Videogame Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To be

Posted by simoniker on Sunday July 4, 2004 @05:14PM from the when-everything-was-black-and-white dept.

Thanks to GameSpy for its 'Pixel' column discussing the dangers in letting videogame nostalgia run unchecked, as the author explains: "Number one: Just because it's old, doesn't mean it's particularly good. And number two, loosely based on Sturgeon's Law: 90% of all video games ever made are either mediocre or crap." He gives an example: "Case in point: A little PlayStation game called Gunners Heaven. It was a very early Japanese release by Sony... [and] the American import magazines covered it a bit and described it as a Gunstar Heroes clone", but the game, once acquired, "was thoroughly mediocre", showing "the dangers of unchecked nostalgic anticipation."

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Re:True, true... by ClosedSource · 2004-07-05 03:08 · Score: 2, Informative

"I love the NES and most of the other systems from that time period, but I admit that many of the games that were made then are for historitcal interest only. (Deadly Towers, anyone?)"

There were no other viable game systems during the glory days of NES. The introduction of the NES marked the end of the classic video game period.