Dear Future Gamer,

In response to Shane Bluemel (FG22), I agree with what he says about backwards compatibility. I think it's totally pointless, and I agree that it is only because of the marketing money Sony can throw around that they've survived.

However I would not say that any consoles are aimed at children. Alright, various games do have a childish theme, such as Yoshi's Story or Snowboard Kids, but I do not think that GoldenEye, Shadowman, Carmaggedon, Duke Nukem, or Castlevania are aimed at childish audiences. I do not think that Nintendo try to keep a younger audience, but yes, there are childish games on the N64 as there are on any other console.

I have to agree with his last point, there is not a classic game on the PlayStation that has not been copied onto another platform, or came from another platform. I think that many people will remember Zelda, GoldenEye, and Mario in four years time.

In response to Graham Styles, I saw Duke Nukem: Time To Kill in my local Woolworths last Tuesday.

Daniel Graham

FG: I certainly don't think backwards compatibility is totally pointless, quite the opposite in fact. I also don't agree that the only reason Sony are in this industry is down to their marketing spend - they happen to have a rather wonderful games console called the PlayStation which is powerful and affordable and has a large number of good games available for it. I think this might have something to do with their continued presence in the marketplace. Who cares if a game appears on another machine? If you've got a decent game on your machine, then good, keep playing it. I'm sure Graham will be pleased to hear that Duke Nukem is, indeed, in the shops now.