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On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:04:37 -0700 (PDT), Gray Death
<gdeath63@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jun 14, 9:58 am, Rin Stowleigh <rstowle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:05:02 -0400, "Jim" <j...@wtf.invalid> wrote:
>> >http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64233
>> >"With the legal drama out of the way, the road to the long-awaited release
>> >of Duke Nukem Forever is apparently clear of legal hurdles--the game just
>> >needs to be finished".
>>
>> I recently loaded up DN3D for a trip down memory lane, first time in I
>> think 14 or 15 years.  It was kind of like a painful, cathartic
>> session with a hypnotist.  Man, how far we've come from having to drop
>> out to an editor to change our keybindings in a .CFG file! :)
>>
>> Actually playing the game was underwhelming.  It was clearly optimized
>> for 14" monitors, so I needed to put it in a window for the graphics
>> to resemble anything the original creators intended.
>>
>> No doubt it was a great game in its heyday.  Part of the addictive
>> appeal was being able to play over the net (via TEN at the time),
>> which was a first for me.  I had played Doom over the modem with
>> friends, but did not have get my introduction to a server-lobby type
>> of scenario until TEN came along.  That service also let me play
>> Warcraft I online, which was another groundbreaking game IMO.
>
>I try not to do that for fear of ruining my memories.  I remember
>watching an episode of You Can't Do That On TV like about years ago
>cos I thought it would be a nice trip down memory lane.  Instead of I
>wondered how I could have actually watched that shit as a kid.  It
>completely ruined it for me.

In general, retro gaming experiences have been a mixed bag for me,
similar to music, movie and TV experiences like you mentioned.
Sometimes I play a game from the past, and I am amazed by how well the
gameplay holds up, or some other aspect of it reminds me why it was so
appealing originally (and when that happens, its great).  Then other
times I am appalled at what I used to find entertaining and just
thankful for progress :)