/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.6647565]

Why does /vr/ hate physical collections so much? Owning old stuff is cool, I own like twelve early 70's desktop calculators just because I think they look neat and I like them on my shelf. I don't see the problem, it's not like every collection is Funko Pops.
I understand the benefits of emulation, but there's also something inherently enjoyable about having the original console displayed somewhere. A nice collection is like living in your own personal museum of things you like.
Pic isn't mine btw, just think it's impressive

[Anonymous No.6647575]

Why not both?

[Anonymous No.6648098]

It is cool.

Cool if you had that and took care of it over the years...

Now, if you suddenly went nostalgic and spent thousands of dollars on overpriced outdated stuff you once already gave up.... Then, that's just retarded.

[Anonymous No.6648104]

>>6647565
>Why does /poorbabies/ hate physical collections so much?

[Anonymous No.6648316]

there's this weird perception among /pol/tard tourists that if you're not living as a minimalist with nothing in your house other than a desktop to shitpost on you are LE EVIL CONSOOMER and you are literally no better than morons that blow their life savings on a house full of funko pops, personally i don't give a shit about what people view as enjoyable as long as it's not a ton of worthless plastic that's gonna get used purely as some cheap mass-produced display piece thrown in the landfill in a few years but that's moreso for the environmental effects than anything

[Anonymous No.6648338]

>>6647565
I don't hate it, if it's someone's hobby to collect antiques good for them; I have hobbies that others would think area a waste of money too.

[Anonymous No.6648690]

They're like my dad, OP. Besides essentials, for entertainment and hobbies he just has a TV and a computer. Thinks owning material things is a waste. Spends his money on restaurants and vacations. Some people want to live in an empty room with just a TV or computer to live through.
I always look at it as though when you are buying something physical, you at least have something for your money (its not just gone).

[Anonymous No.6648707]

>>6648316
All of the /pol/yp criticism of consoomption is purely surface-level aesthetic nonsense with no basis in material analysis, and furthermore they're hypocrites considering that most of them were radicalized by their capeshit and vidya products getting le pozzed.

[Anonymous No.6648710]

I hate collectors.

[Anonymous No.6648736]

>>6647565
>Why does /vr/ hate physical collections so much?
Envy?

[Anonymous No.6648760]

>>6647565
Because now it’s apparently “cool” to hate on consumerism even though it’s literally the cornerstone of our capitalist free market economy. Presumably these anti-consumerists would be happier living in North Korea.

[Anonymous No.6648856]

I wonder why.

[Anonymous No.6648929]

>>6648707
One of the things I love about /vr/ is the lack of /pol/shit, I’m firmly convinced it is a younger person thing to be into that

[Anonymous No.6649117]

>>6647565
>Why does /vr/ hate physical collections so much?
a lot of players here. imagine you're training at a boxing gym, and some out of shape guy comes in to show you his card collection of old time boxers. it's neat, but also kinda lame and he's interrupting more interesting things.

>>6648316
>>6648929
very few things are worth collecting and decorating your house with.
collectors get made fun of when they collect stupid shit, and it reveals a lot about their personality and maturity, it's that simple, always been the case. But these days we have a lot of man-children with bad taste and dumb hobbies who think collecting XYZ gives them a quirky personality, like picking a new pronoun for their gender. They lack self-awareness, so they get dunked on by /pol/.

[Anonymous No.6649121]

>>6648929
>One of the things I love about /vr/ is the lack of /pol/shit,
You haven't been here long.

[Anonymous No.6649150]

>>6649121
Well coming from /v/, it feels like there is none

[Anonymous No.6649668]

>>6649117
>a lot of players here. imagine you're training at a boxing gym, and some out of shape guy comes in to show you his card collection of old time boxers. it's neat, but also kinda lame and he's interrupting more interesting things.
When has this board ever been just people who just collect retro video instead of playing it? It’s always was people who did both. Nobody here cares about collecting games they can’t or won’t play.

[Anonymous No.6649671]

>>6648104
>spending hundreds of dollars on retro games now that they're fashionable
Sounds like you're the one sour graping because you didn't grow up with this shit when it was cheap.

