Re: SEGA's arcade rendition of CHOPLIFTER my favorite 8-bit game as of late

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

heliboy2003@yahoo.com.tw wrote:
> Choplifter is indeed one of my favorite classic game. I still remember
> the first time (back in early 80's) I saw somebody was playing
> Choplifter on Apple ][, such a good memory. Loderunner is also one of
> my favorite. But to be honest, I still like the game on Apple ][ even
> though the remake are better in sound and screen. I guess game playing
> is not really just the multimedia effect, but the feeling!

Many years ago Marshall McLuhan made a distinction between "cool" media
that invite us to participate in creating our own experience, and "hot"
media that provide us with such detail that we all just watch what they
have created.

The emphasis on graphic photorealism in today's games at the expense
of participation and playability is qualitatively different from the
"cooler" games of less graphically capable platforms.

Stan Freberg used to say how he preferred radio to TV and the movies
(pre-digital effects ;-), because on radio he could have "the Royal 
Canadian Air Force drop a giant ten ton maraschino cherry into Lake 
Michigan" with nothing but sound effects, and his listeners would
provide all the visual effects in their imaginations.  ;-)

-michael

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