StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Honestly, gaming is much better these days. I > sometimes pick up speedball 2, or kick off or any > number of old games and the proustian rush is > immense. But play them for any amount of time? > Nah All in all you're probably right, but when I was playing loads of old console games on my phone a while back there were some games that did make me think nothing feels this exciting anymore. Early Zelda games, Mario 2 & 3, Super Metroid (you can tell I was a Nintendo kid), and no fighting game will ever beat Street Fighter 2! Yes Mario 64 was a HUGE step forward, and WOW!!!, But something about those 8 / 16bit games was just great, because they couldn't rely on pretty graphics and sound to make you feel like you were there.