From: john@junk.com   
      
   "BelPowerslave"  wrote in message   
   news:1165273167.212299.294010@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   >> > Yes, let's listen to what *MTV* has to say about the game...I mean,   
   >> > after all they're just doing such a wonderful job with the whole music   
   >> > thing, they've got the extra talent, time and effort to branch out...   
   >>   
   >> In all fairness to MTV, its hired gun, and the original poster, ALL   
   >> video games systems in the pre-NeoGeo days suffered from the disconnect   
   >> between proprietary arcade power and afforable console power.  Genesis,   
   >> like the TG-16, promised LOTS of things to arcade-friendly gamers.  In   
   >> the end, we wound up getting better arcade ports, and console-specific   
   >> games that could be the fast and frenzied as average arcade games, but   
   >> not necessarily arcade games.   
   >>   
   >> Personally, I think the idol of arcade perfection was oversold back in   
   >> those days.  In these days, game makers seem to have ceded the A-list,   
   >> big-money projects to the consoles, so it's pointless to complain about   
   >> arcade experiences at home.   
   >   
   > Well, another big part of it is the lack of any arcade version to   
   > compare it to, nowadays. ;)  I mean, I could have totally of seen any   
   > of the new MK games in the arcade, but with the death of the arcade and   
   > all...well...;)   
   >   
      
   One day soon video arcades are going to be as quaint as Victorian-era penny   
   arcades.   
      
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