The Reason I Adore Emulation

Emulation is awesome, heres why.
This is a re-upload, the original wasn't HD for some reason.
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Love to all.

[@ThatIckyGuy]

I’m all for supporting the official releases of games, but if a company discontinues their games and it’s not available for a reasonable price, I consider it fair game. If they don’t want me to emulate, they need to make it available on a current system.

[@willwokbir]

@@ThatIckyGuy same as how i feel really, there’s no shame in pirating things if theyre not easily accessible

[@megaman37456]

Honestly at this point it doesn't matter to me if the older games are available on newer consoles, I'll still emulate for mod support.

[@thatguyontheright1]

Same. I usually avoid emulating current gen stuff. After the game is discontinued, the only people you are "hurting" are resellers.

[@megaman37456]

@@thatguyontheright1 I'll only emulate current gen stuff for modding.

[@lakibody]

Even if they ported it on newer consoles i bet they will just port it in a rushed state and they will lazingly forget to fix the bugs and glitches. And some games will never see the light of day because their creators have gone bankrupt.

[@spaghettiking7312]

Emulation is preservation.

[@linkthehero8431]

These days, with RetroArch, you can even earn achievements in retro games.

[@AI-Creations-LLC]

You wouldn't download a car would you? Yes I would especially since cars are so damn expensive. If I could 3D print a car I would.

[@SwiftJustice]

On Star Trek they downloaded every meal and nobody sued. Oh and they had industrial replicators that regularly downloaded new shuttles.

[@cvlt94]

enjoyed watching this, great take. emulation is the best thing to ever happen for videogames and gamers so that videogames can live through the ages and beyond their own hardware.

[@N0VAST4R4]

Depends if the emulator is good or not and includes all features (that they can possibly include). Most of the time it works👌

[@projectmessiah]

I would argue video games being invented ranks reasonably higher.

[@cvlt94]

@@projectmessiah why i said to ever happen for videogames and gamers, only thing that will help preserving all software.

[@cvlt94]

@@N0VAST4R4 emulation in general tho, god tier stuff and stuff just keep getting better which is so exciting.

[@N0VAST4R4]

@@cvlt94 I agree. Sometimes nice to have a device that can play everything in one. Even better when portable too. I'm impressed with Dolphin Emulator the most. Still going strong and support so many features of GCN and Wii.

[@Dezboint]

THE FORBIDDEN PIRACY COMMERCIAL FROM THE DVDS MY GOD😂😂😂

[@MizZzChAvVvOzZz]

"What good ideas are there that can be foraged" Absolutely why I'm playing old n64 games right now as an aspiring new dev studio

[@whiteingale]

it's true. You can make yookalalee.

[@Korudo]

This video was fantastic. I really appreciate the angle you went at, particularly on playing games the way we want to. I had no idea there was a “perfect version” of Chrono Trigger and now I’m excited to play that version.

[@willwokbir]

@@Korudo amazing! im happy to have introduced you to that!

[@5temba]

First video I've watched attentively in its entirety for a long time.

[@willwokbir]

thank you so much you don’t know how much that means to me !

[@Fatih_M177]

If i could, i definitely WOULD emulate a Car!

[@SweetCherrySister]

Emulation is also amazing for old Pokemon games! No more battery runs dry

[@supernoob17]

Subscribed the second I saw the pirate bay shirt Edit: the video itself was also really well done! If you hadn't said so I would never have guessed it was your first video. There was a really good balance of information and relatable personal stories.

[@willwokbir]

@@supernoob17 thank you so much! it was a lot of work so i’m really happy to see it paying off

[@linkthehero8431]

Another thing is there's an emulator that renders NES games with 3D voxel based models. No idea how they did it, but it's awesome. Best $20 I've ever spent.

[@willwokbir]

@@linkthehero8431 oh yeah i remember that, i never got around to trying it but it always looked awesome

[@wizlockfnordfinder]

For a first ever video, you did really well. The sound quality was great, background was spot on, and great call on using a script that really contextualized the history of game emulators alongside companies attempts to do the same and fail. It kept my attention and I learned new things. That's all I could ask for. ❤

[@willwokbir]

@@wizlockfnordfinder thank you so much! obviously i’m still learning a lot in making videos but i’m really proud of this first attempt and ir means the world to me that people are enjoying this little project :)

[@Gaming_Jaming]

Now to watch all again in beautiful high definition!

