Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Let enough time pass and the desire for how things used to be will arise. In gaming, the trend of emulating the style of a certain era of games is alive and well. You can’t throw a rock without hitting a game that describes itself as a Metroidvania, Zelda-like, or retro. The greatest difficulty in emulating a classic is making it good enough that it overcomes the nostalgia factor. But when a game does manage to break that barrier, the result is a modern classic.
