Episode 475 - Deep Dive: The State of Emulation

00:00:28 – Intro00:02:16 – The Adventures of Elliot00:17:31 – Fire Emblem Life of Saros00:19:56 – Deep Dive: The AYN Thor & the Emulation Handheld Era00:24:18 – Why Now? The Industry Is in Trouble00:30:41 – A Brief History of Janky Emulation Devices00:35:04 – Build Quality Levels Up: Analogue, OLED & the New Retroid00:36:38 – Price Gouging, Tariffs & Insane Storage Costs00:40:23 – Game Preservation as the Reason to Buy In00:45:08 – The Community Pushing Emulation Forward00:51:38 – Open vs Closed Systems & the Games We've Lost00:55:42 – When the Pocket Still Beats the Thor01:02:42 – Wrapping the Deep Dive01:05:48 – Outro & Where to Find Us------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This Week on The Casual Hour…It’s been a few months since Bobby and Chase have gotten their AYN Thor consoles. Do we still like them? Have they changed our gaming habits? And why do we think we’re living in a golden age of video game emulation? Answers to all these and more on this Deep Dive edition of The Casual Hour! // T W I T C H  &  Y O U T U B E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------M W F @ 9 PM CST⁠twitch.tv/thecasualhour⁠⁠youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠// S U B S C R I B E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⁠https://www.youtube.com/thecasualhour⁠We post Casually Considereds and VODs from previous streams weekly!// F O L L O W------------------------------------------------------------------------------------One link to rule them all:⁠ www.thecasualhour.com⁠// T H E   C A S U A L   H O U R------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bobby Pease -⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/bob_ombyChase Koeneke -⁠ http://Linktr.ee/chase_koeneke⁠// M U S I C------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on Twitter⁠ @insaneanalog⁠ or check out more of his music and download our theme at⁠ www.insaneanalog.com⁠