The days when parents can control access to there kids video games media consumption are over tbh.
Even when I was a kid 70s we could find around parents censorship
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The days when parents can control access to there kids video games media consumption are over tbh.
Even when I was a kid 70s we could find around parents censorship
Isn't that the same with all reworked games, Elite Dangerous included?
I'm getting Shadow of the Colossus remake today hopefully. But since it is being run on the original game code (rendering system is a brand new modern one ofc) will it be just as clumsy and imprecise as before?
Retro games are retro because they're old, not necessarily because they're good.
The A600 was my first Amiga! (went to it from my Atari 800XL - yes i kept that system too long, but it had the best version of Alternate Reality!) It took me a year to fully understand that mistake and i eventually upgraded to a A1200, but by then those darn 486's were getting all the best games. Luckily i still had Frontier to keep me happy (and X-com!).
Hmmm.
What i would pay £150 for is a total 'Retro' machine, something that could play all the platforms (from the 80's and early 90's) and maybe you could buy bundles of games from an app-store/Steam/GOG for £5-10 a pop? That would be much more attractive to me personally than any current gen console or 'one-shot' mini system with a limited set of games.
Hmmm.
What i would pay £150 for is a total 'Retro' machine, something that could play all the platforms (from the 80's and early 90's) and maybe you could buy bundles of games from an app-store/Steam/GOG for £5-10 a pop? That would be much more attractive to me personally than any current gen console or 'one-shot' mini system with a limited set of games.
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Like Retropie? Or the Retro Duo?
Hm I don't know. I like having original game cartridges in their original boxes. I like the SNES Mini though because it has Final Fantasy III, which never released in Europe.
Honestly, I just dont see the need for these so-called new "Retro machines", all you gotta do is mod your old favorite computer. I fitted a HxC Floppy Emulator to my...er......um.....Atari 520 STe [where is it]
But they work on a range of machines too and that is only one example. 
[video=youtube;p1zP6p9SBLw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1zP6p9SBLw[/video]
So, why have something that only pretends to be a proper retro machine when you can have the real thing but enhanced too! There is no substitute for using the real thing because, as an experience, it's more than just playing old games, it's the feel of the keys, it's the unboxing and setting it up that gives that authentic real retro experience. [yesnod]
[video=youtube;p1zP6p9SBLw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1zP6p9SBLw[/video]
So, why have something that only pretends to be a proper retro machine when you can have the real thing but enhanced too! There is no substitute for using the real thing because, as an experience, it's more than just playing old games, it's the feel of the keys, it's the unboxing and setting it up that gives that authentic real retro experience. [yesnod]
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I had to upgrade to an A600 due to hardware demand and one game that never worked was SuperCars2 which is a game i would like to see a new version of ever since.