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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN FEBRUARY 2025?
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:11 this Monday (GMT):
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:40:18 +0100, H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Zaghadka wrote:
>>> On Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:16:10 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:49:26 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>>>>> Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I was serious. Ugh, passive LCDs. Yeah, I didn't like those on
>>>>> computer screens. Hence I preferred CRT back then.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> [snip]
>>> 
>>>> But even the Gameboy's competitors -like Sega's
>>>> GameGear and the Atari Jaguar- languished on the shelves partly
>>>> because they opted for better, battery-hungry screens. In almost every
>>>> respect, the GameGear was a far, far better machine than the Gameboy,
>>>> but its 6 AA batteries lasted 3 hours, compared to the 15 hours for
>>>> the two AA batteries in the Gameboy. Sure, that meant that, with the
>>>> GameBoy, you were stuck with only monochrome color, but you were
>>>> 'stuck' with it for 15 times the length of time it would take to power
>>>> a GameGear.
>>>>
>>> Yeah. Nintendo made the right choice. The GameGear had an amazing
>>> experience, but the backlight was too power hungry. Nintendo was right;
>>> battery life was more important. I had a Gameboy. It lasted forever
>>> because it was a simple, tiny, unlit LCD.
>>> 
>>> Most people don't even know what a Jaguar is, because Atari was no longer
>>> a player in consoles. Started its plummeting decline around the 7800.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone even remember the benighted Lynx? You didn't. That was the
>>> Gameboy contemporary, and it also made the mistake of backlighting. The
>>> Jaguar was years later. They should have taken Nintendo's example to
>>> heart by that time. ;^)
>>> 
>>This is the end of the chain, so I suppose it will be more readable here.
>>
>>I have had up to three GBAs over the years, but nowadays all I have left 
>>is a GB Micro, and let's face it: 20 years after buying it, presbyopia 
>>is starting to become a problem with a 2 inches screen. I am fine with 
>>playing those on a modded 3ds with the bare metal gba firmware, but 
>>after Deck and Switch it's hard to go back.
>
> And what's the point anyway; emulation has gotten so good that unless
> you're a die-hard retroist or are trying to speed-runs on authentic
> hardware, you might as well just use an emulator and give yourself all
> the advantages thirty years of tech- and game-development offer. With
> things like upscaling, save-states and better controls, it's just a
> better experience to emulate it on modern hardware. 
>
> Which isn't to say I have total disdain for original hardware (anyone
> looking into my study filled with old computers and gaming consoles
> will be able to tell you that!) but those aren't the machines I use to
> actively PLAY the old games on (unless absolutely necessary). But
> there's something to be said about experiencing the 'old tech' every
> now and again; the loud whir of the fans, the crunky static of old
> sound-cards, the agony of a BSOD or having to blow on the cartridge*
> to get it to load. 
>
> But for actual play-throughs? Use an emulator.
>
>
>
>
>
> * don't blow on your cartridges; the moisture in your breath does them
> no favors. ;-)


It doesn't help that companies are trying to end emulation, though.
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