But why?
it's the only thing they can afford
Because new games are shit.
>>722492862Old games are better.
>>722492862Zoomers being the most retarded generation that has ever existed may have something to do with that
there will unironically come a time in like 10 years when the N64, PS1, PS2, GameCube etc. will be reissued. Once everyone has realized that graphic fidelity and ultra realism are a meme.
>>722493214Zoomers are all obese mulattos on hrt that wish they were chadllennials
>>722492862>>722493214>>722493376What does this actually have to do with zoomers. The headline said nothing about a particular age bracket.
>>722493214Thats nothing new. Kids in the 90's were watching a lot of films made in the 80's.
>>722492862No dei in old games.
>>722492862Why not?
>>722492862You put in the cartridge and then you get to play the game.
>>722493257God I hope you're right
>>722493214People claiming they were born in the wrong generation is always something that's been a thing.
ITT: Soilennial game devs seething that young people don't like their slop and returns to old stuff instead
I think you have to qualify that:Zoomers can't afford the OG retro stuff because collectors blew that market upSo it's all emulators, FPGAs and upscalers.Most of the games if not all are piratedThe 'retro market' is big because people are essentially buying hardware to play free games on.
>>722494062>Zoomers can't afford the OG retro stuff because collectors blew that market upAlso lot of OG retro stuff is just degraded to shit. Commodore 64 floppies and especially the cassette tapes are literally rotting away so nowadays USB emulation is the only way to play those old games.
>>722494156No one cares about Commodore 64 though, NES, SNES, Genesis, PSX, N64, etc. all still work great
The world is going to shit and zoomers are mentally regressing via embracing stuff from a time better than this one.
>>722493214Show that pic of what millennials consumed and what they created.Now guess why there's a growing retro trend?
>>722492862It's millennials buying their childhood now that they have more money and experiencing their midlife crises.
>>722492862>>722493214>>722493376CHAD zoomers embrace classic vidya while reddit millennials consoom soulless remakes and remasters.
>>722493214Millennial here. Reminder that these posts are written by Jews who are upset that zoomers and millennials don't really hate one another. Sure we think you are dumb and your broccoli hair is fucking stupid. But nobody hates you or me the way boomers hated millennials and gen x and this fucking terrifies Jewish shills. We both know that there is no blood on each other hands for the most part, it's all down to boomer owned billion dollar institutions when either of us get involved
>>722494661>who are upset that zoomers and millennials don't really hate one anotherWe DO hate you you retarded zoomer
>>722493214they're right for wanting to experience that era. being a millennial was really fun before the 2008 financial crash.
>>722492862Based little zoomer faggots
>>722493214Can't blame them desu. They want something tactile, something real in the age of digitalization and subscription services, no different to us really.
>>722492862Maybe because modern games are trash.
>>722492862It'd be nice if they were actually playing them. Tiktok zoomies buy a lot of handhelds just to decorate them with stickers. Their rooms are just overconsumption to the max
Aren't they all playing slop like Roblox and Fortnite? I'm pretty sure that's what zoomers are actually playing. Specially Roblox.
>>722493214We're really trying to pretend that>le born in le wrong generationis only a thing that started with kids recently?
Retrozooming is a trend.Flip phones. Walkmans. MP3 players. Film cameras. Retro games. 90s music. Older operating systems. CRTs. They want to be cool. This is just another outlet. It is true, what people say about how decadent things have become. And people are looking back more and more. But pure rejection of anything slightly fresh for these zoomers is definitely a trend. They have things that are more convenient for them but they care a lot about being stylish and different, like their parents and grandparents did at some point.What I find a bit stupid is "nostalgia". They can't have nostalgia for what they haven't experienced. They yearn for what they haven't experienced at all.
>>722492862retro games were made by WHITE MEN not a bunch of women, and women's slave hordes of jeet slaves
>>722492916not for long it seems
>>722495945Most zoomers absolutely experienced those things. I was born in 2000. I've experienced Gamecube games when they were new. Windows XP was my first Operating System. I've had a couple CRTs that we had to get rid of when we moved.I just want to go back when things were simpler, when trannies and pajeets didn't dominate America.
>>722492916Have you seen the prices of retro games lately? Every motherfucker now today thinks the smb/duck hunt is a rare treasure that will pay for their retirement. The only way they're affording retro games is by emulating. Considering they all had their minds blown like a year ago when Iphones got emulators, as if it were some new thing, I can't imagine they know shit about that.
>>72249321422 y/o zoomer hereAlmost all of us were born after 9/11, and none of us have any recollection of what life was like prior to it. Combine that with the 2008 financial crash, the pandemic, increasing surveillance, the rise of social media, etc. and you get a generation that has never known true privacy, societal trust, or financial security. Most of us have no chance of owning a home, much less retiring. Shits fucked and many are yearning for a time that seems (at least on the surface) to have had the things we’ve always lacked, regardless of whether or nots that’s true.
>>722495828yeah id rather not get an OG ps2/snes/etc because i dont want to be a retro hipster poser fag. i just like the gamest. zoomer
>>722492862RType 1 is more fun than any game released in the last 5 years
>>722496815You people had it rough and I feel badIm sorry but the 90s were fucking amazing, I want future generations to also experience that if possible
1 hacked retro console = thousands of free games.the games aren't bullshit full of time wasters either, just games meant to be fun without being propaganda.
>>722496815>Most of us have no chance of owning a homeWhy does everyone keep propagating this lie? You can pay a few thousand bucks (save it up over a couple months) to get qualifications to operate machinery or drive a vehicle. Those jobs are always in demand and pay at least $50k a year. You can easily save up half of that by renting a single room in an apartment and sharing the flat with 2-3 other people. Live like that for 10 years and you can buy a house with 50% down payment.
>>722492862Part if it is the prevalence of memes using older games. GMod and Half-Life memes, for instance. My little brother has played and enjoyed HL1 and 2 and probably has a few hundred hours in GMod almost entirely because of consistent exposure to them via memes.
>>722492862They actually listened to us. We should be proud of them.
>>722496815Your nostalgic for something you never experienced. That's pathetic, it'd be like if I really got into steam trains or something.
>>722494841Phew, it's a good thing WE Shitllennials don't do thi- AAACK
>>722492862Old games are objectively better>muh nostalgiawas always just a cope
>>722498228>Grow up in an objectively better time>Constantly flaunt to newer generations that you grew up in an objectively better time>New generations start to fantasize about the past while things get worse>HYUCK-HYUCK!! PATHETIC!!!Easily the most despicable generation
>>722498228The fuck you talking shit about steam trains for
>>722493214Why would you look at the roastie in that pic and think of the word "child"? Do crackers really?
>>722492862Old games are better. This is objective fact.
>>722498684ok rapist monkeycareful now here comes the tiger better rape something before you die! planning for the future? never heard of that unga bunga!
>>722493214>artic monkeyszoomers really do be fina be making fake images do
>>722493214Is that Mario Golf? I guess it checks out that a girl was playing it.
>>7224982281) *you’re2) I didn’t say I was personally nostalgic for the 90s. I’m speaking on behalf of what I see in others in my generation. I’d much rather be back in 2010 playing Sonic Colors on my Wii
>>722493214I'm a zoomer and grew up with the N64 and CRTs.
>>722492862This is less zoomers going retro and more "zoomers can't afford food, let alone $70 games" kind of scenario.
Roblox
>>722492916Brokies missing out on 100 dollar skins and cut content
>>722498240Why did they become soi scalpers?
>>722492862We had this thread last night >>722476412shut the fuck up
>>722493632Nothing, it's just bots put out by losers who want fighting or engagement. Nothing they do will stop their sad end.
>>722496815Sorry kiddo but I just born on 96’
>want to try out n64/gamecube as i never owned them as a child>120dollars for a broken controller and 200dollars for a mario game
>>722493376What a dumb video. They got options. They can play PS2 whenever they want. For free even thanks to emulation. No need to grow up with the console.
>>722496815The optimism for the future is what was lost.Tech and games kept improving at an incredibly rapid pace.Now there's only stagnation
>>722498751Is this what they call brainrot?
>>722499705I dunno what country's dollar you're referring to, I'm in Canada and the GC controller is 84.99$CAD and Mario Galaxy 1+2 is 99.99$CAD. That said yeah they need to fix Gamecube emulation. So far the only playable game for me has been Wind Waker since I don't need to depend on precise tilting like I would in FZero. I still need to test whether or not this issue persists in Sunshine in 3D All Stars. In other words, whether it's the emulation or the controller firmware.
>>722499705>>722500449Oh I totally misread your message, you meant retro not on Switch.
>>722492916>but why?Just a tactic for collectors to raise the market value of their decade old collection.
>>722499761Tech is improving, but it isn’t improving in any way that actually benefits our lives.Every innovation of the last two decades has been twisted to further surveillance, increase class disparity, and drive social isolation for the sake of pushing advertisements and capital gains. For example, a good chunk of the wealthiest people in the worlds (Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Gates) actively profit from increasing adolescent suicide rates. That’s where the cynicism comes from.
>>722492862> people reject modern slop released by greedy fuckhead companies that can't make a game to save their fucking life while parroting some gay agenda with shit characters with no real story.oh man i'm so shocked by this. shocked i tell you.
>>722501034>people rejecting modern slopthis is true, but nobody is going back to retro games. If that were the case, indies would be fucking rich. Zoomers are just zombies for their favorite e-celeb. If he says X new game good, it's good. If he says Retro good, then its good. Even the though its the e-celeb who actually plays the game, zoomers argue on their behalf online.
>>722492862>>722493214I feel like zoomers are the most confused generation. Can you blame them? There is no culture anymore, and they desperately want to belong to something, and chase whatever looks good to them. Imagine your prime years being stolen by the fucking pandemic.
>>722492862ZoomerDoomerBoomerMoomerCoomerFloomer
>>722492916What did he mean by this?
>>722492862Old games are fun. I like recommending them to zoomers and seeing them have as much fun with them as I did.
>>722494273>No one cares about Commodore 64 thoughI do. Fuck you.
>>722493214the 90s were fuckin kino dude
>>722492862Just the other day there was a thread complaining about how zoomers are practically slaves to modern-day slop and will drive the industry further into the shitter, and now i’m reading they’re rejecting modern-day slop and growing some taste with based retro games. So what exactly are zoomers doing?
>>722500901How do they profit from dead kids?
Because modern games suck ass? This is well known. Nobody wants to pay $70 for a 10 hour walking sim to be told how gay everything should be.
>>722493214now post the after photo of this.
>>722499705If only there was an acceptable compromise...
>>722497282>flatShut up euro faggot no one asked you>YR0PP
>>722501829>So what exactly are zoomers doing?Whatever the oldfag narrative says, so they can be the perfect scapegoat for them
I find it hard to believe that zoomers are playing old ps1 and ps2 era games. When people say zoomers are playing old games what I think they really mean is zoomers are playing old *****ONLINE***** games from like a decade ago like GTA5 online and whatnot.
>>722502000i want to use the original hardware
>>722499760The anon who posted that video is a lying faggot. If you watch the video its not even a zoomer. Its a guy in his 30s who had an Xbox instead of a PS2 in that gen.
>>722502181lmao this. Those fuckers can't even be bothered to install an emulator let alone buy and configure a fucking console.
>>722493376LYING FAGGOT BAITING FOR (YOU)S. GUY IN VIDEO IS IN HIS 30S AND HAD AN XBOX INSTEAD OF A PS2. NOT A ZOOMER VIDEO AT ALL.
>>722502284If they play on hardware, then they're too stupid for emulationIf they play on emulators, then they're too poor for hardwareYou can never win with oldcucks
>>722502460>excusesIt doesn't matter either way bucko. Companies are already on the way to remake their entire backlog (Ex: Snake Eater, Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil 4) and zoomers slurp that shit up like nobody. Don't believe me? Just make a thread comparing OG vs Remake and you will see the result.
>>722502460No. Its just these articles are fake news. When they say zoomers are playing old games what the reality is ends up being them playing old online games. They are not playing ps1 games and ps2 games.
>>722492862Video games were more simple and complete affairs. Atari was shit though. The amount of people that need out over the 2600 is surreal to me. It had a large library but 99.99% of it was shit and the best games were just okay.Commodore 64 had some good shit but again was 99.99% total ass. Not surprising considering there were like 15,000 games made during its run, and a large chunk were made by one to two people. Piracy for C64 was also batshit. It was kind of rare to find a legit copy of a game but every swinging dick had a four foot tower of floopy discs with handmade labels listing the games on each one.The BIG retro stuff is mainly arcade emulation though. Now that light gun tech has gotten ironed out for modern displays? It's pretty banging.
>>722502181There seems to be a zoomer cutoff.97-02 are relatively normal, everyone past that is borderline lobotomized. It's like someone just hit the off switch on critical thinking and replaced it with algorithmically driven consumption.Also lines up with covid during their school years too.
>Game Cube>RertroLet me guess, this is based entirely on how old a thing is.
>>722497282>sharing the flat with 2-3 other peoplekys boomer
>>722502715thats how retro works yeah
>>722502640I dont care about that at all. I just care that these sorts of articles are just lying. The truth of it is that when zoomers are playing old games its just old online games.
>>722502640I am a 2002 tard and you are right.
>>722502261You really don't need original hardware to try out the games. Emulation has advanced so much it's basically indistinguishable from the OG experience.Buying consoles is for collectors, and you got to be willing to pay collector prices if you wish to go that route.
>>722502620>Now that light gun tech has gotten ironed out for modern displays?Are you retarded? Modern light gun tech is still awful, minimum screen distance is a bad joke.
>>722498228>doesnt like steam trainsHow to spot a faggot 101
>>722492862Because zoomers are poor as shit and can't afford new games. Emulation is free just like their shit gacha games.
>>722502715chill unc
>>722493747thread was over here
>>722492862>He says while showing relatively new consoles like the GameCube
>>72249370780s PG-13 rating was a pretty drastic difference compared to 90s PG-13 onward. Tits and gore? A-Ok. Just not excessive gore and no pussy or dicks visible. For example, having a set of fully swinging, giant tits visible while a woman gets a neat bullet hole to the head? Fine.Exact same setup but the same woman gets a shotgun blast that blows her head to chunks? That's an R.
>>722493214Look at the room being shown. It's a bit messy, but the girl's surrounded by her favorite things and clearly well off enough that her parents can afford her to explore multiple hobbies at once, none of which involve the four main websites being used to consume entertainment (twitter, youtube, twitch, tiktok).
>>722501881Mass market advertising and algorithmic social siloing. The kids dying doesn’t drive profits, but pushing them into mental illness does. I rad an article just last month about Meta knowingly going forward with an algorithm that had been shown to drive higher rates of body dysmorphia, eating disorders, and suicidal ideation in young girls. Any tech executive that primarily profits from engagement metrics and advertising is guilty of this
>>722502261>>722502794Also, in the case of the GameCube, you can buy an Wii and mod it. They're far cheaper and there's zero emulation involved.
Be sure and snatch up your CRTs while you still can. Pretty soon a shitty Emerson is going to cost $100.
>>722494661i've noticed this as well. They are terrified of losing the under 50 crowd and probably already have since they suppress and astro turf their own support so much it's almost impossible for them to tell how much organic support they actually havealso - elon buying twitter as a honeypot to draw people back in, letting fuentes back on the site, all of that is jewish theater to try to draw the young men back into the mainstream media fold so they can be manipualted into a safe compartmentalized group - elon is the mascot of this control attempt
>>722503065>soon
>>722502752I'm just saying I know a lot more zoomers that know about and play 15+ year old games from that time frame than outside of that age bracket. They are also the ones that can actually afford physical retro so I don't find it too hard to believe.
>>722495407and americans don't ahve any spare money anymore - the entire entertainment industry in america is crashing right now
>>722495945kike damage control comment - they are rejecting it because you try to censor and control every single thing they say and do you fucking disgusting kike
>>722493214milenials had a good childhood. zoomers were robbed of it
>>722493214It's not weird though, 90s were an unprecedented level of prosperity, also zoomers just assail each other with hate and fear like you wouldn't believe, it's beyond bullying, it's like a medieval regressionAll wealth got funneled into mass surveillance though after 911
Millennial retards think every generation has their own new good video games coming out every month.Fact: Video games were only good for 30 years in the entirety of human history.
>>722496815just remember the key components of "better" is no jews and no feminism
>>722498228fucking JEW - you destroyed our society and now you're seethign that they are recognizing it - fucking die kike
>>722503151Yeah, constantly shipping manufacturing overseas and abuse of H1B visa programs with an over reliance of service based jobs and wage stagnation with high inflation resulted in a broke ass population with little prospects for upward mobility and spending money.Once Boomers start dying enmass? A lot of shit is going to crash and crash hard. At this point, it kind of has too.
>>722492964FPBP
>>722499146seethe kike - no one wants your modern slop
>>722492862modern games are ass + zoomers spent a ton of time on youtube in the early 2010s when most of the gaming youtubers were playing retro games and retro inspired indie games. nowadays you still have vtubers which are really popular and play a lot of retro games
>>722498493so which one are you in this image
>>722503405says the anon posting in a repost slop thread
>>722503006what exactly is this persons career that they can not only afford all that shit, but then also afford to keep a house and to also keep the lights on with all that shit going
>>722502640> 97-02 are relatively normal, everyone past that is borderline lobotomized.don't forget this applies to all the younger law enforcement and security personnel that are expected to be able to defend the state kek
>>722499093It's so easy to facelessly resell to the millions of "investors"/"collectors" that cant get their hands on the product due to the FOMO that these companies create.
>>722502794you need to hoard those emulators now cause jews are going to do everything in their power to get rid of them once they realize their cash cows are failing
>>722501308>Imagine your prime years being stolen by the fucking pandemic.the pandemic was awesome for kids and college age students all my younger family members were just hanging out with their friends and playing video games at home and I was doing the same fucking thing, i genuinely dont know anyone who wasn't constantly hanging out during the pandemic
>>722492916Zoomers are fucking retards if they're spending money on old hardware instead of just emulating.
>>722498228>That's pathetic, it'd be like if I really got into steam trains or something.You're a fucking faggot!
>>722497282>live like a slave in a slaveshack for a whole decade after spending money to get certified on a meme factory job that might go out of business when automation happens>do this for 1/8th of your life so that you can afford a down payment on a 400k apartment or house in the middle of buttfuck nowhere>assuming the inflation doesn't ruin that opportunityIt's pretty fucked, there's no realistic chance of someone owning a house like the one they group up in in a decent part of town at at decent price is what they mean by that. Yes you can overpay for a shitty property, no one argues against that
The machines won.
>>722492862old tech was just better, you just plugged in your shit and pressed a button and it worksnowadays you need to connect to the internet, register accounts, pay subscriptions and all that shitjust take me back
>>722503006What the Hell I just picked up that same Sanyo set off my buddy last night.
I sometimes deal with kids at my job and whenever they ask me about video games I tell them about emulation, abandonware, & open source games all from a legal perspective. I do the same when reinforcing the idea of the Public Domain means they have certain rights that they can and should use (and you should use it too).I also should really start to push them into making their own content with things like GBStudio or Godot.That said from a non-legal or gray area perspective, why the fuck would you NOT use as much as you can? Those companies don't give a fuck about you. So play the damn near million games (or in other hobbies) that have come out prior without paying a cent. Fuck copyright.
>>722503541Dumpster dive for old stuff
>>722493214this tweet is mega retarded zoomers like this stuff because it reminds them of being kids and hanging out with older siblings and cousins who were millennials, this is some only child bullshit for sure
>>722492862Gamers crave Y2K aesthetics, fuck this realism crap.
>>722492916It hasnt been afforsable since like 2015. Games i used to by for 7 bucks are like 40$ minumum now and usually i shit condition
>>722503726There is no better way to experience a game for the first time than on original hardware, kys soulless normie
>>722492862Except their playing them for free on emulators on their PC instead of paying retrojews for dogshit hardware that does the same.
>>722503995t. millenial trying to sell his shitbox CRT to a zoomie for 200% markup
>>722503726
Normalize getting kids mini PCs filled with games
>>722501765If it makes you feel better i would be interested if the hardware still worked to.
>pre 2020>Be me 40+>Not collecting "retro" shit>Plenty of friends and acquaintances who played vidya over the years>They're not collecting retro shit>Only aware of some collectors>Post-2020>Suddenly friends and acquaintances collecting retro shit>zoomers collecting retro shit>Streamers and vtubers collecting retro shit>All saying retro better then anything>Never said this previously>Completely okay paying 3 digits or more for retro shitIf any of them had an ounce of showing interest in playing older games in genres, I could believe it more. Like going back to play SNES FF4 if they cared about FF now. But no, they're trend chasing, like 99% of them. Its nice that they're seeing how older games are but even tranny hyper faggots can't correlate that maybe many of today's games suck because of other tranny hyper faggots.
>>722504367They've probably never played an 80s or 90s Arcade machine outside emulation
>>722503726look at these buttcheeks on Raiden. you cannot get this level of quality on an emulator.
Because there is more content. The more and more video games, movies, music and other media created, the more there is for someone to see. So they spend more time in the past than the new.
>>722493214Why are you antagonizing them for that? The past stuff is cool
>>722496656>buying gamesThey emulate.
>>722504125Aren't these filled to the brim with malware?
>>722497282>You can pay a few thousand bucks (save it up over a couple months) to get qualifications to operate machinery or drive a vehicle. Those jobs are always in demandthats a lie, pajeets are buying out those companies and only hire other pajeets.
>>722504125I was thinking about getting one of these for my brother so he could emulate ps1 and ps2 games but im not sure the best one to get.
>>722504698It’s not theirs nor did they ever experience it. They got their own stuff and they should just stick with that
>>722504798Only if you're retarded>>722504826Beelink SER8 is the best quality, but at that price, just get him a Steam DeckOtherwise a GMKtec Mini PC will do just fine.
>>722492862>But why?Gamecube, PS1, PS2, and original XBox are all less than $100 each. Games are something like $10 each. You can hook them up to a shit TV and play them fine. Compare that to a PS5 Pro which costs $800, the games cost $70, requires a HDTV, and basically requires a $80/year subscription fee on top of the internet cost. Oh, and the games are half-complete and filled with mobile gacha crap all over the place.Is there any surprise that they want to just buy and play a video game?
>>722492862We're entering another gaming dark age
>>722499705Just get a MiSTer bro. $200 and plays everything up to and including N64/PSX/Saturn identical to OG hardware with zero lag. Can use natively on CRT or 4K TV with zero lag, and can even use original OEM controllers (or any USB controller in existence) with zero lag
>>722505021Thats the faggiest attitude iv ever heard and you should actually consider suicide if your not joking
>>722505151>>722499705Gonna second this and say get one of those NSO N64 controllers. The hardest part to get right, even on original controllers with aftermarket sticks/bowls, is the stick accuracy, but out of the box the NSO ones are basically bang on.
>>722505151Oh fuck not this shill again
Something I like to do sometimes is do a "complete retro view" by looking at everything that came out or topical during a week in the past. So like I'd pick a week in 93 and play games, music, movies, tv shows, etc that all came out that week. Even reading articles, news, or books that came out then too.
>>722505307>N64 and Saturn emulation are dogshit>buy $2000 PC and still get shitty, laggy emulation that has no compatibility with CRTs and OEM controllers>or spend 1/10th that amount for perfectly accurate emulation identical to original hardware, with zero lag, and natively compatible with CRTs and OEM controllers laglesslyStop acting like a fucking retard
>>722505151He already said he wants OG hardware. Your shilling is pointless.
>>722495945Games you can plug in and they just work? Games not requiring an internet connection or a subscription?Games you permanently own and can play any time you want?Games you can even resell? shit I'd be nostalgic for that.
>>722505585MiSTer IS original hardware dumbass, that's the whole point of hardware emulation
>>722499705You can get a Sumercart for the 64 for arouund 50 bucks. Softmodded Wii plays gamecube games just fine with any controller you want thorugh Nintendont.
>>722505481Mister is using the same emulators my pc is using
>>722505639>original hardware>hardware emulationPlease Google "original" and "emulate"
>>722495945>CRTsStill shocked there's no ala carte CRT business out there
>>722505718Wrong you dumbfuck. MiSTer hardware emulators are far more accurate, far lower lag, and have no OS overhead>>722505721Retard
>>722498228Honestly you're right. I never thought steam trains were cool until I rode one. It'd be weird to be obsessed with them without ever having seen one, but now I think it's completely justified. Completely superior to modern trains.
>>722505812Proof?
>>722505361Zased. I like to do something similar, reading old articles for games I'm playing.
>>722505639>hardware emulationSo, emulation.Besides, I have a feeling it's not really about accuracy for that anon, but a sense of owning THE N64 or THE GameCube. Like, Nintendo could release a brand new N64/GC 100% identical to the original and he still would prefer to get one made back then.
Sidestepping all the MiSTer seething: I just use one because it's more convenient for a CRT. One hookup, and it covers practically everything before 6th gen. I used CRT Emudriver before, but it was finicky, giving me constant visual artifacts and headaches. Plus I didn't want to keep an old AMD card in my computer anymore.
>>722505972Exactly! I use the Video Game History Foundation database frequently.
>>722505147We need another crash.
>>722505021Do you not watch movies made before you were born? You sound like a gen alpha teenager who shouldn't be on this site.
I buy original hardware and install whatever CFW/ODE/flash cart solutions are available. That way you can play the way God intended without having to shell out hundreds on collecting t. zoomer
>>722493632It's just the latest dogshit trend to bring up. From here take notice when reading a thread and spotting when some dumbass brings up millennials or zoomers without any provocation for it. Just the newest scapegoat to blame for how shitty life is instead of considering any genuine action within their ability to improve it.
>>722505995The TV reacts the exact same way and produces the exact same picture whether it's a MiSTer FPGA hardware emulated console or the original, it's completely identical. It's like a perfect retro vidya turing test, the end result to the user is identical: the same controller, with inputs processed the same way, going to the same hardware configuration, going to the same display, producing the same gameplay experience. Completely 100% identical.
>>722506146Use the tools available to you my son. Use the Public Domain & Abandonware to it's upmost.
>>722493214>>722501308They're longing for the last moments before the rise of social media, when the world was modern but you could still have a small, private life. Where the social world is just you and your friends, and mistakes can be forgotten.It's not actually weird at all.
>>722506146I've had my PS1 chipped since 1999.
>>722493632Well it’s quite simple. The average /v/ user, zoomer or millennial, is an easily controlled NPC who will ensure a thread is bumped to the limit the moment they see an opportunity to feign some delusional false superiority.
>>722503910that pays your bills?
>>722505970Cue infinite seething Every core on MiSTer is as good or better than software emu, while being less lag, and compatibile with CRT and OEM controllers (as well as 4k and USB controllers as well obviously)
>>722506280The Mayans were right, 2012 was the last year of sanity.
>>722506146same, i have an og xbox with no physical games but i beat at least 10 games on it kek
>>722492862They're getting old enough to have nostalgia for things, but they grew up in an era with nothing to be nostalgic for. Living in the shadow of millennials who seem to be able to find enjoyment in the past in spite of the state of the world is simply convincing them that yes, things actually were better back in the day.
>zoomers are too dumb to pirate and emulateTime to clean out my storage unit
>>722506402wow it can now play 0 relevant games more at 0.5ms less input lag
>>722506485It plays everything up to and including PSX/N64/Saturn. Cope
Zoomers beware. Millennials will try to groom you if you try to talk to them about old games.
>>722506537woah I bet it can do some dreamcast too. What a bargain at 200 dollars. Wow.
>>722506538Hey kid, wanna watch Family Matters and play Super Mario World?
>>722492862Gaming and technology in general have been in a state of utter stagnation for over a decade at this point. Innovation is dead, and so zoomers have no choice but to look backward in order to discover new experiences. They also have largely shifted away from being steeped in seven layers of irony and instead started adopting a perspective of sincerity to distance themselves from gen alpha (who are to them what zoomers were to millennials a decade ago), allowing them to just enjoy things.
>>722503393>Once boomers start dying enmassBro they already are. Boomers are not even the largest voting block anymore, since the start of this year millennials have become the largest generation of eligible voters (how many will actually go out to vote is a different question.) Like we're talking 5 digits worth of boomers dying every single day in the US at the moment, and remember if you have a good relationship with any boomers in your life to give them a call and let them know that you love them, you genuinely do not have that much more time left.
>>722506538>>722506595You're supposed to get your ass cummed in while playing Super Mario World. You wanted the authentic experience didn't you?Now turn that shit off and go to your room, the big game's about to start.
>>722493914Always found it funny that woke cucklennial devs played a significant role in the slopification of modern games that cucklennials mock zoomers for growing up during. They truly are the children of the boomers, malicious people.
>>722507036>cucklennial>posts a Gen XerNiel is a faggot rat snake but for the love of god man if you're going to want to instigate a generational divide at least get your numbers right first.
>>722498753It's a shame the used the AM art from 2013, since it could have been a superfan that was poor in like... 2004 or so, if they'd used their first album art. I know i didn't get a gamecube until a few years after it released myself. Favourite Worst Nightmare will always be their best albumBalaclava is their best track.
>>722506236>the end result to the user is identicalLet's assume that claim is true (it isn't, because those things don't come with cartridge slots/disc drives, invalidating the whole authenticity argument): it doesn't matter. Competent software emulators will produce results that are identical to the naked eye, and your claims to the contrary are pure lies.The only situation where 1:1 accuracy matters is if you're doing research, and guess what? There are cycle-accurate software emulators out there for that. Not as great as having the actual hardware, true, but your shitbox is no more useful, which actually makes it pretty damn useless since it just adds an additional cost to it.You are a scammer and your shilling is annoying. Get a real job already.
>>722494841venusaur bros...
>>722505151>no gamecube>no ps2Are we not there yet with rasberry pi???
>>722508306We arehttps://youtu.be/wSN1L2XyyUY?si=QjmCNTbEh94ml5wT
>>722494841>>722498240Pokecels
>>722493214There was a strong push to control culture and youth that it left a void between 2010 and 2020 + 2022 pandemic years. Just tons of media made for nobody. Towards the end of 2020 you also started to see companies turning to reboots to fill the uncreative void decade.It wasn't all bad, but once you look it as a whole, theres so much shit that doesn't appeal to anyone anymore.
>>722507847>Let's assume that claim is true (it isn'tCope more bitch>I can't see why anyone would want accuracy, extremely low video latency, extremely low audio latency, portability, native lagless compatibility with CRT TV (and 4k TV), native lagless compatibility with OEM controllers (and USB), or a $200 box vs. a $1000 PC emulationretard
>>722509321My shitty laptop emulates PS1 with zero lag and perfect accuracy. You're a fucking liar.Get a real job.
>>722503541It's all tech worker single dudes who were software engineers during the tech growth era 6-10 years ago. Google and Meta would do shit like pay engineers 150k+ a year to literally do nothing so that their competitors wouldn't hire them.
>>722509194It's why Cable TV died
>>722509465No, it doesn't you fucking retard. You being oblivious doesn't make it reality
>>722509081The exact same visual input as seeing a bunch of pigs rushing over to a trough for their slop.Fucking degenerates.
>>722509609>there's a whole generation of maldavius figtrees out there cashed up out of their mindsfuck this gay earth
>>722492862the best thing about this if some of the them found a game they liked and got inspired to make a new one. so much was lost and forgotten when industry switched from ps2 to ps3 gen and big publicly traded companies decided to standardize everything around lowest common denominator and what should be the best design practices. if you've played witcher 3, call of duty and darks souls you have basically played 90% of western AAA games since 2010.
When I was a kid in the 00s I spent the whole time hating myself and saying the 90s were better Now all I see on the internet is people saying the 00s were the best and no one gives a fuck about 90s kids anymoreI hate you all you made me insecure and stole my own childhood from me and gave me permanent imposter syndrome snd crippling insecurity about my own unique life experience
>>722492862The vast majority of modern games are effectively just backports of 90s games to worse control schemes and less passion.
>>722509993No refundu
>>722493214i love how gen z can seemingly never win in the eyes of muttlennials. if we play fortnite its bad. if we play retro games its bad. if we play 2000s games its bad. what the fuck do guys you want.
>>722510568for you to fuck off
>>722492862Why not? As a 40 year old zoomer myself I pretty much stopped playing western games over the last decade since the writing is so damn cringe and american libtardian. Installed retroarch last year and have had more fun playing games than pretty much ever. After curating all the systems I'm interested in it's around a 1500 games that I find interesting to play, these will last a decade or two for me.Going to buy a cheap chinkheld as well so I can play when on the toilet or when the wife's nagging. The two budget options I recommend are the R36H (horizontal version of the R36S) for around 20 bucks and the Trimui Smart Pro (larger screen if your're an old zoomer with bad eye sight) for around 50 bucks.If you start this, the number one tip is to start your rom collection from the ground up, don't download full sets.
>>722510568For one, stop whining and get a job. You can buy a house in 15 years if you're prudent with money.
>>722509993Honest question, how old are you? I'm not asking so I could be handed ammunition to bully you. I ask because I used to have similar resentment until I finally settled into a place in life that gave me a greater sense of purpose and have been letting go of those emotions over time. I know there's other people like you with a similar outlook on life, but I ponder on just how much of that is just a growing level of nihilism from being routinely let down by the standing institutions that facilitate your (or ours) society.
>>722506402https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2025/09/05/new-mister-main-update-breaks-saturn-game-saving/
>>722510568As other anons have already pointed out: it's a psyop.
>>722510627I wrote wrong about the price of the R36H, it's around 30 bucks
>>722510627>40 year old zoomerNigga, what?>Going to buy a cheap chinkheld as wellOh, you're retarded. Should have guessed.
>>722510769not a psyop
>>722509993Good. 90s kids were the most insufferable people on the internet for a decade plus.
>>722510874okay rabbi, thanks for the correction
>>722492862Man I'm glad being old isn't my only accomplishment in life.
>>722510701I'm 28My parents had me in their 40s and I've basically been ostracized my whole life for being an autistic nerd with no one to share my interests withI started with gen 1 pokemon and the n64 because older brother + poor retard parents basically meant I've been living in my own weird and bubble my entire lifeI didn't get a ps3 until 2010 and still to this day the most up to date TV in the house is a 2013 plasma my dad got for free from a friend and that was just recentlythere's still CRTs all over here and we've never had a proper up to date or even halfway capable computer everbecause my brother went to private school and is a dick normalfag that also contributed to my imposter syndrome because he had a lot of friends and did his own stuff and I didn't and just third wheeled piggybacked off everything (my family is genuinely awful) Only in my late 20s and after drug use have I been able to mentally actualize myself and figure out what I actually like and why I like it and find value in my own personal experience with the things I like instead of hating myself or feeling like a fake for not "genuinely" experiencing something or missing out because I literally have no perspective outside my lifelong abusive bubble where no one cares about me or what I like
>>722492916Even a scratched to shit drifting stick 3ds is overpriced nigger
>>722511210kwab
>>722510568Stop getting baited into thinking that literally just the generation above you are the source of your problem when in reality the problems in life you are facing right now has been systematically constructed to assure that boomers never go a single moment in their lives facing any form of crisis and just stay true to yourself, everyone who didn't get lucky is just in the same boat as you.Rampant national debt robbing the people of the future?Sorry kiddo, boomers need 18 billion safety nets paid for by your tax dollars to live their retirement comfortably despite holding all the assets that can already afford it for them.Cant afford a home?Sorry kiddo, after boomers bought all the affordable housing they made sure to make it as rigidly impossible for affordable housing to get constructed to meet the demand, because it would hurt the valuation of their "home assets" despite homes being viewed as a commodity until the 1980s.Over 70% of global power is in the hands of the boomer generation. Trump was born in the same year as Clinton and Bush Jr, Biden wasn't even a boomer he was a late silent generation. It doesn't matter where you live, its statistically most likely that your entire life has been spent under the thumb of boomers. Prior to the boomer generation, a generation's stay in political power is roughly 12-15 years, 2015 should have been the last time you saw a boomer get elected but instead their reign has dragged on to almost 30 fucking years at this point. I want you to realize that and get just as upset about it as I am.
>>722511737my dad is literally a baby boomeryou don't have to convince me to be upset I've seen it all firsthand except he's even worse and personally fucked over my whole life and doesn't even have any money because he's literally fucking retarded
>>722494841Why are they all brown?
>>722511210A bit older than I expected but given your story it tracks with what I expected. It took me until my late 20s to actualize in a similar manner. I hope you start to feel better in life now that you're on the right path again. I know thing seem dark and murky at the moment, but I do genuinely believe in my heart of hearts that brighter days are coming. Sometimes life just starts a little late for some people.
>>722492862because having something, ANYTHING tactile in an increasingly immaterial digitized world is important
What's weird about it? Me and my fifty year old friends, who's all gen alpha, all play retro games.
>>722499093Take solace in the fact their no longer able to sell their stock
>>722502640>97-02 are relatively normal, everyone past that is borderline lobotomized.trvke ive worked with these types of kids and almost all are hardworking genuine people that i can talk about old newgrounds animations with. Anything after 02 is like talking to someone with no soul.
>>722492862Zoomers play fortnite and roblox on tablets. Only millennials own retro consoles.
>>722493214I had my game boy and PlayStation and IRL friends shit was kino. playing those multiplayer racing and fighting games on PlayStation next to your bros instead of through the Internet was peak childhood having a lan party where everyone is on their own PC doesn't even compare
>>722516683It's just not the same without a live opponent next to you. Especially for fightan games.
>>722492862Thats where all the talent and passion remains
>>722493214The Playstation came out in 95 before I was born and I played it. You are not unique, Millennials, early zoomers had overlapping experiences.
>>722492916this is bait
>>722503995no one is buying your rotting plastic for $5000 you fucking boomer
>>722499760i don't know. whenever i try emulation or any other interest in front of a pc, i end up watching porn. i am pretty lazy. if you have a specific console, you must use it for gaming.
>>722518684check eBay retard
>>722512121Thats the modern and improved "white" sir
>>722512121Culturally enriched. Even the white ones have brown souls.
>>722492862>retro games and console prices get jacked up a few years ago thanks to collectors/"investors">faggots travel to Japan to resell shit in the west>it gets so bad that japanese stores introduce a gaijin tax>can't get into a TCG that's mildly popular without faggots buying up every shit and overcharging I fucking hate nerds
>>722503732>Where are we going?>Wherever/comfy/
>>722492862>be a zoomer>grow up>your entire Childhood is Mario Kart 8 and GTA V
>>722521232That's late zoomers bordering on Gen Alpha. Most zoomers grew up on the PS2 and Wii.
>>722510903Who? The >z0mg i so randomz rawrThose obnoxious retards were failed normieshits
>>722496815You got screwed badly, but I think it will actually get easier to own a home in 5 or so years as the companies hoarding them realize they are losing a crap ton of money doing so. I am already seeing houses stay on the market much longer and going back to how it used to be. The prices are still screwed up but they are slowly coming down. It will get better. I am currently house searching and its been getting slowly back to less crazy the past two years.>>722498228>That's pathetic, it'd be like if I really got into steam trains or something.You are proving their point because steam trains are cool.
>>722521795yeah the floor isn't going to fall out like it did in 2007 but it will be a slow steady leak for at least a decade
>People constantly going on about how old games are much better and that new games suck waiting for an industry crash etc. etc.>Surprised when a generation decides to look at the old games and play them instead.I don't get millennials, you complain when zoomers are buying new games but then gawk when they wake up to old games being better.
>>722492862because boomer business practices and popular milennial aesthetics have made modern AAA video games boring as shit.
>>722492862>SaaS and MTXs designed to squeeze every last dollar out of you using principles of psychology are widespread>Price of games are increasing>Price of hardware is increasing>Using upscaling algorithms and AI is a must if you want to hit target performance for a game that looks hardly any more detailed than a game from ~2015; even if it is, the novelty of it wears off quickly>Developers can get away with properly testing their game because they can always be patched out post-release, but that's depending on whether they haven't been let go or are burnt out>Remakes are so rampant now that even games that were considered niche when they were released are getting remade>The normie sphere and journalists uncritically lap up these remakes so much so that you often wonder if the comments you're reading on R*ddit aren't just bots encouraging engagement>So much money is tied up in production that you need to be as risk-averse as possible if you want to turn a profitHow can anyone not feel cynical about the current state of the industry?
>>722522836You already posted this earlier in the thread, rabbi. It's not going to suddenly work now.
>>722523529Wouldn't a jew be pushing new games being better?
>>722523631No, because Jews have good taste in media.
>>722494661Conflict between gens is happening already anyways. Millennials being super-progressives resulted in the pendulum swinging back for zoomers being full blown reactionaries and right-wing revolutionaries.
>>722492862Haha, you think it's just zoomers? It's every gamer aged 10 to 50. The gaming industry is in a state of collapse because it fucking sucks with all the Communist woke retards ruining it. So, gamers have stopped participating in the dog shit economy they created. The reason for that is simple.We do not need them. They need us. And until they realize that, they will not get our money.
>>722524079See the thing is I don't entirely buy the idea that zoomers are even going to stick with the right. Every nation that has voted in a right wing party recently has been regretting it, and every nation that has been voting a left wing party has been regretting it. What I see when I see data like that is that people aren't getting in bed with any particular ideology, they're getting increasingly nihilistic towards both sides which is a far more dangerous development.Right now, both sides are just kicking the can on the real issues and its leading to this boomerang effect where people vote towards one side, they fail to accomplish anything, and then they vote for the other side hoping that maybe this time things will be different. Each time the boomerang is tossed its coming back with greater and greater velocity, and if no one steps up to finally fix those issues eventually that boomerang is going to hit someone in the face and give them a bloody nose.
Anyone finding it weird to blame generations for certain stuff when it is probably a result of their upbringing and environment?Zoomers being retarded, for example, could be blamed on a failing school system, social media and the internet being an every day thing instead of for those that are actually into it, parents being a lot more hands off/having failed relationships and Boomer government making everything worse. God help gen Alpha.
>>722525347We're seeing a huge spread in kids coming out of adolescence now, some are incredibly smart and driven but a lot are getting left behind.
>>722494841Ok so is their mom there with them to pay for all of that or are they going to steal it?
>>722526685You will never be a 90s kid.
>>722492862Rememeber when people made fun of graphic fag when we reached 64 bits ? yeah we were right
They're not. Its curiosity. or just retro-cool. >Mall goths buy their expensive pre-shredded safety-pinned clothing >Hipsters are giving up 21 speed mountain bikes and moving back to fixed gear bikes>Cool person in younger generation thinks the music of the past is better than modern music, when selecting from the best music of that era etc. A lot of this shit is just retro-is-cool, which fine nothing wrong with that. However, what';s annoying is that usually the younger generation doesn't give a shit about what gave rise to that technology or subculture at the time. Imagine some old hippie dude who saw the revival of 60s style hippie styles and clothing, worn by people who gave zero shits for what they represented. Okay zoom zoom, you think you would have liked to enjoy the oldfag Internet with all the Windows9x or XP designs, Y2K stuff..okay cool, cool. However, you then bitch about how offensive every joke was back in the day or think that people need to be canceled for having a difference of opinion, and run off to social media without even taking the Win95 skin off your goddamn device. If you didn't give a shit for any of the privacy, anonymity, or other principles that made the oldfag Internet and gaming on it good, then its just period cosplay; don't pretend to be 'born in the wrong time' or whatever. I
>>722494531Literally the other way around. Zoomers are constantly begging for remakes of millennialGODS games. Lil zoomie can't handle tank controls
>>722520927I am so happy I was turboweeb in 2000s and got all imported classics for pennies.
>>722528126This. Zoomers would play a game with tank controls and tear their broccoli hair out while saying "SHEEEEEESH! This game is dogwater!"
I have a zoomer friend that brought up to his therapist that he was concerned about his desire to always be in on whatever the new thing is while disregarding anything not culturally relevant and he told me he did it because he wants to play retro games.It's fascinating how the mind works.
>>722525083It is important to realize that the people at the top are connecting a bungee to that boomerang and having everyone chase it. One side can always be manipulated with fear and culture war bullshit, the other side can always be manipulated with purity testing and infighting. It is worth mentioning that latter side has the right actual policies overall, and that is why its so threatening to those in power. The other side can always be subsumed into the way of things, but the one that actually threatens corporate profits and control has to be associated with blue haired trannies to get people to say ICK I DONT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT IF THOSE PEOPLE AGREE. Its not a new tactic, been about the same for a century now, but things are getting worse and worse because the eternal profiteers kept needing to take more and more, faster.
>>722528392>I have a zoomer friend that brought up to his therapist that he was concerned about his desire to always be in on whatever the new thing is while disregarding anything not culturally relevant and he told me he did it because he wants to play retro games.>It's fascinating how the mind works.No coherence whatsoever.I understood nothing at all.So this is the internet of the future, eh?Endless forms of this low coherence ChatGPT brainrot writing style?
>>722528662Maybe you're finding out in real time that you have low IQ
>>722493214Seems normal to me, the 90s were heaven compared to the current hellscape.
>>722528728>n-no uI bet your empty skull echoes keep you awake at night and entertained during the day.
>>722529114ogey
Who cares what zoomers do. They havnt a thought atwixt their ears. The entire generation is lost
>>722494841Why do all zoomers get this same shitty haircut that makes them look even more soft?
>>722528264Happy for youGot some old ass games back then too but honestly so much shit isn't worth the price tag
>>722512121Zoomies are the most brown and quuer generation yet
>>722528436You're 100% correct on that. Any attempt at genuine dialogue to actually push things forward is met with a hastily constructed strawman to immediate diminish the attempted accord, typically of just a headline or a screenshot from some unhinged who-gives-a-fuck as if it's some smoking gun to win an argument that only exists in their heads, it's tiresome. I'm over the culture war bullshit, I don't care what Timothy Sisterfucker said on twitter. I don't care what Jeffica Starlight (formerly Jeff) said on Blusky. None of it matters, what does is 2 decades of routinely being let down over and over and over again by political parties who routinely fail to accomplish any form of goals or create and tangible beneficial change to the society I exist within while borrowing money from the future to do fucking nothing and getting rewarded for it.Obama voters didn't get change, they got the most expensive corporate bailout in history because some fucking idiots made dumbass decisions with money made the nation pay for it. Trump voters didn't get the their fucking wall, they got tax breaks for people who exist outside of their reality in wealth paid for by their dollars. Trudeau voters didn't get electoral voting reforms, improved infrastructure, and tax cuts on the middle class at the expensive of the upper class, they got... well honestly I feel like I don't to explain how well that went.Looking at what happened in Napal, it just seems like the logical conclusion to this game of hot potato. I just wonder how much longer the game can go until movements like it start to spread.
>>722530379>any form of goals or create and tangibleany* tangible
>>722503972Bitch human kind craves the world before the invention of the iPhone.I miss when me and other nerds were the only people online.
>>722504798Just the ones sold by acemagic.
>>722492862on gamecube i can bing bing wahoo without ads and unlock characters without paying. Also, before muh hyperrealism jews flooded the market with AAA slop the high budget games actually had an art style
>>722503238Hold on there. The games were better, but everything else about my childhood was a nightmare. I'm much happier as a wageslaving adult.
>>722494661this desu
>>722494661Zoomer guys are usually pretty cool. Zoomer girls are awful by comparison. They genuinely have the iq of a cinderblock and are louder than any millennial woman I've ever men. Spending any amount of time around zoomer women will make you an antinatalist.
K. We don't need giant corporations pumping out slop shit games. We have games from 3 decades of backlog. We do not need them, they need us.
>>722509993The 90's were better, the 00's were just coasting off of end of history fumes and only look good by comparison to the absolute fucking state of the last decade and a half
>>722492916>>722496656>>722503726>>722503995Y'all know there's more to retro gaming than consoles, right?
This is just flat out wrong. I'm an older zoomer and I grew up with a gamecube, gameboy advanced, PS1 & 2... Just like many of my peers.
>>722534660Literally no one cares about your shitty old zogbot shooters and proto-assfaggots on PC. It’s only good to emulate superior console games and pirate the latest goyslop multiplats
>>722494661>t. '98 LARPing as a millennialActual millennial here. Zoomers are all parasites and completely cancerous.>>722524079Millennials aren't "super progressive," Gen X are. Millennials have shown themselves over the past decade and more that they're the more levelheaded and reasonable type. Zoomers are all a bunch of woke faggots that are extremely radicalized by social media to the point of going out and killing people. Your "based zoomer" shit doesn't work anymore.
>>722534816trvkeeven goldeneye had more relevancy than dogshit like quake.
Zoomers are the biggest woke faggots there are.
>>722494531>>722528126>>722528308Every faggot I see singing the praise of remakes and franchise raping is some 35 year old millennial who HAS to tell everyone he was there when the original game came out in 1995 but he's 'with the times" now so he wants his favorite series to EVOLVE (get assfucked by current trends) so he can play it with his wife and her boyfriend without feeling embarrassed. Meanwhile people in my age bracket (born 1996-2003) are just enjoying ps1 games with floaty movement controls and not worried about remakes.
>>722535039The most famous zoomer radicals going out and killing people: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Retarded millenial cannot comprehend him and his friends were indoctrinated by the colleges and the zoomers are left picking up the pieces.
>>722535301everyone who praises demakes are underages or shillst:38 year oldretards who want a franchise to change never liked the franchise and should fuck off
>>722535301hows crash 4? its on my "next to play" listonce i upload 200gbs of vids to jewtube and rumble
>>722502715The Xbox 360 is retro./vr/ can cry about it for all I care.
>>722536130for that it would need to look oldnot different from a game released 2 weeks ago
>>722494841God I fucking hate zoomers.
>>722536256Anon, go play day 1 Xbox 360 games.
>>722503541>virgin redditor with a job that pay like shit>enough time to scavenge FB marketplace/jewbay/flea markets for shitIt's that simple. The sad part is like every coomlector ever, he probably plays less than 1% of all the games he owns.
>>722536368I genuinely love Kameo and PDZ.
>>722536489Shit meant to say that DOESN'T pay like shit.
>>722536368gears of war hardly looks different from the last oneyour point? and it was only 1 year after 360 release
>>722534660Looks like a movie game
>>722493214They have no legacyNo one of them in a normal state of mind will ever say>yo mane I deadass miss the Twitch era, the 2020s fr fr no cap af
>>722492862>gen 6>Retrofuck mevidya peaked around gen 5-8 anyway
>>722494841>fucking zoomers fucking buying stuffWhat, like all generations don't act this way every Black Friday?This is why obsessing over generations is retarded.
>>722538726Sorry, the correct answer is 3-6.
>>722493214>picIt's really not when you think about it.
>>722493214Okay, now post when /v/ was obsessed with retrowave ten years ago. A barely relevant throwback pining for the 80s, when most people browsing this site at the time were born in the late 90s.
>be me>live in a third world shithole>notice people around the world are getting nostalgic for retro gaming, especially zoomers>hmm I see a potential business here>gamecubes are worth U$350 in my country because the PS2 raped it completely>do my research and learn how to get the best deals in the online japanese market>buy used cubes from japan for about $15-20 dollars>once they get in my country I jailbreak them with picoloader, and install swiss>sell them for $350 or $500 a pop, highest price depends on having a GBA player unit>profit>life is goodYeah, I'm a greedy reseller, but things have been great. Learn to exploit opportunities life give you and make money, screw the dignity of selling them cheap. I buy consoles for myself as well, love modding them, usually special editions I got for cheap, those I don't sell.
>>722498892holy brokefag
>>722492862The retro-craze is a thing for more than 10 years, now. Is this article a stealth ad for something relayed to retro?
>>722493257You're bafflingly retarded, but this would be nice
>>722493632have you tried watching the video smart guy?
>>722492862It's the same dumb shit you did when you were a kid. Why did you literally post a screepcrap of a youtube video? How is this not advertising?
>>722539138ThisEarly 7th gen was ok at best but late 7th gen is cancer that were still stuck with
>>722496815Shockingly unretarded zoomer take
>>722540761>links>jewtube links>pics of other webpages>news with links>more than 1 post about the same gameall that should be banned because its shilling
Just wondering, what exactly makes you a 90s kid? Just being born in 90s? I was born in 1994 but I spent the 90s being a toddler and in kindergarten, the childhood memories that I remember are all from the early to mid 2000s.
>>722541419Zoomers are trying to claim late millennial culture like the Gamecube as theirs.
>>722541419Don't bother. This is just a circlejerk of 40 year olds that begged for remakes only to shit on them 5 years later when their favorite youtuber told them to.
>>722541419living in the 90s i guess?i was born in 87 , but that doesn't make me a 80 kid
>>722541647>40 years old>watching e-retardspick one
>>722492862Those are old games, not Retro. Undertale is retro. The Legend of Zelda is old.
>>722541759>bothHalf this board is just retards posting thumbnails of youtube videos. For example: this thread.
>>722498178>They actually listened to us. We should be proud of them.This.Also stock up on those good CRTs and rare games while you can. They'll just keep rising in price. Especially when it becomes obvious a few years from now that everything is being moved to a global cloud subscription service. These older gaming setups that are totally offline and independent of all that will be in high demand.
>>722542361those are underagesonly a retard would waste his time watching e-retards and guess who are retards? the retards who were 12 years old in 2015
>>722506146>t. zoomerWhat's the point of mentioning this? You act as though that's not what literally everyone else does.
>>722492862for me it's because i have a job but i live with my parents so i have a shitton of disposable income and i feel like working isn't worth it if i'm not constantly buying worthless retro shit
>>722507036Reminder Gen X is responsible for the enshittification of media and is deflecting blame.
>>722492862Modern games are 90% live service shit or continuations of 20+ year old series
>>7225064342012 did feel like the year a lot of gaming went to shit. Started with the ME3 endings (pic very related) and just continued downhill since then.
>>722506434>>7225439682012 was the last year of the 13th and final baktun of the previous cycle. Keeping that in mind, things start to make sense now.
>>722510568Millenials are retarded and gay.
>>722543968ps2 era was the last era where a major game could be made by a team of 2/3 dozen random guys in some studio in japan or the UK, now every game has to be a homogenized "designed by committee" mega hiton the flip side, if you're poor and are too stupid to pirate games, this is a golden era, so many games give away literally every gameplay element for free, and even if you want one of those super cool cosmetics they're way cheaper than the lootbox era (want a fortnite skin? $10)
>>722493214>zoomers >never got to experience when America was a white country>know it was better before they were born through recent cultural memory>most don't actually know why it was better because so many of them are brownIt's sad, really. >>722511737I mean, housing prices weren't that bad between the subprime mortgage crisis and covid, and interest rates were an insanely good deal. Banks were practically giving the homes away. I really don't know why you millennials are so assmad. >t. Gen x
>>722492862Why would you pay $100 for New Game That Probably Sucks when you could get a retro setup and play dozens of time tested classic games that still hold up? Retro games are the thinking man's choice, even in the absence of nostalgia.
>>722530379>they got the most expensive corporate bailout in history because some fucking idiots made dumbass decisions with money made the nation pay for it.I still do not understand why Obama let them get away with that. What was stopping him giving them their immunity then going back on his word once he had what he wanted from them or taking a note out of Russia’s book and have a few of them have ‘accidents’?
>>722544604i think the best way to describe old games:old games are not bad because they are old, the capacity for the game to be good merely increases over time but the floor is always the same which is why it is so tragic when a modern game fails to surpass old games.i also miss the time when movie tie-in games had a chance of being good, for example i did a play through of Robin Hood Price of Thieves for the NES this week, rough around the edges but it does a ton of things right and follows the movie well enough.
>>722545020I think a big part of the retro appeal is the inherent survivorship bias. You won't hear any manufactured hype for a shitty old game - people only talk about old games that were actually memorable, if not actually good. As time passes, the shitty amd mediocre games of yesteryear are simply forgotten. So you can play pretty much any old game that people still talk about and more than likely it won't be complee dogshit. You have far better odds at having a good time than shelling out for transient modern slop.
>>722530379>None of it matters, what does is 2 decades of routinely being let down over and over and over again by political parties who routinely fail to accomplish any form of goals or create and tangible beneficial change to the society I exist within while borrowing money from the future to do fucking nothing and getting rewarded for it.all governments is lying cock suckers and all politicians deserve to be shredded into pulp and used as fertilizer
>>722545340even the mediocre or bad old games are usually at least good for an hour or two, the simplicity of old games makes it pretty hard to fuck up a platformer for example.i grew up with the console and in the mid 2000s i heavily tried to build up a library for it, so even fringe titles nobody gives a shit about I've probably at least tried and enjoyed even if there is some critical flaw that made it so nobody gave a shit about it.
>>722545340The problem with that argument is that the critically acclaimed classics from the 1980s-2000s are higher quality than the critically acclaimed classics from 2010 onwards. People spoke of Skyrim and Bioshock Infinite with the same, if not more reverence as titles like Ocarina of Time and Deus Ex, but it's clear to anyone who's not a complete nigger that mainstream game design philosophy was in a better place before 2010.
>>722545562I think a lot of people feel the same, 'cause I see several comments of people going back to critically-panned games and finding new appreciation for them.
>>722546171even the astronomically bad games have appeal even as new as the gamecube/ps2/xbox generation. Drake of the 99 dragons is borderline unplayable but it is so corny and stupid in both gameplay and cutscenes that it is enjoyable for the wrong reasons.https://youtu.be/g7LB3rkXEls?si=7z508_uEQKu0YpPc random clip of the cutscene i had in mind where he says he is invincible and immediately dies after jumping out a window.
>>722494841why are they all dressed the exact same
I really should sell my copy of Pokemon Blue while it's still worth $250+, simply because I have the box/manual for it still in pristine condition.
>>722545562What makes a game shit for me is if the music is awful. Eg. Bart vs. the World is just a boss theme, and 5 versions of the show's intro theme repeated ad nausea.
>>722549769i didn't mind that game too much but the first ice cave level has a super misleading jump that always gives me trouble.
>>722549365Should you? Is $250 really worth giving up your copy forever? Even if you rebuy later, it's not the same.
>>722550423I have no intention of ever replaying it, and I have a box of old GB/GBC/GBA games fully intact to rid of. Would rather just keep my original hardware and get Everdrives for them.
>>722493214I lived in that era and it was way better than the current era, so I don't see the problem.
Good for them? I guess? Most new games suck so I'm not gonna hate on them for playing retro stuff.
>>722550528fair enoughget on it then
>>722509993The 90s and 00s are the two sides of the same coin anyways.
Maybe because there isn't any FUN in shitty woke-cooked games
>>722492862>KCAL NEWSFake news. They're trying to distract you from Trump's wins.
>>722543968Based grudgeCHAD
Is opening a game store in 2025 a smart idea? I got all the inventory in my room and I've been reselling online for decades
>>722492916FPBP.
>>722492916Fpbp
>>722492862All the AAA games are either live services or remakes so why not play the originals instead?
>>722552721Trump dropped all his tariffs on China btw.
>>722496815why not do us all a favor and find some tall building?
>>722509993I felt that way because i wished i was older. I embraced being a 2000s kid and now zoomers wish they were older to have experienced the 2000s.
>>722552919Maybe if you sold more than just games. The media thrift stores around here are making tons of money. They sell everything from PC components and consoles to vinyls, CD, VHS tapes and books. They even sell toys, figurines, legos, instruments, audio equipment. Everything media. I love going there. Recently found the entire Horus Hersey collection for like twenty-five bucks.
>>722553095Is China okay? They must have been heavy.
>>722552919You'd absolutely have to cover the trading card autists unless you're simply wanting to operate an online shop only. You're basically a pawn shop specializing in games otherwise, that most people locally may not have the hardware to even run still.
>>722553095https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbREUHoWM9w
>>722502715We're a year away from the Wii being 20 years old. It's crazy that people still try to deny that 2000s gaming is retro/classic. Kids aren't bringing up good games they remember from 2007, it's 25-30 year olds.
>>722553391>>722553487I'm almost convinced a shop that specialized in repairing old electronic devices could do really well these days. CRT sets, old consoles, vintage turntables and other audio equipment, VCRs, etc.
>>722496815Your entire generation is owned by Zuckerberg, Musk and the rest of the tech elite. You have never learned to evaluate something's worth other than by the number of likes it gets on social media. A truly brain-rotted generation.
>>722554054You would need to be an electrician/repair man. Getting old hardware in fully functioning order to resell isn't easy.
>>722554054you been to the mall recently?
>>722509081>degenerate gamblersLMAO
>>722554063You say this but liked correlates to income for these faggots. You're mad they make money off this shit.
>>722509081>Wagie boss bitching at me as I set this shit up>Coomsumers come in and destroy the pallet in secondsI'm annoyed that I'm expected by management to care. These animals obviously don't care.
>>722509081Why are they doing this? I don't understand.
>>722492862It's pretty simple. There's only so many games you can play in your life. Once you make a generation's worth of games, you really have to compete not just with your contemporaries in the industry but also an entire generation's worth of work.And when you look at it that way, a lot of modern games' can't really hold up to classics. Yes they have better visual fidelity and performance, but to a person that hasn't played either, both are fresh experiences, except the older one doesn't come with all the shitty crossovers, always online, microtransaction, subscription, premium uptra deluxe bullshit. If I haven't played through every even remotely interesting SNES-Dreamcast-N64-Gamecube-PS1-PS2-Xbox360-PS3 game do you think I'd be buying new stuff? No, I'd just burn through the classics.
