Shut up! SHUT UP! SHUT UUUUUP!!! :matt-jokerfied:

Just get a fucking rom!!! Go to Google and you can have the game on your hard drive in 5 minutes! Chances are your "incredibly rare" cult classic is playable with a high degree of accuracy. Even if you dislike emulation, you can just burn a disc, put the game on internal storage or use an Evercart depending on the system.

We don't have to pretend we need to hunt down decades-old pieces plastic to access old video games. What's that? Kuon for PS2 is really rare and expensive? Well I'm going to go download it right now to spite your collector brainworms... AND IT WILL BE 100% FREE OF CHARGE

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I'd love to own a physical collection of retro games and systems if prices were reasonable but thanks to collector bazinga brains it's hard to do. But yeah, thank god for emulation. And emulation has come such a long way in recent years, with major gains being made in the field.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Even original Xbox emulation is finally coming along. Soon, everyone can play, uh... Blinx the Time Sweeper?

      • DigimonOtis [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Waiting for Steel Battalion to be emulatable on PC. Playing that with a cheap keyboard with labelled stickers on the keys and two cheap joysticks would be a blast and not cost $600.

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Isn't that game a case where the stupid controller is why you play the game in the first place though

          • barrbaric [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            I assume it would be possible to make a 3d-printed version of the stupid controller with some cheap hardware.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      So you would be a collector if it weren't for all those other pesky collectors buying stuff?

      • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Yes!! But not really, I'd like to have a small collection of shit I actually enjoy playing and not just some shelf with my toys on it for reddit karma. That's what irks me, they pay big money and drive up the prices for games they don't play.

        • DigimonOtis [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Shelf collectors will buy like a complete N64 set off of eBay for tens of thousands of dollars and then get bored 6 months later and sell it all.