Confessions of a 16 bit graphics whore

Today I was browsing through the Hall of Light (Amiga games database), when I realized something. I'm a 16 bit graphics whore!
I'm so ashamed. I always advocate gameplay over graphics, ALWAYS, and then this hits me right in the groin like a 300 pund lumber jack wearing safety boots. Ouch.

I only stopped at games with lush graphics. Games like Chaos Engine, Blood Money and Speedball 2, and thinking back those were all superb games, but so was SWOS, Nebulus and Tetris. Had i pushed those aside due to lacklustre graphics, then I'm not sure, I would've have been the person I am today. Admitted, that's exagerated, but those title mentioned are all personal classics, that were part of my gaming upbringing. Imagine me browsing through the same database in 1993 looking for games worthy of some intimate time with X-Copy, I could easily have missed out on some true gems.

I think I need some quality time together with WinUAE, maybe I missed out on something stellar.

16 bit rules

Posted by Styrofoam on Sat Apr 19, 2008 @ 6:45 am EDT | 0 Comments