• Rooty@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Old video game nostalgia can be easily cured by trying to actually play them today. A lot of them have aged…poorly.

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        2 days ago

        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

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      6 days ago

      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.

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      7 days ago

      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.

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    6 days ago

    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!

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    7 days ago

    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.

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    6 days ago

    I keep their memories close by, in several hard drives, and frequently play them over my network…

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    6 days ago

    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.

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    7 days ago

    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.

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        5 days ago

        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.

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    7 days ago

    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…

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      7 days ago

      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.