Aging Gamer: Backwards Compatibility

<p>I&&num;8217&semi;m pretty old for this hobby&comma; hence the &&num;8220&semi;Aging Gamer&&num;8221&semi; moniker&period; I know there are older gamers out there&comma; but it seems that they are becoming fewer and fewer&period; Maybe they are growing up&comma; or they&&num;8217&semi;ve had a life event that has stopped them from gaming as much&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m pushing 40 and try to at the very least beat 20 games a year&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s my second favorite hobby and I like to dabble in newer and retro games&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;e3&sol;2019&sol;6&sol;10&sol;18660402&sol;microsoft-xbox-one-backwards-compatibility-project-scarlett-e3-2019">Backwards Compatibility<&sol;a> use to be a common occurrence with older systems&semi; now you have to pull teeth for the big three to include their old titles with the newest system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>The Death of Backwards Compatability<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>It looks like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;engadget&period;com&sol;2011&sol;03&sol;09&sol;playing-ds-on-a-3ds-is-less-than-ideal&sol;">Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s 3DS will be the last backwards compatible system<&sol;a>&period; Microsoft is trying to make their Xbox One a system that plays all their titles&period; But&comma; they have a LONG way to go&period; And Sony has pretty much told everyone to screw off and play their new games unless you were lucky enough to get a fat PS3 you have to rely on your PS2 to do all the dirty work now&period; I enjoy playing my old games&comma; sometimes I think games were better way back then&semi; they were more inventive&comma; funnier and original&period; Perhaps the companies don&&num;8217&semi;t want us to remember what we had and instead want to shovel us the same &&num;8220&semi;man-shooter&&num;8221&semi; over and over&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>From a More Compatible Time<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>I come from a time when the replacing system would usually play the last system&&num;8217&semi;s games with little fuss&period; The PS2 played PS1 games&comma; the Wii played GameCube games&comma; the DS played GBA games and so on&period; Oddly enough Microsoft is the only one who really didn&&num;8217&semi;t have THAT much backwards compatibility on the Xbox 360&period; It is trying to make amends for that now with the Xbox One&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>The Compatability of Knights of the Old Republic<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>I LOVE the fact that I can pop in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;5-star-wars-games-play-may-4th&sol;"><em>Knights of the Old Republic<&sol;em> <&sol;a>into my Xbox One and play a slightly upgraded version&period; It makes my Xbox One a little bit more important seeing that if my OG Xbox fails I can at least play a handful of original games on it&period; At the end of April&comma; Microsoft released about thirty more games to be backwards compatible&period; I already have a copy of <em>Jade Empire<&sol;em> in my collection&comma; but I went ahead and purchased it again just to show Bioware that we need a sequel and to tell Microsoft to keep the goods coming&period; I will finally knock this game off of my Pile of Shame&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;137642" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-137642" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-137642 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;26011314&sol;Jade-Empire&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Old Republic " width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-137642" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Jade Empire<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; Bioware&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3>Without The PS3<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Unfortunately&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t have a fat PS3&comma; I would like to buy an 80 GB one so that I can let my PS2 rest a bit in its retirement&comma; but right now it is hooked up to my main TV via a component cable&period; I was quite surprised when I got the cable plugged into my television and fired up<em> Shadow Hearts<&sol;em>&period; The PS2 filled out my flat screen and to be honest with you&comma; the game looks better than it did with just my A&sol;V cables on my smaller flat screen&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m happy that I can easily delve back into my <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;List&lowbar;of&lowbar;PlayStation&lowbar;2&lowbar;games">PS2 library<&sol;a>&comma; but there is always that nagging feeling that my PS2 may crap out since I&&num;8217&semi;m playing it a lot again&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Saving The OG Xbox<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>I&&num;8217&semi;ve taken very good care of my systems but that worry is always there&period; A few years ago I saved my OG Xbox from death by having someone replace the disc drive and remove the &&num;8220&semi;time capacitor&period;&&num;8221&semi; This &&num;8220&semi;capacitor&&num;8221&semi; was a battery on the motherboard that allowed the OG Xbox to remember the time and date&period; Little did Microsoft know that it would leak about 15 years into its life-cycle and ruin many of their systems&period; I saved mine&comma; hopefully&comma; you guys can save yours&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Like what you read&quest; Check out more of my <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;tag&sol;aging-gamer&sol;">Aging Gamer<&sol;a> series on BagoGames&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;