Any unspoken retro rules you have when engaging with older games than yourself?
My rule of thumb is: if I get 30 game overs in any game I play, I will stop playing it forever. I take 30 game overs as a perma death.
It makes playing on my last game before the 30th game over really stakey
Another rule I have is absolutely no real hardware.

>>11840640 (OP)
>Another rule I have is absolutely no real hardware.
Yeah, my life rule is no sex with really hot actresses or other female celebs. It's a big sacrifice, but I manage.

>>11840640 (OP)
Every time I start up a retro game, I leave it on the main menu or "press start" screen while I shout "of all time" four times.

Original hardware and original language only. That's about it.

>>11840671
what a schmootz post. it's not hard to get real hardware

>>11840640 (OP)
I only use save states if the game is hard. It just feels more honorable that way.

Real hardware only. If I cant get the game physically on cartridge or disc, I dont bother with it. If its on magnetic media, I will copy it to a new disk/cassette. Basically, if I cant play the way I would have in the 80s and 90s, its not for me. For modern and retro, I try and avoid anything requiring the internet to access these games (or mandatory online check/installation BS). I would prefer just having a box I plug smaller boxes into and playing in peace.

>>11840741
>If I cant get the game physically on cartridge or disc, I dont bother with it.
Any games you had to let go?

the first rule of /vr/ is you dont play /vr/

>>11840747
Mostly just modern digital-only shit. Sometimes I will make an exception for very small indie games with no DRM type shit, like Cave Story. For anything retro, its more so just a matter of not having it now, but some day I plan to acquire it and I will play it then. If we are talking about something absurdly expensive, its usually not something I care about. Like I got to play a NWC1990 cart at a competition in the early 2000s at a came convention, but I have no current desire to boot it up on an emulator or flash cart and im certainly not planning on buying a cart.

>>11840741
not retro, but if I look up the list of achievements for a PS3 game before beginning and it requires me to go online to a non-existent server to get some "play with 2 people" achievement, i basically don't even want to touch it

>>11840640 (OP)
If I'm playing a game and I'm not having fun then I stop playing. I don't need to beat a game to know I don't like it. However if someone makes a really good case for a game I might try it again, sometimes I change my opinion of the game but most of the time I don't.

>>11840640 (OP)
I'm worried it's 11 posts in and no one said this, but:

ONLY games from JAPANESE developers

I'm quite proud my gf enforces this after burning many dissapointing westjank cds

>>11840935
>If I'm playing a game and I'm not having fun then I stop playing
Common sense

>>11840640 (OP)
Owns no real hardware. That pic…. Says it all anon

>>11841021
you might be surprised that zoomers regularly play games they don't like to share stories of how frustrating they are, or as a sort of challenge, or because they saw an influencer play it for whatever reason.

>>11840997
>I'm quite proud my gf enforces this after burning many dissapointing westjank cds
Based

>>11841037
>you might be surprised that zoomers regularly play games they don't like to share stories of how frustrating they are
Zoomers, huh?
https://youtu.be/V4we8iFk-fY?list=PL2B009153AC977F90&t=512

>>11840640 (OP)
I always read the manual before playing any game for the first time.

Real hardware and PAL. I want to have a true childhood experience and not some sugarcoated new age shit.

>>11841037
I've spent a bit of time with friends my age and up looking at bad stuff just to laugh at it a bit. I didn't play it, but someone else did and streamed it, showcasing something which was particularly bad, venting a few frustrations, highlighting and laughing at especially bad design, etc.

Not often, by any means, but a few times.

Ugh. What a pretentious thread. I like to read the manual.

P.S. OP, your pic is a jew, not a frenchman.

>>11841179
You’ll own nothing and be happy, the title. Imagine being proud of not owning real hardware to the point it’s a rule, and then op posts THAT pic. He must be trolling.

>>11841187
>He must be trolling.
I ain't gonna argue.

>>11840640 (OP)
>30 Game Overs

Unless you're playing some Adventure Island tier difficulty, which in this day & age on /vr/ I believe only a minority of posters would engage with, get fucking good.

>>11841138
>not some sugarcoated new age shit.
Hey, I'm not doing anything my childhood self wouldn't have done if he had emulation.

i don't buy games with batteries that aren't easily replaceable. so like genesis is a bit of a pain to do the batteries on, I skip out on those.
any game that goes unplayed for over 6 months gets sold, no reason to have it if i'm not playing it consistently (I don't play jrpgs)
cartridges/hucards loose only
discs CIB only
I do real hardware, hard copies only, haven't missed out on anything cause of it, cause I keep it to 25-30 games a console at most.
stay away from anything past the NES nintendo wise, nintendo tax just ain't worth it, like i'm not gunna get a snes just for DKC3 and Megaman X.
hard wired controllers only, i usually go with japanese ones cause I keep my consoles close by, so the short cord is actually convienent.

