[General Discussion] Classic Games and Future Generations?

I do believe that classic games deserve to play an important part especially with the present generation of gamers.

I'm sure there ares tons of ways you can make them more accessible, and even a lot of these older games are still enjoyable now as they were back then when I started to play them.

I think the biggest problem you have to overcome is that when you remake game or bring a game back from extinction initially its only going to cater to the gamers that have actually played the game before or to gamers that have always wanted to play the game but never had the chance.

It really has to be a profitable and worthwhile investment in order for video game companies to put in their own development team towards the remaking and rereleasing of older titles. It has definhetely worked especially for the more popular gaming brands within the video game industry.

Its just there is this frame of mind with a lot of new gamers that if a game is old that don't want to give it the time of day. I don't know if its like that where you live but where I live its always about whats newer/better. It seems like that gamers where I live are easily intimidated by eye candy style games.

I just think that you have to teach gamers especially at a very young age is that a great game is not nescessarily defined by great graphics or sound. I think the important thing is if the game can still be fun now compared to the game being fun back then. I'm sure I can probably get more enjoyment playing some of my favourite Atari games compared to some games that are being released these days.

My best friend and I are actually considering opening up a retro arcade. I remember arcades being so much fun back when most machines you only had to put in a quarter to play and it was always a fun dark majestic atmosphere. If we do go ahead with this idea we hope we can bring back some of the fun of playing games when I was a kid. I remember having so much fun playing G.I. Joe with three random strangers and just trying your best to kick as much ass as possible. Some gamers in my community are actually giving older games a chance because a game being old should not discount its accountability of how good of a game it can be.

Its definetely a great idea to preserve games like this, but deep down whats the point of preserving them in an archival sense if you can't get people to play them.

Jam it back in, in the dark.