One thing i will say though, when you do play the games of old again, they aren't anywhere near as good as you remember them.
I have the Sega Classics game for PS3, and one for the PSP aswell with Desert Strike, Jungle Strike etc. I played through Streets Of Rage 1,2, and 3 the other month simply to bring back memories. I enjoyed it, but probably won't play them again. Not anytime soon anyway.
When you look at those games, and then compare them with what we are all playing now (Modern Warfare 2, Forza, Resident Evil 5) it's just scary to think how much games have changed since we all got our first consoles.
Makes you wonder what we will be playing in another 10 years or so.