>>722492862its largely fluff just to pump prices of retro stuff and collectables from people desperate to sell.
>>722498228You do know steam trains are like one of the most common hobbies, right? Shit self-defeating example.
>>722494841look at their legs... you know their bussies are tight as fuck..
>>722492862is this actually a thing? i was born in 99 and recently bought a saturn and ps2
>>722554624Scalping. During the coof era pokemon went up in value a lot due to more people just buying them out of boredom, and investorbros jumped on the train, once investorbros jump on the train you'll always get scalpers. >>722554335Wrong. Literally not a single one of these motherfuckers is doing it for the pack openings.
>>722554624Pokemon card scalpers trying to buy as much of the product as possible to resell. A common trend is Pokemon card scalpers wear hoodies, and notice how many of them going nuts over the cards are wearing hoodies. Not saying they are all scalpers, but its likely most of them are. They don't care about the actual item, only that they can get as possible to make a quick buck.
>>722554931>>722554943Oh is that it? Thank you anons. I thought it might be something like that, but I had to know. I didn't even know Pokemon cards were still popular.
>>722554242Did appliance repair shops make a sudden comeback or something?
>>722555010>I didn't even know Pokemon cards were still popular.They're more popular than ever. The problem is they're popular with the wrong kinds of people.I tried getting back into it a couple years ago and literally quit because scalpers and investorbros made it impossible for people that just wanna collect or play to actually get their hands on any cards. You basically either gotta order from nintendo and expect it to come damaged because Nintendo of all companies is notoriously bad at caring how the cards are handled, order from Amazon and get resealed pack, order from Ebay and get fakes, or order from TCGplayer and get it from the scalpers.
>>722505147Smaller and smaller teams can make bigger and bigger games. We're fine.
>>722530339In your dreams maybe.
>>722510903Only 90s kids remember...
>>722503741>there's no realistic chance of someone owning a house like the one they group up in in a decent part of town at at decent price is what they mean by thatI'm getting a brand new place in a fancy gated community within the next year or two once I get my student loans paid off. The minimum down payment on a $350,000 house as a first time homeowner is barely 5 figures max.
>>722555159God damn. Sorry it's like that anon. I guess I can just be happy about the fact that I myself am not into card games. At least not non-digital ones.
>>722493214Name one original landmark game series that was CREATED between 2015 and 2025>Hard mode: No Fortnite (is only relevant because it references media from better decades)
>>722496815>Almost all of us were born after 9/11>increasing surveillanceImagine if you hypercondensed the modern issues of surveillance, outrage, and restrictions into a single point and that was basically 9/11. For a while there it looked like shit was calming down and maybe things would lighten up but haha.>>722498228A truly soulless retard. I get homesick for places i've never been and don't actually exist and i'm just recently 40.>>722524190This but said in a less faggy way.People need to have more self control to just say no to modern slop until they stop making overpriced dogshit.>that'll be $89.99 plus tip for your 24fps hallway simulator where you're barked at by our strong female lead with realistic face pores and peach fuzz you see in two total cutscenes and never in-game in a fantasy setting that should have never known modern daily struggles or sci-fi setting that is centuries past whatever issues you have now that its likely not even brought up in textbooks and is simply a space wikipedia footnote.
>>722498493I almost regret having a beard when I see collages like these.
>>722555070I think that anon is saying they are commonly seen in malls. I know most malls (not aimed at the upper class) have at least one game store that resells games at fairly high prices and has services like described.>>722555423>brand new>fancy gated community>$350kAre you a time traveler anon?
>>722545020>i also miss the time when movie tie-in games had a chance of being good>>722545562This pic specifically with Batman on the topit was surprisingly good when they usually aren'tthen again it was mostly gameboy/advance that had a lot of $20 portslop
>>722555070appliance repair shops never leftif anything people need them now more than ever
>>722510627There's curated rom sets on archive org. Obviously you should add your favourites but it's a good point to start off and there's still a sense of discovery except without the dogshit shovelware
>>722496815well, it was indeed a better time. catching your bike in summer to go meet with your friends you promised to meet at 3pm and you had to be there on time since nobody had phones and instead game boy advances to trade pokemon together, that shit was peak chillimilli. it was another world.
>>722556336>you promised to meet at 3pm and you had to be there on time since nobody had phonesI cannot stress how different of an atmosphere everything was when it was expected that you weren't reachable 24/7 because everybody has to be permanently networked together.
>>722498228About that..
>propagate "old good new bad" for years>people buy into it>go wtf in responsemake up your mind
>>722496815I wonder how the future is going to turn out with so many jaded and resentful zoomers. Everyone is either checked out playing fartnite and CHADblox, a neetGOD, a xhe xis xhem looney troony, a incelchud, or turning into some cringe and bluepilled yuppie boomer 3.0.
>>722506868>who are to them what zoomers were to millennials a decade agoI don't think so. Older generations really hate zoomers for some reason.Gen Z doesn't hate alphoomers. At worst it's just pity because they're growing up with goyslop as their childhood.
>>722492862because new games are hot garbage like new tv shows are garbage and new movies are garbage >>722492916if that was true they would just fucking emulate
Do zoomers know about emulation? I'm 33, been emulating NES, SNES, GB, etc since 2001 in the 4th grade.
>>722492862They can see SOUL, they have access to infinite video archives of old games and they realize how good they were and how shitty modern games are. In a very weird way, zoomers ended up respecting and enjoying video games more than /v/ oldfags.
>>722557040>Older generations really hate zoomers for some reason.I don't get it either. They didn't like millenials either.
>>722557316i can assure you the zoomers who care about playing old games (there aren't that many) do in fact know about emulationthe only people that are hardware elitists are your generation
>>722492916Also they want to experience the old world somehow
>>722493214Not a zoomer but this is retarded. We millennials also wished we were in 1960
>>722496815I think alpha kids are the ones screwed the hardest. Millennials had the golden childhood, you zoomers still saw some of that old world and were teenagers before the world went full schizoBut alpha? Toddlers growing up seeing fucked up shit, either they are groomed by pedos or they hate being born
>>722492862Millenials overexposure, turning the zoomers into millenials. The fact that most medias these days are nostalgia bait doesn't help.
>>722500901Because boomers and yids are depressed cucks who want to control every aspect of your life like a good schizo. A lot of jobs can be done in less hours, the only reason we chose not to is because the boomer needs to see you sitting in some chair for 8 hours just for his retarded ego
>>722556880Whites quit = first world endsOnly mediocre elites and thirdworlders remain, they will try to clone whites
>>722493214It's not weird at all to wish you were living im better times
>>722538863>once a year consoomer holiday>once a week mulatto zoomer traditionYeah, exactly the same. Even if one of your parents are White, you aren't.
>>722510675>Just have a house when you are old and don't complain instead of work as a younger age and pay a house in 5 years Lmao
>>722558209This. It's amazing how people accept being cucked like this. Specially if you go to college delaying your adulthood, and accepting to be a house owned in your 40s when your best years are behind
>>722492916A lot of old stuff is expensive due to scarcity, though
>>722557974>i-it's weekly!Says what? Your derangement syndrome? Take your pills retard.
>>722535710NTA but I can't speak for everyone on this gameIt's a weird one. For starters, It's About Time has really good movement and jumping. That's a good sign. You'll be challenged in some levels particularly with slide jumping and stuff. Music is pretty bland though, it tries to go for this more atmospheric thing going on like crash 1, except that crash 1 still had catchy soundtracks. I can only think of one or two tracks that are good. Character designs are YMMV, you either like em or hate em. Coco in this game is super cute btw. Now here comes the problems. The levels are long, super long. And the crates? There are so many of them, like Cold Hard Crash is the bare minimum of boxes they put in these levels. And remember how some crates were cleverly hidden and just out of sight for you to see? Let me tell you this game got way too carried away with hiding the crates. Some in the most nonsensical places. Lastly, DO NOT attempt the completionist route. It's weird saying this for a crash game but seriously, it's ridiculous
>>722492862>zoomers going out of their way to play games that are actually good/vee/ will suddenly defend AAAslop now
>>722555802I miss when movie tie-ins existed at all
>>722496656>Have you seen the prices of retro games lately?most retro games on steam are like 3 to 5 bucks
>>722561236He's talking about 30yo cartridges.
>>722492862Isn't the oldest zoomer like 29? this just of their childhoods from parents being cheap buying older stuff, growing up with it or older cousins/brothers/sisters having it. Why do people get zoomers mixed up with Gen Alpha?
>>722561578not the cheapest way to enjoy retro games desu
>>722496656>pays 60 to 200 bucks for a console>Pays like 40 to 60 for a knock off flashcart with games already preloadedit's pretty easy.
>>722493214>>722492862pathetic wrong generation culture vulture faggots
>>722555423>I'm getting a brand new place in a fancy gated community within the next year or two once I get my student loans paid off. The minimum down payment on a $350,000 house as a first time homeowner is barely 5 figures max.lol
