Should You Use Emulation? - Retro Bird

In this video, I talk about some of the misconceptions surrounding emulation and the benefits / downsides of choosing to either use it or not use it.

Should You Use Emulation - Retro Bird / Should You Use Emulation to Play Video Games?

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[RetroBirdGaming]

Games played: Battletoads Arcade via Rare Replay (0:00), Battletoads via Rare Replay (0:25), Saturn Bomberman (0:40), Ghouls n' Ghosts (1:30), Jetpac via Rare Replay (1:50), Ms. Pac-Man via Namco Museum Vol. 3 (3:20), Zombies Ate My Neighbors (7:20)

[brisingr]

Mister Wallet always encourages me to emulate.

[scotthelgert]

I subscribed because I know you work hard for your Nanners.

[itsdeonlol]

Yes Emulation is great. It's the only way for certain people to experience these amazing older games. Sometimes it's harder to find or afford these older games.

[zweihander]

Retro gaming is getting expensive and crts are drying up, emulation is honestly gonna be the future of retro gaming.

[NerdENerd]

When MAME first came out I was blown away. All these arcade treasures from my childhood were all of a sudden playable on my PC. It didn't have sound yet but that didn't matter, I could play the original arcade Donkey Kong on my PC. Then when the first version with sound came out the flood of nostalgia those sounds invoked was amazing. I knew exactly where I was when I first experienced these games. I was actually surprised how much the sound triggered emotions and nostalgia more than just the graphics. I was back in the roller skate arena where I first played Donkey Kong, I was in that ice cream parlour on holidays where I first play Pengo. Emulation is fantastic. I have been in love with emulation since I first discovered it and these days with the MiSTer FPGA project the golden age of video games is available to all.

[justbenelson]

Considering I used to own some of the most desired titles for the SNES back in the 1990s like EVO, Mega Man X3, Chrono Trigger and several others before I sold them to Funcoland for crappy N64 titles? Yes, I will happily emulate them to save me the burden of having to buy them all back.

[markastoforoff]

I used to use MAME a lot because I love the old school arcade games, I felt no guilt seeing as how I spent countless quarters on the games when they were in the arcade. Not to mention you can find pretty much any old arcade game without having to hunt them down.

[elodvezer]

6:22 feel you on that one!!!! and THE most SOLID point for emulation!!

[markracer]

I have personally invested $1K+ on EverDrives (NES, SNES FXPRO, N64, GBA, MD PRO, SMS) to play my favorite cartridge based games. And considering retro game prices these days, this has been money well spent. Plus I'm using FPGA tech on original hardware to boot! Thanks for the vid!!!

[jtothebell]

Emulation is great, and I hope we keep seeing more emulated retro game collections get released so more people can play retro games without hassle, and while legally compensating the rights holders. I have to shout out the great Napoleon Dynamite reference @8:40, that gave me an extra good laugh tonight

[AwesomeBrock]

8:41 Wonderful Napoleon Dynamite reference! I always enjoy watching your videos as the topics are very good conversation starters and your random humor just makes it fun to watch! Keep up the good work!

[KingC]

Emulation is the only way to experience allot of the games I missed out on or never finished as a kid.

[Dorelaxen]

Do I want to own an original copy and hardware of a game I want to play? Yes. Will I emulate it if I don't? Also yes.

[nickatmacomb]

"Half my day drinkin and tinklin". That made my night

[benst]

I've, allegedly, used emulation on games I own so I can have multiple save states. Sometimes you want to relive becoming the very best like no one ever was without saying goodbye to you capsule buddy who's been with you for 20+ years.

[joe-edward]

If people wanted emulation so just they could play free games, 30, 000 people would not have signed a petition asking Nintendo to localize Mother 3.

[jjmini]

I barely hook up my original systems these days and just resort to emulation outside of the Wii and DS. The controller is very important to making the emulation feel more legit. PS1 usb controllers, gamecube to usb controllers, SNES mini with the og controllers etc etc make it so much more fun

[remakeyourself]

This just might be the best video on the internet about emulation.

[supernoob]

i wish more emulation devices supported outputting proper 240p to a crt without having to shell out the arm and the leg for the mister or something like that. thats why i use my wii so much to this day