Re: Do you prefer playing newer or older games?
Posted: July 14th, 2016, 6:43 pm
Came across this article at Racketboy one day and it stuck with me:
http://www.racketboy.com/journal/why-i-am-a-retro-gamer
The author talks about reasons for retro gaming, including
All of these are great points, and there are so many more
Sure, I have a lot of nostalgia for many of these, but many I did not experience in their day and I have grown to appreciate them. Even very limited platforms, like Atari Video Pinball of the 1st generation, is both fun and a touchstone to our hobby's roots. The people playing soldering up a heat sink on a Raspberry Pi today are spiritual successors to the kids who assembled an Altair 8800 or modded an Atari VCS controller to work on their TI99. Older games are awesome, and not just for the old.
http://www.racketboy.com/journal/why-i-am-a-retro-gamer
The author talks about reasons for retro gaming, including
- * Easy Pick up and Play quality
* Simple controls
* Sprite graphics
* Enjoying the History of Gaming
* Picking the Greatest Hits of the Past
* Thriftiness
* Nostalgia
* New "Retro" Games
All of these are great points, and there are so many more
- * Kids love the older games
* The camera is always perfectly positioned
* The games are incredibly responsive
* Opening the consoles up to mod or repair or to learn
* Those cartridges are built like brick pig houses
* A shelf of cartridges for an old console warms my heart
* Quickly switch between games
* All the great paraphernalia of gaming to display
* Mastery of a classic game
* No motion sickness
* Homebrews
* Appreciating the limitations
Sure, I have a lot of nostalgia for many of these, but many I did not experience in their day and I have grown to appreciate them. Even very limited platforms, like Atari Video Pinball of the 1st generation, is both fun and a touchstone to our hobby's roots. The people playing soldering up a heat sink on a Raspberry Pi today are spiritual successors to the kids who assembled an Altair 8800 or modded an Atari VCS controller to work on their TI99. Older games are awesome, and not just for the old.