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What is a heavily debated topic in your hobby? Can be anything from the influence of a movie director to the best brand of paint for Warhammer (piefed.zip)
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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Mine is interest in retro gaming which oh boy, there's a lot:

  • CRT vs Line-doubler device like OSSC and RetroTINK
  • HDMI Mods/Adapters
  • Native hardware vs Emulation
  • Grading mint game and the price for it (I still see it as snake-oils)
  • If [Insert old game] hasn't aged well or is that person simply not good at it.

Bonus points if that person happens to be Gen-Z and comments selection bitching about Gen-Z. I hate the weird elitism retro-gaming community have which as a Zoomer, it does put me off wanting to play older games if I be judge for being too stupid to not get it straight away.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Older millennial, grew up playing NES and after. Emulation is fine and allows everyone to play titles they otherwise might have missed. With you on the sbdke oil.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I mostly play emulation as it just good enough. I would only play on native if I really love the game or saw a game at a game shop that's cheap and want to give it a try. Otherwise, I find if I play games on emulation, is often that I know or heard of a game that suppose to be good but want to try it for first time.

    If it has PC Port and isn't too bad (unless there's mod to fix it), I would rather play that, especially if it's a shooter games as I'm not too fond aiming on stick without gyro controls. Even if it natively doesn't support it, I would try create controller layout via Steam Input which is super hacky

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ah, you're my people and yeah, I find it can be too toxic in some communities. Some games age like wine, others age like milk, and even more were just... rotten to begin with, haha. People often have a hard time differentiating between nostalgia and objectively good (and bad) game experiences. I got a set of every game ever released up until PS2 and yikes, there's a lot of garbage.

    And people who want to make this a collection thing can fuck all the way off - I saw a Chrono Trigger cartridge priced at $350 in a local store, which itself was a kinda common game. If collecting is your thing, fine, but not all of us have the means (or desire lol) to invest in that, just like people who collect old figures.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Some games age like wine, others age like milk, and even more were just... rotten to begin with, haha. People often have a hard time differentiating between nostalgia and objectively good (and bad) game experiences.

    This! Reminds me when I was playing OG Tomb Raider and the second game and while I love them, I be lying if I say that it doesn't feel dated. The combat is my major pet-preeve of the game where I would rather cheese the combat selection as the guns doesn't feel much special, the AI doesn't feel either fair and it didn't felt it took in mind of both Player's tank control and also the automatic camera which is horrible. As soon as you fighting the Mummy in TR1, expect your camera jumping all over the place.

    And people who want to make this a collection thing can fuck all the way off - I saw a Chrono Trigger cartridge priced at $350 in a local store, which itself was a kinda common game.

    Reminds me when I was at CeX, seeing Slient Hill around £100 which upset me as I want to both try to it and also, I just love just owning a game and looking at it. Speaking of that, I need to boot up Duckstation and play Slient Hill as I played Resident Evil REmake on the Gamecube and I do want to try play more survival horror game

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Okay, I personally don't like the sound of a line doubler compared to just using a plain CRT. Had to look up what a line doubler is, and it feels like it kinda defeates the purpose of playing retro games, IMO, especially stylistically. Why would I want seemingly better graphics on a retro game?

    Will absolutely agree that grading games, just like trading cards, is a cult adjacent scam, if not an outright cult.

    Also, screw people that get uber defensive if you aren't immediately a pro the first time you ever boot up a retro game. They can absolutely suck a lime for all I care.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I dont give a shiiiiit if you are using non-oe hardware or playing roms vs oe carts/discs. I use roms and I play on modded consoles because its easier and more consistent than emulating (generally) but I'm not gonna shame anyone for playing with their joystick differently.

    I will say I don't get the collecting aspect of it. For me, the sentimentality of it is the software not what the cart looks like. Krikizz for the win (imo).

    Analogue needs to get their shit together though...

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