I think emulation is saving the past for future generations

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@jamesriley007

2 жыл бұрын

You would think people would understand the need to archive games Thank god for emulators without them I would never have been able to play the satellite versions of zelda and mario

@BB-te8tc

2 жыл бұрын

I don't recall the details but there have been instances where the companies themselves didn't even archive the games. I recall reading somewhere that the source code for Final Fantasy X was never saved so the remaster had to be rebuilt from scratch.

@eeveelover8371

2 жыл бұрын

It's not just emulation that's preserving the past, its also fan games. For example someone recreated the 1995 game Rayman from scratch which would not be possible if people didnt rip/archive the graphics and sounds. If it wasnt for asset rippers even fan made remakes wouldnt be possible. Plus in some ways those unoffical recreations are actualy better than the original or offical remakes such as AM2R. Bottom line It's not just emulation that's preserving the past.

@Thrakus

2 жыл бұрын

It's why Nintendo is selling old roms , they did download all the old roms as it was lost to even them. But they forgot to check the roms leavening proof of this. So it is good for the ip holders most of all. i wish the anti-project and safeguard media people would think of Nintedo/ip holder need for this to.

Not only is emulation "not the bad guy" it is actively "the good guy".

@linkthehero8431

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of them can even make the games look a lot better. There's this fork of BSNES that is able to upscale the Mode 7 part of the screen to where the rotation isn't on a SNES style pixel by pixel but actually at a resolution that makes it look smooth as butter. There's also this awesome NES emulator that turns the games 3D with voxel based models. The NES one costs ten bucks on Steam, but I consider it ten bucks well spent.

@linkthehero8431

2 жыл бұрын

Also, Project64 and Dolphin allow HD texture packs to make games look a lot more modern.

Emulation is single handedly keeping gaming history alive. The game companies won't sell me many of the games I want to play and I don't have 32000k for a cart I want....

I'll always say it; give me a legal means to play a beloved game on a new system, and I'll do so. Cough-N64 wrestling games and Goldeneye-Cough.

@enriquepinero707

2 жыл бұрын

I would go further and clarify "give me legal means to buy beloved games on a new system , at reasonable prices and I will buy them. Don't rent me the games without giving me the option to permanently keep and access them without constant internet connection or DRM check ins.

@ZigealFaust

2 жыл бұрын

I'll always say it: I brought this game for $60 back when it first came out. I'll download it to my phone now.

It's good to see a retro-gaming channel admit that emulation is good.

If it wasn’t for emulation I wouldn’t have gotten into a ton of JRPGs that are freaking ridiculously expensive nowadays. I’m currently playing Breath of Fire 3 and it’s incredible and I’m so happy I get to experience this game for the first time.

Very well done and well said. As someone who’s made images for a long while now (and have taken the most pride as possible in how they play and feel), this is exactly how I feel about it. Preserving the past for the further. Prices on games (used and new in box) is absolutely insane and I've said for ages that these companies could still sell games in a pack or otherwise. Thank you for doing a review on Cosmic Creeps I had recommended btw. Still one of my favorite underrated 2600 games. +1000 for the UHF clip btw. XD

Agreed completely; all of it. Agreed on the absurdity of secondhand prices, the lack of revenue from these sales going back to the developers (especially the people who actually did the work in making them; they got paid a LONG time ago), the preservation, and the attitude of The Gamers™, who care entirely too much about how someone else plays a game. If the prestige of beating this or that game a certain way matters that much to you, at least realize that it doesn't matter that much to most of us.

To add to this. Majority of retro games were never sold outside the US, EU and Japan and since 90% of the world population lives outside these regions. Emulation is pretty much the only way to access these games here. I honestly never would have played a lot of SNES, Gameboy advance games for example if not for emulation. The concept of finding a used original copy is just not possible when there no market for used retro games at all.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great point that I completely missed. I never would have got to play Sweet Home on NES if not for emulation.

Most valid point made on the video: Talking about beating a game with save states vs no save states: "Nobody cares." 100% accurate

@MarkDell

2 жыл бұрын

I'd rather someone goes through a game of Megaman with save states and have a great time, than get frustrated and quit. There's something great about persevering through a hard game without them, but if you're telling other people how they should have fun then you're the jerk

@ZigealFaust

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, if you say you beat the OG Ninja Gaidens with save states I will laugh in your face.

I believe retro game collecting is still possible. I read about this back in an article about the parabola effect back in an late '90s edition of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Basically if you want to start collecting (for video games specifically) you need to start buying them cheap when they were made around 10-20 years ago. In other words as of me writing this it means buying stuff for XBOX 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo wii or Wii-U and portable stuff being anything in the Nintendo DS line. So that's what I'd recommend people start buying now as you can still find those games cheap on Craigslist, yard sales, etc. I agree with Friday Night Arcade that generally speaking that "collectors" are destroying the hobby and are as aggressive af but I still find good deals in my area without trying that hard. Persistence is he key. If you are new and determined and don't mind starting last-gen or generation before that good deals can still be had.

Over the years, my Gameboy cartridges is becoming like a graveyard of titles that no longer work. I'd love to have a licenced emulator to give the memories more shelf life

Emulation:1 bad guys:0

I have bought ocarina and Mario 64 more times than is feasible or indeed sensible

"Games are meant to be played". aaaaaand there is the hot take you were referring to. 😀

Thank God someone finally has the testicular fortitude to speak out what most of us (the reasonable and intellectual people) are thinking. Excellent work Aaron. Thank you so much for your research and hard work with this. Have a great weekend sir!

Just wanted to say, as someone in the same age-range as yourself.. I love your work and your shows man! Hope to grow my channel likes yours, and keep up the damn good work man! (I was editing and heard in a video where you were down, so I wanted to send a shout out!)

This may be the most nuanced perspective I've ever seen on the ever-so-complex topic of emulation. Great job! However, there are two things that I think also need to also be addressed: 1. Regarding the moral argument surrounding emulation, I agree 100% that there's nothing ethically wrong with emulating a game that's long out of print and has no reasonable means of being obtained (unless you're willing to deal with EBay scalpers overcharging you, spending a couple hundred dollars on a used gaming console that may not even work, finding a way to hook it to a modern TV, finding the space for it, etc.). It's how I'm finally able to play forgotten Nintendo 64 gems like "Space Station Silicon Valley" and "Rocket Robot On Wheels." But there is the nagging temptation after downloading one rom to want to start downloading a bunch more (since ROM's obtained online are basically "free"). And then, before you know it, your hard drive is cluttered with about 100 games you'll likely never find the time to play more than once or twice. So the allure of "free stuff!!!" can IMO be a problem when it comes to emulation. 2. There are a few strange outliers like Rare's classic non-Nintendo IP games (such as "Killer Instinct Gold" and "Conker's Bad Fur Day") that have had legitimate rereleases... but only on one console (ie. the X-Box). If you don't own the console but want to conveniently play "Perfect Dark," then you have a bit of a conundrum (let's be honest: shelling out $300 on an X-Box just to legally play a collection of 20-30 year old games is pretty ridiculous). Here's hoping the success of Sea Of Thieves convinces Rare to finally release the Rare Replay collection on Windows.

I very much agree, and more, I'm concerned that emulation is about to hit a road block as more and more games are distributed online or come with "physical versions" that require multiple large patches before they can be played as intended. The same companies that lose the gold masters or source code for beloved classics are no more forward-thinking when it comes to keeping servers online or even the data on those servers properly archived. We may lose a big chunk of gaming history in this era.

This is the best episode of FNA, you made something really great here my man.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you to say - thanks, Tony.

Hell of video. This was more of a video essay and I enjoyed it thoroughly!

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

lol thanks, Paul. My wife asked what this video was about and I described it to her as a really sloppy John Oliver piece.

@thenostalgiabusiness

2 жыл бұрын

@@FridayNightArcade Haha, fantastically accurate

Thank you for this thoughtful piece, Aaron.

I'm a huge advocate for emulation. Not only does it allow you to play classic games its also preserves them for future generations. But best of all it allows you to sidestep the disgusting second hand market and its insane prices. I sold all my old consoles and games about five years ago and switched over to emulation and it was a great decision. As long as I can use a legit controller for whatever game I'm playing that is good enough for me. Great vid as always, Aaron!

My grandfather taught me about the old tube television he used to do a repair shop working on them back in the day Teach your kids to take up the mantle we need more kids interested in the old games lest they be lost forever

Bonus Paul Rudd on that SNES ad.

One thing you didn’t bring up (at least by 15:52) - Emulation is part of the general category of “adaptive technologies”. That is, it allows people with disabilities to enjoy these games with accommodations to their disability. I have issues with my eyes and my hands. So I emulate handheld games as a way to let me play the games in.a way that I can see them! It’s great being able to play classics for those systems and see it without needing my glasses. And because of my hand issues, it’s incredibly difficult for me to use a controller. Instead, I can use my keyboard and customize the controls to what feels best for me that day. Not to mention for the color-blind, being able to adjust palettes to better accommodate, or any number of other issues that emulation can instantly resolve. It might seem small, but it makes a world of difference to those affected.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing - I completely missed this aspect of emulation. I'm so glad it's helping folks enjoy these games that otherwise might not be able to!

I agree with what you said. That being said, the people that say "just emulate" are extremely annoying.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

I get that.

Great to see a video uploaded. Always look forward to seeing these and this topic was a very good one. I agree to play how you want to play and maybe companies like Nintendo need to just lighten up and sell the roms themselves. Keep up the good work on these videos, and enjoy the time with the family.

Being a Brazilian, emulation and piracy was aways the standart way to play video games. Games aways had unfair prices here, after the retro gaming crazy things got even worse, some of these random guys sell pirated games by crazy prices, you just can't buy an old cartridge at a fair price. Btw, the most common games usually are the most expensive because they're popular and the demand is higher.

Reselling "collectors" are a goddemned cancer on all my hobbies.

The Phantom Of Krankor laugh at 6:01 was unexpected and great.

Thank you very much for making this video, it feels so relevant to me and the current state of Retro games.

I both emulate and buy. I'll emulate stuff that's not available on modern platforms, and will buy it once it becomes available. I refuse to play the secondary market game or do the collector thing: I'm not made of money.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

This is the way.

You covered this perfectly my friend.

Nice dig at the "hidden gems" crowd, by the way. I've heard them referred to as "plastic collectors" in the past. They only seem to put up videos talking about how rare and expensive their hoard is, actively driving up ebay prices, never actually playing the games, or talking about them in terms of gameplay, or quality.

This channel is just all sorts of wholesome… thanks for sharing!

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks!

YES! Love this video! One other point to mention- besides the devs sometimes being dicks regarding rentals, some devs were just under pressure to meet deadlines and in some cases didn't always dot every I nor crossed every t before release.

Very good take on the subject. Personally when it comes to the old angel and devil on my shoulder the devil tends to make a good point and I go with him. One of his points, regarding Nintendo specifically, is that Nintendo were A-holes in the 80s with Monopolistic business practices and making decisions for other companies with regards to how much money they could make by limiting the amount of games they could make. Imagine you get a job, want to work 40 hours a week so you can get benefits while also negotiating your salary. Then some other company you don't work FOR but only work WITH decides you can only work 30 hours, at minimum wage and screw your benefits. That's essentially what Nintendo did to the companies that made them filthy rich beyond their wildest dreams. Then they screwed us over here in the states just because renting media was (might still be I don't know) illegal there and not over here by making games legendarily difficult giving everyone who lived through that era more or less video game PTSD. I mean how pissed were you when you found out how much easier and fair the Japanese version of Castlevania 3 was compared to what we got? So if Nintendo has an issue with anything that's just Karma getting them back or so the red winged one on my shoulder is whispering in my ear. Personally I find emulation for old games useful. My biggest reason being I may buy an expensive game that I know not a penny is going to the people who made it just because I want to own it. If I try it out and really enjoy it to the point where I want to play it as it was originally intended to be played I'll fork over the money. If I hate it or don't find it worth personally owning then then I'll save my money.

Well said. I'd love to go busy some of the old games I used to have but there is no damn way I'm paying those kinds of prices for original hardware and cartridges

FNA you nailed it in one.

Emulation is what's keeping these games from becoming lost media. Game companies surely aren't going to preserve them especially companies like Nintendo pulling stuff like the NSO expansion. If they really cared they would've kept virtual console and allowed people to keep their libraries from console to console via their nintendo accounts.

I feel this video very much. Mid-2000's, I had to sell my small Nintendo collection because of life and debt. Then within two months, I was back in to buy them back and they were all marked up beyond my financial capabilities. I hated rich (spoiled) collectors for making that trend happen. So, I moved to Sega Genesis games which were considerably less at the time. I just wanted to play my old games. Now nobody can really spend on Sega. We can pick our battles of who did what, but I'm on the side that it's trendy bullshit rich people that have made this damn near impossible. Emulation is the truth. I hope the bubble pops big time.

Great video, and the best, most realistic view on the subject matter. I have one more argument in favor of emulators: they add even more value to reproducing old games, when you think that you are actually running digital code all the time, regardless of where you play it...I mean, I saw online this absurd analogy between vinil records and rom cartridges, and it definetly is speculation driven. The right analogy would be comparing games supports to digital music on cds, but then you lose "the analog support allure" and are catapulted back into reality, where only the hardware gets emulated (and, being a dedicated computer, it's still digital in its functioning anyway) and the game you're playing, if the emulator is good enough (and, as you pointed out, all are at this point), it's the same damn game, no matter the computer box used to run it.

Thanks for doing this. Answered a lot of questions about what is fair when paying for older games, regardless of their source. Our local retro store has been reasonable with prices, although I agree the "collector market" (BTW, the people doing this are the same people that inflated the cost of comics and collector cards) has hurt the market that just wants to play games. My two biggest issues in the retro market are Intellevison (have yet to find a reliable system, old, mini or emulated) and finding controllers (examples like Karate Champ and 720 come to mind) for games that do not use a typical controller configuration.

I'll take emulation over buying official garbage from Nintendo and Rockstar looked at how that went.

And let's put it this way: if I'm buying a game, it's probably not going to be to "collect" it. I just bought a Japanese copy of an NES game because it has a custom sound chip, and my Everdrive doesn't support it.

Truly refreshing and necessary statements on this topic! Play the games and have fun!

I was not expecting to see a video from you in my sub feed and I can't explain how excited I was to see it. 100% agree with you on all points, emulation is fine and people should play video games however they want to. Save states, cheat codes, rewind, whatever...if the person is having fun then that's what matters.

I have no problems with emulation at all. In fact, I think Capcom did the right thing by releasing Legacy Collections of their old games to ensure people can legally enjoy their games on new hardware, the company makes a few extra bucks, and it goes to the right people to boot. Yeah, some people say it's "lazy" to sell an emulator for their own games, but so what? How the hell else are you going to play it? The original hardware will never be made again. A company holding the IP can do *whatever they want* with their own games.

What a well-done video! You don't do vids of this length often FNA, but when you do, it looks like the quality stays super high - maybe even better than normal! Thank you for bringing up the fact that those stupid mini consoles should have had a digital storefront attached. I was saying that when Sony dumped that stupid PS1 mini! Like, as someone who has a PSTV (I bought it for, like, $30 when they were discontinued, lol), it was _painful_ to get hit with that realization that that's the last device Sony made with access to all those PS1, PS2 and PC Engine/Turbo Grafx Classics that they began on the PSP or PS3. It one million percent should've become a storefront for the stupid Playstation Mini.... urrrghhh! And yet, for all the complaints people leveled at that thing, no one ever brought that up - it's crazy to see a whole digital storefront and already-established infrastructure go to waste! Anyway, your video rules! The only thing I would add is that it's still a good time for people who want to collect older games *IF* they get into newer... older... hardware instead, lol. Like, Xbox/PS2 or 360/PS3 generation right now is still generally pretty reasonable. Which is why that's where the vast majority of my focus lies right now, while I'm waiting for the older retro bubble to burst and for prices to go back down to normal. Beyond that little point I wanted to mention, everything here was... _*chef's kiss_ Really nice job going through all those points and getting the passion through! Loved this vid!

And the crazy prices happens to be why I don't feel guilty buying a repro off of AliExpress for $3 - $20. I play, I don't collect.

If you still don't want to emulate AND not collect, there's always flashcarts.

I agree wholeheartedly with all this. I will typically do my best to acquire classic games through legal means and play them as intended on original hardware whenever I can, but that's becoming increasingly difficult to do. Though I have a good job and don't have kids to raise, I'm not made of money and I still have adult responsibilities that prevent me from dropping crazy amounts of cash and time into trying to find and then play some of these old games. Better to play the games and share them with others through an emulator than to let them fall irretrievably into the dustbin of history. Thanks for sharing all the useful information for people who want to get into emulation with this wonderful video and stay safe out there!

NESticle & Genecist were my jams back in the day. I appreciate the trip down memory lane from Uncle Aaron, lol

@Dorelaxen

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah boy. The NESticle bloody hand cursor is burned into my memory.

Long story short...EMULATION RULES!!!! 😎 Also, congratulations on the bundles of joy. X3 😊

After seeing my early 2000s music cds rot I started to buy digital over CD anything. Emulating is a must to back up, but I haven't a clue or the will to back up later games like 360 and ps3.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I remember at the time thinking it's never gonna get any better than CDs. But those things fall apart too.

Thank you so much for this, I grew up with all the same stuff you showed here and had alot of those experiences(like playing the original Mario bros. With my parents when they still played games 😎👍)also liked seeing space quest again(wish they would port those to playstation or console)I remember playing space quest at a friend's house and his mom would have to type "get grenade" really fast when the store clerk walked away from the counter 😆👌 and space quest 2 I plated on a Tandy 1000, people don't realize how long it took to play some of these games withloading between screen etc. But also how fun they still were 😊👏 thanks for the nostalgia and carrying the torch on to the next gen. I appreciate you and all you do 😎👍👏🔥♥️👌 I like you over the years had to trade and sell stuff but I still have some of my original stuff, good times.

Without emulation I wouldn't be able to enjoy the arcade version of berzerk and that would not be cool. I love that game

I will definitely choose to pirate Nintendo games vs paying that horrible company for retro games as a punishment for their disgusting behavior towards the retro gaming community, and rom sites in particular. I pay companies that deserve to get paid, and withhold payment from those that don't.

There's nothing like playing on the original equipment but emulation has it's benefits by keeping the past alive! Many of the original stuff doesn't work well or either completely dead or hard to find. It's up to us to share our childhood with the future! I enjoyed this video!!!

When I was a kid the old consoles were done and gone, the only way to get NES games was to buy them used at some store for more than ten dollars per cart and you had to hope and pray they actually worked when you got home, and they almost never did. Like you said, having a kid use up their allowance to buy a used Mega Man 3 cart, that probably won't even work anymore, isn't exactly contributing to a sources of revenues for game developers. Allt it is is people with a lot of money buying old things to put on a shelf as a backdrop.

For my part, some of the rare, ridiculously expensive ones that haven’t been republished in some form are the temptation. I do like the mini consoles and have several, even though I often have original hardware and games. That way my kids can beat up on the minis and I can play the original. By the way, did you get a little “bluer” in this episode than you used to? I don’t remember having to put on the headphones when listening around the kids before. It may just be my bad memory. Glad to see a video from you again.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Heh, yeah, sorry... Language got a little carried away in this one.

Arcades aren't defunct. They're just called Dave & Busters. Oh and hotels still have them.

Here here! Bravo sir. Well said on all points.

Great video as always! 😊

Great video Aaron always enjoy the video…….holiday season might mean a good ol’ FNA hoodie from santa 🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻

Nice video. I think this is a good point to bring on in retro game channels. Even more since a lot of big collectors channels never bring the benefits of emulation and always seems to not want people to emulate games. People goes out of their ways to HOARD games in their houses as It is a nice thing to do and then say emulation is a bad thing. Like...c'mon dude...when you get to the point of getting Barbie games on the SNES just because the "price was good"...you're having a hoarding problem at this point. And I personaly thinks this is a worst thing than emulating games. And is a thing with a LOT of these big "collectors" channels. I myself have a Lot of games...but everything I buy is because I really want to play sooner or later. Buying things Just because "price was good" is more like a hoarder thing to me.

Still really want a modern console port of arcade games: Punisher, Spider-Man, Die Hard, Dynamite Cop, and Revenge of Death Adder.

I am 42yo. I would like to Twitch stream my original hardware for others to see, but I don’t know what to buy to do that.

The best thing about emulation is archiving media to prevent it from getting lost. I like emulation a lot but I do have a caveat for the developer profit point in the video. When the license for an IP is sold to another company, there is an assumption that the company will be able to make money out of it which in turn gives the incentive to buying it. If the game is pirated to the point where the cost of the IP is not worth it then the incentive would diminish and the IP put into purgatory. Partially the same with used game sales as well, A lot of people hate the investor market but there are a lot of them and their incentive is that they can sell it later on and piracy would remove that and hence remove the sales the developers make. Sorta a side thing too when it comes to investors and collectors being the bad guys, I have a caveat with that too. Keeping games in pristine condition gives those games a longer lifespan; At some point many of the loose cartridges will get played too much and stop working and when that happens, these sealed copies contained within hard plastic cases will be the only ones playable in the purest form. Sure their incentive is profit but it is like they are being paid to keep history. I may not be the one paying but clearly there are those who are and they give the incentive to keep it as preserved as possible. All that being said I emulate too and have completely ravaged my NES Mini so I dunno.

Emulation is game preservation. Simple as that. ALL hardware consoles will ultimately fail. Emulation allows for the digital preservation of not only hardware but software as well.

I almost skipped past this video primarily due to me associating it with the collecting, "physical only" group (whether this be true or not) of YT creators. I no longer collect because... personal reasons and I am sick to death of... nevermind. All of that being said, this video was very well researched and produced, and I greatly enjoyed watching it. Please continue.

Yo, was that laugh Krankor from Prince of Space?!

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Yes it was.

@icenine09

2 жыл бұрын

@@FridayNightArcade I imagine you must like boot-blacking very much.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Ba-cock

**insert Orson Welles applause GIF here**

I'm surprised you did mention hyperkin system as a decent alternative to dealing with connectivity of multiple older consoles

Thank you for this video.

To my knowledge, there's no legal reason to even think about sending royalties as a reseller of old games. They aren't owed.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Nope. Same as if you bought a used car. People who like to crap on emulation use that as an argument for some reason, but it's not valid.

Great work Sir thank you

Forgot that Paul rudd loves f zero

Emulation was a chance to share gaming from when I was a kid with my daughter when the ds came out. A lot of fun lazy afternoon with zombies ate my neighbors. All this while living in Japan so getting physical anything would have been a huge headache.

i have emulators to play games i never could (Due to being one location only, and high import fees / collector cost for the consoles and games) , MSX for Dragon Slayer 2: Xanadu / Famicom "Holy Diver" / Getsuu Fuuma Den (best examples), and Japanese only games.

Wait, there's still people out there ironically hating on emulation?

Biggest things I've taken from this video. Probably the 5th time I've watched it in the past year. You've confirmed my opinion on roms..and emulating..and..don't text and drive. Holy sh!t people are crazy. I drive truck for a living. All I see are people doing 70mph down the interstate texting or scrolling through something on their phones. It's insane. 42yo here btw.

