The awesome PS2 save icons
I loved the icons that had different animations when you went to delete the save.
Your favorite obscure console feature
- Thread starter shadyspace
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I loved the icons that had different animations when you went to delete the save.
Obscure, not common.
Beelzebubs
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Dreamcast VMU had some fun times with Chao.
soul creator
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As a 360 owner since December 2005, this is the first time I ever heard of this
kinda pointless, but still...mind fuckin' blown
encephalon
Member
WHAT.
The ps2 outputs component and composite video signal at the same time so if you have a third party cable that includes the yellow composite plug you can display the game on two screens.
If you hold x,y,z and start the sega saturn will return to the bios.
You can boot games on xbox 360 demo/compilation discs directly by going into your games menu section.
If you hold x,y,z and start the sega saturn will return to the bios.
You can boot games on xbox 360 demo/compilation discs directly by going into your games menu section.
MidgarBlowedUp
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Sega Saturn could work as karaoke player. Not just removing the voices but it also played Karaoke disks properly. I think some of the other Sega consoles did as well, but I remember the Saturn fondly.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Only on the phats. Actually I wonder if it got the axe even sooner? (there were quite a few phat revisions).
twentytwo22
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Custom soundtracks.
wuttttttt
3DS data migration uses Pikmin as well.
legacyzero
Banned
Just how damn awesome the N64 looks, and the Expansion Pack.
Also, the way the Xbox 360 told you that it was getting too hot, and the 3 weeks it took to cool down.
plagiarize
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I just tested this. It's real. So mind blowing.
Not terribly obscure, but I doubt most people use WMC for their live TV on a 360. With a proper HTPC setup any 360 can be an extender. I wish MS wouldn't have abandoned WMC. This announced pairing with a cable box sounds so strange when they already have the infrastructure with WMC.
MightyHedgehog
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Maybe not so obscure, visually, but yeah, this. Love Genesis model 1 sound coming through that jack. Almost never played single player games using the television/receiver speakers.
gutter_trash
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being able to use generic HID USB controllers on the PS3.
yup, it works on PS3
yup, it works on PS3
Monty Mole
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shadyspace
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being able to use generic HID USB controllers on the PS3.
yup, it works on PS3
Goddamn!
gutter_trash
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the superiority of the PS3 over the 360; it accepts USB controllers that use generic HID. No locking out bullshit
Hell, my GameCube, SNES and N64 pads work on the PS3 via USB adapters. So good.
My vote would be to the interactive village that served as a menu on the SNES Satellaview. I really cannot see anyone getting more obscure than that.
gutter_trash
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you wouldn't happen by any chance to know any good online store that sell such adapters, would you
that would be mighty nice of you! vintage controllers are soooo good
The awesome PS2 save icons
I loved the ones that had a different animation for when you selected "Delete"
Randolph Freelander
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Xbox One's obscure feature: It also plays games.
you wouldn't happen by any chance to know any good online store that sell such adapters, would you
that would be mighty nice of you! vintage controllers are soooo good
Got all of mine from Amazon!
I plan to create an all in one adapter box with them soon enough using a usb hub and either some perspex or some wood. It would simply plug into the USB socket I have in my wall next to the sofa, which runs to a socket next to the computer.
Just need the time to do it.
to be honest, the sheer amount of noise the console makes whenever a disc is in the drive makes that light a bit redundant.
peanutbutterlatte
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Hardly obscure, but I do love Activity Log so much, even if it reveals my frankly worrying Animal Crossing habits.
Dancing Japanese guy from the Gameboy Camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l_t6Nxj___s
The Gameboy camera and printer had so many weird things about it like the face errors and hidden stuff. Good times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l_t6Nxj___s
The Gameboy camera and printer had so many weird things about it like the face errors and hidden stuff. Good times.
The 28 hours I spent on finishing Picross e2 100% since I bought it earlier this year is my most terrifying result.
Agreed, but I was talking about when its turned off.
I liked using the photo channel as a Video Player on Wii.
Really random and cumbersome feature though.
Betta Lines
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Shaking the DualShock3/Sixaxis to move the glitter on the XMB.
RoadHazard
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Yeah, it was removed after the first few revisions. My 2008 40GB Phat doesn't play them.
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kittens
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Yup, I love it. I'm using it right now, actually.
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thepotatoman
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You know how Earthbound makes a big deal about making a bunch of pictures for you to relive those memories after you beat the final boss? Along with a lot of other games that kind of do similar things during the credits?
Well on Steam and Vita you can make your own scrapbook accessible at any time by taking extremely quick screenshots. I really like taking pictures and looking back on them after beating a game, or looking through all of them just to remember what I did in those games, even if it is the exact same thing everyone else did.
PS3 has the feature too, but you have to open up the home menu to do it, and at that point you've effectively made screenshots take too much effort. If I'm in the middle of an awesome event, I'll hit the shortcut for a quick picture, but I am not going to stop the action for that purpose. That just ruins the flow of that cool moment. I hope I can screenshot without entering the share menu on PS4.
Well on Steam and Vita you can make your own scrapbook accessible at any time by taking extremely quick screenshots. I really like taking pictures and looking back on them after beating a game, or looking through all of them just to remember what I did in those games, even if it is the exact same thing everyone else did.
PS3 has the feature too, but you have to open up the home menu to do it, and at that point you've effectively made screenshots take too much effort. If I'm in the middle of an awesome event, I'll hit the shortcut for a quick picture, but I am not going to stop the action for that purpose. That just ruins the flow of that cool moment. I hope I can screenshot without entering the share menu on PS4.
Jaded Alyx
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Not sure I understand. Why do you need to do that to use youtube on your TV? What happened to the browser on the PS3?