Yeah, these were some nice finds. I'm still not sure which way the Atari 2600 xenomorph is facing. If it's facing left, I sort of see the trademark head protuberance and tail. If it's facing right...it looks more like Rudolph with PMS.

Ocarina of Time's incarnation of Impa was the most badass, but also the scariest. She is built like a horse. I bet she could take on Ganon by herself.

Arena was the first game in the Elder Scrolls series as far as I know. I almost bought Morrowind for the original Xbox, but ended up getting something else. I played Oblivion (both loved and hated it) and would like to check Skyrim sometime.

I kind of hate Rolento. I suck playing as him, and the CPU beats the crap out of me with him in SFA3. I better start practicing!

Impa really could have beaten Ganon herself, in my opinion. Her ninja skills were probably even more badass than Sheik's. (I came that close to a spoiler alert)

Rolento is a mean, annoying character. I think he added a lot more depth to the Street Fighter series, though. As far as I know, he was the first Street Fighter character to use grenades in his arsenal of attacks. Even Cody and Sodom couldn't match the power of Rolento.

I think he moves around more than he has to, like Vega. Although he's really fast, it's disappointing to see how Ryu and Ken can defeat Rolento with only a few moves. Rolento, on the other hand, has to roll around and lunge all over the place. I'm glad that Capcom slipped him into their Tekken crossover, though.

It's crazy how much game companies recycle their characters. We've barely scratched the surface.

Final Fantasy 13 actually had some cool outfits and character designs. I still think that Sazh looks really classy. I especially love Lightning's lightweight fashion style. By then, though, everyone hated all of the obvious designs from FF10 and 12. We all knew what to expect from them from that point onward. Heck, even Vanille and Hope look like alternate versions of Rikku and Tidus.

At least the character designs in Final Fantasy Versus 13 look different for a change. I really hope Square-Enix puts a little more imagination in their future character designs.

I agree that primitive graphics made us fill the gaps with our imagination. As a child, I never thought Pitfall Harry was made of blocks. I saw a man running through the jungle, swinging on vines, and collecting treasure.

Modern technology allows for more complex play-mechanics, richer audio, and photo-realistic visuals. I appreciate the improvements because I've been playing for almost three decades. Video games have grown, and so have I.

According to Zeldapedia (http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Impa), the old woman from the first Zelda and Impa are the same person. Also, (Skyward Sword spoiler...) the old woman from the picture you posted is actually Impa in disguise. She was testing Link from the start. I guess we're both right. :)

I like that "abstract painting vs. plastic action figure" idea. Very interesting.