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8-bit Esquire

@8bitesquire

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Ace Attorney | CD-i cult member | YT: | Merch for Charity: | Biz Opportunities: 8bitesquire @gmail .com #EmulationIsForQuitters

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Joined January 2017

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 months

I never thought in a million years I’d make a video that got 100k views, but here we are. Thanks to everyone who watched it 🙏 Things have been crazy with life lately. I haven’t done squat for my channel in a while, but I’ll start making content again soon!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Yes, I would like to look like a character in a N64 game

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1 year

Welcome home, penny PVM

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10 months

I will never get tired of shooting CRTs

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1 year

Holy shit American kids were ROBBED

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

No RGB mods, no HDMI mods, no fancy cables, no multi sync monitors, no high TVL tubes, no FPGA scalers, no FPGA emulation Only the way it was when we fell in love: a wood grained trinitron with good ol’ fashioned RF

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

8 months

Narrator: It was not the last TV

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8-bit Esquire

10 months

Being my wife is hard

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2 years

@Sony

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

6 months

People are trolling @retrotink2 over the $750 price tag on the Tink4k - but we've NEVER seen a FPGA device emulate the CRT scanline/phosphor experience quite like this! Here's a clip from my most recent episode of On Trial -

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8-bit Esquire

2 years

😍 🍾🍆 @usa_retro

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10 months

It’s thinking

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

When most people get a new TV, they test out games from PS5 or Series X. But the real ones play Dreamcast in 1440p.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

11 months

HOUSTON: Multiple PVMs for sale! 20 inch medical monitors and a few 2030s!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

I typed SEX into an AI renderer and this is what came out

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

5 months

NEW VIDEO: The eagerly anticipated RetroTink 4K by @retrotink2 does a million things extremely well - but can it do the impossible - replace your trusty CRT? Let’s go Off the Record and find out:

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 months

Never forget what they took from us

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@ObsoleteSony

Obsolete Sony

3 months

The 2001 Sony eVilla internet appliance was so off that Sony had to buy back every single unit within two months.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

10 months

Modern gaming is great because games are so broken at launch that you can get them at steeply discounted prices when they're finally playable.

@digitalfoundry

Digital Foundry

@digitalfoundry

10 months

Today on Digital Foundry, @oliemack revisits Forspoken on PlayStation 5, finding a game transformed: improved lighting, big frame-rate boosts and seemingly even resolution upgrades:

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8-bit Esquire

1 year

Not using a RetroTink5x AND playing 240p games in 16:9 2/10 setup

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8-bit Esquire

2 years

I feel totally uncomfortable sharing this, but I have no choice

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

7 months

hahahahahahhahaha you assholes keep falling for this shit

@analogue

Analogue

7 months

Analogue Pocket - Transparent Limited Editions. Available in highly limited quantities. $249.99 On sale: Sep 29th, 8am PDT. Shipping in: 2 weeks. See more info at

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1 year

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 years

Here's a joke like 3 people will get

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Son, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is you're moving out of your room and sleeping in your brother's room in bunk beds from now on. The good news is DAYYYYYTONNNNAAAAAAAAAAA

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Consumer tube over YPbPr vs Professional tube over RGB

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8-bit Esquire

1 year

Rate my setup

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8-bit Esquire

1 year

Now that it’s almost 2023, I’d like to announce my pick for 2022’s Game of the Year:

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8-bit Esquire

1 year

Merry Christmas Everyone!

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8-bit Esquire

7 months

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@ObsoleteSony

Obsolete Sony

7 months

In the mid-1980s, as patent offices in Japan and the US began exploring digitization, Sony introduced SIOS (Sony Integrated Office System), which focused on organizing and storing documents. It included a document scanner, laser printer, Laserdisc, and a Unix Workstation.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Ordinarily you should avoid Ohio, but here is a lovely PVM2030 w/included speakers and remote for ONLY $400!!! Hold your nose and cross state lines for it.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

9 months

Making a free CRT look like a million bucks

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Flash carts and ODEs on real hardware are emulation

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Didn't have "Terraonion committing PR suicide in response to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine" on my 2022 Bingo card, but here we are

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

9 months

Anybody want to come over?

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8-bit Esquire

5 months

Coming soon

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

5 months

Congratulations @retrotink2

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8-bit Esquire

9 months

Real ones always knew Linus was a fraud 😂🤣

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Gaming has finally caught up with the rest of media: You own nothing.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Lest any of you need more proof that @collingall is the absolute best 😂

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

My RF corner seemed lonely so I made another one.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

I can't wait for this new firmware to drop @retrotink2

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

11 months

My wife surprised me with a new CRT for our anniversary. Kids love it. Life rules.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Chicago followers; Here's a FREE 32" Trinitron Wega w/component input. Immaculate condition. Did I mention its FREE?

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

I can’t believe it’s taken me 35 years to discover FDS audio. It’s the voice of angels

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8-bit Esquire

1 year

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Mike Chi

1 year

CRT effects?

