/vr/ - Retro Games

I like to display the cases on my shelf.

I view it literally as playable art for my games room. Its getting kind of hard to keep it tasteful, as tehre are getting to be too many games though.

I can rub my penis on them.

>>1590203
Sounds like you might have to start tucking some of them away, though I suppose that defeats the purpose. One good thing about these games is that they don't fluctuate in value too much so you can sell and re-buy almost at will, so in some ways it's almost like they're free. Heh.

>>1590215
Lewd,.

But true.

>>1590201

I do it because it just fucking feels right.

Why own a Remington sculpture when I can save a jpg of it on my pc

I don't spend much money on buying new things these days, but I go back and forth on this anyways. I have a bunch of games that end up just sitting on a shelf. Even games that I own I sometimes emulate, just for the convenience. The logical thing would be to sell all my games and just buy flashcarts or strictly emulate. But I have too much sentimental value tied up in these games. These are essentially my childhood. On the other hand, they just sit on a shelf instead of being played, which I feel is a disservice.

I don't know. I feel I should sell them to someone who would actually play them more. But then again, I don't really have any other hobbies other than buying stupid anime figures. At least those are meant to just sit on a shelf and look pretty.

>>1590229
That's a decent analogy, but flawed because playing an emulated game is basically identical to playing a physical copy of a game. Either way you're sitting in front of a screen with a controller in your hand experiencing the same graphics, music, etc. as if the shit were right there in your console.

>>1590243
>Either way you're sitting in front of a screen with a controller in your hand experiencing the same graphics, music, etc. as if the shit were right there in your console.

Nuh uh.

It's awesome to have the actual, physical thing there, for you to really touch and hold. Video games, comic books, records, movies, whatever. To be able to reach out and grab something and say "this is that cool thing that got me so excited and made me think blah blah" WHATEVER.

It's great to have stuff.

After purchasing an everdrive n8 I have seriously been thinking about WHY I actually have my collection of hundreds of NES games especially now that I have them all on single cart. While I like having the physical copies, looking at the carts, boxes and manuals I can't say having a collection taking up shitloas of space is practical or sensible in anyway. I really don't know anymore especially with flashcarts allowing me to play just about any game I can find a rom for on actual consoles giving the authentic experience just like the real deal would.

>tfw you are constantly torn between selling your collection and keeping it for nostalgia

>>1590304
In that situation I would just keep the games I had all my life and get rid of the ones I recently bought. There is no way I am gonna get rid of the Genesis games I owned since I was like five years old.

>>1590247
lol, fug u

>>1590304
Dat's only in th' monin', they just for decoration nigga

>>1590243
It's the "trophy factor". For all intents and purposes, an unlimited number of people will be able to emulate the game from now until the end of civilization. BUT only a finite number of people at any given time can actually own it legitimately. Also you can put it in a cabinet somewhere and feel like you won something.

>>1590304
Fuck I know that feel.

Come hell or high water I will hold on to most of my collection that remain favorites (or are related to favorites in some way), but it kind of seems silly having a bunch of incomplete cartridge only games I never really gave much of a crap about laying around. Luckily, my entire collection isn't more than a hundred or so games to begin with and most of those I do want around to admire in an autistic fashion, but among those non-essentials it seems silly to have them taking up space. That said having a couple hundred NES games would be pretty cool just for decorative purposes. It's your call brother.

Thanks for tipping me off to the everdrive chips by the way, I hadn't heard of them until now. Given that, as far as I recall anyway, emulation on PC especially of the "later consoles" like ps1 and n64 is seldom perfect, these seem like a great middle ground between having the actual game and pure emulation, at least for someone that has most of the consoles worth owning anyway.

I know it's popular to bag on it, but how is the Ouya for emulation purposes? (pls b gentle I'm new)

>tfw I finally see someone else post Time Lord and the post is not about Time Lord
>tfw no one ever wants to talk about Time Lord
>I love Time Lord

I just think they're neat. Besides, some of the games and consoles have been with me for a quarter of a century or so. Can't throw that away for an emulated copy. It would feel dirty.

>>1591295
I just like the cover, in fact it's some of my favorite cover art of all time. It's like some John Berkey shit. I've played the game but I didn't have any clue what the fuck was going on, lol

>>1590251
>>1590938
A little bit of both of these. It is pretty much the same paradox collectors encounter with comics, film, and to a lesser extent literature. Yes we can say we have played, read and watched so many of these fantastic pieces of cultural entertainment, but do we have the actual original copies to enjoy ( and resell )? In many cases probably not. I won't front, the only rare games I own are Suikoden 2 and Splatterhouse for the TG-16..

>>1590201
Greed

It's fun, me and my brother go out every weekend and hunt, and we like playing vidya together.

I don't. I've been emulating since 1999 and all the consoles and cartridges I had amassed before that went in the trash. My only regret is that I didn't sell them instead. I think I'm in the minority here.

>>1591614
According to the 2012 census less than 2% of the population suffers from mental retardation so yes, you're definitely in the minority.

I prefer older video games to newer ones, generally. I also feel less bad paying a premium price for a 10+ year old game, knowing the value of them won't plummet like most new release games do today.

PS1/Saturn is my preferred era of gaming, and I'd be much better off emulating money-wise, but there's no emulating the feel of the real controller, on the real hardware, on a real CRT, with your ass on a real couch.

Pic related, I just added SotN and Suikoden II to my collection. At this point, those 3 shelves are worth more than my car.

Is it bad that I have more Dreamcast games than NES games?

>>1591852
I said in the minority *here*, where mental retardation is much more highly concentrated. Case in point: you.

There's a reason why thrift stores and flea markets are hotspots for retro carts and it isn't because only 2% of the population considers them garbage.

>>1592662
Mad jelly of that Tron Bonne; that game along with a host of others were stolen from me a couple years back and I've just begun rebuilding a couple weeks ago. I also wish I had shelf space like that, the games on the bottom of my assorted stacks have got to be crying.

>I also feel less bad paying a premium price for a 10+ year old game, knowing the value of them won't plummet like most new release games do today.

You'd be able to get the plurality of your money back if you need it, though it would take some time and effort so there's that. You may have "spent" a lot of money but it's kind of like an investment. An investment as subject to fluctuating "market forces" as any other, though.

Generally I'd bet depending on how in a hurry you were to sell you could probably get 80% or more inversely proportionate to how desperate a nigga was.

>>1592692
>. You may have "spent" a lot of money but it's kind of like an investment.

You know, I have to admit I like this about collecting and playing older games. I think it's a lot of fun to go and poke around and find about some really neat games you may have never heard about when they're new, and maybe pay premium for a good game, but it's nice to know, unlike new games, that they actually hold some value and you can get most of your money back if necessary.

>>1590201
>What possesses a man to spend hundreds of dollars on playstation games
i dunno, I dont really like playstation. But setting up an emulator for it is a pain in the ass.
>To purchase cartridge-based games he can emulate for free
because its about the the thrill of the hunt. Finding that really cool game you've been wanting for $1 at a garage sale, or in a thrift store.
Also, what >>1590203 said. Some people have shelves of books, some people have movies. I have video games.

>>1590243
>playing an emulated game is basically identical to playing a physical copy of a game
only if the emulator is accurate.
>zsnes
>Either way you're sitting in front of a screen with a controller in your hand experiencing the same graphics, music, etc. as if the shit were right there in your console.
No, because I dont have a USB controller, and my CRT monitor is hooked up to my 98 PC. So no, its not the same.

>>1592692

Nice collection you've got there too! I really need to find SaGa Frontier 1/2 and Brave Fencer Musashi, they seem really fun.

>Generally I'd bet depending on how in a hurry you were to sell you could probably get 80% or more inversely proportionate to how desperate a nigga was.

Most of my PS1 stuff was found for a good bit less than 'market value', so if I had to dump everything off, I'd actually make a pretty easy profit, overall. I'd rather never have to do that, though.

I passed on Tron Bonne so many times a few years ago at my local game store, when it was 'only' $60. Last year I finally pulled the trigger and grabbed it for $120. The current prices are just crazy, though. At least the game great!

>>1592679
It's because 49% of the population is poorfags?

>>1590201
>Paying more than $20 for a video game
why would i do that

>>1590201
I have a few reasons for maintaining my retro games collection. First and foremost, it's about having fun. I don't have a single game in my collection that I don't actually enjoy playing, and even between work and other commitments I still manage to squeeze some time in for games pretty much every day. Collecting games is easy, but it's weeding out the games that you are indifferent about or that you otherwise don't actually play that is difficult. My inner autist really gets off at having a well pruned collection for whatever reason as well.

The second is the history. I love finding obscure releases and playing them to see what I missed out on as a kid. 8 and 16 bit ninsega consoles especially have truly impressive libraries and i'm only beginning to fully explore the entirety of those libraries. They might be decades old at this point, but I still discover new games on a near daily basis.

The third reason is more mercenary, and that is resell value. I love my games more than parts of my own body, but times get tough and maybe one day i'll grow out of being a manchild or something. The market being the way it is, I'd be pretty confident about being able to sell it all on ebay at a decent profit for someone else to enjoy and later resell.

For me, half of it is the thrill of the hunt. Me and my gf like to hunt retro games and consoles. Until a few years ago, despite being of the age to have played anything from the SNES and up, i only played casual games and the likes, so some of it is being able to buy and play games that i never got the opportunity to play.

I like to have the display cases and a physical collection because it "feels good" and it "feels right". Being able to open a ROM or copy a ROM onto a flashcart doesn't feel right to me. Sure its easier and i can still play the actual game but unless i pay money for a game and have a physical version the fun of it feels hollow and without worth.

Plus i feel like when i have kids i'll get to play these games with them and introduce them to this wonderful world

>>1592692
>wishing for more shelf space, even with those skinny-ass, standard CD-sized NTSC cases.
Although I see Sony's bizarre practice of sometimes putting 1-disc games in double jewel-cases is a worldwide thing.

Sick collection, dude. That trove of JRPGs is a thing of beauty to behold.
My hoard is a complete hodgepodge of quality from having never gotten rid of any of my PSX games, and filling up the collection with random buys, quirky shit I saw on youtube, or stuff I either demoed or borrowed in the 90's, and bought more recently out of nostalgia.

I'd already adopted emulation through Xebra for games that never came out in my region, but since practically filling my PSX shelf block, I tend to eschew buying new discs in favour of emuing that fresh stuff.

You people are so silly!

The best thing about video games is that they are all free!!!!

:^)