Be careful out there.
My ex claimed to be super into retro gaming and I even spent while putting together a nice setup so she, and me, could play on the couch like in the TV show Home & Away.
But it was all lies. All she was interested in was sex, drugs, rock & roll, and Netflix shows about complete wankers.
Thankfully her son smashed up his ps4 in a ragequit and then spent several months addicted to old retro games until he got a new one.
I would be into this maybe, but I was always terrible at Mario and stuff like that. I’ve been trying to get back into games, and nothing is grabbing me, sadly.
Hey, you might have luck with retro clubs or something. For Germany I could maybe help with that but I think you're likely in the US.
My IRL friends are inerested in soccer. I don't have many friends, but almost all of them have have a thing for soccer. So I'm fine pretending to like soccer every once in a while.
what about finding them? you can start a meetup on a local library or cafe. print flyers, hang them around. commit to show up even if no one shows up, it's just the first one. drink your coffee, go home, try again in a couple of weeks.
I walk my town with my 3DS on in the hope that our there, some freak is doing the same and we find each other in street pass.
maybe there's someone out there trying to find you, but with a little less initiative. you already show some, by posting this.
good luck! don't lose a kidney.
Hey there, kuiskaaja!
I know this isn't the 'IRL' part of things, but I had a couple people who I chatted to a bunch who desperately wanted the same thing, except...online. After recommending a bunch of options, in the end I revived an old (and abandoned) Discord server we had, and invited all my friends from the retro handheld scene there.
...and just so, so, so many more. All the developers and creators I know joined in. So if you do want a (very small!) space to chat about handhelds with others, send me a DM and I'll send you an invite :)
It's the age of the WWW! There are literally forums & communities full of like-minded folks who enjoy doing exactly as you describe, just online.
I mean, sure it's always nice when such buddies can physically hang out, but headsets and cameras can at least help with that, and there's various retro games that can be played together online.
I find modders and builders fascinating, too:
https://www.benheck.com/
Every journey has a beginning though!
Just handhelds? What about PC's or consoles?
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