Just started my collection. But looking for opinions.

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sworddude:
I recommend to not buy repro's go the emultation road.

You do have free ways of emulation wich aren's as good as the original but if you for example buy an ever drive flash cart wich costs between 70 - 150 $ you have acces to all games on original hardware. Furthermore It's a cardridge wich one puts in a console.

It's an easy way to get the real experience on original hardware for all games.

There is no difference compared to the original, buying lose repro's for 50 pop a piece is a big waste of money, there is nothing cool about having a repro of for example little samson just emulate or buy a flash cart for the true experience. Also way cheaper when one buys multiple repro's instead of one flash cart wich has acces to all games.

kmacdw:

--- Quote from: sworddude on June 07, 2016, 07:02:47 am ---I recommend to not buy repro's go the emultation road.

You do have free ways of emulation wich aren's as good as the original but if you for example buy an ever drive flash cart wich costs between 70 - 150 $ you have acces to all games on original hardware. Furthermore It's a cardridge wich one puts in a console.

It's an easy way to get the real experience on original hardware for all games.

There is no difference compared to the original, buying lose repro's for 50 pop a piece is a big waste of money, there is nothing cool about having a repro of for example little samson just emulate or buy a flash cart for the true experience. Also way cheaper when one buys multiple repro's instead of one flash cart wich has acces to all games.

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He wants to collect games with his daughter as an experience.

I think a kid is going to much prefer finding a repro cart in the local brick and mortar retro store, than logging on the roms.com and downloading a game.

ignition365:
I'm personally against repros, and if I owned a repro, I wouldn't mark it on this site as "in my collection". I certainly wouldn't mark that I own the official release. And adding a second copy to the site as homebrew or unofficial release is kind of confusing. Everdrive is nice, but you won't have that experience hunting.

From my experience in big cities like DFW, with a high population, you have a high number of collectors and resellers, so you are going to have your work cut out for you.

My personal suggestion to you, would be to emulate any game valued over a certain threshold ($80 maybe) and anything else try your luck finding it.

blurks:
Whatever floats your boat, cloud1771.
If you like the look of repros, go for it. There is no moral authority in this hobby, which might hinder you from going this direction. I have a very nice repro of "Metal Warriors (SNES)" as well. A nice NTSC cart in a very nice shiny repro box looking almost exactly like the original. I know it drives purists and collectorfags nuts everytime, they see or hear about those repros but you are a free individual and you should do whatever you like and not what others like or don't like.
This hobby is about fun and enjoyment for the individual collector, not about becoming compliant to what the community tells the people to do.

sworddude:

--- Quote from: kmacdw on June 07, 2016, 08:03:49 am ---
--- Quote from: sworddude on June 07, 2016, 07:02:47 am ---I recommend to not buy repro's go the emultation road.

You do have free ways of emulation wich aren's as good as the original but if you for example buy an ever drive flash cart wich costs between 70 - 150 $ you have acces to all games on original hardware. Furthermore It's a cardridge wich one puts in a console.

It's an easy way to get the real experience on original hardware for all games.

There is no difference compared to the original, buying lose repro's for 50 pop a piece is a big waste of money, there is nothing cool about having a repro of for example little samson just emulate or buy a flash cart for the true experience. Also way cheaper when one buys multiple repro's instead of one flash cart wich has acces to all games.

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He wants to collect games with his daughter as an experience.

I think a kid is going to much prefer finding a repro cart in the local brick and mortar retro store, than logging on the roms.com and downloading a game.

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I see your point but spending 50 each on expensive games.

Even when buying only 4 copies your in 200, while with an everdrive one purchase of 70 - 150 and your done depending on wich console with acces to all games.

Sure the beginning is some menu but otherwise the experience is exactly the same if not better. You can put every game on the cart to your liking and afterwards you have direct acces to those games.

I personally will never spend money on a repro cart, maybe on some translate if that's not already accesible with the everdrive wich it probably is already or certainly will be in the near future.

The only reason to buy lose repro's is that it looks nice, but remember It's personal It's not the same as having an original cart there is nothing cool about having a repro of an expensive game. Go big or go broke, I'd walk the emulator road and for the best experience a flash cart like the everdrive is highly recommended.

Just my opinion repro's are a waste of money, It looks nice but there are plenty of cheaper ways with the same results on original hardware.

Besides were only talking about the expensive games since the affordable ones can be collected for a decent price. There are plenty of cardridges that can be picked up by the kids.

Unfortunately there are people who scam with these and sell them as the original.

In deals one will not be hurt by repro's but when buying them for pretty much full price there are potential scammers who sell repro's as original.

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