Why is everyone so fascinated with old games?

[Hawk]

Trollinator said:

Xen said:

Bottom line: what do we have today? better graphics, weaker gameplay (broad generalization). Ah, and online, which, if I needed, I'd go and find on the PC.

 It's hilarious how all of you guys that are praising older games just automatically associate better graphics with worse game play. Totally hilarious, untrue, and bogus assessment. I wasn't aware that heavy doses of nostalgia caused brain damage, but I guess ya learn something new everyday.

Time spent on development costs money.  That money is not limitless and causes a finite amount of time to be spent on development.  Time has to be dedicated to the different components of a game.  The more time spent on making the most amazing graphics take away from the available time to spend on gameplay.  Of course today's tech makes better graphics easier, but the developers still have to balance what they spend their time on.