Here is a columnist for Forbes who is clearly trying to win the favour of our beloved honshui, and incur the wrath of gaming-guru Tom Swift.
"The best gaming platform of all time is undoubtedly the Atari 2600. What other system had or will have as wide a variety of games that were genre-less (Human Cannonball and Lost Luggage, for example)? What other system will have the permanence of Atari 2600 games, which are available on every modern platform in the form of anthologies and as mobile games?
"The best gaming platform of all time is undoubtedly the Atari 2600. What other system had or will have as wide a variety of games that were genre-less (Human Cannonball and Lost Luggage, for example)? What other system will have the permanence of Atari 2600 games, which are available on every modern platform in the form of anthologies and as mobile games?
The Atari 2600 controllers--the joystick and the paddle--each only had one button. That spoke to the elegant simplicity of gaming. A game that requires a controller with one analog and one digital direction stick and ten buttons is certainly more complex, but it's not more fun to play. The Apple Computer Macintosh mouse had only one button for 20 years, yet, it was always easier to use than a PC mouse. Even the new multi-button Mighty Mouse bends to the use of one button.
In fact, the most enduring videogame in the American collective consciousness, Pac-Man, doesn't even require buttons. And will anybody ever record a song, 'Ridge Racer 6 Fever'? "
Well, I have Atari Classics for both Xbox and PS2 and I play them...occaisionally...for about a minute. I thought it would be fun, but the old 2600 games suck. So did "Pac Man Fever".
I guess Mr. Lin has never played Katamari Damacy as it doesn't require use of the buttons. And it is miles more fun than Pac Man.
Well. Honshui? Tom Swift? Are you going to wade in?