Over the past several years, retro gaming has experienced a massive popularity boost, with older gamers looking to recapture the nostalgia of their childhoods and younger gamers looking to experience seminal consoles and titles of days past. That boom in popularity has led to games and consoles skyrocketing in price on the second-hand market, particularly titles that were short prints or relatively niche.
Analogue Pocket, Anbernic, Retroid Pocket, and more - sure, lots of folks play old-school games on a Steam Deck these days, but there's still loads to be said for a custom handheld built to bring you back to the SNES, the PS1, and beyond.
That said, a new development in the retro gaming market has fans worried about its short-and-long-term consequences.
As first spotted on Twitter by a retro gaming enthusiast, a surge of counterfeit PlayStation 1 games have made their way onto AliExpress, an online retail company based in China popular for drop-shipping various goods.
The counterfeits are significantly cheaper than what actual legitimate copies are going for, and to the untrained eye, could be passed off as real.
Taking a look at the AliExpress website, The Gamer can...
