Keep your loose change.
Even if you harbour a deep and sincere love for classic gaming, it can sometimes be tricky to muster a bounty of enthusiasm when a new retro gaming compilation lands. Over time we have perhaps become spoiled by an abundance of access to the mainstream of the video game form’s past. Iconic outfits such as Sega and Capcom have shared collections of their most beloved games over and over, and now we find ourselves in the era of micro-consoles and series like Hamster’s Arcade Archives. For all those reasons, access to retro games feels increasingly familiar.
For some, that familiarity has even bred contempt. There are those that feel they are being asked to buy the same games over and over for different formats. That’s a valid perspective, but the counterpoint there is that each new compilation from the likes of Capcom arguably brings important and influential works to a new generation of players.
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