Thanks for stopping by! I created this blog to post reviews and generate intelligent discussion of my extensive collection of videogames -- mostly old-school console titles. The consoles in my collection include: Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Sega Genesis/Sega CD, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation2, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast and Sony PS3. I also have Sega Game Gear and Nintendo Game Boy Advance in the portable realm, and a MAME arcade emulator on my PC -- which will allow me to revisit the great arcade scene of the late 80s and early 90s.
My reason for wanting to write about these consoles and their game libraries is mostly because I find most modern games to be quite boring and uninspired. Having grown up in the days of the Atari, Coleco, Intellivision and Commodore game systems, I remember when games had real imagination behind their development and witnessed their creative growth as the technology grew more sophisticated.
I'll ocassionally want to discuss the new games out there, but most of the in-depth discussions will revolve around the games from the 1980s and 1990s -- when games were fun! I'll do this in no particular order, and some games will even get a "Great Games" designation -- a tribute to Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" section on his website.
The first game will be one of my all-time favorites: Super Dodge Ball for the NES. Look for it tomorrow.
About Me
- b.hop
- Eugene, OR, United States
- Native of South Buffalo, NY. Son of Paul and Julia. Brother of David. Husband of Amanda. Father of Dominic. Master of Chloe. Resident of the PNW.
Super Dodge Ball is amazing! Some of my favorite key points: 1) the run+serve super combo makes you nearly unstoppable; 2) the Icelandic team could pass for zombies.
ReplyDelete...I remember when games had real imagination behind their development and witnessed their creative growth as the technology grew more sophisticated.
ReplyDeleteI feel you there. It's like actual creative innovation is all but dead. Companies don't want to take risks, so they just make tweaks to successful games, resulting in a sea of homogeneous, mediocre games...and by now most of us are so used to it that the occasional good game strikes us as ground-breaking.
I normally hate blogs, but this is going to be awesome!!! I can't wait to read about all of these old school video games.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I still have an ATARI2600, NES, and Genesis. I stopped buying video games when the Genesis games started to decline.