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| davifus:
Superman 64 The Guy Game |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: atarileaf on October 09, 2014, 05:04:56 pm --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on October 09, 2014, 10:58:14 am ---Perhaps you're letting your nostalgia cloud your judgement because when people talk retro it's either NES or beyond because atari has aged terribly. I don't often hear anyone who wasn't there during the atari games say "i'm going to crack out the old atari" when they talk retro. Half the reason why atari games are worthless for the most part besides a few exceptions. --- End quote --- There's an entire website full of people who would disagree with you - www.atariage.com If it was nostalgia only I wouldn't still be playing these games. I've said numerous times that nostalgia gets you there but gameplay keeps you there. Arcade games especially from the 70's and 80's are my passion and the 2600 has some excellent ports from that period and the homebrew scene on the system continues to astonish me. In fact the homebrew scene is very large and thriving. Not bad for a console you consider "worthless" --- End quote --- Most of them in there 30s, and 40s demographic most likely who grew up in those short atari years. How many of them actually sit down and play the atari rather than just let it collect dust is questionable. Yes you're right the homebrew scene is reasonablly big but I would hardly say the homebrew scene is for timeless playability rather than a collectors show piece for bragging rights. Seriously how long is someone going to sit down and play halo atari for presuming that don't have epilepsy yet. I'm guessing to make an educated guess not very long, or any atari game outside activisions quality standard, and some of the atari in house games. Why exactly do you think atari crashed and burned? Because the games were terribly repetitive even then and had no lasting appeal as a whole even worse so than the NES relying on nothing but pac man, space invader clones, and brand name to sell. Christ even the atari top CEO at the time a little time towards there demise said quote We could put shit inside a cartridge and it would sell a million copies" If you want my opinion the intellivision held up far better than atari ever had, in just about every way possible except for controls, and they were just getting started. The argument was which games are timeless and still hold up today not if they have a fan site, or if it had good ports for about 3 months maybe, or had historic significance, or if they had a homebrew scene. Why does it even need a homebrew scene every few months, or even matter if the games were timeless? People wouldn't need to try and remember. It's irrelevant, if it was timeless it wouldn't need life support to try and stay relevant today. It's nothing but a show piece, and people showing there programing skills for a high price. When people will ask for a game to be brought back today on there console I assure you even the wildest answers it won't be an atari game mentioned they killed every last ounce of dignity they had with the atari jaguar, or anything in between for that matter. If they proved anything it's nostalgia doesn't make a good game, and it never will. |
| atarileaf:
That was quite a wild ramble but it's meaningless because it's clear you hate the system and games from that era. You see only the bad in the system but none of what made Atari one of the greatest home gaming systems ever. You are correct that the topic is games that are timeless and by your own statement earlier in the thread, when you weren't getting the answers you wanted, when people were giving valid answers like Galaga, Tetris and Breakout, you dismissed those answers and you felt you needed to clarify with the mangled expression of "modernish". It's obvious that you personally don't find those early games timeless or valid today. Again, many people do. Your personal opinion on what is timeless when it comes to video games is irrelevant. You don't speak for everyone, and I doubt you even speak for a majority. Many lists of top games of all times are going to include games from that era whether you like it or agree with it. The thread was about games that are timeless, not games that are timeless for YOU so please stop acting like a petulant child when you don't get the answers to a thread you created that was ambiguous and completely open to interpretation to being with. |
| pacpix:
At the end of the day what makes a game timeless is whether the game is fun or not. I was born a year after the N64 came out, but I still enjoy playing Atari 2600, Odyssey 2, etc. It's unfair to dismiss an entire generation of gaming just because you personally do not enjoy that era. I also found the homebrew comment to be puzzling as the homebrew community is a great example of how strong the Atari fanbase still is today. |
| burningdoom:
Just to be clear, I was writing my personal feelings on the 2600, I wasn't saying there's anything wrong with you if you like it. |
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