[@willwokbir]

@@Gaming_Jaming this is the attitude i want

[@AlexBaldwinFTW]

Emulation is a core part of my gaming life. I simply refuse to reward developers for their lack of interest in their own backlogs. I play PS2 games in 4K with achievements on my phone(!) Emulation has let me play so many games from my childhood and before I was born, they're all precious and deserve preservation. These emulators are the definitive version of these games most of the time.

[@Manic_Panic]

Without game dumping, console jailbreaking and emulation, we would probably have hundreds of games and DLCs as lost media. The big companies themselves often lose their old games.. afterall, Nintendo was using ROMs to resell some of their classics again which means they don't even have the source code to recompile, let alone the release, compiled build.

[@Petronious]

Always good to hear an in-depth look at this topic, and you've covered a lot of angles which is good. With emulation for me, I often take the approach most people don't consider. Or more accurately, the approach most people just playing the games alone don't even need to consider. I use Emulators as a piece of equipment, in the same way I set up my lights before turning on my camera to film for a video. To make the picture look better. Without an emulator, I'd have no realistically affordable way to capture footage of older titles AND have it look decent enough for me to be happy with to present a video. I'm aware there are retro upscalers but the cost of those is a little to high for me to justify as someone who's only after some decent footage and not so much using the physical game media itself. Basically, for my current set up I need a system to have HDMI output. If I don't have one then emulation is usually where I go from there. This also means handheld games are almost always immediately sent to an emulator if in planning on making a video about one. But this is also why I'll never address any weird emulation related glitches in a review, as it's not the games fault, but even then... a lot of the time I don't need to because these days a lot of the systems I would typically emulate... The emulation is flawless anyway. I do often go out of my way to buy the original games if I can, though. I do like to own them. But again, these days it's usually for the sake of my video content. To show off the case, show the manual up close, and to hold up the actual game to camera etc. I recently did this with a few of the Tony Hawk games, myself. I wanted to own the games but still needed to emulate for decent quality footage. But I'll only do that if I can find those games used, in decent condition and for a fairly affordable price. I'm not going to be buying a mint copy of Tombi off of a scalper for £100+ that's for sure! And even then, the best quality footage I could get from a PS1 game, if I were to use the physical discs on the original hardware I have available to me... would be via my PS3 slim... Which itself uses an emulator to get those games running... And it's not even a very good emulator at that! So if I am going to use an emulator to get decent footage of a game... Then I may as use a good emulator that's still being improved on. Aside from that, my thoughts mostly align with yours. If a licensing agreement prevents it, or if the publisher simply doesn't care to provide a way for me to play their older games... Then I'll find other (and usually better) means elsewhere on the high seas. This is why I'm usually happy with remasters. I'm all for convenience, and they can help fund future games.

[@willwokbir]

@@Petronious Thank you for leaving a comment, been a fan of yours for years so really cool to see! The angle you brought up is definitely a great use of emulators, I love hearing new perspective that I hadn’t considered when making the video (though in fairness, the point you make is one i learned myself anyway in capturing all the footage myself for this.)

[@Petronious]

@@willwokbir No problem. I'm not very active in bigger group chats and servers but when you posted your video on discord I thought I'd give it a watch! And yeah I figured you'd understand my angle because of making this video. But I've friends at work that enjoy retro games but don't make video content so for them, emulation rarely comes into the picture so they went down the route of getting retro upscalers and the like. Whereas I spent that same amount of money on a camera and some lights! Swings and roundabouts, really! We're both still able to play and talk about those games together at least. I've learnt some solid Tony Hawk tips from them in recent months after telling them about me playing those games 😅

[@braintoosmalll]

oh em gee wokbir banger, can say this is great sleep aid btw, 10/10 would watch again

[@user-ie7jg6bn9s]

I have no empathy anymore for these companies. They do not care about preserving the past. I will be sticking with emulation for the rest of my life.

[@willwokbir]

@@user-ie7jg6bn9s same here, catch me in the retirement home using dolphin

[@Anonymouthful]

Emulation is the one of the most pro consumer things for video games. Maybe some day the industry gets purged and companies are forced to stop fucking over their customers.

