Not Daz (honest)
24/9/2015 06:45:43 pm
The recent issue of Retro Gamer had a making of H.E.R.O. for the Atari 2600 and - having enjoyed it sporadically over the years - I decided to go back to it, and attempt to see the ending.
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Mr Biffo
24/9/2015 07:33:54 pm
Yeah, you're right... I was generalising massively, of course. Many of the old text adventures I'd still happily play actually. I also love my JXD thing - though most of what I play on there is post-88.
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Yoink
24/9/2015 08:11:06 pm
That new Spectrum really annoyed you didn't it? Haha.
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Mr Biffo
24/9/2015 08:12:59 pm
Yes... YES.
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MrPSB
24/9/2015 08:19:51 pm
Will you STOP with the Amiga hate already? LET IT GO, MAN!
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Steve
24/9/2015 10:50:23 pm
Generally agree! I was bought up in the ST / Amiga 500 era, and recently bought both machines in a misjudged fit of nostalgia. Many of my previous favorites are miserable experiences today, although you do get the odd game that still holds up (although 'my era' was a great deal more mature than what you described in the video)
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Out-of-work Hod Carrier
25/9/2015 05:28:35 pm
"Nostalgia is best left as a beautiful memory" - sorry, but nonsense. I'm not having that. Retro gaming is not 'nostalgia' - it's OUR HISTORY. And people willing to forget history are, well, numbties, frankly.
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Euphemia
24/9/2015 10:51:33 pm
With one or two very exceptions, no argument here.
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Cyberbunny3000
24/9/2015 11:28:24 pm
The problem with this argument is that it's too simple, a bit like an inverted version of the 'everything was much better in my day' outlook which it attacks. Games age - but some age better than others. I call it the Robotron Principle: If you're having fun playing it, then it's good, regardless of its age.
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Keith
25/9/2015 07:59:22 am
I genuinely strongly disagree about Street Fighter II. I think the arcade version and the console conversions of it (and champ edition and turbo) were genuinely perfect games, and I still occasionally play now.
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Mr Biffo
25/9/2015 09:12:07 am
Oddly, I think arcade games are an exception to the (admittedly simple - as Cyberbunny says) rule. Most 80s arcade games - and even going back to Space Invaders - play great. I just think the ambition of home computer games in the 80s went beyond the capabilities of the hardware.
Cyberbunny3000
25/9/2015 10:11:52 am
Turbo and Championship >were< Street Fighter II, as far as I'm concerned, the polished final product. My point was that 'The World Warrior' plainly wasn't.
Out-of-work Hod Carrier
25/9/2015 05:22:56 pm
Late to the party, but I respectfully disagree - I think there are a lot of old games that have stood up well to time and still play exceptionally well today - on just every system going. Even the Apple II and ZX81... I think that the only way to find this out is to play lots and lots and lots of old games now, which most people don't have the time to do, but I have (because I'm unemployed and a hermit). Emulators, I think, also make playing old games more fun, with quick saves and suchlike, making very tough games more manageable.
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lilock3
25/9/2015 07:57:27 pm
I hate to say it, but I *generally* agree with what you're saying here, at least in terms of the 80s home computers. There are very few of my one time favourite Spectrum games that I find I can still enjoy playing nowadays.
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