Legacy gaming (Virtual Console) helps me appreciate modern games + design

[valen200]

Khuutra said:

valen200 said:
flying in Mario 3 was huge at the time. That changed a lot of things. Then later was Yoshi.

Going back and playing old games if kinda like Nostalgic Roulette. Often the game will not live up to your memory. The original turtles game is one for me that has not held up well. But then you also get games that are well made and still fun the Ducktales and Rescue Ranger games are still pretty good. The original A Boy and his Blob was excruciatingly difficult but interesting. The new one is far more enjoyable because of the modern design.

Yeah, some games hold up better than others, but that makes me thinkn that some games today may not be as well-designed as we think, either.

I agree. I think that from every era there will be some games that hold up over time well, while most will not. Maybe it is less that some modern games are designed poorly and mjroe that some older games were dsigned extremely well.