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   From: gw@nospam.com   
      
   "math_guy"  wrote in message   
   news:1169578425.430274.113910@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   > Do you have a videogame "time?"   
   >   
   > I don't mean a time of day during which you usually play videogames,   
   > but rather a year, a console generation, or even a particular game   
   > before which most games feel old to you and after which most games feel   
   > new.   
   >   
   > For me, its the 16-bit generation.  I don't touch my 8-bit consoles   
   > anymore, but I often play my Turbo Duo, Genesis, and SNES.  I've even   
   > considered buying a Neo Geo instead of a PS3.   
   >   
   > There is one problem with this question: later games do not always feel   
   > newer.  For example, I prefer the look of Quake II on the PS over its   
   > N64 version, and even Sega Rally on the Saturn over Sega Rally 2 on the   
   > DC.   
   >   
   > The subjective age of a game can even depend on its genre.  For racing   
   > games, my "time" has yet to arrive: although I regularly play arcade   
   > racers like Burnout 3 and Outrun 2, I don't think I will be completely   
   > satisfied with racing games until they allow you to see as clearly and   
   > as far down the road as you can in real life.  As a result, recent   
   > racers like PGR3 don't look as new to me as they should.   
   >   
   > Sean   
   >   
      
      
      
   I think my time was "SNES TIME" - when I first got a glimpse of Super Mario   
   World, I begged and begged my poor mother for a SNES, and it feels to me   
   like it was just hit title after hit title.  To me the snes is still the   
   greatest console of all time.   
      
   I got a very similar feeling with my first PC rig too, I remember it   
   clearly.   
      
   P2 350Mhz   
   64MB RAM   
   Dual 12MB Voodoo graphics cards   
   17" (Massive at the time) monitor, which eventually became a 19" monster.   
   Creative Labs 5.1 surround - although not right away.   
      
   After building this PC, I discovered Quake 2, then Turok, followed by Half   
   life then Alien versus Predator.  Other games which i remember fondly from   
   those days, SIN, Shogo, Soldier of Fortune, Kingpin etc.   
      
   Those were great days - and are a very close rival to the snes days.   
      
   G.   
      
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