Have you ever encountered this situation? There is a game for a particular system, that came out relatively early in that systems life, and the game was one of the benchmark games on that system. One of the system defining games.
But then, years pass by, and new systems are released. This game happens to be ported over to the new systems, and is actually better on the new systems.
Possibly better graphics, better sounds, the game happens to flow better. Whatever.
What do you do? Do you play the original game on the system that it first appeared on? Or do you play the best version of that game on whatever system it happens to be on?
For example, take the game Gex for the 3DO system. Gex was one of the games that defined the original 3DO during it's early years. It's still considered to be one of the 10 or so best 3DO games ever to come down the pipe.
But the Saturn and Playstation versions of Gex are slightly better. They flow a little better, control a little better, and look and sound a little better.
You have the desire to play Gex again from beginning to end. So do you play the Playstation or Saturn version, or do you play the somewhat inferior original version on the 3DO?
It's an interesting question.
I think for me, I'm going to have to go with the original game on the original system, especially if it happens to be one of that systems best games ever. If that system had tons and tons and tons of great games, and this particular game didn't really define that system in any way, then maybe I would just go with the best overall version, regardless of what system it came out on.
What do you guys think?