http://kevnull.com/2008/04/history-of-video-games-1972-2007.html Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://kevnull.com/2008/04/history-of-video-games-1972-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-233094 VideoGames Radar Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:52:01 +0000 http://kevnull.com/?p=510#comment-233094 That's a nice list of games!great article.visited your site for first time today,but i must say your write is of top notch and i will surely frequent your site. That's a nice list of games!great article.visited your site for first time today,but i must say your write is of top notch and i will surely frequent your site.

]]> http://kevnull.com/2008/04/history-of-video-games-1972-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-227103 gamer review Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:24:04 +0000 http://kevnull.com/?p=510#comment-227103 That's a nice list of games. Some of my classic games that are on the list are: Rayman, Pokemon, Myst and Donkey Kong Country. That's a nice list of games. Some of my classic games that are on the list are: Rayman, Pokemon, Myst and Donkey Kong Country.

]]> http://kevnull.com/2008/04/history-of-video-games-1972-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-167832 Jason Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:59:42 +0000 http://kevnull.com/?p=510#comment-167832 Ha! I haven't tallied what games I've played to get a count yet, but Doc, Game Theory sounds totally up my alley and I'm going to try and make it out for it. Ha! I haven’t tallied what games I’ve played to get a count yet, but Doc, Game Theory sounds totally up my alley and I’m going to try and make it out for it.

]]> http://kevnull.com/2008/04/history-of-video-games-1972-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-167607 Doctor Popular Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:30:35 +0000 http://kevnull.com/?p=510#comment-167607 btw, if you are interested, feel free to come talk about games at the next Game Theory. http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467714/ It's just an informal get together, sometimes we play games, sometimes we talk about making new games, mostly we talk about pr0n. btw, if you are interested, feel free to come talk about games at the next Game Theory. http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/467714/
It’s just an informal get together, sometimes we play games, sometimes we talk about making new games, mostly we talk about pr0n.

]]> http://kevnull.com/2008/04/history-of-video-games-1972-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-167599 Doctor Popular Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:55:36 +0000 http://kevnull.com/?p=510#comment-167599 I'm not going to be annoying and say "Oh shit, you never played Mega Man!?!!1!!". Instead, I'm just going to go through your list and say... It's a shame you missed out on Pitfall. It had great sound effects and colors. Another good Atari sidescroller was H.E.R.O. I do think it is pretty crazy you haven't played the Megaman series. That was the first game I remember really being obsessed with. Wait... naw, maybe Super Mario was, but Megaman was a bigger influence on my artistically than any other video game. The style of the figures was so different, considering I was used to reading Marvel comics, and so fresh. More inspired from modern design than manga or other video games, the designers somehow gave Megaman that cute/sad look with just a few pixels. Earthworm Jim wasn't that great of a game, but it was one of the first games that sort of had that "straight from a comic book" look to it that games like Sam and Max would later adopt. A fantastically animated game (for the time) whose game cartridge contained a whopping 24 megs. It looks like our gaming history's are a little different. I've always been a generation or two behind in terms of gaming, even when I was young. I was rocking my atari for a couple of years after the NES came out, since there were hardly any games being made anymore, I picked up hella games from yard sales. Eventually, my parents "splurged" and bought a used NES family set (with Rob the Robot and the light gun), but of course the Turbografx had been out for a while and the Genesis had just been released. Anyways, I recently got a modded xbox on ebay and I burned through a ton of games from about 3 years ago. there was some great stuff, like Psychonauts! Man I loved that game. Anyways... are you sure you haven't played Megaman? I’m not going to be annoying and say “Oh shit, you never played Mega Man!?!!1!!”.
Instead, I’m just going to go through your list and say…
It’s a shame you missed out on Pitfall. It had great sound effects and colors. Another good Atari sidescroller was H.E.R.O.
I do think it is pretty crazy you haven’t played the Megaman series. That was the first game I remember really being obsessed with. Wait… naw, maybe Super Mario was, but Megaman was a bigger influence on my artistically than any other video game. The style of the figures was so different, considering I was used to reading Marvel comics, and so fresh. More inspired from modern design than manga or other video games, the designers somehow gave Megaman that cute/sad look with just a few pixels.
Earthworm Jim wasn’t that great of a game, but it was one of the first games that sort of had that “straight from a comic book” look to it that games like Sam and Max would later adopt. A fantastically animated game (for the time) whose game cartridge contained a whopping 24 megs.
It looks like our gaming history’s are a little different. I’ve always been a generation or two behind in terms of gaming, even when I was young. I was rocking my atari for a couple of years after the NES came out, since there were hardly any games being made anymore, I picked up hella games from yard sales. Eventually, my parents “splurged” and bought a used NES family set (with Rob the Robot and the light gun), but of course the Turbografx had been out for a while and the Genesis had just been released. Anyways, I recently got a modded xbox on ebay and I burned through a ton of games from about 3 years ago. there was some great stuff, like Psychonauts! Man I loved that game.
Anyways… are you sure you haven’t played Megaman?

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