Whatever alternative you're offered, I don't think it's worth spending more than $50 on an emulator console. (This is the maximum make sense price for any hardware that can emulate old consoles up to PS3).
Soon even in Europe, already need 50โฌ for doing analysis at hospital, with a waiting list of 1 to 2 years. Public healthcare is falling apart versus private one.
In ten years we'll have virtual rooms that we can explore with VR headsets. No matter which platform, they'll all be connected, but who sells the best headsets will matter.
They thought they had a brilliant idea, but it's not. It's a classic. The space is beautiful, of course, but it's the interactions that make a game unique. No interaction, no party.
Since the ads have been suppressed with anti-pop-ups and blockers. The creators are always salespeople, they make videos of shit but at the same time they suggest you buy certain products, that's how advertising is done these days.
Forums and blogs are much more organized. These platforms you've listed, and here too, are boilers of topics and comments thrown into an ocean full of them.
It's probably already a failure to try if you don't want to be in that situation. That's why so many people hate their jobs, they shouldn't have started it.
Whatever alternative you're offered, I don't think it's worth spending more than $50 on an emulator console. (This is the maximum make sense price for any hardware that can emulate old consoles up to PS3).