Emulation is an incredibly powerful tool. We wouldn't have had basically any re-release of older software without it: no Virtual Console, no Playstation or Xbox Stores, no Sega Ages, no "Anniversary Collection," etc. All of these make use of emulators to run their various games. So it's obviously not emulation technology itself that companies have a problem with, it's just ROM distribution. And if I own a physical copy of software, I have zero issues downloading a ROM of it. Please, Nintendo: prove it to me that my ROM files are illegal. And I'll cheerfully loan a cartridge or ROM file to friends: these games deserve to be played. If Nintendo really wanted to make it easier for people to play their games, they'd keep their Wii and Wii U stores open.

It's been the good guy since the early '00s!

You my friend are on the right side of history.

"but why" LOL

I have this awesome NES emulator that models NES games in 3D and I also have a SNES emulator that is able to give me Mode 7 in HD and widescreen.

Emulation is alright (like with modding a Genesis and Playstation mini) but what's really go are taking hacked emulated games and flashing them to a cart. Thus I have Dragonball Cart for the Nintendo 64 and translated SNES game.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, flash carts are fantastic although if using those on an original console, that's not really emulation. So I didn't really wanna get into flash carts in this video but perhaps in the future. My point here was that getting original consoles working, let alone finding them, is usually over the heads of most casual gamers - so mini consoles or emulation such as RetroArch or MiSTer may be a way to play these games without all of the hassle of finding and maintaining a 30 year old console.

Lol Yes I'll admit it was on my shelf. But I was not fondling myself. I had an itch and I was itching myself. Completely different thing.

Amen sir! Emulation is beautiful! It’s wonderful we can still play all these wonderful games.

People keeps on telling me to play those old games on the Switch but if you use a controller DON'T use the original controller but a USB one, it's night and day for the lag. Also, to add for emulation, some try to emulate the whole system but some try to emulate each part of the hardware, so it's more accurate and what people will never tell you, each new revision of a hardware IS an emulation of the previous one.

Kinda wanna cry over how beautiful this was.

This make me miss my local game store from when I was a kid. Reasonable prices on games. Their systems were a bit high, but A) I didn’t have access to flea markets or eBay and B) they actually fixed up the systems. The NES I got from them had a brand new cartridge connector, and I still have and use the PS2 Rock Band drums I bought there. As for legally getting ROMs, it’s easier than a lot of people think. Disc games can just be dumped most of the time, either with a PC or a modded system. Back when the Wii shop was around a modded Wii could dump them, and the few games that got physical releases like Kirby still can. The Genesis games being sold on Steam actually include the ROM files for use in any emulator you want. Finally, if you want to emulate on a CRT a modded Wii or Raspberry Pi with Emulation Station are godsends. It’s easy to set up proper 240p output with either and both support pretty good controllers and all the various emulation features.

God bless emulation, if it wasn't for it I wouldn't have played these retro games

Brother, I agree with you so much on many of the topics. First as someone who bought all of these games on original consoles and over the years life happened. Now I play many on emulation and especially for companies like the big N who jerks when it comes to releasing them while wanting you to pay for them over and over. Sorry for the rant but developers have made fortunes and me using Nesticle isn't hurting anyone.

Coin ops 8 ... I love it

when Retroarch first got Run Ahead working, they showed benchmarks proving that some NES games had even less latency than the original hardware. Emulation is the future.

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a non issue at this point as long as you've got a decent monitor or TV

"Retroarch" on PC has a CRT feature which is worth trying.... You can run your PC emulators into a CRT TV or CRT Monitor..... it also has a "Run Ahead" feature that can take away all Latency if needed....

@FridayNightArcade

2 жыл бұрын

I'm working on setting that up and when I get working plan to do a video about that feature :)

@KeyAndrew

2 жыл бұрын

@@FridayNightArcade That's super awesome news.....

If something is called mode 7,is there mode 6 or less ?