The games of today have advanced far beyond the games of yesteryear, most notably graphically.

Some developers, however, are going back in time and reviving the old. Capcom is one of the bigger players in it, and one of the biggest examples of the retrofitting is their own Mega Man 9.

For those that don’t know, Mega Man 9 is the newest game in the Mega Man series since its eighth installment over ten years ago, in 1997. And despite the large gap between the sequels there’s something notably different between them, and the first thing you notice with this new old game is the graphics brought back to its 8-bit roots, which is done in the same style as its first two Mega Man games. Another retrofit is the difficulty being upped made as painstakingly hard as the first two, and though this may prove a little frustrating, it’s a nice tap in the nostalgia for those that remember the originals.

Though Mega Man 9 is a whole new game that looks old, there are plenty of old games that have gotten a facelift, and most of them seem to be on the Xbox Live Arcade. From Pac-Man to Space Invaders, there are plenty to choose from. One is Bionic Commando: Rearmed (another Capcom made game) was released, which is a remake of the original NES game. And though it’s a remake and looks much better, the gameplay is still just as hard as the original.

These remakes and even the original classic games are dominating the downloadable market on the consoles. From Nintendo’s Virtual Console on the Wii which is completely made up of old games in their original form, to the Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network with classics and the remakes, this trend will likely last for a while.