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Me in October ‘21: I need the best video quality possible Me in October ‘22: I need the best vibes possible

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Progress! 20 consoles all hooked up and ready to go.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 months

Dreamcast Sunday

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

6 months

👀

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Michigan followers: Here's a big ass 37" Panasonic w/Component and SVideo for free - bring a crane:

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1 year

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8-bit Esquire

10 months

Being my wife is hard

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

A stock Famicom playing on a vintage American CRT over RF. Life is grand. These hard wired controllers are not.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 years

Wait until you have a job and children

@bklynvideogames

Brooklyn Video Games

@bklynvideogames

3 years

Who can relate ??? 🙋🏽‍♂️

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

I did a thing

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

7 months

ON TRIAL is back in session! This time let's weigh in on whether PVMs are worth the money in 2023. This is a HUGE video, spanning over an hour, taking over six months to produce, and guest starring my good friends @retrotink2 and @usa_retro . Enjoy!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Got an unexpected early Christmas present this morning. My incredible wife required an emergency early delivery of our second child. Everyone is healthy and happy 🙏 I can’t wait to bring him home.🍾

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

4 months

Look at this fucking heretic

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 years

A reminder to all of you pulling CRTs off of curbs and craigslist ads Top of the line analog to digital scaler: $300 Back surgery from moving that CRT around: $80,000

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

7 months

This new batch of Sony microwaves looks sick

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Preparing myself for another season of Detroit Lions football

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

5 months

Special Announcement! THIS FRIDAY, Dec 8 @ 9pm EST - I will be hosting the 1st Annual "A Very 8-bit Holiday Telethon" on my YT channel, featuring all of your favorite personalities from this incredible community. All money raised will benefit @MottChildren See you there!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

9 months

WE ARE ON THE RECORD - come hang out on my YouTube channel in yet another new series, On the Record, where I'm joined by my first guest, the legendary @retrotink2 . Enjoy!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

4 months

I remember going to Best Buy in like 2012(ish) and they were "showing off" Attack of the Clones on a 240hz Bravia with interpolation cranked to 11 and it looked like this. Complete fucking dogshit

@retneysholocron

Retney's Holocron

@retneysholocron

5 months

The Duel of the Fates upscaled to 60FPS 🔥

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 years

🎶Ooh, dream weaver I believe you can get me through the night Ooh, dream weaver I believe we can reach the morning light🎶 @retrotink2

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 years

No one man should have all that power

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8-bit Esquire

3 years

@retrotink2

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8-bit Esquire

8 months

#EmulationIsForQuitters

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8-bit Esquire

9 months

Doing...stuff

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8-bit Esquire

4 months

Oh hello

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 years

“YOu’D THinK FoR $300…”

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

1.7 trillion dollars

@houstonairw

Houston Air Watch 🚁🛰️

1 year

F-35 crash-lands in Fort Worth, TX - pilot ejected 🇺🇸 #aviation

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

8 months

Yeah yeah yeah, everyone is talking about the RetroTink4K - and rightfully so. But what about that OTHER unreleased RetroTink? Check out my latest episode of Off the Record where I discuss the RetroTink 5x Direct by @retrotink2 . Enjoy!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

8 months

Coming tomorrow night to YouTube 👀

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Tell me you follow @dark1x without telling me you follow @dark1x

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Imagine wasting money on a capture card

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Since I’ve recently been accused of being a “PVM Elitist,” allow me to introduce today’s $10 acquisition

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8-bit Esquire

1 year

They’re really selling dog beds for people on Instagram

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

5 months

Hey @retrotink2 you should have just made a CRT you noob!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

@retrotink2 Mike Chi meeting his biggest competitor

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Wife; Why are you on your phone so much? Me: I’m trying to start a grassroots campaign to convince a Chinese company to make a controller I want for a 30 year old console Wife: ….. ….what?

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Considering overpaying for a PVM

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Thunder Spirits is Thunder Force III at -1.5x

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

4 months

As a member of the bar, this is horrifying. However, as a fan of professional wrestling, this is an insane crossbody that would make Ricky Steamboat proud

@LasVegasLocally

Las Vegas Locally 🌴

@LasVegasLocally

4 months

A man attacked a Clark County judge in court today after she denied his probation.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

11 months

@dark1x Starfield on Xbox One

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 months

Us: durrr footballllll Mike Chi: your flat panel can switch between resolutions like a CRT now bc I’m smart

@retrotink2

Mike Chi

3 months

Finally got all the resolution switches from the RT4K auto-sample rate buttery smooth!!!! Took a lot longer than I hoped, but I finally got my birthday present🙃 Update should be posted soon after I do a few more cleanups. Should help both analog video and MiSTer DV1

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Is this CRT packing overkill? @usa_retro

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8-bit Esquire

11 months

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Mike Chi

11 months

High resolution MJF print for enclosure fit testing. More deets to come soon. Sliding action is smooooth!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

9 months

Tomorrow night I'll be sitting down to interview the legend himself, @retrotink2 , for (yet another) new series on my YouTube Channel. If there's a question you'd like me to ask Mike (aside from 'When is the Tink4K coming?'), leave a comment below!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Do PVMs actually get better than this because this is pretty dope

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 years

An Optical Disc Emulator for the PlayStation 2

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

When Mike Chi's new firmware doesn't apply to you

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

2 years

Mask vs Grille. Take a side. Be civil about it.

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Fun Fact - I would end up declaring bankruptcy if I ever went to Japan

@hardoffdiary

TAJI@ハードオフ非公式ファンサイト

1 year

ジーコを探せ！

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Hey, I'm on YouTube! Check out my new series 'On Trial' - where we determine whether a piece of retro hardware or software is worth buying or only worth emulating in 2023 Today's Defendant On Trial - The Nintendo Famicom: Enjoy!

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

3 years

Wife: “Do you actually play your games, or do you just stand in front of the TV with your cellphone?”

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

1 year

Me trying to beat my wife home so she doesn't see all the DHL boxes from Japan on the front porch

@PatMcAfeeShow

Pat McAfee

1 year

Is this real?

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8-bit Esquire

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8-bit Esquire

3 years

Collecting games for original hardware vs Collecting games for MiSTer

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@8bitesquire

8-bit Esquire

5 months

Imposter syndrome is in serious overdrive right now. I really shouldn't be on the same screen as some of my heroes listed here.

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