
Published 21 November 2024
The retro gaming boom (see Pop Culture & Media Futures 24/25) is generating growing appetite for nostalgia-inducing gaming music: there’s been a 50% increase in user-created retro-gaming-themed playlists on audio streaming service Spotify (The Guardian, 2024). In response, Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has launched a mobile streaming app dedicated to music from its past and present iconic games.



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