Hi Dark, Agreed. I think the problem is that more modern games have spoiled people into thinking every single level has to be unique. different, etc when that's not how the arcade genre worked. I've played all the classics like Pong and Astroids up to Super NES games and the majority of the early arcade games were just the same level over and over again with more enemies, faster enemies, or different colored enemies.
For instance, a game I use to play heavily in the early 1980's, Demon Attack, might be considered boring by today's standards, but it was actually great fun. Back in those days we were more concerned about topping our highest score than a great deal of variety. Of course, Atari didn't have the CPU power and memory to do anything much more advanced so we all got use to that's how it was back then. It wasn't until Nintendo came out with their original NES console that we wanted bigger and better things because it had superior graphics, more complex styles of games, and a bit more variety in levels. Still, even then if you look at Super Mario Brothers there were only four or five different worlds. After that it just looped over and over between those different worlds. that's just how arcade games work. If that's boring so be it, but I still enjoy an arcade game once and a while. Cheers! On 11/18/12, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi John. > > I see your point, but again, that is how arcade games worked sinse the time > > of packman and space invaders, indeed I remember the days when one single a > > different coloured enemy who appeared on level 10 was considdered a major > achievement that you'd work for hours to see! > > So, while I agree in principle, I don't think this is a problem with light > tech's games specifically, as much as it is part of the way arcade style > games work. > > After all the same could be said of both original egghunt games (though the > > trophies in plus do help), lockpick, the great toy robbery, all of the esp > pinball titles (still imho some of the best arcade games available in > audio), dynaman etc, etc. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
