If you save the code, it is no big deal to run MOST of these games through an emulator. The MAME arcade emulator is VERY good for everything that doesn’t take an exotic controller, vector graphics or tape loop audio (Stratovox, Crazy Climber). It is NOTHING to emulate a Z-80 or 6502 (Coleco, Apple, Atari) and I’m sure there’s stuiff out there for Commodore 64 and VIC-20 as well. There’s no need to have a warehouse of old cassettes and floppies.
But if the machine gets shut off. George will lose high score on Frogger! George doesn’t like this!
Vs. Ice Climber still gives me that far away look in my eye, like I am thinking of the very first girl I ever kissed.