 and online. The consoles I play on the most are probably the DS and 3DS, which are still so portable and easy to slip into a pocket compared to the Nintendo Switch. Just this week I was playing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All and not long ago completed Super Princess Peach which, like many on the formats, is exclusive to it. I did dabble in getting some lesser-known portable consoles from yesteryear, which I detailed here, but also have a PlayStation Vit){kind=link}
Readers reveal the oldest retro devices they still play games on, from old consoles to a 1978 Space Invaders coin-op.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was inspired by reader Rackam, who asked what’s the oldest piece of original hardware you still have in working order? How long have you had it for and is it still working as well now as it did originally?
There were a lot of interesting answers to the question, ranging from relatively recent home consoles, like the Wii, to ancient devices like the ZX Spectrum, although portable consoles proved to be the most likely retro hardware to still be in general use.
Work benefitsWell, I have lots of old gaming systems, but whether they get used or not since the arrival of mini-consoles is debatable.
However, I do still use my Nintendo DS for puzzle gaming, like Picross, and we got our Wii out recently for Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 and the wonderful Resident Evil 4, but also to delve back further and play GameCube titles like Skies Of Arcadia and Burnout 2.