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Old 10-16-2010, 04:48 PM   #45
sclitheroe
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
I don't judge any games aside from the context of their original qualities and technology. You cannot put a 240 pixel resolution game on an HD monitor and claim it hasn't aged well. You need to play old games on the proper hardware or have decent emulation that simulates that hardware. You also can't judge games compared to modern day iterations of the same themes. You can't play Techmo Bowl and claim that it sucks compared to Madden 11 because they are completely different things.
Precisely.

Railroad Tycoon (the original) is a perfect example. The routing, signalling, and economy model are arguably superior, despite rocking MCGA graphics that look awful compared to any of its successors (all of which got progressively worse at actually modelling a railroad - imagine no longer having to consider tunnels! or signals!)
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