/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.2897719]

I don't own any retro and I'm too poor to be able to afford any, I hate it. I hate watching things I want get more rare and more expensive.

[Anonymous No.2897725]

So get a job.

[Anonymous No.2897732]

>>2897719
Emulation is there

[Anonymous No.2897736]

>>2897719
Emulate and/or make money. If you just want to play, buy bootlegs or clones or whatever. It's not a hard hobby to break into.

[Anonymous No.2897740]

Why? you sold all your childhood consoles and games?

I sold many childhood games, but luckily didn't sell all of them or the consoles, I realized some time after selling something vidya-related made me feel regret, so I stopped. It was like a divine call.

[Anonymous No.2897747]

Emulation is fine, only us retarded hobbyists notice the difference.

But you'd be surprised that if you buy a clone (don't believe the meme) and flashcarts it can be cheap and you can have almost every game at 100% fidelity.

Unless you want in on the stupid hobby of collecting the games, go collect something cheaper from your youth like pogs or something.

[Anonymous No.2897749]

>>2897725
I have one, but there's too many other things sucking up my money right now.

>>2897732
I have an SNES controller to play emulated games, but it's less fun to me.

>>2897740
Never had any childhood consoles, my parents didn't think that stuff was worth spending money on. My childhood consists entirely of a shitty PC and a bunch of demos.

[Anonymous No.2897752]

You can emulate almost anything up to dreamcast and ps2 on a toaster PC. But instead you've fallen for the "collectors" meme.

[Anonymous No.2897758]

>>2897752
I've fallen for the "I just want an SNES because I think that console is incredible and I've never even held a cartridge" meme.

[Anonymous No.2897765]

>>2897758
I picked up a SNES for like $80. You can't set aside some money for that? The carts are expensive yeah, but there are some good games in the $30-40 range. Again, just save a little money at a time and be patient.

[Anonymous No.2897781]

>>2897719
Emulate it bandwagonner collectorfag

[Anonymous No.2897787]

>>2897752
what is a toaster PC, a shitty one? a Pi 2? What about if you have a really top tier gaming computer, what can you emulate then?

[Anonymous No.2897829]

>>2897749
So get a better job.

[Anonymous No.2897832]

>>2897719
You're also a huge faggot.

[Anonymous No.2897834]

>>2897829
I wish it was that easy.

[Anonymous No.2897841]

>>2897719
>I hate watching things I want get more rare and more expensive.
Ironic thing is the vast majority of retro games are cheaper now then when they were released, and that's not even taking inflation into account. Until a sizable portion of old libraries exceeds their MSRP, I ain't feeling any sympathy for any y'all free loaders.

>>2897749
>less fun to me
Hook up computer to TV.

[Anonymous No.2897851]

>emulation
>flashcarts
>burning cds

Retro games are a relatively cheap hobby unless you're collecting. A 80-200 dollar everdrive gets you 99% of a console's library.

[Anonymous No.2897852]

>>2897841
>Ironic thing is the vast majority of retro games are cheaper now then when they were released, and that's not even taking inflation into account.

This. So many great classic games can be had for under $40. I see people calling it "ridiculous" when retro games go for $50 and I think, what, you expect them to all be $5 just because they're old or something? Some games go for exorbitant prices, yes, but that's the nature of the collecting game. Your life will continue on without those CiB copies of Earthbound and Magical Chase.

And there's always emulation.

[Anonymous No.2897874]

>>2897719
Stop being a collector/reseller cancer scum. Emulate like a real man.

[Anonymous No.2897882]

>>2897852
To drive the point home:
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=70&year1=1990&year2=2015

Looks like that brand new $69.99 Super Metroid cart back in 1993 that you begged your parents for would run about $115 in today's pesos.

Considering the opposite direction:
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=40&year1=2015&year2=1993

That $40 SM today would only be $24 in 1993 real man dollars.

[Anonymous No.2897883]

>>2897719
XBOX OG with COIN OPS 7 you fucking fool !

[Ouissam No.2897887]

I like and own
Super Mario Bros (NES)
Mario All Stars (SNES)
Super Mario World (SNES)

All i need now is a NES and Yoshi Island, then i,m complete.

