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7·1 year agoThis is my original work, but here’s some further links if you’re curious:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_(Spectrum_HoloByte)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1630/tetris
https://www.livescience.com/56481-strange-history-of-tetris.html
https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/tetris-fun-cold-war
That happened to me more than once—though not with this game.
It’s all right, but have you played Goonies for the MSX? It’s quite different from the NES version.
PSP was released in 2004.
If it were a person, it would be able to vote.
I don’t mind it. But I also pod C$1.29 for it on GOG.
And I’m not so much judging it against the greats but also everything else I’ve ever played.
I’ve played FPSes—even modern ones—where the maps are unnavigable, the AI is beyond stupid, and jank is constant. With such games, I can only stand them for a matter of minutes before I shut them off.
Meanwhile, with Fire Warrior, it’s managed to keep my attention for hours—which is no small feat.
Back in the day, the reviews were not so much negative so much as they were average. And I agree with them. Fire Warrior is as average as average as can be.
But I also feel its low poly aesthetic is delightful. And as average as it is, I think there’s a specific kind of gamer who would enjoy this over the likes of Quake or Unreal simply because it’s super easy to play.
As an FPS, this is as close as it gets to “cosy”.
Yeah, those prices are ridiculous. No question about that.
But again, this is why I’ve chosen to devote my attention to retro PC games instead of console games.
True, but the C64 version definitely wasn’t authentic. 😅
Okay, so I think this impacted by the platforms I owned, which was:
- Commodore 64
- Game Boy
- SEGA Master System
- SEGA Genesis
- A bunch of DOS/Windows PCs
- iMac
If I were to consider my favourite games across all these systems, they would be:
- Lode Runner
- Great Giana Sisters
- OutRun
- Super Mario Land
- Tetris
- Sonic 2
- Road Rash
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
- NHL 94
- Earthworm Jim
- MDK
- SimCity
- Civilization
- Heretic
- Marathon
- Escape Velocity
- GeneForge
- Tomb Raider
- Earth 2140
At this point, why not just get a PC?
Just put Bazzite on one, hook it up to your TV, and it becomes a console anyway.
It’s funny: runaway console game prices are what lead me to GOG.
It’s interesting because everyone has their definitive version of Tetris.
For me, it was the arcade coin-op made by Atari Games.
I have a friend, though, who swears by Tetris Plus for the original PlayStation. That was the first Tetris she ever played.