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  • 8 Bits is Enough

    The Rise of Retro Gaming

    MJW 130214

    (Matthew Wells, Feb. 13, 2014)

  • What is Retro Gaming?

    The practice of deliberately playing games via older computers and gaming consoles.

    The practices of playing and creating games for older systems, or games that conform to the limitations of older systems.

    Related practices: collecting games and game materials, collectibles, etc.

  • Retro Gaming

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    also this

  • Retro Gaming

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    also this

  • Retro Gaming

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    also this

  • Retro Gaming: by the Numbers

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  • Retro Gaming: by the Numbers

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  • Game Studies

    Cultural Studies

    Political Economy

    Demographics

    Nostalgia

    Emulators

    Indie and Casual Games

    Novel Mechanics

    Difficulty

  • Demographics

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    0 5 10 15 20

    Age, 1980 vs. 2014

    Age in 2014

    Age in 1980

  • 1950s Nostalgia in 1970s

  • 1980s Nostalgia in 2000s-2010s?

  • Novel Mechanics

  • Difficulty

  • Emulators

  • Indie and Casual Games

  • Future Issues

    Fad, or here to stay?

    Publisher archives?

    Design/game-making tools?

    8 Bits is EnoughSlide Number 2What is Retro Gaming?Retro GamingRetro GamingRetro GamingRetro Gaming: by the NumbersRetro Gaming: by the NumbersSlide Number 9Demographics1950s Nostalgia in 1970s1980s Nostalgia in 2000s-2010s?Novel MechanicsDifficultyEmulatorsIndie and Casual GamesFuture Issues