Hi, This is a really tough call. On one hand, I do think that these games will always have their place, even just for nostalgia's sake. But is that enough to update them to run on modern systems? My gut reaction is to say no. I think that part of the nostalgia of these games may be just that--playing them on older systems. For example, although I have a Nintendo emulator on my computer, when I'm in the mood to play Millipede or Duck Hunt or TMNT, I borrow my sister's NES system for a bit and go at it. there's something about the feel of the controller in my hand that pressing buttons on a computer keyboard doesn't give me. It takes me back to when I was a kid and playing those games. Likewise, although this is obviously slightly different, if I ever upgrade to a system that's incompatible with the old titles from BSC, or even older stuff like Grizzly Gulch or even some of the old DOS PCS demos I have lying around, I'm going to keep an older computer around just for this purpose. At the moment, both my desktop and laptop are running Windows 7. I have no plans to upgrade to 8 for a long time to come, and by then I'm sure there will be another version of Windows that's the most modern anyway. Besides, since Windows 7 will be supported for another 10 years at least, I'm not worried that I'll lose my access to these games. I can see myself most definitely retiring one of my machines, putting it in storage, and dusting it off if I want to play some old games. I actually have an old tower that has Windows XP on it, but it needs a new fan. If I really wanted to, I could fix that up and use it for a gaming machine. That, to me, would be the equivalent of what I do now when I occasionally play Nintendo games. there's something exciting about that for me. So, no, I don't think any of these games should be flushed down the toilet and treated with derision, but I don't think it's necessary to get bogged down in specifics, either. The world is always moving forward. Let's try to make our audio games do the same.
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