File this post under "Things that diminish my manliness". In 1992 I bought Ecco the Dolphin for Genesis (no, that's not why I'm less manly). I popped it in and began to play and in a few minutes I had a terrible headache and felt wonky. Apparently, the movement of the background (scrolling back and forth) gave me some sort of motion sickness. What's weird is that I never got motion sickness before... Not from cars, planes, roller coasters, etc - nothing. But every time I tried to play Ecco - headaches and wonkiness.
Turns out this was a harbinger of things to come. As consoles went to 3D environments, many games where the background moved all over boned me the same way.
Maybe that's why I still love MAME, pinball and old school games so much, long live 2D.
i just stumbled on your blog but what you said about new games making you sea sick is the truth. i'm glad it's not just me that can't play beyond snes and simple sega games. i just got into mame in a cab and it's so nice to play those games in my home. nice blog i will be reading it more often.
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