• Rooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    7 days ago

    Old video game nostalgia can be easily cured by trying to actually play them today. A lot of them have aged…poorly.

      • Calavera@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I first played FF6 when it was already retro(I was a Sega kid) and it bacame my favorite FF, even higher than 7 which holds huge nostalgic memories to me

    • InputZero@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      I’ve actually found the cure to my old video game nostalgia is watching old lets-plays. Usually I can skip a whole bunch of the creators video and get that nostalgia bug outta my system in a few hours without spending any money.

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      31·
      7 days ago

      There are a few rare gems, but gameplay design has evolved a lot. It’s worse than watching comedies from the 50s.

      My first Zelda was BOTW so I decided I would play Ocarina of Time and Majora’s mask. Man, the amount of aimlessly walking around and boring empty fields gets old very fast. Puzzles are either trivially obvious, impossibly obscure or super hard.

  • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    I got a Miyoo Mini very recently and have been playing a lot of games since. I can’t put the thing down for long at all!

  • ATDA@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    I keep their memories close by, in several hard drives, and frequently play them over my network…

  • _Cid_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    We did a run of Secret of Evermore with the 2 player mod this december, was super fun. I love rpg’s from that era.

  • GooberEar@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    I know I can emulate, but there are times when I wish I still had my old Playstation. I left mine behind when I had to make a sudden break from an ex of mine about 20ish years ago. Somehow I ended up with a controller and the mouse, but I have no idea how they got separated from the system itself and ended up in my possession.

  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Gdamn, had a recent talk about it…my sister remembers! It’s so good when you do have someone to play it with as a child…

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        141·
        7 days ago

        Konami and Nintendo? Yeah I agree they’re too litigious. Still, it’s trivially easy to emulate though.

      • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        7 days ago

        There’s a pretty thriving retro scene… you can buy any of the consoles listed here fairly easily.

        • ogeist@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          7 days ago

          You can even get better and new alternative retro consoles. As in consoles with HDMI out and upscalers that will run old games.

          • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            7 days ago

            Which is better for 8- and 16-bit games, HDMI out with an upscaler, or analog video out with a real CRT?

            • ogeist@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              7 days ago

              That is entirely subjective but I would say some still prefer CRT and Analog video, which these retro consoles also provide. There are also some benefits for it like no lag and better graphics due to the natural blurring of the CRT but at the cost of space and screen size. CRTs are bulky.

    • phoneymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      Same — everyone has so many memories of that game. For me, it reminds me of playing games with my brother, he would read the prima strategy guide and help me get through the dungeons. My father bought ocarina of time for us both for Christmas. We got drawn in to the magic of that game for several months after.

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    7 days ago

    You got classic video games buried in dirt and forgot about Atari? There are more copies of ET in the ground than anything else. Lol