D-Volt

@d-volt.bsky.social

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Destructoid is dead. Long live Blutoid. Generally interested in video games, vintage tech, and software/hardware engineering. Learning to fully embrace the AuDHD experience. (If you don't like politics, turn around. I went to college for that shit.)

O-chan no Oekaki Logic for the Sega Saturn
All my clean VHS tapes.
Old VHS Tape Stash Bin #1
A TMNT Leonardo Tropical Punch frozen treat with some bites in it. Hope the gumball are at least good.
Mothman from Shin Megami Tensei V saying to the player, "WeLl, If it ISN'T the DuMbaSS with Too mANy fRIendS!"
Playin' them jamz.
A Famicom console sitting atop a Famicom Disk System attachment with Xevious in the cart slot.
A Phillips Magnavox VRA631AT22. A cheap 90s VCR model with a Chinese Funai mechanism in it. The mechanism inside has not aged nearly as well as its siblings made in Japan and Korea.
Voice of Love Posse was a Japanese charity group comprised of a bunch of popular Japanese pop artists. Think "We Are The World", but Japanese. They recorded this one song, and it's pretty good.
The album janet. by Janet Jackson on an iBasso DX180 w/ SeeAudio Bravery AE IEMs
Prince cassettes from his debut album For You all the way to the 3 cassette Emancipation album. Not pictured is the cassette version of Chaos and Disorder, which I also own.
A younger D-Volt playing Sonic Blast on a Sega Sports Blue Sega Game Gear.
A Sony WM-EX999 cassette Walkman, including the original RM-WM77E remote and MDR-E551 earbuds with white foams. This model has a dual head mechanism.
The left lenses. It's a small scratch in the coating, but it still comes across as a noticable smudge when wearing it.
A Sega Dreamcast. A common VA1 revision to be precise. Admittedly, it's not a console that I have much nostalgia for. As a kid, I jumped straight from my PS1 to the Gamecube and skipped right past it.
Sonic 2 on PC. Obviously it wasn't exactly made for widescreen presentation.
Good enough!
My old Alienware Steam Machine. Used this guy as my main desktop PC from 2016 to around 2020, so I've got a soft spot for the little guy.
That's entirely too much RAM!
A freshly cleaned SNES with Donkey Kong Country 2 in it.
A well loved game console is a thing of beauty...and also kinda nasty. This bad boy could desperately use a little TLC!
A vinyl record copy of Constant Companions (Deluxe Edition) by Jamie Paige in a gatefold jacket.
Sony SEQ-50 with a 75 Ohm impedence adapter. In that adapter is another adapter (a 4.4mm to 3.5mm adapter), which is then connected to an IEM. The 3.5mm plug of the SEQ-50 is connected to a DAP.
A Sony SEQ 50 Graphic Equalizer with the branding "Walkman EQ"
An APEX K12B-C2 remote.
Alisia Dragoon for Sega Genesis box art
Yes, you can climb ladders while carrying this giant lizard guy above your head.
Dark Savior for Sega Saturn
Hope it's $60 well spent!
My first time actually getting an A rank in NiGHTS. It's pretty easy once you understand how the game wants you to play it.
The shadow under this stone arch uses a mesh effect for transparency. On this composite signal, the effect is properly achieved. However, a rainbow shimmer effect is created, as the comb filter in my CRT does not separate the chroma and luma signals from my composite all that well.
Megaman X4 for Sega Saturn uses a mesh on this light to create transparency. On a CRT TV's composite video signal, this would appear to be one solid but transparent sprite.
My Sega Saturn with a Saroo cartridge. Inserted is a microSD card with multiple bin/cue files of Sega Saturn games.
The Volcanic Valley section of Astal.
Too much of the right side of the grid is exposed compared to the right. The red overscan lines are almost even on the top and bottom, but way off on the left and right.
Notice how the phosphors blend the light and shadow of the texture together to create the appearance of smooth, individual roof tiles. The jagged edges are also heavily reduced.
Breath of Fire for SNES
A picture showing Spot during his time in Hollywood in 1995.
The inside of the steering wheel. It's just a few boards and some clicker buttons for the gear shifters.
The Sega Saturn Arcade Racer controller. Interestingly, it's a true analog racing wheel, not digital. I got this guy for $20 years ago at a game shop up in Rochester, NY. Time to give'er the refurbishment she deserves!
Momoko Kikuchi - Ocean Side
The Sony Walkman EX2000. A turn of the century Walkman and the only one of this form factor to use all brass flywheels.
I LIKE THE D-PAD, OKAY?!
Massive TV!!!...itty bitty boards.
You can tell from my note that I was not exactly in the best mood when I finally figured out a solution.
Zachtronic games are to engineering what the farming simulator is to farming: fun and charming without the actual weight of knowing that one small screwup could leave you homeless and starving!
Yeah, that LCD screen has seen better days. At least the menu and speakers are still working fine!
Allocation errors. Allocation errors everywhere.
The only totally fine handhelds here are the gray Gameboy Pocket, the white Gameboy Advance, and the red Gameboy Advance SP. The other 4 have significant issues that will require the installment of replacement parts and / or minor soldering.
The classic Keyboard "Upgrade - Go Back" meme with a Resi 9 DLSS 5 twist.
Blackberry Priv (2015)
You have to apply new grease to these areas. Don't forget to remove the metal arm that extends out to the worm gear. The plastic tooth on that thing was an absolute mess you can't see or clean without removing it.
Ridge Racer V Main Menu screen
A S.A.V.E. (Super Anime Value Edition) DVD of Welcome to the NHK.
From left to right: Ace Combat 4, Ace Conbat 5, Dark Cloud, Echo Night: Beyond, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, Katamari Damacy, Art of Fighting Anthology, Devil May Cry, Dragon Quest VIII, Echo the Dolphin: Defender of the Future, Final Fantasy XII: Collector's Edition, Lupin III: Treasure of the Sorcerer King, Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle, Ōkami, Onimusha 1-3, Outrun: Coast 2 Coast, Sega Classics Collection, Space Channel 5: Special Edition, Raw Danger, ROTK IX, Shadow of the Colossus, Shadow of Destiny, Tekken Tag Tournament, The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie, We ❤️ Katamari, SMT 3: Nocturne, Xenosaga Episode II (and Xenosaga Episode I unpictured in the same box). Whew, quite a few games!
An open PS2 Slim.
Sonic 3-D Blast on Sega Saturn
The 80387SX math coprocessor has been slotted snugly into place on the main board.
My father's old IBM L40 SX running IBM OS/2 Warp 2.1.