5 Retro Gaming Miracles in 2024

Let’s go ColecoVision crazy: https://youtu.be/naqVeJzeZuk?si=KLPgP94msj0jyHRy

The thing I love the most, is getting brand new games and accessories for retro systems.

I think NES maker has been a modern miracle in retro gaming, opening up NES game development to people that otherwise wouldn't be able to!

Not a 2024-only thing, but the proliferation of flash-carts/multicarts for a huge range of systems, making it much easier for homebrews and hacks to gain traction and popularity without the requirement to source or deal in relatively pricey cartridge hardware.

At the risk of turbocharging the comments section, the amico console coming out would be the miracle of 2024😂😂

I've been going to midwest gaming classic for many many years

Couple things I'd like to add that I'm really happy about. Piggybacking off the homebrews, there are rom hacks out there that actually improve the game that I love. There's Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest Redacted which makes the dialogue not so cryptic. There's also a version of Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition for Genesis that vastly improves the color palette. There's also a hack of Mortal Kombat 2 (I can't remember the name...Unlimited I think) that improves the color palette, adds sound effects that are missing and adds a few new characters that weren't playable, like Noob Saibot, Smoke and Jade. Next thing is the peripherals! New and sometimes better ways to play old games. I made a video talking about this but I absolutely detest the original Dreamcast controller. It literally hurts my hands after a while, which sucks because I love that system. Now we finally have stuff like those Retro Fighters controllers, and the BlueRetro adapter that lets you pair bluetooth controllers to it. I also think 8bitdo improved on alot of controllers too. I actually think their SN30 is better than the OEM SNES controller. Dpad is more accurate and the shoulder buttons are much less shallow.

I like small conventions. If a convention has more than a thousand people at it in one day, that's too much for me. I can't stand big crowds. I do love that arcades are making a comeback now. I think that people are starting to get tired of swiping and tapping on their touch screens and are wanting physical gaming experiences again. My town has at least six that I know of that are worth going to, so that's great! The documentaries now are very good. I have seen some really interesting ones in recent years. Prices are a two edged sword: higher prices are great for sellers, but bad for buyers. That's just how it goes. The good thing about games being considered valuable now, I suppose, is that more of them are being saved and cherished rather than thrown away. I love how collectible games and consoles are now. I wish that I hadn't traded in so many of my old games and consoles now, but when I was younger, it seemed to make sense at the time. I've 'bought back' a few of those that I really missed the most. I don't understand grading and sealing up games though. That just boggles my mind. The homebrew scene is fantastic! I love that people are making new games for old consoles. I really enjoy several of them for my Atari 2600, 7800 and DOS on PC. Fun video that makes some good points.

Brett, I bumped into Pat and I casually asked him why he doesn’t like you and he punched me and called me a troll, he was with some old guy named frank who said he would tell the cops I swung at him first so I ran.

The Analogue Pocket. End of discussion.

Atari purchasing Intellivision, Sega games on Nintendo consoles, Microsoft games on Playstation. Microsoft characters in Smash Ultimate, a Nintendo game. A lot of playground insults (and a few tiny fists) were thrown for no reason whatsoever.