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[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Get a device or two, as well.

Your computer may very well get obsolete when it comes to software support.

A handheld or console meant to be an emulation console won't have to move through time. It'll be as it is after the day you're done setting it up, like a hacked console.

Your PC has to keep up with web standards, codecs, online goings on but dedicated, offline devices do not. I may choose an SBC to do this to, and make a copy of the partition housing the emulators and boot drive for safe keeping.

I also have two different raspberrypi emulation images. Since those are literally everywhere, it's a sure bet you'll be able to find one to put the sd card into, even years from now.