/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6607251
>Play the retro FFs growing up, always name the MC after myself and the love interest after my girlfriend growing up.
>Name all the other characters after various other friends.

>Almost a decade and a half later, load up my old save.
>GF has long left me, friends that I've graduated with have moved off.
>Absolutely no named character is someone I talk to on a regular basis anymore.
>Just feel intense sadness from my old saves, stop naming characters at all anymore because it's less crushing when loading my saves later.
>Except for SMT1 because it fits to a tee on how we all developed.

>Doing LttP daily seeds to improve myself, maybe even enter an open tournament.
>Most days are improvements, went from 3-3.5 hours per seed down to 2.5.
>Sunday seed was expert level, 3 hearts max, no fairies in bottles, potions only heal one heart and 1/4 magic.
>Nine hours to complete.

>>3603260
For me it represents the inevitable future that awaits all consoles and games. Eventually they'll all break down in some way, whether it'll be disc rot, mechanical failure, circuit malfunction, or just plain age. The people who'll want to experience those consoles will either pay unruly prices for the few still functioning ones or emulate. And after a while even those coveted few will be gone.
I guess the point is that I fear when emulation will become a necessity.