Yes, Mame and Nesticle allow people to avoid the hw, but what about a non-technical audience? Or playing against others?
I don't know where to locate potential inventory (besides online auctions) but I do know a place where a classic games shop made a killing: my college town!
For $20 you could pick up an old NES/SNES, grab a case a beer with your buddies, and have a helluva fun tuesday evening - or a post-bar Mario fest. We had a full-on 2600 Berzerk tournament going on in the dorms, with even "non-geeks" cheerfully revisiting the games of their youth. Greek dorms seemed to all have some retro-system hooked to their lounge tv's.
And Mario-Kart mixed with beer can be like Spanish Fly!
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Yes, Mame and Nesticle allow people to avoid the hw, but what about a non-technical audience? Or playing against others? I don't know where to locate potential inventory (besides online auctions) but I do know a place where a classic games shop made a killing: my college town! For $20 you could pick up an old NES/SNES, grab a case a beer with your buddies, and have a helluva fun tuesday evening - or a post-bar Mario fest. We had a full-on 2600 Berzerk tournament going on in the dorms, with even "non-geeks" cheerfully revisiting the games of their youth. Greek dorms seemed to all have some retro-system hooked to their lounge tv's. And Mario-Kart mixed with beer can be like Spanish Fly!