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

[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.

[edmaul69]

@tyreal90 i sent you a friend request. I am not completely sure how i will communicate on steam as i havent used it to talk to people.

[edmaul69]

@tyreal90 i have a steam and a gog code. So i have one for both of you. Accept my friend request and we can chat on steam.

[tyreal90]

@edmaul69

just sent some messages