Every now and then, I would feel the urge to play some old arcade games because they not only remind me of the good old times but also how far gaming industry has come since then. But is it just me, or does this whole downloadable arcade trend needs to ease up a bit?

I find it unfathomable that people can actually get wildly excited over some 16 or 32 bit games that came out decades ago, and mind you, we are playing these games on the next-gen consoles that cost us from 400 bones to upwards of 600, that are capable of producing HD graphics, innovative gameplay mechanics, real-time physics calculations, etc, and gamers are psyched about simple-minded, two-buttoned games that came out eons ago?Why? I don't get it!

Perhaps, I'm not so much against the Saga Genesis and other old games as I'm more appalled by the fact that we are being milked by companies yet again for some old-ass games that we had already pumped an ungodly amount of quarters into the actual arcade machines that now run on poorly coded emulators. And now, what stands before me is a broken, crumbled game that reminds how great this game used to, or supposed to be...it just sits there, mocking me that I actually paid money for it, for a wonderful memory I dared wishing to recapture, which now I'm beginning to doubt myself that maybe this game was never that great in the first place.

If you are downloading these games to relive the nostalgia, good for you, I'm all for it! Provided, if they are exactly as they were. If you are downloading these games because you think they are relatively cheap, I assure you, you've already paid too much. And if you are downloading these games because you are a points fiend, then you are already in way too deep, but hooray for your dedication!

Is it just me, or companies should start making these old arcade classics free as a fan service? I didn't pay money for Tetris on my cell, and I surely didn't pay anything for Solitaire and Mineweeper on my PC, so why do I find myself paying money for games that came out in the same olden age? Is it just me, or maybe the companies could just start offering free old classics as a promotional device to grab gamers' attention for something major? Is it just me, or should companies just make it fun to actually get the old arcades for free when players reached a certain level of achievement as badges of honor?

Maybe it's just me, that I can't stand companies just shamelessly pumping out mere shells of what these marvelous old classics once were; maybe it's just me, that I actually prefer something tangible when I'm paying 10 or 15 bucks for something that only exists virtually on my console as bits and pieces of binary codes. Maybe I just don't understand...maybe it's just me...