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I’m not talking about emulators. How often do you dig out your old consoles and play them? I haven’t for a while. But, I could go for some Super Mario World on SNES right now.

I have a game room with many of my classic systems (NES, Genesis/SMS using power base converter, Sega CD, SuperNES, N64, Saturn, and Jaguar) hooked up to a 13" color television. I haven't played in there recently but I always prefer playing original verse emulation. It doesn't feel the same. With emulation there are occasional issues with graphics or sound. Though I do admit that I recently found that the Nvidia Shield tablet with controller makes for a decent way to play old games anywhere. Older games generally don't look good on bigger televisions or monitors so running these things on an old 13" television or the 9" tablet makes them appear crisp rather than pixelated. I will admit I almost always prefer setting game systems up and then tinkering in the game room endlessly just happy to surround myself in the aura of old videogames but then I generally have a short attention span when sitting down to actually play the classics. What would probably help me play more is if I had someone to play with. That's probably the part of playing games I miss most is sitting on the couch and playing with a friend.

I've got my Sega Mega Drive, PlayStation 2, Commodore Amiga and ZX Spectrum plugged in and ready to play games whenever I'm in the mood! By the way, I'm always in the mood for retrogaming!