>>12093891
>Why are consoles released before the NES generally unpopular among retro gamers?
I think it's because most games on those systems are really small and simple ones where you'll have seen everything there is to see in just 15 minutes, and often in much less time than that.
They're too small, short, and simple, to fit later gamer's expectations of what a videogame is actually like.

With NES and C64 games and stuff, you have a lot of full fledged adventures in a long form, or a more exciting and deep arcade experience. You don't get games like Mario, Sonic, Contra, Castlevania, Zelda, etc, on a 2600, the kinds of games where you can be playing them for hours and hours and still not see all they have to offer.

>>12093909
Breakout is ok, but I just look at Arkanoid II on SNES, and it gives me everything that Breakout does and much more, and it's a much more enjoyable way to play that game (which I certainly can play for hours). I don't have the old controllers for games like Breakout though, that part is still special.

>>12094287
I am also wishing you head cancer.