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Category Archives: video games
G07 Monitor Boy and His Trusty Arcade Assistant, Part 1
[NB: I started this post over 10 days ago, but sometimes my hopes and dreams of what AI can do aren’t as clean and tidy as I’d like. So, this is now just the first part of an ongoing monitor … Continue reading
High Score Chasing on Pac-man
It took some time, and I had to dig deep to reconnect with my Pac-mania, but I’m getting there. I’ve started to unofficially open Saturday afternoon and I’m usually joined by Mattia and Zeno—the studio’s number 1 fans. They got … Continue reading
bavacade Update 3-1-2026
One of the disappointments of the Tetris Tournament (which ruled) was that both Dig Dug and Make Trax were out of commission. I was trying to get the cleaned-up wiring harness and switching power supply installed, and I did, but … Continue reading
RetroTink-ering
Taylor and I have recommitted to the retro-gaming/retro-computing streams in 2026 because they’re just so much fun, and this one did not disappoint. We do recognize out of the gate this stream has nothing to do with hosting and it’s … Continue reading
Pac-Mania
I think Pac-Mania was one of the earliest manias I gave myself over to. The others that may have been as all-consuming in scale for a younger bava would’ve been some collecting Smurfs and all-things Star Wars. Also, a bit … Continue reading
Bandai’s Packri Monster
A few months back I learned that you canemulate handheld video games from the early 80s on systems like Retropie or Batocera. That seemed pretty crazy to me. I had luck getting it working on the Batocera, so I started … Continue reading
PS5 Stick Drift Fix
Following-up on my PS4 charging port fix, I decided to double-down and fix the PS5 stick drift issue that one of the controllers still has even after endlessly pressing down and rotating the stick clockwise and counterclockwise (NB: this method … Continue reading
PS4 Controller Fix
I’ve been using the PS4 controllers for my RetroPie and Batocera given the PS5 has replaced the former console.* The PS4 gave our family a solid 10 years of work (after a fix or two), but it’s now slated for … Continue reading
Polybius
In the things I learned today department, a high schooler named Antonio dropped by bavastudio. He was grooving on the old video games in the space, and as it happens he’s a bit of an retro gaming geek so we … Continue reading
YoloBox Pro, Madden 2001, and a Reason to Stream
The rainy weekend in Trento provided a good excuse to play with the YoloBox Pro that’s been sitting on my shelf. I regularly chat with Tim about all the streaming he’s doing at Reclaim Arcade, which was an added push … Continue reading