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I fired up my Xbox 360 this evening and was greeted by a wonderful sight on the 360 Dashboard. An old school favorite of mine was being advertised for sale in the Xbox Live Marketplace, Paperboy. I have played Paperboy for years and love every minute. I have played it in the arcade, on my Nintendo SNES, and on my original Xbox on Midway Arcade Treasures.
Oh, don’t think the fun stopped there because it didn’t! I fired up my Nintendo Wii, checked out the Wii Shop Channel, and saw that Kid Icarus for the original NES and Super Mario World for the SNES were recently addes and available for purchase and download. You better believe I pulled both of these titles down to the Wii. I remember playing these games back in the day and having a blast!
I think Microsoft and Nintendo are on the right track by making classic games available for “now-gen” consoles. I have purchased about 6 titles from the Wii Shop Channel and around 16 from the Xbox Live Marketplace. I mean, how cool is it that you can play games like Frogger, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Joust, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and now the games I mentioned above, on a current piece of hardware with some graphic and gameplay upgrades (Xbox only for graphic upgrades, 360 Achievement Points, and online gameplay)?
Being the Old School Player that I am, I really enjoy sitting down for some old school gaming and then turning around and playing next-gen games that blow anything away with amazing graphics, audio, and gameplay. Gaming has come a long way but it is still nice to see that these major players in the gaming industry still make the old school titles and franchises available to us for cheap.
Until next time…
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