This wasn’t about nostalgia for me. When I began my collection, I had just wanted to revisit a few of the consoles that I grew up with and experience the ones that I never had before. But what proceeded to unfold from that was a journey that caused me to discover so much more than I expected.
In this video essay/documentary, I want to take you on that journey with me and tell you how each console revealed itself to me.
This is what I discovered when I collected the classics.
-Astra the Archivist
A big thanks to Dusqk and Alyzea for the music involved in this video. Links to their channels:
Dusqk:
Alyzea:
Chapters:
0:00 Intro/Prayer Time
4:05 Background in Gaming
15:58 NES
31:35 Spoiler skip
34:46 SNES
51:00 N64
1:08:06 GameCube
1:23:40 Wii
1:35:15 Ps2 Story
1:42:02 Reflection
I believe all content in this video falls under fair use.
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Originally posted by UC1Na2xn6e1C4remgiAZgMjQ on 2026-04-21 01:27:44
