What is the best way to play Video games?

[BurningDoom]

On a system, on the T.V. for me. That's what I grew up on, that's what's familiar and comfortable to me. The games look fantastic on the T.V. screen, I like a controller better than the keyboard/mouse set-up, and plenty of great games on consoles.

[garrett123]

would you like the same game on a compulation on a after market system, or do you want the real thing?

[DinnerX]

I prefer to play my games in the most lo-fi, bootlegged, unofficial, inauthentic manner possible.

[garrett123]

[harper]

I prefer to play my games in the most lo-fi, bootlegged, unofficial, inauthentic manner possible.

After all, that is what retro gaming is all about.

[DinnerX]

^^Pop that baby in a clone console and hook it up to a cheap Chinese TV through coax via a coathanger.

[garrett123]

[Key-Glyph]

Bahahaha! Hilarious. Thanks for the guffaw.

[fuctfuct]

I'm surprised no one has chosen "computer". It was a tough decision for me. The deciding factor for me was that I feel more immersed when I play on a tv with a controller. When I play on the computer there is always the temptation to go check something on the internet.

+1

[J T]

For fighters, strangely enough, my preferred method is to use a keyboard. I grew up in the arcades in the era of Street Fighter II, and then I mastered the home console SNES controls and came to prefer those, but now I feel like I have the most control with a keyboard. Granted, it can't just be any keyboard. I like the keys to be short and have quick spring back for maximum responsiveness. The game also has to allow keyboard mapping.

For a platform game though, I still prefer a console controller like the SNES and for shmups I prefer an arcade stick.