[@mywiifits8460]

I had no idea this was your first and only video until you said so at the very end. You're already making good content, I'll definitely be looking forward to your next video.

[@willwokbir]

@@mywiifits8460 thank you so much, hopefully won’t be my only one for long!

[@SwiftJustice]

In Mexico we had 52-in-1, which was like Action 52 except the games were actually good. Baseball, Pinball, Kung-Fu, Battle City, B-Wings, City Connect, Excitebike, Mario Bros, _Super Mario Bros,_ Balloon Fight, Ice-Climbers, Twin-Bee, LEGIT GAMES! Except for Super Bario Mrothers which was a bizarre Super Mario Bros that scrambled the screen as you ran. (I also had a 20-in-1 so I could be confusing the rosters a bit but I remember preferring the 52)

[@wingn3849]

Whenever I pay for retro games is because I am collecting them. Ain’t no way I’m playing my mint copy of Kuon for example. It’s there to sit pretty and I play the thing on PCSX2 because I’m too lazy to drag out that particular retro console from my closet.

[@willwokbir]

@@wingn3849 yeah as somebody who travels about lots it makes more sense to have it all in one place than just using all me old systems

[@willwokbir]

@@wingn3849 yeah as somebody who travels about lots it makes more sense to have it all in one place than just using all me old systems

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Jay Orbonolt was apparently involved with the Sega Genesis version of Action 52 which was after the NES one.

[@willwokbir]

@@MacUser2-il2cx yeah i just said mega drive coz i’m bri’ish

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

@@willwokbir same diff

[@ripoutyourprejudice]

Fun fact! The first AVGN video is as old today as a lot of those old games he reviewed were back in 2004 - 2006 when he made his debut. Feeling old yet ?

[@willwokbir]

it is genuinely insane, like that old episode where he showed himself in the future "retro reviewing" wii games (i think it was an old christmas special) and now we're actually at that point

[@ripoutyourprejudice]

@@willwokbir I would've never imagined I would end up calling PS2 Retro, not to mention xbox 360. It's crazy, how time flies.

[@jamesbevan4479]

I saw the duck, therefore I had to comment. Ive played many games on emulators for the very reasons you've mentioned; availability, ebay prices, language barrier fan hacks etc. Great video 👌 Also, Duckstation is absolutely the definitive way to play ps1 games. I can play my old school on my og playstation, or on my ps3, I've even tried some of those digital ps1 games on my ps5, all ok/mostly fine ways to play them... But Duckstation is the king. Multiple resolutions, save states, rewind, shaders, button mapping, so many console controllers supported, the list goes on. Subbed 👍

[@willwokbir]

@@jamesbevan4479 really appreciate the support, and yeah duckstation is excellent imo

[@wizlockfnordfinder]

The moral to Nintendo's handling of official emulation is this: Capitalism is not about making a profit by giving customers convenience. Capitalism is about controlling people and things, THROUGH profit. The fan emulators will always be more advanced because they are made by people who actively give a damn, whereas the companies make these things bad on purpose because it's safer to pay the official owners for emulators and avoid any sudden drop of service for legal reasons. OH WAIT! Once we move on to the next console, the current official emulation service will die. .... These companies aren't run by inept good guys. They're run by smart assholes.

[@motozappa225]

There are already shader packs for emulated Bloodborne on Nexus, you love to see it

[@willwokbir]

@@motozappa225 it’s sooo exciting, literally straight after i released the video things start going insane

[@cabhan]

wonderful video wok !!!!!!!!

[@willwokbir]

@@cabhan THANK YOU CATVAN

[@TolstoRed]

This is such a great video! The narration was so well done and I loved the editing! From one creator to the other, you've done amazing. Subscribed

[@willwokbir]

@@TolstoRed thank you mate, narration was the main thing i was a bit concerned about just because i didn’t audio mix some parts as much but i’m glad it turned out alright. it is my first vid so hoping to keep moving upwards!

