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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

New refugee here. Ran away from the chaos that is "new gaming".

I've set up RPCS3, PSX2 and Duckstation (sorry Xbox and other consoles folks. I'm from a country where the PlayStation was the dominant force) and I've been having so much fun. What brought me back is the realization of how crappy most new games are. The infinite chase after those "shadows", "lights", and "details" has killed gaming. All of this made the hardware requirements really high, and good hardware is really expensive. Also, there is no joy in new games (at least for me). It's just all the same.

I've been going through a catalog of old games I've missed out on in my youth, and oh boy! Games were really good back then.

Edit: I welcome all the suggestions if you would like to suggest some good older games.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Katamari games from the PS2/3 era are great

Check out this community and consider enabling achievements on your emulators. I found it really enhances the social aspect of the experience.

https://retroachievements.org/

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I don't understand what this achievement website does. I do have achievements enabled on my rpcs3, but how do I send them to the site?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

make an account and then add your credentials to the emulator

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oh ok. That sounds easy. Thank you so much.

this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2025
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