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Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Nervous To Replay In Case They Don't Hold Up?

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@-wc- Ditto. Couldn’t agree more. My first video games were the NES light-gun games and it feels like I experienced all eras so close to each other. NES, N64, PS2, doesn’t matter. All still feel fresh in my mind because I revisit them as much as possible. It was so fun learning about new games thanks to magazines, tv commercials and pure word of mouth.

I echo the general sentiment and relate with it wholeheartedly. I don’t quite get where the perception comes from or “fear” of retro games unless you’d have really poor memory. Personally the closest I came to that feeling was merely forgetting the physics of a game I haven’t played two decades ago but I tend to adjust pretty easily. I also feel confident in remembering which games I liked 20 something years ago and which ones that never stuck with me so I rarely had this experience where I felt “betrayed” by nostalgia or whatever. I revisit most of my favorite games as often as I could with only exceptions being ones I have no access to anymore.

The pre-internet age was the golden one. Offline experiences are generally superior. I remember even when I got “HD” consoles it’d take me a while to start going online and surprisingly enough I still carry that attitude somewhat. I was quite close to playing the switch solely offline and I did actually commit to that somewhat thanks to my ever growing physical collection.

Here’s to more future fun revisits of old games. G’day, mate. ✌️