2023-11-08 23:18:40
The act of re-indulging in old games from our childhood is what we call retrogaming. But this practice doesn’t just include putting your hands on the controllers.
In this small, long store on rue Miniers in Aix-en-Provence, the stars are not the big Japanese or American video game productions but the “old school” classics.
From small Game Boy cartridges to “cassettes“Atari, the windows are almost reminiscent of a museum. No blazing 4K on the screens, but 8, 16 or 32 bits, which is anything but spectacular graphics.
Yet there is a real demand when it comes to retrogaming,”We find forty-year-olds who want to rediscover the video games of their childhood“, reveals Alexandre Ababou, founder of the Game Klub in Aix-en-Provence, a store specializing in the field.
Prices can skyrocket quickly
But sometimes this passion is not without risk for the wallet. You should know that for certain copies, prices can skyrocket very quickly. For example, an original cartridge of The Legend of Zelda, on NES (Nintendo’s first home console), still sealed, found a buyer for a whopping $870,000, in a special retrogaming auction organized by Heritage Auctions in 2021.
Today, a first edition Game Boy sells for an average of 125 euros, double its price when it was released in 1989. A boon for collectors, some of whom have made a career out of it, unearthing old games in cellars. to resell them at a high price on the Internet. This practice nevertheless requires a certain expertise and is intended for true enthusiasts of the genre.
Other ways to access the glories of gaming
For others, those who cannot afford an old console and the games that accompany it, there are simpler ways to access the old glories of “gaming” with emulators. These are applications capable of reading games from old consoles so that they can be played directly on a smartphone or computer. A solution for some, but more difficult to master in terms of handling on a touch screen or the configuration, and which does not allow you to rediscover all the charm of the old portable or home consoles from the 80s/90s.
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