Old Zelda/nintendo games are a prime example

The problem is a brand new gamer who has never seen or played old games will also be automatically bias because of technology advancements.

To them the gfx will automatically be shit and they will not enjoy anything else about the game. They will expect it to be a free or very cheap mobile game.

Dang it, you just had to say something like that!

Very likely, but that's not really what I was talking about.

Very interesting post. I do think it is down to individual differences, as there are plenty of kids who enjoy classic disney movies just as well. I think it's always interesting trying to get kids to see "classics" of the past, and see how they react to that. Music, movies, cartoons, games, it is really fascinating to get that perspective.

The ones you really like. *trollface.jpg*

I strongly disagree here. The absolutely insane popularity of games like Minecraft and Terraria among kids shows that it is not about technology but gameplay mechanics.

This is very true. The pretty presentation giving us the wow factor now, lets us overlook huge flaws in most games.

I question this I know a lot of people who still play Starcraft or Age of Empires 2 and other old PC games.

I think people like those old games even with bad graphics as they had better mechanics and were easier to play.

A lot of PC games are just to advanced and likely to graphics intensive for most people to play now.

How they look in general. I was playing the first Crash today before work and, even being a cartoony-looking game in a small screen, the visuals bothered me too much. But I still enjoy it. Resident Evil 1, otherwise, became unplayable for me after the excellent remake for Game Cube. A couple of months ago, I've played GTA San Andreas and Bully in the old PS2 of my girlfriend in an old TV and the look of it was just disturbing for me. I'm thinking of buying a PS2 to HDMI to see what I think of these old games with a slightly better look in a HD TV.

Honestly, I still love the visuals of Sonic, Bomberman, Donkey Kong Country and others even in modern HD TVs.

It's also very comfortable to replay familiar games over and over. Knowing the game inside out and building up a long reportoire with a game is very hard to replace. When I was in my teenage years I played Civilization to death, as well as Dune 2. I modded the original civilization by adjusting the runtime library for endless variation and also wrote a map editor for Dune 2 for the same purpose. Yet are those the best strategy games ever? I never got into civilization's sequels as much as the original, but ask anyone know which is the best version and I doubt the first one would be it.

Same with half-life death match. That can never be replaced for me as we played it for years in office lan network with custom maps, even a home made map of the office we were working in. Online multiplayer can never touch that.

Familiarity is a strong factor that influences what new games people like as well. Familiar settings and control schemes are much easier to get into than new IPs. We're mostly creatures of habit, new things take effort and willingness to step out of our comfort zone. There's nothing wrong with that. It's all about fun, and it took a lot of trial and error to find those few games you're comfortable with. Any new game you try will still be hit and miss, more and more miss as the library of your favorites grows.

It's funny, because I tend to think the opposite.

Most older games are VASTLY superior to the tutorial/corridor laden interactive movies that pass as games these days.. With a few exceptions of course - some open world games, some modern Nintendo games, Minecraft and a sprinkling of some other indies, etc..

Huh. I'm playing mostly old games right now because I'm bored as fuck by today's games. But whatever, that's just me and stuff.