Back When Everything Was Better
Streaming gave us everything and somehow made us want more — specifically, the chunky, clunky, gloriously tactile experience of owning physical media. Whether you're hunting VHS tapes at estate sales or curating a DVD wall that doubles as a conversation piece, this is your complete guide to building a collection that would make your local Blockbuster weep with pride.
We strapped in, poured a bowl of cereal, and subjected ourselves to hours of '80s and '90s Saturday morning cartoons — all in the name of science. Some of these classics are still absolute bangers. Others? Well, let's just say nostalgia is a powerful liar.
While today's AAA games come loaded with season passes, 100-hour bloated open worlds, and tutorials that don't end until the third hour, the golden age of arcades was producing masterpieces that hooked you in thirty seconds and kept you coming back for decades. Here are 15 coin-op legends that still hit harder than anything with a $70 price tag and a day-one patch.
Forget vinyl records — the real analog revival is happening in the dusty VHS bins of your local Goodwill. Millennials and younger collectors are snatching up deteriorating magnetic tape like it's digital gold, and the reasons why are way more fascinating than you'd expect. Grab your rewinder, because this rabbit hole goes deep.