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Retrogaming

IContainMultitudes

IContainMultitudes

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Anyone here play old games on their computers with emulators? There are lots of old arcade games that can be played with the MAME emulator that I like. Archive.org has a big collection of them you can download (better have plenty of hard disk space though!):

https://archive.org/details/MAME_0.151_ROMs

The site also has lots of old games you can play in your browser (but it doesn't appear that they have sound yet):

https://archive.org/details/historicalsoftware
 
I used to do that, but my operating system prevents me from using anything more advanced than Atari 2600 games, since I have no joystick - bad things happen when you hit certain keys simultaneously. :ooh:
 
I like to play old games on the original consoles. Emulators just don't do it for me. I quite like the look of the Everdrive/Retrodrive cartridges though - they are cartridges which connect to consoles and have an SD card so you can store a load of ROMs on the SD card and then when you boot up the console you can select a ROM to load from the SD card and it will run on the original hardware just like playing the original game. This might allow me to play games like the fan-translated ROM of Final Fantasy V on an actual SNES, which would be good (I have the PS1 port, which really suffers for being on a CD instead of a cartridge... playing the game on a SNES would be SO much better).

How do you play Duck Hunt on an emulator? It's never going to be the same without a Nintendo Zapper.
 
I simply rebuilt my older computer as a legacy system with removable IDE drives. One for Windows XP and the other for Windows 98SE. Basically running an assortment of entertainment software from circa 1999. If I had a more simplistic video card I could probably play older stuff...but the Nvidia GeForce Ti200 does work well with simulator programs of that era.
 
How old does something have to be to qualify as retro? :P

I've been known to replay childhood favorites from time to time, particularly SNES or Playstation titles to rediscover what I didn't notice 5 or 10 years ago. Some of them have aged well and others... I'd rather not have replayed.
 
I play old atari 2600 and have a load of emulators from jaguar to calico-vision. However, i am currently playing dagger-fall on DOS emulator.
 
I still own my old PS1 and GameBoy Colour so I have enough to cover my retro needs. I have tried emulators before though.
 
I guess one's definition of "retro" varies from person to person. For me, anything older than the Sega Dreamcast would arguably qualify, and anything older than the original PlayStation would definitely qualify.
 
I wish, so badly, that I had possessed the presence of mind to keep my old Atari 2600 and the Coleco and everything after. I have a healthy collection of old systems from Sega, Nintendo, and Sony, and carts starting with the NES and ending with the Cube, but I do enjoy emu's as well for some games, for the ease of use.

I need to make a Frankenputer to throw an old OS on someday to run old games without fuss. I tried the 'run as Administrator' doohickey to play things like Dungeon Keeper I+II and I could technically play it to an extent, however it was not without problems and I would crash and hang fairly often, video card issues were to blame. The point of playing is to relax, so yanno. I gave up.

I feel very out of my depth when I see the new systems and games. But the hobby is an expensive one, I don't have the funds to keep up anymore.

My favorite old games are titles like, all the Zeldas from the very beginning (should pull that one out again soon) and the Enix library prior to merger with Square. I -adore- old Enix games. My favorite was probably Secret of Evermore, I just loved every single things about it aside from some of the clunkier aspects of gameplay, but c'est la vie. Lots more but I am too tired to think.
 
I'm still wondering if I should look for some old consoles. A few stores in my area sell old NES consoles and are totally clueless about the price of the games for it (read; they're relatively cheap there).

But given I don't game that much (I guess under 10 hours in 2 weeks; which Steam tells me) I'm not so sure if I should spend money on it for gaming sake rather than just the nostalgia factor of owning an NES with some games from back in the day.
 
You know, I have thought about whether I should get rid of my collection. One can only handle too much ubiquitous 'stuff', and of course emus are terribly convenient. But there's something about having that legit controller in my hot little hands. :D
 
Wintertime said:
You know, I have thought about whether I should get rid of my collection. One can only handle too much ubiquitous 'stuff', and of course emus are terribly convenient. But there's something about having that legit controller in my hot little hands. :D
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True - I think the only times I'll use a console's backwards compatibility is the PS2 playing PS1 games because the controller is the same and the games run exactly the same and I've only ever noticed one very small graphics issue on one game, and the Sega Megadrive with the Master System adaptor - The original Sega Megadrive actually had all the Master System hardware inside it, so it runs the games 100% perfectly. Plus you could plug a master system controller in and it would work just fine. Unfortunately, my only master system controller never worked so I'd have to use a Megadrive controller anyway - but it came with my model 1 master system that I only paid £2.50 for so I can't really complain ;)

I just much prefer using the original hardware. People usually point out that with an emulator you can convert the video output into HD but I still prefer the way all games look on the original hardware they were meant to be played on, WITH the original technical limitations.
 
I wanted a Megadrive and to be able to play Master System games (I had a SMS console but it bit the dust) but I could never find one around here. You can find loads of Nintendo stuff and old Sony PSX's but good luck with Sega. I have never even seen a Dreamcast here in any secondhand or gaming shops.
 
For years I used to keep a legacy computer I built ages ago. Had a 400 mhz Pentium and an old ATI card (before they were bought by AMD). Dos 5.0 with Windows 3.1. Had all my games from the late 80s I once cherished.

Thing is, as the computer was replaced by better hardware and operating systems, I got so I'd take that legacy system out of the closet only once or twice a year. Played for a few minutes (literally) and disconnected it all and put it back into the closet, chuckling at how primitive it all was. o_O

Eventually I just disassembled it for parts and chucked the rest. I could say I was sorry for doing it, but had I kept it I doubt I'd have used it more than those five minutes at a time. Such is life....lol. :p

The "new" legacy computer is Windows XP with removable drives for Windows 98SE. I wonder how long it takes before I get bored with that? :rolleyes:
 
Judge said:
For years I used to keep a legacy computer I built ages ago. Had a 400 mhz Pentium and an old ATI card (before they were bought by AMD). Dos 5.0 with Windows 3.1. Had all my games from the late 80s I once cherished.

Thing is, as the computer was replaced by better hardware and operating systems, I got so I'd take that legacy system out of the closet only once or twice a year. Played for a few minutes (literally) and disconnected it all and put it back into the closet, chuckling at how primitive it all was. o_O

Eventually I just disassembled it for parts and chucked the rest. I could say I was sorry for doing it, but had I kept it I doubt I'd have used it more than those five minutes at a time. Such is life....lol. :p

The "new" legacy computer is Windows XP with removable drives for Windows 98SE. I wonder how long it takes before I get bored with that? :rolleyes:
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I think this will be a problem with every generation. There's only a handful of titles that remain somewhat timeless and worth replaying even 20+ years later.
 
King_Oni said:
I think this will be a problem with every generation. There's only a handful of titles that remain somewhat timeless and worth replaying even 20+ years later.
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Yep. I have to admit...I still have a love affair with certain very old titles. All running fabulously on a 2.4 ghz Pentium system, 1 mb RAM and an Nvidia GeForce Ti200 card on Win 98SE. And it ain't in the closet...but right behind me opposite my latest build.

Silent Hunter
European Air War
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003
IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles
Pacific Fighters
NASCAR Thunder 2004
Red Baron 3D
Quake III Arena
 
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