Best retro game consoles 2024: modern ways to play classic capers
Here are the best retro game consoles we've tested, alongside some games to watch out for and must-have add-ons for your original systems.
Super Mario
Besides being hugely nostalgic, these games represent some of the era's best; they're classics that changed the industry in fundamental ways. Whether it's <anchor>Super Mario</anchor> World or Street Fighter 2, these are games that inspired generations. They aren't museum pieces, either. The likes of Yoshi's Island, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Super Punch-Out! are still as engaging today as they were in the heyday of the SNES.
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# Super Mario

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[![Super Mario 64](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iMWC7qej2iDogzsfe8P7hW-320-80.jpg)\
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**Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy top long-time Mario actor Charles Martinet's list of favorite Mario games, but "Luigi's Mansion just touches my little heart"**\
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Mario in the Multiverse lets you rip and tear](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/super-mario/super-mario-64-mod-has-the-iconic-plumber-traveling-across-the-multiverse-to-visit-pokemon-spongebob-and-doom-demons/)News

[![Super Mario 64](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iMWC7qej2iDogzsfe8P7hW-320-80.jpg)\
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**Seconds after calling his run "sloppy," Super Mario 64 speedrunner sets new world record in one of the game's most notorious levels**\
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[![Super Mario 64](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hs7Tua9Vf2pDd2gC5RFN7i-320-80.jpg)\
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**Wild Super Mario 64 mod enables 16-player co-op with Peach, Yoshi, Toadette, and Daisy all joining the classic platformer**\
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[![Mario and Luigi in still from Mario & Luigi: Brothership](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KUBYFsQ4r947bqvag2hRuG-320-80.jpg)\
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**Nintendo keeps team behind Mario & Luigi: Brothership a secret, but confirms "original developers" from the RPG's bankrupt studio are involved**\
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AlphaDream went bankrupt in 2019 after seven Mario & Luigi RPGs](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/super-mario/nintendo-keeps-studio-behind-mario-and-luigi-brotherhood-a-secret-but-confirms-original-staff-from-the-rpgs-bankrupt-developer-are-involved/)News

[![Super Mario 64](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k9KN546Mw92GK6PmWR7bW4-320-80.jpg)\
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**You can now play Super Mario 64 in VR on an actual Nintendo 64, but the frame rate is so bad you'll probably get "really bad motion sickness"**\
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[![Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NAneDXMJsfohTCbYQL592e-320-80.jpg)\
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[![Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9VMeg39vDtzVn3LJeJmFaZ-320-80.jpg)\
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**Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an amazing throwback to iconic Nintendo storytelling and I'm almost glad I missed it the first time around**\
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[![A screenshot of Mario in the Super Mario 3D All-Stars release of Super Mario 64 holding a baby penguin next to its mother.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Y2uoAmcRbJE4gCtvnvrAfY-320-80.jpg)\
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The door was functional all along, but an annoying hitbox made it impossible to reach - until now](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/super-mario/it-took-almost-28-years-but-super-mario-64-players-have-finally-opened-an-unopenable-door-using-a-penguin-and-a-sick-backflip/)News

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