Posted By
MIK
on 2013-11-03
06:21:28
 |  Re: Commodore C16 +4 not working.
Your enthusiasm is great about having the real hardware but... and so you know. 
Many people would love the real thing but many unique and different things stop that.
Sadly there are two versions of the Plus/4. One is PAL & one is NTSC and it's those that originally came from the land of PAL and have moved to the world of NTSC that end up using emulators as not everything runs on an NTSC machine. This can happen around the other way too.
You can't take your Plus/4 and collection with you on holiday so emulation has made it possible to mess about with them anywhere in the world, even in space, if we ever get there personally.
Other times it much faster to use an emulator do stuff such as coding and working with files so they can be here on the site. Another thing is that you can not always get everything on eBay and sometimes prices are silly money, so some people will opt for emulation. Space is another issue, having over 300 games stashed away and a number of machines for spares & repairs take up loads of room vs. having everything the Plus/4 offers on a single notebook and it works without fail. 
Last of all, this site would not be here if it was not for emulation and this is a fact. Both the real thing and emulation work alongside each other in perfect harmony. 
Don't worry, you have not said anything wrong. Just wanted to say that emulation is cool too, and you might be making some people envious when it can't be helped. 
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