Convince me I was right to buy 1941

[nopepper]

BITD, I always wanted "arcade perfect" ports; it was the holy grail of home gaming.

Today, I appreciate the ports a lot more, and in some cases, prefer them over the originals. One of these cases is Ghouls and Ghosts on the Genesis, a game I mastered as a teenager, and even though I have it in arcade perfect form in Capcom generations, I'd still rather play in the Genesis. This is part of the reason why I'm not THAT interested in trying out the SGX version. (as a side note, I also much prefer the PCE version of Image Fight over the arcade/Saturn version)

In any case, nothing you guys are saying is convincing me to buy a SGX, let alone TWO SGXs. If Granzort is the best thing going for it, and Youtube, which never lies, makes it look very ho hum, there is no reason to own one.

[Arkhan Asylum]

theyre great for showing off on Facebook as Punch pointed out.

If that's your top goal in life, hot dizzamn.  you are set.

[soop]

There's no point in owning any original hardware or software these days if you just want to play the games.  You can just get a Raspberry Pi for ~$30 and emulate whatever you want.

[crazydean]

There's no point in owning any original hardware or software these days if you just want to play the games.  You can just get a Raspberry Pi for ~$30 and emulate whatever you want.

I wish this were true but emulators still aren't perfect. I will sell all my consoles the day I can't tell a difference and can still use OEM peripherals.

[soop]

There's no point in owning any original hardware or software these days if you just want to play the games.  You can just get a Raspberry Pi for ~$30 and emulate whatever you want.

I wish this were true but emulators still aren't perfect. I will sell all my consoles the day I can't tell a difference and can still use OEM peripherals.

I'd say they were good enough, given the massive price disparity, but each to their own

[Arkhan Asylum]

some of the "i can tell the difference between emulation and real" crap is crap anyways.

[TelcoSurveyor]

I'll consider selling most of my stuff when I can beat Mike Tyson's Punch Out on an emulator.

[CrackTiger]

some of the "i can tell the difference between emulation and real" crap is crap anyways.

Not anywhere near as much as there is "I bought this game to play" crap.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, unless it's an exceptionally good example (Street Fighter Alpha Collection for PS2) I don't get classics collections anymore. In many cases you can play it emulated on THE SAME MACHINE and get better results than the official compilations so...wtf are they for now?

[nopepper]

I used to bother with emulation...back in the late 90s-early 2000s. Now I prefer the plug and play-ness of the og consoles, controllers, media, etc. Might be nostalgia or just plain stupidity driven by a console fetish, as I do love looking at those silly plastic playthings; the Coregrafx, CDX, Gamecube, NES...so sexy. The SGX, however, I find very unappealing in all its excess, which is quite a contrast to everything NEC put out in Japan those days.

[johnnykonami]

Where else can you get a good (legally bought) version of Ghouls and Ghosts these days?  It's probably on one of those PS2 Capcom collections I have but I sort of wish some of these were purchaseable through Steam for the convenience factor.  I'd probably pick up 1943 too.  I checked the Wii-U Virtual Console and there's only Super Ghouls & Ghosts (for SNES) but I was hoping for regular Gh&Gh.

I have to get back to our local arcade to play some Ghosts N' Goblins also.  Last time I was there I decided to work on getting good at it, I can get to level 2 now so I've got a long road ahead... plus they have that sweet Stern Ghostbusters pinball (at like 75c a play though)

[Arkhan Asylum]

they had a GBA version that probably isn't expensive. 

[SignOfZeta]

The PS and SS Capcom collections seem really good to me. I'm not really an expert on of those of these games though.

[PukeSter]

If ya got a Wii U, you can buy Genny GnG on the Wii Virtual console (through Wii mode)