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Does collecting make sense? (lemmy.world)

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Hey there,

I had a tech talk about retrogaming on OG Hardware. We ended up with the point that discs, some GBA,(3ds) and Switch games just die and cannot be used anymore.

So i question what is the use in collecting then. Its basically dead money. Its not really a cheap Hobby.

What do you think about it?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

carts also have the added bonus that if there is a failed chip or PCB, you can generally find replacements to repair it with.

and if parts ceased to become available, someone inevitably creates some kind of adapter for a more modern technology that seemlessly installs and works in place of the original.

I think you can, from scratch, make a 100% functional and compatible SNES cart, for example.. with exception for the handful of games that used special chips like SuperFX

but yeahl optical disks are a ticking time bomb. Even if you take care of them and don't scratch them, eventually the bitrot will eat them.