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Post by anayo on Dec 29, 2018 9:25:43 GMT -5
Yeah, I think they exist out there in the shadows. It's up to us to steer the new generation in the right direction! I've noticed retro gaming seems more accepted and popular among the speedrunning community, with age not really meaning anything. I'll sometimes stumble upon some newer streamers in my "suggestions" of people playing retro stuff and have been surprised several times by now to see some of them are in their younger 20's and such. Yeah I saw this one 007 Goldeneye speed runner on AGDQ who was about 18 years old.
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Post by chibby on Jan 1, 2019 23:51:20 GMT -5
anayo and I spoke about this in person, but I am ever impressed by his tenacity/focus. I am bad about starting and stopping things, and that's not just with video games; we're talking books, TV shows, occasionally movies, hobbies, writing projects, (posting on message boards, apparently... ) it's a miracle I ever get anything done. The Sega Genesis lies at the root of my gaming nostalgia so I can't help but look at it with rose-tinted glasses. Nevertheless, there are many great games that I have lying around that I've never made the effort to see the end credits on. I'm going to hypothesize that this is for 3 reasons: 1. I've spoiled myself on newer/easier games. 2. Because I don't get that much time to game, it's harder to convince myself to sink time into games where I don't make measured consistent progress. 3. It is more difficult to convince my partner to hang out with me while gaming if I'm not playing something with "fun cut-scenes". (Not sure what the real criteria is here, because Metal Gear Solid did not suffice, but I thought it was fun...) Anyway, I'm inspired, and I've resolved to put a few more Gens titles under my belt this year. You might call it a new year's resolution even.
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Post by Ex on Jan 2, 2019 1:15:55 GMT -5
it's harder to convince myself to sink time into games where I don't make measured consistent progress My advice is to put a good Genesis emulator on your phone. (I use an Android phone and the MD.emu emulator.) In tandem for action games get yourself a decent Bluetooth controller (I use this one with a phone clip - but there are many good Bluetooth controllers). You don't need a controller for turn-based games, the onscreen controls work fine for non-action stuff. Since you always have your smartphone around, that'll mean you always have a Genesis around. MD.emu allows you to swipe it off the screen, then swipe it back on, and it'll pick up your progress right where you left off. Or you can use manual save-states if you prefer. This is a convenient method to chip away Genesis games as you have time, no matter where you are.
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