![]() ![]() Weeks ago, when I first tried to acquire Panzer Dragoon Saga, my computer met some malware and blue-screened several times. ![]() Our series starts today with Panzer Dragoon Saga, the boundary-breaking, tough-to-obtain 1998 role-playing game (RPG) for the Sega Saturn that’s deservedly become a cult classic. Throughout the year, The Ringer ’s gaming enthusiasts will be paying tribute to the legendary titles turning 20 in 2018 by replaying them for the umpteenth time or playing them for the first time, talking to the people who made them, and analyzing both what made them great and how they made later games greater. For those without a 2DS or 3DS though, I would have loved them to have the chance to experience the original as well had they so chosen.Art may largely be a matter of taste, but one conclusion is close to inarguable: 1998 was the best year ever for video games, producing an unparalleled lineup of revolutionary releases that left indelible legacies and spawned series and subcultures that persist today. Instead, I had bought Link's Awakening earlier on the 2DS. It would be so cool to have the chance to contrast the original to the remake right there on the same console. When I finished the Link's Awakening remake, I wished that beating it unlocked the original Game Boy version. In 2019, I just wistfully wish for that sort of thing. On the other hand, there were no online stores quite yet to re-sell these games in. I think this point in gaming was perfect companies were starting to understand that their histories were interesting to gamers and storage size in game greatly expanded with the rise of CDs, so there was now room to do this sort of thing more often. But man, during the fifth and sixth generations of consoles, we got some great game-within-a-game unlockables. ![]() I totally understand why this doesn't happen anymore: Those games have value on the digital download market and will never be given away for free. The OG Xbox is my favorite console within what is my favorite console generation, and when I got around to one of my GotG, Panzer Dragoon Orta, I spent as much time playing Orta as I did the PC version of the original Panzer Dragoon, which is unlockable within Orta. I fired up the OG Xbox over the holiday weekend. ![]()
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