With 25 years of game history under our belts, it’s difficult to keep track of all of the games and hardware that’ve come and gone. With the ever-increasing cost and complexity of making new games for current and new hardware, it’s difficult for hobbyist gamers to keep up.
With emulation and emulators, the two problems are solving each other. Who could have foreseen in 1980 that the Atari 2600 would see a renaissance of new homebrew development 25 years later? Now emulation has made this possible.
If you grew up with games in the ’80s, you don’t have to dig your Atari, NES, or Commodore 64 out of the closet to enjoy a bit of nostalgia. Here are a few of our favorite ways to emulate old hardware and games.
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