Anyone into retro gaming?...
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There's a few factors:
- they sold in massive numbers so not enough rarity value.
- the mini consoles gave most people enough nostalgia, take up no space and are easier to hook up to a modern TV.
- they're easily emulated, right down to hardware like the Raspberry Pi.
- Nintendo themselves have been selling the retro stuff back to people ever since consoles went online. If you've got a Switch now and subscribe to the online service (£18/year) you get access to 80-odd NES and SNES games as part of the deal, and you get to play them online against people too.
It's good if you really want an original console and games, bad if you're trying to sell them.
- they sold in massive numbers so not enough rarity value.
- the mini consoles gave most people enough nostalgia, take up no space and are easier to hook up to a modern TV.
- they're easily emulated, right down to hardware like the Raspberry Pi.
- Nintendo themselves have been selling the retro stuff back to people ever since consoles went online. If you've got a Switch now and subscribe to the online service (£18/year) you get access to 80-odd NES and SNES games as part of the deal, and you get to play them online against people too.
It's good if you really want an original console and games, bad if you're trying to sell them.
sjg said:
There's a few factors:
- they sold in massive numbers so not enough rarity value.
- the mini consoles gave most people enough nostalgia, take up no space and are easier to hook up to a modern TV.
- they're easily emulated, right down to hardware like the Raspberry Pi.
- Nintendo themselves have been selling the retro stuff back to people ever since consoles went online. If you've got a Switch now and subscribe to the online service (£18/year) you get access to 80-odd NES and SNES games as part of the deal, and you get to play them online against people too.
It's good if you really want an original console and games, bad if you're trying to sell them.
Tomorrow il put my switch online!- they sold in massive numbers so not enough rarity value.
- the mini consoles gave most people enough nostalgia, take up no space and are easier to hook up to a modern TV.
- they're easily emulated, right down to hardware like the Raspberry Pi.
- Nintendo themselves have been selling the retro stuff back to people ever since consoles went online. If you've got a Switch now and subscribe to the online service (£18/year) you get access to 80-odd NES and SNES games as part of the deal, and you get to play them online against people too.
It's good if you really want an original console and games, bad if you're trying to sell them.
Any recommendations?
D1on said:
Been looking lately at original nes and snes consoles, becoming quite nostalgic about them.
Surprisingly they don't seem to have increased in value to the extent I would have thought...
Original consoles are ok. Although some games seem to go for silly money depending on the game/console. Surprisingly they don't seem to have increased in value to the extent I would have thought...
Retro gaming is quite accessible via emulators these days. If you are just interested in the gaming side of it.
While I am a fan of the original consoles, they tend to have really poor AV outputs and the games are now getting very expensive. With the NES and Snes the mini versions are great and have Hdmi and reproduction original pads, spend an hour or so with a PC and you can have pretty much every game ever released for the console ready to go.
Bare in mind that original equipment is getting to the end of it’s functional life. Boards and memory batteries degrade for consoles and carts. Peripherals break and can’t be replaced.
If you want original stuff to put on a shelf or something then go wild but if you want to play games then emulation or the mini consoles are better options.
If you want original stuff to put on a shelf or something then go wild but if you want to play games then emulation or the mini consoles are better options.
I've found this website excellent for explaining how to get the best picture out of a retro console/computer and onto a modern TV.
https://www.retrorgb.com/
For me the pleasure is in using the original hardware as much as playing the games. You can play all the old games on the original hardware by using SD card adapters.
My recommendation is that a small collection of consoles that you have nostalgia for is best. You won't use a large collection regularly because it's a nuisance to set them up, whereas two or three can be left set up fairly easily.
I like the idea of having them out on display, but the reality is it is very difficult to make an attractive display of consoles in your living room without making it look like a museum or geek den. At some point I will set up a dedicated room for an office and I plan to have all mine set up in there.
https://www.retrorgb.com/
For me the pleasure is in using the original hardware as much as playing the games. You can play all the old games on the original hardware by using SD card adapters.
My recommendation is that a small collection of consoles that you have nostalgia for is best. You won't use a large collection regularly because it's a nuisance to set them up, whereas two or three can be left set up fairly easily.
I like the idea of having them out on display, but the reality is it is very difficult to make an attractive display of consoles in your living room without making it look like a museum or geek den. At some point I will set up a dedicated room for an office and I plan to have all mine set up in there.
