/vr/ - Retro Games

dumb animeposter

>>3140043
Not everyone can afford the best solution.

2 words: Poor-Fag
pic related: its me

>>3140045
I didn't mean to do that. I just took the best image from the article showing the power of the framemeister. I'm sorry if it came off smug.

Yes, real hardware is the best, but if you can't even remotely understand the appeal of emulation then I have to call you an autistic elitist bitch. Plus it's not like you can just throw emulation into one big category, every one has a different setup, some are terrible, laggy, shit controllers, shit laggy monitor, but some even use crts for emulation.

>>3140043
>RGB. BVM's, CRT's, and the Framemeister.
Waste of money better spent on a dog or a bottle of 21 year single malt.

>>3140060
so you're a casual?

>>3140043
A few exceptions in my opinion.

For stuff like 2600 I'd argue emulation is better. Fuck those controllers.

I'd argue that NES emulation is better if you plan on doing RGB or HDMI mods. That's too drastic a change to what the console was in my opinion.

>>3140043
emulation is better than the ancient hardware these days. You can't run ps1 or even ps2 games in HD and then there's money and save states of course. EMulation is so good that we can even emulate current gen hardwar (cemu)

>>3140071
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RGB-NES-Nintendo-w-S-video-New-capacitoirs-etc-/282005261136?hash=item41a8d2cb50:g:BFAAAOSw2GlXECUj

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-2600-RGB-modification-you-provide-console-/281953192560?hash=item41a5b84a70:g:rEIAAOSwoudW2FNu

and sega consoles naturally accept rgb without modification.

>>3140062
No. I just spend money in an intelligent manner, hence why I'll be fully retired in less than a decade(31 right now).

Blowing that kinda cash on something I can do for nothing more than the cost of the electricity I use is dumb as shit. There's no justification for it. I don't play these games for nostalgia either. I play them because modern games are baby-piss easy and I want challenge. Also, older polys/sprites are cool-looking, especially upscaled in pure form on my PC's IPS displays.

I DO have a collection of old consoles, but only because they're dirt-cheap and I never use them so they'll never wear out except for dried-out caps which I can easily replace in an afternoon of soldering. All that other bullshit though? lolno. Nuh uh. Not. Nope. Nada. Zero. Ain't no way Jose. Not happening(sorry /pol/).

>>3140078
You seem underage. I say that because of your complete lack of reading comprehension.

>>3140075
wrong. ps1 and ps2 are really sharp with the framemeister.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjccKtGQXmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MTjknJY9Gw

>>3140043
Some people care about having the original hardware, some don't. That's all. There really is no 'better' imo.

>>3140090
my post clearly says HD
>posting 2d games
these also look better with graphical enhancements

>>3140043
>RGB
requires soldering skills half the time
>BVM's
expensive
>CRT's
take up a ton of space and weigh a ton
>Framemeister
$300 is expensive

personally i mix emulating and buying shit but half the time buying isn't worth it. prices are too fucking high.

>>3140112
What do you mean prices are too high?

not every game costs $500

Most are around $15-50

>>3140126
try collecting for the saturn or neo geo or something. hardly a game in sight under a hundred.

>>3140112
only $25

>>3140128
is tat ALL you play?

saturn and neo geo games?

>>3140126
Way to cherry pick. That's a fucking Atari game. Whether emulated or not you'll be lucky to play it for half an hour.

>>3140142
wtf are you talking about? don't go shitting on atari. 2600 has most of the funnest games known to man. what do you even play?

>>3140134
That'll add up really quickly if you want a diverse library of games to play. Would you rather pay a premium to play only a few games that run exactly as intended, or pay nothing and get the entire library at >95% accuracy?

To me, that's like paying for insurance when you deliver a package to your next-door neighbor.

>>3140149
I'm not saying Atari games are bad. I'm saying it's a game you'll likely get bored of quickly.

>>3140156
well if you want rpg, here.

>>3140161
And I should pay that much to an eBay reseller and wait for it to arrive, instead of just launching an emulator and playing it right now, why?

>>3140154
add up how? how much time do you have on your hands? do you have a job?

these games are cheaper than modern games over 40 years in. you should have a couple hundred dollars of spending money for games every month.

>>3140163
because you can actually play the game. and it'll look and play FAR better. it's the right way to play it.

>>3140171
No it won't. It'll be identical.

>>3140167
Setting aside money for modern games you can already play for free is one of the stupidest things you can do with your money, no matter how rich you are. Talk to any millionaire and they'll tell you the same thing.
>bringing modern games into this
>implying I pay for modern games

>>3140175
Shit, ignore the first instance of "modern" in that post

>>3140173
how do you know it's identical? how old are you?

playing on the real hardware is the genuine experience. it was the way it was intended. if you completely reject that and are not willing to put any money forth, then you're not an enthusiast and simpy don't care enough.

>>3140180
Any emulator worth it's salt emulates the hardware quirks.

Also
>no true Scotsman

>>3140180
>it was the way it was intended. if you completely reject that and are not willing to put any money forth, then you're not an enthusiast and simpy don't care enough.

Shut the fuck up.

>I only play games the way they were intended!
That's you.

You mean the play the way they were? I might just whip out my Atari Flashback and play River Raid or Yar's on my widescreen TV just to spite you. And I'm going to drink a beer while I do it too! Input lag be damned!

>>3140187
there isn't even a sega master system controller for the computer, you dingus.

>>3140196
>implying I need one

>>3140043
Anon, pic related is the real reason. Don't believe those other excuses they offer.

>>3140240
What if your emulation PC has an i7 4770K and 2 980Ti GPUs with power from a Seasonic SS1000XP and 32gb of system RAM?

>>3140043
Some of us can't afford that shit, or don't have the space for it.

Why do you care why do you make the effort to make other people play with their games as you do are you having regrets for all the money you spent? do you absolutely need the validation? good god what are you doing with your life

>>3140043
Really, it comes down to two things: time and money. Since they're basically the same thing, we'll collapse it into just time. I simply do not have enough time, with a wife, child and full-time job, to collect and assemble original hardware, create an area to enjoy all of that in, collect the games, and enjoy the actual games. I choose to emulate because I can get up and running quickly and cheaply, save my state when wife/child needs me, and pick back up where I left off when I get more free time. When time is at a premium, you're hard-pressed to beat the benefits of emulation.

>>3140043
Are you gonna buy me arcades fucktard?

It really isn't super expensive. You don't have to collect all your games and keep them. You can buy a game, play it as much as you like, and then just resell it at the same price. At best it evens out and you paid nothing, at worst you lose a few dollars to fees and shipping. If you want to play it again later, you can buy it again. You can probably do this with consoles too.

Probably because I have zero money, OP, so the emulation life is for me.

>>3140043
There's an even better alternative: VR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=025i3r6zjjI

>>3140139
Nice backpedaling, faggot.

>>3140128
>hardly game in sight under a hundred
top kek, I just bought Panzer Dragoon 2 for like 10 bucks.

>>3140518
Current VR headsets only have 1200p resolution

>>3140043
Because!

>>3140083
>lolno. Nuh uh. Not. Nope. Nada. Zero. Ain't no way Jose. Not happening(sorry /pol/).

bro just...

>>3140287
33, 2 kids, full time+ tradesman, still playing on hardware, I do emulate with the Wii a lot if it's
rpg's or games with long periods between save points, passwords. Still haven't beat legend of dragoon because of this. I should emu ps1 as well

>>3140970
>bro just...
When are you retiring again?

Do none of you notice how hard he is shilling the framemeister? Every post that he replies to he is replying with how much better framemeister is than it.

>>3140043
>paying for decade+ old games when I can just as easily pay for food and utilities

Some people aren't thriving on your mom's cooking and autismbux, OP. You've got to think outside the box.

>Thread complaining that everybody here doesn't buy every game, console, and accessory to get perfect performance
>Board contains constant bitching about how fucked the secondhand retro market is

These threads never fail

>>3140043
lol it bothers you people wrote software to emulate hardware, and people use it lol

>>3140043
>>3140053
>>3140090
>>3140112
>>3141876
>Shilling Frammeister
>>>/g/
Anything nVidia can upscale better than some meme garage built hobbyist shit.

>>3140043
CRTs look like shit. Modern screen make old games look far better than they used to. Nice try though.

>>3142007
are you tipping your fedora

>>3142007
I'm convinced the majority of this site is comprised of kids or college kids.

no one that grew up with these consoles would prefer emulation or dare even say it's objectively better. because it's not.

also >>3142043 crt's look like shit?

for shame.

>>3142107
>no one that grew up with these consoles would prefer emulation or dare even say it's objectively better. because it's not.
>also >>3142043 (You) crt's look like shit?

I'm 42 and I have always hated the way CRTs look. Even really expensive supposedly fantastic ones look flickery and ugly to me.

I respect that some people think seeing games on them is more pure or objectively better in their opinion even. But I strongly disagree, and am pretty tired that almost every day here there are people like you going around making ridiculous threads like this.

>>3140978
prob another 20 years, if I ever can afford to retire. Is that an old joke?

>>3142149
No, but if you wanna retire earlier, learn to be more frugal.
I mean, if you can pull off a family + game hobby + early retirement, then buy all the over-inflated-price games you want.
Just realize the kinda nasty fucks you're giving your cash to when you do it. They're the kind of shits selling Earthbound for hundreds of dollars a cart. Total scum.

>>3142107
>I'm convinced the majority of this site is comprised of kids or college kids.

I agree with this, but then you go contradicting yourself by whining about emulation.

I feel like anyone who cares this much about people emulating MUST be a reseller shill.

CRTs are fucking outdated trash. Go ahead and use them, but don't blame people who would rather not use shitty outdated technology because MUH CHILDHOOD

Hey I'm 34 and used a CRT for years, but I don't see any reason for going back.

