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prayformojo on 30 July 2014
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AZWification said:
prayformojo said:
oniyide said:

how so? im struggling to see the sense in what you are saying. If you mean retro im assuming stuff like NES and then you were only working with a dpad and two buttons. Not sure how it would be watered down since modern controllers can accomedate that no problem at all. The only way it would be an issue IMHO when you get into N64 terriority  and above and even then modern controllers can and have covered those.


First off, ROMS are never 100%. So there's that. Secondly, playing SMB3 with a real NES controller feels completely different than using a classic controller with dual analog sticks. And third, the games look different on an HDTV.

Plus, there's the whole abstract sensory thing. Playing NES or SNES carts on a real machine on a CRT tv with a real controller is just, you can't get better than that. There's something about it that I can't put into practical words but to me, it makes all the difference. It's like, the real thing vs. a clone sorta deal.

Maybe it's because I actually grew up in the mid-late 80's and played all of these things as they launched on their original hardware. I don't know.

I kinda get what you're saying.... The only times I play a re-release of a classic game is when the re-release is actually much better than the original game( take the PS3/360/PC port of Sonic CD for example!)

See, I'm too much of a purist for that. Even when a game is transformed from 4:3 to 16:9 so it fits on our HDTVs, to me, that's a different game. The art has been changed. The experience is different. When I want to play a game like Sonic CD, I want to play it on a Sega CD with a Genesis controller like I did back in the 90's. I want to experience the original thing in the way it was meant to be experienced.

I bought the Sega Genesis collection on 360. The one with all the Sonics, Comix Zone, Ristar etc? And while I did play and beat alot of those games, it just doesn't feel right. Being able to use save states ruined the challenge. Using a 360 controller (actually, I used a PS2 controller via adaptor because the 360 d-pad is a freakin' nightmare) just left me wanting a Genesis controller instead.

I have to have the real deal or I'm just not content. That's why I stopped spending my money on them. I'd rather save up for the carts.