It is amazing just how much technology is advancing each day and what new investments we are informed of each day.
However it is even better when games that were played 20-30 years ago and even now ones we have to play in arcades, are being brought to us for free through the comfort of our own homes through our very own computers or on our mobile devices.
Do you remember playing some of these games years ago?
- Pac Man
- Jet Set Willy
- Super Rider
- Manic Miner
- Space Attack
- Mario Brothers
- Survival
- Space Cruiser
- Daley Thompson's Decathlon
- Outrun
That’s just a few of the many we used to have a lot of enjoyable moments and memories on. The loading screens of games, turning tapes over or inserting multiple discs just to be able to play the game! Waiting time of 20-30 mins just to play Jet Set Willy or Manic Miner.
Although the graphics are on a different plain these days, the nostalgia surrounding playing the games of your youth still make them engaging and quite addictive. That said not having to plug in your Quickshot II into your Spectrum 48k (with rubber keys) through a Kempston Interface and your old tape player so you can play Daley Thompsons Decathlon does have its advantages.
But will the Iphone/Android handsets break as quickly as your Quickshot II even on rapid fire or will you wear the screen out like you did during the hurdles by pressing 'N & M keys' with 'Symbol shift' to hurdle.
But we wonder now, when these games were out we had to buy the game to be able to play it, nothing was made free and available to us that easy. As those games drone out new ones become about.
Now with the advancement we have different gaming technology devices we use to play games on, although these don’t come free either. There is now a lot of different devices such as Xbox, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation, and Nintendo DS and so on.
Not mentioning the thousands of games made available to purchase (usually at a costly price) to play on these devices.
Although now we look at how these retro games have been made available to us for free to be able to play through our computer, is this now an industry within its own right?
With the technology now available to us, to be able to play these 'old skool' games on our mobile devices and smart phones. it begs the question if these games are being made available for free, games recently launched which you have to purchase to play, will it take 20-30 years for these games to be made available for free?
Will all games be free in different formats for people to use?
It makes us think what the future of gaming will be like? It is always evolving, changing and constantly exceed what went before.
Will all gaming platforms become as one or will it be kept separate with the advancements of gaming being developed to where they can be charged at a significantly lower price.
Or will gaming become so popular that it will always be free to download and use, but the revenues are created through in game purchases and real time virtual advertising like in 2nd Life!
skignz hopes to introduce something fresh new to the Games industry in 2015, suffice to say we hope it will open up a whole new area for games developers to explore... We will let you know more in due course!
What do you think the future will be like for the gaming industry?
For further information on retro gaming then please visit this website: http://bit.ly/1wVYFev
If you would like to know more about skignz then please visit our website: http://www.skignz.com
and don't forget to check us out on the usual popular Social Media Channels.
However it is even better when games that were played 20-30 years ago and even now ones we have to play in arcades, are being brought to us for free through the comfort of our own homes through our very own computers or on our mobile devices.
Do you remember playing some of these games years ago?
- Jet Set Willy
- Super Rider
- Manic Miner
- Space Attack
- Mario Brothers
- Survival
- Space Cruiser
- Daley Thompson's Decathlon
- Outrun
That’s just a few of the many we used to have a lot of enjoyable moments and memories on. The loading screens of games, turning tapes over or inserting multiple discs just to be able to play the game! Waiting time of 20-30 mins just to play Jet Set Willy or Manic Miner.
Although the graphics are on a different plain these days, the nostalgia surrounding playing the games of your youth still make them engaging and quite addictive. That said not having to plug in your Quickshot II into your Spectrum 48k (with rubber keys) through a Kempston Interface and your old tape player so you can play Daley Thompsons Decathlon does have its advantages.
But we wonder now, when these games were out we had to buy the game to be able to play it, nothing was made free and available to us that easy. As those games drone out new ones become about.
Not mentioning the thousands of games made available to purchase (usually at a costly price) to play on these devices.
Although now we look at how these retro games have been made available to us for free to be able to play through our computer, is this now an industry within its own right?
With the technology now available to us, to be able to play these 'old skool' games on our mobile devices and smart phones. it begs the question if these games are being made available for free, games recently launched which you have to purchase to play, will it take 20-30 years for these games to be made available for free?
Will all games be free in different formats for people to use?
Will all gaming platforms become as one or will it be kept separate with the advancements of gaming being developed to where they can be charged at a significantly lower price.
Or will gaming become so popular that it will always be free to download and use, but the revenues are created through in game purchases and real time virtual advertising like in 2nd Life!
skignz hopes to introduce something fresh new to the Games industry in 2015, suffice to say we hope it will open up a whole new area for games developers to explore... We will let you know more in due course!
For further information on retro gaming then please visit this website: http://bit.ly/1wVYFev
If you would like to know more about skignz then please visit our website: http://www.skignz.com
and don't forget to check us out on the usual popular Social Media Channels.