>>3142157
I'm playing burnt disks and flashcarts mang.I Already owned a bunch of consoles and games because single parent only kid after my 9th bday


>I just spend money in an intelligent manner.
>I'll be fully retired in less than a decade.
>Blowing that kinda cash on something I can do for nothing more than the cost of the electricity I use is dumb as shit.
> I don't play these games for nostalgia, I play them because modern games are baby-piss easy
and the best
>I DO have a collection of old consoles, and I never use them.

might as well just have quoted your whole post it's so full of pomp and arrogance. I wish you well but damn are you a douche about it.

>>3140043
It's objectively a lot more expensive, so no

>>3142210
then you're not an enthusiast.

can you call yourself an a/v enthusiast if you use cheap-o dollar store headphones or don't even have a surround system?

>then you're not an enthusiast.

Not a hardware enthusiast maybe. Game enthusiast for 100% sure, though.

Consider this:
>Take PC/Modded Console
>Plug into CRT
>???
>Profit!

>>3142256
Forgot to mention emulation with said PC/Modded Console

>>3142242

>>3142169
I just don't like how a lot of kids here act entitled to play these games and go about as if they're connoisseurs, mega-enthusiasts, and the like.

Then they bitch and whine because games have gone up in price. they're charged that much for economic reasons. you wouldn't sell something you owned that was ultra rare for 20 bucks, would you? See how I'm explaining such a basic concept? It feels like I'm talking to children.

>>3142268
what is this supposed to illustrate?

>>3142269
It sounds like you relate every shitpost you read into a single person.

>>3142272
>can you call yourself an a/v enthusiast if you use cheap-o dollar store headphones or don't even have a surround system?
>>3142268
here ya go double digit.

>>3142253
if you don't care about owning the game, then you're not enthusiastic.

It means you're content with spending your money on anything else but the games you pretend you love so much.

also, fyi, video games have never been a cheap pass time, so why are you so involved with them to begin with if you were never willing to spend money?

>>3140043
I emulate on a CRT.
There's no difference for systems such as snes or ps1 between emulated and real hardware. They both have got pixel perfect graphics and bit prefect audio outputs.

>>3142281
we're not talking about sound systems. we're talking about games. keep up.

>>3142290
>pixel perfect graphics and bit prefect audio
You can't have both because your audio and video clocks are asynchronous. Best option is dynamically resampling the audio RetroArch style.

>>3142284

>Owning the game is more important and shows more enthusiasm than playing the game

My fucking sides

>>3142290
>There's no difference for systems such as snes or ps1 between emulated and real hardware.
lies

>>3140043
>ITT:Bait thread

I have a Raspberry Pi for SNES/Gameboy and earlier.

I own an N64 since N64 emulation will always blow.

I don't own a PS1 because it's shit.

>>3140043
Because scanlines look like shit and theres a reason emulators don't include them by default.

>tfw sold all my vidya and crts
liberating

>>3142284
>Ownership = enthusiasm.

Are you for real?

>>3142308
I can tell you that DOSBox is better at emulating 90s than 80s PC hardware.

>>3142368
>I don't like it therefore it's shit

>>3140176

Don't worry I ignored the whole thing

>>3140043
>wanting lines and fuzz on my games.

computers were HD long before HDTV was invented

>>3142401
Explain.

>>3142546
It's not as accurate with CGA and the other earlier video standards.

>>3142530
>not wanting lines and fuzz on your games

that's how they were INTENDED to be played, you fool. there's no skating around it. scanlines, phosphors, the works. that is how the games are supposed to be played and look better as such. why do you channers pirate 50+gb bluray movies, but when it comes to playing games, you opt for an inferior experience? Why are people here so averse to spending any money whatsoever? if you are in thirld world living conditions, playing games is the least of your concerns as it is a luxury pass time. games have always been 50+ dollars.

>>3140134
>>3140139
>>3140126
it's real easy to find games that are cheap when you're specifically looking for games that are cheap. if you want something specific and don't wanna emulate or pirate, you're going to end up paying the big bucks eventually.

complaining about other people emulating is the most retarded shit. just play the goddamn games, if you prefer to get the authentic experience whatever you do you, i understand it and that's why i buy games most of the time. if you wanna emulate, i get that too. i don't like paying some of the crazy prices right now. personally emulation right now is so good that i'll be damned if i'm going to pay several hundred dollars for pocky and rocky or something.

>>3142605
I still don't understand why A) you care what people do and B) why you are shilling for people to buy carts that are overpriced and which makes neckbeard faggots richer. The money doesn't go to the game companies anymore, so why do you give a shit? You just come across as either a smug tryhard idiot or a reseller shill.

>>3142605
>that's how they were INTENDED to be played, you fool.

No one has ever said that besides you and people like you.

In addition though I can sure tell your mother was INTENDED to be fucked by this cock.

>>3142558
I'll take an educated guess and assume the DOSBox devs probably care more about getting VGA-era emulation right since those constitute the vast majority of DOS games people care about.

>>3140043
You know you can use emulators at their native res/refresh on CRT's right?
>Framemeister
Haha 300 US dollars for a scanline filter and input lag. Sign me up!

>>3140253
>People actually buy this shit

Sometimes I wish I was born a bird or something, completely ignorant to the true horrors of humanity that don't lie in war or industrialization.

But in this fucking garbage.

>>3140043
I emulate because it's much more convenient.

>own Nvidia Shield Portable since 2014
>able to run a large range of emulators @60 fps
>never have to fuck with anything, just pick a game and play
>Now proud owner of Nvidia Shield TV 16GB model
>Bought a quadruple of Logitech F310 controllers which have both DirectInput and XInput APIs for maximum compatibility along with a USB 3.0 8 port
(obviously no benefit for the controllers)
>Carry around an external 2TB hdd and interface to shield via USB 3.0 loaded with tons of roms and ISOs
>No need to fuck around with swapping out carts or discs and have the entire range of emulators to hop around to with very little effort

What is cool is that I can even play DOS games on my shield tv using a mouse and keyboard.

>>3142605
>Why are people here so averse to spending any money whatsoever?

I spend plenty of money.
On shit I can't get for free or that will be an investment.

Why do you enable retro resellers? They're the scum of the earth, selling EB for $200 a cart and other such shit.

>>3142783
Nintendo better up its game. No reason the 3DS should cost what it does when Nvidia can do the Shield line for $200 or less.

How's the heat from the Tablet, BTW?

1. Time

I don't have the time to fuck around with cables, discs, cartridges, the original loading times. Also, save states: I don't have the time to replay a game from the start 300 times until I master the whole damn thing.

2. Space

Physical consoles, games and peripherals and screens take up a lot of space. If I had all the stuff I emulate actually in my house, I would basically be sacrificing an entire room, just to play games that I can already play quicker and more easily on my PC

3. Money

Ties in with space somewhat, but yeah. I'm not going to drop hundreds, thousands of dollars on stuff I can do for free, and do more conveniently for free.

And this is before we factor in things breaking - which is again, time and money to fix.

4. Controllers

A lot of the original hardware fucking sucks and you know it. The NES controller is beloved not because it's a great controller, because almost everything before it fucking sucked, and so did a number of things that came after it.

If I never hold another N64, Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, or any of those shitty spectrum/atari/commadore joysticks in my entire life again, that'll be just fine with me. An xbox controller or some logitech knockoff of a Playstation controller will do a better job anyway, and I'd sooner use my PC keyboard over the clunky shit from the 80's.

>>3142813
Have my tablet retired because the heat cracked some of the glass and i was too stupid to get it replaced when the new batch came out. Now it's too late and afraid of using it even though people have reported the glass does not get any worse after the first few cracks. So I only got my Portable and TV models in action at the moment.

>>3142813
And I agree, I think maybe Sony dropped out of the portable race for now because every shield device much cheaper than the vita offers a lot more on it's own as well as the plethora of well done $5 games available, not to mention games with console quality being available only on Shield.

>>3142797
how come every time someone complains about buying games from ebay, they keep bringing up fucking earthbound??

earthbound, earthbound 200, earthbound 300, earthbound, earthbound, earthbound, earthound, earthbound, EARTHBOUND

IS THAT THE ONLY GAME YOU PLAY OR WANT????

NOT EVERY GAME IS $500

THE VAST MAJORITY ARE UNDER $50!! THAT'S LESS THAN WHAT THEY COSTED WHEN THEY CAME OUT, YET YOU STILL FUCKING BITCH!! WHAT DO YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY ON? IF YOU'RE MAKING OVER $40K THEN YOU NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND STOP PLAYING EMULATED GAMES LIKE A SPOILED LITTLE BITCH! YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THESE GAMES, AND I HAD THE OPTION FOR THESE GAMES TO BE GONE FOREVER OR ALLOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO PLAY THRU EMULATION, I'D PICK GONE FOREVER INSTANTLY IN A DAMN HEARTBEAT

>>3140043
What do you think about flash carts?

>>3142892
Far better than emulation but not ideal.

>>3142884
>they keep bringing up fucking earthbound??
Because THAT GAME ALONE is reason enough to criticize the retro game resellers and their utter and complete fuckery.
It's despicable. Utterly and completely vile for a reseller to get more money for a game than the original makers did.

Fuck resellers. If you're gonna use original consoles, buy a flashcart.

>>3142884
Also, pic related destroys those fag resellers in your image.

>>3142917
I'm going to say this slowly for you since you never hear me when I bring it up.

Supply

AND

Demand

Supplyyyyyyyyyy and Demaaaaaaaaaaaaand

Also, inflation.

>>3142927
>texture filtering
>not even using a genesis controller

why would I ever play that?

>oh ho ho because it's cheaper duhh

and you need to shut up and stop playing games altogether, you cheap disrespectful spoiled piece of shit

I bought Super Mario World with MY own money back in the day from my paper route! And guess what? you can get it today for less. What's stopping you? I hate you, and your kind and what they stand for. entitled little shits.

vidya games look objectively worse on CRTs, as all things do, because CRTs are trash

also
>I'm playing the game the way it's meant to be played
>soldering in new original hardware
does it hurt your fucking brain to doublethink this hard

>>3142961
Grown-ups buy things they like, kid. Sorry.

