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Anyone growing up in that era should have fond memories of arcade games that were far better than most NES games — there were still real arcades while the NES was current.

However, try playing the first level of Super Mario Bros on original NES hardware. The game mechanics basically still hold up.

All Atari 2600 games were worse than NES games, and primitive as anything. But try Breakout with paddles on an original 2600; again, the mechanics are good and it’s fun, at least briefly.




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