MetalDragon wrote:
From time to time I have a look at the page to check if it's still alive.
Quite sad that nothing is happening anymore, but happy to see some users are still checking in too.
I mighta said this already but I feel as though emulation has become less engaging to end users as any kid can download an 'all in one' emulator that's pre-loaded with 1TB of games. I grow a little tired of people logging onto Phantasy Star Online using an emulator (always for about 5 minutes for then buzz then leaving) who talk to me as if I have NFI what emulation is and they're the expert having downloaded the full set of Dreamcast games (few of which they'll ever engage with for more than 2 seconds).
Not trying to be the gatekeeper (okay maybe I am) but I think that information overload has made people less interested in the finer details. To me the classic days of Mac emulation involved guys like RB simplifying a lot of the tech details behind emulators to us and providing regular updates. This created a community of end users who may not have been tech experts (well - Metal Dragon is) but
Anyhow there's my boring, self-fulfilling, 'one every 6 months to get it off my chest' rant for this thread. Here's some happy snaps of the halloween spook house I did the other night with a heap of retro games (lotsa kids attended I promise, but I didn't wanna photograph them or upload photos that doxed us, though it woulda made the place look more lively... oh well).
https://imgur.com/a/gzZJFKR