Chime In: Was Gaming Better in the 90′s?

Was Gaming Better in the 90′s? Andrew Sztein gives ten reasons why it is, and I agree with pretty much everything he says. I love old games and most of the time I’d rather play them than newer releases. Older games had to strive to set themselves apart from the others and had to rely more on cool gameplay elements than great graphics. Even with the music, older games had to have really memorable melodies to make them stand out, but these days developer’s can just throw any old orchestral soundtrack in their game. Excluding the music in Super Mario Galaxy and remixes of old music, I can’t think of any video game tunes that have been very memorable in recent years.

So what do you guys think? Is gaming better than is ever was now? Have games focused too much on technology and not enough on fun? Has the internet ruined some of the best parts of gaming?