/vr/ - Retro Games

>order Dreamcast off of ebay
>goes through UPS
>travels from origin state to my state in 24hrs
>arrives in my town 4hrs later
>gets passed off to USPS for some reason
>ETA is 3 days from now
Shit can travel 1000 miles in 12 hours, but it's going to take three days to go 5 miles.

>>3127429
I likely would have as a kid as I loved puzzle games back then. Now, they bore me. Even Tetris. I'm too much of an asshole now I suppose.

Anyway, emulation needs support, as hardware eventually dies.
When we're all 60 years old and gray/bald on the head, there won't be any working 16 bit consoles except in special collections that have never been used and kept under pristine conditions. All the chips and resistors and caps will have rotted/worn away. Electricity is a motherfucker on various chemical compounds, even silicon.

Hell, I'll bet by 2025, 80% of all currently functioning pre-2000 consoles will be incapable of proper functioning, and only the most die-hard aficionados will pay the large amount of $$$ to refit capacitors, resistors, batteries, etc to get their machines working.
The games and stuff might still be collectable in the same way paperweights are collectable.

Sad I know, but that's time. It's a bitch. The well-played SNES and Megadrive say to you in weakened voices: "We're gonna go... rest... now. Thanks.. for playing."