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1) Grab a console from eBay, fleamarket, ... 2) Get a few games along with it 3) Hook it up 4) Play old games on/with real hardware 5) Fun! (sorry, no profi

1) Grab a console from eBay, fleamarket, ... 2) Get a few games along with it 3) Hook it up 4) Play old games on/with real hardware 5) Fun! (sorry, no profit here ;) ) Really, nothing beats the experience playing those old games on their respective hardware. You're missing out if you're using an emulator (though more power & kudos to the devs!). Only thing i'm using an emulator for is trying the more expensive games first if i even like them, since retro-gaming kinda exploded and the prices of used games with it :/

bunderbunder 11y ago
Absolutely true. However, as someone who has neither a television set nor an apartment large enough to fill with hardware I'd only use infrequently, and also has to travel frequently, I'm still a big fan of these kinds of projects. It'd be even better if Nintendo could somehow convince publishers to re-release all their classic titles for the Nintendo DS, assuming it's powerful enough to reasonably emulate a fair number of platforms. I'd be more than happy to pay good money for good classics.
- slantyyz 11y ago
  The Wii (dunno about the Wii U) had a pretty great collection of Virtual Console games for quite a number of platforms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virtual_Console_games_for_Wii_%28North_America%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virtual_Console_games_f... Also, there are flash carts that can run homebrew emulators for the DS, including an emulator that can play almost all NeoGeo games.
  - bunderbunder 11y ago
    Nintendo's got an irritating policy of not releasing games that originally came out on any TV-based system since NES on Virtual Console for the DS.
joshuapants 11y ago
I think Ben Heck once said something like "emulation is masturbation." edit: I do think this is a good idea, mainly because having a pile of every system you're interested in isn't feasible for many people. Especially when some systems are rare or so desirable that they cost a lot (looking at you, Neo-Geo). That said, I wish there were more emulators that strive for accuracy over quick hacks to ensure playability. Unfortunately, that would make a Raspberry Pi-based emulation station undesirable because it takes an awful lot of power to emulate accurately.
fit2rule 11y ago
On the flipside, nothing introduces a modern kid to the 80's era with more gusto than loading up an rPi with EmulationStation, filling the SD card with ROM's, and having at it. The fun factor is multiplied when you've got 1000's of ROMs available to play ..
slantyyz 11y ago
If you want to run a cartridge based console on a modern TV without introducing a lot of clutter, the Retron5 is worth consideration. It also supports many of the original console controllers. http://hyperkin.com/Retron5/ http://hyperkin.com/Retron5/
- moepstar 11y ago
  No, it is not. Period. Why? Because it still is only emulation on the inside.
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kolev 11y ago
True, but aren't those expensive?

bunderbunder 11y ago

Absolutely true. However, as someone who has neither a television set nor an apartment large enough to fill with hardware I'd only use infrequently, and also has to travel frequently, I'm still a big fan of these kinds of projects. It'd be even better if Nintendo could somehow convince publishers to re-release all their classic titles for the Nintendo DS, assuming it's powerful enough to reasonably emulate a fair number of platforms. I'd be more than happy to pay good money for good classics.

slantyyz 11y ago
The Wii (dunno about the Wii U) had a pretty great collection of Virtual Console games for quite a number of platforms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virtual_Console_games_for_Wii_%28North_America%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virtual_Console_games_f... Also, there are flash carts that can run homebrew emulators for the DS, including an emulator that can play almost all NeoGeo games.
- bunderbunder 11y ago
  Nintendo's got an irritating policy of not releasing games that originally came out on any TV-based system since NES on Virtual Console for the DS.

joshuapants 11y ago

I think Ben Heck once said something like "emulation is masturbation." edit: I do think this is a good idea, mainly because having a pile of every system you're interested in isn't feasible for many people. Especially when some systems are rare or so desirable that they cost a lot (looking at you, Neo-Geo). That said, I wish there were more emulators that strive for accuracy over quick hacks to ensure playability. Unfortunately, that would make a Raspberry Pi-based emulation station undesirable because it takes an awful lot of power to emulate accurately.

fit2rule 11y ago

On the flipside, nothing introduces a modern kid to the 80's era with more gusto than loading up an rPi with EmulationStation, filling the SD card with ROM's, and having at it. The fun factor is multiplied when you've got 1000's of ROMs available to play ..

slantyyz 11y ago

If you want to run a cartridge based console on a modern TV without introducing a lot of clutter, the Retron5 is worth consideration. It also supports many of the original console controllers. http://hyperkin.com/Retron5/ http://hyperkin.com/Retron5/

moepstar 11y ago
No, it is not. Period. Why? Because it still is only emulation on the inside.

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kolev 11y ago

True, but aren't those expensive?