QOTW: Which retro tech needs to make a comeback?

[HEXUS]

Are there retro gadgets that could succeed today, or are the classics best left in the past?

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[kalniel]

Definitely due a comeback.

[DDY]

Small smartphones.

Tactile in-car controls.

Perpetual software licences.

[QuorTek]

Games developed only for PC for later on port to consoles

[Bagpuss]

CRT PC Monitors.

[peterb]

Steam engines.

[Phrontis]

Windows Phones. Although I'm still using an HP X3. I hate my company Android and Apples are a none starter. So please bring back and updated Windows Phone.

[nar53]

I'll second Steam Engines.

[spacein_vader]

+1 for Windows Phone and perpetual software licencing.

[jm101]

PC flight sim games - made for windows 10. Pocket flip phones. Commodore Amiga and all those wonderful games.

[LeSWiS]

Good IPs and COMPLETE games without DLCs(no alpha, beta, sucka, battle pass and so forth). Internet before social media. And decent human beings.

[blokeinkent]

I'd love to see the good old Atari VCS console make a comeback but don't think it'll ever happen. Oh hang on a minute.......... no, still don't think it'll happen

[Gentle Viking]

"CRT PC Monitors" my 22" CRT lasted until the summer 2017, and i think i got it in 2000.
So i am on my first pancake screen now, and it can not do the 200 Hz & 200 FPS i use to game at.

I am also in favor of steam engines, really it is the classy way to travel.

I also don't mind windows phone, i was on one for a few years, and as i am not a APP whore it worked just fine for be being a phone.

I recall internet / the world before social media, it was a so much better place, and IMO the people that ruined it should be taxed so hard they close shop.

[Ravens Nest]

A Retro Amiga CD32/A1200/A500 hybrid a bit like the SNES mini and Megadrive mini with customised ISO's so you dont have to load disk 2-3-4-5-6 e.t.c..

[Kanoe]

N64 with HDMI with support for original cartridges and controllers. And it needs to happen NOW.

[afiretruck]

Flip phones.