The other aspect is that emulation makes for defined expectations. I think this is the appeal of modern home-brew. There's established constraints and convent

The other aspect is that emulation makes for defined expectations. I think this is the appeal of modern home-brew. There's established constraints and conventions from the platform. Saying "you can run SNES games on it" frames the product well. I'm not expecting to run games which need full keyboard/mouse or RTX3080 calibre graphics, but I do expect a good experience with little pixel-art graphics and a D-pad plus four buttons.