Reminiscing retro games

[jaybzyanz]

Hey guys what was your reaction when you 1st found out that you can relive the memories of playing again your favorite retro games using emulator apps or softwares knowing that your old gaming consoles does not work anymore or just collecting dust in your home?

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

I was ecstatic as heck! Realizing that I can relive those great years without using the original hardware.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

It’s a great feeling! Even the original hardware itself has so much coming out for it FROM THE FANS! Emulation is FROM THE FANS. I’m not the guy to gas up emulation to the highest, but it’s from US! We’re keeping these games alive! And keeping them interesting! There’s never not something to see or find when exploring game history, and that matters so much.

 

[Giggling Tilly]

I've never really stopped playing my systems. I've also never liked emulators much, always being one of those "real hardware or nothing" people. I was a teenager when the first emulators for systems like the Atari 2600 and NES started to pop up in the mid-90s, and I was like, "meh!" It was fun checking them out for some geeky reasons, and obviously, game preservation is a very important thing, but at the end of the day, I always ended up returning to the original hardware.

When one of my systems died, I just went out and bought a new one. Once I got a proper job, I started to buy spares too, especially for the systems I liked the most. Unfortunately, it looks like I'm starting to feel my age, and with emulators doing pretty well now, I do find myself using them now and then. That's simply because real hardware can be too tiresome. Still, I prefer the originals over emulators. It's just... you know. (Insert Danny Glover's quote from Lethal Weapon here)

 

[psvitaforever]

Something like this :)

 

[Esidemoken]

At the beginning I respected them as an alternative, later when I wanted to get original retro games and I saw the price that they had I saw the emulators as a very good option, but until I saw all the improvements that can be put to the games is when I understood that they were the best alternative.

 

[DeadVoivod]

For me it started basically with MAME, some older version, I think it was v0.21 and I loved it because I could play all the games from my youth from the end of 70s to mid 80s, plus you could not have them on any other system, thus emulation was mandatory.

 

[Xeno]

I've been playing around with emulation ever since the ZNES and Nesticle days. It was awesome being able to re-play games and also try games that I missed, like Final Fantasy and Legend of Zelda on SNES. It's only gotten better over the years with things like Raspberry Pi, Steam Deck and other retro emulation handhelds. I have an Ambernic rg35xxh that I bring with me to play at work.