Hey! Who says that 2-D games are dead? Not the fans of games like DRILL DOZER, that’s for sure…

It’s not technologically cool or advanced. Its 2D, side-scrolling graphics are old school. But DRILL DOZER, Nintendo’s game for the equally old school Gameboy Advance, is a very fine offering which has so many bells and whistles, it almost feels like a console game.

Like it or not, older games are enjoying a comeback. Turner Broadcasting’s GameTap (which I don’t think will succeed) allows you to download everything from Mortal Kombat to Asteroids for a flat monthly fee. Midway, Atari, and Capcom often repackage their classic games and sell them cheaply. These were originally created for the old systems but now are jiggered to play on anything from the PSP to the Xbox. Yet these are games you’ve probably played in the past. [Read the rest]

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