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As a player of video games now in their 40s, I\u2019ve had a lot of consoles come and very few of them go. A collector, maybe? A hoarder, is what my wife would say. Either way, I\u2019ve plenty of gaming systems from the 1980s, \u201890s and \u201800s in my home (alongside the modern, 4K-ready offerings, of course), many of which I regularly play on – and not simply to feel a nostalgic kick. Because retro gaming is much more than a history lesson in how we got to here – the classics of the past really can hold up beside today\u2019s engrossing open worlds and multiplayer socialising, as experiences that don\u2019t need remakes or remasters, or any of that. But, you know that. Anyone who knows games knows that. Yet there\u2019s still a question hanging over retro, in 2022: where do we draw the lines?<\/p>\n