{"id":2399,"date":"2025-08-05T13:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T04:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T04:19:13","slug":"enjoying-summer-time-off-with-my-sfc-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/enjoying-summer-time-off-with-my-sfc-mini\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying summer time off with my SFC Mini."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I haven’t played Super Metroid for about 15 years or more. I love this game! It’s actually the only Metroid game I’ve ever played. This wireless gamepad is a recent purchase. There was no name at all on the package. I got it on Ali Express for something like 1500 yen. It comes with a dongle to plug it into the SFC\/SNES Mini or you can take out the USB WiFi receptor and use it with your PC. Ali Express claimed that it’s compatible with RetroPie, but I couldn’t get it to recognize it. Steam didn’t like it, either. Maybe because I was using the wire? The wire is for charging the controller. Maybe it’s not meant for gameplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My goal is to hack this Mini console to add more games to it, especially shmups since it does not come with a single shmup! Not even Gradius III! I’m making a list of games like Area 88 and Macross to add to this. I found a page saying that the program used to hack it can actually be used in Linux, so hopefully I won’t have to get out my grodie Win10 SSD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t played Super Metroid for about 15 years or more. I love this game! It’s actually the only Metroid game I’ve ever played. This wireless gamepad is a recent purchase. There was no name at all on the package. I got it on Ali Express for something like 1500 yen. It comes with a … <\/p>\n

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