Re:Why I still use an old PowerPC Mac
by the_af on Monday August 03, 2020 @09:46AM
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> Old games, old productivity software. If they were good when they were new, I've never understood how they become "bad" just because time passes.
So much this. It upsets me when new reviewers take a look at old games and claim things like they are "dated" (usually they mean pixel graphics, which is a whole category of misunderstanding art) or that they were "good for their time".
No. If they were good when they came out, chances are they are still good. One of my favorite games is Microprose's Sword of the Samurai -- to this day I haven't played a better, more artistically sensible, and more comprehensive simulation of feudal Japan. Even the Total War series is not as good.
Conversely, some old games were bad, and we simply didn't know better. But masterpieces remain masterpieces.
So much this. It upsets me when new reviewers take a look at old games and claim things like they are "dated" (usually they mean pixel graphics, which is a whole category of misunderstanding art) or that they were "good for their time".
No. If they were good when they came out, chances are they are still good. One of my favorite games is Microprose's Sword of the Samurai -- to this day I haven't played a better, more artistically sensible, and more comprehensive simulation of feudal Japan. Even the Total War series is not as good.
Conversely, some old games were bad, and we simply didn't know better. But masterpieces remain masterpieces.