Subj : Re: Retro Games
To   : Darklord
From : Commodore Clifford
Date : Tue Mar 21 2023 09:44:48

On 20 Mar 23  14:25:04 Darklord wrote...

DD> On 19 Mar 23  01:52:06 Cobradile wrote...
DD> 
DD> CC> That's fair, some people prefer the convenience of emulation. For
DD> CC> me personally, it just feels very off. I only use emulation as a
DD> CC> last resort. I am glad it;s a thing, though, for archival
DD> CC> purposes, and it makes homebrew development a lot easier! :D
DD> CC> 
DD> To which Darklord replies...
DD> 
DD> Totally agree. Emulation will never hold the appeal for me that the
DD> actual hardware does. Yeah, it's cool, it's amazing and there are
DD> incredibly talented people supporting it. It will just never be the
DD> same for me to sit down at a Windows PC and start an emulator for my
DD> Atari ST as it is to sit down in front of my Mega ST4, Mega STe or
DD> STacy and actually use them.  I'm a dinosaur - sue me.   :)

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Same here... I generally only use emulation if I need to test something I
don't have hardware for, or sometimes just when I'm doing dev-ish work
and need the speed.

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