The videogame cycle

I think it’s interesting that whenever a new videogames medium is introduced we have to recycle the whole genesis of games all over again.

The first thing that happens whenever anything new hits the market is that someone ports Doom onto it, no matter how ridiculous the control scheme ends ups being, a platform isn’t bona fide until it can play Doom.

Doom is then followed by an obligatory string if side scrollers, mini-RPGs, and probably a text adventure game or two (why aren’t the text games first? who knows).

If you want to see this in action, just look at what’s available on your cell phone. I bet it’s what you were playing on your PC 15 years ago. This is probably because your cell phone is more or less the same thing as your computer 15 years ago except that it’s a lot smaller and it doesn’t take floppys.