PC Games of yesteryear

I was having a long conversation with a colleague recently about PC Games of yesteryear and reminiscing about how computer games, such as Theme Park Hospital & The Magic School Bus have evolved and more importantly how the graphics have developed.

Computers have evolved more and more, once where it was a common norm for computers to run on 128 MB RAM, are now running 3 GB RAM. Our games are either downloaded now or like traditional games loaded from a CD. However the format, in which the games were loaded has significantly changed, gone are the days of the 3 1/4 floppy disk drive and 5 inch disks. Moreover we can access reviews instantly from sites such as Moneysavingexpert & dooyoo and on-line communities, therefore the perceived risk is reduced when weighing up the purchase,

As the technology has advanced so has the consumer, we are a nation and a community of individuals who have access to much more wider information and quality of the information is far more indepth. Likewise this suggests that individuals are demanding much more higher quality graphics on computer games, the likes of Halo 4 and Call of Duty have evolved due to the ever presence and nature of consumers.

I can remember the PC games I had when I was younger and I would open it and within 5 days or so it would be completed, games now are now built to last. A recent example of this is the Wii and Wii Fit.

Pixeled Up: Gone are the days of square box graphics replaced with clean, smooth graphics to meet with the ever growing demand for individuals.