Playing with Power: The doctor is in

“Now you’re playing with power!”

Nintendo always pushed the idea of its Nintendo Entertainment System as a powerful game system. At the time it was cutting edge technology, but compared to now, even the laziest mobile phone game couldn’t fit on a grey Nintendo cartridge. It’s funny to think that more than 30 years after the NES was released, the system’s entire game library, as well as the game library for the later Super NES, could fit on a tiny thumb drive now.

When I bought one of Nintendo’s NES Classic Editions, I wasn’t only looking for a way to enjoy some games I have...