What sparked your interest in older games?

[Evil Yoshi Toes]

I was born in the late 90s, so most of my childhood gaming was with the Gamecube and the Wii for home consoles and the GBA and DS for portables. Before the gamecube came out I used to watch my cousins play Smash Bros and some other games on their N64, but I didn't play Smash Bros until a little bit after the Gamecube came out because I was too young to really know how to play anything beyond very simple PC games. I didn't own my own N64 until 5 or so years ago. When the Wii was released I sold my Gamecube for it since it's backward compatible, but now I don't have my Wii because it stopped working but I did get another Gamecube since it was cheaper than a Wii and I now play my Wii games on a sibling's Wii U.

I was exposed to the N64 at my cousins' house, so that's how I got to know that console.

I got into playing NES and SNES games in middle school. I've known they existed for as long as I can remember, but fan games using NES and SNES era graphics is what got me into playing the games.

I had a lot of mid 90s to early 2000s PC games, most of which were bought for my older brother who was born earlier in the 90s. I don't think I have any of them anymore, but all of the ones I can remember I've been able to play emulated.