Vinyl fantasy: how gamers fell in love with records
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jul/25/vinyl-fantasy-how-gamers-fell-in-love-with-records
Gaming albums have been steadily rising in popularity since the early 2010s. Players and creators explain why
Caroline Grace has always enjoyed vintage technology. An IT tech in the Mid-Ohio Valley, they collect retro games, laser discs and cassette tapes, but mostly, vinyl records. Their collection is in the thousands, and hundreds of those are video game soundtracks. “I’ve been a big fan of games all my life,” says Grace. “Some of my earliest memories are playing games like Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap and Goof Troop with my dad and brother. I get positive feelings from listening to the Wonder Boy III music now. I have a lot of pleasant memories of playing it with my family back in the day.”