Playstaion the next NES

Post by **scottykick** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:55 pm

I would believe the NES and or Atari 2600 are the holy grails of modern old school gaming collectors, I believe that soon that label will be shared with the PSX. As the generation of gamers who grew up with PSX as their 1st system will begin felling nostolgic and want to revisit their first console. The universal backwards compatability with all PS3 models will only help. I believe games like Colony Wars, Tenchu, Brave Fencer Musashi, Theme Hospital, Power Move Wrestling and Parasite Eve are some of the slightly overlooked games that will join the more established big name series from that era, like Tomb Raider, RE, Final Fantasy & Metal Gear Solid.

What are your thoughts?

Post by **Ack** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:05 pm

I don't know. I think it's going to be harder for a lot of people to go back to the early 3D days, so while you're gonna see some looking into it, I don't think it will be as many proportionally. I say percentages because so many people did get into gaming with the PS1, and with the larger crowds, more will be going back. But because of the poor aging of 3D graphics in comparison to 2D...I think it's gonna be tough. I lived through the beginning of 3D on the home console, and it's hard for me to look at some of the titles considered "classic" on the console, even though just ten years ago I believed they were cutting edge and the prettiest things I'd ever seen.

Well either way, I suppose in five years we'll know.

Post by **Chizzles** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:27 pm

The Sega Saturn collector scene is pretty much outgrowing the PS1 collector scene I'd say...

Partly because the games are harder to find (for the most part) than PS1 games

Although there are some pretty rare gems for PS1 also (Lain, for example).

Post by **nocturnalnerd** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:03 pm

I hate the playstation brand with the exception of the PSP

Post by **andymol21** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:41 pm

Ack wrote: ...because of the poor aging of 3D graphics in comparison to 2D...I think it's gonna be tough.

I disagree, Sir!

The 2D graphics of the 2600 are truley horiffic if looked at compared to that on say the Super Nintendo. They have not aged well at all and are only acceptable for their retro appeal. The same can be said for early 3D games. The fact that you can actually see the polygons making up the 3D image is part of the retro experience, just like the way you can see individual pixels in 2600 games.

Post by **Ack** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:04 pm

While I agree that the 2600 looks horrid in comparison to the SNES, it does not literally make my eyes ache, as some of the PlayStation titles do. While I beat it upon its release, I am actually unable to go back and look at it. It gives me a headache. Trying to decipher the images frankly hurts sometimes, and I think this is something that more and more PlayStation games will suffer from. 2D is a lot easier on the eyes, even if it looks like a bunch of blocks.

Post by **RadarScope1** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:16 pm

I think the OP has a point. It will grow, especially with all the weird Japanese games that actually made it to the US and Europe during the PS1 days. There are quite a few rare PS games as someone said, along with TONS of epic and influential games that everyone remembers playing. That's what made/makes NES games to appealing to collect. I could see it happening, especially with bc in PS2 and PS3s. Even if the PS3 doesn't end up doing as well as Sony hoped, everybody has a PS2.

I have to agree about a lot of those games looking like ass today though. It's going to take some serious retro love on the part of those who were little kiddos in the mid to late 90s to want to go back and play through some of those titles.

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:16 am

RadarScope1 wrote:I think the OP has a point. It will grow, especially with all the weird Japanese games that actually made it to the US and Europe during the PS1 days. There are quite a few rare PS games as someone said, along with TONS of epic and influential games that everyone remembers playing. That's what made/makes NES games to appealing to collect. I could see it happening, especially with bc in PS2 and PS3s. Even if the PS3 doesn't end up doing as well as Sony hoped, everybody has a PS2.

I have to agree about a lot of those games looking like ass today though. It's going to take some serious retro love on the part of those who were little kiddos in the mid to late 90s to want to go back and play through some of those titles.

i grew up w/ a playstation so i can safely say that the only thing i find annoying about old 3d games is HOW DRAB AND DEPRESSING THE COLOR PALETTES WERE. OMG ITS WORSE THAN THIS GENERATION!!!

Post by **Chizzles** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:44 am

Old 3D doesn't look any worse than old Spectrum games.

Bright blue and green that makes your eyes bleed anyone?

Post by **SpaceBooger** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:39 am

I don't think that the graphics per say make or break a system's ability to age well. It the charm and nature of the games. If you look at all of those retro plug-in TV games being re-released they are simple but engaging enough for anyone to pick up and play.
Final Fantasy VII will never see one of those Joystick Plug-In-TV remakes, nor will Metal Gear Solid. The NES had charm and a low learning curve that is why it is still popular and today.