Wish me good luck...

[Anonymous No.2897890]

>>2897882
>>2897852
No they werent you fucking putts. No SNES game went of 49.99. Only games with strat guides like earthbound were that price. n64 carts were around 80$+

[Anonymous No.2897893]

>>2897882
What newfags (to life) who weren't alive don't realize is that some of the games were north of 69.99, try 74.99, 79.99, even 89.99 and 99.99

[Anonymous No.2897896]

>>2897893
I still feel like a little shit for asking my parents for these things in retrospect.

>>2897890
Millennial spoooted

[Anonymous No.2897897]

>>2897890
Yes they were over 49.99, frequently, try checking some old ads

[Anonymous No.2897905]

>>2897896
>Millennial spoooted
He knows what he's talking about. You do not.

Look at ads from around the time, or even old game mags that gave the MSRP of titles.

[Ouissam No.2897906]

I like Retro games, cause they are fun, classic and orginal.

Good gameplay, story, soundtrack and the old school graphics and vibe.

Hell Yeah!

[Anonymous No.2897908]

>>2897896
lmao, plus I was into RPGs, I wonder how much my parents spent on FF3 and Earthbound for me now. Prob well over $100 in todays money

[Ouissam No.2897912]

Most of retro games
Are only 25 to 40€ because they are classic and fun.

[Anonymous No.2897917]

>>2897905
Any Nintendo Power will tell you what's up. I actually backed off my original estimate of $80 just because I figured that seemed a little too far fetched to those not of the era, even though some games were marked that high. Our parents made a shit ton more money than we will ever make in out lives. Thanks 21st century economy.

[Ouissam No.2897918]

Can someone on this thread suggest sone good retro games to play and own? Maybe some Mario or Zelda titles? Anyone?

[Anonymous No.2897921]

>>2897917
yea JFC my parents must have really loved me

[Ouissam No.2897925]

Nintendo

[Ouissam No.2897930]

>>2897921
Nintendo is the key to all this.

[Anonymous No.2897934]

>>2897917
>>2897905
So I picked an issue of Nintendo Power at random. Look at those prices!

[Anonymous No.2897935]

Pokemon blue and red

[Anonymous No.2897939]

Does anyone listen to me or each other? God, i swear to Jesus, this thread is almost becoming boring.
God forbids.

[Anonymous No.2897940]

>>2897934
65 US DOLLARS for a very shitty version of Wolf3D.

Also the only way I played Wolf3D as a kid. I just rented it, though.

[Anonymous No.2897943]

>>2897934
These prices aren't even adjusted for inflation...

[Anonymous No.2897946]

>>2897940
Good for you, i,m glad to hear.

[Ouissam No.2897948]

>>2897943
You never can tell.
Hard to say.

[Ouissam No.2897951]

Mario and Zelda be like

[Anonymous No.2897956]

Mango django baby

[Anonymous No.2897959]

Something else to think about, some of the disappointed gamers on this page. Think about the poor 13 year old kids without jobs who wasted entire summers mowing lawns to buy a game that was shit.

[Anonymous No.2897985]

>>2897851
This desu

[Anonymous No.2898002]

>>2897959
Then again I think the limited access to video games and information about video games is precisely why I fell in love with them and still post on boards like /vr/. There was an aura about getting a new game, reading about them, sharing them with friends, discovering wacky shit and telling classmates around the lunch table, and all that "Walk Link around Hyrule Castle 256 times and then hookshot Sanctuary to get the godshot" rumor kinda shit. There is no way kids nowadays can experience the culture like it was then.

Instead now you get bored with one game, so you just download another one onto your iPad and then proceed to buy DLC that should have been part of the game in the first place whilst reading how to play "correctly" somewhere.

I have a friend who told me her mom would buy an NES game, and they couldn't buy a new one until they beat it. Even if the game ended up being shit, there was still a sense of community and accomplishment when the entire family helped overcome challenges. No way that could ever happen today.

