Comments on: The Golden Age of Games http://www.levelrevel.com/the-golden-age-of-games/ Your Guide to Gaming Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:35:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Lightner http://www.levelrevel.com/the-golden-age-of-games/comment-page-1/#comment-4885 Jason Lightner Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:16:46 +0000 http://www.levelrevel.com/?p=519#comment-4885 Oh, don't get me wrong. I hold a lot of love for the N64 and the PSX (not so much for the Saturn and Dreamcast), but I suppose the point I was trying to make was about the kinds of games that were coming out at that time. The N64 had brilliant games like Super Mario 64 and Goldeneye which paved the way for the growth of their respective genres, yes. And and the PSX had great games like Soul Blade, Bushido Blade and Final Fantasy VII. I guess the point I'm trying to make in the article is that we're seeing a good deal less innovation nowadays and a lot more game studios are sticking to old formulas. Oh, don’t get me wrong. I hold a lot of love for the N64 and the PSX (not so much for the Saturn and Dreamcast), but I suppose the point I was trying to make was about the kinds of games that were coming out at that time. The N64 had brilliant games like Super Mario 64 and Goldeneye which paved the way for the growth of their respective genres, yes. And and the PSX had great games like Soul Blade, Bushido Blade and Final Fantasy VII. I guess the point I’m trying to make in the article is that we’re seeing a good deal less innovation nowadays and a lot more game studios are sticking to old formulas.

]]> By: J Frazzetta http://www.levelrevel.com/the-golden-age-of-games/comment-page-1/#comment-4880 J Frazzetta Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:32:21 +0000 http://www.levelrevel.com/?p=519#comment-4880 No love for N-64? As rigid as the platform was, by staying with cartridges instead of discs like Playstation, there were still some incredible games for that console. Personally, Goldeneye will always be my favorite shooter and it paved the way for so much in terms of Halo and others years later. Nintendo had a lot of potential, but they fell behind the curve for a few years with Virtual Boy and Game Cube. I try to explain to teenagers today how difficult those early games and consoles were, for the simple fact you couldn't always save game progress and the dust factor would make your game skip. I have an Xbox now, I do like it, but once in a while I'll hook up my 64 and play Mario or Goldeneye for nostalgia. I had to throw away my original NES from 1989 years ago because of the dust accumulation. Brings back memories. No love for N-64? As rigid as the platform was, by staying with cartridges instead of discs like Playstation, there were still some incredible games for that console. Personally, Goldeneye will always be my favorite shooter and it paved the way for so much in terms of Halo and others years later. Nintendo had a lot of potential, but they fell behind the curve for a few years with Virtual Boy and Game Cube. I try to explain to teenagers today how difficult those early games and consoles were, for the simple fact you couldn’t always save game progress and the dust factor would make your game skip.

I have an Xbox now, I do like it, but once in a while I’ll hook up my 64 and play Mario or Goldeneye for nostalgia. I had to throw away my original NES from 1989 years ago because of the dust accumulation.

Brings back memories.

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