Old Arcade compilations [games]

One of the best things about arcade machines is that you not only have state of the art graphics, etc., but also have unique and quality controllers. In the old days, a lot of games came with trackballs or rotating controllers. Now we can play the old games at home, but why don't we have the fun controllers?

I do have a trackball from the Playstation 1 days, but most of the emulated old arcade games on the Playstation 2 do not support it.

Atari Anthology is one such compilation. Still, it's worth having, as it probably has games I don't already have on earlier compilations. But it looks like I need to hang on to those PS1 discs, so that I can play certain games with the controller that the game was designed for -- or at least one that is better suited to the game!

More on needing creative ideas more than CPU power in videogames [games]

He ... proposed that we focus on making software richer instead of trying to design the next-generation console.

Games Developer Conference speech

Some of his views are a bit peculiar. For instance, I think there is a place for art, but he seems very unsure! But, he is another voice that suggests that games are limited by creative ideas more than raw processing power.

Even the weakest of the current generation, the PS2, looks pretty good with some of the latest games, such as Gran Turismo 4.