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Originally posted by McGroin@Apr 11 2006, 02:46 AM
I worry if the next generation of gamers will be spoiled and unappreciative of just how far video games have come in the past 20 years.
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Going all the way back, I have a bit to say about this...
How many dime store novels have you read. Sherlock Holmes or Tarzan? Do you feel you need to understand these novels to appreciate the Da Vinci Code. (Okay, books haven't progressed THAT much, technically. Auto spell checkers and the like, but that's about it.)
Have you ever seen the first black and white silent film? For that matter, how many black and white silent films have you seen? Do you feel you need to sit down and watch black and white silent films to appreciate the technical brilliance of a movie like Lord of the Rings etc?
The point is they can appreciate games modern games without wallowing in the stuff that led to them. They won't suffer for it because they don't know what a side scroller platform jumper looked like. They won't be socially indept if they don't get the phrase "she's got it going on like Donkey Kong" because the DK series didn't translate to 3D very well.
At the same time I agree with the more recent comments. If YOU are playing classic games, your kids will naturally come in and try it out. They may even enjoy it. So while their waiting for the latest downloaded episode of Sin, you can show them that there is a whole anthology of games they can play in the mean time.