The cult of the pixel: an approach to retrogaming as a form of fandom
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Keywords

retrogaming
fandom
videojuegos
informática clásica retrogaming
fandom
videogames
vintage computers

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Pérez-Gómez, M. Ángel. (2022). The cult of the pixel: an approach to retrogaming as a form of fandom. COMMUNICATION. International Journal of Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Cultural Studies, 1(7), 222–234. https://doi.org/10.12795/comunicacion.2009.v01.i07.15
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Abstract

Retrogaming can be defined as the cult for the old platforms and its respective videogames, both computer games and 8-bit consoles games. This paper attempts to provide an ethnographic approach to the phenomenon of retrogaming. The community of retrogamers can be considered as a type of fandom, that owns collective activities, digital and analogical media, and conventions where videogames, platforms and hardware are sold.

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Copyright (c) 2009 Miguel Ángel Pérez-Gómez

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