Are People Missing Out on Retro Video Games? - Retro Bird
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ส.ค. 2023
- Something I think about (a lot) is the people who love video games, but don't play the older ones. In this video, I'll offer some perspective on whether or not they're missing. As you might guess, my answer is "yes".
Are People Missing Out on Retro Video Games? - Retro Bird
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Games played: Master of Darkness (0:00), Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (0:20), Sonic 2 (0:35), Contra (1:02), Rocket Knight Adventures (2:10), Rayman (12:10)
Great game choices as always thanks
I think you might be slightly addicted to Rocket Knight…
Thanks for featuring rocket knight adventures in the video. I've never played it before, and it's pretty fun.👍
I couldn't imagine living life without retro games.
I can imagine it, and it's painful 😨
Yes and fried chicken. 🍗
I feel you
@@covid19alpha2variantturboc7Yeah... Being forced to play $80 games that try to impress you with cutscenes more than with gameplay... Eww...
Same here!
Modern gaming doesn't even feel like video games anymore, it's basically a cloud-based social media network that can be cross-played between literally any digital device that can support the frame rate.
I just absolutely love your script writing and delivery, its very unique and it feels so nice!
Thank you!
The simple controls of retro games and quick up and go is what draws me now even more into the classic games I grew up with. The animations and graphic limitations really brought creative solutions to developers! Something I feel is a little lost now except in the Indie gaming sector. It’s tough to take on a game like Contra Hard Corps on the Genesis but geez one day I’ll complete that sucker!! Great vid as always bird!
I dont care about whats old and whats new, i care about whats good and that applies not just to games but to everything.
A major pet peeve of mine is someone trying to tell me that the reason I like something is nostalgia. In 2013, I decided to go back and play all the games I missed growing up. Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Metal Gear Solid, Half-Life and Half-Life 2, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Baldur's Gate I and II, Chrono Cross, Super Metroid, Super Mario 64, Planescape: Torment, Xenogears and on and on and on...and to be honest, a lot of those older games are now some of my favorite games of all time. No nostalgia at all...just recognizing greatness.
Another thing to remember is you can't really understand real greatness without playing a lot of games for a particular old system or time frame. By that, I mean you need a real basis of comparison.
Dude, you missed like every great game ever growing up. You must have been born in 2000 or something. Those games are all staples in a 90’s kids gaming diet
@@GeorgeZimmermen Actually I started with the Atari 2600. Moved onto the NES in 1987 or so and that REALLY got me into gaming but the truth is...I grew up poor and games were strictly Christmas and Birthday things.
Moved to AZ with my Mom and stepdad in the summer of 1990 and never really got a system of my own until the Playstation in 1998. I played a good amount of SNES games on my best friend's system but we only played sports games/racing games so I was at the mercy of whatever he played.
I also never had a pc that could do anything much more than Doom until about 10 years ago when I got a PC for school that had a graphics card because I needed it to handle 3d graphics for school. It wasn't until then that I went back and played old PC classics. So yeah...I've been gaming for about 40 years now...but missed a lot growing up, mainly because I grew up in a poor household
big fan of the floppy-eared dogs suggestion
A retro bird video on my birthday. Thats a recipe for happiness.
Happy Birthday!! And please don’t throw yourself into the garbage.
Happy Birthday!
I tortured my baby bro by having him play retro games 😆, he had no patience for it, but it was still fun. Have to keep traning him in the old ways 🕹
This dude always cracks me up 😂😂😂
Well, I always thought I was missing out because I didn't grow up with a lot of older consoles and games that people think of as iconic. The Super Nintendo, The N64. Literally any Sega console.
And not only was I interested in the games, but I was interested in the history too. Nintendo Power magazines, old ads, posters and so on. Collecting games is much of an extension of that. Because, of course there's far much cheaper and affordable alternatives and I do know of those.
But having a Super Nintendo game with the original box, the manual and holding it in my hand feels like having history.
You can’t buy memories or nostalgia kid. Us 90’s kids lived during the golden era and nothing has been the same since. Trust me
@@GeorgeZimmermen90s weren’t that great,you were just a kid so you thought it was amazing.kids of every decade say exactly what your saying.
@@frankf684 I can tell you life absolutely changed after 9/11. The world felt different and continues too. Pre 9/11 the world was just more fun and had a different vibe to it that you can’t explain but you understand if you were alive for both eras
I think the head in the garbage complete with the crumpling sound gag was the funniest one you've ever done. Legitimately cracked up on that one. Slapstick combines so good with dry humor 🤣
I never stopped loving old video games!!!!
