I thought this might be different enough from whether or not gamers use emulation to warrant a new thread...
Tonight, playing my NES, it was becoming apparent that maintaining the cartridges, cleaning them, the system, etc, can be a hassle. When you can click on an icon and be playing Super Mario 3, or boot up a Wii and do the same thing, it just makes you wonder why we own or use old systems?
I still prefer playing NES games on a NES, Atari 2600 games on a 2600, etc, but there are advantages.
There are emulators that support graphics enhancements, the newer joysticks for the PC (even the Wii classic controller) is much better than the NES controller, and the 2600 controller... some systems support online play, you don't give your ROM "blow jobs", some games that lacked save states (Super Mario 3?
) now have save states, and with some commercial emulators the ROMS are cheaper than buying the carts (try finding some NES games for $6 when you can buy them on the Wii.
So what are the advantages or disadvantages of emulation vs the real thing?
Tonight, playing my NES, it was becoming apparent that maintaining the cartridges, cleaning them, the system, etc, can be a hassle. When you can click on an icon and be playing Super Mario 3, or boot up a Wii and do the same thing, it just makes you wonder why we own or use old systems?
I still prefer playing NES games on a NES, Atari 2600 games on a 2600, etc, but there are advantages.
There are emulators that support graphics enhancements, the newer joysticks for the PC (even the Wii classic controller) is much better than the NES controller, and the 2600 controller... some systems support online play, you don't give your ROM "blow jobs", some games that lacked save states (Super Mario 3?
So what are the advantages or disadvantages of emulation vs the real thing?