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On Wed, 04 Jul 2018 23:01:31 GMT, Pabst Blue Ribbon
<pabst@blue.ribbon> wrote:

>AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have been spoiled by GHz of speed, GB of memory, TB of disk space and 
>> Mega-mega pixels of screen resolutions.
>
>I guess we've all been spoiled by that. But I suspect that just low
>resolution and beeping sounds are enough to cause pleasing state of
>nostalgia.
>
>I'm not a gamer, but while browsing web I see ads and discussions about
>games every now and then. In last several years there were quite few
>successful titles that can be called "retro games". They are native
>Win/Lin/Mac programs running on x86_64, but visually they're very close to
>what was state of the art back in the days of Commodore, ZX Spectrum, and
>other 8-bit home computers. Of course, new games are different than the
>titles of 1980's, they more like something one would call "close enough".
>But people actually like it! I suspect main audience is people in their
>30's or 40's who played old games when they were kids and just want to feel
>the nostalgia, and simple visual/audio experience works for them even
>though they were spoiled by GHzs of CPU speed and mega-mega pixels of
>screen resolution.
>
>So maybe that's all what nostalgia is? Video/audio experience?

I am also on a paper and pencil rpg forum. People there went nuts over
the 8-bit games that have come out again. They do remember them, and
are happy to be playing them again. Several people posted about the
8-bit consoles they still had. The discussion got them to get them out
and try them again. After that, they compare the old and new versions
of the games.