More lame games coming to the Wii
Posted on February 23, 2008
Filed Under: Play
Tagged: commodore 64, mario & sonic at the olympic games, video games, virtual console, wii, xbox 360
Jason spreads a little Friday love for the Wii with a note about some upcoming releases to the Wii Virtual Console. A number of classic games (also known as “yeah, it was a crappy game to begin with but I’m a nostalgic sap") are coming to the console, this time from the Commodore 64.
Personally, I don’t get the whole Virtual Console thing. With the exception of maybe one or two titles on there, the games are ancient and most lost their appeal for me when computer programmers figured out how to get 32 bits of colour out of a chip. I just can’t see spending money to play games like that.
Presented with a choice of buying International Karate (youtube) for our Wii or Ninja Gaiden 2 (youtube) for the Xbox 360 (it’s also available on the Wii), I’m going with Ninja Gaiden 2. No question about it.
Don’t have a Wii and still want to get in on some of that awesome C64 action you’ve been missing all these years? No worries, mate. There are a number of emulators available (http://www.c64s.com, http://www.live-id.org/j64/) that let you play games like Back to the Future 3 or Eddie Edwards Super Ski.
If you do have a Wii though, I’d suggest taking a pass at playing the C64 Virtual Console games and picking up a copy of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Anitra and I played for a couple of hours in various circuits last night and had a blast.
