Playstation Memories
So I've recently been playing my PS1 and 2, trying to recapture some of the feelings that I had back when I first got the both of them. My PS2 I bought myself, only maybe two years ago... took me a bit to really get into anything for it. When I first bought it, I was mostly playing my PS1 games on it (lucky for me my range of games were all able to play on it with no issues), and didn't care much about new titles. What did I really have to look forward to? I wasn't able to really engross myself into the brand-spankin'-new stuff, especially since I wasn't ready to plunk down fifty bucks on a game I didn't feel like playing.
My PS1 however, particularly in the later years, I thoroughly enjoyed. Games were cheap, interesting titles, some of them simple yet incredibly addictive, and they, for a while, were EVERYWHERE. The A1 series of games were ten bucks a pop, and some were pretty damn decent (Billiards is slow, but plays a lot like Side-Pocket for the Famicom, and Top Shop is a Monopoly-esque board game that sucks more hours than Titanic did with 13-year-old girls back in the day), and all of the awesome games that had cost $30 or more when they debuted were down to more easily affordable prices.
Maybe I'm cheap, but picking up both Final Fantasy VII and Tactics for about $25 combined was a beautiful thing. Even if I hated FFVII.
Nowadays, I'm still plugging in PS1 titles, but I have a stable of PS2 games that I thoroughly can enjoy. Most of them are classic in obvious appearance and playability; R-Type Final, Gradius V, the Atari and Taito compilations to name a few. Some of the newer stuff, like Kingdom Hearts and the updated G&G game Maximo, I've found myself mouth-agape while playing, but for the most part my collection is more old-school styled with a new-school edge.
The reason I bring this up isn't just to vent about how I like older games more than newer programs, but that it seems classic games might just be making a comeback. The simple days might still be more complex, but there's plenty of classic flavor about them. The handheld market is a great example of this revival with titles like Lemmings and New Ghouls & Ghosts on the PSP, along with New Super Mario Brothers and the upcoming remake of Final Fantasy III.
Remakes, rehashes, collections, re-releases... they're all making their way back. And that makes me very happy to see... especially since, the second time around, they're usually cheap enough for me to enjoy them.
Sometimes again, for the first time.
My PS1 however, particularly in the later years, I thoroughly enjoyed. Games were cheap, interesting titles, some of them simple yet incredibly addictive, and they, for a while, were EVERYWHERE. The A1 series of games were ten bucks a pop, and some were pretty damn decent (Billiards is slow, but plays a lot like Side-Pocket for the Famicom, and Top Shop is a Monopoly-esque board game that sucks more hours than Titanic did with 13-year-old girls back in the day), and all of the awesome games that had cost $30 or more when they debuted were down to more easily affordable prices.
Maybe I'm cheap, but picking up both Final Fantasy VII and Tactics for about $25 combined was a beautiful thing. Even if I hated FFVII.
Nowadays, I'm still plugging in PS1 titles, but I have a stable of PS2 games that I thoroughly can enjoy. Most of them are classic in obvious appearance and playability; R-Type Final, Gradius V, the Atari and Taito compilations to name a few. Some of the newer stuff, like Kingdom Hearts and the updated G&G game Maximo, I've found myself mouth-agape while playing, but for the most part my collection is more old-school styled with a new-school edge.
The reason I bring this up isn't just to vent about how I like older games more than newer programs, but that it seems classic games might just be making a comeback. The simple days might still be more complex, but there's plenty of classic flavor about them. The handheld market is a great example of this revival with titles like Lemmings and New Ghouls & Ghosts on the PSP, along with New Super Mario Brothers and the upcoming remake of Final Fantasy III.
Remakes, rehashes, collections, re-releases... they're all making their way back. And that makes me very happy to see... especially since, the second time around, they're usually cheap enough for me to enjoy them.
Sometimes again, for the first time.
posted by Unknown at 2:39 PM
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