Years ago, I used to get some flak from other retro gamers for not "promoting the hobby correctly"

Basically, I refused to gatekeep it.

"Save States?! You didn't 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 beat it."
"Original HW!"
"CRT only"

But I DON'T CARE how anyone play retro games.

Did you have fun? That's 𝘢𝘭𝘭 I care about.