[Anonymous No.6649673]

>>6648316
I hate /pol/tards as much as the next guy but this sounds like genuine boogeymanning. Is there really a weird /pol/ agenda about minimalism?

[Anonymous No.6649674]

>>6647565
I don't hate them. I'm openly jealous of them. Growing up I was always broke so I sold lots of games and consoles to afford new things. I mean without it I wouldn't have experienced as many games as I did but growing up into a heavily sentimental person I feel bad not having all my old consoles and games anymore.

[Anonymous No.6649716]

>>6647565
Because they hate what they can’t own

[Anonymous No.6649757]

>>6647565
Thank you for reminding me how fucking awful portable tabletop games were before the gameboy.

[Anonymous No.6649758]

>>6649671
I have had my shit sold and stolen many times throughout my life. Sounds like you just can't understand that others may have led different lives than you.

[Anonymous No.6649764]

>>6649673
Yeah, it’s associated with fascist aesthetics or something I guess, that and the boomers associating everyone with being lazy

[Anonymous No.6649846]

>>6649671
Not at all. I'm perfectly happy that second generation was retail price when I was growing up.
zoom zoom

[Anonymous No.6649858]

>buy physical games at the exact same price as (or cheaper than) digital when they're available in stores
>don't throw them away
>naturally build up a big collection over the years without spending an exorbitant amount of money
how is this a difficult concept for you retards to comprehend? it shouldn't even be a sour grapes situation, it literally costs the same price to buy physical and there are zero downsides short of the threat of a house fire, which is always there regardless.

[Anonymous No.6650873]

>>6647565
I don't hate /vr/ physical collections, but I am finding it increasingly meaningless with the advent of FPGA consoles like the Analog Mega SG, Mega SD and Everdrives. Granted, not all games are 100% accurate, but it's still something worth considering and/or even trading collections for the sake of longevity and convenience.
The original console or disc doesn't matter to me. Only accuracy and the controller do.

[Anonymous No.6652304]

>>6647565
It's seething foreigners who can't obtain any of this stuff in their shit hole countries, and zoomers.

Real actual /vr/ board members enjoy collecting physical hardware.

>>6648098
Get a job, sir.

[Anonymous No.6652323]

/vr/ is the poorest board on 4channel, you don't see any other boards seethe this hard about people owning things

[Anonymous No.6652362]

>>6647565
Because pirate fags are poor as fuck and they seethe any time people post their physical collections on /vr/

[Anonymous No.6652376]

>>6650873
Vr hates fpgas

[Anonymous No.6652394]

>>6652323
>>6652362
This.

[Anonymous No.6652404]

>>6650873
"Analog" machines are physical zoomie

[Anonymous No.6654442]

This a uhh collection general?

[Anonymous No.6654456]

>>6654442
Shit forgot the other photo, will be buying an n64 with 10 games from a friend in about a week

[Anonymous No.6654851]

>>6649757
Based

[Anonymous No.6654858]

>>6654442
>>6654456
damn nigga you livin so rough its like your pads a brillo pad

[Anonymous No.6654862]

>>6654858
It’s in my closet, cause i don’t want the sun yellowing the plastics

[Anonymous No.6654865]

>>6654862
who put those shelves up, a crippled gypsy?

[Anonymous No.6654881]

I've decided I'm going to start on SNES, despite everyone online telling me it's too expensive and worthless. First step is getting the games I grew up with. Already have a game bit screwdriver to check for repros.

[Anonymous No.6654902]

>>6654865
Idk, some dude in the 80s-90s probably

[Anonymous No.6655127]

>>6654881
What games, Anon?

[Anonymous No.6655608]

>>6652404
Whatever poorfag.

[Anonymous No.6655626]

I think it comes down to space utilization. I've run into the problem where my collection is pretty big and I just don't have enough room to put things. Outside of a few select items I have, most of my stuff is packed away in boxes as to not gather dust. I mostly run emulators on my computer now anyway.

Probably the only classic thing I have on display, is my in the Complete/Box Copy of ALTTP. Its literally as old as I am, its earned a spot.

