N64

Today I played N64 in my friend’s dorm room. I forgot how fucking awesome that system is. I remember when I was a kid, especially on snow days, my friend would come over and we would play all day. When people slept over, tournament Golden Eye and Perfect Dark. Who could beat the hardest bots? WCW/NWO Revenge- the best wresting game. Goal- make your guy bleed. Never pin him. Make him tap out. TKO him. Never Pin. Not to mention Bomber Man 64, Mario Kart 64 (which we started playing last year again when Double Dash came out), and the Zelda games. While the new systems are great- The old school games never get old. I did notice that graphics have come a long way in just under 10 years (that’s right, n64 came out in ’96), and it makes me wonder how much farther game graphics have to go. According to Programming God John Carmack, not to much farther. Look at how real games like Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 look. I wonder how long it will be before we get real pictures, places, things as immersive worlds we play in…