Some people say, "The coolest is always the latest." Not always. It just reminds me of how often I think that the coolest was the latest, I complained (from within anyway) that I didn't have the latest video game systems in the 90s. But later I figured out that a cool game doesn't easily lose its coolness and a trashy game will usually be remembered for being trashy.
This just reminds me of the time I was whining I never got to play Super Mario World except by rental or in a friend's house because I didn't have a Super Nintendo. I frequently bitched and whined about it never dreaming it would be obsolete. Years later, I ended up playing the game on an emulator and later, I realized that some old games were still re-released together with other games as either downloadables or you might think, collector's edition. In my case, I just played Super Mario World on a Game Boy Advance emulator and I realized that the game was still cool even after so many years.
Another one was the Megaman series. Yeah I know I'm one big Megaman fanatic and addict although I never played the handheld Megaman games neither do I plan to own too many gadgets. So I did enjoy the Megaman NES games then later, I found myself playing Megaman X3 (that really HAAARD game) up to X6 on the first Playstation game. Eventually I had a Playstation 2 (and I am getting sad I'll miss the cool games I played with it) which I enjoyed. Later, I would play Megaman X1 and X2 on the Megaman X collection and Megaman 7 on the Megaman Anniversary collection. When I played them, I found them to be cool retro games and kept saying, "A cool game does not easily its coolness! I may not be able to play it now but I can play it later!"
The same can be said about my favorite fighting game franchise, Tekken. Even if I am now playing Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken 6, I still miss the old Tekken games such as Tekken 1, 2 and 3. Tekken 3 was a real cool game for the Playstation One and for me, it was better than Tekken 4 which again, latest does not mean the coolest. Tekken 3 for me remains a cool retro-game in its own respect. At times, I find myself still playing Tekken 5 or Tekken Tag Tournament (which for me, wasn't as great as its sequel Tekken Tag Tournament 2). Still I cannot deny each of those games were cool in their own respect.
Whenever I think about it, a cool game never gets out of my head. I still wish I could play some cool games that I wasn't able to play in the past. So what's going to be next in my retro-gaming? I can't really tell and I'm not getting any younger. Yet the feel that the games for me won't easily lose their coolness is still there in my mind.
This just reminds me of the time I was whining I never got to play Super Mario World except by rental or in a friend's house because I didn't have a Super Nintendo. I frequently bitched and whined about it never dreaming it would be obsolete. Years later, I ended up playing the game on an emulator and later, I realized that some old games were still re-released together with other games as either downloadables or you might think, collector's edition. In my case, I just played Super Mario World on a Game Boy Advance emulator and I realized that the game was still cool even after so many years.
Another one was the Megaman series. Yeah I know I'm one big Megaman fanatic and addict although I never played the handheld Megaman games neither do I plan to own too many gadgets. So I did enjoy the Megaman NES games then later, I found myself playing Megaman X3 (that really HAAARD game) up to X6 on the first Playstation game. Eventually I had a Playstation 2 (and I am getting sad I'll miss the cool games I played with it) which I enjoyed. Later, I would play Megaman X1 and X2 on the Megaman X collection and Megaman 7 on the Megaman Anniversary collection. When I played them, I found them to be cool retro games and kept saying, "A cool game does not easily its coolness! I may not be able to play it now but I can play it later!"
The same can be said about my favorite fighting game franchise, Tekken. Even if I am now playing Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken 6, I still miss the old Tekken games such as Tekken 1, 2 and 3. Tekken 3 was a real cool game for the Playstation One and for me, it was better than Tekken 4 which again, latest does not mean the coolest. Tekken 3 for me remains a cool retro-game in its own respect. At times, I find myself still playing Tekken 5 or Tekken Tag Tournament (which for me, wasn't as great as its sequel Tekken Tag Tournament 2). Still I cannot deny each of those games were cool in their own respect.
Whenever I think about it, a cool game never gets out of my head. I still wish I could play some cool games that I wasn't able to play in the past. So what's going to be next in my retro-gaming? I can't really tell and I'm not getting any younger. Yet the feel that the games for me won't easily lose their coolness is still there in my mind.
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