Regardless of the amazing new things we can do nowadays with physics, graphics and all that jazz, life would have been grand if we had just stopped before people actually tried to make things realistic. Today we have flame wars when graphics are bad, when physics are bad, when sound quality aint that great, if voice acting is laughable, and so forth. It got me thinking about the good old days, when absolutely none of that mattered. Yep, those were simpler times.

We'll start off with Asteroids. Look at that masterpiece. If it were somehow manifested into a physical human form, i honestly think i would get it drunk and do terrible, unspeakable things to it. Here is how the game went down: You are basically called into existance for no apparent reason. You find out you're a small 'A' framed space ship that can travel across the universe in less than 2 and a half seconds, and there is a constant low beep sound spanning across space. Suddenly, asteroids. Rather than avoiding them and continuing to do what ever the hell you would do, you decide to elimite them all. You do that, but then there are more. Confused and enraged, you continue to blast your way to freedom. Eventually another life form is called into existance, emitting a high pitched frequency. Rather than attempting to befriend the other spacecraft and possibly gain an allie, you see him as foe, and destroy him.

Eventually you find out the bitter truth... a sudden self-realisation. Why are you fighting? There will always be more... and more... The only emotions you have felt in your short existance is pain, and anger. You continue to fight despite this, until you eventually die.

See now here's the thing. You couldn't even win at this game. You play until you die. There was no storyline, no plot. The graphics are considered horrid today, and really, it's not even in depth. Despite all that, it is still one of the greatest games of all time, alongside with Pac Man and Space Invaders. I love it.

Eventually things started to get more in depth, and upping the graphics to suit the game. But honestly, everyone knew they couldn't make 'REALISTIC' at that time, so no one cared. Nintendo 64 and PS1 was the perfect time to stop. I never really noticed a console war between the two platforms. Nintendo had great games, and so did the PS1. I didn't think anything else of it. Just about all the games on Nintendo64 i loved, and i can nearly say the same for PS1. But nowadays with the xbox360, PS3 and Wii, i honestly have to say its 'hit and miss'. If i had a time machine, i would go back and destroy research buildings for next gen gaming.

It's a slow night on Dtoid, thought i'd give it some life. Cheers.