Quote Originally Posted by Ikusagami View Post
I would like to contribute to the discussion on hardware over virtualization.
Where are we?
EMUparadise.
Unless this is some bird fanatic forum, and I am just woefully confused (it happens). . .

But honestly, Emus have so many function the initial hardware lacks, even if it doesn't measure up to purist nostalgia. You can savestate games that you'd either have to ragequit or leave running all day/ kill midgame if you have to leave, you can upscale graphics, and you don't have to fight with compatibility with modern televisions, and you can fast forward through tedious gameplay that was barely acceptable in some games even when they were new.

I prefer emulation even for systems I have, for obvious reasons.
I only emulate some old console games on my original Xbox. I prefer consoles.
There are games I don't play at all because I don't have the systems (mostly handhelds, but also PS3 & DC).

I'm thinking about getting back into old PC games though (been a while). Just have to decide on my hardware/OS configuration, and put it together.