>rebuying all the games I've owned over the years
>having to buy fucking hardware (ancient-ass CRT TVs with appropriate connectors) to play them on
>having to deal with physical media in 2016
>having to keep all this shit in working order
vs
>$ mednafen "Super Mario Bros. 3 (U)[!].nes"

Gee, I wonder.

>>3142968
sure, but don't start whining when people point out that you're objectively wasting money

>>3142978
easier is not better.

would you prefer to watch Star Wars torrented on your laptop or in IMAX?

>>3142978
>having to deal with physical media in 2016
who the fuck am I talking to? This is fucking /vr/ not /v/. You are retro enthusiasts, are you not? Then play them the retro way. What the hell is wrong with you?

>>3143012
I wouldn't build an IMAX in my fucking house

>>3143012
I've never thought of a single motivation to watch a fucking movie in IMAX. Love how people are impressed by watching things on a fuckhuge screen with loud audio.

>torrent
I pay for movies, thanks, kid.

>>3142934
There's plenty of Earthbound supply and not a lot of demand for the actual carts since the game is easily found elsewhere.

I'll say this once for you so you can understand: SCAMMING SUCKERS DESPERATE TO RELIVE THEIR CHILDHOODS

>>3142951
At least if I buy the Genesis Collection, my money goes to sega, not some jewwing neckbeard taking advantage of a hyped-up market. $50 for Comix Zone, WAT?

>>3143012
Torrented. IMAX sucks for most films. Torrented has no previews bullshit either, and my popcorn won't cost $5.

>>3143015
Someone that is sick and tired of keeping up with goddamn cartridges/CDs. They sucked even back then, get over yourself. If you seriously think that looking for and fucking around with some goddamn physical media is better, then you're still a console baby.

Would have loved to have a fucking HDD with all my games on it on my fucking C64 in the 80s, but no, I had to fuck around with the goddamn floppies stuffed in a box. Fuck that.

>>3143017
why not???

I dont want to take up the space all the shit I emulate would need. I get all my emulation shit for free.I can savestate incase of emergency when I cant get to a savepoint I can have all my games in 1 area. 5th gen+ games can be made to look better more often then not

The only negative imo is the fact that I dont have controllers for each console I emulate that I can use on my pc.

>>3143027
>>3143025

clicking an icon is not the same as sliding in a cartridge. and it is not better, you lazy fuck.

>>3143038
I literally dont give a fuck about sliding in and out cartridges. That shit was annoying as fuck after your console got old/had dirty contacts. Constantly inserting/reinserting trying to get shit to read correctly is and will always be a pain in the ass.
You could have atleast mentioned something decent like manuals or boxart

>>3143026
mfw there are people with this setup flooding /tv/ with shitposts like this

>>3143048
the feeling of sliding in a cartridge and hearing the sound is almost orgasmic. shame on you, brodie.

>>3143025
This. Imagine walking into your elementary school in 1994 with a PSP and Picodrive installed with 40-50 Genesis games ready to go.
>"Dude, SONY? The walkman guys? Holy shit!"

Elitist bullshit.
>why do you emulate
Because my 8yo 1993 self would have KILLED for a PC like I have now with Higan, Kega, and hundreds of SNES and Genesis titles, minor emu hangups be DAMNED. It's not as though the original consoles never glitched out at times either.

>>3143051
right here.

>>3143060
Remove all that shit, hook up a proper PC and a decent 7.1 DTS system, and you'll save space and keep your house cooler.

I'm so happy my life is good enough that this is the pointless shit that I argue with people about

>>3143063
do you even know what type of speakers those are, fool????

>>3140518
Excuse me, how and why?

>>3140518
bottom looks far better and more natural

I can't fathom how this is a retro game enthusiast board but you don't even bother with the retro tech.

>>3143072
Big expensive pointless ones I'd wager.
aka audiophile bait. I bet they use $500 "HIGH DEFINITION XENON-KRYPTON FILLED GOLD PLATED RUBY-OPTICAL DEFINITION CABLES to talk to home base.

It's like those "gold plated silver composite" HDMI cables that touted "higher fidelity".

>treating digital signals like analog
OH GOD ITS GOT MY VACUUM TUBES ALL HARD N SHEEEEIT

>>3143087
guy, how can you claim there's no difference when you've never even compared?

>>3143087
>Big expensive pointless ones I'd wager.
>aka audiophile bait.
This is exactly what I mean. Why are the people on this site SO averse to spending money on luxury items?

>>3143086
Yeah. It's like people who listen to the Doors on FLAC rather than an LP vinyl.

>>3143098
Because I know how physics, sound dynamics, and business sales tactics work.

>>3143106
>Why are the people on this site SO averse to spending money on luxury items?
Because 9/10 times it's bullshit designed to milk idiots with more money than common sense.
Do you even remember Monster cables?
$100 gold-plated 6' HDMI cables?

Let me tell you something, wealthy man to "wealthy" man.
You won't have money for long if you blow it on stupid shit. Just ask any lottery winner.

Also, audiophiles are notorious for being PT Barnum's favorite customers.

>vacuum tubes

>>3143127
you can't take your money with you when you die, guy. of course personal economic situations vary, but I subscribe to the idea, if you want it and can afford it, GET it. And if you can't afford it, work for it and make it a goal. Also, never forget to give your loved ones things too (UNTIL they become spoiled fucking brats - aka children, watch out for them)

>>3140043
>Why?
I dont have a TV and have no intention of buying consoles. I occasionally emulate to relive old games I used to play on consoles as a kid. not really for serious gaming. PC master race.

>>3143106
there's a difference between luxury items and dumb shit you never needed that some company convinced you to buy.

Also you should probably realize that this site is made up of hundreds and hundreds of individuals with various inclinations to spend money on luxury items. Generalizing is never smart.

>>3143150
The biggest reasons I advocate emulation are-

1. As I said earlier, my retro self would have killed to play emulated Genesis games. Sega Genesis w/ $30+ carts vs. emulator with dozens of titles instantly accessible. My 4yo self would take the emu any day of the week. I remember very clearly what it was like having limited cash for games in the 90s, having a shitty CRT to play them on, having the consoles glitch up whenever a contact lost contact, etc. There's nothing warm and nostalgic about any of that faggotry. If you guys were so concerned about accurate experiences, you wouldn't use video monitors on RGB on HD sound. You'd use one of those shit RCA televisions with a mono speaker like you had as a child, connected through RF. With a sticky mangled controller.

2. Emulators and roms are the only way we're likely going to have to play these aging games in the near future. The consoles and carts are going to start losing their transistors due to electron wear, and unless someone makes new exact copies of those old systems, emulation is what we're stuck with, so I wanna see it get done better and better.
Oh, and CDs? They rot too. Their polycarbonate layering starts to break down, causing warping that distorts laser beams and messes up disk reading. Eventually, even disc-based games are going to be kill. And this isn't too long off. 20 years or so. If that.

Consider the future before diving into the past. It'll save you time and money.

>>3142934
Earthbound is common as fuck.

Aaaaaaaas fuuuuuuuuuck.

>>3143248
where's the proof? because the factual history records PROVE it didn't sell at all when it was released because it did so at the end of the snes life cycle aka SUPPLY. and now the price has gone up because the cult following over the years aka DEMAND.

How old are you? I want a timestamp along with your driver's license. because I refuse to believe someone over the age of 25 that claims to be a video game enthusiast doesn't know this.

>>3143015
This seems to be the big divide. Im not a retro enthusiast. I am a video game enthusiast. This place often makes me wonder if their favorite games were released today on steam or something instead of over a decade ago,would they still like it?

>>3143383
>Im not a retro enthusiast. I am a video game enthusiast.

Seconding this. I just like games, and I like many games from my earlier years as well. But I really like that I no longer have to have a physical NES hooked up to a CRT to play them.

I just care about the games themselves.

Emulation is superior. I can use controllers that I want, filters, romhacks etc. I can play on the go, upscale 3d games, have netplay and all for virtually no cost.

>>3140043
that's not a good argument. Emulating is extremely convenient, everybody denying this is a liar. 8- an 16-Bit-games can be emulated on a PCs since ages and on phones and tablets since like 10 years of more. You can download every game you want for free and a simple usb-gamepad does the job. And most people who just want to look back into their childhood don't mind not having 100% accuracy and don't have to mind at all about upscaling to their flat screen.

>>3140083
What a huge faggot

I don't want to pay for video games, especially old ones. They take up physical space, rather than imaginary hard drive space. I can't screenshot something on my television.

I MIGHT not emulate if companies produced more of their older consoles new, with new controllers and cords.

>implying i don't play my emulators on a pvm with original controllers

>>3140043
You can also output emulators to 15khz 240p RGB with the right setup.

>>3140043
>Why?

Because people just want to play these old games, not "invest" in them.

Anyway emulation is OBJECTIVELY better these days for many reasons.

>>3140043
i don't have space for any more consoles, and i don't really have that much of them to start with.

>>3144174

he's not wrong, you know.

>>3142814
Even though I generally understand the charm of having the original hardware, this is some based argument.

>>3144484
How?

>>3140043
Some people are just fools and choose to spend their money on less important things than accurately recreating their dads childhood.

>>3147997
/vr/ should implement an age restriction.

id driver's license checks

only people 35+

>>3149292
That's not foolproof. Pic of your setup. If it looks like a toys r us, anime shop or wow battle station you're banned for life.

>>3149292
You're not 35 you liar

>>3149486
This is a board for retro games, not collecting.

>>3140043
Because I have bills to pay and money to spend on more important things, like upgrading my PC to get mote accurate emulation.

>>3147694
crt_emudriver

i emulate frequently on my laptop, wii console, tablet and muh phone. Its just so damn convenient especially when you can hook up usb cable or hotswap an sd card and transfer your progress to another device. You can get the peripherals you need if you want to feel that side of it, a SNES pad here, an XBOX pad there... i still play a lot using the arrowkeys and A,S,D. You have plugins galore, save states, online co-op/multiplayer servers for various (non-online gen) games,
the whole back catalogue of abandonware, hacks and of course your own "backup copies" available at any instance.

