Well sometimes I play to bring back the memory of the old days, when everything was simple and fun. But that's just about 5% of the time I play retro. I like the short, fast paced feel of those games. Today's games are so bloated with things (which I like sometimes) that you can't sit down for half an hour and just play. That's when retro-gaming comes into my mind and with the ability to save states it's not so time consuming (or boring to play the start level over and over agian) than in the good old days
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