This year's JRPG remakes keep proving that old games don't just get by on nostalgia: They're still just really good games

Light some fireworks and crack open a bottle of champagne—Dragon Quest 1 and 2 have been reborn in respectfully remastered forms on Steam. These games, so old and basic their first PC ports (to Japan's MSX in the 1980s) didn't even have side-facing sprites, are more than merely unmissable 40 years later: they're foundational works in the RPG genre. And thanks to these gorgeous remasters everyone can easily acquaint themselves with their importance and nod in sage agreement when someone claims...