Subj : Retro gaming
To   : Nightfox
From : Captain Obvious
Date : Wed Sep 15 2021 18:31:32

On 14 Sep 2021, Nightfox said the following...
 
 Ni> Who else is into retro gaming?

I am a bit. Set up a raspberry pi in my living room and have some old NES and SNES games on it as well as a few DOS sidescrollers like Duke Nukem and a few others. I don't play a ton of games anyway. It seems to get more used by my wife and my (college-aged) youngest daughter. Usually Dr Mario.

Getting ready to build my mom basically the same setup with some SNES and DOS games as well.

Personally I prefer playing DOS games through DOSBox on my PC (or Steam if they are available).

 Ni> Although I've been emulating old consoles for a while, sometimes I've
 Ni> missed having a real console.  A long time ago, I had an original NES, a
 Ni> Nintendo 64, and a TurboGrafX-16.  For a while, a SNES as well.  I just

Using the Pi 4 with a couple of PS4 controllers gives me that fix when I do want it. It's nice because they are wireless and I'm far enough away from the TV that I don't want cables strung across the living room. For my mom's I picked up a couple of faux SNES controllers. Much simpler than trying to teach her to use a modern controller.

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