/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9380772
Enjoyment of retro games is independent of consuming plastic products online. Like you said, you can emulate. If your involvement in the hobby was dependent on affording novelty garbage like mini consoles, you were never a retro gamer. You're a collector. We won't miss you, because you were never with us.

>>9380772
>my retro journey
>pic of modern ARM gadgets
What did the zoomie mean by this?

>>9380772
Why are you surprised by this? It's not just retro gaming, it's everything and anything. People scalping anything they can online is just a way of life now its nothing specific to old/new games, this applies to any hobby.

>>9380784
Nothing wrong with people enjoying to own games within their own means, plenty of people have extra money they enjoy to spend on it. Yes, we all know emulation exists.

>>9380772
Is that an original megadrive or the new amazon exclusive shit console?
Analogue is open for mega sg preorders atm so you could get that. Was thinking about triggering it but decided mister was better investment and went for that.

>1 oz of gold is nearly $2000
>even cheap cars are $5000+ as well as gas and insurance
>prototypes, dev kits, and unreleased games can go for thousands of dollars if not tens of thousands
>good luck finding a working arcade PCB of a game that's actually fun to play for less than $200US, much less the controls, monitor, power supply, and cabinet needed to actually use the fucking thing
>but OP wants to cry about an emubox costing 300 maple leafs that comes with everything needed in a single package
>the real console, controllers, cables, and a flashcart are even cheaper
Get a job or get raked.

>>9380807
>Nothing wrong with people enjoying to own games within their own means, plenty of people have extra money they enjoy to spend on it. Yes, we all know emulation exists.
That's cool. Nothing I said contradicts that. Just saying OP is retarded for giving up a hobby because he can't afford novelty garbage that no one needs.

I'm disappointed that novelty arm boxes are scalpable. They're kind of neat, but not 4x MSRP neat.

>>9380772
>minis
Cringe

>>9380784
What if i love gaming but hate using computers?

>>9380885
Figure it out. It's your hobby.

I have to lol at this stuff. This hobby is more expensive than it used to be, that's for sure, but this is still a low price hobby. You sound like a bitch complaining about $300. I want a $750 clarinet and my friends are telling me not to waste any money on an instrument below $1000. Talk to people who have serious hobbies in cars, computers, instruments, whatever. It'll give you some perspective. Also get a job.

this thread sucks ass!!!!!!!!

>>9380924
>clarinet
LMAO faggot alert

>>9380924
>>9380954
Holy crap, Squidward is on /vr/.

>>9380885
Then you're a dumbass.

>>9380784
Based.

>>9380772
INFLATION! Oh what else besides inflation could be an actual reason for this?

>>9380885
Try a table and a deck of cards instead. Maybe some dice.

>>9380772
uhhhh???
have you tried buying a real sega genesis for $30?


its a yikes from me

You can buy a mega drive for cheap elsewhere, why are you angry?

I'm absolutely sure OP is a C-tier YouTuber in the process of writing his "It's Over" video and he's using this thread to get ideas.

>>9380772
>Emulation
>Wii
Get the fuck out of here, kid.

>>9380885
Japan makes single player board games with cute anime girls in them now.
I always keep some handy in case there's a blackout.

>>9380816
Are you implying the 300 is not horribly overpriced? Not coming from a place of good faith comparing it to other shit that is actually rare/more valuable than some scam limited run stuff

>>9380885
>>>/tg/

>ROM set $0
>device for emulation $0
>maybe a gamepad $20-$30

I AM FINANCIALLY RUINED

>>9380772
Just buy a MiSTer FPGA. Not even shitposting. This will be out soon too.

>>9381778
Cool where do I get the free device for emulation? Do they give them out at street corners?

>>9381783
the government issued phones can do emulation decently.

>>9381778
I buy cheap gamepads for $5, $8 max

>>9380784
Omfg, you sound like the biggest fag ever. Yeah people who only collect for the resell value are cancer, the baseball card and comic book fags who got into buying this shit up in last few years. Getting pissy because someone wants to use real actual stuff is peak retarded when the majority who are into retro shit did so because they just kept playing their old shit. OP is retarded, indeed, because this shit is still available for normal prices on Amazon yet he immediately goes on fucking ebay of all places, but you are also a cringe pos as well with your post. As far as im concerned you are both neither "HEKIN RETRO GAYMERZ 4 LIFE!!" and should go suck each others chodes like the homo sapiens you are. Fags.

>>9380772
You could get that new mini xbox for that price and emulate games on that or an FPGA like people have mentioned already.