[@captainnintendo]

Also, I would never put enough trust in a company to just assume that eventually they will allow us to play they lost games. And the fact that a company might finally localizer a game 30 years after the fact is such a bad argument. Our time here is limited. And I would certainly not consider releasing anything over a decade down the road as a company generously giving us the privilege to play a game. That is more of a promise not kept

[@serentira]

Awesome start to a channel that's sure to be Awesome! :3

[@willwokbir]

@@serentira thank you so much!! i’m excited to release more content

[@IDoubleJ]

Most people like myself can't afford to spend thousands of dollars on video games especially games that are no longer reproduced. Emulation can be a good thing. It's not our fault that companies refuse to re-release games digitally

[@fabzter]

Hey! Awesome video! Keep the hard work and quality

[@willwokbir]

@@fabzter thank you so much! hopefully next video won’t take so long

[@waywardpony]

Official re-releases are awesome, especially when something's cherished. However, once something's out there and has stood the test of time to the point of being put to rest sales-wise for years, and become part of the social zeitgeist... many argue it then belongs to the public. I argue that. Starwars and Indiana Jones spring to mind as properties that inspired derivative works made to bring people together. Things like Final Fantasy II & III, as well as V, NEVER got releases here on their respective systems originally, therefore people who discover them and can share them to be cherished... sour grapes to the publisher.

[@karlaboerger3619]

That was a much younger Harmen Smith before he become super creepy?

[@jordanthornton79]

Love the video format

[@willwokbir]

@@jordanthornton79 thank you!! hoping to improve as much as possible moving forward

[@misakikitty]

peak has arrived!!!! again!!!!!!!! now i can see vibri in hd 🔥

[@DacioNerdTV]

I used to be bias towards emulation but as time passed I’ve seen it as a money saver. Being able to experience most retro consoles on your PC for the price of nothing is great. I’m only able to play games like Persona 2, Suikoden 2, Tales of Destiny, Earthbound, Mother 3, Translated games cause of emulation. I thank the great men who invented this.

[@adrian_veidt]

The Analogue Pocket and FPGBC makes it possible to use older games. Making preservation more possible. Pcsx2 makes it possible to use original ps2 discs.

[@willwokbir]

@@adrian_veidt yeah i’ve never used that feature of pcsx2 since my pc has no disc drive but it’s a very very cool featute

[@checkoffgames]

I see some people saying "If this or that condition is filled, then emulation yada yada." Adding conditions to the conversation that make it sound as if emulation is an issue of where moral priorities are, and also implying emulation and piracy are the same. For those who think in either of these ways, they are confused. As to piracy, this is criminal because you've gone around the distribution process - it's not quite theft, it's getting something below-board when you were supposed to get it above-board, and what is the board (board means table here) is decided largely by whoever made the thing. Breaking the right of distribution is criminal. Cracking security measures with intent to commit a crime is criminal. Collecting and distributing closed-source code without rights is criminal. Building, or using a program that lets you use somebody else's computer program is not illegal. As to emulating games, I want the most reliable and easy to access experience. I do not not want your subscription service; I do not want an account on your server; I do not want your space-taking device or its connections; I certainly do not want a product that fails to function in general or without an outside source verifying that I have not tampered with the game. All of these options add steps between myself and the game, which are contrary to having entertainment and using it and which I have methods at my disposal to avoid - I will have this cake and I shall eat it, too.

[@iconicfreezegaming3989]

Very well made video!

[@ripoutyourprejudice]

People who never play emulators, hate emulators and emulation and piracy, despite not aknowledging the facts about the advantages of the medium must've never had their cherry popped.

[@relax4531]

exactly

[@qualiaquartz]

to think bram was behind that camera the whole time 😍

[@willwokbir]

THE BRAMERA MAN

[@MatthewCobalt]

In the case of Mother 3, a mix of minor localization issues and major Music Licensing issues are speculated to be the real reasons as to why it hasn't been localized. The later reason is understandable, as to rework tons of music that is integral to the game is too much effort, and the series sales doesn't justify to license multiple timeless and popular music that was sampled and homaged.