Each video game era has its own aesthetic that has become a part of the modern gaming zeitgeist. This is why there are so many pixel art throwbacks. In that sense, newer gamers are not missing out. I also love how the home-brew scene is creating new titles for some of these older consoles. What’s old becomes new again, as long as people keep it alive.
Then 3D Dot Game Heroes comes along. 😅
@@DP12321I'd argue that 3D dot game heroes has itself become retro.
@@TheNameIsSR Time makes fools of us all.
Another cool thing about retro titles is when they’re re-imagined by the fan base. Rayman, Metroid, Sonic and many others have had a remix, or modern touch ups that inject new life into these older games and have made them more accessible in terms of hardware and in some instances, adjusted the difficulty or got rid of the lives system.
Yet you never get games with N64 style 3d models. It seriously bums me out
I liked what he had to say.
You touched a theme that many people never thought of and I realized long ago: playing old music in the background while playing retro games! Listening to music from the same age as the games makes the experience MUCH better! Most (if not all) of the songs are on TH-cam's official music channels, all you have to do is create a personalized playlist and play it on random mode, kinda like a music channel from back in the days!
Hack yeh! Playing 80s 90s music and NES or SNES is a total vacation mode for the father of two like me 😊 and if my child joins me playing? That completes me!
I enjoy Retro & Modern Videogames. Retro games just have that charm, fun, and nostalgia to play. It's like finding a classic pirate's chest, and getting gold treasure.
Thank you for posting this video, and a Happy Birthday to You Retro Bird!
Believe it or not, there was an era mostly during the late 90's when 2D games were automatically considered "old" even if they were fairly new. 3D polygon systems like the PS1 and N64 were all the rage and playing an older system like the NES was considered odd by some people. Welp, I was one of those weird people. The new 3D games were great but there was just something different about still playing the older 2D games. Luckily for me, this era is when I started collecting and I took advantage of "old" games that were dirt cheap. Cheap because the mass thought they were old and outdated. Now with indie devs and retro game communities, 2D retro style games are more popular than ever.
I can only imagine how greasy those controllers must be at the chicken shack...
Haha. Yeah, they seemed to be wiping those suckers down pretty regularly while I was in there.
retro games have had a remarkably positive impact on my life. I started getting into them in middle school because I just wasn't super excited about games from the 360 and PS3 generation then so I went back. My life was really tumultuous back then too so they provided pure pick up and go fun which I enjoyed alot.
I mean you weren't wrong there were a hand full of Great titles that gen but man it was the dark ages coming from the amazing 6th gen
@@HollowRickIt's kind of interesting because for me the dark age is essentially the PS4/One generation onward. I think that's because I might be at least a generation younger than you both. I'm from 1999, so I grew up with the Wii, DS and 360 (a little later).
Imho the PS3, 360 and Wii are legendary consoles with legendary games, just like the 6th gen was. The 7th gen was one of the only generation where all consoles were really successful for each of the big players : the DS is the 2nd most sold console of all time, the PSP sold really well, just like the PS3, 360 and Wii. DLC wasn't really an issue compared to lootboxes and other things I don't really like, that came after, download sizes and software updates were kept to a minimal (or almost inexistent in the case of the Wii and DS) and each system has a strong personality just like on the 6th gen.
I also began to purchase retro consoles and games in middle-school around 2013/2014. First a SNES (PAL, as I live in Europe NTSC consoles are harder to find in stores, which was my preferred method of buying back then), then a N64, then a PS2, then a Gamecube, then a Megadrive (which was switched to 60Hz very quickly), etc... until today 😃. I'm kind of sad because now that I have my first job and that I am in financial capacity to buy a much bigger amount of things, some games and systems have drastically gone up in price even since 2014. But at last I have bought almost every system I'm interested in (I would like to get a PC Engine and a few arcade boards like Street Fighter 2) and the corresponding everdrives or ODEs 🙂.
@@HollowRick I loved all the shooters and gears clones back then lol. Come to think of it, they're really good for quick sessions.
So many retro games are timeless and I'm glad that nearly all of them are accessible to almost anyone. Sometimes I talk to my fellow gamers at my work about how easy it is to get back into retro gaming. We have lots of options nowadays... PCs, hacked handhelds, smartphones, etc. It's an incredible time to be a gamer and more folks need to know their options.
I always watch until the end just for the outro music.
Great vid as usual.
Your videos are the happiest place on the internet.
The caution you used with the Saturn in the trash can was priceless. LOL great video!!!!!
