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I was watching some YouTube, trying to find some forgotten gems from retro systems. I ran into one about the Jaguar and decided to watch it.

Well, the fellow said a lot of the games were great, and I was kind of curious about that because I don't think it's controversial to say there's only a handful of decent games on the Jag, but this fellow was rating everything highly.

Later on I sat down to think about it and I realized something... after every game the fellow would say "Oh, and you can get it for about $XX.XX."

At that point the light-bulb went off and I realized this fellow is probably deriving enjoyment from collecting the Jaguar games, not playing them. To him, if he buys a game, plays it for a few minutes to make sure it works, it's probably a winner for him.

For me, who is getting Jaguar games from uhhhh a friend, I don't care about collecting them, I just want some fun stuff to play.

Anyway, I learned my lesson: I'll believe non-collectors' opinions more than collectors because they are mostly concerned with gameplay instead of how it looks on the shelf, or how rare and difficult it was to acquire.

P.S. I don't know how "hot" of a take this is, but I figure it'll probably hurt the feelings of collectors, so that's why I prefixed it.

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd go even further - get them from people who emulatecthe games rather than people who play them on (or merely buy them for) the original hardware.

People who emulate retro games are demonstrably SOLELY interested in playing the games, without any of the collector cachet getting in the way.

[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It sucks, really. I prefer playing on original hardware but the collectors market has made that nearly impossible. I'd love to own all my favorite SNES games from my childhood but that is going to cost me around $1200 just for a few titles. That's almost my mortgage payment for video games.

This is why emulation is such a godsend. It gives enthusiasts access to the game without having to navigate around shitbirds asking $400 for a trash repro copy of Chrono Trigger.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

I'm just the opposite.

I still own my SNES and all of its games from back in the day (and an NES, an original XBox and a PSX with their games), and they're all in boxes in my garage. Pretty much as soon as emulation became viable, that became my preferred way to play, since I don't have screw with wires and connections and consoles and cartridges or discs and all the rest of that clutter. I just click on an icon, select a game from a list, and away I go.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People who emulate retro games are demonstrably SOLELY interested in playing the games

"Eehhhhhh..."

- Me, a data hoarder with severe executive dysfunction

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"My Steam backlog wasn't enough, let's add a couple thousand more to the pile with a few romsets."

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago

Oh shit, I've been cloned!

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It took me too long to realize that was an errant "c"

I was like "dam this dude is fancy. must be French"

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Had a buddy with an impressive vinyl collection and an audiophile setup. Awful taste in music, just dogshit.

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, music is subjective. I'm sure your music is dogshit to him as well.

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Music is completely objective. If I like it than it's good, if you don't agree then you are wrong

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 0 points 1 year ago

He's creating a market that will boost the value of the assets he already owns...

[–] the_q@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hot take part 2: Form your own opinion and play a game without review!

grinds teeth remembering renting "Superman" on the NES

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Superman 64 has entered the ~~chat~~ fog

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago

If you want to save your friends, solve my maze!