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Re: Trump's Tariffs Have "Changed Everything" For Makers Of Essential Retro Gaming Gear

JayJ

@avcrypt Yeah I just think it's ridiculous to get all bent out of shape over some luxury electronic goods maybe going up in price when the price for necessities has gone up so dramatically in recent years. Like I wouldn't expect this site to be covering global economics but then again they did suddenly feel a need to make an article directed at criticizing American foreign policy.

Re: Talking Point: Is There A Home Port You Prefer To The Arcade Original?

JayJ

Honestly I prefer a lot of home ports of old 90's fighting games to the arcade releases. In the case of games like Tekken 2 and 3 the home ports were just better looking, sounding, and more fully featured. With stuff like Capcom fighters the home ports were often just a lot more playable, because they would make the AI stupidly difficult and cheap in arcade versions.

Re: Anniversary: Sega Saturn, The Most Successful Console "Flop" Of All Time, Turns 30 Today

JayJ

The Saturn was a big flop in the US but a big success in Japan. Probably one of the most polarizing major consoles I can think of when it comes to that. I remember how nobody really wanted one, every kid I knew who was into video games went from a Genesis/SNES to a PS1/N64. Even as a Sega Genesis fan I skipped it, was mostly into PS1 that gen, and got a Dreamcast after it released. Even though the Dreamcast also flopped arguably it was a lot more popular than the Saturn ever was.

Re: Panic Pushes "Pause" On The Playdate Stereo Dock

JayJ

I was always mildly interested in one of these but it seems like it would be little more than a novelty and I really think it would be hard to go back to a non-lit screen after having portables with screen lighting for so long.

Re: Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated

JayJ

Going after people who distribute roms, sure, I guess they're entitled to protect their property when it comes to their own video games they own the rights to.

Going after anyone who puts up a youtube video of an emulated Nintendo game, come on Nintendo, a lot of these people might actually own the original games and simply use an emulator because it's far better for recording footage.

Re: "The Tourists Have Taken Everything" Laments Japanese Resident As Retro Runs Dry

JayJ

This sort of thing is just a product of the effect that all the scalpers, scammers, and opportunists have had on the retro gaming market these days. People buying up copies of old games to jack up the prices on them, rich people turning rated sealed video games into a money laundering scheme making it crazy overpriced, and just scammers and opportunists all over trying to get anything they can for them. A part of the problem is youtubers and social media influencers, another part is the Ebay/Amazon culture of selling stuff, the collecting scene has been ruined by all the people trying to make money off it, and it really sucks for all those gamers who just really had a passion for it. I'm glad I was into collecting before everything got so crazy.