/vr/ - Retro Games

just emulate unless you really want the real thing

>>7094828
Pretty much everything before 6th gen can be enjoyed via emulation just fine without any major issues.

neither is going to successfully give you that 100% completion rate. you can't emulate everything & attempting collecting everything now will leave you a broken anon. best just find a comfy place and 1 game to play until your neurolink notifies you confirmation of your flight tickets to mars lil zoomer. achievement unlocked:futility

>>7094828
I've never met an emulator user who has completed a decent number of the games for a platform on an emulator.

>>7094873
What do you define as a decent amount

>>7094873
it can be true sometimes i cant choose what i want to play from having too many roms

>>7094878
more than 10 for every console, usually emulator users just replay a few games from their childhood which is pretty boring.

>>7094828
>N64
>Xbox
>emulation
Good luck.

>>7094921
>implying N64 emulation is bad
Have you been living under a rock since 2003?

>>7094828
emulate the real games and purchase physical copies of the romhacks

Do what you want, nobody but you cares.

>>7094828
Neither. Only obtain games that you actually want to play

>>7094828
Try both.

>>7094934
>>7094921
>>N64
>Have you been living under a rock since 2017?
ftfy tbf desu

>>7094828
Here's more of an answer that you're looking for:
In most circumstances, you'll never know the difference concerning the timing and sounds, but in others again, you won't know the difference unless you experience some real hardware.
tl;dr get some real hardware first and get to know what you love, then see how emulation handles it.

>>7094828
Physical consoles and flashcarts/ODEs. Best of both worlds.

>>7094968
This is prolly the most honest answer.

>>7094828
If money, time and space is not a problem, go for real hardware.

>>7094828
If you don't care then sure. I still have my Gameboys lying around so I buy carts, otherwise I emulated a lot back in the day.

>>7094828
If you have no intention of investing in flashcarts or don't get a kick out of coomlecting just emulate.

it depends. emulating on PC is boring as fuck for some consoles. handhelds are made to be played while you're lying on your bed. consoles are made to be played with a controller. otherwise you shouldn't even bother

>>7094828
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Way

>>7094828
Do what you want OP, as long as you have fun with it.

>>7095252
this.
less space, money, and wear and tear

As long as you don't want to emulate an Xbox/ Xbox 360. Yes.

>>7094828
only collect the shit you really like, if something is too pricey just emulate it. that's my way. I'm not shelling out for Earthbound or F zero GX or Fire emblem Path of Radiance. Fuck that

>>7094828
Just emulate the consoles that can be well emulated, use flash carts for the N64 and burn DVD+RWs for on modified PS2 SPH-500xx models and xbox with a 3rd party DVD burner.

>>7094934
well, for Super Mario 64, you won't get the full experience without your personalized copy of the game

>>7095549
>consoles are made to be played with a controller.
but you can use a controller on pc

>>7094828
Yes. Unless there is a game you REALLY want to play an emulation doesn't deliver it
The "retro market" is full of used overpriced shit that might need maintenance.

Emulating will inevitably lead to console hacking will inevitably lead to physicalfagging
This is how the world is

>real hardware + flash carts

the only legitimate option

>>7094934
>implying n64 emulation is good
Sure if you want to play ocarina in widescreen, but lots of shit doesn't work.

>>7094843
Please stop telling lies.

Rate my setup

>>7098885
Douse yourself in gasoline, put a rope around your neck and light yourself on fire as you kick the chair out from underneath you/10

>>7098915
This

>>7094828
Collect what you grew up with and emulate what you didn't.

>>7098885
me want attention/10

>>7098915
>>7099543
Jeez, relax, I just wanna play games authentically.

>>7094828

>>7098885
Framemeister is old news; sell it while you still can

>>7099887

>>7094828
Only buy what you cannot emulate. But hack the console so you don't have to buy the carts over and over and hope that once all the consoles die they make chinese ripoffs of them to go with your flash cart and such.

I'd ideally have an n64 with flashcart for it and a hacked wii to play gamecube games. Everything else I'm interested in would emulate pretty okay.

>>7099868
You're not doing it right.

You should consider Anons earlier advice.

>>7100384
it's okay to be jealous

>>7094828
Yes. Emulating is anti-establishment, therefore if you are against emulating that means you are for taking chink cock up the ass on the daily from the People's Republic of China.

>>7101226
How are you authentically going to play Wario Ware twisted, or Drill Dozer? That's right, you're not.

Get a clue and chuck that trash in the bin.

Imagine thinking n64 emulation is still bad and needing that to be true so you can feel less guilty about collecting

>>7094828
Almost every pre-sixth gen console can be emulated with near perfect accuracy. The only exception is the PS1, unless you don't mind using Retroarch.

>>7101340
>Imagine thinking n64 emulation is still bad and needing that to be true so you can feel less guilty about collecting