...because the Saturn itself is also priceless. ;)
literally just two days ago i was venting to some friends about how hard it is to convince people to try old games and then this video comes out addressing my concerns basically point for point. you nailed this one dude
Great to hear!
Dude you have the best vibes of anyone on TH-cam.
Thanks!
My Beagle appreciated your comment about floppy eared dogs. He's a sucker for attention in any form.
Yeah, you can look at floppy ears all day!
I love him gingerly putting the Saturn in the trash. He knew he wanted the joke in the video but also knew he wasn’t going to risk breaking the system. A problem with new games is all the extra steps a lot have to get started. I’m not saying going back to Metroid with no map, but why do I have to sign a 20 page agreement to play Assassin’s Creed by myself?
This video changed my life.
@2:50 - bought my first Tamagotchi last year. In the days my bro and friends had some but I never got one.
Now I hae a R2-D2 Tamagotchi.
Your dream is true, I’m only 13 and got on your lawn. I love retro games and have 17 retro console already
Great to hear! Hope you enjoy them.
@@RetroBirdGaming is there any affordable Super Nintendo / PlayStation games you reccomend
The best thing about retro games, is they are a complete experience without needing add-ons, and they have no servers so they'll never go offline and be unplayable.
I'm glad I came back to playing retro and retro style games. There's something to be said about having a game humble you. Just as much as it is rewarding when you finally overcome it. Honestly, I think let myself forget a little too much about how to deal with adversity, frustration and failure. Retro style video games have allowed me to practice dealing with those elements in a safe, low risk environment. And I really think it has helped manage those aspects in real life a tad better.
Subconsciously, I think I allowed myself to get soft on dealing with those things over the last few years. Which in turn made me less capable of handling them when they inevitably popped up. I feel like I'm just starting to rebuild my resolve. And while it's not just retro video games, they are helping with the rebuilding process.
As a 90s kid who still plays video games, this is very relatable. Glad i found this channel.
Very wholsome & funny😂❤
Don't throw yourself into the trash can, you arent old, you are vintage.
I'm currently having a blast playing Civilization II for the PS1, it's so immersive and nostagic, that's a win win situation.
Been getting back into retro games lately. Rekindled that childhood joy of gaming, and the rage I remember as a kid is nostalgic and still relevant 😂 Right now I'm set on finally beating the first NES GI Joe.
I love your take on old games. Thanks for keeping things positive. I love your tongue-in-cheek humor as well. Great video.
I love how carefully you lowered the Saturn into the bin, then stuck your own head in like it was nothing 😂
Good games will always be good games. I rotate what I play so I’m always replaying old games and mixing them in with the new.
I limit myself to only buying 4 new games each year so what I buy must be the cream of the crop that I’m truly interested in.
I find this gives older games already in my library more time to breathe and be replayed.
Can't imagine that their are people who just DONT play videos games. How does anyone live like that? 😢
Part of the hang up for me when I first tried to get back into retro games was my memory of the challenge curve as a kid. I never seemed to get much better at the extremely difficult games even after hours and hours of attempts. As an adult I’ve found it is much easier to get better with a bit of effort and concentration. TH-cam video walkthroughs help. I do think save states vastly increase the satisfaction of those retro games that have impossible end bosses because a huge part of the fulfillment is beating the game.
Yeah but the fulfillment comes from beating the game legitimately, no?
Using save states would make games so much easier, what's the point?
I’d like to petition for an actual “get on my lawn” hat
One thing to remember about kids: When we were kids (at least, I'll speak for myself here. I was 10 in 1994), we always had our cheat codes. I could hardly play any game without looking into the cheats for it. It wasn't until I was a teenager that games started to click a little more for me and I could understand how to play them and get better at them, so I try not to be too judgemental of my kids when they play my older consoles.
That said, one thing I've found really works with my kids: old Arcade games. I have a cocktail cabinet with a 60-in-1 JAMMA board in it and my kids have been playing that and getting better and better at certain games (DigDug, Shao-Lin Road, 1943); I think it helps that it just sits there, waiting to be played. It's not an event; it's not turning on the console to play a game in particular, it's just there to kill time on when you feel like you want a little bit of screen time. Seems to me that since it's less of an "Event", the dying and repeating stages is more accepted. Not sure, exactly, but my 6 year old doesn't get frustrated with the arcade games like he does with my Genesis or SNES.
That's really interesting. It's almost like dying isn't seen as failure as much to them in that context.
I know it was a joke, but that Saturn in the trash gag still hurt!
