Most old games are terrible by todays standards.

[Rogerioandrade]

Profrektius said:

Rogerioandrade said:

Well... you said "most" and I think anyone would argue with that. If you had said "all" we would have to argue. A lot.

There are games, even from the Atari era, that hold up well, but just if people trying them make the effort to clean their mind and understand the era when that game was launched.

It´s like watching an old movie.Movies like Limelight, Metropolis and Nosferatu are quaint compared to today´s movies, but if you understand the industry standards at the time they were launched, and how people used to appreciate movies back then, they can be quite enjoyable.

Games like Keystone Kappers on the Atari, Sonic on Genesis/MegaDrive, TMNT 3 and SMB3 on NES etc. have great gameplay and are quite enjoyable. We just need to be open-minded.

I know that saying "all" would be incorrect. However, the point I'm making is that to enjoy those old games you have to go in with "an open mind". I can quite safely say that there is not a single amazing game by todays standards on the Atari.

The words you use yourself "quite enjoyable", that's pretty much the best they can be, and even then you have to go in with "an open mind".

From a technical point-of-view, everybody knows it´s pointless to compare games from that era to today´s games.

As someone said before, today gaming is more of a set science than the trial-and-error designs that was common in other times.

But even saying that they can´t be amazing is totally subjective. They were amazing when they launched. That´s why I said people need to be open-minded when checking old games. Taking any old piece of art, music, movie, game, book etc. without understanding the era when it was produced may lend to innacurate conclusions.