Reply 20 of 23, by Captain Catnip
I got into it after thinking about it for a looooong time. After that came eying EBay auctions for parts and computers until I finally just did it. Since then I went through old stuff from my family and coworkers that they would throw out and from getting specific parts off of EBay. It showed me again much much I enjoy tinkering with these things and how much joy it brings me to run old games.
For me it's a private thing that also gets carried outside out of necessity for getting help, information and parts. I'm here because of that but I then realized how many people are into the same thing and how much knowledge there is! Granted I did some of the maturing (hopefully) already before I got into it, but it's my thing. For me and it just brings a lot of joy into my life. No need for outside appreciation, even though it's fun to share every now and then. It's re-living my old memories and those are mine and it's only a thing I can experience it in a way I do. That's why I chose the hardware and time period that I did and I'm, for example, oblivious to a Super Nintendo or other consoles.