>>9380784
/thread
op is a faggot as always

>>9381805
>new mini xbox
You baited me into searching for it; congratulations.

>>9381616
I emulate on Wii all the time and you can suck my dick

>>9380772
Imagine paying Segay for a shitty ass emubox of roms. What a braindead retard you are

>>9380772
I am convinced that sega fans are actually cultists. Imagine seething about "being forced" to buy cheap plastic toy.

>>9380784
FPBP

>>9382248
hey,maybe someone will harm or even kill OP if he doesnt buy it we dont know.

>>9382023
He meant an Xbox Series S. You can install Retroarch on it.

>>9382315
Didn't Microsoft start revoking developer mode privileges for people who weren't actually developing things?

>>9382325
That turned out to be nothing.

the whole mini console craze is just for novalty sake and collectors (or like really stupid people who think that this is the only way to play their old games again). Honesty just buy a Pi 3 or a fire stick if you want to play retro games on a big tv.

>>9380772
Amazing bait post or gigaretard. You can emulate all of the genesis library on a 20 year old PC better than this novelty.
>should have Wii’d
Why? Are you playing on a tube? Then why would you even want this novelty device? It can’t do analog out.

>>9380772
Buddy they’re still in stock on Amazon right now literally just buy it for msrp if you want one.

>>9382325
this is what happens when morons read the titles of articles on twitter and nothing more

Don't mind me, just waiting for the ROM set to be uploaded.

>>9382528
So true, I’m dying for puyo sun definitive edition

Hey OP how about telling me how much that cost originally with no games included.

>>9380784

>>9380772
importing from japan yeah no shit its expensive retard

>>9381783
the device you are posting from now retard

>>9380772
Begone, nostalgia faggot.
People should play retro games because they're good games and enjoy retro hardware because it's neat hardware. Not buy overpriced SoCs because they have a plastic case that reminds them of their life before they grew up to be a useless faggot.

>>9381769
I know it's not /vr related, but what are some good one's? Been looking at some solo board games and ones with cute anime girls sounds like my kind of autism.

>>9380885
You can draw your own mario game in a flip book.

>>9380784
You sound almost as retarded as OP.

To everyone calling OP names, just wait until they have a mini version of your fav retro console that isn’t released in your country. How about a Dreamcast Mini only released in Japan that will cost you $500 plus tip?

>>9380772
who in the absolute fuck buys this crap? nigga just emulate these whack ass games on your pc lmao

>>9383668
Emulation is soulless and illegal. Real gamers prefer the console experience and I don’t expect sociopaths who steal to have any soul left to understand

>>9383662
>>9383689
cringe

>>9384164
?? Wanting to experience games the proper way is not cringe at all. And paying for a better experience is normal for people without a sense of entitlement

>>9383662
lmao at this baby bandwagoner crying about overpriced memeberrys

>>9384374
Dreamcast mini would break the internet. Any retro gamer would want one. You’re just being a hater

>>9381616
Wii is fantastic for emulating on a CRT. You get the fuck out of here faggot.

>>9382603
Same

>>9381783
do you not have a computer, shitty laptop, or wii lying around?

>>9383689
>dude just pay $300 to emulate 60 shit tier sega games
lol
lmao

>>9384369
>the proper way
>paying for a better experience
It's just an emulator box, anon. They don't sprinkle magic fairy dust on them in the factory that makes them suddenly ~*authentic*~. You'd be better off just getting a second hand console capable of being softmodded with emulators like a wii, ps3, xbox series x/s, etc. And you'd have more games to play

>>9380784
truth hurts

>>9384816
>b-b-break the internet
>h-h-hater
lmfao. Cry harder little zoom zoom. No one gives a shit about this garbage except cringelords like you. The numbers say it all. 3.6M NESberrys sold. To put that in a perspective your little zoomie brain can process, there's cats with more instagram followers than that.

>>9382603
>>9384864
The image I posted is from a company called Domina Games. They've made eleven single player board games:
>Blade Rondo
>Blade Rondo: Night Theater
>Blade Rondo: Grim Garden
>Blade Rondo: Frost Veil
>Blade Rondo: Lost Dream
>Geminoa: Tale of the Eternal Souls
>Margot: La fée
>Lemures: Souls of the lost seeking a place to return
>Cross Lords
>Serviam
>Stella Monolith
And also Bread Rondo, which gameplay wise is a 1-to-1 reprint of Blade Rondo, but all of the Blades are replaced with Bread, should you prefer your card games baking-themed.
The Blade Rondo games can be bought and played in any order, either by themselves or combined to make a larger board game. The original Blade Rondo is probably the best to start with because it has a bonus story mode (pic).
I own all of them up to Lemures but I can't speak to the gameplay of any but Blade Rondo as I still have the rest SIB. I love Blade Rondo and I'm always looking forward to playing it again. It's wonderful. Playing it makes me feel like I'm the protagonist of my own card game anime.
Note that in addition to the games you'll want to buy some sleeves to protect your cards. Standard size penny sleeves work fine.
I think most of the games require knowing Japanese to play but some have official English releases.

