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What's your favorite way to play old games? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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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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[–] HouseWolf@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I play on my Linux desktop or SteamDeck, upscaled to my monitors native resolution, 60fps+ patches if available/needed at all.

I mainly play PS2/3 era stuff with some earlier games now and then. I try to go out of my play what's considered "the best" version of any given game and emulate that if possible. But ideally I'd go for the native PC port if it's not terrible.

For me I care more about playing good games rather than trying to capture nostalgia. Most older titles I play nowadays I don't even have any nostalgia for since it's my first time playing a lot them.

Also I'll play Remasters if they're overall considered good and don't take anything away from the original game, But I've been burned on bad remasters more times than not.