الاثنين، 24 سبتمبر 2018

Getting Down To Retro Gaming

By Sarah Phillips


Time is measured in years, months, weeks, months and days. In a year, there are around three hundred and sixty five days, or sixty six on certain years. During that year, there will be twelve months. In a month, there around thirty or so days. Now, a single day will consist of twenty four hours. Each hour is going to come in at sixty minutes. Taken together, that totals up to about five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes every year. So people have to do something to fill up that time, and one way is by retro gaming.

Before anything else, it needs to be explained what a videogame is. The truth is that it is a lot like a movie. There is a main character, there is a plot, and there is some action. But the main difference is that in a videogame, the main character is controlled by a player.

Gaming, to be succinct about it, is simply the act of playing videogames. Some people want to include this definition to include those who play flash games on their phones. Now, there are professional gamers, and they can get treated like rock stars in certain circles.

There are a lot of reasons for people to go retro when it comes to their gaming. It cannot be ignored that there is an element of nostalgia. When an 8 bit game from the 1980s powers up, some people get hit with a rush, they fell like they are kids again, back when the world was simple, before they had to deal with societal expectations and bills.

Now, to do this kind of activity requires quite a lot of equipment. This is not like sports, where all that is needed is a ball. To get the full experience, the old school consoles will be called for. It is true that a PC running an emulator can get the job done, but it is not the same thing. It is doable, but it is different.

None of that is going to come for free. In fact, it can be very expensive. Even the cheaper option can be very expensive, as personal computers for gaming can run up quite the bill. It can be cheaper to build one, but that requires expertise.

Of course, finding the titles and the equipment needed to actually run those titles will be a task in and of itself. Thankfully, the internet is something that exists. So all that needs to be done is to scour online merchants to find what is wanted and needed.

Now, if certain games are just plain no longer available, never fear. After all, there are public libraries. While such institutions are best known for books, they also have movies and videogames available for loan. So they are a resource that can be used.

The thing about being alive is that it can drag on. Sure, some people can find meaning and purpose, but the moments in between that can be rather long. So a few things done to spice it up should be present.




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