Old games should get the same respect as old movies or songs.

[Melf]

Isn't it weird how people still watch 50 year-old films and still love music from the '60s and such, yet there's little love for older games? Once a system is discontinued, only collectors and enthusiasts maintain interest. Many younger gamers have no interest in a old consoles like Colecovision (one of my favorites), Atari 2600, Intellivision, etc. A lot only care about systems as far back as SNES. Most people totally forget about a system once it's discontinued. That doesn't happen with a movie once it's come to video.

I think it has to do with the fact that most games don't age as well as music or films. Movies like Grease and the Indiana Jones trilogy still look good, even after so many years. Games in general aren't so lucky. It's a shame too. So many great games forgotten.

[Punky Skunk]

Eh, do kids listen to music from the 60s or watch Westerns? Not many. Most kids are into the now, and that applies to games as well.

But I agree movies, music, etc. generally get more acceptance as art forms, where games are outdated "toys" to be forgotten.

[wEEman33]

All it really has to do with is the typically short attention span of the average american teenager and being unable ot appreciate games that aren't too purty' lookin'. There are people who see some game with "pre-Playstation" graphics and they automatically assume it's shit.

And it doesn't help that about %80 of old games have been giving the biotch slap, courtesy of father time.

[Tragic]

Nostalgia (spelling?!) only works with those that were around when the phenomenon first took place.

[gamevet]

I think there was a thread about "Games that stand the test of time". In that discussion, there were games mentioned, that have amazing replay value, graphics, and music for their age and limitations.



Like most of the older movies, only the best games still hold up to todays standards, and are seeing rehashes to this day. The Gameboy Color, recieved perfect versions of Dragon Warrior 1,2 and 3 games, that were from a system 15 years it's elder.


Some games will always be remembered, while the average stuff will fall back with time. Like any great movie, a great game always holds it's value.

[Tragic]

It couldn't have been put any more perfectly gamevet!

[MrKasualUltra2000]

Honestly, i think games like Galaga and Pac Man, as well as systems like the Commodore, Atari 2600, Collecovision do get that respect in pop culture and in the gaming community.

in ten years the DC will be legendary.

coolio.

happy 4th everybody (just got back from the fireworks)

[Green]

Plus, music has been around since...forever. Movies has about a whole century on games (I guess, anyone know when the first movie was made?). Plus, games aren't considered art or anything meaningful except to maybe a small niche. Honestly, would you shoot a game into space over a classic movie or song to show other life forms how highly evolved we are? Anyways, some old classic games like Frogger, Pong, Galaga, ect. have been remade, so a new generation can enjoy them (yes, I laughed while typing that). Also, the movie and music industry is biggest in America, while most games are made in Japan. I think what it comes down to is that movies and music ARE art when done right, and that art could be seen or heard by the public at large for a hundred years now. Games have just come around, and cost so much that many have no access to them. Then you got the makers of these games, and how they treat them. If a game is made as something special or touching, its usually in a way most people would find abstract.





Or you could just think of music and movie lovers as lazy people who would rather sit and stare or listen than try to beat a game on the highest diffuculty in the shortest amount of time.

[Punky Skunk]

Honestly, would you shoot a game into space over a classic movie or song to show other life forms how highly evolved we are?

I was with you until the last half of the sentence. I was expecting you to say something about being representative of our species/culture. I think a well coded game definitely shows more evolution than a picture show of some stupid car chase. Music has been around for thousands of years, so I can't see that as a sign of evolution, especially over an interactive game.

[MrKasualUltra2000]

Originally posted by Green
Honestly, would you shoot a game into space over a classic movie

why not???

thats kind of a cool idea. i would definetley shoot Smashing Drive up there and Super Monkey Ball if i was in a good mood