/vr/ - Retro Games

Do you think it's better to enjoy games alone than being part of a retro game community? I find myself enjoying the games more by myself than being part of a Twitch/Discord/etc group. It used to be more fun chatting with others about retro games but lately a select few communities have kind of taken away the fun for me (aside from here obviously)

>>8908786
There are good stores and bad stores. The place a few towns away from me has been in business for a long time, has a good reputation, hosts events, and carries cool stuff like clone consoles, rom hack repro carts, USB and bluetooth retro controllers, the kind of stuff I wish GameStop had. It's where I bought my last few retro games and controllers, pic related. Honestly the repro stuff and clone consoles might be the smartest move in today's climate where the original hardware and software is constantly going up.

There's two other places by me however that are notorious for ridiculous markups on games and consoles, stupid stuff like a $400 Saturn and $300 N64 consoles, loose NES and SNES games for $20, the list goes on. I did buy The Final Round for PS1 from them because it was still cheap (funnily it literally still had the $5 tag even though they were charging $10 for it), but with the kind of stuff I'm able to get from the thrift stores I doubt I'll be going back.

I personally blame "collector culture" and and infamous retro game YouTubers for the crazy markups. As always, stay smart and do not support scalpers, in person or online.

>>8900721
>And why do you want it? You can emulate it right now.
This is the main reason I don't really collect unless I find games for dirt cheap. A good emulation setup will cost you some money, but not nearly as much as buying each individual game and console. Plus it's a great way to get into new platforms for the first time. Plus you can find and download complete rom sets for most consoles very easily without even having to spend money on storage space, unless it's a disc-based system or one of the more recent platforms.

I've been to online communities where people (usually the younger members) want to own consoles and games just to fit in with everybody else there, without even knowing if they'll actually enjoy playing them yet. It's sad