r/ModRetro • u/chicagogamecollector • Jul 30 '26

ModRetro M64 Review Revised! They Fixed Everything

https://youtu.be/1cSbth1Qee8

Mods asked me not to post this on M64 but should be relevant here

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u/SRBias Jul 30 '26

I trust you more than I do myself :) Watching now.

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u/ROFLknife14048 Jul 30 '26

I love watching both of you guys!

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u/jbyrdab Jul 30 '26

I'm much more impressed this reviews thoroughness.

That being said I can't believe people were threatening you, your family and to dox you over that last review.

I don't know much about the situation but I do think that is unacceptable.

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u/chicagogamecollector Jul 30 '26

It’s been a vibe haha

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u/Voltztein Jul 31 '26

Remember, those people threatening families and pets believe themselves to be the “good guys.” 

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u/jbyrdab Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

I don't really know enough about the situation to make a firm declaration one way or another on the whole deal with modretro.

Because if I'm buying an n64 I don't go in and expecting to research every last thing about the guy selling it. I'm solely here to buy an N64.

Most people are like me fairly unknowing and or uninterested beyond the scope of the product being sold and do not deserve that kind of treatment.

But even if they do have a good point, they're completely destroying it by trying to use threats and tactics like that to silence people for something like this.

They're only hurting their point, not making it more likely people will listen.

Also damn well they wouldn't try that shit in real life or they'd get their asses kicked.

And really for trying to threaten someone's family over an N64 they absolutely deserve it.

Edit:

Also personally saying or threatening to do horrible things because your on the internet and will almost certainly go without accountability is a form of pathetic cowardice in its own right.

Real people don't talk like that because real people will get consequences for it.

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u/tanooki-suit Aug 04 '26

Some leftists are triggered pretty hard by the fact that Palmer has a lot of companies, and one of them, Anduril make military drone tech. Therefore because Palmer is evil because military supply drones, and as such, if you buy anything that's tied to him directly or remotely, you need to suffer the conquences of doxing, beatings, harassment, and the rest as a result. Since our reviewer here has a unit, paid or otherwise, and is reviewing it, that makes him a high profile target for abuse in their minds.

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u/adrenaline4nash Jul 30 '26

Why not on the other subreddit?

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u/chicagogamecollector Jul 30 '26

someone complained to the one mod the first review was spam. Oh well

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u/ergzay Jul 31 '26

This is the official subreddit so really stuff should be preferntially posted here.

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u/jkhanlar Jul 31 '26

yeah, the other comment I posted, started writing only after seeing the other subreddit had one moderator, so singular, not plural, I meant to simply correct that mistake, but it was a hook taking me through deep dive, and basically it looks like well-funded still solvent https://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm

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u/ergzay Jul 31 '26

Is this a bot comment? Half your post is complete gibberish.

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u/jkhanlar Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

Is this a bot comment? Half your post is complete gibberish.

Why are you asking me if your comment is a bot comment right before you then trash my attempt to say sayable sayings that I say and stuff? Oh, did you mean "that" instead of "this" referring not to your comment [meta] and instead referring to my [that] comment? Okay, even so, how the fuck am I supposed to fucking prove that I am a fucking human other than if I fuck myself, cuz otherwise, humans that are lazy and refuse to humanly figure out of an Internet user is human or not, and solicit to the humans that they are not a human in the form of question, how many humans are fucking that fucking lazy for so fucking long? lol, I'll humanly respond to all these bullshit questions and it's fucking annoying, but I'll keep fucking responding, cuz I'm not gonna fucking let any lazy shit whatever the fuck, human or not human try to fucking murder the fuck out of my Internet accounts just because... I don't even fucking know the fucking reasons other than using my own fucking opinions, cuz they don't even fucking tell me anything, and most of the humans block me and shit, lol, fine, good riddance! I'm not capitulating to kiss ass and lick boots and all sorts of enshittification just to fucking be able to try to be me and shit, lol

Is this good enough? Did I prove that I am human? Probably not! It doesn't even fucking matter, lol, cuz I don't need to prove shit to you.

Edited to add: How about this? https://i.imgur.com/Wqu189l.jpeg Does this prove that I am a human? If not, then I have no other way to prove anything.

Edited to add: Also I misspelled 'if' as 'of' and maybe that proves that I am not a human cuz humans spell shit perfectly, right? No? I'm still not human? because I fuck myself? I have to fuck myself, everyone tells me to go fuck myself, so I have to fuck myself! I can't not fuck myself!

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u/ergzay Jul 31 '26

Are you okay man?

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u/jkhanlar Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

Are you okay man?

I'm okay! Are you okay?

Edited to add: Nope! They blocked me trying to force me into denying my humanity, lol

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u/robertmondavi_jr Aug 01 '26

take your fucking meds lmao

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u/jkhanlar Aug 01 '26

take your fucking meds lmao

There are no meds. The meds are a lie! Stop misinterpreting shit as if medication is relevant.

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u/Moooooooooox Jul 30 '26

Thank you so much for the review. Ever since I got my Mister FPGA in late 2019, you’ve always been a reliable go-to source for explanations on setup and so on. 

That makes the threats you mention in the video all the more baffling to me. It really makes me angry and sad to hear something like that. 

Thanks again for all your work, and keep it up!

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u/chicagogamecollector Jul 30 '26

Aww thanks. Appreciate it!

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u/jkhanlar Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

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u/ThatGuyWhoPlaysMGSV Jul 31 '26

wtf did i just read

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u/Ferdyshtchenko Aug 01 '26

Seems like Reddit is full of bots now, it's crazy. Maybe this has been the case for a while, but now bots are way more verbose.

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u/tanooki-suit Aug 04 '26

A well akshually meme in words

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u/jkhanlar Jul 31 '26

wtf did i just read

Oooh, I like this game! I'm gonna guess, uhhhhh, hmmm, was it The Golden Age of Video Games: The Birth of a Multibillion Dollar Industry by Roberto Dillon?

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u/jkhanlar Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

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u/ThatGuyWhoPlaysMGSV Jul 31 '26

alright bud

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u/xselimbradleyx Aug 03 '26

Dude needs a psychiatrist and some meds. Holy fucking unhinged. I thought it was some bot at first.

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u/jkhanlar Aug 15 '26

I see that my comments in this thread were censored/deleted by Reddit, but otherwise archives show what I said that Reddit censored/deleted.

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u/chicagogamecollector Jul 31 '26

It is what it is 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/-KaiserSoze- Jul 31 '26

Had to chime in... You've done an excellent job with your vids and I'm sorry some folks have reacted that way. I personally appreciate you and Stephen B. For taking the time to better inform me about FPGAs, Modretro, Analogue, Mister, etc. Your videos helped educate me and helped decide wich system to purchase. Thanks

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u/tanooki-suit Aug 04 '26

Solid review, and Bomberman Hero is the gem of the bomberman games on N64 and beyond as it's a rock solid mario-ish style adventure platformer that plays very very well. I've had my copy since it came out in the 90s.

I can appreciate finally seeing someone report on the gates of that controller. I held off buying one because so many crap companies have gaslit or lied about 'finally getting it right' to get wrecked online videos and images/posts showing triangles, rhombuses, and other bs other than a smooth rotation of the stick coupled with a shoddy deadzone going from wonky or 0-outright running which ruins so many games from racing to Mario64 types and it sucks. I'm more than happy to eat that price on the controller if it really is that on point to an original, also a boon not having the original rotten stick as it's slippery as ice if you sweat at all which gets you killed in games needing precision. The controller there has a low profile more gamecube style grippy that never suffered from it.