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Where my klitoris users at? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 25 points 3 months ago (20 children)

i think PCSX2 is the maddest i’ve ever been over a name. i’ve been using it for YEARS and have to double check the spelling every single time i type it.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Don't recall if it had a Linux port, but anyone remembers Nesticle?

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    RPCS3 is similarly awkward to read and spell.

    And ncmpcpp, which makes sense as it's about 2 or 3 different forks from the original so the name got increasingly out of hand.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    And ncmpcpp, which makes sense as it’s about 2 or 3 different forks from the original so the name got increasingly out of hand.

    Ah yes the ncm program. Used to give my brain half a stroke trying to remember the full name.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I hear you. The one that always gets me is PPSSPP. Every time I type it I miss out a letter and have to go back and fix it.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    seems easy to remember for me

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago* (8 children)

    dyslexia may be a factor

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Yeah, its a fun one, but it does have a logical reason.

    PSX was the codename for the PS1, and what the internet community latched on to, especially after the PS2 came out and there needed to be clarity on which they were referring to.

    One of the early PSX PC emulators decided to name themselves PCSX as an amalgamation of PC and PSX.

    PCSX2's team wanted to make a PS2 emulator on par with/inspired by (and maybe forked off of?) the PS1 emulator and decided to continue the naming convention.

    And now we have the dislexia-unfriendly PCSX2 name.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    Y'all remember the PSX emu Bleem! ? You could buy it commercially as a physical disk from the shelves of a store? I have no idea how they got away with it but that seems unthinkable these days.

    I feel like, based on the interface, they just took PCSX, swapped the splash screen, and somehow distributed it commercially, along with even running TV ads. They must've been sued into oblivion by Sony.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Personally, I wasn't allowed to own a computer until well after Bleem! went out of business (from running out of money for legal defence against sony).

    That being said, looking at wikipedia, Bleem! started first, so PCSX was the one that stole the look and feel of Bleem!

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