– Why Are People Still Playing Old Video Games? Dig dig diggity, dig diggity dawg. But what if there was a way to capture those nostalgic feelings, yet stay hip to the modern wrestling world? We still talk about the Attitude Era and the Monday Night Wars with a certain warmness and joy. And in today’s wrestling fans, it especially shows. As much as I appreciate advances in technology and social issues - a part of me will always miss the 90s.Īs a society, we have been yearning for the nostalgic past for sometime now. Nu-metal, Gushers, cassette mix-tapes, the X-Files, and waiting for your time to jump on AOL on the family computer. Though most of us still preferred the immersive rental experience of Blockbuster Video or Hollywood Video.
Consumers still largely bought CDs (though Napster would soon change this), and Netflix offered subscription DVD rentals through the mail. MTV dominated popular culture, politics wasn’t remotely as divisive as it is now, and The New England Patriots had won zero Super Bowls at that point and time. President Clinton had (by 2000) left a $237 Billion surplus in a very good economy, with low inflation and a low unemployment rate. The United States was in a pre-9/11 state-of-mind. Or if you were a nerd like me with access to all of these: All of the above.įor adolescents and teenagers in the American culture, games like these bring back fond and nostalgic memories of a much simpler time. If you had a Playstation it might have been Smackdown! Just Bring It! Or perhaps it was Fire Pro Wrestling or Giant Gram 2000 on Dreamcast. The main event: WWF No Mercy on Nintendo 64. The entertainment: The Matrix or Fight Club on DVD. The menu: Copious amounts of Doritos, Mountain Dew, and Little Caesars. Fresh off a week at school, you and your mates prepare for a fire weekend.
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