/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5513823
>However, the best version you'll ever see is through RetroArch with shaders that can deliver the best of all worlds ;)

>>5499416
Don't do this.

I totally get that completing a collection of something is huge fun. Retro gaming isn't the hobby for that, because a) almost every good system has chronic amounts of shovelware that you won't get any joy from tracking down, b) every console has prohibitively expensive rarities that aren't really worth owning, and c) your friends don't care.

They might be impressed by one or two of the games you force them to sit through, and (if they're decent friends) they'll smile politely as you show them the rest, but honestly, they don't actually care. Really, if you're having to buy a copy of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? for Dreamcast to impress your friends, they're not your friends at all.

Like music and wine and art, it's better to have a collection that reflects your interests, that you enjoy buying, and shows your appreciation of what makes the system you’re collecting interesting. I got a lot of enjoyment out of collecting Capcom beat em ups for the Dreamcast, and it helped they were hugely varied and great fun to play post-pub with friends.

Long story short, you’ll have a lot more fun buying games you genuinely have an interest in, as opposed to giving yourself a mental disorder buying every Barbie game that came out for the PS1