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madrocsz:
I used to have emulators, however never played them. Yeah, it can save me a ton of money but I was always too lazy to get a pc controller to play them and something about owning the original cart is so much cooler.

To me, its like wanting a ferrari but settling for the hotwheels version instead when it comes to emulator vs physical copy lol

wiggy:
I'm not a much of a fan of bootlegging, but I think running ROMS from a flash cart isn't the worst thing if you own the cart. I know how crummy it can be to lose a save file that took FOREVER to build up. Both my all level 99 character FF4, FF5, and FF6 games were lost to dead batteries. Pissed me off to no end. I thought about doing the same on the PS1 versions, but they sorta suck.

I do get what you mean though. Just like how the MP3 made music entirely disposable, flash carts do the same for games. I've played plenty of SNES/NES/Genesis/etc games on a variety of systems via emulator, and it just sucks away the joy of what cartridge gaming was/is for me.

The same goes for the evolution of recorded music format. If you're an LP lover, then you know what I mean. You appreciate the music WAAAY more when it takes a huge amount of care to keep your albums clean, flat, and scratch free. Plus, the work that goes into just playing records can be immense. Making sure the stylus is properly balanced so you don't cut through your LPs prematurely, making sure that the player is actually running at the correct speed and calibrating it if not, not to mention the storage issues that an LP collection presents. I sold my LP collection in college along with many of my old games, and there's nothing that I regret more than giving that stuff up.

AO007:
Err... I do support MP3s, though. In fact I convert youtube videos to MP3, for listening at a later time, or I can download them to my PS3(Though the files tend to corrupt, understandably).

There is nothing like being able to sit in your couch/bed and playing the games, though. It will be interesting to see if emulation continues to evolve to include 360/PS3 games.

Damm92:

--- Quote from: mojoeskateco on July 20, 2012, 08:27:28 AM ---Before I started to heavily collect for NES and SNES I struggled with the idea of just playing these on a modded Wii and selling my carts.

I did not really consider the legal aspect as the majority these games aren't really available at retail anymore (yes some are digital now) so developers would not be loosing any cash.

I just realized that I love the felling of hooking up the old systems and playing them. This site also helped.

Being able to display games in UGCs is amazing.

I may consider a flash cart as well, for RPG games as was mentioned. I had the power go out while playing Lufia a while back and the surge wiped the saves.

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This is how i lost a good lot of NES games i though "nah i will just emulate them"... to this day i regret that decision.

VideoGamerYoshi:
I'm defiantly a gamer-collector. I don't have a lot of cash, so I don't really get to be too picky about the condition of my games. I will always get the best condition I can afford. I won't buy disc-based games without their original case, but carts can be loose. Doubles are not welcome in my house, and I only buy good games. I have a list of games, and I stick to it, occasionally adding a new game to the list as I discover them.

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