I remember in 2001 talking to some of my friends about games. Back then I was still into Alpha Centauri. One guy said "that game has such crap graphics". This was shocking to me because the game's graphics and overall atmosphere really made it for me. If you would have asked, I would have said: AC has the best graphics ever. It has nothing to do with how good they are: although the videos still amaze me. It is about how well they are used.
To think that Space Invaders, where the logo comes from; Snipes; Archon; Elite; Tetris; Pac-Man; etc would not be included is yet another of those slaps in the face to me. And so, AB has some skeletons in the closet. Tsk, tsk Kosta. These days, classic gamers need to stick together, even if they disagree on what warrants inclusion in the 'club'. Despite GOG, the industry has abandoned us.
Case in point: Civ Chronicles, the collection of all the CIVs in one includes all the original tech posters. However, the Civ II tech poster has crappy extra-lo-res graphics. They seriously put worse graphics on the reprint. As if to say: 'who the f**k is going to look at this anyways'. My original poster was getting really frayed since I still play Civ II frequently and I was looking forward to the new one. But it is ruined.
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