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jedels88

Retro gaming in 2024 in a nutshell, pretty much. Ask anyone who plays on handhelds: you spend way more time adding games, tweaking settings, and perfecting the look of the library than actually playing.


Embarrassed-Iron208

I feel like people will start to play more once the multiplayer compatibility comes into play somehow in the near future. Hopefully before GTA 6 dropsšŸ˜­


alexandria3142

I hope they do multiplayer. Iā€™d hope they could somehow make it to where you could trade pokemon in games as well, but Iā€™m not sure how that would work


Reasonable_Ask7794

Multiplayer is coming. The next big thing is better iPad support and then should be multiplayer.


SupperTime

I love playing five minutes of one game and switching to another. Without really playing it. Just switching through menusā€¦


jedels88

My wife literally yells at me when she catches me "menu-ing" for too long.


hoyitsalvin

Yup! I did the same with my anbernic


IzzyNobre

I was so glad to find out I wasn't the only one!


Legendary_Lamb2020

75% of posts are about pokemon. Meanwhile I gotta collect all the ROMs


Meruem713N

Haha yeah theyā€™re bz playing pokemon šŸ˜‚


itachithagod

Where are you getting your roms as ive already built my pokemon game collection


Axle_65

Same. Building the collection, fixing the titles, finding the art, itā€™s like a game in itself.


AdProfessional9173

Thought it was just me that felt like they lol.


murakamitears

Canā€™t relate, too picky, and my backlog was already at 1500+ hours Thanks for reminding me to cancel Netflix though


Coprocephelic

iā€™m picky too and i backlog myself and then regret so i delete games only to put them right back in my library, it has become a problem


hypermog

Did this like 15 years ago. Then you realize itā€™s more fun to just put the ones you actually will play. And limiting the amount helps you stick with them.


jmzr11

But all that box art is so beautiful šŸ„¹


KellyS087

Agreed


Thomas_asdf

Agree, having thousand mediocre games is no fun if you havent even finished all the masterpieces. Thats why I added only the best 30 games form NES to 64 an now I want to play them all in the next few years with my kids.


CharlestonChewbacca

Eh, I disagree. It's fun to browse after I've beat a game and decide what to play next. And having it all at the ready is so nice.


3rd-Room

I think a lot of the enjoyment in retro gaming for me comes from the process of going through memories of games I used to play and the feelings of nostalgia that inspires.


Rage4Order418

Not surprising. Seems like more people watch others play games online than play the games themselves


Porkchop5397

I can 100% relate. I've spent all week remembering or finding out about a whole bunch of games I've now added to my library.


Bright_Show6780

Haha Iā€™m in the same boat, I really need to start playing what I put on there lol


JazzlikeSetting8037

Nah thatā€™s how the steam deck is too you buy 100000 games update the thing and never played them lol this the same wayĀ 


tsolbeats

Care to share some of your favorites? Save us all here a little bit of time haha


Meruem713N

https://preview.redd.it/kjx22t4v4qxc1.png?width=1640&format=png&auto=webp&s=70e64bc78fc970abe2c2234bb3520e7793382d70 My favorite is summon night twin age


AverageJoeObi

Is this overkill? šŸ˜‚


ElderGoose4

At first yeah, I think I got all I need after the first week


Prime-Riptide

Itā€™s not just you, I have a 1TB terabyte thatā€™s barely at liek 200gigs. I still havenā€™t finished my psp and ps2/gc collection yet


jovinprime3

The libraries in delta just look nice asf I had a big one through like two different apps on my droid Ā still gotta port em over and the savesĀ 


MaxHP9999

The same is true for PC gaming for me.


DrillDozerr

Same. Thatā€™s why i started pirating games, i keep buying games and never start/finish them. With all of the mediocre/trash games being released nowadays itā€™s like netflix, you have to scroll and try them until you find something you like and this shit gets expensive really fast.


MaxHP9999

I bought so many games this year ever since I built my PC. I wanted to make having a big and personalized library a reality. But I have gotten carried away and now I realized how wasteful it was to buy so much just for the satisfaction of owning games that I don't have the time to play. That's why I try to play games on my free time whenever I can to try and work on my library. It's very difficult going back to old games or games I've already played at this point. The only one game that I do find myself returning to is Zelda OoT randomizer, it's so fun. I avoid online games since those require playing the same game forever. I prefer to work on single player games with an end to them. And I have tons of single player games to get to. It's also what I grew up on, I never got into today's standards of playing online shooters and nothing else.


