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Post by Sarge on Jun 7, 2018 11:52:53 GMT -5
Sometimes it's fun for me, sometimes not. I think I'd enjoy it more if I had a better desoldering setup. I wonder if someday someone will craft a drop-in replacement for the CPU/GPU using a FPGA? Seems like a good way to at least sort of keep systems alive, although at that point it's not original hardware anymore. Still, not much you can do if a custom part is toast. I've still got that 3DO that needs to be recapped, but there's so many different screws and layered parts in there that I really don't want to keep track of it all. I've let it languish on the shelf.
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Post by Xeogred on Jun 7, 2018 18:20:02 GMT -5
Ultimately videogames are the only physical thing I highly value that I own, outside of necessities and whatnot. Even if my carts die or saves get flushed like my roughed up Super Mario RPG copy, oh well... there's still my own personal sentimental value in my collection like little trophies and the memories live on forever in my head. Wouldn't mind be buried with Link to the Past and Super Metroid.
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Post by chibby on Jun 10, 2018 14:07:08 GMT -5
I wasn't sure who to quote in order the readdress the question about will kids play their grand-parent's games, but I think the answer is most definitely yes. Think about it this way, anayo and I watched Seven Samurai. I don't know the exact ages of his parents, but I'm pretty sure it came out before even they were born. It was originally recorded on film, and was edited to a 207 minute release, but the version we watching (if memory serves) was probably the U.S. Criterion Collection DVD (a slightly shorter edit) from 2006. In fact, we might have watched a ripped file of that DvD that had been copied to that disk from the internet. Did any of that change our appreciation of the film? I don't think so. Did the fact that we'd already seen other manifestations of that film's effect on cinema (such as The Magnifiscent Seven or A Bugs Life) make it less meaningful? Not to me anyway. And maybe there are some naysayers out there who saw the film in the theaters back in '54 and would tell us that we don't know what we're talking about because we watched it huddled around a laptop, and they might be, to some degree, right. Nevertheless, the 15-year-olds in 2040 will be exposed to more content and technology that we can fathom and some of them will still take the time to play Sonic the Hedgehog. Whether or not they do so on a cell phone, I'll still feel victorious when they do.
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Post by dunpeal2064 on Jun 12, 2018 8:25:46 GMT -5
some of them will still take the time to play Sonic the Hedgehog. Whether or not they do so on a cell phone, I'll still feel victorious when they do. This quote with your avatar gave me a good chuckle.
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Post by Sarge on Jun 12, 2018 9:59:37 GMT -5
If they beat it on a cell phone with touch controls, I'll be even more impressed!
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Post by dunpeal2064 on Jun 12, 2018 12:16:01 GMT -5
Sonic 1 with touch controls would be a nightmare. But its probably still not as bad as the Game.Com port of the game.
Edit: or the GBA port... Sonic 1 has seen some hellish treatment.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Jun 12, 2018 13:15:11 GMT -5
I'm not "worried" about this. But I do have a couple of thoughts.
- I wouldn't be shocked if I "quit" or severely cut back on gaming in the distant future. It's kinda happened before (I didn't touch video games in college), and who knows what the future holds. A decade ago I had other hobbies I prioritized above gaming; the pendulum could swing again someday. As such, I wouldn't be surprised if I end up doing an epic hardware/software purge once I reach middle age. Or whatever.
- Old hardware is a pain in the ass, and getting expensive. When it comes to several systems, I'd say the ship has sailed as far as ownership goes. If you don't already own an Odyssey, Vectrex, Amiga, etc. I'd advise against it (just emulate) unless you're really into tinkering and fixing things. Something like the FDS is borderline. In the past I was more of a hardware purist, now I like to own games but play them via emulation (Retro Freak, Mednafen and Kega Fusion for CD-ROM games). Still haven't reached the "just download the ROM!" phase yet, but it is surely approaching.
- I've scaled back my "collecting" in recent months and years. Not worth investing money into things that may be pooped out by the time I get a chance to sit down and really spend time with 'em.
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Post by Ex on Jun 12, 2018 13:59:37 GMT -5
A decade ago I had other hobbies I prioritized above gaming; the pendulum could swing again someday. I agree that a person should have more than one hobby. Having a couple hobbies is ideal. Gaming is my most fervent hobby, but it is not my only hobby. I would get burnt out sooner rather than later if it were. I reached the "just download the ROM!" phase back in the late '90s. I only buy games I can't emulate properly. Whether that makes me a rational person, a dirty pirate, or just a player rather than a collector; it all ends up with the same outcome... playing retro games.
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Post by chibby on Jun 12, 2018 18:47:43 GMT -5
This quote with your avatar gave me a good chuckle. I try to be good for a laugh. Oddly, I did not select that avatar. I put up an image of Flicky, but the website I pulled it from must have had some sort of anti linking measure that was meant to make me look stupid. Jokes on them, I like this image WAY better, so I'm keeping it for a while.
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Post by anayo on Jun 20, 2018 5:53:34 GMT -5
I was meaning to add this but don't think I got around to posting it:
Growing up I had a high living standard and good education and so forth, but as a kid and later as a teenager I didn't have tons of disposable income to just run out and buy whatever toy I wanted. So for me retro gaming was partly inspired by frugality since people were still donating truckloads of Sega Genesis and SNES stuff to Goodwill in the early to mid 2000's.
As a result, today I'm pretty reluctant to pay the same kind of price tag for retro gaming that modern gaming would normally command. I've bought a few retro games for more than the sticker price of a current day AAA game, but that's been as an adult with that disposable income and the realization that the days of picking up dozens of Genesis games at thrift stores for $2.99 each are over. I also only make such purchases if they're well under the going eBay rate. For instance buying Elemental Master CIB from a guy on RB for about $80, or my Vectrex with an official Vectrex bag and a few games from a pawn shop for $250. But I haven't spent what it would cost to get a Turbo Duo ($300) or a Neo Geo AES (about the same) because then it loses the benefit of frugality and becomes just as expensive as something modern.
I already have games in my backlog that would have been too hard for me to obtain (by my standards) unless I resorted to emulation. For instance, my original XBOX is my go-to solution for Sharp X68000 and PC-98 games. I value the OG XBOX more for filling that niche than I do for its ability to play Halo or whatever. My prediction is that if most of our beloved retro consoles deteriorate and stop working in the coming decades, they'll just become the way I see the Sharp X68000, PC-98, Turbo Duo, and Neo Geo AES today. Some enthusiasts will jump through the necessary hoops to own authentic hardware and software, but those who are satisfied with the experience of playing it will probably just emulate.
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