Hello!
First let me say that I have been enjoying the site for a short time now. I have read many wonderful reviews and I find it invigorating to see that there are people out there willing to take the time to write these game reviews. You are all deserving of congratulations of the highest order.
As a news writer I find that I am often called upon to make reports on topics that do not interest me at all. Other times I find myself wrapped up deeply in the material I am covering. Either way I have learned that it is important to be objective and impartial. I try to report with neutrality in mind and do so with the understanding that comparative statements should be just that . . . comparable.
With this in mind I think I would like to point out constructively that we should all try to remember that the vast majority of these games were designed at a time when computers had nowhere near the capability they do now.
Most of these games were written, as games are now, for machines of "middling" capability. Thus even if the first pentium computers were just becoming available at the time a game was designed and marketed, it was likely only written to work on an old 486 machine so the broadest market would be able to purchase the game.
Keeping that in mind, it's important to note that many reviews seem to compare the graphics, sound and other features of these older games against a scale of today's capability. What we see now as "shoddy graphics" would likely at the time of the game's writing and marketing have been very good or even awe-inspiring.
Again, please do not take my comments personally or consider them to be critical. I am only pointing this out to help others remain objective, rather than subjective.
Thanks an keep up the terrific work!!!!
Zez
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