The PROBLEM With Retro Gaming In 2023

I personally would not buy a clone console but if someone gifted me one I'd be just as grateful and delighted as if it was the original hardware. And whilst I'd like to have space for an old tube tv to really recreate the way I played as a child, as I don't I still immensely enjoy playing them on my HD tv. And I think anyone choosing to introduce kids to retro games is doing nothing but a massive service to the community and to the world by contributing to keeping appreciation and market for old games and consoles alive. No matter what they play them on. Also, why should you fork out significantly more money for the original hardware and individual game cartridge for your kids? It wouldn't mean anything to your kids, they'll play just as happily on an emulator machine.

People are just toxic these days. I'll play my games on a calculator if I want. The important thing is that you are playing the game at all, it does not matter how you do it period

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I gotta, say, the banjo music when he starts mimicking the comments keeps me coming back

Its so dumb, they’re just playing the games. I grew up without games so collecting games now will kill my bank account so emulation is fine with me. My only gripe is people scamming others into buying their crap at asinine prices.

gatekeeper..they said neo was the one

The problem with RETRO "GAMERS" wouldve been a more appropriate title, but I agree. Who cares what system or TV you play on, it's about the experience.

So purists are more of the problem in the industry than completionists? Artificially raising up even the crappy licensed games (e.g Disney Sports on GC, Turbo on Wii U) that they have shelved as filler while depriving the remaining stock left in circulation, those are the true gatekeepers

Well said. I couldn’t agree more.

Lol that rant at the end was great 😅…”dorks” 😂

I have one of those mini Atari’s & my 11 yr old daughter loves it. Is it a real Atari? No but it’s an Atari & she owns me playing space invaders. Who cares what they’re playing the games on?? People need to just do their own time for fk sakes

I would never let my kids play NES on and LED 4K TV. That's not how it was meant to be played. It has to be original hardware too. Composite RCA cables only. If you can't meet these minimal requirements you are not a son of mine.

Word 🤣

When disc rot start hitting in large numbers, there will be a fire sale of retro games 🤣🤣

I agree with this video and find the exact same thing happening in the groups I'm in, especially when peeps post pics of their setups 😬 Another things I see in sega saturn groups is people either judging folks for having an ODE or for NOT having an ODE 😅 Like who cares lets just enjoy old games already lol

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Just seeing this along with several of your other videos because I want to buy a retro console, like maybe a Kinhank, for myself and I’m gathering opinions.

Anyway, it’s always gatekeepers. I was a big comic book collector and all of these things you are saying about retro games was said about comics. With a lot of “you can’t…fill in the blank.”

Anyway. I’m learning a lot. I wish I had the patience to custom build a retropi, but I don’t. So thanks for the reviews.

I love everything about retro gaming… Except retro gamers

I gave you a like just for the tittle.

I rarely leave comments, but bro I felt every bit of your rage. LOL!!! I 100% agree with you! I subbed because of this video.

I’ve seen a few of your videos, but this is the one that gets me to subscribe lol

I love your videos, but this is the BEST!! Thank u sir!

Do you think that vintage console collecting CIB will ever be a worthwhile thing? Like old school nes consoles?

You are right on target. I like you man. I play retro games on emulators. I am an old gamer saw Pong in Japan in 72 and was blown away by it. Thank you buddy. Yes I've seen comments on line of people badrapping people like me who utilize emulators to play the "oldies". You are right it's the game. (It's in the game)

Preach brotha😎👊

Lmao the problem IS that the games are so expensive. Crazy you’d say otherwise.

I have a theory about this type of behavior. It's not confined to retro gaming, but society at large, but I won't get into that here.
There are people who are psychologically underdeveloped, )and almost exclusively childless).
The reason they are mean to kids is because they view them as their peers and rivals.
When a normal person matures, and especially when they become a parent themselves, they view kids in a parental light; they understand that the roles of adults and children are different.
These other people are immature, and never reached this adult stage. They are still essentially children themselves, and this can make them feel jealous of or threatened by children, or sometimes act in an inappropriate conspiratorial way with them, ie an adult who introduces a child to something unsuitable for children.
I doubt any of the people who left the gatekeepers comments were healthy-minded adults, they were likely nasty, stunted little man-children.

