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Is there any youngsters here(25yo or younger) who are into retro gaming? (alien.top)
submitted 9 months ago by Corleone648@alien.top to c/gaming@level-up.zone
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Millenial guy here who grew up playing NES, SNES, N64 and PS1, I wonder if there are younger people who are into these consoles or even older ones like Atari 2600, if you like or don't like what are the reasons for that?

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[–] birby_birb103@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

What are retro games?

[–] ColdLobsterBisque@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

16 y/o here, I pretty regularly play GBA games and I have some of the S/NES games on my Switch that I like

[–] Corleone648@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Nice

[–] Sourika@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This feels so sus.

[–] bananapizzuh1@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have always been interested in retro gaming, although, where I live it’s pretty hard to acquire consoles and games. I have a stigma around emulation, it just doesn’t feel authentic. If you count PS2 & OG xbox era, then I do enjoy retro gaming.

[–] Corleone648@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Doesn't the outdated mechanics feel weird for you?

[–] thatoneguy2009123@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

yea cus my mom had many retro thinks like gameboy or NES i grew up with it and i still love classic like super mario bros or donkey kong

[–] Corleone648@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Such a cool mom.

[–] onetimequestion66@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’m 25 and my personal favorite is GameCube. N64 games feel nearly unplayable at this point just because of how spoiled we’ve become but I didn’t play ocarina of time and major as mask on the switch 64 emulator. It’s fine but I feel like all of the really old games that are still worth playing have been remade with quality of life upgrades

[–] Corleone648@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

The thing bad in N64 IMO is the strange controller.

[–] KasaneTetoFan@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Some of my favorite games and series are retro (25), grew up playing them as well. I regularly play and try out older games and try to complete them, and usually I have a pretty good time.

[–] Corleone648@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I just played Banjo Kazooie for the first time, I didn't know I was missing all the time.

[–] howtofall@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

26, so a bit outside your age range. But lots of my favorites are from before my time. Super Metroid, Planescape: Torment, and Morrowind are all in my top 10.

I also got into fighting games this year, so I’ve spent a lot of time going back to old Capcom fighting games like SF2, SF3, and the Darkstalkers games.

[–] Corleone648@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Nice, the 90s were the top years of the fighting games.