I recently went to a retro gaming event and was struck by how unpleasant everything was.
I tried several cartridge based retro consoles. The controllers are terrible to hold and the buttons felt so bad. The games are terrible and way too difficult for their simplistic nature. The old CRT TVs gave me headaches and were very uncomfortable on the eyes.
It's crazy to think that people had such a bad gaming experience was the normal and acceptable back then.