I remember playing Zelda I on an emulator. The progression was absolutely brutal since the game doesn’t give any hints on where to go. I don’t know how people back in the day did it without guides and walkthrough vids. Still an amazing game that was really ahead of its time (and I believe the first console game to save!)

It’s definitely out of warranty by now. Think it was bought around 2018 from Costco. I don’t believe the drive has been dropped but it has been moved several times.

Yes, it’s an external drive. Specifically WD MyBook

YT search is completely broken. It used to be that the first 3-4 videos were relevant and the rest were YT shorts or stuff you previously watched. Now, not even the first result is related to what I search for. I have to use Google in order to get the video I actually want. Even incognito in YT doesn’t help much nowadays.

CrossCode is awesome. Remember picking it up from one of the itch.io bundles a while back and put 30+ hours into it. Never finished the game but it was well worth it.