Ever notice that as you get older you start to suck at video games? This post talks about just that.
These classics need to make a return.
Pre-ordered mine a few days ago. Love this concept and hope there are more games announced. I can’t justify paying the prices for games that collectors are asking for. It’s the primary reason I own almost every console except the Neo Geo.
I've pre ordered one here in the UK, no games though, as I'll move it on for a higher price. The white model looks awesome, but as expected, the price is too high. We'll probably see more of those all in one cartridges from China containing every AES game. In the UK, AES+ game at £70 ($95) is better than eye watering prices for the originals, but these games are so old and I can honestly say SNK didn't release many classics. The Metal Slug series is the only series I rate, there were just too many Street Fighter clones and not enough scrolling fighting games. Overall, the Neo Geo was poor for all genres apart from one on one fighters. Videos on YouTube asking for games from that console generation to be ported to the AES+, but who'd want to pay £70 for Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2? There's a lot of SNK collections out there, the best being Metal Slug Anthology on the PlayStation 2. The Street Fighter Anniversary Collection on the Switch contains 12 games for around £30, instead of £840 if released on the AES+. For collectors, the AES+ is the best news since sliced bread. Are there enough SNK fans out there? Nowhere near. Those £70 cartridges will soon start creeping up in price and it'll be a re-run of the original console.
I always wanted one in the 90's but couldn't afford it. Now i can but i think if i get one it will be collecting dust fast. It's a nostalgia thing i guess.
"Boutique publisher SNEG has joined forces with Games Workshop and its developer & publisher partners to unveil their new label in classic video game preservation with Warhammer Classics. Now available on Steam in an accessible, future-proofed form, this massive undertaking restores more than 20 seminal and cult-favorite Warhammer video games, bringing them back to PC." - Games Workshop and SNEG.
Prominent N64 modder HailToDodongo has released the first version of N64 game engine and editor, Pyrite64, alongside a short highlight video.
My twitch reflex certainly is what it was 15 years ago. That is for sure. Strategy games I've noticed don't tend to suffer as much as twitch (FPS) type games though.
on the original xbox,rb63 and black arrow, was in top 1000 on xbox live. ghost recon and island thunder was in top 200 on live. im 33 now and this gen has sucked apart from being top 5000 in rb6 vegas. it does get harder, but i think mostly do to other grown up responsibilities and no time to fk off. that and a lil hand eye coordination fades over time. also a few decades of gaming ruin your eyesight. hell im full of excuses i know,,, but i cant do shit against the youngins anymore.
Eventually that day will come for everybody, hopefully I'll pass down these amazing skills to my kids. XD
i think it depends on if you constantly play similar ganmes then you may never lose the skill,
This has more to do with memories of the past, than diminishing skill.
Like I might remember beating Super Ghouls and Ghosts or Battletoads, but you COMPLETELY FORGET all the times you failed or how hard it really was. We tend to remember everything better than it really was (unless things didn't go well, then it might be a bit worse), but this has everything to do with perception / questionable memories and little to do with skill.