I’m probably showing my age somewhat by posting this (not that I’m that old or anything), but I continue to be flabbergasted by my DS. I can still remember quite clearly when the original GameBoy was state-of-the-art portable gaming technology, and when people were amazed by the Sega Game Gear with its fancy color screen, backlight, and 16-bit graphics.

And now I’m playing an enhanced version of the original Resident Evil on my DS. This was originally a PlayStation game, requiring a CD ROM disk, and now they’ve managed to fit the entire game, cut scenes and all, with added content, on a tiny little DS card. And it looks just as good (actually, probably a little bit better because pixelated graphics are less noticeable when they’re small) as the original PS version.

Like I said, I wouldn’t consider myself old (I’ll be turning 29 in July), but in terms of game technology I’m probably a centenarian.

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