Originally posted by: tracker465

It can be just about the game, if it was a game that you had as a kid.  I can accept that part of your argument.

But on the other side of the coin, many of us also have nostalgic moments of purchasing new NES games, sealed, taking them home, paging through the manual, etc.  While as kids we didn't have fullsets, we did get games here and there.  In a general statement, we bought / rented games, and then threw them into our toaster NES machines - we didn't select roms from a menu and load them up on a powerpack.  The second choice lacks nostalgic feelings or a sense of familiarity.
 

Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: guillavoie


Nostalgia is one very complex emotion that I would never deny the awesomeness, but we got to be realistic at where nostalgia really steps in. Who had a full NES set when they were young? If you want to play the games, you have the solution to play them through reasonable means that should be 100% satisfying, if it is about the games. If it is not about the games, just say it (just like you clearly said it), don't deny the most obvious solution.

On a side note, we played Paperboy last week for the contest, and I personally have very fond memories of playing the game when I was young. I loaded the game on my powerpak, closed all lights, and played. While I was playing, I had very enjoyable nostalgic sensations and memories, and at no moment the idea I loaded it on a powerpak disturbed me. Nostalgia can be all about the game also.

Edit: I agree with your first paragraph. I'm one that like pirate stuff in some ways. The point I was making is more about being unsatisfied playing on powerpak vs being satisfied playing on a freshly repro cart. Again, if it is about the game, it makes no sense. If it is about something else, please, name it.

Originally posted by: tracker465

People in places like Russia and Poland actually PREFER the bootleg Famicom carts compared to the original releases, from what I've seen, and are willing to pay decent money for those things too.  

I missed around with emulation a bit in the NESticle days, but never could get into it much, especially with a working NES upstairs.  There is more to the craze than just the games, imo;  for me, part of it is the feeling of nostalgia.  If you cut out the nostalgia (i.e. playing on an emulator, or loading a bunch of roms on the power pack), part of the equation is taken out, and the feeling loses something imo.

 

Originally posted by: guillavoie


Seriously, and with all due respect, I personally think that all this is just a big pile of contradicting illusions. Powerpak piracy isn't 'rewarding' because when there's 'virtually' no money invested it isn't worth it, but getting a $50 pirate of little samson would be satisfying?

If it's all about video games, plastic cart, label, circuit board, manual and cardboxes shouldn't matter. I always used emulation since day 1 I found about it and never felt that it wasn't rewarding in any sense 'gaming wise'. With the powerpak, you're playing with the original hardware, so there's really no room for non-satisfaction besides illusionnary ideas that cover up other motives.