RE: New "8-Bit" Machines Arrive on FPGA
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I never had a Spectrum (Beeb owner), but a friend had one that I played on. I like that this sort of thing exists, but I probably won't get one. I don't play many games anyway. The nostalgia market seems to be huge and people of that age have money. I expect it's more reliable than the original.
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Yeah I don't play games much, it is more about the technology and programming for me (which is why original hardware matters for me too).
The way I think about it, older generations had their nostalgia hobbies - there are still "rock and roll" events around here on a regular basis, and vintage cars, etc, so it is just another iteration of that. And "only 90s kids will understand" is already a thing. I wonder what the next generation will do.
My kids were born around the millennium, so they may get nostalgic about the Nintendo DS and watching DVDs.
I've seen so much over the decades and I miss some of it, but I'll take the advantages of some aspects of modern life. I don't miss all that time I spent loading games off cassette :)
My daughter loves vinyl and old graphic t-shirts so you're probably right. Maybe flip phones ;)