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How video game remakes tap the power of nostalgia

Video games are good at triggering nostalgia, a key reason why classic games keep getting remade.

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How video game remakes tap the power of nostalgia
Image: Image caption, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is often rated as one of the greatest video games

The moment she saw footage from the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Kacey Doran picked up her phone. She had to tell her sister.

"Have you seen this?" messaged Doran, excitedly.

Nearly 30 years ago, a 10-year-old Doran had sat in front of her family's TV, reading out the dialogue on screen to her sister, a year younger, as they…

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