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And some people play poker, or even chess. What can you do, people like old stuff.
GBC almost exclusively these days, I just can’t devote the time to things like Morrowind anymore as much as I want to. I do want to hack my OG Xbox and run Voodoo Vince, Psychonauts, and Gauntlet: Dark Legacy again, but then that only brings me up to like 2003.
Famicom owner checking in.
I like old and new. I love my retro emulators (which I put a lot of effort into setting up just right; and I’d love some original hardware if I could afford it). I also love my PS5.
Without piracy and the industry wanting to move digital only we are doomed.
Keyword: “without”.
Red Alert 2 on a 4090
I care more about the backups of my ROM collection than I do about my tax returns or resume or other “important” crap.
If I can’t just decide to replay Mario 2 or Simon’s Quest or Chrono Trigger or Symphony of the Night when I’m in my 70s, then what is all this fancy technology we’ve invented really good for?
I mean you OWNED the games after purchase back then, now the publishers and game studios can revoke your “purchased” license anytime…
No you didn’t. They just had no way of deactivating your copy.
I do. I don’t want or need top notch graphics. My ps5 collects dust.
SNES, Genesis and TG16 do have top notch graphics for those who can’t do without them.
Gameplay is always king.
Graphics can contribute a lot - some games are fucking gorgeous, and I’ll stop and appreciate good scenery in digital environment the same as IRL.
But jaw-droppingly incredible graphics can never compensate for bad or even mediocre gameplay.
And shit graphics will never kill a game with good gameplay. Done right, shit graphics can even be charming in a nostalgic kind of way.
Come on, Call of Duty is not that old! /s
The problem is people keep buying new versions of the same games released around 2000.
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I wonder how many people “still” drive cars “released” before 2000?
Game consoles are solid-state and tend to not wear out like cars.
That said, my car is from 2003.
I’ve been playing Zombies Ate My Neighbors on original hardware today haha. On my old Apple color monitor.
I mostly game on old systems or my steam deck.
Oh man such a great game. Great couch co-op.
Yeah I tormented my poor daughter with it when she was younger. I did not have the patience to get her through it lol.
Now that she’s older we do great.
I don’t think I ever made it past the werewolf castle level without cheats.
Emulated games are free, polished, complete
Modern games are $80+ steaming incomplete pile of shit
This mystery will never be solved.
Almost all of my modern games are indies. Most cost between $5 and $30. I love retro too but if we’re going to only include modern “AAA” titles in the comparison…
Modern games: requires $300+ game console or a $300+ GPU to get 30 FPS
Retro games: runs on your grandma’s Dell Pavilion still running Windows XP that she refuses to stop using, gets 50/60 depending on region
I assume they’re referring to actual hardware. I’d imagine the percentage of gamers playing emulated games is much higher than 14%.
Edit: Found the article
It appears I am correct.
The PS1, N64, Saturn, and the Dreamcast are pre 2000 systems.
