Have you ever played an old Colecovision game? Do you even know what that game system is? If not, then you might benefit from going to a search engine and checking out emulations. While there is some question as to the legality of downloading and playing the ROMs of various older games, some of the oldest systems like Colecovision and Vectrex have actually gone into the public domain. You can play those games all you want. What is really neat about emulated games on modern computers is that you no longer have to be a slave to the “next big thing” that is being advertised right now, whatever it might be. When you are free of what the sales pitch is trying to order you to do, you discover freedom in your gaming.
For example, you could probably find a version of Super Mario Brothers online, that you can play as if it were 1987 and Culture Club was playing in the background. But for the most part, that version of the game would be a tiny window within your browser window (as opposed to full screen), and you would have to use your keyboard to play. While it may send you back a little bit, it is just not the same experience by a long shot.
Now, with an emulator (and there are several of them for most of the older systems), you have a lot of additional options available to you. For one thing, you can take an emulator to full screen mode without any problems, and play as if it were an old TV (complete with scanlines, if you want them). You can even buy an inexpensive USB gamepad, and play in the method that video games were meant to be played — sitting at home by yourself, staring at a glowing box and pretending you are doing something. Believe it or not, this is how people used to live.