I’m afraid you’re right. They do make portable consoles now that are emulation focused so that would be an easy enough way to get the average Joe set up, but even then they’d still have to navigate the rom universe and figure out downloads. I’m not really sure what a solution could be.

Maybe if there was a way to exclusively release the reproduction rights to video games that haven’t been published within the past 10 years. This would at least make possession of the roms legal, and allow for a functional service to grow to provide them to the average Joe.

Can’t imagine that happening any time soon, though. But I guess here’s to hoping 🍻