I love the thought of it more that the actual doing...as everytime I try i quickly get bored or get a massive headache.
This thread did remind me about the online ZX Spectrum emulators though.
http://zxspectrum.xyz/#y1982
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This thread did remind me about the online ZX Spectrum emulators though.
http://zxspectrum.xyz/#y1982
for 10minsDave. said:
I love the thought of it more that the actual doing...as everytime I try i quickly get bored or get a massive headache.
This thread did remind me about the online ZX Spectrum emulators though.
http://zxspectrum.xyz/#y1982
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Bugger, there goes my morning of productivity. I wasted hours of my youth to Dizzy, that poxy egg. This thread did remind me about the online ZX Spectrum emulators though.
http://zxspectrum.xyz/#y1982
for 10minsOff topic but if any of you are ever in the Netherlands you need to visit the computer museum in Zwolle. They have loads of consoles from all eras set up, and then a massive arcade hall full of everything from flat top space invaders to the 2 player Sega Rally machines. Great way to spend a wet afternoon.
https://computermuseum.nl/
As an added bonus when I went to look for that link I found there's another one in Zoetermeer
https://www.nationaalvideogamemuseum.nl/
https://computermuseum.nl/
As an added bonus when I went to look for that link I found there's another one in Zoetermeer
https://www.nationaalvideogamemuseum.nl/
I suppose I am into retro gaming, but not on purpose. My PC is getting on a bit and won't handle anything modern, and in some cases when I've enjoyed games, I've bought their updates, didn't get on with them (often they just get too complicated) and just kept going back to the earlier versions.
So, I still play Championship Manager 2006 and Civilization 3. A bit earlier in lockdown I managed to get Battlezone 1997 working again, and played that start to (almost) finish once again.
I was a ZX Spectrum player as a kid and I have had emulators for that on PCs since the late 1990s and have one on my smartphone too, but I do find that's OK for a little while, but games have moved on and the memories are better than the modern experience. The limitations the developers had on those old systems are very obvious nowadays.
So, I still play Championship Manager 2006 and Civilization 3. A bit earlier in lockdown I managed to get Battlezone 1997 working again, and played that start to (almost) finish once again.
I was a ZX Spectrum player as a kid and I have had emulators for that on PCs since the late 1990s and have one on my smartphone too, but I do find that's OK for a little while, but games have moved on and the memories are better than the modern experience. The limitations the developers had on those old systems are very obvious nowadays.
Ozone said:
I've got RetroPie with some Mega Drive titles and a few others running, it works very well. I don't seem to be able to find a good place for ROMs though, if anyone knows of one.
I've not had much of a search, but there seem to be some good links in here: https://raspberrytips.com/download-retropie-roms/#...595Heaven said:
Ozone said:
I've got RetroPie with some Mega Drive titles and a few others running, it works very well. I don't seem to be able to find a good place for ROMs though, if anyone knows of one.
I've not had much of a search, but there seem to be some good links in here: https://raspberrytips.com/download-retropie-roms/#...
kiseca said:
A bit earlier in lockdown I managed to get Battlezone 1997 working again, and played that start to (almost) finish once again.
One of my favourite ever games. Both single and multiplayer were excellent. When it came out I thought it was going to launch a whole new genre of first person perspective RTS games. Sadly there remains nothing else like it apart from Battlezone 2, which wasn't as good.There's a redux version available on Steam which brings the graphics up to date. Looks awesome.
ZedLeg said:
Bare in mind that original equipment is getting to the end of it’s functional life. Boards and memory batteries degrade for consoles and carts. Peripherals break and can’t be replaced.
If you want original stuff to put on a shelf or something then go wild but if you want to play games then emulation or the mini consoles are better options.
There's not much to go wrong with a SNES or Mega Drive, certainly when compared to a CD based console.If you want original stuff to put on a shelf or something then go wild but if you want to play games then emulation or the mini consoles are better options.
Ozone said:
595Heaven said:
Ozone said:
I've got RetroPie with some Mega Drive titles and a few others running, it works very well. I don't seem to be able to find a good place for ROMs though, if anyone knows of one.
I've not had much of a search, but there seem to be some good links in here: https://raspberrytips.com/download-retropie-roms/#...Gassing Station | Video Games | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff