

Sorry, what I heard about data sticking around after a factory reset unfortunately isn’t true. I’m sorry about that.

Super Mario Bros. 35 😂

But yeah, in all seriousness, I think this is way too soon considering the 3DS was officially discontinued less then 4 yrs ago.

Sorry, I was wrong about data sticking around after a factory reset, this is just something I was told. I’m editing my comment to clarify that.

Thanks a lot! It’s unfortunate this happened, I’m hoping there weren’t too many who tried uploading during this time.

Hey, even though I’m not officially part of this project, I’m sorry to say that at least for the period of April 6, at 12PM to 4PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time), the maintainer of the server mistakenly didn’t see that the server had run out of storage space. This means that any dumps made by anyone within this time period didn’t actually get archived in the end. The exact amount of time is unknown. This 4 hr period is just the least amount of time the server was down for, so for all he knows, it could have been for the entire day of April 6th up until 4PM in the afternoon (PDT). Again, even though this wasn’t because of me, I’m sorry about this. If you can, could you please make the dump one last time if possible? As the archive servers are now working correctly again. Screenshot of the Discord announcement

Hey, thanks so much for dumping both of your consoles. Unfortunately, even though I’m not officially part of this project, I’m sorry to say that at least for the period of April 6, at 12PM to 4PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time), the maintainer of the server mistakenly didn’t see that the server had run out of storage space. This means that any dumps made by anyone within this time period didn’t actually get archived in the end. The exact amount of time is unknown. This 4 hr period is just the least amount of time the server was down for, so for all he knows, it could have been for the entire day of April 6th up until 4PM in the afternoon (PDT). Again, even though this wasn’t because of me, I’m sorry about this. If you can, could you please make the dump one last time if possible?, as the archive servers are now working correctly again. Screenshot of the Discord announcement

That link you shared gives me a 404 error. The main page here https://spotpassarchive.github.io/ contains instructions, you just need to scroll down a little (about half way down the page, right below the total number of dumps stats)

Edit: Sorry, unlike what I said below, there is no data that sticks around after a factory reset, sorry to anyone who I may have wasted the time of.

Thanks a lot for dumping. There is also (apparently) data that sticks around in the background from the previous console-owner if you got the console pre-owned, even if it was factory reset.

Thanks for the cross post.

Something you’re not understanding, or just shocked by the news?

“Long live preservation” Preserve preservation so that preserved preservation can continue to preserve what needs preserving.

Edit: Sorry, what I said below about SpotPass data sticking around after resetting the console was false information. I’m sorry to any readers if this inconvenienced you.

Since I last commented, I’ve learned that SpotPass data can still be stored in the background even after factory resetting (supposedly). So if you got your console pre-owned, there may be some SpotPass data to archive still hanging around.