Yeah, the modern experience of retro games is super different in all sorts of ways.
All of that is 100% true. Conversely, a lot of stuff I was fine with in games at the time now seems unbearable. Old games that were great in context now aren’t and games that nobody knew existed now hold up great and have become cult classics.
Which is why preservation isn’t just about making the games playable, you also need some sort of record of how they were perceived at the time and why.
I’m overthinking some random meme about old game nostalgia, as usual, but none of this is wrong.
Yeah, the modern experience of retro games is super different in all sorts of ways.
All of that is 100% true. Conversely, a lot of stuff I was fine with in games at the time now seems unbearable. Old games that were great in context now aren’t and games that nobody knew existed now hold up great and have become cult classics.
Which is why preservation isn’t just about making the games playable, you also need some sort of record of how they were perceived at the time and why.
I’m overthinking some random meme about old game nostalgia, as usual, but none of this is wrong.