Video game technology has made amazing leaps since its arcade beginnings. It seems like before long gaming systems will support an infinite number of bits. And while this allows for lightning fast frame rates, movie-quality soundtracks, and graphics so realistic they threaten the uncanny valley, sometimes it's nice to return to a simpler time. Even though I'm practically wetting myself in anticipation of the LittleBigPlanet full game release later this month, I still have my NES, and I'll admit I still love all that 8-bit goodness. Reset Generation invites gamers to "return to the playground of our youth," and I am RSVP'ing "hell yeah!"
G4TV writes: "Executive producer Scott Foe gives the skinny on the quirky free adventure title, Reset Generation.
Spoofing off several popular gaming icons such as Mario and Sonic, this title mixes in action elements and puzzle mechanics to deliver one funny-as-heck gaming experience. And best of all, it's free."
Since this is a first-party Nokia title, you're unlikely to find this unique game on any other console or phone. The humor alone is great, but Reset Generation also has a complex, challenging multiplayer mode. It's easily worth playing for hours on the Web for free, but if you have a Nokia phone, Reset Generation is also a must-buy for the road.
Game Revolution writes: "Son of a bitch: It just got a lot harder for us to make sweeping, dismissive cracks about the diminutive, oft-dubious state of 'mobile gaming'-and it's all the fault of Nokia Games, and especially Reset Generation's Senior Producer/Concept Designer Scott Foe. Dinky-screened and new-fangled as it may be, this little 'mobile game' kicks some major, old-school, princess-saving, pipe-traversing, block-dropping ass. All the while, it pays loving homage to the very 8- and 16-bit gaming roots from which it came to life, and creates a stream of pop-culture references that nerds, geeks, and general dorkwads of all stripes can connect with.
Actually, Reset Generation is technically a PC game, too (it's in this section, isn't it?)-as anybody with a computer and a halfway-decent net connection can play it for free at www.resetgeneration.com. It's a cross-platform, online multiplayer action/strategy game for PC and N-Gage-capable handsets (with more compatible devices to come), launched worldwide in seven languages simultaneously. Surprisingly, the mobile-device version of the game is every bit the equal of its PC-playable counterpart, right down to the character voicework, animations and various assorted bits of presentational polish. Whether you're playing on your burly desktop gaming-rig computer or on the morning train via your N-Gage-capable phone, you'll be on equal footing."
