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curl-6 on 01 May 2020

For those of you who still enjoy playing games from multiple generations ago, do you prefer emulation, or the authenticity of using real hardware, and why?



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JWeinCom on 01 May 2020

Emulation. Sure real hardware offers a better experience, but the convenience factor is just huge. Not going to drag out my NES everytime I want to play Mega Man 2.



trunkswd on 01 May 2020

Emulation works for me or a mini console. I've had too many of my old hardware die on me. My Genesis and N64 no longer work.



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sethnintendo on 01 May 2020
JWeinCom said:
Emulation. Sure real hardware offers a better experience, but the convenience factor is just huge. Not going to drag out my NES everytime I want to play Mega Man 2.

So that's when you drag your NES Classic out right?



Ka-pi96 on 01 May 2020

I prefer re-releases. Preferably on Steam.



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Captain_Yuri on 01 May 2020

Emulation. There's nothing like removing all the jaggies from Mario Galaxy to make it look fap worthy



             

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JWeinCom on 01 May 2020
sethnintendo said:
JWeinCom said:
Emulation. Sure real hardware offers a better experience, but the convenience factor is just huge. Not going to drag out my NES everytime I want to play Mega Man 2.

So that's when you drag your NES Classic out right?

Actually I'd probably just use my switch.  But isn't the NES classic still emulation?  I'm pretty sure it's not actual NES components, especially since I'm running GBA games on it.



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sethnintendo on 01 May 2020
JWeinCom said:
sethnintendo said:

So that's when you drag your NES Classic out right?

Actually I'd probably just use my switch.  But isn't the NES classic still emulation?  I'm pretty sure it's not actual NES components, especially since I'm running GBA games on it.

Yea emulation.  I was trying to combine your desire for emulation with hardware.  Actually I was just joking around.



JWeinCom on 01 May 2020
sethnintendo said:
JWeinCom said:

Actually I'd probably just use my switch.  But isn't the NES classic still emulation?  I'm pretty sure it's not actual NES components, especially since I'm running GBA games on it.

Yea emulation.  I was trying to combine your desire for emulation with hardware.  Actually I was just joking around.

Joking or not, it does actually feel better somehow on the NES Classic.  Partly because of better emulation and partly for psychological reasons.