this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The cable gore clump makes me physically uneasy

[–] Finnagain 14 points 1 year ago

Came to the comments to say the same thing. Cool collection, but invest a few bucks on some cable ties my dude.

[–] Tar_alcaran 3 points 1 year ago

Nostalgia usually makes you tune out stuff like this. I'm surprised there are so few adapters and splitters in that spaghetti

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not both? Both is fine. Why are we gatekeeping retrogaming again?

[–] turbodrooler 30 points 1 year ago

If you went to the gym more often, you could handhold your CRT like the rest of us

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Gatekeeping retrogaming is a big L.

[–] Zehzin 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Alice 3 points 1 year ago

is that a klonoa avatar i see? :3

[–] bozo 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Come join [email protected] if you haven't already!

Edit: link format

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] gk99 7 points 1 year ago

When I'm at home sitting around thousands of dollars of gaming hardware, I'm going to use that.

When I'm out and about with less processing power, then I retro game.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I play games for the games. I might have a preference on the type of TV and shit, but that's all personal preference. If the game is good, it's good on either one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I prefer handhelds by far. I have a family and it is easier to get everyone in the same room with handhelds than it is with the TV being monopolized.

[–] FinalBoy1975 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, baby. And a computer heavy enough to use as a weapon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Why are Beavis and Butthead going through chemo?

[–] lectricleopard 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Porque no Los dos

[–] ForgetReddit 3 points 1 year ago

Handhelds rule as does CRTs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

^eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee^

[–] DarthBueller 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don’t worry, we can’t hear it anymore. Or at least, my friends can’t. Because they didn’t wear earplugs when they should have. Get off my lawn.

[–] wavebeam 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Join us over on /c/crtgaming!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] wavebeam 4 points 1 year ago

I started the one on Lemmy.world, but I also hang out in the one you linked on kbin! Honestly wherever is cool as long as you’re hanging out with other CRT fans and posting or admiring CRTs!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Both? Both is good

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The dream is a handheld that can output 240p. Preferably with the ability to easily output it via HDMI so I can use an HDMI to Component adapter instead of Composite like most handhelds that do have support for TV Out do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Retroid Pocket 2+ does 480p output, and that's the closest I've ever seen. It does work pretty well on a CRT with the HDMI to component adapter.

[–] LZKI 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Playing Atari2600 on a device the size of my phone isn't like the old days. But them again I dont have Coke in a glass bottle, good music on the radio or a drive-in movie either.

I do get a kick out of showing my 6 year old the video games from when I was a kid. That look on her face when she is baffled we even call these video games 😆

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds like you need to get a Mexican Coke, enjoy it while you go for a drive to your nearest drive-in. If it's a distance that'll give you time to channel surf. They all still exist!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I played the hell out of the first few B&B games

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I recently bought an old 13 inch Commodore CRT and it's just amazing. I can never go back to playing Amiga games on a LCD screen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

¿Por qué no los dos?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had a CRT for a while, I have a bunch of systmes i've been collecting since I was a kid. Atari 2600, NES, SNES, N64, GC, Wii, Xbox... but I got rid of the CRT because honeslty its way more of a pain to go to the basement, find the game i want and play. Sure its way more authentic but I can just grab my Retroid Pocket 2+ and play all those games and thousands more in seconds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

RP2+ is awesome lol, it can play even some PS2 and 3ds games. If you go the legit path you can afford maybe one game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Shaders are lighter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd love to be able to afford that kind of setup, but these days somehow it's more affordable to get a handheld than going through the trouble buying the real deal lmao. Getting just a handheld alone would be cheaper than going through the trouble getting a retro setup going. People are asking for way too much for these games that half the time aren't even working. Also I wouldn't want to deal with the potential safety hazard if the CRT breaks,.

[–] tomkatt 2 points 1 year ago

Nah, handhelds/portables are fine. Awesome way to play old games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What about portable CRTs?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What you need is a proper TV stand lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That Grundig tells me you‘re German. When we gonna play?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nein, wahrscheinlich schwedisch

[–] Tar_alcaran 1 points 1 year ago

They sold quite a bit in the Netherlands too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What will you do when that entire thing tips and crushes you under it?

[–] DarthBueller 1 points 1 year ago

My morning bleary eyes read “false CRT” instead of “fatso CRT” and I spent a while being blown away that they made a LED display that accurately and convincingly simulated a CRT. Now I fee let down :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not a Trinitron. Thread does not deliver.

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