What is the purpose of nostalgia? Do we turn to our old favorites to escape a chaotic present? Do we re-visit old haunts, old meal, old TV show, old movies, to find a new script for our lives? In the case of video games, some turn to retro games for a simpler, more direct approach to game mechanics. Why struggle through the 135th patch for the latest AAA video game when you can settle down to the 8-bit sounds of a Nintendo classic, or the two-color adventures of an Atari 2600 game?
If retro gaming is your jam and Raspberry Pi is your tool, have a look at Retrom, a new-ish software that could be the central place to host your games. Here’s more from PiMyLifeUp:
One of the neatest things about Retrom is that it will automatically scrape your folders for your games. As long as they are organized in a way the software expects, it will build out and fetch information about each of your retro games.
Retrom even features a sleek web interface that you can use to easily browse and manage your retro game library. You can even download your games to your local machine with just a click of a button.
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