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Classic games resurges in next-gen times

Posted Oct 8, 2006 at 8:37AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Greg Canessa, NES, retro
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Pac Man"Only gets better with age" is an adage usually attached to wine and other alcoholic drinks, but apparently this somewhat hackneyed statement could also be use to characterize video games. According to Greg Canessa, group manager of Xbox Live Arcade, retro games have become in once more and not only are they basking in this new found glory, they are also one of the top moneymakers around.

Classic games like Joust and Frogger are said to be just some of the many top-selling titles in XBLA. Fans are usually older players who grew up saving their lunch money to play arcade games or buy new game cartridges for those early home machines like the NES.

Apparently, the life-altering events of 9/11 also had a hand in this resurgence. According to Eric Levin, executive VP of Techno source, "not to get too deep about it but 9/11 seemed to create a great level of nostalgia and cocooning, and had a deep effect on the American psyche".

Classics are also enjoying a growing following with the gamers of today. Indeed, a classic never grows old, in the sense that what was fun 30-25 years ago is still appealing today. Outrageous games of yesteryears like Pac-man has been a big hit and up to now, outrageous ideas are still received with open arms. Indeed, the graphics and other effects may change with time, but down the road, gameplay is still what's pivotal.

Via Yahoo News



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# 9/11 ??WC 2006-10-08 11:42
9/11?? 9/11 didn't create jack for 'nostalgia' or any other bull*****. It created hatred for the middle east and a ton of laws that took away our rights.

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# 9/11 and the good old days?Guest 2006-10-08 12:39
I wonder if what Eric Levin, executive VP of Techno source, meant about America's "nostalgia and cocooning" after 9/11 is that America now has a tendency to look back on the "good old days."



But that's a whole other can of worms (in the good old days people had crap like the Cuban missile crisis and the ascendancy of the KKK and women being thrown into jail because they wanted to vote and black people being attacked by riot police simply because they were black and lots of people dying in WWII and millions of people dying because of influenza and all that), so I'm not even going to attempt a sociopolitical analysis.

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