Time to buy physical games again?
  • Pohl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    83·
    1 year ago

    What good would a backup do for a game that requires specialty hardware to run. I still have my ps2 games. I just can’t play them.

    I still have my cod1 pc disks, they just don’t do anything.

    What is the backup for?

    • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
      68·
      1 year ago

      You can play them on an emulator. You can even connect a Dualshock 3 controller to your PC, and it’ll be just like playing on the “specialty hardware” it was made for.

        • BlackmistEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, same with Gamecube (via Dolphin).

          PS3 emulation has a way to go yet.

        • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
          42·
          1 year ago

          It is for me. Has it not been accurate enough for your use?

          • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I hadn’t had a capable enough machine to do PS2 emulation smoothly until I also didn’t have enough time to spend time playing them, lol

            I’ve fixed the computer issue, and I’ll be fixing the time issue soon! Lol

          • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Holy crap. That’s a huge milestone!

            I remember when PS1 emulation was still spotty…

            • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Yeah, and with PS3 and 360 emulation still being pretty spotty, it will probably be the limit of near-100% emulation of a system for a while.

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            1 year ago

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