Comment on Build your retro library without breaking the bank
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I like the idea of collecting physical media but its just not practical for me anymore. The need to store it all somewhere and then there is disc rot and hardware failure make the increasd prices just not worth it anymore. I’ve been using GOG more and more over the last couple years as well as emulators.
lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Yea me too, there are certain aspects of emulation that gives a better experience that in my opinion makes up for not playing on original hardware, such as save states and fast forwarding. I dont have the time to play games for two hours at the time often so if save options are scarce i wont progress without save states. And skies of arcadia would have been a nightmare to play without fast forward, i think i skipped 6-8 hrs of repetitive attack animations in my playthrough (as judged by diff in play time in retroarch vs in-game).
But i would love to play on original hardware once in a while still