Rant on the current state of the gaming industry and a thank you to RetroPie team

[tyreal90]

@Lyle_JP

I think that the simplicity of games back in the 80's and 90's make them a better distilled essence than the games of today. They are easier to pick up and easier to put down and they do not take as much advantage of our "addictive pathways" as newer games do. Case and point - Doom - you survive each level and beat the game. Call of Duty - you survive the game but then work on a series of collectables that will keep you engaged for a long time. Final Fantasy - you survive the game and beat it once then done - Skyrim - you have collectable and never ending quests that continue for eternity because there are soo many.....

@lostless I didn't know about the hacking. That's funny! I have been so disappointed with Nintendo as of late. They could have been another "steam" on consoles offering a large library for any system that could play it and yet they decide to play the pre-reformed MR Scrooge from a Christmas Carol.

@lilbud
@drake999

On the PCmasterrace forum on reddit, some people have been posting pictures of BOTW being played in 1080p and 4k off of a supposed emulator. I was curious as to whether you'd heard of this or whether you'd switch to using a PC for it if you could? I kinda want to pick up the game but I don't want to buy a @#$%ing system for one game.

[lilbud]

@tyreal90

My computer struggles with GameCube games, I will never be able to play BOTW on it.

[tyreal90]

@lilbud

what is your cpu,power supply and graphics card?

also is this a tower or a laptop?

[lilbud]

@tyreal90 AMD-A6-5200 apu, 12 gb of ram. Integrated graphics. it is a laptop

[ABrugsch]

I agree with this rant. I've seen it coming for a long while and has been a major reason why the last console I bought was a Wii.
every time I hear about someone waiting 3 hours to play something or other because updates, I just die a little more inside but then remember how many updates a SNES cartridge needs. sure I have a steam account which means those games are beholden to the servers remaining up, but for almost all of them (mainly humble bundle games with a few notable exceptions - HL2, Portal 1&2) I can download an installer for each one of them and store that safely (LOL!) somewhere.

[tyreal90]

@lilbud

Darn. I just upgraded my graphics card and I have a spare 7950 lying around. I have learned to loathe integrated graphics over the years. Well at least it is AMD integrated graphics.

[tyreal90]

@ABrugsch

I always search for a game first on GOG (game of games) and then humble bundle and then Steam in that exact order for that exact reason that I want as little DRM/server/update BS with the game as possible so I couldn't agree more with you!

*edit I've been corrected it is good ol games haha

[lilbud]

@tyreal90 There are games that should NOT be able to run on my computer, but through the magic of witchcraft, they run.

[edmaul69]

@tyreal90 i purchased a fairly new game called retro city rampage. I purchased a steam copy, gog copy, floppy disk ms-dos version and the psp/vita/ps3/ps4 version. I have a steam code that i have not used. With it you get the windows/linux/mac/ms-dos version if you want it. I have the ms-dos version and the psp versions working on my pi. If you are interested please let me know. If you sign up to the atariage.com forums, i can send you the code through there.

[mediamogul]

@edmaul69

ms-dos version and the psp versions working on my pi.

How well does the PSP version run?

[edmaul69]

@mediamogul perfect. I have had it on my psp for a quite a while and didnt think of testing it on the pi. I had to find one online since they need to be cracked to play on the pi and tested it. It works great. And since its a better version than the dos version and runs better than the dos version i was happy.

[lilbud]

@edmaul69 I'm interested in the code, my name on the forum is lilbud

[tyreal90]

@edmaul69

I just created a login. my un is tyreal90. pm me! i have an idea.

[edmaul69]

@lilbud i tried to send you a pm but it wont let me send it. Did you verify your account? If yes then you need to make a post or two.

[edmaul69]

@tyreal90 i will try. Did you verify your account?

[edmaul69]

@tyreal90 can you make a post or two? I need it so i can send you a message

[tyreal90]

@edmaul69

I verified account but it says that chat needs 100 posts. Is that the function you are looking to use?

[edmaul69]

@tyreal90 @lilbud i go by the name pimpmaul69. Please try to send me a message.

[tyreal90]

@edmaul69

also my steam name is tyreal with a spongebob picture. we could try that! im logged in on my phone

[tyreal90]

@edmaul69

are you for real in colorado? why dont we just do coffee?

also i cant do that chat so i think if lilbud can you should get the code to him. i will buy it if you think its that good.