>>9381778
this is it. I stole about 8 office computers from my last job. and pilfered through others to get more ram.
devices for emulation can be 0$ if your hands are sticky enough

>>9380772
I never understood the point. I played most old school games on the wii and even then I could have done so on an Xbox or even better a PSP.

And nowadays it is even better you have the odin, steam deck, various awesome handhelds that can handle any of your emulations needs.

Why would you then go and buy super meme retro consoles that can play very few games?

You want to play on a TV? Check which system and emulate well, buy the cheapeast and go ahead. Heck I heard there are even cheap systems that do basically just that, just like an handheld except it is a system. Not sure about the quality of emulation and controllers altough you will have to do your own research.

>>9380772
am i retarded? i still see this on amazon for $100 from sega themselves

>>9385747
>am i retarded?
yes, you can fit ever Sega game (and NES, SNES, N64 - combined) and emulator on a single $5 thumb drive. Spend $20 and you can include half of the PS1 library on there too.

>>9386306
hey, retard, that's barely even a response to my post, faggot.
zoom, zoom.

do you retards seriously not understand that this is the exact same thing as emulating on your pc? an emulator inside a plastic case is still an emulator
>dude its a heckin segarino!

>>9386325
>amazon
>giving sega money for 30yo games
ok retard

>>9385747
>am i retarded?
If you have to ask, the answer is yes.

>Cad prices
Y'all got played by a Leaf shitposter.

>>9385708
Cul, thanks fren, I'll be giving these a look.

>>9380784
holy based. the market can never hurt my enjoyment of retro games because there's always a way to play for free or for cheap. i play genesis on my wii with a raphnet adaptor and oem genesis controller and it's near perfect. cost less than $100 and i can play everything.
>>9380924
i bought a cheap guitar recently and it was $600+tax. vidya babies have no idea.
>>9383662
i would simply play my actual dreamcast. or emulate because who cares.
>>9385726
based

>>9380772
>even thinking about buying a Sega Genesis Mini
You get what you deserve

>>9380784

>>9385747
jap version may have different games or versions of games or op is a shitworlder that prefers to ship from japan.

Look, I understand I’m never going to convince anyone like >>9385726 who literally belongs behind bars but I still maintain that mini consoles have a place.

Yes again I understand there are people who don’t want to pay anything at all to play games on their PC using $5 knockoff controllers (even that is a generous call, they’d probably just steal it) and on the other end of the spectrum is diehard authentic console fans. Mini consoles are a good sweet in between and completely worth buying imo if it is a console you are interested in. They come preloaded with a good amount of games so you don’t need to track them down on eBay for $50-200 each plus shipping and they come with the official casing and controller. If you are interested there are ways to easily add more games to the mini console. Yes retropie is a thing but don’t pretend pi kits are cheap because they are not. Its better to get a pi kit than 5 mini consoles for sure but for a specific one you are interested in, a mini console isn’t at all a bad idea

>>9380772
>instead I’m being forced
By who?

>>9386919
yeah they're fun and cute (i have nes, snes and genesis 1) but if they're out of reach then just use one of the million other options

>>9386946
Men of gold and silver

>>9386959
ahaha you let men force you to do things. GAY

>>9380784
>seething collectorfags replying to this post
lol
fucking lmao

>>9386959
like, the Irish?

Have any of you considered that there are new ports and previously unfinished games in this machine, and the developers expect to see returns for their work?

>>9380885
People who use computers enough will grow to hate them regardless, just learn how to use an emulator.

>>9384816
I have a Dreamcast, I wouldn't ever bother buying what's essentially a raspberry pi outfitted with an emulator in le mini form factor. Shit is gay.

>>9387345
Then they must know something I don't. I was pretty sure developers were paid up front.

>>9387345
>Have any of you considered wasting any time trying to figure out what point this retarded frogposter is even trying to make?
Nope

>>9380772
The fuck? Just buy a real genesis. I have 2 of them.