What about PocketNES? It's not "official Nintendo" stuff, but it works. Ok, not all games - here's the compatibility list, anything tagged [P] is good to go. And, yes, you do need the ROMs, PocketNES won't provide them for you... But that what we have the Internet^W backups at home for!
Indeed. That's something the author forgot to mention: new consumers.. or kids, whatever.
As you said, new generations don't play retro games - they just think they suck, more or less. They probably think: "Why play that game when this one has almost the same content/gameplay/etc, but is much prettier? (or harder or, yes, even better! eg: Scorched Earth vs Worms)
New games don't equal remakes of old ideas, even though many of them are. There are many unique games out there that don't quite fit in a specific genre. Just look at Syndicate or, damnit, Tetris! Yes, I know they're "old", but they're unique! Sure, some could say Syndicate is just a abstract remake of Cannon Fodder, but that's not quite true. If another company steals a truly unique concept, they will be marked as ripoffs, lame, etc. By the "older" generation, that is. But hey, there are ripoffs that are unique in their own way, even though it has "been done before": Postal 2
Don't try to flame me by saying "Those games are new!" or "When I was a kid all we could play were textmode games!", that's beside the point. The point is: I don't think many kids today have played the "good ol' games". So when a so called new game comes out, it will attract the younger generation.
Games will be fun for a long time, as long as there are people who like games and challenges, and people (kids) who have never played them before. I don't see the end of this market in the near future. If it dies, it probably won't be because of lack of entertainment value.
Try surfing to Free6. I bet most pornsurfing Swedes now about that one. 6 is "sex" in Swedish, thus free6 --> free sex. I guess its use is more widespread now.
Hey, atleast you have another source for porn now... D'oh!
That demo would be Unreal by Future Crew. One of the first megademos, and a real milestone in the PC demoscene. Another great PC demo from that era is Crystal Dreams by Triton. To watch them, just get your hands on a 386 and a Gravis UltraSound... and you're good to go!
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What about PocketNES? It's not "official Nintendo" stuff, but it works. Ok, not all games - here's the compatibility list, anything tagged [P] is good to go. And, yes, you do need the ROMs, PocketNES won't provide them for you... But that what we have the Internet^W backups at home for!
Indeed. That's something the author forgot to mention: new consumers.. or kids, whatever.
As you said, new generations don't play retro games - they just think they suck, more or less. They probably think: "Why play that game when this one has almost the same content/gameplay/etc, but is much prettier? (or harder or, yes, even better! eg: Scorched Earth vs Worms)
New games don't equal remakes of old ideas, even though many of them are. There are many unique games out there that don't quite fit in a specific genre. Just look at Syndicate or, damnit, Tetris! Yes, I know they're "old", but they're unique! Sure, some could say Syndicate is just a abstract remake of Cannon Fodder, but that's not quite true. If another company steals a truly unique concept, they will be marked as ripoffs, lame, etc. By the "older" generation, that is. But hey, there are ripoffs that are unique in their own way, even though it has "been done before": Postal 2
Don't try to flame me by saying "Those games are new!" or "When I was a kid all we could play were textmode games!", that's beside the point. The point is: I don't think many kids today have played the "good ol' games". So when a so called new game comes out, it will attract the younger generation.
Games will be fun for a long time, as long as there are people who like games and challenges, and people (kids) who have never played them before. I don't see the end of this market in the near future. If it dies, it probably won't be because of lack of entertainment value.
Try surfing to Free6. I bet most pornsurfing Swedes now about that one. 6 is "sex" in Swedish, thus free6 --> free sex. I guess its use is more widespread now.
Hey, atleast you have another source for porn now... D'oh!
That demo would be Unreal by Future Crew. One of the first megademos, and a real milestone in the PC demoscene. Another great PC demo from that era is Crystal Dreams by Triton. To watch them, just get your hands on a 386 and a Gravis UltraSound... and you're good to go!
People generally understand that Giga means billion, and that billion is a thousand million. Anything else is confusing.
That's milliard, thank you very much.
\Mil`liard"\, n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.] A thousand millions.
People generally understand that Giga means billion, and that billion is a thousand million. Anything else is confusing.
That's milliard, thank you very much.
\Mil`liard"\, n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.] A thousand millions.
Yeah, and Britain is going metric, inch by inch.
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