Board 8 > Question: we don't count backwards compatibility when comparing system quality..

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...but what about forwards compatibility? The only system I know of where this issue comes up is the original Gameboy. As most of you probably know, those black GBC cartridges can actually be played on an original GB, with the only price being a loss of color. And surprisingly few (good) games aren't forwards compatible in this way.

I bring this up because a friend and I were getting into a debate about the best-ever handheld system. I went with GB for the forwards-compatibility, and he said that if that counted, a bricked PSP should win by a large margin. So do you think forwards and backwards compatibility are different enough to consider one but not the other?

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From: GranzonEx | #002
Has anyone ever been so far as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Once, but I moreover forgotten what when appearance togetherness against want to do without wherever.

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My Dreamcast does play HD-DVDs, which I thought was a neato feature for something over 10 years old. Not blu-ray though.

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From: Psycho_Kenshin | #004
My Dreamcast does play HD-DVDs, which I thought was a neato feature for something over 10 years old. Not blu-ray though.
HD DVD didn't start until like 2004, I thought. What the...?

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Damn right, that's forward compatibility at play. Dreamcast was always thinking my friend.

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Good topic guys.

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Wow. Dreamcast forever.

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Even with Forwards Compatibility, why would a GameBoy be better than a GameBoy Color?

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...yeah it doesn't make much sense when the GBC exists. it's like saying a 5 year old PC is better than a new one today because it's able to play today's games too. it's nice to have something that can do that, but the newer one is unquestionably better.

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Yes, you DO count backwards compatibility. You count any games available, one of the reasons PC gaming is so great. Massive library + emulation.

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From: OctilIery | #011
Yes, you DO count backwards compatibility. You count any games available, one of the reasons PC gaming is so great. Massive library + emulation.
It's pretty funny how I didn't have to read your user name, sig, or even more than halfway through your statement before I realized who you were.

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i count backwards compatability... 3:

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DS still beats GB even counting it and GBC together.

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I only count forward or backward compatibility if it was designed to do it. Modifying a system to do things doesn't count in my mind.

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