RetroRich
12-27-2011, 01:51 PM
so some of you know that i have been having a lot of collecting trouble lately, having regrets on the whole thing, etc
I started out buying whatever i could get my hands on. then i scaled back and made a list of the games that i want for each system. My goal was to get each game on the list CIB. I am nowhere near done with any of the lists. But here is my situation:
most of my retro systems are downstairs. Most of the time, i don't really want to go down there just to play. Upstairs i have a modded original xbox with entire libraries of NES, SNES, Genesis, TG16/CD, MAME/Neo Geo. everything runs in 720p, i can apply filters to make the games look much better on a LCD tv, save states, etc I even ripped my copy of Resident Evil 1 to the xbox hardrive and played it on the xbox ps1 emulator, and it runs fine. playstation game running on a xbox, amazing. Although most of the PS1 games can get glitchy which is why i would play my ps1 games on original hardware.
I decided to do a test. I went downstairs and played a few NES and SNES games for a little bit. Went back upstairs and played the same games through the xbox, just to see if i really do feel a difference.....guess what........i didn't. Besides the controller being different (i really wish someone would develop retro controllers for the original xbox) there really was no difference to me, it was actually much more convenient for me. Some might ask "well why not move the retro systems upstairs?"......there is no room. There is also barely any room to store my retro games. If i were to complete all my lists for each system, i have no idea where i would even store the games.
Anyways, i was thinking of using the money that i would get from selling, toward getting a backward compatible PS3, and a Wii. This would make my setup as follows:
PS3 to play PS1, PS2, and PS3 games
Xbox 360
Original Xbox with emulators and full libraries for all of the retro systems i own, plus pretty much every arcade/neo geo game that ever existed.
Wii to play Wii and Gamecube games.
I think that setup would be amazing, and would probably give me some relief. I could now actually focus on playing games rather than collecting (although i'd still collect for PS1, PS2, Gamecube, and modern systems)
There is still part of me that is saying not to sell, and to just keep them stored away. I could wait till next paycheck and get a Wii and PS3 without selling anything.
decisions, decisions.
I started out buying whatever i could get my hands on. then i scaled back and made a list of the games that i want for each system. My goal was to get each game on the list CIB. I am nowhere near done with any of the lists. But here is my situation:
most of my retro systems are downstairs. Most of the time, i don't really want to go down there just to play. Upstairs i have a modded original xbox with entire libraries of NES, SNES, Genesis, TG16/CD, MAME/Neo Geo. everything runs in 720p, i can apply filters to make the games look much better on a LCD tv, save states, etc I even ripped my copy of Resident Evil 1 to the xbox hardrive and played it on the xbox ps1 emulator, and it runs fine. playstation game running on a xbox, amazing. Although most of the PS1 games can get glitchy which is why i would play my ps1 games on original hardware.
I decided to do a test. I went downstairs and played a few NES and SNES games for a little bit. Went back upstairs and played the same games through the xbox, just to see if i really do feel a difference.....guess what........i didn't. Besides the controller being different (i really wish someone would develop retro controllers for the original xbox) there really was no difference to me, it was actually much more convenient for me. Some might ask "well why not move the retro systems upstairs?"......there is no room. There is also barely any room to store my retro games. If i were to complete all my lists for each system, i have no idea where i would even store the games.
Anyways, i was thinking of using the money that i would get from selling, toward getting a backward compatible PS3, and a Wii. This would make my setup as follows:
PS3 to play PS1, PS2, and PS3 games
Xbox 360
Original Xbox with emulators and full libraries for all of the retro systems i own, plus pretty much every arcade/neo geo game that ever existed.
Wii to play Wii and Gamecube games.
I think that setup would be amazing, and would probably give me some relief. I could now actually focus on playing games rather than collecting (although i'd still collect for PS1, PS2, Gamecube, and modern systems)
There is still part of me that is saying not to sell, and to just keep them stored away. I could wait till next paycheck and get a Wii and PS3 without selling anything.
decisions, decisions.