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There is one point in which emulators are better than consoles in every way, except the nostalgic aspect, and some competitive aspects which only apply to serio
by 29athrowaway 6y ago
There is one point in which emulators are better than consoles in every way, except the nostalgic aspect, and some competitive aspects which only apply to serious competitions.
bsnes/higan can run every Super Nintendo game ever made in an accurate way, and can make use of shaders that can make the games look better.
Since the emulator is a process running in your computer you can use a software equalizer and make it sound better too.
I can use a cheap wireless controller that looks and feels just like a SNES controller.
As a result the experience for me is much better than with the console.
Dolphin can support resolutions that are higher than that the Gamecube and Wii did. You can run Super Mario Galaxy in 4k if you want.
And I do not know about other emulators but you get my point. Consoles were great but it can be cumbersome to set them up.
- sevengraff 6y agoAgreed, but the ownership of the physical games has its own satisfaction. I'm in the process of selling about 300 retro console games mostly because when I play an old game I'm likely to emulate it on my phone than hook up the real thing. I'll miss having my collection, it's nice just to go through it from time to time. I took detailed photographs before selling, those will have to do now.
- 29athrowaway 6y agoIn the early 90s, games were a more offline social experience. You would buy some games and your friends would buy others and then play together or pass them around so everyone could have a wider variety of games to play.