So why do you retro-game?

[the7k]

There are many reasons why I prefer retro games, but I think the main reason is that I have had enough of the newer ones. Most modern games are either an open world "adventure" game or an FPS. Whatever happened to 2D platformers, 2D fighters, or turn-based RPGs? What was so wrong with them that no one makes these games anymore?

Street Fighter IV, Battle Fantasia, Blaz Blue, King of Fighters XII...

[Haoie]

Too poor for modern stuff.

[gradualmeltdown]

Because I couldn't have all the games I wanted as a kid. Grew up in the "golden" generation of gamers. I consider "golden" generation people who got into games as a little kid on NES then were bombarded around age 10-15 with arguably the best console generation of all time : SNES vs Genesis. Reading gaming mags (EGM R.I.P) then was so evil because you knew how many interesting games you were missing out on. Unacceptable!

I was always into the most subversive gaming possible too. My mom wouldn't let me get a Turbo Duo because she knew NEC has no business in gaming. Sega was my second choice (shame)! Because of this there were tons of Duo and underground Sega games I read about back in the day but never got. My most prized game is the Japanese version of SF2:CE for PC:Engine. For years I kept waiting for it to come out in America. 11 years later I went all the way to Japan to go get the damn thing! Now that is persistence!

[Erik_Twice]

Because there are amazing old games like X-COM or Robotron.. They may be old but they are still really fun and can compete with modern games. Why would I choose new over old when I can have both?

[executioner]

Its all about the gameplay. Being 10 years old and dreaming one day to have all those games, now it all came to reality and its very fulfilling.

[Snickerd00dle]

for the ladies it attracts