[@DiabolicCrusher]

Yeah. Emulation is pretty much a necessity for preserving videogames history. Not to mention all the enhancements and cool stuff that's only possible thanks to emulators, upscaling that makes some old games look absolutely stunning, (easier) modding, all the cool stuff that can be done with memory editing among many other things like fan translation patches, or my favorite: undubs, because i'm original voice purist, some of these just straight up crash/don't work on actual hardware, especially in cases like with Rune Factory Frontier. Piracy is honestly not that bad either and essentially helps with preservation. There's so much gems i wouldn't be able to experience if not for it because either the games themselves or platforms they're stuck on are simply not officially on sale, and i'm sure as hell not buying used overpriced stuff...and certainly not buying a nintendo console, that's for sure, because i hate Nintendo. I'm genuinely glad PS4's emulation is taking off too since i sold my PS4 years ago. To be honest i'm very reluctant to even give a try to any games that's older than PS2 era due to how archaic those are and mostly didn't age well, but for the sake of people who care about those as well as those who care about preserving libraries of the more obscure/failed consoles, i hope those will eventually take off and become stable too. This was a great watch, subscribed. I honestly can kind of relate to how you got into gaming since for me it was similar, a relative brought very cheap disks with pirated games, so technically for me it began with piracy, too.

[@bar7381]

oh god you didn't need to bring up Harman Smith, he's the craziest Nintendo fanboy

[@willwokbir]

@@bar7381 he’s such a character i couldn’t help myself

[@RelaxingNostalgia]

I pirate everything i can lol.

[@blissband3601]

If emulation didnt exist we wouldnt have gotten dbz legendary super warrior cause they saw how popular dbz legend of the super saiyan on snes was in the emulation scene

[@willwokbir]

@@blissband3601 good example! i didn’t know that one

[@FredMorgan-gb5el]

And there’s so many games that are of popular franchises such as persona that the original is 2500 dollars

[@willwokbir]

@@FredMorgan-gb5el oh yeah 100%, a lot of old school rpgs are pricey as fuck

[@FredMorgan-gb5el]

Jesus Christ tears of the kingdom came out 2 years ago

[@willwokbir]

@@FredMorgan-gb5el it is a long while, when i started working on the script it was brand new haha

[@blackrook29]

RIP vimms lair

[@willwokbir]

@@blackrook29 fallen comrade

[@slamshift6927]

OH NO NOT HARMAN SMITH

[@simon-9287]

love my Emu Deck

[@RetroTravo]

Love this video, glad to have found your channel

[@willwokbir]

@@RetroTravo thank you mate

[@cameronwait9655]

Whoop HD remaster

[@willwokbir]

@@cameronwait9655 at last

[@alexyordanov7324]

So weird watching a KZbin video from someone I used to bum cigarettes from in college. Mindfuck ahaha. Keep going pal 👍

[@willwokbir]

@@alexyordanov7324 thank you mate, come a long way since those days

[@Pixelblut]

Hardware will break, software will rot, prices and nostalgia will go up. What else am i supposed to do when Nintendo only offers 20 titles in switch online and worse newer titles?

[@ProjectionProjects2.7182]

Its been a long time since I have seen someone make a video thats this based. Also to answer why people hate emulation, its simply because the people who do hate it don't see any value in video games as an art form and don't see at as worthy of being preserved and made more accessible. They just see games as a disposable product which is disheartening. There is also the second group of people that don't have the full context that you explained in this video. Thank you for making this video. More people need to hear these points because as you said people severely underestimate the importance of third party emulation. You may not be able to convince the first group of people I mentioned, but you can inform the second group of people and Im sure they will be quite understanding of your position.

[@willwokbir]

@@ProjectionProjects2.7182 thank you so much mate, yeah you’ve got it spot on there what i was going for with this video, i really wanted people to understand how important emulation is to games as art

[@ProjectionProjects2.7182]

​@@willwokbir Yeah I get it. I have the same love for third party emulation as well. Whenever I see someone try to argue that: "Games are not art and are not worthy of being preserved and made more accessible" It actually infuriates me. Like, what makes these people think they have the right to gate keep the word "art" simply because something dose not interest them or dose not meet there ridiculous standards? Its okay if you don't like games, but don't try to invalidate other peoples passion, enjoyment or thoughts on games simply because the medium dose not interest you. I really don't get why people are so closed minded on this. Can these people not just swallow their pride and just accept that games are not what they use to be back in the 80's? Games have gone a long way since then and are more capable of telling stories then ever.

