Old PC Games Reborn

I am, at heart, a gamer. A true nerd that delves into the land of fantasy and shoot-em-up. The thing is, I actually like the old games more than I like a lot of the newer stuff that is being produced. Next-gen games have a lot of splash and eye candy. Unfortunately the story falls short in a lot of aspects and the video game industry is notorious for hiring both bad writers and even worse voice-actors. Such as the cheesy line spoken by Wesker in Resident Evil for the Sony Playstion.

"Dont...OPEN..that...DOOR!" He sounded like a cross between Stalone and Shatner.

In games of days long past you could count on a quality story in many cases because they had to spend less time worrying about graphics. There was no such thing as clipping and polygon overlay. Sight distance or camera angles. You had 2d sprites on pre-rendered backgrounds. Life was easy. If you did any gaming in the 80's and 90's (Even earlier) then you know exactly what I'm talking about. Some of the most memorable games I recall (and still play) are the Police Quest series, Xcom, Dungeon Master, the Ultima series, Quest for Glory, Kings Quest, Zork, etc.

The fact that these games are classics is the problem. You just can't go to the store and pluck these titles off the shelves. It's also difficult to find many of these games because old DOS games are out of production. If you do manage to find a copy of an old game for sale, it usually costs as much as new games run today.

Enter the Abandonware scene.