Retro games are crap.

[Strider]

Are your private messsssages sorted out yet Md as I sent you a PM yesterday.

[randombs]

well i'm only posting this to turn off the email notification

[Il Postino]

Originally Posted by MD
Even a 110% review mark for any arcade game is unlikely to make anyone go out about buy an arcade machine...

That was my (rather crap) point.

Originally Posted by MD
Apart from the rampant piracy. :P

Didn't you hear? Downloading and storing roms is no longer considered piracy, just so long as you throw some salt over your left shoulder and salute two (not one, not three, but TWO) magpies before you commence the download. It's worth noting that on the second Thursday of every month the salt must be thrown over the right shoulder (it's a religious thing), failure to observe this, is of course, punishable by castration.

Originally Posted by MD
MD (Loads of retro knowledge, runs a gaming exhibition, future retro editor of GamesTM )

Be careful what you wish for...

[Il Postino]

Originally Posted by Strider
Dropping the score has been discussed already. One of the main reasons its currently stayed in is to help give the section a sort of a mini-mag feel.

I had a feeling you'd say that.

Anyway, if you don't want to (or can't) drop the scoring system, you could perhaps consider changing the criteria used to evaluate the games. How about awarding marks for innovation (what, if anything, did the game do that hadn't been done before?) and influence (did the title go on to create or reinvent a genre etc). Using I, Robot as an example I imagine it would score well for innovation (early use of filled polygons, the Hall Effect joystick God bless it and, say, Doodle City). However, in terms of influence it probably wouldn't fare so well, as it didn't really give rise to many obvious clones).

Just an idea.


These are just a few suggestions off the top of my head, but I'm sure you and some of the other good folk out there can think up a few more.