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Emulators were a godsend as a kid. I was lucky and had a cousin who was way into that stuff and set me up with several burned cd's with zsnes and tons of ROMS when I was around 12. I experienced so many more games than I would've otherwise!
People talk about needing the CRT filters and blah blah to have a realistic experience, heck. Sharp pixels, Save states and Fast forwarding through unskippable stuff have been part of the experience for me for 25 years! Fanmade romhacks and expansions (like for chrono trigger, which I would never have experienced without emulation) are awesome!
Also: Rewind is the coolest feature. Even better than save states, it's like you can undo every stupid mistake without having to plan ahead. It would have blown my mind as a kid.
Yeah I'll admit I keep rewind active and do use it, but I do start feeling a little cheat-ish-ness when I abuse that one lol.
Definitely has let me experience more games more fully though. So I think it's a good functionality.
Maybe I should think of it as retro gaming on easy mode