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CartmanDP1:

http://gaming.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/the-death-of-arcades

leapinlew:

Cool - nice link. I hadn't seen that before.

ARTIFACT:

Quote from the show: "when we started playing those games at home we realized... they really suck! We needed evolved, artistic games"


mmhhh... personally I dont share this feeling at all... the more I play new games, the more I love old arcade games.
Sorry I don't always have 30 hours to play a Zelda

It is this "immediate and simple" feel they had which I think is unique and worth not discarding them.

Wii Play is a counter-example of new generation games actually embracing some of these concepts from the old arcade-style games... where you can enjoy a 30 minutes game and don't need a PHD int he room to figure out how to work the controls.

Sir Auros:


--- Quote from: ARTIFACT on August 13, 2007, 07:18:13 pm ---... where you can enjoy a 30 minutes game and don't need a PHD int he room to figure out how to work the controls.

--- End quote ---

Not to sound like a ---tallywhacker---, but I think it's more a case of old fogey syndrome or regular old retardation that keeps people from enjoying modern games due to an inability to learn the controls.

ark_ader:

The episodes show how the gaming history went, but to us thirtysomethings, we saved pocket money and mowed lawns to play the classic games the kids today take for granted.

Yes it is great to have games like World of Warcraft, but so was Dungeons & Dragon's, when we had to use our imagination and creativity instead of computer graphics to entertain.  

I don't think a 8 minute video will have en ought time to explore all the issues and mistakes the video gaming world made in the 80s, but it was a very exciting time to live in, and the their videos do have the nostalgic twinge when we see those old games.  

I am looking forward to their next episode, as I found it informative, and that girls tattoos were very colorful.  ;D

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