FWIW, I just spent the last 2 hours playing Guardian Heroes with my son. He was skeptical at first, but now he wants to see all the endings and unlock all the characters for vs mode..
I'm with ya. I gave it a hug right after. It just didn't feel right.
I never stopped enjoying old games. I've been playing Double Dragon arcade and Space Harrier since they came out.
"Some of us can be idiots" had me cracking up, I loved your delivery and facial expression on that one.
Excellent analysis. It's a shame there's a lot of people who dismiss retro games as relics from the past. Not all retro games have aged gracefully, but the "purity" of old games make the stand out the test of time.
The comparison to older music is great! I just picked up the hobby after taking a break from the newer games. Now when I play some newer games it can feel like im clocking in for a shift at work. Old games you're free to go whenever they will always be there and you have to learn to progress. like you've said just getting a little further each time.
There are so many unique and original games that were made back in the day that have nothing even remotely similar to compare them to nowadays, that's another good reason to play retro games too. Not the familiar titles but more of the obscure stuff that for me are really fun to discover, especially stuff on old computers that I never played before.
I love how passionate you got in this video, I could really tell this is a topic close to your heart 😊
Oh, for sure!
I have some serious trouble believing there'd be a half-eaten banana in your trashcan! That would mean you didn't eat the whole thing and that can't be true!
I love the older systems and games, if older gets thrown away then I should’ve been in the city dump by now lol. Late happy birthday to you bud and thanks for spreading the message about retro gaming.
Since late high school, 2010, I planned on playing games I’ve missed out on/didn’t finish, such as link’s awakening, final fantasy 1, kingdom hearts, yoshi’s island, donkey Kong country, etc. I’ve come across some legendaries, like earthbound, grandia, final fantasy 6, secret of mana, and super mario land 2:6 golden coins.
7:20 this list is far too accurate for my comfort level 😅 😩
Never ever commented this and this is something that I've thought about for maybe over 30 years:
I loooooove the running style for that guy in Ghouls n' Ghosts! Just look at that animation! Epic! Unique!
That game is so crazy hard, at least for a beginner. It's probably much easier when you've played it 500+ times. I wanna beat that game one day. That would feel so good!
Or if the game's title is Ghosts n' Goblins?
The first game I ever played was Donkey Kong. I immediately fell in love with games like Pac Man and Qbert. My first console was the NES so for me there is no way I could live without retro video games.
Retro bird in the trash can looking for that bread clip he accidentally threw away.
If somebody can't stand dying in older video games, try getting them into Mario Paint (but don't tell them about the flyswatter minigame since you can lose that one).
as a young whipper snapper, i'm getting into old games because they look cool
Happy birthday, halfway to 70!
I am very new to this channel. I had to comment and say I am very happy. I found you, it’s like I have a friend I’m talking to about my hobby. You’ve inspired me to start doing a retro game night with some of my friends, and now they are getting into the hobby too!
That's great to hear and I'm stoked to have you on the channel! I hope you have a blast with your friends!
Wow I can't believe how similar of an experience with the hobby you had! I'm 37. I remember my employer went out of business in 2012 and that's when I picked the old games back up. And yeah I sucked at them too! But I persisted. Surely I was capable of doing better than those first few tries! And now Im surprised at how many old games I have picked up and enjoy that as you said I never even had as a kid.... Old games are amazing! Now if only I could get my wife to agree
1:27 I love how respectfully you put the Saturn in the trash
Retro games are great. Every time my nephew visits he's excited to play his uncle's retro games!
Don't much care what anyone else thinks.
Great video Mr. Bird.
That makes you a good uncle!
If you stop me in the street to talk retro-games, I won't run!
Ah, yes, of course it's nostalgia. I'm obviously nostalgic of a game that's decades older than me, and I played for the first time a few years ago.
I look at retro and older games as my own universe to explore. There’s so much more variety and potential when you open up beyond what the latest dads are feeding us. I love everything from my Colecovision, my PS3 and my Saturn.
Glad you don't give up on kids. We need them to carry these games on after we're gone.
Nothing pleases me more than when I see comments from a younger gamer that wasn't even born when these games were new saying how much they enjoy them and they like retro games.
They're one of us too 👍
I actually do get those types of comments quite a bit! It's great to see!
For me nostalgia doesn’t really drive me to play older games, mainly because I didn’t play a lot of video games growing up, but also because it’s more of getting an authentic experience out of playing them, because as nice as remakes and remasters are I wanna know what it was like to actually play these games as they were when they were still new.
