Guess I should say hi.
Hello all.
I'm a long-time lurker, first-time poster. This is a great site, and although I probably wont be posting a lot, I figure I should say a little about myself.
As you would assume since I'm on this site, I'm getting into retro gaming. I decided to do this for a few reasons. First, I never liked optical media/I love cartridges. I still hold that the N64 was better than the Playstation for this reason (even though the PS1 had some great games). Even worse than optical media, though, is the direction toward non-ownership modern games have taken. Online DRM, DLC, account-based downloadable titles, day one patches, etc.; it disgusts me. I miss the good old days where when you bought a game, you owned it.
Of course, it's more than just that. There's a ton of great old games that I've never played. Sure, they can be (illegally) downloaded online, but I think everyone here will understand that it's just not the same. I finally played through Chrono Trigger (well, one of the endings anyway ) a few months ago. I had tried playing the game years ago on the Playstation as part of Final Fantasy Chronicals, but couldn't stand the outrageous load times just to pull up your status/inventory (did I mention how I hate optical disks?). And yes, I later tried playing it on an emulator, but just couldn't get into it. A few months back, I bought the real deal; a copy of the game for the SNES. I played it, and loved it.
NES games have also been on my plate, of course. There is something very special about the NES; it was just advanced enough to have deep, involved games, but still simple enough to be pick-up-and-play and have that charming, electronic quality to it. You've gotta love chip-tunes and pixel art. And the controller - I doubt we will ever again see one so simple yet so responsive and usable. Any time a non-gamer picks up a modern controller, the first thing they say is "what do all the buttons do?". But with the NES, there's just two main action buttons - nobody is overwhelmed by it. Yet, despite its simplicity, the NES has notoriously difficult games. Easy to learn, difficult to master - this is what any game (not just video games) strives to be. NES games nail this, and I'll let you know if I ever manage to beat Ninja Gaiden.
And I suppose the final reason, is that I want to have these retro games, these unique experiences that are no longer made, in the future. I don't want to just tell future generations how hard NES games used to be, I want to show them. I don't want to have to nostalgically reminisces about cartridge based games, I want to play them. I don't want my kids to grow up playing Call of Duty 26, I want them to be able to play the same games I played growing up.
So yeah, that's why I decided to start collecting. I don't have much yet, but hopefully someday I'll have an awesome collection.
I'm a long-time lurker, first-time poster. This is a great site, and although I probably wont be posting a lot, I figure I should say a little about myself.
As you would assume since I'm on this site, I'm getting into retro gaming. I decided to do this for a few reasons. First, I never liked optical media/I love cartridges. I still hold that the N64 was better than the Playstation for this reason (even though the PS1 had some great games). Even worse than optical media, though, is the direction toward non-ownership modern games have taken. Online DRM, DLC, account-based downloadable titles, day one patches, etc.; it disgusts me. I miss the good old days where when you bought a game, you owned it.
Of course, it's more than just that. There's a ton of great old games that I've never played. Sure, they can be (illegally) downloaded online, but I think everyone here will understand that it's just not the same. I finally played through Chrono Trigger (well, one of the endings anyway ) a few months ago. I had tried playing the game years ago on the Playstation as part of Final Fantasy Chronicals, but couldn't stand the outrageous load times just to pull up your status/inventory (did I mention how I hate optical disks?). And yes, I later tried playing it on an emulator, but just couldn't get into it. A few months back, I bought the real deal; a copy of the game for the SNES. I played it, and loved it.
NES games have also been on my plate, of course. There is something very special about the NES; it was just advanced enough to have deep, involved games, but still simple enough to be pick-up-and-play and have that charming, electronic quality to it. You've gotta love chip-tunes and pixel art. And the controller - I doubt we will ever again see one so simple yet so responsive and usable. Any time a non-gamer picks up a modern controller, the first thing they say is "what do all the buttons do?". But with the NES, there's just two main action buttons - nobody is overwhelmed by it. Yet, despite its simplicity, the NES has notoriously difficult games. Easy to learn, difficult to master - this is what any game (not just video games) strives to be. NES games nail this, and I'll let you know if I ever manage to beat Ninja Gaiden.
And I suppose the final reason, is that I want to have these retro games, these unique experiences that are no longer made, in the future. I don't want to just tell future generations how hard NES games used to be, I want to show them. I don't want to have to nostalgically reminisces about cartridge based games, I want to play them. I don't want my kids to grow up playing Call of Duty 26, I want them to be able to play the same games I played growing up.
So yeah, that's why I decided to start collecting. I don't have much yet, but hopefully someday I'll have an awesome collection.
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Originally posted by: NPCtendo
First, I never liked optical media/I love cartridges.
You had me at that. When all the lasers wear out over time, what's still gonna play? Good ol' carts! :B
Welcome aboard!
Carts FTW!