Maybe I‘ll mod my ps3 to make it emulate games. I heard that works pretty good.

I obviously would like to get tons of old games and since they’re not sold anywhere for a fair price, I deem it morally sound to find them.

I heard of „handheld retro gaming consoles“ which also have found games on them. Does anyone have experience with those?

Btw: Since the graphics are pretty low res, that could be a better alternative than the ps3 since the 55“ tv its hooked up to might make it look worse.

It’s just an idea at this point so I‘m happy for any direction. I figured c/retrogaming might be wrong since talking about finding unlicensed games might be against their rules. Feel free to advise me otherwise.

P.S.: Forgive the ignorance. I know my way around commandline and some medium advanced programming but I‘m not pro at sailing the high seas at all.

  • banana_meccanica@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    Whatever alternative you're offered, I don't think it's worth spending more than $50 on an emulator console. (This is the maximum make sense price for any hardware that can emulate old consoles up to PS3).

      • itGoesWooWoo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Linus Tech Tips covered some options about a month ago. The one with the SATA drive cartridge slot got my interest a bit.

        https://youtube.com/watch?v=51foBSsRpJk

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          1 year ago

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        • Haui@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          I watched this video actually. Thats how I got the idea initially. Might check it out again for details. Thanks for mentioning it.