#thatramblingzoo

[thatvideogamezoo]

I honestly don't know what to do with this anymore. I just have this account here I guess. Maybe I'll do stuff with it?

[thatvideogamezoo]

Regardless of the legality of it, I wanna talk about another issue.

Preservation.

Emulation is how we can preserve the games and the history of them for future generations to enjoy. The problem with physical media is that it will break down eventually. NES carts, NES consoles, and similar older stuff fail all the time. It can be money and time consuming to upkeep them. And eventually it may even be impossible to find the right parts to use. They become harder to find and eventually extinct.

A recent example is the Phillips CD-i. It's infamous for being a weird thing with the bad Zelda and Mario games, but the batteries on the consoles were made to fail 25 years after they were made. You could try to replace it... but it's literally soldered on to the motherboard. You can't physically get if off without just breaking the motherboard. So... you have a dead console. All Phillips CD-i systems are gonna fail eventually, and all we will have is what has been scrambled together and saved by people trying to get the data and emulate them. Eventually, the only way to play a Phillips CD-i game will be through emulation.

This, I fear, is what will eventually happen to all old things. Silicon and electronics can only last so long, ya?

I would be saddened if parts of gaming history were lost, but that's just me.

I believe in preserving the games as they were so that they won't become lost in time... lost in obscurity.

Man I know emulators are technically considered piracy I guess, and I can see why it would be an issue with newer games (not that most emulators are advanced enough for that anyway), but I just… hhhhhh the way the video game industry operates in regards to old games is so fucking stupid. It’s like

Gamers: Hey, I’m really interested in this game you made a long time ago! Can I play it? Game companies: No.  Gamers: But I’ll give you money! Game companies: We no longer manufacture, support, or distribute that game or the console it’s available on. There’s no way for you to buy it. Gamers: Well, what about this slightly-newer-but-still-outdated game that was never released in my region? Can I play that? I’ll give you money. Game companies: No. You’re only allowed to play games from your region. You can’t buy it from us. Gamers: So, you don’t provide any way for me to purchase these games from you, or to play them in any form? Game companies: Correct. We don’t care about these games anymore. They might as well not exist. Some guy on the internet: Hey, I found some old and foreign games that aren’t sold or available to play anywhere, so I fixed them up so everyone can play them now for free! Here you go! :) Game companies: ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT. HOW DARE YOU STEAL OUR PROFITS. PLAY THE GAMES LEGALLY OR DIE. Gamers: But you just said there’s no way to play them- Game companies: FUCK YOU

[thatvideogamezoo]

Is anyone still here? Should I bother still using this?

[thatvideogamezoo]

If you want to scratch that Advance Wars itch, I think Wargroove is as close as we're gonna get right now.

Maybe Nintendo will remember that they also own Advance Wars at some point and give Fire Emblem a rest, at least a little bit.

[thatvideogamezoo]

Hey, just letting you all know I mostly use Twitter to talk. I'm bad at doing stuff here, I'll try to be more active here.

My main is ThatZooooooooo: https://twitter.com/ThatZooooooooo

My alt account is ThatOtherZoo (Link is NSFW): https://twitter.com/ThatOtherZoo

Feel free to poke me at Twitter, if here still works. I'm more active on Twitter though.

I'll never leave here so long as certain special girls and friends I only have on here are still here, you all know who you are, I love you all :3 <3

[thatvideogamezoo]

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting I have this. Maybe I should use this.

I got Travis Strikes Again, because I want No More Heroes 3 to be a thing. I love those games, the first two games are really fun and some of my favorites. As far as I know also, No More Heroes 2 is still a Wii exclusive. I would love for a 3rd game to be made.

Travis Strikes Again is... alright, I guess. The charm is there. It has the character and story that aligns well with the other games. It's funny and we'll written. The gameplay I find a bit lacking, but I understand some of the design decisions they made because they added a 2-Player Cooperative feature for this game. It's still a good time, but it shows its more of a side story than a main game.

I hope No More Heroes 3 happens though.

[thatvideogamezoo]

Well, GG Tumblr.

You done screwed up.

You're killing yourself at this point.

[thatvideogamezoo]

They call me Wario.

Because I got them Smooth Moves.

[thatvideogamezoo]

Somebody punch me in the face so I fall asleep or something. I can't sleep.

[thatvideogamezoo]

Man, I miss game shows. I love watching them. They're just not a popular thing nowadays. It's hard to get in over the big few we have that have lived on for decades.

Very occasionally we get a new one, and I always gobble it up.

[thatvideogamezoo]

There's nothing to do where I live after, like, 9 P.M.

Everything closes here except the supermarket and gas stations.

If you can't tell, I'm very bored.

I just tend to shout into the void with whatever is on my mind at no particular person when I'm bored.

[thatvideogamezoo]

I haven't been up for 24+ hours straight in a long time. My head hurts. The sun is out by this point I think, so it's keeping me up now I guess. I couldn't sleep. Probably won't be able to until it gets dark. Played lots of game at least though.

[thatvideogamezoo]

Remember when I said I'd totally buy Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil remake again if they came to Switch?

I is a happy.

[thatvideogamezoo]

I'm glad I don't need to be at work tomorrow.

If anybody wants to hang out or something tomorrow, I'm open to it.

[thatvideogamezoo]

I'm at home taking care of my dog because my parents are out of town. I don't wanna leave him by himself too long, so I'm staying home this weekend.

I'll probably be bored all day, so if people wanna talk and stuff on Discord or something, I don't mind.

[thatvideogamezoo]

I... somehow inherited a copy of Robocop on Blu-Ray at work today.

I don't know how, but I have it I guess.