Your favorite obscure console feature
- Thread starter shadyspace
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It's true, just checked.
Works with my Sharp TV. oldish model too.
Woah... I need to pop Strider 2 into my PS3.
shadyspace
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Nah it's CEC, pretty common
I see, so that's the name of that feature, I'm really newbie with these things.
It's very ambiguously written which is frustrating indeed. It's likely but I literally just want a menu option "YES, COPY 100% OF GAME TO YOUR BITCHING FAST SSD L M A O" :/
| Praxis |
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Also putting the PS1 games into a cd player let you listen to some games soundtracks. Used to do it with Destruction Derby 2 all the time. Some tracks would be unreadable though and crash my cd player.
JumpJeff84
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I loved the headphone jack on the Genesis
oneils
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ill try this out.
tensuke
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This was so much fun in the (few) online games I had. Really cool that they had support like that.
PS2 had lots of fun goodies that were obscure/hidden as mentioned.
The GC tunes on startup that changed were neat.
One feature I got to try out pretty recently was streaming movies on my Wii U from my laptop.
(I had a really good .mp4 file to try it out with, and it was damn good...except for my laptop falling asleep.)
The GC tunes on startup that changed were neat.
One feature I got to try out pretty recently was streaming movies on my Wii U from my laptop.
(I had a really good .mp4 file to try it out with, and it was damn good...except for my laptop falling asleep.)
Maybe that was included in an update because I know my Jap Tobal 2 and US Einhander didn't work in my PAL PS3 when I tried.
Jaded Alyx
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I did the same with PC games back in the day like FIFA 97 and Jedi Knight. No big deal.
Boombloxer
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K
kittens
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This has been an awesome thread! The karaoke disc support on Sega CD and Saturn is probably my favorite mention so far.
That's because it's still region locked.
ChronotriggerJM
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Not obscure I'd say, but using and abusing the square button during video playback on digital content. Holy crap is it amazing for video
playback.
porn
I like how when selecting (certain) games in XMB, you get a cool full screen photo and music. Kind of neat.
Dreamcast's modem was mind blowing. I see someone else used it for the intended purpose in here. See: porn
People talk about rotating the PS logo on the PS2 - PS3 (at least OG) can do it as well.
Dreamcast's modem was mind blowing. I see someone else used it for the intended purpose in here. See: porn
People talk about rotating the PS logo on the PS2 - PS3 (at least OG) can do it as well.
Version 3.0
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What do you mean? I have 14 different US consoles hooked up to my TV right now that support S-video, though the newer ones are hooked up via component:
Super NES
Jaguar
3DO
Saturn
Playstation
Nintendo 64
Dreamcast
Playstation 2
Xbox
Gamecube
Xbox 360
Playstation 3
Wii
Wii U
All support S-video. Hell, the Gamecube can output S-video and Component video at the same time, which is awesome.
What's rare, these days, are TVs that have S-video.
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kittens
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...what does pushing the square button do?
Havoc2049
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Back in 1999, I loved the horoscope, time zone and alarm clock features on the NeoGeo Pocket Color.
Jeff Minter interactive light synth/music visualizer programs...
Atari Jaguar CD - Virtual Light Machine (81 different display variants)
Nuon - VLM2
Xbox 360 - Neon (up to 4-player interactive)
The VMU on the Sega Dreamcast
Jeff Minter interactive light synth/music visualizer programs...
Atari Jaguar CD - Virtual Light Machine (81 different display variants)
Nuon - VLM2
Xbox 360 - Neon (up to 4-player interactive)
The VMU on the Sega Dreamcast
MrCunningham
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Using the Sega Dreamcast fishing controller as a tennis racket was a pretty cool hidden feature. You could also use it in Soul Calibur like a sword. But I never had a chance to try that. But I guess that is not really a hidden console feature, ,ore like a hidden controller feature.
This wasn't really a hidden feature, as you could do the same for a lot of Saturn, Sega CD, 3D0 and PCE CDRom games too. Though once in a while there were hidden music tracks on some of the game discs,
This wasn't really a hidden feature, as you could do the same for a lot of Saturn, Sega CD, 3D0 and PCE CDRom games too. Though once in a while there were hidden music tracks on some of the game discs,
The PS3 supports HID devices.
I can use my Saturn, SNES, N64, Gamecube and PS2 pads all on my PS3 via USB adapters. Yep, even N64.
Anyway, another cool feature: The Super Game Boy has animated borders. Leave your console on for a while with no button presses, and shit will start happening.
AbandonedTrolley
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Hahaha! How was this not first post?
That's some straight-up milk-out-the-nose shit there. I actually used that stupid handle.
Must have looked so cool when walking to a friend's carrying that badboy.
As a child of divorced parents, this was useful as fuck. One set of cables already at each parent's house, and a third one that I could use for whatever I wanted. The GC being tiny was also useful in those days.
The trailer things annoy me, prefer the still logos with no music.
I like the mini trailers that plays whenever you highlight a game or it's save file icon. Too bad not a lot of games have been doing this anymore.
Or just press L, L, L, L, R to start them instantly.
And even more secret L, L, L, R, R, R, L, L, L, R, R, R, R, R, R, R for the Super GameBoy credits.
Can't believe no one mentioned the PSPgo! (or at least CTRL+F says so)
PSPgo is like the jack of all trades of the hidden features... it has:
The one I like the most is definitely the dualshock 3, with the tv cable it makes the PSPgo both a portable and home console!
PSPgo is like the jack of all trades of the hidden features... it has:
- Dualshock 3 support
- Double joypad support for PS1 games (with a PSPgo attached to tv you can play 2 players PS1 games!)
- In closed form, it keeps L/R button working for games like LocoRoco (I think it is the only game playable this way, not sure about it)
- It has 16gb internal memory and memory stick support
The one I like the most is definitely the dualshock 3, with the tv cable it makes the PSPgo both a portable and home console!
Garrus Vakarian
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The ability to switch between YCbCr709 and RGB in the 360 AV settings, maybe not obscure but it is a niche feature that I appreciated.
efyu_lemonardo
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surprised it wasn't mentioned, but I loved the few games that made use of the Wiimote's internal memory, such as Monster Hunter Tri and the Wii Sports games. You could take your character and stats with you whenever you went over to a friend.
VibratingDonkey
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Taking the disc out of the PS1 and continuing to play...until it needed to load. It was like some sort of black magic back then.
Speaking of, bring back the black discs. They were cool as shit.
Speaking of, bring back the black discs. They were cool as shit.
HDMI CEC is a universal thing.
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Yeah, they get on my nerves too. Especially when I haven't turned my sound system down.
Version 3.0
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IIRC, the instruction manual has a diagram of a toddler about to be crushed by the Xbox, but saved by the breakaway cable. Or maybe it was a puppy. I'm going to drag that thing out of storage and see...
In any case, it was just one small addition to the "Xbox is HUGE" jokes back then.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Oh I forgot about this one! If you boot up an original Gameboy title on a Gameboy color or advance, when you turn it on as "Gameboy" is showing up you can push on the d-pad to change the "color" of the game. Since the game is meant to be played in monochrome you can incline the game to play in, blue, red, green or one more color set I'm forgetting.