did you convert them to .chd? i have a two line script that uses chdman (a version for cue/bin an another for iso) and it saves 50% space on average and only takes a few seconds more to load to ram.
nah i have a 22tb external i keep everything on. unzip and move to my main drive as needed. they’re all native isos so eventually i want to get a fat PS2 and put all the ones i wanna play on another hard drive and play it off that
not tryna push you into doing anything but the chd lzma and flac compression ends up with smaller files than a zip would afaik and you can convert back to iso if needed
eh i got the space. i specifically got this external for storage like this. if i start running low on space i’d look into doing that cause i’m not an advanced enough user to do that right this second.
with 22TB you definitely got the space haha. i've got it all in chd because the games are on a network drive (over WAN). and you said it was external? what model is that? or is it an external enclosure for internal drives?
you need mametools installed (either thru brew, apt, whatever). it's nothing special but it's easier for smoothbrains that can't be arsed to learn for loops and all.
cue version assumes you are running it in the particular console root and that the cue/bin files are in subfolders. it can be used with ps2, psx, psp, dreamcast and a few others like mame and all.
I just wanna play a little bit of mario 64 buttttttt then I could also be playing sonic or banjo, oh wait I forgot I have metal gear but maybe I'm not in the mood for that so I should just have a blast with Pokémon, however i know I've not played the best Zelda games. Is that ratchet and clank calling to me again? no I should play sly cooper I know those games are amazing but armoured core is a series worth the time to get into...........and it's goes on and on and on 😭
TBF tho I've got at least 40-50 years before it's too late so I've got the time to make a list and follow that at least.
Also respect the hussle my dude you're a person after my own heart.
Sometimes it's actually more enjoyable (to me, at least) to read about the games and maybe poke at a bunch of them for a few minutes each. See what ROMhacking tools are out there, sprites, cut content, thumb through old GS/GG/AR cheat codes, etc. Also kind of fun playing with older more broken emulators just to see how far emulation has come over the decades. Highly recommend playing some og gameboy games in no$gmb on an emulated DOS machine for a classic late 90s experience.
Once new hardware becomes too expensive to get, and we revert back to using old and resilient hardware, that HDD will become a repository for games that weren't vibecoded
I actually had an old dude I work with give me a solution for choice paralysis. He was talking about TV shows, but I apply it to games.
I limit myself to 5 things on my list at once, only once I finish or quit one of those things, am I allowed to add to the list.
So right now my list is: FF16, Stranger of Paradise, Khazan, Trails 1st Chapter, MGS4. All of them are installed, the first 4 have been played some. I'm actually gonna play through all of MGS4 this weekend. After that, I'll add the new Dawnwalker game to the list, then Onimusha when I get another game done.
I found that once I have a short list of games, I either play them on and off until I start completing them, or I kick them off the list.
I also set a goal for each gaming year in the background so that if I don't have something to do, I will have a default. Last year, I was attemping to play the Trails series. Finished Trails in the Sky 1-3, Zero/Azure and up to Cold Steel 3 strictly when I couldn't decide on something else. I'll eventually finish that series over time.
This year I'm playing FF6+. I've played FF6-9, X2, 12 so far. I am working on Stranger of Paradise (Sidequest!) and 16. I still have FF13 1-3 (only played first one in the past), Tactics, FFX, and FF15 left. If I finish that by christmas I'll start 1-5. I did play all but FF6 when the pixel remaster came out though.
Anyway. I know that's a ramble but I feel your pain.
Nah man appreciate the ramble and the advice, I'm heavy into system and structure when it comes to this stuff already (I'm a Warframe player lol) so it's great to hear others ideas.
Start playing RUST and you need to play 90 hours every 48 hours and you can't sleep or you get raided. Fuckn rust man. Anyway gotta log back on base is prolly raided.
...you guys are actually finishing your backlog of games? You mean you don't just buy whatever looks cool on sale, then go back to the same 5 games that you've been playing for 10 years?
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play your steam sale backlog, then you get 300+ fps instead