Awesome PC Games from the 90's [and DOSBox appreciation] Thread

[A Black Falcon]

There was probably also the perception that PCs were tools designed for older people [i.e. adults] to work on, whereas consoles were toys designed for children.

Yeah, I said that in my last post. I'm sure that that was part of it, and it is at least somewhat valid really -- computers ARE much more varied machines and DO have older userbases, even if we just look at games. And consoles are more for kids, even more so back then than today. I mean, now there is much more aim at hte 20something audience too, but then it was mostly kids, games like Mortal Kombat and Night Trap were in a way pioneering... though MK was kind of a cynical one, a "not for kids" game with an audience that included a great many children... :) But oh well, most gamers were younger then so that was to be expected.

And, like you said, there's no one company that decides what games should or should not be made for the PC, it's totally open. So there wasn't a couple of major corporations with a target painted on their back for Congress to pile on.

Yeah. They could have aimed at publishers and retail stores, I guess, but that'd be a much wider target than just looking at two companies...

Oh yeah, and speaking of cynical, the way Nintendo beat up Sega in the press and in the hearings and then turned around and, by late 1994, allowed in violent games on their system too (albeit with ESRB ratings) was kind of obviously an attempt to hurt Sega more than anything. A successful attempt, too.