/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4166329
I was going to write a big long examination of every gen including 0 but really the big, big problem with gaming is that in the mid to late '00s there was a perfect storm of mediocrity only rivaled by the 3rd-4th gen transition aka "the crash"

Very much like in the early to mid 80s, video games became popular enough to be almost a license to print money no matter how lame and uninspired they were.

Happily, in the '10s we now have ever increasing access to indie games and small games far far far more than ever before so all you need to do is look hard enough and know what you want well enough which I think is the biggest appeal of retro games to gamers like you. The simpler a game is, the fewer different things it tries to do at once and the easier it is to really find and enjoy what it is that you personally like about gaming.

Like a year ago I shelled out $15 at a thrift store for a 19" native 640x480 LCD with component inputs and I still haven't really found a use for it. Maybe I should build a giant PCE-LT and wallow in impenetrable levels of obscurity

>>3566136
You may be better off with a GenesisMegadrive flash cart. They will also run SMS games and most GG games are also available as SMS games. Many of the GG exclusives have been modded to run on SMS hardware

http://www.smspower.org/Hacks/GameGearToMasterSystem

You might still collect GG games and own an unmodified GG console but for playing on your CRT you'll probably find the Genesis+Flash+SMS/Modded roms to be a cheaper more reliable option at this point.