[Anonymous No.2898053]

>>2897959
>these newfags to Earth will never feel the pain and the triumph for having experienced these things firsthand

[Anonymous No.2898057]

>>2898002
I remember calling the Nintendo game counselors as a last resort when we got stuck and being in absolute awe of them

[Anonymous No.2898168]

>>2897765
jesus snes playing/collectings sucks now

[Anonymous No.2898276]

>>2897882
Using inflation as your only metric is retarded. The global economy was in a far better shape back in the 1990s and from the mid-90s to 2008, there was an increase in global trade and thus more markets for products. The cost of living was also lower.

The dollar has been devalued through inflation, but it as also been devalued through rising living expenses and long-term economic recession. $60 feels more expensive today than it did in the 1990s because it's a larger hit to a budget.

Luxury items like video games have become even bigger luxury items than they used to be. That's the reason why open world games with lots of content are the big sellers nowadays, they provide the best bang for your buck.

[Anonymous No.2898306]

>>2898002
>Then again I think the limited access to video games and information about video games is precisely why I fell in love with them and still post on boards like /vr/
This is pretty much why I frequent /vr/. I am particularly interested in discovering obscure or untranslated games; not for any kind of hipster cred but because I miss the times when every game was a fresh, unexplored experience that wasn't instantly spoiled by the internet. I also like delving into obscure contemporary indie for that reason.

You know when you used to get a fresh game just based on the cover art and have no idea what to expect beyond the back-of-the-box blurbs and even if the game is shit you still play it until you beat it because it's a genuine process of discovery. This is pretty much impossible to experience these days unless I willingly completely disconnect myself from all nerdy interest boards, the internet in general and any touch with popular culture

[Anonymous No.2898325]

>>2898168
Is everyone on this board poor or something?

The only really expensive SNES items are certain CiB games. Most games are decently affordable and easy to find. Be thankful you're not collecting for the Saturn or TG16.

[Anonymous No.2898332]

>>2898002
The rumors surrounding the Pokemon games were amazing. And when Gold/Silver came out, we would all bring our Game Boy Colors to school and talk about the game every day.

I guess kids have things like Minecraft and it kind of serves the same role? You're right about the limited information though. Things were different before the internet.

[Anonymous No.2898361]

Aside from emulation, i'd recommend finding some kind of volunteer position at a thrift store. Amazing things come through thrift stores and volunteers are often given first dibs. That's how I got a good PC monitor, a solid beast of a win98se machine, and other goodies. Saw others get big old TVS, SNES, gamecubes, ps2, all manner of things.

I also recommend using a liquid library, or in other words selling games when you are done playing them. Beat a single-player game and don't expect to play it again? Sell it and buy a new one with the money, and repeat. If you're selective and frugal you can even find cheap stuff that you can sell and get a slight profit.

[Anonymous No.2898401]

>>2897719

Are you upset that you can't have a wall covered in carts/discs of /vr/ games? If so, fuck you, those people are assholes. Collectors who are obsessed with getting more games and then just letting them sit unused on a shelf make it harder for people who actually want to play games to find the ones they're looking for.

Emulation is fine 99% of the time. If you absolutely have to play on native hardware (mainly to get the feel of using a controller made for the system or to see how the game was intended to look on a CRT) than grab the /vr/ system of your choice and save up your lawn mowing money and grab a flashcart or ODE and actually play some games instead of being butthurt that you can't afford a physical representation of the childhood your parents kept from you.

tl;dr > stop worrying about collecting games and start actually playing them

[Anonymous No.2898598]

>>2898276
See
>>2897841 and last bit of >>2897917

[Anonymous No.2899001]

>>2898325
And RPGs. Most RPGs aren't worth paying for unless you can read Japanese. But that's what I have a flashcart for, and its not like RPGs were the only games on the SNES, there are still a lot of good games on the SNES that can be had CIB for like £20-30. It just sucks to be in Europe though because I know that most games here cost a lot more than in America, and we have a more limited choice. Importing usually isn't an option because once the price + shipping goes over £15, 20% tax and an £8 fee gets added, making the game just as expensive as buying it in Europe.