Dont get me wrong, if it was viable for me, if i had the time, space, to kit out a proper little mancave with some little museum pieces, then yes i would have those BUT the truth is i would only look at them, they would be in LED lit perspex cubes.. They would be talking points. Occssionally I would indulge 1 of my kids curiosity and introduce them to a console, engage them in some "back in my day" conversation about gaming and maybe (even let them play the damn thing) nah all joking aside I have enough comfy personal nostalgic memories from the periods when i owned and played them originally that emulating them is enough... Lets be serious...You can spend money on retro consoles, vintage carts, novel peripherals and thats cool, you can spend "x" amount of your hard earned currency of choice on a mint condition carboard box if thats your bag.

BUT!

You cant buy a childhood you didnt have. Only emulate someone elses

>>3150004
It's not even buying nostalgia. It's the fucking tangibility. I can pick UP my Atari 2600 and Colecovision. It's knowing throughout all these years and decades, I HAVE 1. It's like owning a historical artifact. Clicking an icon on your desktop is not nearly as fun or rewarding as putting in the cartridge, flipping the switches, and hearing the ACTUAL sounds of the consoles.

Emulation is cold and separated. it doesn't fucking feel the same. For example, I always bring the 1 up. The psycho mantis part in metal gear for ps1. how the fuck would that feel with a damn keyboard or xbox controller on pc? What about not being able to use a master system or atari joystick on pc? it's not authentic. it's not REAL.

>>3150064

>>3150064
>It's the fucking tangibility.

triggered hardware fag lol

if you still have your own console from way back when more power to ya bro, i gave mine away to younger cousins or charity shops etc bro of mine still rocks his SNES and mariokart, on a crt, am i jelly? nah desu i was a sega fan boy anyway lol...Am i gonna go and buy a console because i used to have 1 or a hardware fag says i should? no. if i knew then what i know now would i have kept my consoles? maybe 1 or 2. Would i be selling shit exorbitantly on ebay? nah. if anything from back in the day... i wish i held on to muh first run transfromers and i played with them a whole lot less,

psycho mantis was a nice gimmick, great use of what was available.

On authenticity and real... isnt nerf more fun and viable than killing someone?

Also
http://www.infiniteneslives.com/img/images/SegaMasterUsb.jpg

>>3140043
buying shit-tier old electronics because nolstalgia and "preservation"? hardwarefags have to be the most cucked people on the scene. worse than the pcfag with razr everything and cherry keycap keyboard with a monster logo for his wallpaper.

wasting tons of money on electricity and time just so you can look at a gadget. sigh and say "remember when...?" get real.

emulate. or if your oh so precious conscience gets to you, buy it on virtualconsole or whatever.

>>3142884
>tfw I clear 70k but own every flashcard and modded all my consoles to run roms

feels orgasmic senpai

>>3143274
not that anon but oldfag (32). I think most shops at the time had a copy of EB for rent. I think the cost might have been a bit more IMO (cause it was a big box with a strat guide correct?). I bought mine during the purge (aka when ps1 was released). I never considered it a rare game or anything tho.

It's bizarre how much other people care about how things are consumed on this board.

You know most people that remember nesticle or zsnes are probably pretty alright with emulators? I know when I found out I could have any game I flipped out. There are trade offs with everything.

>>3150064

> be me
> be an avid emulator

meh.. muh psycho mantis he says

it was a gimmick, making clever use of what was available

what about saaay back on sega genesis
a certain little xmen game

''How do you reset the computer in Mojo's World?''

OH THATS RIGHT...

YOU ONLY PRESS THE RESET BUTTON ON THE BLOODY CONSOLE!!!!

yes you "reset" the actual console

a gimmick, completely left field, nice gimmick but still a gimmick

is that a reason to own a genesis or even play that xmen game again?

????

>>3140043
You have no ideal what your missing if your not playing your original system on a crt with your old school controller.
So much is lost when you emulate, the sound is a big one. Games sound totally different and much shittier when you emulate. Also, HDTV make game look like crap. Huge lines and everything doesn't look right.
Of course, I admit I'm a huge video game fan. I have been playing games for like 20+years and just really enjoy them. Games also really don't cost that much, they are cheaper then they were when they came out.

>>3140043
As someone who owns both of those pieces of technology, let me just say that the framemeister is fucking expensive, and PVMs can be even more so, and are also finicky, old and worn. On top of that, original hardware and software are getting expensive as fuck. Some people just want to play.

Although I get the feeling this was a troll thread and you weren't looking for an actual rebuttal.

>>3140071
A slight color palette change is "too drastic"? You make it sound like it changes the way the software actually performs.

>>3142140
>flickery
This is how we know you've never actually seen a nice crt.

>>3150473
>You have no idea what you're missing
As someone that was around for every actual console generation, I AM WELL AWARE, AND I AM MISSING FUCKING NOTHING EMULATING.

If someone that was fucking there for Pong and the Atari 2600 and the NES and the SNES and the Genesis and the TG16 and the Gameboy and the Shit Generation of Consoles That Began The Fall Of The Gaming Industry (N64/PS1), and I STILL prefer emulation, WHY THE FUCK DON'T YOU?

Dumb children. Enjoy paying shitfucktons of money for goddamn nothing.

>>3150779
this guy. right here.

i should make a youtube channel dedicated to buying and smashing shitty old computers and consoles just to watch you idiots sperg out.

>>3150779
>As someone that was around for every actual console generation, I AM WELL AWARE, AND I AM MISSING FUCKING NOTHING EMULATING.

I have to agree here.
>glitches
>wires
>lots of cash
>lost saves
>wasted space
>CRT heat/noise/space
>awful controllers
SMB3 feels so smooth and fun on my Haswell-backed Windows 7 PC using Nestopia and a Dual Shock 3. And it's just as challenging to beat.

>>3150779
>>3150910
>>3150921
this is why we need id driver's license checks on /vr/

I just do not believe you three are in your 30's and that you completely and disrespectfully shit on crt's and original hardware. this is HISTORY. you three are a fucking disgrace.

a youtube channel SMASHING retro tech??? are you a literal fucking buffoon?? If I saw you on the street, I'd fucking sucker punch you so goddamn hard.

>>3150970
>I just do not believe you three are in your 30's and that you completely and disrespectfully shit on crt's and original hardware.
Want me to post a timestamped DL?
I lived through that era. Unfortunately for fucktards like you I care about how I spend my cash and I remember how awful gaming could be on original hardware.
If anything, my PC and its emulators make those old games feel more arcade-like than the consoles that had to water the games down to play at home.

History is fun to read about and admire, but I don't live in 1993 anymore. I live in 2016, and my PC has a GPU with more memory than 60000 SNES consoles. I can play any SNES game that matters from start to finish with little to no inaccuracy, using a controller that's essentially like the SNES controller except it fits my adult hands properly, and I can play translated versions of game that never saw daylight here in the US.

And all I'm missing is a bulky blurry CRT generating noise and heat, and some bullshit about "clicks and switches" that mean nothing to me because I don't get an erection by powering up consumer electronics.

>>3140043
Because I'm a poorfag. If I had the resources to, I would try to get everything physical but I can't. Playing them is enough for me so emulation it is.

>I used to have a CRT
>It wasn't anything special. it was one of those early 2000 models. Can't remember brand
>mfw I was forced to give to my cousins

OP's thread quickly became #HardwareFagsTheTriggering

as said in a previous post

if you still own your own slightly yellowed sticker covered console(s) from way back when (the time-frame of that gen) if you still have a few dusty dog eared labeled cartridges or cracked jewel-cases and surprisingly untarnished disc based media that was buried somewhere in a crate with a load of RF leads and dusty 3rd party controllers more power to ya bro
if you had the personally had the foresight, maybe hoarding parents or just plain luck to have these things still box fresh in a basement or loft space then that's great
if your spending some quality time and introducing your own children to gaming through these things KUDOS 2 YOU SIR
you grew up with these things, this is your childhood and your memories
>YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY OVER 30 AND WILL POST A TIMESTAMPED DL
>YOU WILL PROVIDE A LINK TO A RESTORED VHS/??mm VIDEO OF YOU UNBOXING AT THE APPROPRIATE XMAS/BIRTHDAY
>FAILING PROVISION OF SAID VIDEO YOU WILL DELIVER A LETTER FROM THE PARENT/GUARDIAN/OTHER RELATIVE WHO BOUGHT/GIFTED YOU SAID CONSOLE/HOME-COMPUTER ALONG WITH GENUINE RECEIPT OF PURCHASE
hell even if you can borrow 1 of theses said consoles from your childhood or play a buddies that fine
if you personally and therefore subjectively like the aesthetic and style of the console thats all well and good

>>3151156 continued


NOW
if your buying retro consoles, vintage carts, novel peripherals and CRT's to spend some quality time and introducing your own children to gaming through these things and share in what you did as a child AGAIN KUDOS 2 YOU SIR
if your buying retro consoles, vintage carts, novel peripherals and CRT's through genuine interest in the medium, or novelty factor or you are/were a poor fag buying that console your family could never afford and being good to yourself i hope you're content

HOWEVER
if your buying retro consoles, vintage carts, novel peripherals and CRT's for the purpose of dickswinging and/or perceived "investment", if your seriously trying to claim some kind of superiority over the emulated gaming community through your no doubt comprehensive knowledge of latter 20th century electronics and extensive personal library mass produced grey/black plastic in expensive boxes then your ego far outweighs your intellect
you're missing the point of emulation
the purists and autists will no doubt always justify and rationalise the exorbitant amounts of money paid for these consoles and out bid themselves into oblivion while looking down at emulators as casuals, heretics and unclean etc
again your missing the point of emulation community and what that brings to the table in the form of the netplay community, that should be self explanatory. readily available hacks and translations from the mod community, Are you gonna spend the time to learn the simplified chinese or kanji to play that game that wasn't released in your region???

>>3151208 continued

And then there are the benefits of the actual emulators in and of themselves. save states, built in gamegenie/actionreplay features, the incredible amount of plugins to customise your experience, record your gameplay to stream on your channel or post elsewhere, the ability to play the same game on your PC, console, tablet and your phone and update your progress from the last device.

