The card battle thing isn't interesting to me, regardless of which universe the characters are borrowed from. So, that's right out.

After MM8, I kind of thought it was over. We couldn't go back. It really wouldn't ever be good again.

MM9 ended up surprising me. I liked it a lot. But it's an anomaly.

Listen to the bawl-babies who also write for this site, and you'll see that even among older gamers, the love for the classics really isn't as intense as you'd expect.

“It's punishingly difficult.”

Yep. Always was. Should continue to be. The dumbing down of gaming as we focused more on looks and “immersiveness” was gradual, but definitely noticeable. Some are cool with it – I'm mixed. While I like Grand Theft Auto in all its sandbox-y, fool around all day glory…I'm always happy when a game is just straight-forward and clever.

MM9 is what it is. It isn't misleading about it. It's an old-school platformer that will kick your ass up and down the block again and again. I suspect not nearly as many people are as into that sort of thing – or have the gaming goods to hang with that sort of game – as say they are.

Another thing, though, is everyone's path as a gamer is different. Your “glory days” will feature different memories of different gaming moments than mine, Haygood's, Fourhman's, Jordan's, etc.

So, when someone else thinks “this is a return to the gaming I loved,” they're likely thinking of something different.

I can only look for experiences in modern gaming that recreate what I used to enjoy.

Oddly enough, I used to love Megaman AND role-playing games. That Megaman RPG, however, doesn't appeal to me. Because it's not REALLY the MM I remember, and there's a battle system I'll never care about. If Capcom released a straight-up role-playing game based on the characters, backstory and themes of the original MM series, you'd better believe I'd sit up and pay attention, though.

Just like kids raised on Starforce or whatever will look at MM 1-9 as crappy relics that don't appeal to them at all.

I'm done.

Good entry.

The card battle thing isn't interesting to me, regardless of which universe the characters are borrowed from. So, that's right out.

After MM8, I kind of thought it was over. We couldn't go back. It really wouldn't ever be good again.

MM9 ended up surprising me. I liked it a lot. But it's an anomaly.

Listen to the bawl-babies who also write for this site, and you'll see that even among older gamers, the love for the classics really isn't as intense as you'd expect.

“It's punishingly difficult.”

Yep. Always was. Should continue to be. The dumbing down of gaming as we focused more on looks and “immersiveness” was gradual, but definitely noticeable. Some are cool with it – I'm mixed. While I like Grand Theft Auto in all its sandbox-y, fool around all day glory…I'm always happy when a game is just straight-forward and clever.

MM9 is what it is. It isn't misleading about it. It's an old-school platformer that will kick your ass up and down the block again and again. I suspect not nearly as many people are as into that sort of thing – or have the gaming goods to hang with that sort of game – as say they are.

Another thing, though, is everyone's path as a gamer is different. Your “glory days” will feature different memories of different gaming moments than mine, Haygood's, Fourhman's, Jordan's, etc.

So, when someone else thinks “this is a return to the gaming I loved,” they're likely thinking of something different.

I can only look for experiences in modern gaming that recreate what I used to enjoy.

Oddly enough, I used to love Megaman AND role-playing games. That Megaman RPG, however, doesn't appeal to me. Because it's not REALLY the MM I remember, and there's a battle system I'll never care about. If Capcom released a straight-up role-playing game based on the characters, backstory and themes of the original MM series, you'd better believe I'd sit up and pay attention, though.

Just like kids raised on Starforce or whatever will look at MM 1-9 as crappy relics that don't appeal to them at all.

I'm done.

Good entry.