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Who's making older games so expensive? (slrpnk.net)
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I don't want to buy games digitally anymore until I can actually own the game rather than the license. But then some freak on eBay is asking for $500 for a copy of Klonoa on the PS1. Then there are even more freaks who are willing to bid higher than that! Then the smaller retro games stores around me base their prices on these prices. There needs to be a price cap on this stuff. We can't let all of the richest nerds control the economy.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mod your consoles, find backups online. For PSX check out PSIO...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of people have mentioned this, so I've been looking into it. How easy would it be to do these mods myself?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Modding a PS1 requires some soldering skill, but it's relatively easy. Depending where you're from and where/when you got your PS1, it's likely already modded, so if you have a blank CD to burn a game, you can test it straight away.

For PS2, FreeMCBoot will let you run games from a USB pendrive, installed HDD or from ethernet cable and requires zero actual hardware modding, you just need to boot the console with the proper memory card inserted. You'll either need to buy a FreeMCboot card, which should be easy and cheap to find (aliexpress has plenty), or get an adapter to connect to a PC and do it yourself.