Playing old games
Ahh remember the days, the C64, the Spectrum, the Amiga. And how we spent hours upon hours upon hours playing games on them. The rest of the kids were out playing football. But me? no no no. I had my head in games such as, Lemmings, Zool, Sensi Soccer, IK+,Whizzball etc.

I would be outside the newsagents waiting for it to open to get the latest magazine, to rip the tape/disk off it to load up the latest playable demos and free games. Which would see me busy for the next few weeks.

I remember being in the computer shop looking at the back of the boxes and thinking, wow look at the graphics on that!

The pride and enjoyment I had when I finished Superfrog in just 5 hard long days was awesome!

My friends were envious when I'd kick their ass on Bomberman. And I was faster on Forumla One Grand Prix. These games had soul, the theme music of them would run through my head all day at school or college.

Ahh they were the days!


Today we have Internet connected games, MMORPGs, 3D graphics, surround sound. The baddies have artificial intelligence, rather than just moving side to side like a zombie. We have more realism and more interaction with our games then ever before. We expect awesome graphics now. But theres something missing, theres no soul or passion in them anymore. Theres no playability. Theres no wow factor. For example, when the latest game is coded so well it makes your 7mhz, 16bit computer do something its never done before.


Today, My spectrum is long dead, any attempt to load any games on that brings up an R Tape Loading Error 10:1 message. The Amiga no longer recognises any disks and just returns to the pink insert disk sign.

So imagine my delight when I found Emulators. Yes I could play all the old games again! A bit of setting up and viola, Im blasting around with Xenon II megablast, and shooting people on Canon Fodder! Ahh brilliant! :)

And this is where the dissapointment comes in... It is great.. for 5 minutes. Then I feel bored. Ah, let me try Bubble Bobble on th C64 emulator. Ahh yes, ooh I remember this tune! 6 Levels later.. Im bored of this. How about Jet Set Willy on the spectrum. Oh gawd this is harder than I remember.. Ah well back to MSN and Facebook.

As much as as I try, I cannot get the passion and imagination back. Maybe I've just grown up. Maybe I'm spoilt now by modern games. But one things for sure, those good days are gone forever :(
(Miggyman, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 9:49, Reply)