Currently the most played game system in America is the Play Station 2, but it used to be Nintendo. Many college students and recent graduates remember those days as glory days, but nowadays teens and younger do not have such memories. To them it is not the simple joy and excitement of the 8 bit processor but the realisticness of the 128 bites.

Sure enough, if you strictly look at the statistical information, the original Nintendo is nothing to compare to the modern day Game Cube, but when you look at the emotional ties to childhood, it is another ball game. Used Nintendo and Super Nintendo systems can be found but are almost as expensive as they originally were brand-new. And some games such as "Mega Man X" for Super Nintendo are even more expensive now then they ever were.

I personally never got into video games, but I will quickly admit my favorites were the originals. "Duck Hunter" for Nintendo is my all-time favorite. And some of the fighting games like "Mortal Combat" for Super Nintendo were always a blast. There are some great features of the new systems, though. Watching someone play a Play Station 2 game is like watching a movie, and the colors are incredibly vivid. But the new games just don't have the same simplicity and innocence of their predecessors.

The best thing to do is check out the facts and testimonials for yourself!

Testimonials

My name is Andrew and I am a senior here at Radford. I have had a long life of playing video games but one stands out in my mind: "Super Metroid" for the Super Nintendo. I consider it one of the last great SNES games. The graphics, concepts, and play were incredible. The bosses and characters were larger than life and for the first time in video games, it felt like you were making a movie rather than just playing a video game.

I'm Matthew, a junior here at Radford. My favorite game has always been "Golden Eye 007" for Nintendo 64. What appealed to me was not the actual system, but the game. The game was interactive and seemed like it was made for multiple player use. The actual missions in the games weren't as fun as the crap-talking my friend and I did. The system's 64-bit graphics were a plus but the logistics of how the game was set up was what made it fun.