Utilizing the processing power available now in even your mobile phone to emulate a bug free flawless version of a system you 1 time owned and loved or getting to experience a bug free flawless version of a system you wanted to own while sitting on the bus, the train, taking a shit!!!!

>>3151156
>>3151208
>>3151224
what the fuck look at this faggot

>>3151224
>>3151239
>THIS!

>>3150779
Yeah, and there are people now who zoom/stretch the picture on their shitty $100 westinghouse LCDs today.

Just because you were alive while CRTs were the norm doesn't mean you aren't a retard with no standards.

>>3140043

>why?

It's convenient.

>>3151239
KUDOS 2 YOU SIR

>>3151391

IS THIS NOW A CRT THREAD?

there are those people who use the aspect ratio button of their tv remotes and switch to 4:3 aswell
you can talk about color accuracy and whatever else, you can be melodramatic about the authenticity of your experience as much as you like
not everybodys eyes have the same degree of natural accuracy in focus or even color definition
your red isnt neccesarily my red and so on and so forth
the same logic can be applied to the audiophiles too
and on that token what about those physically impaired gamers with differing needs and peripheral that only work on pc OS add quick button mapping and boom emulation

but anyway i have recent ditched my decades old 32inch CRT and the only reason i kept it so long was it was comfy (also it weighed a fuckton) lol

i play the same games on various flatscreens round the house and of course i see the difference, i dont find it too bad desu 1, if anything the slight alteration improves some games, 1 tv inparticular makes the games look very washed out but i can compensate and color correct. And if im emulating thats before ive applied any plugins and filters, etc etc

but in the end with the gaming it doesn't matter what your doing or how your doing it
its WHY were doing it
we love dem games

so what if i dont experience something or for that matter anything precisely and exactly the same way you do

blah blah qualia

also go ahead and buy a 4k/8k tv you blind muther fuckers lol

So... In conclusion there is no objective way in which emulation loses out.

> That's nice

>>3150970
>this is HISTORY

Fuck off MovieBlob

>>3150970
I'll post my driver's license if you post yours.

>>3140043

Because CRT's and original hardware aren't going to make shovelware from decades ago any better.

Sometimes you just want to play a shitty game for a couple minutes, why go through the effort of buying the hardware and the game to do so?

>>3150970
We switched to LCD because CRT was bulky, heavy, expensive, and ugly. Technology improves. Deal with it.

>>3150970
> If I saw you on the street, I'd fucking sucker punch you so goddamn hard.

I don't know how old you are, but you seriously need to grow up. "I don't agree with you so I want to punch you" is a child's mentality.

>>3151569
Says the kid who never used a CRT and doesn't know that CRTs are still made for poorfags because they're cheaper.

>>3140043
>unironically enjoying scan lines
This is some top-shelf weeb brain damage right here.

>>3151984
That doesn't have jackshit to do with what he said.

>>3151009
rekt

>>3151575
Do an extreme action for the purpose of extreme reactions? Expect one.
>>3151208
dees r ur favrit gamez dad?

>>3152181
I'm gunna sell dem all when u give dem 2 me!

>>3152181
What "extreme action" did you see that you thought would make punching them the appropriate response?

>>3152190
>I should make a youtube channel dedicated to buying and smashing shitty old computers and consoles just to watch you idiots sperg out.

I never brought up morals fgt. Cause and effect. If you are intentionally agitating people you may have more success then you intended.

Hitting people that push buttons is an appropriate response though.

>>3152189

genuine lol im glad i was still here for that

"but I'll be in a pine box by then"

>>3152236
I wasn't any of those people. I just think resorting to violence over something so silly is incredibly childish. Grown ups don't let their "buttons getting pushed" cause them to hit people. That's not what makes a good society. We have fines and jail for people who can't control themselves. For all your boasting, you have the mentality of a rotten child.

>>3152257
I was never boasting.

Sometime's people need to know there is consequences for their actions. Free will means a person can say what ever they want and a person can hit whoever they want. There may or may not be consequences for either of their actions. Someone probably won't get that upset over anything someone says or does. And a person probably wont be able to identify an average person with no piercings or tattoos well enough for the police to do anything about it. If they even bother with a simple assault. Much less have anything to prosecute with beyond heresy unless other witnesses can collaborate the story or there was video surveillance with a clear shot of the perps face.

for all your righteousness you sound...

>>3152317
>Sometime's people need to know there is consequences for their actions.

Exactly. If you assault someone because you didn't like their youtube channel or something you should know you're going to face consequences. Because that's not an appropriate way to act.

That you are sitting there trying to justify it by saying it would be hard to prosecute is more proof of what kind of a person you are.

>>3152350

c'mon less of the sabre rattling

we both know your not climbing those steps out the basement without breathing hard as shit and looking for a twinkie

>>3152317

TFW YOU REPLY TO THE WRONG POST


O P
I S
T H E
C A N C E R

>>3152362
So your comeback is to call me fat? Is that supposed to make us think you're less childish? Come on man.

>>3152380
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I FEEL LIKE AN AMERICAN IN THE GULF


DAT FRIENDLY FIRE
SORRY DUDE


( '_')7

>>3152384
No worries, we all click the wrong things now and then.

>>3152350
I'm not justifying anything, I'm not the anon who said he would punch somebody. I never claimed to be a good person. I was just explaining that people get hit over shit like this Big Beta 6.

>>3152424

(-)

tfw you lie to the captcha

>>3152440
no (you)'s here m8, hang on though I made you guys something

>>3152440
>>3152493
over 3 seconds in paint

>>3152502
momma said knock you out

>>3150970
im 19 and in the prime of my life, i would literally love to try and see you try and suckerpunch me. Also, I agree there should be an age-check for 4chan. Anyone older than 25 should be fucking banned. Don't you guys have jobs and wives and kids to be spending time with instead of arguing about your favorite kids toys to anonymous guys?

throw away your fucking toys and accept that you're old and don't matter anymore. its not retro, its just a sad selfish grab at youth.

>>3152025
It has everything to do with what you said samefagkiddo. If you were old enough to have owned a CRT you might be old enough to into reading comprehension.

>>3143015
Sure thing Mr. Reseller Man.

>
3

>>3152592
fite me fgt. knocked a scrawny fuck like you out at exra life, shoulda started a charity for his dental bills. I will knock you fucking sideways and do butt stuff while you're unconscious.

>>3152592
What the hell has happened to our youth?

>>3152592
hey. fuck you, kid. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be alive.

>>3152592
We do have jobs. They occupy a bit of our time in exchange for money to spend on toys. And that seems to be a huge source of buttmad for NEETs like you. We have all the money and time we need to devote to enjoying games the way we want. But hey. At least you have all the money and time you need to devote to raging about that on 4chan. Stay mad kiddo.

>>3152851
Stop feeding the damn troll!

>>3152672
>>3152687
>>3152693
>>3152851
fuck all four of you basement dwelling neckbeard mongoloids. even women of your own generation cant stand you. get back to work while we fuck your cougar wives. life is -our- videogame and we l33t pwn you at every turn. thought i'd use some slang you guys could relate to, just to be nice.

>>3152851
hows it feel to know youve let thousands of dollars float into the wind. money you could have used to get even more money. that's what money is for numbnuts. use some of it to eat and be sheltered, save the rest and invest it in things that will gather you -more- money.

i wouldnt expect you to understand economics though. youre too busy arguing with others about what dpad feels nicest. eat your tendies.

>>3152663
no one cares about CRT TV anymore except autists. But keep sperging all you like

>>3153048
You obviously care way too much. Why do you come here? What's wrong with /v/? Why jealous of people that have nothing to do with you?

>>3153070
because im sick of you idiots continuing to enable eachother. i do this to the other degenerate sections of this site too. its one thing to jerk off to a little porn or watch some rekt vids but its just sad to know there are THIS MANY people into these wasteful, selfish, stupid wastes of time and money. I know i'm supposed to be sorry and I know its supposed to be bad to police other people but well... Sorry not sorry, someone's gota tell you the truth and its not my fault nobody has until me.

>>3152672
rapist and childmolester confirmed.

>>3142605
>that's how they were INTENDED to be played, you fool.

Holy fuck the games look just fine without scanlines and CRT flicker. Besides, it's not like you can't emulate using a CRT; I do. Now if you're saying people playing SMW using ZSNES stretched on a LCD TV should do something else I agree, but other than that all anti-emulation fag arguments ever come down to is:

"look guys this really hard to trigger glitch on this real obscure game produces this super minor effect not present on real hardware! Emulation is for faggots!"
or
glitches are/are not present on emulator thus making game harder to speedrun, speedrunner faggots cry a river of tears and curse emulation and all who use it
or
muh authentic experience

Some people emulate, that's fine. Some people don't, that's also fine. What's not fine is collectors and retro hardware enthusiasts constantly fucking bitching and degrading the emulation community because they aren't willing to shell out the cash for overpriced games and abandon the other benefits of emulation like save states(which have more uses than save scumming), filters, and other things. All because anti-emulation autists can't stop sperging out and bitching that it's not 100 percent accurate. 99% of the time you could play a game normally and not notice anything different from the game on real hardware.

As >>3140193 said in response to a claim people that emulate aren't retro enthusiasts, shut the fuck up.
Really, please shut the fuck up and stop making these threads.

>>3153061
I have enough money, investments and property to live comfortably, put my last kid through school and enjoy my self. So I think I'll stick with doing things my way and avoid the advice of a millennial NEET. Thanks for entertaining me with your buttrage though kiddo.

>>3153452
can somebody get this guy his walker, oxygen tank and purple heart? news flash: your failed abortions probably think the same way about you if not worse than i do. watching their dad wank away wishing it was still 1991, plugging his ears and ranting about how music, games, art used to be better. it didn't, you just got old and lost the plot.

leave

>>3153658
Not a chance. My kids didn't have the sort of god tier parenting failures that spawned you. In fact I played some multi player vidya with my youngest son and daughter who's the same age as you last night.
What did you do with your dad last night? From the sounds of it you've either never met him or wish that was the case.

