A fatso CRT is what you guys need, not handhelds :/

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The cable gore clump makes me physically uneasy

Came to the comments to say the same thing. Cool collection, but invest a few bucks on some cable ties my dude.

Nostalgia usually makes you tune out stuff like this. I'm surprised there are so few adapters and splitters in that spaghetti

Why not both? Both is fine. Why are we gatekeeping retrogaming again?

If you went to the gym more often, you could handhold your CRT like the rest of us

When I'm at home sitting around thousands of dollars of gaming hardware, I'm going to use that.

When I'm out and about with less processing power, then I retro game.

I play games for the games. I might have a preference on the type of TV and shit, but that's all personal preference. If the game is good, it's good on either one.

I prefer handhelds by far. I have a family and it is easier to get everyone in the same room with handhelds than it is with the TV being monopolized.

Yeah, baby. And a computer heavy enough to use as a weapon.

The dream is a handheld that can output 240p. Preferably with the ability to easily output it via HDMI so I can use an HDMI to Component adapter instead of Composite like most handhelds that do have support for TV Out do.

The Retroid Pocket 2+ does 480p output, and that's the closest I've ever seen. It does work pretty well on a CRT with the HDMI to component adapter.

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Don’t worry, we can’t hear it anymore. Or at least, my friends can’t. Because they didn’t wear earplugs when they should have. Get off my lawn.

Nah, handhelds/portables are fine. Awesome way to play old games.

I had a CRT for a while, I have a bunch of systmes i've been collecting since I was a kid. Atari 2600, NES, SNES, N64, GC, Wii, Xbox... but I got rid of the CRT because honeslty its way more of a pain to go to the basement, find the game i want and play. Sure its way more authentic but I can just grab my Retroid Pocket 2+ and play all those games and thousands more in seconds.

RP2+ is awesome lol, it can play even some PS2 and 3ds games. If you go the legit path you can afford maybe one game.

Modern emu handhelds*

Playing Atari2600 on a device the size of my phone isn't like the old days. But them again I dont have Coke in a glass bottle, good music on the radio or a drive-in movie either.

I do get a kick out of showing my 6 year old the video games from when I was a kid. That look on her face when she is baffled we even call these video games 😆

Sounds like you need to get a Mexican Coke, enjoy it while you go for a drive to your nearest drive-in. If it's a distance that'll give you time to channel surf. They all still exist!

I'd love to be able to afford that kind of setup, but these days somehow it's more affordable to get a handheld than going through the trouble buying the real deal lmao. Getting just a handheld alone would be cheaper than going through the trouble getting a retro setup going. People are asking for way too much for these games that half the time aren't even working. Also I wouldn't want to deal with the potential safety hazard if the CRT breaks,.

I played the hell out of the first few B&B games

I recently bought an old 13 inch Commodore CRT and it's just amazing. I can never go back to playing Amiga games on a LCD screen.

My morning bleary eyes read “false CRT” instead of “fatso CRT” and I spent a while being blown away that they made a LED display that accurately and convincingly simulated a CRT. Now I fee let down :)

What you need is a proper TV stand lol