[Anonymous No.6655780]

>>6655626
Damn, how’d you get the cib alttp?

[Anonymous No.6655797]

>>6652304
>Get a job, sir.
you're >implying that everyone on 4chan isn't a neet that doesn't just shitpost all day.

[Anonymous No.6655906]

I don't hate it, I just think it's too expensive for me and all the packaging takes up more space, not to mention it's a lot easier to have all my media in one place like a flash cart or an emulator instead of manually swapping discs all the time.

That being said I do wish I had a few of my all time favorites in physical form, because while i'm not a game collector i'm still a fan. I just don't feel like I need a full library.

[Anonymous No.6655921]

>Why does /vr/ hate physical collections so much?
Either a tourist or obvious bait seeing as physical is extremely popular on /vr/. Emulation/FPGA is the one that's treated poorly.

[Anonymous No.6655934]

>>6655921
Man, you’re obviously baiting with that

[Anonymous No.6656434]

>>6655797
Incredibly based

[Anonymous No.6656656]

>>6655127
These are the ones I really want to play so I'd get first but not a full list.

Mario World
Mario Allstars
(Everyone I knew had World included on the Allstars cart but mine were separate?
Either way.)
Dong 1+2+3
Gradius 3
Axelay
Top Gear 3000

[Anonymous No.6656746]

>>6647565
i love going online, grabbing an iso, backing it up on my NAS and knowing that i'll always be able to play it as long as the console is functional.

i also love that i don't need to dedicate space to store said games. just the consoles under the TV and that's that.

[Anonymous No.6656751]

>>6648098
This. My collection consists of what I have owned for years. Jumping on the retro train and paying out the ass on eBay is stupid.

[Anonymous No.6657796]

>>6655608
>be retarded
>get called out for it
>y-y-your poor
zoom zoom

[Anonymous No.6658872]

>>6649117
wow you must think people who live in complete poverty and sleep on an air matress are pretty based

[Anonymous No.6658879]

>>6649117
Pathetic cope.

[Anonymous No.6659646]

>>6657796
Silence poorfag, be jealous quietly, I can’t hear my bing bing wahoo over your seething

[Anonymous No.6659720]

>Taking pride in being a consoomer

[Anonymous No.6659934]

Emulation culture raised a whole generation of entitled brats. Who expect everything to be readily available at any given time. Once something like real hardware is out of reach, because they missed that train years ago, they usually react with rage, scorn and de-valuation.
This board is crawling with these.

[Anonymous No.6660012]

>>6659720
>buying used items which are no longer produced anymore and doesn’t give any money to the creators
Ah yes, clearly a consoomer

[Anonymous No.6660014]

>>6647565
I literally don't care that you own a collection, just stop being so annoying about it and trying to pick fights with people who emulate.

[Anonymous No.6660018]

>>6660014
We don’t, it’s when we talk about the physical hardware once and the entire thread gets filled with emufags calling us consoomers or whatever

[Anonymous No.6660038]

>>6660018
Then can we just stop? No one fucking cares how you play the game it's just people getting off on baiting for attention.

[Anonymous No.6660087]

>>6647565
Some people just aren't happy unless they tear others down or feel they can look down upon them. I'm an emulatorfag, but if someone wants to collect consoles I don't go apeshit about that because there's nothing wrong with collecting things you like unless they are Funko Pops, those things are fucking hideous.

[Anonymous No.6660093]

>Collectors

[Anonymous No.6660143]

>>6660038
Well, considering the fact this is a retro gaming board, I’d say discussing the hardware is a perfectly proper thing to discuss, such as some of the extra chips in some cartridges, like Doom for the snes or Virtua racing for the genesis. Maybe someone wants to discuss methods of refurbishing a worn n64 joystick, or how to get their front loading nes to work again. All retro, correct?

[Anonymous No.6660189]

>>6660143
That's perfectly fine, I'm talking about people trying to start emulation vs console purism shit.

[Anonymous No.6660209]

>>6660189
That’s what I’ve been thinking, people get so annoying with their warmongering on here

[Anonymous No.6660251]

>>6660093
It's different when it's your job.

[Anonymous No.6660809]

>>6656656
The SNES is the most based library to collect.

