Jesse and the Colecovision

[Troy_Whelan]

Interesting, this phenomena of the games seeming better at first, but then getting dull quickly. Has anyone done any real scientific study of what makes a video game fun to play?

I think this has more to do with personal preference than anything else. Many people that perhaps grew up during the early days of home gaming consoles prefer the games that have a base structure to it, and then perhaps become faster or more challenging as the game progresses. Many of today's younger gamers want variety, visual appeal, and sometimes rather passive game play as they watch cut scenes.

 

Take Pac-Man or Space Invaders as examples. Many people really and truly enjoy these games, while others look at them and say "Isn't that the same screen over again?" Those who enjoy the game want to improve their score, their gameplay, and simply enjoy the game. To me, that does not translate to becoming dull.

 

I can enjoy these games by improving my score and my gameplay just as much as I can enjoy completing Super Mario 64 or some of the Resident Evil games. I try to enjoy a variety of games ranging from the Atari 2600 to the X-Box, and many of them have nothing in common. But, to each his own. I see it like movies...not everyone will enjoy a PBS documentary as they are looking for an action thriller. I happen to enjoy both.

 

Troy

[Stingray]

 

I think this has more to do with personal preference than anything else.  Many people that perhaps grew up during the early days of home gaming consoles prefer the games that have a base structure to it, and then perhaps become faster or more challenging as the game progresses.  Many of today's younger gamers want variety, visual appeal, and sometimes rather passive game play as they watch cut scenes.  

 

Take Pac-Man or Space Invaders as examples.  Many people really and truly enjoy these games, while others look at them and say "Isn't that the same screen over again?"  Those who enjoy the game want to improve their score, their gameplay, and simply enjoy the game.  To me, that does not translate to becoming dull.

 

That's funny. He started a new thread with this question and I made a similar remark using Space Invaders as an example. Great minds eh?

 

-S

[DominiRican05]

That's funny. I know that late last year I became really interested in the Intellivision based on the games that were available for free download from intellivisionlives.com, but as soon as I got the console and several games, I realized that the hardware experience was vast different than the emulation. But since then I haven't touched an Intellivision ROM since, and I wonder too what makes games exciting at first but then they quickly fade.

 

Right now I'm looking into a Colecovision but I fear because I grew up in the NES era, that I'm too jaded and might expect too much from a classic console...

 

PS. Approx how many games were released for the Colecovision?

[cimerians]

That's funny.  I know that late last year I became really interested in the Intellivision based on the games that were available for free download from intellivisionlives.com, but as soon as I got the console and several games, I realized that the hardware experience was vast different than the emulation.    But since then I haven't touched an Intellivision ROM since, and I wonder too what makes games exciting at first but then they quickly fade.

 

Right now I'm looking into a Colecovision but I fear because I grew up in the NES era, that I'm too jaded and might expect too much from a classic console...

 

PS.  Approx how many games were released for the Colecovision?

 

If you did grow up in the NES era then don't even bother (although my nephew who was born in 84' loves the Coleco because of two games. BC's Quest for Tires and Smurf Rescue in Gargamels Castle.

 

If your still interested check my site here and click on the Coleco FAQ link waaay down at the bottom:

 

http://home.comcast.net/~cimerians/Coleco/index.htm

[DominiRican05]

cimerians,

 

I checked out your site and it was pretty informative. I look forward to testing out the games on your lists before I make my eventual purchase decision. :-) I'm not completely jaded though since I did have a 2600 growing up as well, but my first consoles were the NES, SNES, Genesis, and then when I became nostalgic, the 2600 and 7800 but the interest didn't last too long...although as you can tell from my presence on the board, I'm back on my nostalgic mode so we'll see what happens :-)