The shift from physical retro disks to sleek modern icons tells a story of how video games grew up and changed our screens. In the 1980s and 1990s, players used actual floppy disks, CDs, and DVDs to run games and save their progress. Today, those physical items are mostly gone, but their shapes live on as symbols called skeuomorphs—digital icons that look like real-world objects to help users understand what a button does. The Evolution of Gaming Storage Icons
The design of game icons changed alongside the actual tech used to play them: The Wonder of CD-ROM – The ‘90s [Nostalgic Discharge]
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