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My feeling is almost exactly as you describe yours. I wish I could go back and relive the enjoyment I had when I was young, playing on the Tandy 1000 in my par

My feeling is almost exactly as you describe yours. I wish I could go back and relive the enjoyment I had when I was young, playing on the Tandy 1000 in my parents basement. I still feel very strong nostalgia and think about the games quite a bit, but then if I try to play them I get bored nearly instantly or start feeling guilty for not doing more important things with my time (wife & 2 kids). Oh well, I will always have the nostalgia I guess.

ljf 7y ago
Years ago, I got really into (or at least taken with the idea) of amassing a collection of vintage games machines. It started with some Pong clones, and went on to various Atari machines and then to NES. But pretty quickly, I realised that I was taken with the IDEA of buying and owning them. Actually owning them and actually playing the games wasn't that fun. I think I kept hold of the NES the longest and sold them all as consoles with huge game collections (kickstarting someone elses hobby I hoped). I hope who ever got them enjoyed them - but it turned out there are very few old games I really enjoy playing for any length of time. I think 'Blazing Lazers' is likely my favourite old game, and I still have a romantic attachment to owning a NEOGEO to play it on, but in truth a fire it up no more than once a month on my MAME, play it for 15 minutes at most and turn it off again. I keep telling myself I'll build a MAME cabinet, but again, I'm more interested in the idea of the cabinet than actually the pleasure I'll get from owning it (and the 'space debt' it will add to my house).
- BuckRogers 7y ago
  Count me in as another person on the same level of nostalgia for old games and especially Sierra games as you and the parent comments.. I found the same thing you did on the experience. There are games from that era that are still fun, but you really have to dig. I run emulators and sort through them, and it's no surprise no one is trying to repackage and sell most of them. No one would buy them. The IP is only valuable for respins. One thing worth noting, I found the more simple the games were, the better they aged. There was a time in the 90s when Atari 2600 games felt useless, now I'm finding their simple arcade action aged better than genres that tried to do more. Adventure games themselves are timeless because they're at their core, puzzle-oriented storybooks. My favorite by far is Hero's Quest / Quest for Glory. Those were the crown jewel of the Sierra lineup. The original creators are back at it, and recently released Hero-U (it's on Steam and GOG). I've only played it a bit, but it seems like as good as you can do to bring a traditional adventure game into 2019. Hero-U is definitely worth checking out for any old Sierra-head!

ljf 7y ago

Years ago, I got really into (or at least taken with the idea) of amassing a collection of vintage games machines. It started with some Pong clones, and went on to various Atari machines and then to NES. But pretty quickly, I realised that I was taken with the IDEA of buying and owning them. Actually owning them and actually playing the games wasn't that fun. I think I kept hold of the NES the longest and sold them all as consoles with huge game collections (kickstarting someone elses hobby I hoped). I hope who ever got them enjoyed them - but it turned out there are very few old games I really enjoy playing for any length of time. I think 'Blazing Lazers' is likely my favourite old game, and I still have a romantic attachment to owning a NEOGEO to play it on, but in truth a fire it up no more than once a month on my MAME, play it for 15 minutes at most and turn it off again. I keep telling myself I'll build a MAME cabinet, but again, I'm more interested in the idea of the cabinet than actually the pleasure I'll get from owning it (and the 'space debt' it will add to my house).

BuckRogers 7y ago
Count me in as another person on the same level of nostalgia for old games and especially Sierra games as you and the parent comments.. I found the same thing you did on the experience. There are games from that era that are still fun, but you really have to dig. I run emulators and sort through them, and it's no surprise no one is trying to repackage and sell most of them. No one would buy them. The IP is only valuable for respins. One thing worth noting, I found the more simple the games were, the better they aged. There was a time in the 90s when Atari 2600 games felt useless, now I'm finding their simple arcade action aged better than genres that tried to do more. Adventure games themselves are timeless because they're at their core, puzzle-oriented storybooks. My favorite by far is Hero's Quest / Quest for Glory. Those were the crown jewel of the Sierra lineup. The original creators are back at it, and recently released Hero-U (it's on Steam and GOG). I've only played it a bit, but it seems like as good as you can do to bring a traditional adventure game into 2019. Hero-U is definitely worth checking out for any old Sierra-head!