Have been since I can remember.

About 24 or 25 years ago, my parents got me an Atari 7800 for my birthday. It was used, I didn’t care. I could now play video games like my friends. Most of my friends had the less advanced 2600. Of course, I could play most of their games because the 7800 was backwards compatible. Unfortunately, they couldn’t play mine. I was hooked. I eventually aquired several different models of 2600. I remember having a big box of games. I don’t remember how many total cartridges I actually had, though I do remember it had 52 different games.

By now you’re wondering what the point of this post is. It’s simple. I started a new site with a few friends of mine to explore our love for old games. Why only old games? Well, there are plenty of sites about new games and few about old games.

The RPG I’ve been playing most is Ultima: Exodus. Its the first NES Ultima, but its actually the third in the Ultima series. It was created by Richard Garriot (also known as Lord British) in 1983 on the Apple II. That shows how old it is. I was 3 years old when the game came out. But even though its old, the graphics suck, and the sound is horrid, the game is rock solid. It’s actually the game that got me into RPGs.

Somehow most of the new RPGs don’t interest me like the once did. Maybe its because they dont get your imagination going like the old ones. With all the graphics and sound the new ones have it’s easy to play the game without using your imagination. I guess thats why I still love the old RPGs.

I go to the site Sony setup to handle the recall. I fill out a form and I find out I have one of the faulty adapters. After filling out my mailing address it said the adapter would get back to me in 4-6 weeks. They also said not to use the adapter untill the new one arrives (like I would do that). To make a long story short, I recieved my replacement today. I got it 3-5 weeks earlier than they said to expect it.

Now, that’s service

Another idea would include a web browser cartridge that connects to a wifi (802.11) network and you can surf the net and use the stylus like one would a mouse. Would be cool to have Mozilla DS. I hear they are actually working on something like this though.

I’m going to get a DS eventually. Then I’ll give or sell my Gameboy Advance to my sister. My only problem is the fact it wont play Gameboy or Gameboy color games. I’ll have to pick up a Gameboy Color to play my old games. Who knows maybe somewhere down the line someone will make an adapter to play them on the DS.

Speaking of Grand Theft Auto, I have a few things to say on that game. We all have thought of commiting crimes. We’ve all jay walked. We’ve all littered. Some of us even have stolen things. In the GTA games we can do much more than that. For most people it gets those thought out of our heads in a safe non-illegal way. For some people they blame their crimes on the games. I personally think that those people would have done the crimes anyway without the games. Sure, the games may desensitize us when it comes to crimes, but I’m personally desensitized from watching the news. I hear about crimes and murder all the time on the news. Personally I think the evening news is more violent than any video game. That violence is REAL.