>>3153061
are you getting paid for these

>>3152592
>Don't you guys have jobs

That's why I'm here. I come to this place to kill time at work. You're the 19 year old with no responsibilities who's spending his time here when he could be doing something else.

>>3152592

This is top quality bait. Congratulations.

>>3140083
twat face

>>3142814
>savescumming

lmao look at the reseller trashbags trying to besmurch the good name of emulation so they can shill there overpriced old timey bits of plastic and circit boards!!!! emulation is for REAL MEN who are EL CHEAPO and don't belive in paying for junk like a SUCKER and dont want to give their HARD EARNED EL DINERO'S to some trashbag resller scumbeg who doens't even give a rip about video games to begin with ok. so at the end of the day you just have to admit that none of the ILL GOTTEN EL DINEROS you pay for them little peices of plastic and silicone goes to the game developers it goes into the pockets of TRASHBAG RESELLERS LIKE IAN FROM LUNAR VIDEO GAMES who make their money reselling EL JUNKO and BESMIRCHING THE GOOD NAME OF EMULATORS ok so in conclusion i will put my video games in a bank vault so they can gaine value and i can sell them for megabux and i will never play them and wear them out and only play emulators cause their better ok.

>>3154579
Not him but I like savescumming sometimes. It's a fun way to play through some games. I'm doing Comix Zone right now a couple of panels at a time and re-doing them over and over until I take as little damage as possible and then move on. It's fun to check the alternate routes, run them through a few times and decide which was better. It's a fun game and a fun way to go through it.

>>3154662
>El Kiddo' Poorfago' Nogameo' SoSaddo' Francisco De Tres'

>>3153949
my dad died a last week in an accident. all these posts are just me having a giant meltdown. ive been half baiting you guys but also i'm just so lost and angry and i can't let my mom or special needs brother know. neither of them can work and i have to keep it together with them and my job.

my life's falling apart guys and i'm letting it out on all of you and a bunch of other people in real life. i know it doesnt matter but im sorry. Do whatever makes you happy i guess. this was shit of me to do.

>>3154717
Depending on what kind of special needs your brother has, it may be better not to burden him. But you should absolutely tell your mother what a hard time you're having. She already knows it, and talking about it openly will be a huge weight off for both of you. It will help give you strength to make it through to a point where you're not falling apart s much. Trust me, I've been there.

>>3154717
Assuming you aren't just shitposting, I'm really sorry to hear that. Things will get better eventually, anon, just hang in there.

>>3154717
If not shitpost, I am honestly sorry for you bro. I had no parents or grandparents left by the time I could legally drink. You can do it mang!

>>3154717
Guy your replaying to here. Sorry to hear that. Understandable you're having a meltdown but if your mom and bro are counting on you need to stay stable for them. My dad left when I was 18. Didn't die or anything, just left. I was the oldest kid, only one with a job, mom never had a job. These are the times you really need support from family and friends. We got a lot of help from my dads mom and the church was very supportive. Don't be afraid to ask for or too proud to accept help. Good luck.

Also, there are some other boards here you might be able to use to help. You can blow off some steam on /b/ or share your feelings and get some hugs on /r9k/.

>>3140043
I built a tiny emulation computer that boots directly into emulation station. It even has a legit splash screen and boot up sound. ES has a scrapper that grabs metadata for all the games so I have all the information along with box art and ratings. I use either original controllers with adapters, usb clones, or my wii u gamepad.

I think its pretty neat, it saves a lot of space and I get to play games up scaled with nice filters.

>>3155167
youre right. the bubble kinda popped today and i had a talk with everyone. im sorry i used this thread to piss out all my anger all over. im getting things sorted out. it started as just a joke and then i got real rotten. i truly do deserve an asskicking. im out. sorry again.

>>3140043
>Why?

Because I have hundreds of games across multiple consoles on my desktop and if I want a new one, it's seconds away. There's such thing as convenience you know.

I prefer emulation, even if I have the real hardware for pretty much every game I play. I just find it more convenient to hit a button in my PC and emulate it, and the differences, at least for the systems I own, are so small they are barely noticeable.

But that's not the point you see. If you want to buy real hardware, buy real hardware. If you want to emulate, emulate. If you want to do both, do both. I don't see why there's any reason to make a war about this shit. Live and let live, I just don't see the point of policing what people should or shouldn't do. It's not like you are going to convince an already opinionated person to stop doing what they are doing, no matter how good the arguments.

We are here for the games.

>>3140043
Why, because I dislike console clutter and I'm not a complete tryhard faggot stuck im the past. You know what I did with my old consoles once I could emulate? I threw them in the garbage where they fucking belong. Atari, sms, gb, gba, snes, ps, ps2 ps fucking 3 and whetever the fuck else I had. Landfill. I don't give a fuck about your opinion. Most old games are shit anyway, but we all like to bathe in nostalgia once in a while. I dont give a fuck what I play the game on. I play sega games on wii. I play wii games on PC. Play snes on psp. Play playstation on a fucking mobile phone.
I
don't
give
a
single
fuck.

>>3153125
>but its just sad to know there are THIS MANY people into these wasteful, selfish, stupid wastes of time and money.

But he wasn't the one saying he was bothering with women, bro.

>>3142369
>>>3140043 (OP)
>Because scanlines look like shit and theres a reason emulators don't include them by default.
This.

>any gamepad I want
>any device I want
>playing anywhere I want
>saving whenever I need to
>no shit-ass scan lines
>screenshots
>video recording
>hacking

This alone makes emulation objectively better so fuck off with your retarded MUH OLD SHIT

>>3155248
godspeed anon. it honestly is therapeutic coming on here sometimes and letting off steam. at the same time it can be very toxic. I hope you find closure and peace within yourself

>>3157323
you will NEVER get your shit to look this good via emulation, kid.

natural. crisp. sharp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXHQvJkfy8o

cheapo's don't deserve to play every game in the world for free. that shit is illegal anyway.

you don't HAVE the right to play every fucking game. I hate emulation kiddies so goddamn much. I bought super mario world for $80 as a kid and had a paper route. Why can't YOU buy it for $50?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3_TKlhiLp0

>>3158297
That looks like shit

>>3158306

Sperg more you fucking faggot

>>3158306
>I bought super mario world for $80 as a kid and had a paper route. Why can't YOU buy it for $50?
Because I'm smarter than you.

>>3158413
no it's because you're a dirtbag piece of shit pirate.

downloading roms to games you don't own is illegal.

why do you scum think the world owes you everything? because it DOESN'T. I hope you go to jail or worse die a horrible painful excruciating death.

>>3158487
Because clearly profiting off of old games if much more ethical.

>>3157323
>only one controller (moms iphone)
>only one device (moms iphone)
>playing anywhere I want (as long as mom's driving)
>Hear my god like emulator wiseness and tremble in it's god tier fucktard childness.

>>3158503
they are selling actual products. they've already bought them. now YOU have to buy them. things increase in value over time if the demand is there and there's a finite supply. tough luck if you can't buy rings of power for 30 dollars.

>>3140043
I don't emulate because I still have my games. Also, I'm not 3rd world, so I have enough money to buy other games if I want to. Shit, most of them are still cheaper than when they came out.

You can snag like 50 Atari games for $80 altogether. To me, the only people that emulate and download free roms for games they never owned are hipster kids

>>3158503
Because playing games illegally and for free is a lot more ethical sure.

>>3158530
>>3158546
>>3158548
Just fuck off already OP

>>3156201
Autism speaks

>>3156201
Listen here, fucknugget. I don't give a SHIT about how you play your LE RETRO fucking games. Maybe you played an NES once when you were 10 because your hipster shit big brother brought one home from the epic flea market before he flipped it to buy a new scarf after watching an episode of Pawn Stars and now you think it is cool to like old shit because JonTron told you to do it, but you'll NEVER be accepted among those who actually played this shit YEARS ago and aren't fad-following YouTube kiddies just waiting for your next big find because let's face it, the seond you get your OMG LITTLE HAMPTON you'll be taking fucking pictures of your EPIC HAUL to plaster all over your Facebook group because you are so desperate to fit in. Your Alienware machine running ZSNES with that awful fucking smoothing filter doesn't have shit on anything, got that? Maybe it will hold you over, but don't pretend like you aren't desperate for the real deal so you can start your fucking YouTube collecting channel like Pete fucking Dorr.

I just don't fucking care.

This thread is absolutely incontrovertible proof that /v/ has succesfully colonized /vr/. It was a good three years lads, but this board, like /mu/ now needs to be comoletely gassed.

>>3158297
>natural. crisp. sharp.

k.
You gonna post it faggot? I'm not seeing any of that.

>>3158297
>natural. crisp. sharp.

k.
You gonna post it faggot? I'm not seeing any of that.

Because playing in the PC is superior. I can play the same thing while listening to music, waiting until a new e-mail appears, shitposting in between stages and so on.

>>3159470
>what is a laptop

>>3142284

Why do people actually want retarded scan-lines?

>>3158297
>implying you can't use that display with emulation

>>3142284
>also, fyi, video games have never been a cheap pass time, so why are you so involved with them to begin with if you were never willing to spend money?

To, now get this, play video games. Not brag about collection size, or to boast that we have the most expensive copy of Madden ever made, but instead to play video games.

Why do people love to shitpost here so much with lies, ridiculously childish defensiveness, childish name calling and all that? You'd think a board that is about games from 20-30 years ago would have more reasonable posters. I guess no place is "sacred' on 4chan, esp since /v/ seems to love to fuck with people on this place for some reason

It really makes me laugh when "baiters" call people "out" for responding to the bait yet they are the most pathetic in the first place for "baiting" people like a fucking 2 year old

>>3162920
If you want maturity, why the hell are you on 4chan?

Go to AtariAge, OldSkooler Ramblings, or Sega Forums.

