Lmao the original price sticker on the box for insult to injury.
5 years ago this would have been like $30. The jump in price has been insane.
Fuck playing this on original hardware then I guess. Even if I was rich I couldn't justify spending that much on a hunk of plastic. Thank god for emulation.
It just kind of sucks because retro gaming on original hardware used to be something even poor people could do. It used to be if you couldn't afford the new stuff, you'd buy the old stuff. Seems like during COVID people realized they could charge more for nostalgia and then capitalism went brrrrr
It does take some work fiddling with the sound or display outputs to get it more 1:1 with original, sometimes. These days they even have things like crt filters to give it the classic look (I know snes era emulation sometimes looks better with a bit of a blur to emulate tube tvs)
It's true. Bless the people who make emulators, all without profit motive. You love to see it.
The true heroes, really.