First post, by Filosofia
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1- In the delusion of owning and playing every single MS-DOS and Win9X game ever, this initial stage is characterized by the pursuit of a do-it-all machine, a common newbie mistake that many choose to keep as an utopia. The Retrogamer tries to combine several hardware combinations like underclocked PentiumII and Super7 motherboards with fifth generation cpus, frustating himself and eventualy going bazurk.
2- Surviving the initial stage the Retrogamer discovers the joy of historically accurate builds and his collection starts to grow exponentially, mainly due to sound card dependency or graphic card obssesion, both of which can be very serious and affect the Retrogamer's perception of the real world.
3- In order to cope with the anguish of getting trough the second stage the Retrogamer focus on getting the best compromise between performance and a broad game compatibility, and stop being so picky about every detail.
4- Finally the Retrogamer evolves to the last stage and he is in peace with the technology that surrounds him. He realizes that he doesn't need to have a PC that can play every game in the Universe, he understands that period correct components are not that important, and accepts that it is not always possible to decide whats the most balanced configuration.
At the same time he feels free to keep pursuing the all-in-one utopia, while keeping some period correct builds and also building for the best performance vs compatibility possible.
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BGWG as in Boogie Woogie.