>>3153187
>Some people emulate, that's fine. Some people don't, that's also fine. What's not fine is collectors and retro hardware enthusiasts constantly fucking bitching and degrading the emulation community because they aren't willing to shell out the cash for overpriced games and abandon the other benefits of emulation like save states(which have more uses than save scumming), filters, and other things. All because anti-emulation autists can't stop sperging out and bitching that it's not 100 percent accurate. 99% of the time you could play a game normally and not notice anything different from the game on real hardware.

It goes the other way too, you know. I can't count the number of times I've seen a thread along the lines of "which game should I buy?" or "Are flashcarts/repros worth it?" and people respond with "Just fucking emulate, you autistic faggot."

I'm not the guy you replied to, I pretty much agree with you. I mostly play on original hardware, but if you asked me for a concrete reason I wouldn't have much of one besides "Emulation's just not the same!" I have no problem with people emulating either, and I do for consoles that I don't consider it worth my while to get, like the NES (having a good NES/famicom experience in the PAL region seems like way too much hard work) or N64 (I only really like Mario 64, F-Zero X and Wave Race 64).

But both sides of the emulation vs real shitshow are just as unbearable and and both sides tend to come out of the woodwork to ruin threads where nobody asked for their opinion.

Holy shit congratulations OP this thread is the worst i have seen in months here.

>Emulators look terrible compared to the real thing

It's not like you can't just emulate on a CRT and get great results, and if you go and buy a PVM and fuck around your PC to get output from it you got the ideal solution to the whole looks issue for literally any pre 5th gen arcade/console/PC game (5th gen/dreamcast emulation is garbage).

Consoles are a great deal if you got a flash card though, i'm sure that's the only way of playing all N64 games without giving away your money to neckbeards on ebay.

>>3163464
Why in the world would you want to play all N64 games anyway? The majority of them are fairly mediocre.

>>3163464
once again, it's a money issue with you lot.

I'm going to put it simply for you.

If you do not have the money for these games, you do not have the right to play them. Downloading roms to games you do not own is ILLEGAL.

>>3140043
Because I already lost my NES, Master System, Genesis, N64, PS1, and GB collections and consoles, and I have no interest in ever putting myself through that again.

I'll stick with my present 8,896 roms, thank you very much.

Because emulation is and will always be the superior choice. No lag, speed up times, save states and tons of vidya you will never play in the real hardware (cps2, mame). I respect people who collect and play the real thing but time is the only thing we have. For instance, I can finish Pokemon Red in two days while it can take easily two weeks in the real GB.

A decent portable device and a Wii or some PC that I can connect it to a crt TV and I'm done. I learned to not give a fuck about scanlines, 240p and other stuff, and nowdays bluetooth is great enough to give me zero noticeable lag.

>>3140196
you are a stupid

>>3164242
>Because emulation is and will always be the superior choice. No lag, speed up times, save states
none of this is superior if it's not authentic. have you ever even gamed on the Sony D24E1WU? It blows literally every other option out the window. even the framemeister.

>>3164438
>Authentic = Better
Nope. Simon's Quest Retranslated is better than Simon's Quest, for instance.

>>3164438
>It's not superior if it's not what I prefer.

>>3164228
Buying software from an unlicensed vendor (in other words, basically everywhere if you're buying old games second hand) is also illegal. You're breaking the law in either case so it's a moot point.

>>3164228
>Downloading roms to games you do not own is ILLEGAL.
Come and get me, then.

>>3164243
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AQPMu0kpM0

>>3164458
the games are out of print, so it's fine.

>>3164496
By that logic why isn't emulation fine?
The fact that the game is no longer in print doesn't mean the publisher no longer holds copyright.

My wii and trinitron is all I've ever needed. I know it could be better but I really don't care.

>>3164509
Nobody but jews gives a fuck about who owns the copyright. If the original devs don't see any profit from the games, they should be otherwise free.

>>3164509
no, by that, logic, downloading a free rom is still fucking illegal because you do not OWN the game.

>>3140078
>and sega consoles naturally accept rgb without modification.
too bad they look like shit in a rgb display

>>3164549
no, they actually look the best. that's how I know you're full of shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwBioaGCDA

>>3164573
You're basically paying for no transparencies nor extra colours because of le sharp pixels meme.

>>3164680
>You're basically paying for no transparencies nor extra colours because of le sharp pixels meme.
WTF does this even mean?? Is this even fucking English!?

>>3164684
http://retro-sanctuary.com/comparisons%20-%20differing.html

>>3164689
Did you even read your own fucking link? You ARE able to get dithering through scart.

>>3164542
You don't own the game either faggot

>>3164709
I think that's what he doesn't like. You can also get dithering out of composite, but you have to get the right connection.

>>3165049
I do own the game. I am waving the store copy bought via retail stores not some digital extrapolated jibber jabber.

Enjoy your time in jail.

Poorfag here. why not buy real hardware, one of those everdrive flashcarts and a CRT?

Yeah, it's more expensive than emulation but you'll not regret and you don't even need to waste $300 in an overpriced game. and if you're lucky and you're a eurofag you can get an RGB easily

>>3164531
I agree with that. My point was that the "people who emulate have no RIGHT to play the game since they don't own it" is completely invalid because even if you did buy the game, you still don't technically own it under copyright law.

>>3165243
You still don't own the game fag. All you have is the license to play it. And buying it second hand can be interpreted as "illegal".

Enjoyed your jail time butt fucking.

>>3165976
Because many people don't want to have to see the games on a CRT.

>>3166642
Which Shinobi is that? Looks like 60 frames/sec too.. Nice

>>3166950
Shadow Dancer, it's good and a decent challenge.

>>3164458
Since when is buying used stuff a crime? Has anyone been put in jail for buying an used game?

>>3140043
As a person who builds rgb cables and is planning on building an rgb to s-video circuit as well as having invested quite a bit in original hardware as a collector, I would still argue that emulation is just as viable an option for playing most games and you really won't be worse for the wear. Heck, even if you have the original hardware you can still be left with second-tier or lower fidelity even with the right equipment because you have a lower grade version of the hardware than some other revision.

Of course, I'm not actually writing this post in reply to the OP specifically since OP is just a standard troll post, but I would like to get these opinions out in the thread in between my swimming sessions in the sea of A/V cables and equipment that fill my room.

>>3140083
>I just spend money in an intelligent manner
>21 year single malt
Ahaha, so you're not only casual but you're a hypocritical moron as well.

>>3167258
Has anyone been put in jail for emulating?

>>3167292
No, but companies speak out far more often against the legality of downloading ROMs than the legality of buying used games off eBay.

>>3167310
That's only because there'd be a shitshow if they tried. Microsoft tried to prevent reselling with the XBone but had to cave after they realised nobody was gonna buy it.

>>3140043
Cause I'm not a useless, spoonfed, strung out nintoddler, and my raspberry pi works quite naturally with a CRT.

>>3167728
Such mad. You jelly scrub?

>>3167735
Scrub? I'm actually long rather over this shit. You should kill yourself.

>>3167735

>Having the cheap versions

You may as well just be emulating, scrub.

I'm perfectly happy using composite on my CRT TV, thank you.

>>3140043
But I emulate on a PVM-20M4U through RGB you uneducated dick

>>3167735
lookin' good, pal. keep up the collection. :)

>>3167384
and there's never a shitshow when companies and law services speak out against emulation because emufags know they're in the wrong. I really hate them so goddamn much. they're like pampered little brats. someone needs to knock the shit outta them.

>>3168369
I don't even emulate but you sound like you need to chill. I can understand the idea that devs should be compensated for their hard work, but if you go and buy a game off of eBay or craigslist or wherever you do nothing to support the developer. That cartridge was already purchased 20 years ago. The only person you're supporting is the guy who sold it to you, and it's not like he put huge amounts of effort into taking a photo of some old junk he doesn't want, or worse, actively ruining the second hand games market by scouring flea markets for good deals to resell.

Even if you buy games off of GOG or the virtual console, I doubt any of the original developers get much from it. Chances are it's just a quick extra buck for the publisher and the people who actually did the work aren't being rewarded for their efforts.

As I said, I don't emulate, but in most cases I really fail to see any moral issue with doing so. I can see it with current stuff, but for games that are out of print you're not really "supporting the industry" or anything.

>>3168369

reseller scum detected

>>3140075
>You can't run ps1 or even ps2 games in HD
Are you retarded?
Why would you wanna run such low poly games in HD?

Especially the ones with pre-rendered backgrounds like RE2 or FF9 which look blurry as shit at higher resolutions

This thread is a perfect example of what is wrong with this board.

Take /out/ for example, they talk about what gear is good and what gear is bad, but at the end of the day their message is the same, "just get outside"

This board, however, is comprised mainly of elitist, closed minded people that are obsessed with keeping the board to themselves and not allowing for any kind of community growth. These people dont want anyone to play the games they love unless they follow their rules to a T and in the end all they accomplish is making themselves look like assholes.

I own a pvm and love the way it looks, but I also emulate the games I dont own and still enjoy them for the gameplay.

Fuck you OP and fuck anyone that goes out of their way to tell others to do things the way they do it.

inb4 blogpost

>>3169530
/out/ is a just an outgrowth of /k/, which has a strong "board culture" cause it's focussed on the real world and actually being somewhere and doing something, this is just an inwards sunken self-gratification spiral, like /a/, /d/, /mlp/ /x/ or chansluts.

>>3170796

>I've literally never been to /d/

Please stop talking about things you're clueless about

>>3170995
endless dickgirls, threads about what deformity or other fetish-thing you'd like forced onto all women in the world, a BDSM thing superficially like the doom threads here but which the whole board got fed up with so it's no longer there, "pic below yours happens to you", femdom captions, and dickgirl captions, dickgirl femdom captions, more dickgirls

>>3140083
>wage slave thinks he is going to be retired in 10 years
I've been retired since I got my trust 15 years ago, come at me bitch

>>3171013

Good job looking at the catalog. How much time have you spent in the threads? How many /d/iscussions have you been in with fellow board-goers? There's a nice lot of talk in between those pictures, but you wouldn't know because you see a few girl penises and assume you know everything there is to know.

So, once again I ask, please stop talking about things you're clueless about.

