Old video game nostalgia can be easily cured by trying to actually play them today. A lot of them have aged…poorly.
I started the pixel remaster of ff6 and I’m surprised how well it holds up
I first played FF6 when it was already retro(I was a Sega kid) and it bacame my favorite FF, even higher than 7 which holds huge nostalgic memories to me
I’ve actually found the cure to my old video game nostalgia is watching old lets-plays. Usually I can skip a whole bunch of the creators video and get that nostalgia bug outta my system in a few hours without spending any money.
There are a few rare gems, but gameplay design has evolved a lot. It’s worse than watching comedies from the 50s.
My first Zelda was BOTW so I decided I would play Ocarina of Time and Majora’s mask. Man, the amount of aimlessly walking around and boring empty fields gets old very fast. Puzzles are either trivially obvious, impossibly obscure or super hard.
Many people still play OoT, especially with mods.
I don’t know what you’re talking about, I play three of these systems regularly.
This picture is way too sinister, unrelated to this being a meme
Every time i see it i have tears coming
I know, I started seeing it a lot after losing my cat recently, and it stings a bit. =(
I got a Miyoo Mini very recently and have been playing a lot of games since. I can’t put the thing down for long at all!
Mega Drive is still getting good mileage here. Recently played MSG on a ps emulator. I have the discs and a PSX but played it on my odroid go ultra. Got stuck figuring out how to change the discs virtually so that’s how far I got in the game.
I keep their memories close by, in several hard drives, and frequently play them over my network…
We did a run of Secret of Evermore with the 2 player mod this december, was super fun. I love rpg’s from that era.
I know I can emulate, but there are times when I wish I still had my old Playstation. I left mine behind when I had to make a sudden break from an ex of mine about 20ish years ago. Somehow I ended up with a controller and the mouse, but I have no idea how they got separated from the system itself and ended up in my possession.
Hold up, the playstation had a mouse?
Yes, but not many games used it or supported it. I think mine came with the game Discworld or perhaps I bought it separately for that game, I don’t recall.
I still rock my Genesis. 😎 I brought it to Europe with me.
Gdamn, had a recent talk about it…my sister remembers! It’s so good when you do have someone to play it with as a child…
So…go play them? yikes …
So…you go play them too? Yikes …
So… 4 player Mario kart then at my house? Yikes…
Luckily those things aren’t dead, you can still play them!
Those companies do everything they can to make it as hard as legally possible.
There’s a pretty thriving retro scene… you can buy any of the consoles listed here fairly easily.
You can even get better and new alternative retro consoles. As in consoles with HDMI out and upscalers that will run old games.
Which is better for 8- and 16-bit games, HDMI out with an upscaler, or analog video out with a real CRT?
That is entirely subjective but I would say some still prefer CRT and Analog video, which these retro consoles also provide. There are also some benefits for it like no lag and better graphics due to the natural blurring of the CRT but at the cost of space and screen size. CRTs are bulky.
Konami and Nintendo? Yeah I agree they’re too litigious. Still, it’s trivially easy to emulate though.
you can still play them!
Off I go doing a crime again
But… anime-girl buried them, so they’re kinda hard to access.
That’s lain you heathen
Why did Lain bury all the Atari 2600 games, tho?
They stole all of her Reese’s Pieces.
OoT actually got new life with the Ship pf Harkinian team
I can hear that Ocarina of Time screenshot.
Same — everyone has so many memories of that game. For me, it reminds me of playing games with my brother, he would read the prima strategy guide and help me get through the dungeons. My father bought ocarina of time for us both for Christmas. We got drawn in to the magic of that game for several months after.
🎹🎶
OWOOOOOOooo