As you say Matt their is no perfect solution. It all comes down to personal opinion and nostalgia value given the subject matter.
In terms of arcade games Defender has to be the most memorable for me. Whilst reading the chapter and looking at the screenshots I could hear the sound effects in my head! The sound design of the game was perfect and I seem to remember extremely loud.
The difficulty of the game and the sheer speed of it make for an adrenaline filled experience. As we all know adrenaline buzzes are addictive. I loved the control scheme as well, the reverse button coupled with the thrust allowed u to pull off handbrake turn type maneuvers. Although I take your point that this may have been replicated by a joystick.
I would have loved to see this chapter in the book perhaps instead of the dance dance revolution chapter. But that is probably because I am geek and I can't dance!
As you say Matt their is no perfect solution. It all comes down to personal opinion and nostalgia value given the subject matter.
In terms of arcade games Defender has to be the most memorable for me. Whilst reading the chapter and looking at the screenshots I could hear the sound effects in my head! The sound design of the game was perfect and I seem to remember extremely loud.
The difficulty of the game and the sheer speed of it make for an adrenaline filled experience. As we all know adrenaline buzzes are addictive. I loved the control scheme as well, the reverse button coupled with the thrust allowed u to pull off handbrake turn type maneuvers. Although I take your point that this may have been replicated by a joystick.
I would have loved to see this chapter in the book perhaps instead of the dance dance revolution chapter. But that is probably because I am geek and I can't dance!