‘There’s no stress’: gamers go offline in retro console revival
Trend to fix or buy consoles such as Game Gear or Nintendo 64s may reflect a desire for internet-free fun
Nestled between an original Donkey Kong arcade machine, a mint condition OutRun racing simulation game and booths wired up with GameCubes and Nintendo 64s, the engineer Luke Malpass works away dismantling a broken Nintendo Wii.
There has been a steady stream of people bringing in their old game consoles for repairs or modifications, on the house, to Four Quarters, a retro games arcade in Elephant and Castle, which has been transformed into a games clinic for two days.
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