It bugs me when people bemoan a release of an emulated game.
Look, you want preservation of old games? Emulation is the way to do it.
Sure, you can go to ROM sites and download those games for free. But ROM sites aren’t exactly legal, and some of us would rather buy the game. And if you don’t think ROM sites are risky, be thankful you don’t have a parole officer.
@atomicpoet
To be fair, people who are still working with their antique computers ...say a C64... have a legit interest in preserving non-emulated old games because in today's world, old games is what they do best.
On Mastodon there's a Text Adventure bot that I've tried and it can't even try to hold a candle to the C64 version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
@atomicpoet
You'll get no argument from me on that point. The point I was making was, indeed, that there are still working, fully operational C64s out there, not to mention Amigas, and hey--I still have my fully functional Timex Sinclair 1000, among others.
It could go without saying that playing an old game on a new machine would require emulation; what deserves mention is the fact that there are still vintage computers out there that would still need the original form of an old game....and so I mentioned it.
@ClaraListensprechen4 I never even imply that playing games on original hardware is “wrong”.
But let’s be real. If you still have a functional C64, with a working monitor and disk drive, consider yourself lucky. For everyone else, emulation is the next best thing and much better than remaking old games entirely with new code.
If emulated games are commercially available now, this is a good thing.