Bit.Trip series Blast Works Cave Story Fishie Fishie Furry Legends (which is a follow-up to the old Fury of the Furries on DOS) Lost Winds Max and the Magic Marker Nyx Quest/Icarian Toribash World of Goo And Yet It Moves
...and many, MANY others. Just look around the WiiWare library--since indie games are exactly what WiiWare is meant for
Its a fair cop, I guess.
But most of those examples are available on the PC now as well. (And I own most of those on the PC too! XD)
I'll probably come back to the wii eventually and pick up the few games I missed out on, but I'm in no real hurry. (Large backlog, lots of great 3DS releases to spend money on, got some other games on the wishlist)
BlackDS wrote:It will be a generation behind the competition as far as graphics are concerned (although this will matter less because the difference between 6th and 7th gen > the difference between 7th and 8th gen).
I don't think that's quite right. Sony is only beginning to plan the PS4 (or whatever they want to call it) and originally didn't even intend to release a new console until the PS3 was about ten years old. I don't think Sony (or consumers) can afford the cost of boosting the hardware specs by as much as they're accustomed to doing in the past, narrowing the gap from that end. Nintendo is also narrowing the gap from their end by making the Wii U considerably more powerful than the PS3. I think the difference will be more akin to Dreamcast compared to the original XBOX, but less visible to the player.
Retro wrote:Its a fair cop, I guess.
But most of those examples are available on the PC now as well. (And I own most of those on the PC too! XD)
Yes, but it's still great indie support. If I claimed the 360 had no support from major third-parties, you could easily give me a long list of great games from those third-parties that would only scratch the surface of their support. I could be dismissive and state that most of those games are available on the PC, but you would still have proven me wrong.
RCA Studio II, hands down (literally!). In order to play it, I have to disconnect the cable tv and futz around with channel settings. The controls consist entirely of buttons on the unit itself. In order to control the games, which are only in black and white, I must find something to prop the unit up on or play it lying down on my stomach, at an angle if somebody else is playing it with me. When playing it, the short power and hookup cables necessitate sitting/hunching/lying within inches of the television screen, while the tinny and buzzy Mono-only sound is being blasted right into my face from the unit itself. There is no way to adjust the volume.
But surely the games are fun, right? No, they aren't. You'd think that games with such exciting names as 'Fun with Numbers' and 'Math Quiz' would be a blast, but you would be surprisingly mistaken for assuming so. I have no other games for the system, which I play sometimes to remind myself just how good I have it with other systems and that not everything in the old days was better. Still, I do have a sort of affection for the system I've nicknamed 'RC', though it is as much 'so bad it's good' as it is anything else...
AgentBurnwood wrote: But surely the games are fun, right? No, they aren't. You'd think that games with such exciting names as 'Fun with Numbers' and 'Math Quiz' would be a blast, but you would be surprisingly mistaken for assuming so.
Aw come on, Fun with Numbers even has fun in the title!
AgentBurnwood wrote: But surely the games are fun, right? No, they aren't. You'd think that games with such exciting names as 'Fun with Numbers' and 'Math Quiz' would be a blast, but you would be surprisingly mistaken for assuming so.
Aw come on, Fun with Numbers even has fun in the title!
Math Blaster is the only "fun" math game in my book.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
AgentBurnwood wrote: But surely the games are fun, right? No, they aren't. You'd think that games with such exciting names as 'Fun with Numbers' and 'Math Quiz' would be a blast, but you would be surprisingly mistaken for assuming so.
Aw come on, Fun with Numbers even has fun in the title!
Math Blaster is the only "fun" math game in my book.
Which math blaster?
Since this signature affects old posts, I'm leaving a message here in case anyone searches for my username. This account died in early 2013. I am no longer a fundamentalist.
Don't add to my problems by pretending my past views are still held in the present. I do not have any patience for that. Feel free to ask me what I think now.
AgentBurnwood wrote: But surely the games are fun, right? No, they aren't. You'd think that games with such exciting names as 'Fun with Numbers' and 'Math Quiz' would be a blast, but you would be surprisingly mistaken for assuming so.
Aw come on, Fun with Numbers even has fun in the title!
Math Blaster is the only "fun" math game in my book.
There are some fun math games, the old Number Munchers game for the Apple II comes to mind. Luckily, it can be played online for free, along with all other Apple II games, by Firefox users here:
Fuck yeah, I used to play that all the time, but it's on Windows too. I used to play Word Munchers constantly too. Was pretty young though, in like Elementary School.
