It is just really cool. I'm that line between Millennial and Gen-Z (1997), and I have to say I absolutely love retro gaming. I grew up with the GBA, Playstation 2 and beyond, but I spent a good amount of time going back to Playstation 1, N64, and SNES thanks to the emergence of "retro handhelds" in the last 5 years. While not the original experience, they have really allowed me to go through and full enjoy some fantastic games like Final Fantasy VI, Perfect Dark, Dino Crisis, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and more. I would love to own some original hardware, or something capable of FPGA along with a CRT, but maybe someday!
I think there is a timeless appeal to retro games and I think the high availability of them nowadays is partially responsible for the increased popularity of retro games among my generation and younger. BBC did a fun article on it: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgl8nj8nvzo
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I'm frankly astonished that this game with an unlocked frame rate does not run that close to 60 FPS, that is unbelievable.
I think there is much more work to be done, but we'll see how much actually gets done...
Re: DF Retro Super Show: Why Do We Play Retro?
It is just really cool. I'm that line between Millennial and Gen-Z (1997), and I have to say I absolutely love retro gaming. I grew up with the GBA, Playstation 2 and beyond, but I spent a good amount of time going back to Playstation 1, N64, and SNES thanks to the emergence of "retro handhelds" in the last 5 years. While not the original experience, they have really allowed me to go through and full enjoy some fantastic games like Final Fantasy VI, Perfect Dark, Dino Crisis, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and more. I would love to own some original hardware, or something capable of FPGA along with a CRT, but maybe someday!
I think there is a timeless appeal to retro games and I think the high availability of them nowadays is partially responsible for the increased popularity of retro games among my generation and younger. BBC did a fun article on it: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgl8nj8nvzo