/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4116815
>unused I/O port

Maybe FOR YOU

>>3182549
oops

>>2237518
OP if you haven't gotten yourself an answer I happen to be an expert on the topic (in addition to many other /vr/ topics. This one comes up a lot with younger people I know. I'm going to give you two dollar amounts. The first will be what you can expect to spend for a decent deal on Craigslist for some bro selling one with a handful of games included and the second is what it will cost you to modify it to play all the games. I'll rank them straight-up by price then very briefly talk about their strengths and weaknesses.

Dreamcast: $20 + $0 + Blank CDs. Dreamcast is absolutely the cheapest system to get into because most consoles will run burned discs with no modification. The library is relatively small but good. You may not want it because it's pushing the boundary between retro and modern - but hey, it has native 480p support!

Playstation - $10 + $10 + blanks. Playstations are a dime a dozen because of 2 and 3's backward compatibility. Get a slim and a $10 boot disc like PS-X-Change or a fat with a parallel port for a game enhancer like Goldfinger and swapping out burned games is a snap. If you have any soldering skills a good old fashioned mod chip can also be had for under $10. The library is certainly among the best or at least most vast of any console ever, with plenty of 2D sprite games and tons of primitive 3D games. Truly a pivotal console.

Genesis: $20 + $60 and/or SNES $30+$60. These two guys were the height of 2D and went head to head in the bloodiest console war ever and came out pretty even. The scene's common wisdom right now is that the SNES was better and real carts for it are considerably more expensive, though honestly Genesis has been rising a lot lately while SNES has stayed the same or even dropped slightly. You can get a chinese Everdrive clone for either one of them for $60 though and that's a hell of a deal. They're both amazing and having both is having an entire moment in history preserved.

>>2176754
>Not even reading a 7 post thread

>>1733876
I lost mine when I permanently stuck this in