Classic Gaming
October 17, 2003
From Electronic Gaming Monthly:
Your average gamer these days is in his late 20s, young enough to still find new ways to destroy brain cells, old enough to worry about bills and 401ks, and wise enough to reminisce about the good ol’ days of videogames. But was the age of Pong, Atari, Mattel handheld football, and Donkey Kong really all that great, or are we just blinded by fuzzy, warm nostalgia?
That’s the question we asked and answered back in the November issue of EGM, in which we rounded up nine children of the PlayStation generation ages 9 to 12 and forced them to play a variety of titles from the late’70s to the mid-‘80s. Now read what the little scamps had to say, plus check their comments on a bonus game Super Mario Bros that got cut from the EGM article. If you grew up with these classics, prepare to feel very old.
4 comments
“I just lined up six of the same color. Why didn’t they blow up?”
Doesn’t make you wish to say “Hey kiddo, I am who is going to blow YOU up if you don’t shut your trap and stop making me feel like a dinosaur”
Kids. What do they know about anything
by beto on October 17, 2003 at 9:37 pm. #
Those crazy kids.
by kartooner on October 17, 2003 at 11:44 pm. #
Those kids were obsessed with graphics, and graphics only. That’s what’s sad about today’s gaming, people rely too much on graphical splendor to make a game good.
by Noyb on October 18, 2003 at 2:47 am. #
Couldn’t agree with you more Noyb. When it comes to games these days it’s all about the “graphical splendor” of Doom 3. However, a true game is comprised of compelling gameplay in my opinion.
The graphics per say are merely the icing on the cake.
by kartooner on October 19, 2003 at 3:12 am. #