I completely agree with this - nascent technology (both in terms of our childhood, and the adolescence of home computing) evokes powerful feelings for those who were there, and is as "comforting" as an old book, a favourite sweater, a photo album full of 1980s polaroids. I went through some alienating times recently, and watching old video games that I used to play growing up was an easy and pleasant form of escapism that both brought back good memories and allowed a return to simpler times, forgetting the present issues for a little while. I say "watching" them because I found some longplays of them on youtube - I am not nearly as good or as practiced as I was when I was 14 or so - those games were damn hard! Ghosts and Goblins, Pool of Radiance, The Immortal (on the amiga), Barbarian (Psygnosis), Super Hang On, Lemmings, Choplifter, Green Beret, Xevious, Terra Cresta... some great memories and fun to relive again.