Subj : Re: Retro gaming To : Ksource From : Boraxman Date : Wed Sep 15 2021 09:22 pm -=> Ksource wrote to Nightfox <=- Ks> @MSGID: <61417960.722.dove-hobby@mutinybbs.com> Ks> @REPLY: <6140CA75.2287.dove_dove-hob@digitaldistortionbbs.com> Ks> Re: Retro gaming Ks> By: Nightfox to All on Tue Ks> Sep 14 2021 09:14:45 > Who else is into retro gaming? > > I really started getting into retro gaming when I first saw emulators > appearing in the late 90s. I thought it was really cool that there were > emulators that allowed playing NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, and other console > games on my PC. Some emulators also had some fairly interesting features, > such as allowing multi-player gaming with other people over the internet. Ks> I don't know that I'm "into" retro gaming so much as my taste in games Ks> just never advanced beyond a certain era. In 1995, I was playing games Ks> released in 1995. In 2005, I was playing games released in 1995. In Ks> 2015, I was playing games released in 1995. Ks> I don't have time these days to play games (kids, you know), but when I Ks> do, I'm sure it'll be the same old games. Ks> I grew up with PC games, so all the games I play are PC games usually, Ks> but I did get into console emulators about 10 or 15 years ago. When I Ks> was a kid, the consoles really were black boxes, much moreso than PCs, Ks> so they held a bit of mystery for me. Now in the emulator we can see Ks> precisely how everything was specced out, and it's kind of cool to peer Ks> inside the box a little. Ks> I once took one of my old favourite SNES games (NHL '94) and started Ks> tinkering with it to make it more difficult. I could have never dreamed Ks> of doing something like that in 1995 when the tooling for consoles Ks> (cartridges!!) was far beyond what mere peasants could tinker with. Similar story with me. I still play a lot of games from the mid 90, a few from the late 90's and a rare few from the 2000's. Perhaps I'm stuck in my ways, with the PC's I had in that era, but I don't find much appealing in newer games, apart from better graphics. I find myself playing new levels for classic Doom or Quake, than new FPSs. Even the computer I use now, is using a 90's era graphical environment (FVWM). I don't consider it 'retro' gaming. It is just for me, gaming. .... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader! --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52 þ Synchronet þ MS & RD BBs - bbs.mozysswamp.org .