Subj : Re: Retro gaming
To   : Nightfox
From : phiax
Date : Fri Feb 18 2022 10:38:07

I love retro gaming and was probably into it before it had a resurgence.
Collected a fair amount of NES and Genesis in the late 00s/early 10s but have
a wide swathe now of a bunch of consoles and handhelds. Hell, even got rid of
some that I was less interested in keeping [like the Dreamcast... not because
it isn't good, but because I am not nostalgic for the hardware]. 

Anyway, emulation has gotten really solid. I can't always say much about
those underpowered retro handhelds [some I hear are good, some are not and/or
have bad sound], but even a Raspberry Pi 4 has a good emulation of N64/PS1 era
gaming and older ones can go 90s hardware no problem. Even tough I have
hardware, I often emulate for convenience. The trick is, however, to never
use "modern" scalers [keep the pixels crispy and add a CRT filter if you like
them] and use actual hardware controllers. I have drawer of
NES/SNES/Genesis/etc. adapters for USB and a bunch for the Wii [which when
hacked is an amazing retro machine]. Having an actual controller in your hand
takes you back in a way that playing with a modern controller does not.

Cheers,

-ph

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