Don’t know about the validity of the survey, but I happily enjoyed Wild Arms on my PS1 yesterday. Love the old. Love the new. A good game is a good game.
I like this idea. Honestly with all the renewed interest in retro consoles the last several years, I am a tad surprised that IP holders/publishers haven’t wanted to grab some money from potential sales. If Square Enix (for example) were to republish Terranigma, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, Xenogears, etc for original hardware at competitive prices, I think they’d have a market. Production of cartridges is expensive for sure, but surely they could sell a new official copy of Chrono Trigger for less than what it goes for on Ebay… Couldn’t they? Seems like there would be a lot of interest for that. Maybe not. I’m old so I’m not a great market analyst!
Makes me wonder how much money companies are just sitting on. There must be a market for reprints of older games sold by the publishers/copyright holders to go along with all these clone consoles.
I don’t love the sun fade that has affected some of my media and consoles (SNES seems to be the worst offender), but currently I keep my older games in a basement storage room that I repurposed to half a game room where there are zero windows and not a lot of dust. It’s nice. I can display everything worth displaying and have all the games accessible, but don’t have to worry too much about items getting element erosion.
It would have done me a bit of good to be more aware of this in the 90’s and 00’s, but what do you do?
I get most of my physical games to play and experience rather than see them as collector’s items - though I guess they’re that as well. However if something is digital or physical It doesn’t really matter to me as long as the experience is intact.
It’s been Super Mario RPG this weekend for me. I played on my SNES Classic for a bit, then fired up the CRT and Super NES for the “authentic” experience. There is something about playing on a CRT that brings back the 90’s magic. It’s still a great game great anyway you play of course. Maybe I’ll dabble in something else the rest of the weekend.
I definitely prefer original, but I have been in the process of backing up my older games as legally as possible. It’s a bit pricey, and time consuming, but fun to learn the ins and out. The NES games were a bit of a challenge, and there are still a few I haven’t successfully dumped, but I have enjoyed the process quite a bit.
I have been impressed with RetroArch overall, but for 64 games Project 64 is super impressive. I prefer 64 emulation in many ways over the original hardware due to graphic fidelity.
Original is best in my opinion, and I have a couple pretty great CRTs (just one pictured) for the older systems. It’s a great trip back in time to the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. https://photos.app.goo.gl/v3u3x3ceEyCnRf6g6
I love hearing news like this. It would be phenomenal if they were able to find some original assets from their NES, SNES, and PS1 eras. I would also be hopeful that this could possibly lend itself to curated collections akin to what Konami has been doing with Contra, Castlevania, and TMNT. Deep dives into the history of game creation are almost as fun and fascinating (if not more honestly) as the games themselves. I don’t love everything SE does lately, but this is great news!
Thanks for this article. I think the reason games used to seem more "magical" in some ways was due to this "pareidolia". The original Legend of Zelda and the first few Final Fantasy games were a magical experience because your imagination did have to do a lot of the work. I still have a wonderful time playing modern games - but hyper realistic games - as amazing as they are, do take away some of the mystery of the game world. Side note, I am a huge retro game player, and this site is very welcome!
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Re: 14 Percent Of North Americans Still Play Gaming Systems Released Before 2000
Don’t know about the validity of the survey, but I happily enjoyed Wild Arms on my PS1 yesterday. Love the old. Love the new. A good game is a good game.
Re: "I Was Completely Unproven" - Prince Of Persia's Creator Reflects On The Making Of Its Star-Studded Film
I quite enjoy this film. Cool to learn a bit more about it.
Re: GameStop Announces Launch Of New "Retro GameStop" Stores
I like this idea. Honestly with all the renewed interest in retro consoles the last several years, I am a tad surprised that IP holders/publishers haven’t wanted to grab some money from potential sales. If Square Enix (for example) were to republish Terranigma, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, Xenogears, etc for original hardware at competitive prices, I think they’d have a market. Production of cartridges is expensive for sure, but surely they could sell a new official copy of Chrono Trigger for less than what it goes for on Ebay…
Couldn’t they? Seems like there would be a lot of interest for that. Maybe not. I’m old so I’m not a great market analyst!
Re: Japanese Second-Hand Stores Are Making Their Own Famiclones To Cope With Retro Demand
Makes me wonder how much money companies are just sitting on. There must be a market for reprints of older games sold by the publishers/copyright holders to go along with all these clone consoles.
Re: Poll: Are You Concerned About 'Sun Fade' Ruining Your Retro Game Collection?
I don’t love the sun fade that has affected some of my media and consoles (SNES seems to be the worst offender), but currently I keep my older games in a basement storage room that I repurposed to half a game room where there are zero windows and not a lot of dust. It’s nice. I can display everything worth displaying and have all the games accessible, but don’t have to worry too much about items getting element erosion.
It would have done me a bit of good to be more aware of this in the 90’s and 00’s, but what do you do?
I get most of my physical games to play and experience rather than see them as collector’s items - though I guess they’re that as well. However if something is digital or physical It doesn’t really matter to me as long as the experience is intact.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 5th)
It’s been Super Mario RPG this weekend for me. I played on my SNES Classic for a bit, then fired up the CRT and Super NES for the “authentic” experience. There is something about playing on a CRT that brings back the 90’s magic. It’s still a great game great anyway you play of course.
Maybe I’ll dabble in something else the rest of the weekend.
Re: Poll: How Do You Play Your Retro Games?
I definitely prefer original, but I have been in the process of backing up my older games as legally as possible. It’s a bit pricey, and time consuming, but fun to learn the ins and out. The NES games were a bit of a challenge, and there are still a few I haven’t successfully dumped, but I have enjoyed the process quite a bit.
I have been impressed with RetroArch overall, but for 64 games Project 64 is super impressive. I prefer 64 emulation in many ways over the original hardware due to graphic fidelity.
Original is best in my opinion, and I have a couple pretty great CRTs (just one pictured) for the older systems. It’s a great trip back in time to the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/v3u3x3ceEyCnRf6g6
Re: Square Enix Gives Update On Its Preservation Efforts At CEDEC 2022
I love hearing news like this. It would be phenomenal if they were able to find some original assets from their NES, SNES, and PS1 eras. I would also be hopeful that this could possibly lend itself to curated collections akin to what Konami has been doing with Contra, Castlevania, and TMNT. Deep dives into the history of game creation are almost as fun and fascinating (if not more honestly) as the games themselves. I don’t love everything SE does lately, but this is great news!
Re: Feature: Pixelthesia: Why We See Things In Video Games
Thanks for this article. I think the reason games used to seem more "magical" in some ways was due to this "pareidolia". The original Legend of Zelda and the first few Final Fantasy games were a magical experience because your imagination did have to do a lot of the work. I still have a wonderful time playing modern games - but hyper realistic games - as amazing as they are, do take away some of the mystery of the game world.
Side note, I am a huge retro game player, and this site is very welcome!