Gaming have always been a huge part of my life. I started gaming on the Atari 2600 as a kid, then moved to the NES and I had countless hours on Contra and Super Mario Bros. I was blown away when I first played Sonic on my SEGA Genesis. The time I got my Playstation one I realized that gaming was no longer a kids hobby, I was blown away by the immersive worlds, deep stories and mature themes and plot lines presented in Playstation era. I've been an enthusiastic gamer ever since.
People were talking a lot about PC gaming, and how it was superior to consoles, and how steam made everything easy for the average consumer to explore PC gaming. anyway I decided to give it a shot. I have had a steam account for almost two years now, but I didn't actually start playing regularly on it. my steam library is small, I usually buy games not available on consoles that interest me. Anyway, I wanted to get into PC gaming through steam. I was anxious and terrified of the complexity of the process "relative to consoles", I bought " Odd Worlds Abe's oddessy" and It was running perfectly on my laptop, then I bought " Devil May Cry 3" I was running OK, some glitches here and there but nothing gamebreaking. then I was curious to try "MYST", I found the game for $6, so I decided to try it out. I install the game then started playing it. bad news starts now, the game will always play on a small box in the middle of my screen!! I tried every possible solution to fix it with no luck. I went to steam forums to find that you have to "deal with it". I didn't give up, I lowered my monitor resolution then I got a bigger box with blurry mashed textures, it was unplayable! I decided to buy realMyst which is a 3D remake for the original "MYST". I bought it with $6, I started the game and it was laggy as hell!! then after 2 minutes of play the game freezes then I have to "force shut it down", again I went to steam forums, they told me to lower the resolution, deactivate the AA, then try again. I tried again with no luck!
The moral of my experience is that PC gaming is still "too much hassle" for the average consumer. I consider myself above average and quite knowledgeable about PC gaming, but I swear to God I almost pulled my hair of frustration. this incident also made me think about steam "Quality Control" or is "Is my PC not capable enough", it was frustrating experience for me.
Thank God we still have console that Just "put the CD" and enjoy, I wouldn't mind lower resolution, or less frame rate over "Convenient and ease of use"
I apologize for the long post but it was really tiring experience for me.
Monster taming RPG 'Monster Crown: Sin Eater' will be coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on April 30th, 2026.
SNK and PLAION have announced the Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System+. Launches November 12th, 2026.
Sadly when i try to checkout, it wont let me select United States. their site thinks i'm in another zone for some weird reason.
edit... it was my office internet being the issue. i did it on my phone through cellular and it worked. Got me a white one.
it lets me order from Canada.. only charges me $20 for shipping too.
That being said. Spending $533 (CDN) on the white unit for it to primarily just sit and collect dust would be a little foolish.
It's an awesome idea though.
I almost went for the ultimate edition... as that truly is the best deal. the games by themselves are $90 (US), that alone is $900 in value for all 10 titles. then add in the $250 for the console and wired stick. Another $120 for a wireless stick, $60 for a wireless pad and then $35 for the memory card. $1365 (US) if all bought separately.
I just had to... I already have an AES with a multi-cart. But this thing was just too good to pass up. Especially since the wireless controller works on regular AES and the game cart does as well. Plus it comes with a matching white memory card.
@darthv72 - I'm not a collector of games for these retro consoles (have the Analogue Super NT (SNES), Mega SG (Genesis) and 3D (N64). But I just use everdrives with each system as I only have a couple of SNES carts and only 2 N64 carts. A lot of these games are stupidly expensive so I'd rather just invest in a single everdrive and then I can just run every game. However the everdrive that works with the AES is $600! Crazy stuff.
^^...that is why i got one of those 160-1 carts off aliexpress. it works great. and yeah i use everdrives and ODE where available. i do like to buy PS4/5 games and Switch stuff though. I dont buy much in the way of physical XB anymore, I just use GPU to play what I like.
Had no idea SNK were still around tbh. What have they been working on for the last decade or two?
This brings back memories. I remember when I first saw Neo Geo back in 1991, it was $649.99 at launch, which would equal $1,575 today. I was thinking holy shit who is going to buy that when SNES was $200 and Genesis was $189. Well I was wrong, 😂 it sold for 14 yrs. My ringtone is the Neo Geo jingle https://www.youtube.com/wat... 😁
Engineer Hugh is sent from Earth to investigate a malfunctioning research station and meets a young android who helps him fend off murderous mechs.
