But still, games were better back then, when they concentrated more on the gameplay and/or story before the prettiness of the graphics
I don't know what games you've been playing, but I've been playing current gen games that have depth of gameplay that blows the old stuff out of the water, AND has "prettiness of the graphics." Katamari Damacy, Viewtiful Joe, Halo 2, Wario Ware, and the list goes on...
This romantic idea that retro games have an untouchable focus on gameplay without the vanity of modern games is ridiculous. I'm sorry, but as a fan of retro gaming, I feel the need to debunk bad arguments FOR the quality of retro games. Retro games don't need to be defended. The games that were good will continue to be so.
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Midi files cannot properly represent the original data with note only data. There are effects the songs use which you are going to want to hear represented by the original file being played on an emulator or an original system. And if you really want the midi, you can always convert the nsf to midi easily enough.
For original game audio NSFs go to zophar.net/nsf For original tracks and covers go to 2a03.org and download the archive.
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But still, games were better back then, when they concentrated more on the gameplay and/or story before the prettiness of the graphics I don't know what games you've been playing, but I've been playing current gen games that have depth of gameplay that blows the old stuff out of the water, AND has "prettiness of the graphics." Katamari Damacy, Viewtiful Joe, Halo 2, Wario Ware, and the list goes on... This romantic idea that retro games have an untouchable focus on gameplay without the vanity of modern games is ridiculous. I'm sorry, but as a fan of retro gaming, I feel the need to debunk bad arguments FOR the quality of retro games. Retro games don't need to be defended. The games that were good will continue to be so.
Midi files cannot properly represent the original data with note only data. There are effects the songs use which you are going to want to hear represented by the original file being played on an emulator or an original system. And if you really want the midi, you can always convert the nsf to midi easily enough.
For original game audio NSFs go to zophar.net/nsf
For original tracks and covers go to 2a03.org and download the archive.