It may be hard for the current generation to fully grasp, but when we were kids, something like this:

was considered to be cutting edge graphics and was why you chased down the very best computer. You'd spend the school day telling the other nerds about how your game had FOUR floppies and so was CLEARLY the best game on the market, and then race home to try and figure out why the raven needed toast before you could get a castle key. That's why today we were all so happy to find that the very latest thing is the Sierra-looking landscapes of our youth. At least we're still cutting edge somewhere! After the jump, Effect Games shows off what HTML 5 can do. Those who can't handle the page can just look at our screenshots.

There are plenty of these digital drawings at Effect Games, if your browser can handle it. With the motion and sound already in place, it feels like the game is ready to go. You might find yourself tapping the arrow keys in hopes your character will walk on screen and let you start playing. Anybody remember the agony of the Sierra pixel hunt?

We're seriously hoping that this beautiful HTML5 art inspires the return of the computer games of our youth, only this time in browser/iPhone form. Wouldn't it be great to explore a hidden temple on your lunchbreak? Or conquer an alien planet as part of a movie marketing strategy? And we're openly begging you for the X-Wing series, LucasArts. Openly begging. C'mon, one Bag of Crap per level seems fair, right? You hook us up, we'll hook you up.