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| JackHandy said: It won't combust, though. A SNES cart is incapable of that without a fire lol. The battery will die, but I can replace that. But the cart is safe until I die. And even then, it's going to be safe for longer than there are consoles to play it. As for the ROM, I do not agree. I mean, yes, I can technically play it, but in almost every use-case, that experience is going to either be different, or less-than. Emulation introduces input-lag on everything that isn't a CRT. And if it's not on a CRT, even if it's hacked to make it match modern screens, it looks weird. And if it's installed on one of those flash carts, it's also not the same experience. As mentioned, buying physical games like that makes up 75% of the experience, imo. It's why movie watching feels so cheap, and why games feel so cheap. The act of having to go rent or buy something, of having to pick it out, to make the choice, then pay for it, drive home, unwrap it, smell it (yes, smell it; nothing smells better than Nintendo manuals), pop it in for the first time, and play it? All of that? That is what made movie watching and game playing so fun. There was biology at play there, chemicals, many various things going on all at once that is simply lost when all you do is tap a virtual button and play something without ever leaving your couch. No, it's not all bad. You are playing a game, and that's good. But so much is lost. So, so much. |
You’re rambling about stuff that isn’t relevant to what I’m asking. I’m simply asking about accessibility, not the experience, as very clearly detailed in the OP. If you want to play your game on the OG system, then just flash dump the ROM onto an SNES cart. Hence your access to the game in whatever state you desire to play is unaffected. Agree or disagree?
