Tilswall Soldering Station 65W used to be $40 and the best deal in irons, it’s now $75 and I would still argue the best iron for the money. Consistent temps, quick heating, comes with decent tips and has solid support for other tips. I’ve used this on countless keyboards, consoles, prototype boards, etc.

It doesn’t. The page says they’ve built new molds to recreate the original microswtch setup.

I’ve never been more excited for new video game hardware since I was a kid, been begging for this for more than a decade. The superior directional input lives again!

Retro-Bit Saturn pad, just feels right for most 2D games. Soon I will be using an 8bitdo Neo Geo CD pad though.

Deemo is also really nice! Always forget about that one. Different feel to the music than the average rhythm game too without hurting the chart variety

Trying not to overhype myself for this but the recent confirmation that the physics are ported directly from Christian Whitehead’s engine has me gassed, seems like the best of both worlds

Great list!

Some additions:

Phigros on iOS and Android definitely, probably the best mobile exclusive rhythm game. It’s also completely free and has a large library.

VOEZ is another class game, great on Switch or iOS, Android.

Groove Coaster isn’t my favorite but has a lot of songs and works great on all platforms, quite a big community of players as well.

Cytus and Lanota are also quite nice

Can’t talk about PC rhythm games without shouting out StepMania either, the OG DDR/ITG clone

~15 years is the arbitrary cutoff that feels right to me, despite how old it is continuing to make me feel

Sin & Punishment is one of my favorite games ever, the N64 stays hooked up

This was it for me too. This model of UX and the OQO model 02 were the coolest things I’d ever seen at the time (and kinda still to this day).