Question: "Retro Gamers" VS "Retro" Collectors

[crazydean]

Is there retro porn? If so, I wonder what it looks like.

Attractive women and fat, hairy men in high def? Also, every man is either a pizza delivery boy or plumber.

[seieienbu]

When I think of collectors I think of guys on youtube with a wall of games behind them; games that they know little to nothing about actually playing.  I by and large can't watch the sort of youtube show which is just guys showing off what they bought.  It's even worse when there's no footage of actual gameplay (though if the footage is just of how they are bad at the game that's not a lot better).

With that said I've got a lot of games and do continue to buy more.  If a game looks fun I try to buy it.  If I liked playing a game when I was a kid and had less money?  I'll try to pick it up.  I have a bit of a backlog and a hard time finishing most stuff I buy but I play everything at least a bit. 

[TheOldMan]

Is there retro porn? If so, I wonder what it looks like.

Also, every man is either a pizza delivery boy or plumber.

They were called "art films" back then, and yes they exist.
See Deep Throat / Taboo / The Devil In Miss Jones.

... and not a plumber or delivery guy in sight

[Gypsy]

I like to play videogames

Me too.

I've cleared quite a few games this year new and old.

[SignOfZeta]

Is there retro porn? If so, I wonder what it looks like.

Also, every man is either a pizza delivery boy or plumber.

They were called "art films" back then, and yes they exist.
See Deep Throat / Taboo / The Devil In Miss Jones.

... and not a plumber or delivery guy in sight

That’s not Retro porn, just old, and it gets a LOT older than that. Some anthropologist theorize that the earliest known examples of art were porn. Porn may have created art.

Retro porn also exists, but it just means they wear leg warmers and play Bauhaus in the background.

[Arkhan]

When I think of collectors I think of guys on youtube with a wall of games behind them; games that they know little to nothing about actually playing.  I by and large can't watch the sort of youtube show which is just guys showing off what they bought.  It's even worse when there's no footage of actual gameplay (though if the footage is just of how they are bad at the game that's not a lot better). 

I made a post about this once before


People like AlphaOmegaSin and them.

all that

*back to wall/shelf full of shit*

WHATS UP GAMERS

*insert tryhard angst/humor*

They're all garbage.

"content creators"

they suck.  they dont deserve money.   Nobody deserves money to film themselves rambling in front of a f*cking shelf about games.

[BigusSchmuck]

Is there retro porn? If so, I wonder what it looks like.

Afros in every orifice? Maybe a Sylvester Stalone look alike called Rambone? Anyway, I came across that Metal Jesus gal at PRGE this year and she was selling a bunch of boxed PC games. What made me laugh it was the same games her and Metal Jesus had made a video about how cheap they got 600 games for $75. Of course they were inflated beyond Ebay prices (Christ Descent 1 for $30), but still they could have sold them for a $1 a piece and still profit. I guess since its "retro" it gives greedy folk to price things at a premium.

[Arkhan]

was it the Descent with 900 floppies?

[BigusSchmuck]

was it the Descent with 900 floppies?

No it had 5 I believe. A drop in the bucket compared to having the install say for Windows 98 lol.

[seieienbu]

Iirc OS/2.1 was  like 24 disks.

I think the largest game I ever installed via floppies was Quest for Glory 4 with 9.

[SignOfZeta]

You haven’t lived until you’ve played Amiga Dragon’s Lair on floppy. They only get one or two levels on a disc and you’re swapping the things out like mad. It helped a lot to have a HD. I think it’s seven discs.

[ClodBuster]

I played a port of Street Fighter II or some other fighting game on a friends Commodore Amiga (or Atari ST, how should I know) back in the day. Imagine having to load the playable characters and backgrounds from several disks between fights. Impressive, lol.

[crazydean]

I played a port of Street Fighter II or some other fighting game on a friends Commodore Amiga (or Atari ST, how should I know) back in the day. Imagine having to load the playable characters and backgrounds from several disks between fights. Impressive, lol.

Kids these days are spoiled.

[Arkhan]

You haven’t lived until you’ve played Amiga Dragon’s Lair on floppy. They only get one or two levels on a disc and you’re swapping the things out like mad. It helped a lot to have a HD. I think it’s seven discs.

I played through Ultima V on the Commodore 64.

PLEASE INSERT TOWN DISK

*accidentally walk back out of town*

PLEASE INSERT OVERWORLD DISK

*enter dungeon*

PLEASE INSERT DUNGEON DISK

They are lucky that game was so good, because that shit sucked.

[Bornist]

When I think of collectors I think of guys on youtube with a wall of games behind them; games that they know little to nothing about actually playing.  I by and large can't watch the sort of youtube show which is just guys showing off what they bought.  It's even worse when there's no footage of actual gameplay (though if the footage is just of how they are bad at the game that's not a lot better). 

I made a post about this once before


People like AlphaOmegaSin and them.

all that

*back to wall/shelf full of shit*

WHATS UP GAMERS

*insert tryhard angst/humor*

They're all garbage.

"content creators"

they suck.  they dont deserve money.   Nobody deserves money to film themselves rambling in front of a f*cking shelf about games.

I’m on a retro gamers group in FB that is basically chocked full of people like this. Pristine set ups, TONS of cardboard every where, with multiple versions of the same box except for one small different colored call out on each box.
And generally no TG16/PCE stuff, or any other “oddball” systems. Just the main stuff from Nintendo and Sega.

WTF is the point?