I'm a bit younger than you, but I was visiting my mom a few weeks back, and found my old NES in some boxes she had saved for me (along with a few of the better games). Thanks to the composite connector, I managed to plug it into a modern HDTV and it worked just fine. My old copy of Zelda somehow even had a working save battery.
My mom made an offhand comment like "someone isn't sleeping much tonight."
The new games are more complex and realistic, but there is still plenty of joy in those old systems and games, especially for those of us who grew up with them.
I started Zelda: BotW a couple of years back but the open world nature and sheer number of side quests make me think it will take another few years before I finish the main quest. I find there is little to draw me back except the joy of exploration. The sheer freedom kinda puts me off.
It's not a criticism, just a different type of game to Zelda: A Link betwen Worlds which I adored and had that more linear old-skool structure.
My mom made an offhand comment like "someone isn't sleeping much tonight."
The new games are more complex and realistic, but there is still plenty of joy in those old systems and games, especially for those of us who grew up with them.