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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

I'm reminded of a time I wanted to play SMB, but had to wait hours downloading an update. It may have used all my bandwidth for the month, and made the game crash all the time, but now I can spawn a powerup whenever I need one by just authorizing a micropayment! /s