>>3170796
>/out/ is a just an outgrowth of /k/, which has a strong "board culture"
>strong "board culture"

And he says this like it's a good thing. /out/ and /k/ are cesspools these days of mostly /pol/ cross posters. .

>This thread

What the hell happened to this board?

>>3171707
This >>3154717 OP is upset that his father is dead so he comes here to take out all his anger and act like the biggest asshole he can.

>>3171727
Ouch man. That's extremely harsh. Even for this place.

>>3171739
No it's not. We're not his therapist. And we're not his fucking toilet. He needs to grow the fuck up.

>>3140043
>>3140043
Kinda related but does someone know the name of the website that would generate a random game for you? Just in the mood to play a game but dunno what.

>>3140043
>Why?
Main reason is availability. I'm a country bumpkin and rarely could I go to the city to buy games before the days of just amazon'ing everything. plus I was a small child who had no income.

via emulation I've discovered some games that I could call my favourite, like Shadowrun and Super Metroid.

Then there's the technical aspect, I like low level programming and seeing a machine like an emulator at work is fascinating.

That being said, I have no intentions of buying emulating hardware, unless its the original consoles and some shitbox tv. I would love to get my hands on a physical copy of shadowrun and play that.

>>3171759
Defender.

Go play it now.

>>3171130
>this guy likes girl penises

get a load of this fag

>>3171375
Does /pol/ trigger you? never understood why people use that place as a boogeyman. I'd take /pol/ over the shitposters of other boards (/v/) any day

>>3171707
This thread was a shitpost to begin with, one that got wildly out of control instead of deleted. Wtf do you expect?

>>3171375
>>3172034
/vr/ is actually more socially conservative and reactionary than /pol/, it's just that /pol/ is constantly being raided, and is full of trolls trying to "parody" it

picture retron spam threads tenfold, that's /pol/!

>>3173293
Kinda makes sense since we're a retro gaming board, and social conservatives love living in the past...

Is it weird that I'm a libcuck that enjoys retro games? Oh wait, that just makes me a hipster.

>>3171130
The /d/iscussion thread? What? That's been AGES ago! I don't think I've even noticed the associated fetlife group with that name currently.

There is no tradition of talk like in some other boards, it has been often frowned upon, the /bdsmg/ thread often would fret about being sure to have a steady stream of pics in fear of the ire of the general population of the board.

>>3175009

You're really not looking hard enough. I've seene several threads which mostly rode on talk, like a recent succubus thread, a few centered on tentacles, the /d/-tan thread that's been around forever, the usual "is futa gay thread that turns into a general psychoanalization of fetishes" thread and probably a few more I missed. It's there, it's not as open anymore. Haven't seen BDSM general around much, though.

Also, the only thing about pictures isn't the board's ire, it's the mods. They seem to come down on threads if they don't have enough pictures in addition to the talk. There's actually a lot of modding that's been going against the users of the board in the recent past, as well.

>>3142107
I've been playing vidya since there was vidya to play, and CRTs look like shit. Sorry hipster guy.

>>3175009
>>3175087
Get your fetish bullshit out of here. The thread is already full of crap as it is. Whatever bizarre shit you fap to is the last thing we want to hear about.

>>3175110

>I can't read

Maybe you should get you're Framemeister fixed if you're display is that bad.

>>3175428
You are discussing another board entirely. If you want to discuss that board, go elsewhere, you aren't in no position to make fun of anyone for being called out on it.
Also learn English for fuck's sake. "you're" != "your".

>>3140043
Next time you make a thread don't post a fr*aking game from 2007 moron.

>>>/v/

>>3175641

>you aren't in no position

Exactly, I'm not in no position, I'm in a position.

You're English game is weak, bro.

>>3175641
We were discussing boards in general, which should immensely expected considering that this board here is an acknowledged radical foil to /v/.

Not our fault the /d/ core is exceptionally touchy.

I'm european, and Norwegian
First of all retro collection is pretty hard here
Secondly 50 hz sucks and I won't settle for it

Maybe it's just a millennial thing, but I don't have the desire to buy a physical copy of anything I can have in zeros and ones.

For example, my first dog was in Dogz, and now my current dog is in Dogz, but this time with a modded breed, a rule sheet, and a 20-sided die to decide when he, Grumpy Bum, dies.

If I get home late, did he get nervous? How did it impact his anxiety levels? If I roll a 1, he had a mental breakdown and needs 10 devoted minutes from me stroking him. If I can't do it, I shave 5 months from his life. If I roll a 2, he made a mess of the trash. If I don't punish him, the trash event occurs at 6 or below when late, but if I do punish him it stays at 2 but his anxiety levels rise and his trust and love for me diminish.

It makes me cry to play this game, but I honestly love him more for it.

I'll be sad when he dies in 2018.

Because I don't have room to put shit in my apartment. Well, I could if I dedicated my shelf to consoles, but I'd rather put my books and mango there. So I just emulate on my laptop and it feels just fine to me. I never liked controllers anyway. When the PS2 came out, first thing me and my brother did was figure out if we could play it with a keyboard.
And I have a huge ass apartment for a student who lives alone.

>>3178783
>student

how fucking old are you? Are you a 3d gamer baby?

I swear this is why we need id checks on /vr/ to be exclusively 30+. Discussion will be far better and will actually comprise of people who GREW UP with what they're shitting on or raving about.

Why are you even on /vr/, kid? Fuck off back to /b/ or something. go watch pewdiepie or whatever kids watch on youtube.

>>3140043
>there is no money issue

>>3140043
Fucking weird. I downloaded a buncha random MAME roms and that Death Smiles was one random one I clicked on to try. Now I see it in OP's image.

>>3179691
I'm 21 but all I've been able to play for about 6 years is indie and retro stuff. I'm pretty sure the most recent game I've played lately is Diablo 2, and then Deus Ex. I haven't grown up with those but I can't play anything else right now, and I don't think I'd play newer AAA games if I could anyway.
And I don't watch let's players or whatever on youtube either, ffs. Am I not allowed to enjoy and discuss older games because I didn't grow up with them ?
Also, back on topic, if I could, I sure as hell would get some consoles back if I could, and make myself a battlestation, with gloves for my controller allergic hands idk.

>>3179691
I'm 19 but that doesn't mean I didn't grow up with /vr/ consoles. When I was a kid the only consoles we had were a Mega Drive, Game Boy and Playstation, and the first games I remember playing that stick out in my mind are games like Duke Nukem 3D and Dungeon Keeper.

>>3140043
the only reason i want to emulate ps2/xbox/gamecube titles is because of shitty aliasing issues

>>3140043
Try buying all that saturn games fagget

I have a PVM and lots of old consoles. I also have an extron emotia which converts a 480p signal from the PC into 240p for the PVM. I still find that the best way to play old games is to emulate and output on a 20 inch PC CRT. It's much easier to have everything consolidated to the same display and output, rather than playing some consoles through RGB, some through S-video, emulating arcade games, etc. I actually sought out two PC CRTs of the same model(and two PVMs of the same model) for rotating. Nobody can say that I'm not dedicated to this shit.

Also I'm 23, and most of the old games I own were bought over ten years ago when I was more into old game collecting than I am now.

I wouldn't fault anybody for not going to the lengths I did. Most people would be far better served getting one of those 4k OLED TVs and using CRT filters. Old hardware and CRTs are just getting rarer, more expensive and more worn out. Old AV shit is a hobby in and of itself.

The second I could emulate I ditched my consoles. Playing SNES on my computer was fucking MAGIC.

>>3179691
I'm 35 but you sound like a gigantic fucking faggot that needs to be put to sleep

>>3184092
Still working off that butthurt over your dad kicking the bucket on us eh?

There's one simple reason why emulation is better than actual hardware
Two words: save states.
It's ridiculous how much better a game gets when you can skip all the faffing about with menus whenever you need to retry a difficult part

>>3184126
33, Both my parents and all my grandparents are dead fgt, your turn will come.

>>3184326
>blaming being bad on menus
you casuals have an excuse for everthing

>literally paying 400+ bux to emulate old-ass backward screen technology

Are you clinically retarded?

>>3150064
> It's not authentic. It's not real.

Well that's the point, isn't it? The past is gone, and before long most of the old hardware will fail, discs will rot, and it'll all be lost except for an incredibly niche reproduction market.

Emulation is an attempt to experience what you couldn't have, or what has been lost to you. Whether by your context, or the experience itself, it won't be what you want it to be.

Hardware doesn't last forever, data can as long as someone keeps one copy. Eventually the only consoles, Amigas and DOS computers will be in museums. It's important to perfect emulation on every platform to keep games alive. Maybe it's not "pure" but I'd rather be able to play a game imperfectly then not play it at all because it's too old or rare. Honestly I think every console manufacturer should release an official emulator like with what Sega's doing with the Genesis.

I play old games because I want to play old games, not because I'm an autist who thinks gameplay is diminished when I'm playing on a computer, when in fact it's usually enriched by the greater options available.

Reminder that playing a retro game now will be a fundamentally different experience than playing it in it's proper time period. While the game is the same, the world around it is completely different, you've experienced more and are different too, and a game you would have loved in '96 would be just another game in 2016.

>>3185557
>not hiring a half dozen of actors to re-enact the 90ies while you play in the skin of a pre-pubescent boy you had kidnapped and gutted

>>3185557
Reminder that everything about this is good. Nostalgia is for people who want to remain children their whole lives.

>>3185567
>not subjecting yourself to horrifying genetic experiments to have the body of a small child

I'm playing my retro games exactly as they were intended, in my basement while my mom is cooking lunch. I even ignore my 1978 TV's screen settings because I don't know how to read.

>>3185567
That "kid" is strangely muscular.

>>3179691
I agree that conversation would be better if everyone was 30+, but growing up with with /vr/ games is less important than having played the games before newer ones existed, if you know what I'm saying? Like, if you're 50, you didn't grow up with a NES, but at least you'd have played the games in the 80s and 90s, before you played PS2 or something?

can the framemaster make 480i/p ps2 gamecube games 1080p, acting as a pc emulator like dolphin for home tvs?