Video games nowadays are certainly far from what they used to be during their early days many decades back. Nowadays is primarily the era of massive multiplayer games with multitudes of players simultaneously playing with or against one another and doing their best to be victorious in whichever game they play. While the games today are certainly quite intense and enjoyable, there’s still a certain charm to retro games that keep drawing us back to them.

First and foremost, among the biggest highlights of playing any retro game is the fact that what you see at first sight is exactly what you get. In the current era of constant patches and updates, most games rarely tend to stay the same for long and usually go through lots of drastic changes over their lifespan. One obvious disadvantage to all of this is the fact that developers can often end up releasing games that aren’t necessarily complete as they can simply update them early on and implement the missing elements. Fortunately, though, when it comes to retro games, you can be certain that whatever game you get is going to be complete release and won’t go through any unnecessary changes over time.

One key reason why us, and likely multitudes of other people, enjoy retro games so much is the fact that they bring an actual challenge to the table. Most modern-day games aren’t usually that difficult for players due to the constant auto-saves and various other mechanics that make things much easier and this is why retro games are great for players who are seeking an actual challenge from their gaming experience. When playing any retro game, you’ll usually have very few, if any, saves to rely on and the gameplay mechanics tend to be fairly unforgiving as well so your skills are sure to be put to the test while playing them.

Perhaps one of the most significant reasons why we love playing retro games is the fact that almost every single one of these games has something unique going for it. If you’ve had your fair share of experience with modern day games then you likely know for a fact that they can often be fairly similar to one another in various ways. However, if you try out some retro games, you’ll see that almost all of them manage to set themselves apart from one another in various different ways and this is why each retro game you play will feel unique, distinct and refreshing and all this, of course, leads to a much more enjoyable gameplay experience.

All said and done, retro games might not be mainstream any more in the modern era of gaming but we certainly still play them and have an absolute blast while doing so.