[Anonymous No.6661249]

>>6659646
>cringe
cringe

[Anonymous No.6661280]

>>6648098

some of us needed to abandon that shit. but then, we got jobs and our own fucking money.

for me that time window wasn't 30 years. it was 5 years. I had to ditch most of my shit as a kid if I was going to be allowed to get newer vidja.

But when I first started working fulltime out of school, SNES was on the way out, I had a PS1, and I went back and started buying the NES game I owned/rented and loved.

so not all of us are jumping in 30 years after the fact for nostalgia. I actually wanted my damn copy of SMB3 in 1997 when I got my paycheck and it was already outdated then

[Anonymous No.6661378]

>>6660809
I'm looking forward too it.

>>6661280
What if we are a couple decades on though why is that bad?

[Anonymous No.6661404]

>>6661378
>What if we are a couple decades on though why is that bad?

i dont know that its bad, but it is more open to pointing out that its easier to group that with blatant opportunists, hipsters, and other such things.

i mean its your money, do what you want, but if your old enough to have lived through something's original iteration, and you are after basically a generation going back to consume it for any other reason beyond you were a poor broke shit back then, it just invokes a feeling of 'meh' to others.

It seems like this thinking carries over into classic cars too.

[Anonymous No.6661465]

>>6661404
Well I'm still gonna get started. Better late than never. Dont really care what people think anymore. I let them talk me into selling it.

Out of curiosity what would non hipster opportunists be buying now?

[Anonymous No.6661478]

>>6661465

see thats the problem. you asked.

instead, you should just be getting what you fucking want. you said it in the first sentence >Dont really care what people think anymore.

unless you are completionist, then dont fucking worry about it being a so-called collection. buy what you want and take care of it.

then you don't have to worry what the hipsters are doing.

[Anonymous No.6661484]

(cont)....I was a pleb and just wanted my SMB3.

my 'collection' is shit I play. Looking at it is sometimes nice, but I'm not an art curator, I suck at interior design, and i'm not swimming in enough cash to justify a more comprehensive inventory.

[Anonymous No.6661502]

>highlights in my shit stash

smb3
rc pro am
xenophobe
ff1
contra
dodgeball
ultima3
crystalis
metal gear
batlle of olympus
iron tank
bionic commando
blaster master
skate or die
legacy of the wizard
goonies 2
magic of scheherezad

and some others

[Anonymous No.6661508]

>>6647565
Only poor fags and emulator scene fags hate collecting.

[Anonymous No.6661524]

>flip flop inbetween between being a consumerist whore and a Buddist monk every few weeks to a month
I hate it. I like the idea of having stuff, but I hate when it accumulates more and more space, it feels suffocating sometimes, and I can imagine it's going to be a bitch to move. But I can't see myself letting go of them, and with game prices going up currently for certain games, it's either I get it now or never. I like the idea of emulating and having everything in one space and not having to spend a lot of money, but there's something in my brain that longs for the original experience I had when I was younger.

[Anonymous No.6661543]

>>6661484
>>6661478
Ok. I will do that. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.6661552]

>>6649673
>>6648707
>>6648316
You know, there was a place called eightchan that had a /cuckypol/ board and you sound like them.

[Anonymous No.6661558]

>>6647565
>paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for scalped chinese plastic
>when the software is both freely available on the internet and storage-friendly
>obsolete chinese plastic rots on a display shelf
>feel proud about it like a nutcase hoarder
This is the will of the corporate-shilling anti-emulation tool.

[Anonymous No.6661805]

>>6661558
Why would I care what others do with their money and time? Gives off authoritarian vibes...

[Anonymous No.6662032]

>>6661805
Why should anyone ever be criticized for any reason? Gives off authoritarian vibes...

[Anonymous No.6662356]

>>6662032
Why are you acting like a little sperg then?

[Anonymous No.6662635]

>>6660093
This is a very impressive collection.

[Anonymous No.6662719]

>>6661805
Because people don't live in a vacuum. What you do has very real consequences on society at large.

Your tedious liberalism went out of date in the 19th century.

