>>718781512
It sounds better, but more convenient doesn't really equate to better. The paradox of choice boils down to "too much choice can lead to anxiety, regret and dissatisfaction" I think having a giant ROM collection can really emphasize this. A million games on hand, can't commit to any of them. Contrast that with waiting until Friday then renting one single game for the weekend- there's the anticipation of what to get, the activity of going to a physical location and browsing, then when you choose you don't feel any FOMO about other games because you are locked in, "married" to the game you chose and you go all in on it.
And then there's the dating aspect- Blockbuster used to be a great place to go on a date, it was a fun activity to take a girl and browse and choose something together. Much different than sitting on the sofa scrolling mindlessly through endless options, not quite happy with any of them because there might be something better if you keep scrolling.
Don't get me wrong, I love emulating games and think there has never been a better time to be a gamer than today simply because of the ease of access to the past via ROMs, but there was something really special and wholesome about going somewhere and picking something and being stuck with it and only it.
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>>717769170
Sure, if I shoot off the hip my top 10 of all time would be (in no particular order, I will probably forget some things but here we go)
Mount & Blade Warband
Starcraft Brood War
Chrono Trigger
Metal Gear Solid
Burnout 3 Takedown
Slay the Spire
Into the Breach
Streets of Rage 2
Super Mario World
Dark Souls
Sure, if I shoot off the hip my top 10 of all time would be (in no particular order, I will probably forget some things but here we go)
Mount & Blade Warband
Starcraft Brood War
Chrono Trigger
Metal Gear Solid
Burnout 3 Takedown
Slay the Spire
Into the Breach
Streets of Rage 2
Super Mario World
Dark Souls
>>713860990
Man, hearing that really takes me back. I got it for my 14th birthday just one month after it released and no-lifed it until it was beaten. I remember at my birthday party there were like eight of us all huddled around the big CRT taking turns playing it, passing the controller every five minutes or so, all of our little minds blown that a game could look like that. A few months later my little sister accidentally saved over my end-game save file so I quickly beat it a second time then never touched the game again, I just wanted to know I had a save file at the end of the game for some reason.
Anyway that song gave me chills, thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Man, hearing that really takes me back. I got it for my 14th birthday just one month after it released and no-lifed it until it was beaten. I remember at my birthday party there were like eight of us all huddled around the big CRT taking turns playing it, passing the controller every five minutes or so, all of our little minds blown that a game could look like that. A few months later my little sister accidentally saved over my end-game save file so I quickly beat it a second time then never touched the game again, I just wanted to know I had a save file at the end of the game for some reason.
Anyway that song gave me chills, thanks for the trip down memory lane.
>>18462399
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