In a lot of ways, this is all about simple, honest nostalgia. There is now even a retro console called the Spectrum Vega, based on the old ZX Spectrum computer. well, until you realise why people don’t play those games anymore. You can buy a version of the legendary Atari 2600 that fits into a single joystick and lets you play games like Pong and Breakout until. Of course, cheap retro consoles have been around for several years. While we’re all supposed to be saving up for cutting-edge machines like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, some families will be gathered around a very different audio-visual experience come 25 December. According to Argos, sales of the retro gadget, which includes 80 built-in games (although only 40 are Mega Drive classics, the rest are generic mini-games like solitaire) and a cartridge port so you can use any original game carts you have lying around, have risen by 400% this month. This year, among other candidates, is a £40 wireless version of the Sega Mega Drive, the classic 1988 games console, famous for Sonic the Hedgehog. E very year at about this time, newspapers love to identify the biggest-selling Christmas presents – those sudden surprise hits that have desperate shoppers combing internet stores for hours or simply fighting each other in Toys R Us.
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