[Anonymous No.6663112]

How does /vr/ feel about burgers?

[Anonymous No.6663163]

>>6663112

your grout is filthy

[Anonymous No.6663202]

>>6661558
You probably think I need to financially support a woman, too. Or give up my money and work for free so you can have things, you degenerate subhuman.

[Anonymous No.6663217]

>>6663112
That seppo cheese is nauseating

[Anonymous No.6663231]

>>6655921
>Emulation/FPGA is the one that's treated poorly.
Why do emulator elitists always feel the need to gaslight like this?

[Anonymous No.6663237]

>>6663112
I only eat veggie burgers because I don't eat meat. Peeping those fries though.

[Anonymous No.6663240]

>>6663237

[Anonymous No.6663249]

>>6663240
Fun pic. Ed Edd n Eddy was a good show.

[Anonymous No.6663396]

>>6647575
This. I buy cheap games that I actually like to play and have a nice respectable collection, and I have my emulators for games i don't own because they're hard to come by or expensive, or I just feel like playing them right then

[Anonymous No.6663694]

>>6663396
Based. I do this too.

[Anonymous No.6663753]

[Anonymous No.6663839]

>>6660093
this guys a faggot but god do I wish I had at least half the shit he has

[Anonymous No.6663884]

>>6648316
sleep tight fugger

[Anonymous No.6664020]

>>6647565
i think it depends, no problem with people spending like up to 100$ on a game but seeing people spending a fuckton of money on shit like "graded" games seems rather autistic and something i would laugh at.
also, some people use old games as investments or trophies to collect dust on a shelf and end up never playing the fuckin game.

[Anonymous No.6664198]

>>6663839
What makes LGR a faggot? Doesn't seem particularly hipster/soi to me.

[Anonymous No.6664237]

>SEETHING POORFAG ZOOMIE HAHAHA YOULL NEVER HAVE THIS
>buys game
>HAHAHAHA OH NO NO NO WHAT A RETARD SPENDING BIG BUCKS ON OLD TRASH

Cant win.

[Anonymous No.6664240]

>>6664237
the way to win is not to play

[Anonymous No.6664274]

>>6647565
Jealousy, contrarians getting a rise out of others, and /pol/shit doomer zoomers.

It's a fucking hobby, they're by nature cringe to almost everyone who isn't into it. As long as you aren't ruining your relationships or wellbeing, who gives a fuck?

[Anonymous No.6664279]

>>6664274
>dude just like, be kind to people man, just dont like, ask people questions about why they dont have a job or like, why they wont share their money with you, or whatever

[Anonymous No.6664317]

>>6664279
I said collecting as a hobby is cringe but fine as long as they aren't going into financial ruin or alienating themselves from others. You know that black-and-white thinking is a sign of an underlying mental and/or developmental disorder right?

[Anonymous No.6664321]

>>6660093
big box PC game collectors are the biggest chads on the planets
theyre universally all just totally open and happy with how fuckin nerdy they are and theyre always married

[Anonymous No.6664524]

why are so many anons faggot /vr/? Why does everything in the world need to be black or white? Is it autism? Why do you either need to live as a spartan with no interesting shit you enjoy, or have to be a hoarder? Why cant people just have reasonably size respectable focused collections?

[Anonymous No.6664679]

>>6664279
This, but unironically.

[Anonymous No.6664686]

>>6664524
Because they have no argument to stand on, if they don't strawman at every turn they aren't able to direct their frustration at anonymous people on the internet and get away with it.

[Anonymous No.6664827]

>>6661280
>some
>
>of
>
>us
>
>needed
>
>to
>
>reddit space
Only the gay ones

[Anonymous No.6665009]

I don't, personally though I would rather just have a flash cart with all the games right here than have to get up and constantly switch cartridges, hope they don't break, etc. Just way more convenient. I don't really care about owning the physical copies.

[Anonymous No.6667093]

>>6647565
That shelf is filled with trash that only a trained idiot could find valuable.

[Anonymous No.6667948]

>>6660012

While it is true that a used game does not generate direct revenue to the developers, it does create brand loyalty, and indirect sales in marketing, be it sequels, action figures, soundtracks, etc.

