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I was just thinking about how there's so many ways to play our old favorite games these days: Collecting for original hardware, playing ports and remasters on modern consoles, throwback consoles like the SNES Classic, having a dedicated emulation machine or handheld, etc.

What method works best for you? Has it changed over time?

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[–] jillybeans@blog.n8fq.org 2 points 1 week ago

For computers from the Pentium era onward and consoles from the 4th gen onward I prefer original hardware. For anything earlier than that I'd rather go with emulation. I've never liked handhelds all that much so I always emulate those.