>>11842408
oh yeah and I don't buy imports cause I was a menace to the japanese market when I was hoarding

>>11840640 (OP)
I’m sorry about your autism.

>>11840640 (OP)
No save states, rewind, fast-forward, etc. while emulating unless I've already beaten the game without them / on original hardware.

>>11842551
>No save states, rewind, fast-forward, etc.
This isn't a "rule", it's called not being a cheater.

>>11842560
The definition of "cheater" is someone who breaks the rules. If not using those things isn't a rule, using them isn't cheating. Since we know using them is cheating, then not using them is a rule.

original hardware should be passed down to younger generations, they need to develop sharing, patience and fine motor skills, loading the cartriges, pushing buttons in combination, multi tasking etc
if you havent reproduced offspring and still own retro consoles its time let go / give back and if you have 100 consoles stacked in a room to drive up the prices then you have 99 problems

>>11840747
NTA but just modern stuff. my rules with digital only stuff is...
>no extra launchers or additional DRM (steam is the only DRM i'm willing to put up with and i'm even slowly moving away from that too).
>nothing that creates security vulnerabilities on my computer.

>>11840778
>if I look up the list of achievements for a PS3 game before beginning and it requires me to go online to a non-existent server to get some "play with 2 people" achievement, i basically don't even want to touch it
what's funny about this is there's a game that 100% singleplayer only but has a multiplayer achievement as a joke (you still get the achievement regardless).

>>11840671
you’re so brave. i also only emulate all my women. it runs as good as physically women. real hardware nerds are cucks. imagine spending money on real women. i’m thinking of building a custom FPGA to emulate women. it’s runs in perceptually the same as first generation real women. picrel

>>11840685
How do you know if the game is objectively hard?

>>11846109
What does objectivity matter?

>>11846126
Well, you might grant yourself save states for an easy game that you mistakenly think is hard.

>>11842586
Fucking hilarious

>>11846068
If you emulate women, you only are getting the mind of a woman, not their sexy body. Why would you give a fuck about only a womans mind?

>My rule of thumb is: if I get 30 game overs in any game I play, I will stop playing it forever. I take 30 game overs as a perma death.
It makes playing on my last game before the 30th game over really stakey

You should try this with the game of masturbation.

>>11846321
Do you not trust yourself?

>>11842560
Not if its during a password like in populous

>>11841138
For nes, sms, gen, snes 60 hz is a must. Atari 2600 is not so bad in 50 hz, some ps1 and N64 games can be ok too.

>>11840640 (OP)
Like to use the original control even if it might be bad just to bring me back to the time, Grey N64 controller. Will use Neo Geo kidney joystick just to pretend I'm some ultra rich guy from 1991 even if new sticks are available.

If I can't make any progress on a boss in 2 days of play throughs I'll just look up a speedrun, had to do it in Castlevania.

Rather have real consoles instead of a mister, I know its accurate but I still know in my mind that one is using transistors laid out by a guy in Japan in the 80's.

Will use savestates at the beginning of worlds in SMB 3 because allstars did it.

If its a game I really like and I feel like I'm finishing it too quick I'll restart and put it on a harder difficulty

I'll like to play earlier games first, I'll judge launch game far less harshly.

I'll let the intro play if I'm playing for the first time that day

>>11842586
nerds saved so many systems from being trashed, of course I'd give a young guy a system for free if they asked for one

I play tic-tac-toe with stick on sand only, if someone challenges me with pen and paper, I challenge them to rock-paper-scissor but instead of hands I use a rock, a paper or scissors despite how the opponent plays. I also like to combine hangman with autoerotic asphyxiation

>>11840741
>Real hardware only. If I cant get the game physically on cartridge or disc, I dont bother with it. If its on magnetic media, I will copy it to a new disk/cassette. Basically, if I cant play the way I would have in the 80s and 90s, its not for me.
you have to be 18 or older to post on 4chan

>>11840640 (OP)
Creating rules for yourself is some definite autistic coded shit. I don't have any rules. I guess my only rule is if I'm not having fun within about 2 hours I drop the game. A game should click and be fun an hour in desu

>>11846885
>Creating rules for yourself is autistic! I don't have any!
>Well... I do have one...

>>11846706
Good thing im in my 40s.