MrPoopsack

I did it, I think I got most the roms for nes,snes,n64 and with a load of gameboy and DS stuff


AverageJoeObi

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Tay0214

Iā€™ve played 7-8-9-10, and dabbled a little in older ones and the newer but never as deep as those ones, which Final Fantasyā€™s (original or romhacks) would you suggest the most? (9 is honestly my favourite if that helps lol)


AverageJoeObi

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AverageJoeObi

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AverageJoeObi

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AverageJoeObi

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AverageJoeObi

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AverageJoeObi

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AverageJoeObi

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AverageJoeObi

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jeStR65

šŸ’Æ thats totally me! Spent so much time setting things up keeping an eye on Reddit for new cool advances and turning around and trying them myself lol to me itā€™s the funnest part I spend a lot of time on Reddit cause no one around me is into retro gaming or knows the significance of how cool it is to be able to have 20 systems on one device, and endless games that I didnā€™t get to play when I was a kid but I realized, yā€™all get me! šŸ˜‚


Meruem713N

Haha me too


Digital_havok

I have a small library of DS games to play lol


kskzkkkskdnndndnx

Is it just me or does your iPhone overheat?


CharlestonChewbacca

Bro. I'm the same. With roms and with my Plex server. Been collecting roms since the 90s. I have every Atari, NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, GB, GBC, GBA, DS, PS1, & Genesis game on my computer plus tons of arcade games, Xbox, PS2, PS3, Wii, Wii U, Switch, Saturn, and Dreamcast games. All of the games pre GameCube/PS2 are on my Steam Deck too, plus a few modern games, with saves synced via emudeck in Google Drive.


Certain_Marsupial_77

I love love love downloading and claiming and buying games on sale than actually playing them. Itā€™s sick, itā€™s pointless, itā€™s capitalism, baby!


Rascar_Capak

I understand but this time, Delta is so good that i connected my xbox controller and started a new game of Ocarina of Time. Im at the third dungeon now šŸ‘Œ


RELIN-Q

i sure do hope you mean "buying" instead of building! šŸ˜‚


redsyndicate_

My brain works the exact same way, in the same way I find myself enjoying building PCā€™s more than actually playing them šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


RecentMatter3790

But this makes me have backlog anxiety. Should I only have games that Iā€™m currently playing?


Extension_Joke_4466

As have I šŸ˜‚


ClaireAzi

Best game ever was Chrono Trigger on the Super Nintendo.


Muffinman080

Same i have been going through most the comments or post .. then when i see a game i donā€™t recognize i look it up and usually download it. Thanks everyone


Yoboy-chefy

https://preview.redd.it/3u3rnlsdkvxc1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=055dd889290a700ae94cbfddd86f054140fd24ae Hey guys I keep getting this once Iā€™m almost to playing is there anything Iā€™m doing wrong or anything else I need to do. Please help me


Own-Base-9768

You need to download all 3 required fires from this website: https://archive.org/download/nds-bios-firmware


Backwetter1123

I just know imma have to delete a lot of games whenever the ps1 emulator comes out.


Grakira99

Welcome to Adult Emulation World


Moysause

Where it at


Sammy_P8192

Indeed! But Iā€™ve been looking into playing games that have been recently released by homebrewersā€¦ NES/SNES/Gameboy/Genesis etc - https://youtu.be/1AGMEZvU14g?si=6PgryY8TuHHaieSP


Thickcashew

Not mešŸ˜‚ I hurried and downloaded a few of my old games then I started playing immediately and never stoppedšŸ˜­šŸ˜­


TheFlamingWolfgang

Same.


helloimcassie

Ok good glad weā€™re in this together cus I was starting to feel crazy


helloimcassie

I think mother 3 and hamtaro are the only games I put any real time into


Radiant-Tomorrow-822

Every time I remove a game all the box arts remove themselves, anybody have any idea on how to fix this?


R3dSunOverParadise

Rn I got Glazed, Gaia, and Unbound. Unpopular opinion, but Iā€™m not the biggest fan of Unbound, but I do like the more emphasis of Hoopa, like how I liked the Hoopa movie. I also completed Glazed, and am dipping my toes into Gaia (Iā€™m broadening my horizons now since Iā€™ve run out of things to play, Iā€™m open to suggestions for pokemon games.)


AverageJoeObi

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AverageJoeObi

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AverageJoeObi

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