Exactly why do you think that you, yourself, are so enthralled with the old school games?

It's a number of things for me I've found. I've loved sprite artwork which most older games seem to have (with the exception of older games using vector graphics and the like), and I did love the difficulty of other games such as Contra that kept me playing until I could finally finish the game. I noticed that after playing a lot of easier newer games, I now REALLY suck at Contra, and have to get my game back. Or maybe it's the 360 controller? Either way I struggle to get all that far at all.

It's not that I dislike newer games (some have been great), but there are more older games I can go back to easily, especially favourites like Final Fantasy IV-VI, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World, hell even games I was playing on a joystick with a button up top like Pac-man. Most newer games don't seem to have what addicted me, at least not to the extent of past greats.