This post has been conveniently broken into two sections, each serving a different part of Joystiq's demographic. Please read whichever is most relevant to you.
For the Young:
We try to keep the curmudgeonly "lessons for the youth" to a minimum here at Joystiq -- we don't like being reminded of how old we are anymore than you do -- but you really should check out these screens of Atari's Haunted House reboot to see what gamers of yore used to call "fun." Each screen shows a scene from the ancient Atari 2600 title side-by-side with the new version for PC, Wii and Xbox Live Arcade.
For the Cantankerous:
Atari has released new screens of its bastardization of the Atari 2600 classic, Haunted House. This entry in the franchise -- soon to be available on PCs and those consoles you refuse to buy -- takes place 30 years after the original. It seems that Samuel Silverspring disappeared on his trek through Graves Mansion all those years ago, and now it's up to his grandchildren to find out what happened. You can see this new abomination side-by-side with the original in the gallery below.
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| Critical Gamer writes: EDITORS NOTE: Id like to remind our readers that Tarquins opinions do not necessarily coincide with those of anybody else at Critical Gamer. Tarquins views are only guaranteed to represent the views of Tarquin.
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