What the heck is going on here? I thought this was a debate of who are retro games for? Retro? what does that mean? Hold on.
ret·ro1
ˈretrō/
adjective
adjective:
retro
- 1.
imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.
"retro 60s fashions"
noun
noun:
retro
- 1.
clothes or music whose style or design is imitative of those of the recent past.
"a look that mixes Italian casual wear and American retro"
Okay so it means someone must have created a history of it to consider it retro. If that nerd and that punk has a history of a game, is retro to them or anyone. I have a history of playing sonic 3 on a genesis, when it was available. So is retro to me to play it. Weather or not you play on real console as intended or on many compilation disc, (Sonic mega collection, gems collection, Ultimate megadrive collection, playstation network download, Virtual console, whatever) Means no difference besides your not playing on a genesis. I have lots of compliation games that are retro. the game itself is not much different than it was before. Mega man legacy collection for 3DS is 6 NES GAMES IN ONE FORMAT! IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU FIND ON THE 6 MEGAMAN GAMES ON VC! Only difference is your not in 1994, with a nes console with controller and using a non HD or better looking tv. Either way it can be played and that what matters.
That nerd and that punk do what they want to. If their point is relive NOSTALGIA, then retro gaming has nothing to do with it. NOSTALGIA is the act of doing something that gives you the sense of repeating what you once did. They are aiming for that. That nerd aim is to play a game exactly how he remembers playing it. So you can invision how bad they are (or good if he does play good ones) If you played castlevania 2 simon's quest or Teenage mutant ninja turtles in 1988, then is considered retro games. Is opinion based. Playing Castlevania on VC is retro. Depend how one feels about it is their nostalgia.
I don't believe they are shaming emulators. They just aren't aiming for that, is in fact that the nerd admit to using emulation to play Hong Kong 97 Cause "There was no copies to exist" I dunno much about it, maybe is a public domain game, some bootleg or homebrew, those hardly get cart release unless someone make it themself. Their goal is always to play the game as originally intended, never did anyone shame or disregard emulation. Is nothing against it, i also wish people stop debating or arguing over emulation vs console policies.
I like them both. Console provides easy acess to playing games with simple insert game and plug controller and play. The bad side is nes had so many glitches in games graphically due to contact issues and such that is out of player control that can get annoying. Games wth no save or passwords that is long (Blaster master, castlevania, ghost and goblins and super mario bros 3) are not easy to finish with those reasons. Also limit to one controller that isn't exactly comfortable for eveyrone is a thing.
Emulators provide enhancements while trying to achieve full perfect compatibilty and remove restrictions and limitations consoles were having like the region free, playing Famicom disk system Japan only thing, better upscaled graphics and colors on modern hd screens, Turbo, rapid fire, cheats, multiplayer support, graphic filters, ability to fix problems, less glitches or issues with games due to not being hardware with contacts, save states for games with no save at all, even online play and other great ideas. Multiple controller support using moderen contoller and can remapped buttons to fit desired player preference.
I do admit that some emulators do take lots of patience to set up and is a hassle like the MAME or Neo geo stuff. Where you could have simple time of just playing the console of it. Setting up epsxe emulator with getting bios, finding graphic plugins and shaders, looking for other plugins, configure memory cards, setting up input and copying your disc to iso or bin format if you want or just using the disc drive, could take time and easier to just put the disc in the console and play it. Some is not complex but either way emulation is a option and should just be the players decision to play however they please.
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@FAST6191 said, Emulation has positive things i like more than console. But
@DinohScene Also make the valid point of easy access and getting things working with less effort, along with best compatibility. No one is in the wrong here.