I use emulated consoles mostly on my OG xbox, and have an N64 with RGB that I installed. I use an Everdrive, because collecting original carts is a waste of money. I do have CRTs but mostly because I love some nostagia and it's cool to play the games on a display they were designed for. But it's only my preference. I don't act high and mighty... I don't think so, anyway. Lol.

Dude, most of these people complaining about not playing on a CRT are probably too young to have played on a CRT themselves.

Retro collecting stopped being fun once you couldnt find them in the wild sny longer. Flea markets. Yard sales. Etc. Its still possible but just not worth the time these days. Its not a hobby any longer. Its a business. And grading games is such a BS business. Oh you have Super Mario for $500? No, you dont. Nobody will buy that from you at that price. Youre just throwing money away.

First of all love ur content as always second as a 40 year old I have played on some really janky setups over the years I’ve always said the best way to play a game is anyway u can. And gate keeping doesn’t belong in any artistic activity art is meant to be enjoyed experienced.

Collecting a few games myself. I dont want hundreds of games i prob wont ever play taking up space.

Brutal honesty wins

I agree with this. I like to have the real stuff. But if a friend or family wants to just to play Mario I recommend any or those clone systems. Mini classic console. They just want to play a game let them ...

I personally try to get the an official or better version of retro controllers to emulate my retro games but that’s personal preference because I like to experience what the game mechanics used to be like. BUT, If you spend your time nit picking other people’s special moment like that dads then you really need to re-evaluate your life… because it ain’t worth living. I’m waiting for my daughter to have an appropriate age to introduce her to retro games and she’s gonna be playing on emulators because NO WAY am I spending thousands on retro consoles and a CRT just to have bragging rights and say “I PlAy oN OffiCiAl HarDwaRe” 😒god what losers….

Gatekeepers are the problem with literally community.

Yeah , honestly the fact that retro games get the recognition they deserve is enough And its a great bonding experience

Well Put!!!!!

Play the games the way you like to play. I love playing on original hardware and on my PC. CRTs are awesome, but they aren’t for everyone.

Long walk to get there, but true

I tried to get my kids into retro gaming once and failed miserably. They lost interest when I told them that you have to blow in the cartridge first and jiggle the RF cord a little. Then I forgot to tell them you have to find channel 3 and please try not to trip over the controller cords. They replied with “what’s a channel 3?” and “dad, I smell something burning”. And I told them not to worry it’s just the AC Adapter, it runs a little hot…So, props to that dad getting them interested. I’m sure before too long, my generation of games will be completely unplayable, lame or whatever to future generations 😅

It isn't unique to retro gaming though. This is a general problem on the internet. If you have ever been on Reddit in almost any thread you will see people who have to try and insult whatever someone is doing. It is disgusting.

a company should make an online store that has ALL the retro games from each company from ps3 era backwards and be officially licensed by the companies such as nintendo,sega,sony,microsoft etc so we can play all the games legally without issues and the legit game publishers/developers get the $$$$ still,a great idea,i will try and get this message to a game company soon,cheers

Look at the older stuff no one plays anymore Atari and the like no one is buying that stuff anymore

I agree completely. But sad news, Spoiler that's the eventuality of every sub culture and like you pointed out the driving problem in all of them. Instead of just getting pissed though you can wear it like a badge of honor to spin it.

I look at it similarly to graded games. We've debated whether or not video games were "art" for decades and now that we're dealing with similar issues the fine art world has dealt with for centuries, we can reluctantly say, yeah they're not art and all that comes with it.

So in that same vain, the idea of gatekeeping is pretty pitiful but the fact that your beloved past time as got to that point, it's a bit of a "well would you look at that" moment if you zoom out and think about it like all of these other sub cultures and what they went through. Games, music, art, film, comics, cards, cars, clothes. It's all the same and what happens when you have a culture demanding we own and upgrade from an early age.

At the end of the day screw the haters. Block em, ignore em, whatever. Just enjoy your games :D

Your one hundred percent on point.