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Nintendo, despite being a poster-child for backwards compatibility in their systems, didn’t offer the feature in their systems until the Game Boy Color, which allowed for both Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges to be played. Similarly, the Sega Genesis used the Power Base Converter, which could be used to play Sega Master System games. The Atari 5200 was among the first backwards compatible systems, but required a special adapter to be able to play Atari 2600 games. While it certainly presented convenience, it wasn’t something that many companies were willing to invest money toward, with the required tech being rather pricey. While consoles did have the potential to play games from their predecessors as far back as the Atari systems, the gaming industry had a rather scattered view of the concept. Backwards compatibility is still being experimented with, as older games still have value on the market, but unlike at the beginning of the seventh generation, we’re not seeing an abandonment of backwards compatibility: we’re seeing a ruination of it.īackwards compatibility used to be something of great merit. But it’s an idea that’s become a significant afterthought that, aside from a few exceptions, hasn’t been worth including into modern gaming consoles…at least in the way we know it.

It’s a concept that shines brightly with exciting potential of expanding libraries and taking the tedium out of hooking up a retro system just to play a classic game from your childhood. Backwards compatibility seems like a rather archaic term these days.

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