I'm looking to get into retro PC gaming. What should I pick

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>PC88
I hope you're planning on studying moonrues. Unlike the MSX machines, the NEC series of PCs aren't swimming in import-friendly games & software. Hell, even good English documentation is tough to come by.

Maybe you should emulate some software before you blindly buy stuff.

>>3628856
>Also, what is the best way to play early shooters like Doom?

literally just use dosbox

seriously, it just fucking works

if you want get an old keyboard and a crt monitor and shit, but buying old hardware is just going to cause more frustration than it's worth

>>3628856
I've owned a //gs since I was a kid. It's definitely not starved for games, but the real meat & potatoes of the Apple II game library that you'd probably find yourself playing on it is 8-bit.

Amiga had the bigger 16-bit library by far. Even Atari ST had more 16-bit games.

>>3629037
True, but you can still play all of the 8-bit library on the IIgs, as well as the GS-exclusive titles.

>>3629110
Like I said, I own one. Of course I know this and I'm assuming OP would too.

I'm only suggesting that OP weigh the Apple II library against the Amiga's knowing that the massive majority of Apple II games worth owning will be 8-bit.

>>3628856
What >>3628908 says, also >>3628865 is right, the MSX had a huge following in Europe, but PC-88 games were pretty much Japan-only (the first PC-88 model found it's way abroad but as a CP/M business computer).