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| Dink:
"For me, the retrogaming movement is more than just nostalgia of misty eyed Gen X-ers. It's a reaction to the current graphical overkill, the simulation-obsessed gaming environment of the late '90s. In our quest for absolute graphical realism, we have forgotten the basics of gaming. Look at Virtua Fighter 3 versus Virtua Fighter 2. Unless you are a proctologist, you can't find a dime's worth of difference in the gameplay. It is clear that the design team focused on the beautiful water effects, facial expressions, awesome backdrops, and 400-polygon, fully rendered loincloth animations." Eugene Jarvis |
| Dave_K.:
Amen brother! Care to share the source of the quote (I've got most of his intreviews bookmarked, but don't remember seeing that one off the top of my head). The video interview of Eugine on the Williams Aracde Classics (PC) cd is well worth the bargin bin price of 5.99-9.99. Its totally hillarious! |
| Dink:
Another quote: "To my mind, this was the golden age of the coin-op videogame industry. Not only did this period see the boom of the arcade business, but it was also the most innovative period in the industry. Many of the games designed during this period are still being copied in some form or another on platforms today." Ed Rotberg, designer of Battlezone and STUN Runner From an article on GamesRadar, a very good read: http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/features/default.asp?subsectionid=200&articleid=64489&pagetype=2 |
| 1UP:
Interesting article. I've read all of "ZAP! The Rise and Fall of Atari" and "High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games" and this article had a few perspectives I've not heard before. To me, it seems that arcade games were at their height when home systems just didn't exist, or were too expensive for most to afford, or featured low-quality graphics. The end of the arcade could be very near, since home systems now border on photo-realism, and you can buy any of the current systems for about what the Atari 2600 VCS cost in the beginning. Games may still be at pizza places for awhile (you've got to do SOMETHING while the pie is cooking) and Gameworks may still survive with their unique simulation games. But the last thing I want to do is trudge down to a mostly empty arcade to dance like a fool on a metal platform. Now if they have a row of classic games, that's a different story! And you can quote me on that! ;) |
| Dave_K.:
Arcades are not going to die. Sure it will thin out (a lot!) but they will never die. And not becaues of the classics, but because of a little thing called "competition". There is something about going shoulder to shoulder with an opponant, talking trash, taking/giving a beating in front of all your friends. Its a rush. Its also a very social thing. Online gaming (from home) isn't the same...and consoles will learn this the hard way. I predict arcades will make a comeback...but probably not for another 5-10 years. And you can quote me on that. ;D |
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