[@arvarvanwar]

One day anniversary edition!

[@n0ctiz456]

Love the point of this video and want to point out I own the same GBA SP tribal and it's awsome

[@willwokbir]

@@n0ctiz456 hell yeah thank you mate, had that gba for basically as long as i’ve been alive because it was a hand me down from my older brother when he got a ds

[@eternalrewind2190]

I see bubys in the thumb now. A game is very underrated it's great everyone should play it. The rest of the games not so great

[@trev1976]

99% of my gaming is in emulation now , QOL features usually far out way playing on real hardware. I do own hundreds of physical games and consoles but very rarely touch them now.

[@willwokbir]

@@trev1976 literally exact same story for me

[@MrKingkz]

Cuz its fun free and if buying is not owning then pirating is not stealing i know that has been said befor but its very true

[@blinkingjarl482]

The way you phrased it in this Video is that Emulation=piracy which it doesn't I bought firemblem for famicom dumped the rom and played a translation patch through an emulator. I can also dump Mother 3 through my GB-operator and play the translation patch on and EZ-Flash flashcart or emulator with no piracy involed. Emulation isn't piracy.

[@willwokbir]

@@blinkingjarl482 i wasn’t trying to equate the two but i certainly could have phrased things better to make that clearer, there was actually a big segment i cut about the legality of emulation (because i felt like it would make more sense as it’s own video later down the line) and a lot of that segment explored the morality of rom dumping and when i cut it i felt like a lot of the piracy jokes still fit the video since it was supposed to regard how companies dislike emulation even if done legally, i can definitely see though how it comes off and that was my bad, i appreciate you pointing this out to me, i hadn’t really thought about it and it’s a very valid criticism so thank you for pointing it out!

[@PolybiusArcadia]

long live emulation!

[@GamerGuys447]

I found this video after making a video on the topic myself, this a great video wll-done

[@willwokbir]

@@GamerGuys447 thank you mate, really appreciated!

[@GamerGuys447]

@@willwokbir I found it hard to make mine 6 minutes and you made yours 45 mins, you are definitely talented.

[@willwokbir]

@@GamerGuys447 it took months lol, i just wanted to say a lot about it but i’m definitely interested in making some shorter videos

[@GamerGuys447]

@@willwokbir would definitely love to see more vids

[@niamhrz]

the sega saturns emulation is so piss and the discs are literally rotting, but hey $100 console + $120 saroo equates to a decent experience. OH NO THAT'S PIRACY!!! ON ORIGINAL CONSOLE WE CANT HAVE THIS!! very fun and relatable video thanks

[@willwokbir]

@@niamhrz glad it’s not just me who struggled with saturn emulation haha, it’s such a shame there’s tons i want to play

[@AxiomofDiscord]

I generally don't pirate until about two gens old but at least one. I just started looking into Wii-U and very recently 3DS. I generally just don't want to support scalpers that call themselves collectors. And I find I tend towards the more obscure stuff. Like the Amiga CD32 that was not even sold in my country. I really love emulation from a preservation standpoint and to allow me access to things I would have never ever been able to find at an affordable price. That and making better versions of games as you have stated. Chrono Trigger was spot on as the best version being modded with MSU-1 but really everything that you can do by MSU-1 emulation you can do with dumpers and flashcarts.

[@willwokbir]

@@AxiomofDiscord amiga cd32 is a great shout, completely slipped my mind when i was writing the bit about obscure systems! but yeah you’re spot on with the piracy point, it isn’t going to support devs anyway just scalpers.

[@BillB808]

Lol you put crazy boy Harman Smith in your video 😂 The Nintendo Fuhrer !

[@willwokbir]

@@BillB808 he is soo funny i couldn’t leave him out

[@arvarvanwar]

WOKBIR is God’s gift to mankind, their only begotten WOK

[@dennisbowen452]

Wut

[@MizZzChAvVvOzZz]

I effin love emulators bro. Theyre as cool as tits my dude

[@everythingisvlogable]

Great video. Cosigned from Vlogable

[@willwokbir]

@@everythingisvlogable thank you lads, hope everybody remembers that everything is vlogable

[@CiaranW8]

Great vid awesome edits

[@willwokbir]

@@CiaranW8 thank you ciaran mate

[@smamspizza]

Yippee!

