posted 19-06-2002 06:30 PM GMT
You might as well say "why would anyone watch black and white films?"Older games have different qualities, they're wackier and more eccentric. Just like some old sci-fi films were.
These days the games companies are obsessed with 3D engines and "realism" just like Hollywood is obsessed with special FX. The problem is the games companies have forgotten about gameplay just like Hollywood doesn't seem to care so much about plot and a good script.
You can classify most modern games into:
*Driving games
*Shooting games
*RPG
*Sports simulation
*Platformers
Now many of these categories apply to 8-bit games but even platformers had many different types and styles. There's quite a big difference between Manic Miner and New Zealand Story for example.
Also since I have a Nokia 9210 I can run Spectrum and Commodore games which suit the small screen and keyboard just fine, although there are 3D games for it.