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4 FEATURES
NORTH TEXAS DAILY
enton retro game shops "or p aying the c assies
Nicholas Friedman
StaffWriter
Though the feeling of waking
up to a brand new Ninten-
do console on Christmas
morning is long gone, retro video
games have continued to stay
readily available.
Game Exchange and Movie
Trading Company are two shops
in Denton that specialize in these
older games, giving Denton resi-
dents a chance to relive gaming
memories all over again.
Game Exchange sales associ-
ate Austin Patterson said that his
store has a hard time keeping
Nintendo 64 games in stock be-
cause of the demand from col-
lege students.
"Nintendo 64 games are the
most popular because that's what
our generation grew up with,"
Patterson said. "Mario Party, Su-
per Smash Bros., Mario Kart. Stuff
like that. College kids like to turn
those games into drinking games,
so they're always looking to buy
them."
Game Exchange sells every-
thing from the original Nintendo
consoles to the new PlayStation 4
and Xbox One games.
"It's a 50/50 split between peo-
ple buying retro games and con-
soles and newer games and mov-
ies," Patterson said. "I think most
people want a physical copy of
older games instead of down-
loading a digital one on the new
systems."
Even the new consoles, de-
spite the fact that they offer older
games, can't seem to kill retro
gaming, Jason Notte said in an ar-
ticle from The Street, a financial
news site.
Notte said that even though
Nintendo offers its older games
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through the Virtual Console on
eShop, something Sony offers
with PlayStation Now, it is unable
to capture the tangibility of a car-
tridge or disc. Notte relates this to
the idea of vinyl records coming
back as a medium in music.
"Much as vinyl lovers will
rave about the 'warmth' of their
record's sound as opposed to
digital tracks, retro gamers prize
the aesthetic experience of the
games they love," Notte said in
the article. "Old video games
provide the tactile and aural ex-
perience that their mobile, online
rehashes just lack."
French junior Jarret Herman
said that even though he likes
having the physical cartridges,
when it comes down to it he just
wants to play the game.
"There's a lack of graphical
prowess in older games and this
allows them to be more focused
on gameplay and story," Berman
said. "My favorite retro game is
Chrono Trigger for the Super Nin-
tendo. I've always been a story-
driven gamer and the lore makes
me really happy."
Berman said that games are
harder to find, which causes him
to look toward digital offerings.
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