Title: Pushing Buttons: why swathes of classic games are at risk of being lost forever
Author: Keza MacDonald
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:00:09 +0000
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/feb/22/pushing-buttons-retro-games-nintendo
Podcast Download URL: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1194258f37d1f9ac384f7dc49284e1e9ad79aa88/0_117_3500_2102/master/3500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b685eb50b18365441a5b89dcdfd1e0c2

In this week’s newsletter: Nintendo closing its Wii and 3DS digital storefronts
is a reminder that it’s become so much harder to replay, and introduce the next
generation to, our old favourites

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Welcome back to Pushing Buttons! Apologies for the late arrival of today’s newsletter; I was unexpectedly stranded with my family for several days last week because of Storm Eunice. Naturally this was the one time in the past five years that I have travelled without a Nintendo Switch, so I couldn’t even turn
this into an opportunity to introduce my five-year-old to Mario Kart, a parenting moment I have been looking forward to since he was born. Sadly the last couple of times I’ve tried to introduce him to games have not gone well. The cute Mario Bros Game and Watch that Nintendo released a while back was thrown across the room in a rage after about 90 seconds (“I HATE JUMPING!!!”),
and he disliked Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu so much that it will no for ever be
known in our house as No No Pikachu.
Continue reading...[2]

Links:
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/info/ng-interactive/2021/nov/24/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming (link)
[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/feb/22/pushing-buttons-retro-games-nintendo (link)
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On 2022-03-08, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.invalid> wrote:

Title: Pushing Buttons: why swathes of classic games are at risk of being lost forever
Author: Keza MacDonald
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:00:09 +0000
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/feb/22/pushing-buttons-retro-games-nintendo
Podcast Download URL: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1194258f37d1f9ac384f7dc49284e1e9ad79aa88/0_117_3500_2102/master/3500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b685eb50b18365441a5b89dcdfd1e0c2

In this week’s newsletter: Nintendo closing its Wii and 3DS digital storefronts
is a reminder that it’s become so much harder to replay, and introduce the next
generation to, our old favourites

* Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here[1]

Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d like to
receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below – and check
your inbox (and spam) for the confirmation email.

Welcome back to Pushing Buttons! Apologies for the late arrival of today’s newsletter; I was unexpectedly stranded with my family for several days last week because of Storm Eunice. Naturally this was the one time in the past five
years that I have travelled without a Nintendo Switch, so I couldn’t even turn
this into an opportunity to introduce my five-year-old to Mario Kart, a parenting moment I have been looking forward to since he was born. Sadly the last couple of times I’ve tried to introduce him to games have not gone well.
The cute Mario Bros Game and Watch that Nintendo released a while back was thrown across the room in a rage after about 90 seconds (“I HATE JUMPING!!!”),
and he disliked Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu so much that it will no for ever be
known in our house as No No Pikachu.
Continue reading...[2]

Links:
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/info/ng-interactive/2021/nov/24/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming (link)
[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/feb/22/pushing-buttons-retro-games-nintendo (link)

That's why I love remakes/reimplementation from https://osgameclones.org. And, even better, free games not depending on the original data, with custom artwork.
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