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fuzzy70:

--- Quote from: Ian Price on 2012-Mar-06 ---There's a lot of sarcasm and rose-tinted glasses here, but still quite amusing.

The question is - how many of us would switch what we have now for what he had back then? Not many of us, I'm sure.

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To me an ideal situation would be the technology & convenience of what we have today with the durability of what we had back then. Things used to last a lot longer I think & believe we are moving into a "Disposable" culture more & more. Sure you can't stop progress with new & better things coming out but I just wish they was built more solidly  :D

Lee

erico:
I believe the difference is called "bureaucracy". :nana:

Ian Price:

--- Quote from: fuzzy70 on 2012-Mar-06 ---To me an ideal situation would be the technology & convenience of what we have today with the durability of what we had back then. Things used to last a lot longer I think & believe we are moving into a "Disposable" culture more & more. Sure you can't stop progress with new & better things coming out but I just wish they was built more solidly  :D

Lee


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To be fair, the disposable culture is down to the reduced cost of the items we use. When tech is new it costs a lot. After the initial year of breaking in new tech, the costs generally reduce significantly. The cost of a new VHS recorder when they first came out was between £500-£1000. At the end of their life you could pick them up for less than £50. The cost of repairing the machine when they first came out was significantly less than the cost to replace it in the event of a malfunction - not so nowadays. It is cheaper just to replace. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing - of course recycling of the waste materials is more problematic nowadays, but easily done.

I wouldn't return to the original hardware if you paid me - much as I love many old films and retro games; I'd much rather have (better, clearer) versions available for/on newer tech (eg DVD instead of VHS and DVDs/CDs and ROMs rather than dodgy cassettes/carts for my consoles and emulators).

Not only is new tech cheaper it's also generally much smaller too - meaning more space in my house for more of it!

As for reliability - other than recent DESIGN problems with the XBox 360, reliability has never really bothered me. I've never had any of my major appliances break down within the first 5 years or so of owning it. Maybe i got lucky, maybe I just take better care of my gear. Dunno.

Crivens:
Loading times slower? Hmm. Go back a bit further then. I remember waiting 20 mins or so for Neverending Story 128k to load on the Spectrum. Think I played the actual game less than that...


--- Quote ---I wouldn't return to the original hardware if you paid me
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:'( No don't say it! Not you!!! Heh, seriously though while I mainly agree there is something to be said for cool little games and not just a sea of FPS games. Although admittedly since the iPhone came along apps have seriously changed that around. It's like the good old days! :)

Cheers

Ian Price:
There's absolutely nothing wrong with old games - I was talking about hardware.

I love retro games, but I also love new games too. But which is better? There's only one way to find out... FIGHT!!!! ;)

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