Adam Corsetti is a Commerce Writer from the United States. An avid gamer since childhood, Adam became hooked on video games after using the original Nintendo NES console. During college, he created a ...

For gamers, backwards compatibility is always a "green" flag since this will allow them to play games from older consoles. It has been a cornerstone of console gaming for many years, to say the least.

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