MARBLE MADNESS

Marble Madness aged incredible well, as if its makers knew there would one day be a retro-mania spanning across media such as music,film, gaming etc. So all the innovations used on the cabinet - the trackball used instead of a joystick to help you immerse into the game's world and its unique physics (and no buttons- a sincere thank-you to whoever came up with this idea!), the stylish graphics that could pass for some contemporary nostalgia-driven graphics of today, the interesting soundtrack that used a unique Yamaha audio chip that propelled  this 1984 title  to an almost 16-bit era soundwise. And it's as hard as an 80s' game gets- I remember being entertained and frustrated at the same time playing this in the arcade.

I have yet to try it on some emulator and although I guess it won't feel the same, it'll  still be worth revisiting for its architecture and physics.

SUPER HEXAGON

Colours are swapped as the game goes on and as the setting changes and the hexagon maze  closes its walls on you in perfect sync with rhythms of fine tunes done by the contemporary 8-bit scene hero Chipzel. You're a simple triangle that looks simply infinitesimally small  in the spiraling maze system.

I find this game fascinating as it addresses some issues that today's games have in common- they lack clear, simple fun!I miss the old era of 8-bit games where you had one life ,-and once you're dead you're dead.And it's not about nostalgia , it's about a single game designer being pressed for time and coming up with a legendary game- I want those people at the forefront of todays gaming universe. Sure, this game could have been made on earlier machines and in earlier eras, but the speed and the sheer simplicity look  way better now and highlight the above mentioned issue. In this day and age we've forgotten about bringing table-like games to a world outside of hand-held devices, and games like these will always win the hearts of new generations.