You're not supposed to blow on them! xD

Of course its not the same - its infinitely better. That is why we are here after all. Who wants to crank up an old 286 or Apple IIe and play Might and Magic One - flipping disks in and out. Not Me. Give me DosBox (an emulator) and my nice shiny computer and I can play all these old games in an infinitely better environment. Same goes for console games.

Depends on how you look at it. I like holding the physical devices, but I understand that in many cases the money to purchase it or the availability is impossible. I still plan on keeping my cartridges and disks though, because sometimes there's just no substitute for the feeling of ownership.

Why? You do realize that you can get the original controllers for most older systems, right?

Or, do you seriously consider blowing on carts to be a requisite for a truly authentic experience?
LOL, I responded about blowing before I even noticed your response about blowing.

I understand that and had to deal with that "Feeling of Ownership" myself. I found it very freeing when I just realized I do not need to own everything physically anymore. I spend so much less money on Movies (Netfix and the local library), Music (local library and digital radio streaming), Games (Digital Distribution). I know its a mind thing but I got over it and feel much better about it now. I still have to sell off all my physical PC Games However.

You have to own the carts legally, unless you're buying an emulated pack like through Nintendo or Amazon.

But, I've found that the controller is really the only part that I need to be real, the rest of it doesn't make much difference in terms of actual gameplay. I'll dump the ROM and that'll be the last time I actually plug the cart into anything. Makes the carts last longer, only being possibly damaged by corrosion.

That is why I prefer to run these on my PSP - Built in controller. It really works very well.

PSP is OK, but the ergonomics suck and it's clear that it wasn't designed to play Sega games. But, it's still better than playing on the computer.

OTOH, when I get back to the US on Wednesday, I'm going to have my Pandora waiting for me, so that should keep me busy for quite some time. Same ergonomics problem, but I can hook up a keyboard to it and hook it up to a TV if I wish to.

Uh, the listing says it's sold. Is that what I think it means?

It means someone had the problems of having too much money and too much unused storage space and that both problems have conveniently been solved by the same solution.

Uhm why? I just start up the emulator take my 360 controler and play on a system powerful enough that it doesn't need an inacurate emulator because it has to be full of hacks to run on the limited hardware.

You can use a 360 controller with a PSP?

The main issue though is that Sega used either 3 or 6 buttons, depending upon controller, and it's not particularly suited for it, having to use shoulder buttons and move your thumb between 4 buttons in a different way.

Uhm no I meant on PC. Well you could if you use remote joy. Actually works pretty well. The PSP however has the same button layout and it is a total bitch to set that controler up because there is no standard setup for what button does what in games.

Of course. Personally, I like to just use the original controllers for that. They weren't even that expensive.