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1998 vs 2008: How has gaming changed in 10 years?

Life moves pretty fast sometimes – but videogames move faster. Here’s the proof

Words: Duncan Harris, GamesRadar UK
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Taxtm  - 10 months 9 days ago 
HAHAHAHA!!!! It's true! They (Nintendo) went from awesome games like Ocarina of time 10 years ago, to the Imaginary Baby Changing game for the ds my little sister got for Christmas. What the heck, Nintendo?!? Where did the brains at headquarters that gave us gaming gold go off to?
air3z  - 10 months 9 days ago 
graphics have changed dramacticly
NYfanatic  - 10 months 9 days ago 
Wow I see some fanboy with this writer
Sony has gone from brand dominator to: “You’re not getting one of those, Timothy, it’s too expensive and the games are all on that other one
Why does game writers have to be fanboys to?
bluetears91  - 10 months 9 days ago 
I want my sega. I used to play the lion king on it and had so much fun. shit that was 12 years ago. lol. i was only 6. lol

wow.

lol
Rampage911  - 10 months 8 days ago 
old days of pokemon in the evening, this takes me back.
WeirdJamFace  - 10 months 8 days ago 
hey.. remember the Sega CD
well.. i reckon that in another 10 years we are gonna have something like that...
except it doesn't totally suck.

Or we just have graphics that are nearly impossible to distinquish between real-life and games.

WHO AGREES?!?!?!????!!!??
key0blade  - 10 months 8 days ago 
Alot's changed over the ages
Xplosive59  - 10 months 8 days ago 
@ NYFanatic i completely agree with u cause whenever the writer had anything to say about ps3 it was like "Ps3 sucks" seriously it doesnt im not a fanboy but it has great games such as MGS4 and resistance 2 and some great ones coming out next year and all Xbox 360 has is tons of money which is used to buy everyone out ........... and Nintendo have uh 3 year old girls and people that could die any second
JosephCh  - 10 months 8 days ago 
OMG IT'S SONICTHEHEDGEHOG HE'S SO FAST AND COOL AND AWESOME AND FAST CAN I HAVE ONE MOOOMMYYYY?!?!

*grumble*
NelosAngelos  - 10 months 8 days ago 
Ah the N64...hours I spent on Mario and Super Smash Bros. And Body Harvest, holy shit that's a blast from the past.
bron1417  - 10 months 8 days ago 
man how times have changed.
iluvmyDS  - 10 months 8 days ago 
Wow I can't believe it still. I'm seen so much happen to gaming in my 18 years on this planet.
elmatto26  - 10 months 8 days ago 
I still have all my ps1 games and the console and thay all work the same as they did in 98
rybell  - 10 months 8 days ago 
wow i remember playing unreal tournaments. back then those graphics were amazing
ssj4raditz  - 10 months 8 days ago 
Duke Nukem Forever needs to come out... *cries*
Kilr  - 10 months 8 days ago 
yeah, i know.
I remember when the N64 was the coolest thing ever
Its hard to imagine that in 10 years people will look back on gears of war and halo 3 and say that those graphics suck
Defguru7777  - 10 months 8 days ago 
What a Long Strange Trip it's Been
Shellghost  - 10 months 7 days ago 
with the MGS part, personaly im glad that things never changed because to me MGS1 was the best game in the series.

@NYFanatic in 10 years we will probly have contact lenses that project the gaming world directly into your eyes (AHHH! The pain!!!)
crazyqazqaz  - 10 months 7 days ago 
Brilliant artical G.R.!! I remember my gameboy and pokemon gold (an awesome game!!). LOL!!
dinnerdog  - 10 months 7 days ago 
Yes graphics have come a long way but, if anything, games are far less inventive. Technological restrictions demand games designers and programmers to innovate in other areas; polished HD graphics tend to mask the fact you're playing a unoriginal, rehahsed version of something else. Take GTA for example; the game structure is basically the same the original top-down version, and in my eyes, in no less enjoyable than the current iteration. Just prettier and online.

If Rockstar want to rehash something though, I'd give a new version of Body Harvest my total support!
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