I think older arcade games had a richer variety in their gameplay.
Not exact matches
If you
thought a barely remembered, 32 - year -
old, 8 - bit video
arcade game was the least likely of unlikely possibilities for an effects - driven, pre-summer blockbuster wannabe, well you'd be wrong.
Based solely on appearances, I couldn't help but
think that maybe this
game was just a port of a now ten - year -
old Japanese
arcade classic.
I'm not sure how many
old - school
gamers are out there who loved what was probably one of the first platform
games ever and remember it fondly enough to want to buy this version without a second
thought, so I'm going to put all that history aside and simply look at Lode Runner as I would any other
arcade game - and as any other
arcade game it has its good points and its bad points.
Yes, they're both pinball simulators and all pinball
games share common mechanics, but I don't
think Pinball
Arcade is looking for new
gamers, they're looking for
old (er)
gamers.
I'm an admitted nut for Midway
games, and while I already own all three volumes of the Midway
Arcade Treasure compilations (I still need Midway Arcade Origins, but since I can't play it on either my Xbox One or the PlayStation 4... sigh, priorities), the thought of playing remade, reimagined, LEGO - fied versions of several old favorite classic arcade games definitely appeals to my sense of nostalgia and wanting to try something new simultane
Arcade Treasure compilations (I still need Midway
Arcade Origins, but since I can't play it on either my Xbox One or the PlayStation 4... sigh, priorities), the thought of playing remade, reimagined, LEGO - fied versions of several old favorite classic arcade games definitely appeals to my sense of nostalgia and wanting to try something new simultane
Arcade Origins, but since I can't play it on either my Xbox One or the PlayStation 4... sigh, priorities), the
thought of playing remade, reimagined, LEGO - fied versions of several
old favorite classic
arcade games definitely appeals to my sense of nostalgia and wanting to try something new simultane
arcade games definitely appeals to my sense of nostalgia and wanting to try something new simultaneously.
Think Zelda, Metroid, Mario, Mega Man —
games old enough to be inspired by
arcade game mechanics, and thus were focused on repetitive, challenging sequences of attacks.
I
think though, being such an
old arcade game and one of the earliest Mega Drive
games, it must have been a bit tricky for SEGA to really push the 3D visuals — you don't have quite the same parallaxing backdrops some later
games offered, or even the advanced enemy attacks.