| Classic Gaming / Ancient arcade shooter babblings | | | Author | Message | | | November 30, 2003 - 1:27:26am | 11 of 14 | | | Login |
| | BTW, that 20 minute droid battle scene in Matrix: Revolutions had me thinking it's been awhile since I played Namco's classic shooter. Next time you see that underwhelming flick, try to spot as many waves of Galaga flight patterns as you can. |
| | | | Yes, I do prefer playing Robotron on my PS2, but I don't use the analog sticks (I didn't know it actually worked with them). Defender is good with the PS2 (or the original PS1 pad, this compilation was actually a PS1 release, after all) controller as well. BTW, I also still find Frogger quite addictive. |
| | | December 1, 2003 - 7:00:45pm | 13 of 14 | | | Login |
| | Gameplay wise, I think some of the old games totally crush some of these newer games. It seems like everything now has to look good and sound good and gameplay be damned! I can't tell you how many games were ruined because they put waay to much time in the look and not enoungh time in the feel. Oh, and btw, I'm only 22, and I use to play zaxxon daily for a while when I was a kid heh. And as for arcades, wtf happened to all of them? You say arcade to some of the young kids today and they don't know what you're talking about. Like around here, there use to be 3, and now theres 1 really lame one with old games that aren't worth playing, nor were they any good when they were new heh. |
| | | Jeez, I must sound like a patronising old git! That's because I am!
Anyway, yes the handful of arcades I've visited in the last dozen or so years have been very poor. They're full of various gambling machines, and the ubiquitous SEGA Rally multi-player cabinets. Now if they could put in a multi-player FPS, and NOT charge ridiculously high prices, I might actually be tempted to give it a go.
Is it possible that online home gaming has killed off the arcade as a viable gaming environment?
RE. Zaxxon. I can't play that game to save my life! |
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