I just got done setting up a 2000s "retro" setup a few weeks back and I’ve really been enjoying playing games that didn’t even know of until I started this whole endeavor!
You made a great point about other media being more acceptable for older titles like movies and music. Older books probably being the most acceptable older media. It's such BS. It's like the elitism in movie genres. Comedy and horror are not considered as prestigious by some critics. Occasionally someone comes along with that mentality like the French revolutionists wanting to burn everything that is old for the sake of progress.
I gave up on Zelda tears because I got tired of solving the puzzles every time you entered a temple. The puzzles just became tedious due to complexity.
I got my 7 year old son into retro gaming. His favorite game right now is Super Mario Bros 3.
That game will forever stand the test of time.
Really nice! My first exposure to retro gaming was on a SNES emulator playing Super Mario Kart with my dad (we managed to finish it back then, not sure I would be able to do that today without a serious amount of training). We also played Super Mario World and A Link To the Past, both legendary and timeless classics like Super Mario Bros 3 😃
All right!
@@RetroBirdGaming Yes! It is better that he plays SMB3 rather than trying to challenge Ghosts 'N Goblins😅
(otherwise my 7 year old son likely won't appreciate retro gaming....)
@@benjib2691 Nice to hear your comment!
We don't play by emulators so much but I understand the convenience 👍
In fact, we have the Super Mario All Stars Anniversary, the again released disc for the Wii.
But my son and I actually beat the game together on the port released for the DS and we completed Worlds 1-8 together and beat every single level.
(This gives the player a world and select level option after going through every level 😊)
This channel definitely got me checking out games that came out before my time and I'm glad I'm not missing out!
Interestingly the Switch online service is how I found out about two of my new all time favorite games, Panel De Pon for the SNES and MUSHA on the Genesis. Also, you'll be delighted to hear that my 9 year old nephew loves Punch Out on the NES, which he played on the Switch online service. I think those mini consoles and streaming services are fantastic for people to get interested in retro games. And then if some old series interests you, or maybe a modern series interests you like Zelda or Fire Emblem then go back and collect the old ones.
Imagine what life without retro video games
Remember games that you could just pick up and play? No patches, no logins, no monetization.
we'll never live through that early era again, so I love what we had and keep them alive in my life by collecting vintage physical Hardware and cart's and play them as if I'm still in the 70's- 80's- 90's. great vid
I couldn't imagine my life without Friday the 13th on NES or Joe Montanas sports talk football on the Genesis🥺
Happy Be-Lated Birthday! Or how I like to call it...Welcome to the next level. I got back into retro gaming in 2011 when my kids were born I was looking up something for raising twin babies on You to the Tube. Found people playing old school video games! Found out I can buy games that I like & not burn my hard earn money on games that suck. I was back into Retro Gaming baby! Sega did a clone of Castlevania called, Master of Darkness? Need to check that out! Thanks again for the trail of bird seeds to my next Retro Game!
randomly came across this guy while going down the crt rabbit hole, and hes slowly becominf a favorite
Got back into retro games last year. He's absolutely right. Started with diving into my childhood. Evolved into playing titles I've never heard of.
Hey Mr bird the last two months have been a shitty time in my life. My parents and I where told to get out of an apartment that was home for five years. I was really really pissed off because of the reason we had to leave. We have three dogs and we would take them outside in the back yard and after they pooped we would always clean it. Our upstairs neighbors went to the landlord because she found dog shit in the front yard. We never ever took them any where but the back yard so we had to leave. But you know what we found a new place and we will be living next to my older brother and your videos helped me out alot. Thank you so much
Hang in there my friend! Dog Turd "Who Done It" is a problem I've seen before. That's a rough break. Glad to hear that the videos can help in some way.
@@RetroBirdGaming yeah they have and you know what you're talking about when it comes to gaming and you have a style to how you make your videos that I never feel is disingenuous. When I first started watching your videos and one day you said how tall you are I was like no wonder you can lift an old crt TV with ease.
I think the music analogy is actually pretty spot on, you just need to adjust the dates.
1900-1930s early recordings. = Atari and other pre-Nintendo consoles, very niche
1940-60 vinyl records and the first recording artist stars= Nintendo arrives, video game mania grows.
Late 60-80s =snes genisis n64 PlayStation.
Ok maybe not a rock solid analogy, but at least a plug to help the algorithm ;) thanks for the video!
Great response. I love the way you laid it all out.
