>pre-2012 internet rom & emulation scene
>forget "HOENN CONFIRMED", some people were still in denial over the inevitable GS remakes; almost like people were afraid of them
>"We don't need GS remakes. Just play ShinyGold!"
>the solution to antipiracy crashes was "deal with it.jpg"
>everyone online was weirdly coy when talking about roms, even when they were on a forum called emuparadise or romulation
>the No$GBA guy tried to fucking paywall his emulator
>the DesMume guy hated people whining to him about getting Pokemon games to work so he made his emulator intentionally run worse when playing anything that had Pokemon in the header
>owning an R4 was like being a god
Absolutely loved this era of the internet. Some of the most absurd & confusing internet discourse came from it.