So there I was, climbing on my high horse, when I remembered the kinds of games I actually had on my Amstrad CPC and what have you.

And you know what? Nostalgia can go to hell, you are right, stuff back then sucked. Pike is going to have my balls for saying this, but vidya before the third gen just wasn't that hot. Oh sure, there were good games back then, (Elite anyone?) but we remember those clearly whilst we've forgotten all about the Bridge Its of the time.

Which isn't to say that my children don't have to spend at least one year on each generation before they can move on the later ones, in order. They're going to damned well know their heritage.

Edit: Okay actually I'm being a bit harsh here. Back then the stuff we had was awesome, it's just compared to what came later, I really can't stand to go back and play almost all of it. Bubble Bobble is obviously excluded.