I'm glad i grew up on retro games, and i play some modern games with retro vibes such as Battle Princess Madelyn. Good game. I hope some newer games will be fondly remembered one day. Perhaps Huntdown couldo one day be considered a classic. Also, everything gets older, us, the entertainment and media we enjoy, the world. I just hope some people in the future can enjoy this as well.
Great video! Definitely agree with what you said about going back to old school games after playing a lot of new one. Definitely have to get back into the more "get good" mindset, some retro games are no joke.😅👍
I recently played Rocket Knight Adventures, because of the Retro Bird. I was thinking of doing a video on it for my own channel. Keep up the great work Retro Bird!
I hope your time with the game ended up being worthwhile :)
@@RetroBirdGaming You bet it was. It's fun, with a enough challenge that I certainly couldn't get through it the first few times, but not so much challenge that one just gives up. I can certainly see why you are always working it into your content. :)
Have you heard the good news about old hockey cards? 😅
Love old NES & SNES games, always will!
Retro games are the majority of what I play and it's been that way for a long time.
It's hard for me to get into modern games nowadays because of how samey they are and how much time they waste.
I'm happy to say I've never had a time where I didn't enjoy playing retro games - I loved them growing up and I love them now, even when there was a huge push for modern gaming in the 2000's with 3D games (which I also enjoyed on occasion). The simple fun of pick-up-and-play games never goes out of style for me.
sounds like a dark souls love story, except the games are harder
not playing retro games because they're old is like waiting for the remake of Chess to come out to try it.
Legend says his head is still in that trash can to this day
I think some of it is people not having/making the time for going back for retro games. I', part of a tabletop club (miniatures games, rpgs, board games). On our Discord we have a section for video games, and I honestly don't know if many of the players get through the modern games they're playing.
The earliest I remember was Deep Rock Galactic and Elden Ring. Then it was Dark Tide. Followed closely by Diablo IV. Then a swift break with Boltgun. Currently, it's Balder's Gate 3 flooding the Video Games channel. And this was just the last few months.
I don't think any of those games, save maybe Boltgun, are less than 40 hours to see a good portion of them. I occasionally mention what retro genre (usually shmups or beat 'em ups) I'm playing. But I'm not sure if they know what these genres are. Let alone interested. I think they are mostly too busy just keeping up with exploring the new stuff to find interest in exploring older stuff.
I finally got a copy of Ristar! Im loving it, totally get the hype now!
I play both retro and modern games, sometimes I even play older games on my XBOX One and Switch.
Here's something to talk about, how you first played a video game vs how you play it today.
Like playing the SNES over RF input or playing GBA games on the original GBA and never upgrading to the SP system.
That can have a lot to do with how you perceive certain games.
I keep hearing how people hated the Mario Advance series and yes going back to it on the Switch is rough.
Screens too tight, washed out colors, ect.
But I beat all 4 of those games on the original Gameboy Advance.
I busted out my old system a few days ago and played some Super Mario World.
Aside from getting the right angle again and it being kind of dark, it was fine.
But as a kid, that's all I had and saw no issues with it :P
omg i love the video and your voice and antics WHAAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!! love this!!!!!!
I think another exciting aspect of retro games is personal discovery. Frequently, it's more exciting when you stumble upon a game that you love because of your own curiosity than being bullied into a purchase by constant trailers and ads. It's also really nice when like-minded friends can bond over the discoveries. I've seen so many friends get into Ridge Racer Type 4 over the last decade, and it's always a beautiful sight. (Hot tip - That's finally become available for purchase on PS4 and PS5 in the last week, and you'll get it for free if you've bought it on PSN before)
Finding things to enjoy in older games builds upon my appreciation of games in general. I take it as a bit of a challenge to see how old a game I can enjoy, and under the right conditions, I don't think there's an era that's too rudimentary for me. Pong might seem too basic on face value, but if you play against someone else on a system with reliable analogue paddle controllers, that's a great time.
I can't separate my interest in games from my interest in their production. I'm inherently curious about how they were made, what conditions they were released under, and what they attempted to achieve. Knowing that Yu Suzuki personally studied million dollar military flight simulator hardware and reengineered it to reproduce its effects on affordable arcade hardware really makes me appreciate Sega's early "Virtua" games. Having some understanding of why games are the way they are makes them far more interesting for me, and I'm much more accepting of things that might seem outdated to those who are just looking for fun. I love to think and talk about this stuff. The things people tried to make, what could have been, and the times when it all worked out. The 1981 Donkey Kong will never not be interesting to me.
I hope the AAA studios start making the classic genres again.