[@14thmoon420]

BEST VIDEO EVER AGAIN !!!!!!!!!

[@Xmanant03_Mr03]

Awesome video!

[@willwokbir]

thank you mate

[@Xmanant03_Mr03]

@@willwokbir 👍

[@waifubreaks1572]

I just bought a PS2, because of emulation. Emulators are great but they just ain't the same. As good as PCSX2 is, it's still not as good as the real thing. But I also don't have 160 dollars to spend on Silent Hill 2 so it's a great backup plan to have. Also lol at expecting Nintendo to release Mother 3 when they have a gazilion Japan only Fire Emblem games.

[@DienerNoUta]

i mean, yes, but let's be real, most of people just make excuses... if a company release a retro game for modern consoles or PC, those people who whine aboy "gaming preservation" will still play those games via emulation instead of buying the game (me included, the difference is that I admit that I pirate games instead of making excuses)

[@willwokbir]

@@DienerNoUta i also pirate games, the video wasn’t really trying to be about that though, i definitely point out in a few sections why i think morally it’s okay but most of the video i just wanted to show how good emulation is, regardless of if you pinched the games or not

[@slopmog]

LETS GOOOOOO

[@toddbegin5217]

Love your video

[@willwokbir]

@@toddbegin5217 thank you so much!

[@projectmessiah]

This guy would definitely steal a car

[@willwokbir]

@@projectmessiah don’t tell anyone…

[@projectmessiah]

@@willwokbir Your secrets safe with me

[@SwiftJustice]

_Download_ a car. And anyone would.

[@projectmessiah]

@@SwiftJustice Are you correcting me? Genuinely not sure if you are or not. "You wouldn't download a car" and "you wouldn't steal a car" we're both used in the same public service announcement campaign.

[@houragents5490]

Pirates are the scum of gaming. Pirating Metroid a week before release is not """preservation.""" These are just flat-out bad people who do not respect the medium. Simple as that.

[@willwokbir]

@@houragents5490 you can certainly make a case about the case of metroid or other nintendo games but i think the topic is a little bit more nuanced than that

[@milobbos]

this is so fun

[@willwokbir]

@@milobbos you legend thank u

[@TeamBobbo6326]

no subtitles :(

[@willwokbir]

appreciate the suggestion, i will have a look into adding subtitles for accessibility but i can’t promise anytime soon coz of how long the video is, it’s definitely something i’d like to add though!

[@JONNYTUBSTER]

I loooovee emulsion !!

[@willwokbir]

@@JONNYTUBSTER that’s what next videos about

[@cypher06sonic]

Emulsion 😂

[@olrascal5569]

me likey free stuf

[@4891LUT]

Again!

[@willwokbir]

@@4891LUT yeah, original i fucked up rendering so it wasn’t hd

[@notzogood5535]

Not a single gay, black or non binary person in this video. 0/10. Be more inclusive 😂

[@checkoffgames]

Dude, learn how to build a joke. Picking on strangers about things unrelated to the video is a waste of people's time.

[@KittyMarigolds]

god save the wokbir

[@willwokbir]

@@KittyMarigolds fuckin right

[@justincase1228]

35:35 Halo & Forza

[@willwokbir]

@@justincase1228 both on pc these days, though i think one of the new forzas is still xbox exclusive, horizon 4 i think?

[@justincase1228]

@willwokbir I recently just bought forza Horizon 4 and an Xbox 360 because I can't get this game anywhere else. The microsoft compatibility list excluded this game that I wanted to play.

[@willwokbir]

@@justincase1228 yeah the comparability list is a pain in the arse

[@justincase1228]

@@willwokbir sorry fixed my comment to make more sense.

[@Timic83tc]

It rules I like playing switch games free at 60fps lol

[@whiteingale]

stop adoring emulation.

[@willwokbir]

@@whiteingale sorry mate i will right away

[@Josuh]

"gaming isn't fun anymore" mfs when i show them emulation:

[@checkoffgames]

Well, the bizarre thing about it is the people who are bored of what they have also want newer and more of it. They also have between one and four months of play hours logged into their favorite games.