This is also important in the medium or long term for the economy of a company.

[Anonymous No.6669909]

>>6664321

[Anonymous No.6670261]

>>6667948
Thing is, if i were to buy a used game in a series that no longer releases games or merch, I wouldn’t be contributing to it, not to mention if I buy a used game, the majority of the time it’s a completely private sale and no one else knows about it unless i specifically tell them.

[Anonymous No.6670805]

>>6663112
looks tasty, but i would remove the letty and tomate first

[Anonymous No.6671076]

>>6663202
He didn't say any of that, schizo.

[Anonymous No.6673292]

>>6648690
Your dad is based. It's a shame he raised such a consoomer faggot though.

[Anonymous No.6673307]

I genuinely don't see the point in collecting entire libraries of games. These people that have rooms with 8 shelves dedicated to every SNES/NES/N64 title, even the shitty throwaway ones just come off as hoarders to me. I like to have physical copies of games I remember fondly or really enjoy playing because sometimes it just feels like a more "authentic" experience to play it on the console. But adding artificial value to CIB games via grading and whatnot just feels like really expensive stamp collecting and it ruins the hobby of actual collecting. Boxed gen 1 pokemon games should not cost $200 each; they sold nearly 30 million copies combined.

[Anonymous No.6673341]

>>6648316
sleep tight fugger

[Anonymous No.6673356]

Jumping pack to the NES purchase, I mostly bought it for Super Mario Bros 3 and the original LoZ, both of which I've never played through though I wish I had bought it at launch because damn 200 bucks is a lot and it might show up and be a fake ripoff, which im confident i can identify but then you have to deal with returns and shit, its just a nightmare. i keep telling myself another $1200 stimulus is coming which is whats paying for this, im recently debt free and have some savings so at least im not a TOTAL degenerate

[Anonymous No.6673567]

It's just poorfag cope

[Anonymous No.6673598]

>>6648316
sleep tight fugger

[Anonymous No.6673868]

>>6647565
>Physical fags chide digitalcunts
>Digitalcunts chide physical fags
Me being an Idort thinks however you want to play it is fine

[Anonymous No.6673935]

>>6673868
>im a gay retard that stands up for nothing look how enlightened i am

[Anonymous No.6673942]

>>6663237
what's your opinion of the impossible whopper?

[Anonymous No.6673947]

>>6673942
I've never had it. What's that?

[Anonymous No.6673951]

>>6673947
Burger King is using impossible meat, which is a plant based meat substitute. If you have had any impossible meat, it's the same thing.

[Anonymous No.6673957]

>>6673951
So it's just onions tofu with a marketing spin.

[Anonymous No.6673963]

>>6673957
>To produce heme protein from non-animal sources, Impossible Foods selected the leghemoglobin molecule found naturally in the roots of so.y plants.[25]

[Anonymous No.6673964]

>>6660209
To be fair, original hardware purists on here are cringy.

[Anonymous No.6673970]

>>6673964
Sunk cost is one hell of a drug. They will defend their plastic toys till their grave.

[Anonymous No.6674010]

>>6673970
If you cant make sacrifices towards your prefered hobby, you picked the wrong hobby faggot. Try knitting. Maybe you can find wool for free.

[Anonymous No.6674015]

>>6674010
If only these sacrifices were for something of value. Emulation has long surpassed original hardware.

[Anonymous No.6674017]

>>6674015
Imagine believing emulation will ever surpass the original experience.

[Anonymous No.6674020]

>>6674017
Yes, sunk cost will lead you to believe any kind of nonsense.

[Anonymous No.6674023]

>>6674020
Being poor and too late to jump on the bandwagon really makes people lose their minds.

[Anonymous No.6674026]

>>6674023
By all means, I invite you to search through my trash, you may find some treasure there. The lengths of cope some people would go only to not admit to themselves they're too dumb to configure an emulator.

[Anonymous No.6674030]

>>6648707
>muh /pol/ boogeyman

Did they hurt your feelings?

[Anonymous No.6674089]

>>6673951
Oh, I see. Pretty cool. I can't remember the last time I ate restaurant food, though.