Taken from bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/simplyaj.com/post/3mtq6av6yp226

Plus a sidenote from this person on DS games: https://bsky.app/profile/simplyaj.com/post/3mttai4jaz22j

Not sure on the technical details of exactly how long they last, but I’ve heard similar things several times before.

Always depressing to be reminded of this. Haven’t had many fail, but honestly haven’t tried a lot of my 3DS/Vita games in a while, so who knows.

If nothing else tho, it’s nice to have an excuse to revisit some things. Once you boot it up, you might find yourself enjoying the reminiscing. :)

  • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    Not always. Certain 3DS games require either lot of horse power and some don’t play well without touch screen or a second screen. I also recommend to get another 3DS and hack it, and dump all your games as Roms to play on the hacked machine without emulation. So that way you preserved your own save files and games at least for yourself, in case they say “bye bye” to you. Otherwise, yes, emulation is your friend. :-) (Me a big emulation fan, BTW.)

    • Lanvjscdlk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      For not playing well without the touch screen, there’s modern SBC clones like the Anbernic RG DS. Don’t know how good they are but they exist.

      • BigPotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        RG DS doesn’t have enough horsepower for 3DS. Some select titles work but stock Android eats up any overhead it might’ve had.

        The Ayn Thor can do more 3DS (and Wii U).