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Plenty of gamers are often stuck between the definitions of "casual" and "hardcore." They care too much to be the former, and yet they don't care enough to be the latter. If you're one of them, and yearning for your own defining category, then worry no more. You might just be a mid-core gamer.

What does your new-found identity mean? According to 8-Bit Rocket, it means you're the type of gamer who doesn't want to buy a new computer every time a new game comes out. You might love MMOs, but you don't have the time (or patience) for eight-hour quests. You might own the latest consoles, but you might not finish every single game you buy. 8-Bit Rocket also suggests that mid-core gamers are generally of the older generations, but we firmly believe that young people can be mid-core as well.

i would say that I'm a mid-core gamer, but closer to a hard-core gamer than a casual gamer

I used to play games all the time, every day. Those were the days of the 2600, the Vectrex, the Atari 800, the Atari 7800, and the Atari ST. I also frequented all of the local gaming hotspots – Safeway, Castle Park, the arcades at the local malls. Then, I got older, and the game industry changed (and so did I). The Arcades disappeared and gaming systems became more complex (2 buttons!!!). That didn’t stop my game playing though, as I had a Sega Master System, a Genesis, and PS1, and every possible combination of PC processor and gaming graphics card. I even had a Lynx, a Jaguar and a Dreamcast for god’s sake. I bought many games for those systems, but my interest in playing all the time trailed off as more responsibilities crept into my life.

I currently have a decent PC, PS2, a Wii, a DS and about 25 various plug and play devices. I still don’t consider myself a hardcore gamer. That label just doesn’t describe me. I hardly finish games any more, and the wonders of 3D HD graphics, while awesome, don’t excite me the way minor increases in resolution and color once did.

Today, the hot spots I visit are Digg, GameTab, Gamasutra, Flashkit, and various other game and game programming related sites. I play quite a few Flash Games to see what the current level of competition is like. I own 100’s of PS2 and PC games, and play them occasionally. My Wii mote gets a pretty nice workout a couple times a week, and my DS sees the light of day when I want to kick some Geometry Wars ass once in a while.


Hundreds of good games come out each year and I never hear about them. It either has to be a SIMs clone, a Diner Dash Clone, or a Halo clone for it to even get a modicum of press and marketing. So, I am standing up for those of us in the MID-CORE! If you have a great action, sports, puzzle, RPG, simulation, or other type of game that costs about $20-$30 and can be played in one hour sessions, I’m your target market. I have a little extra cash and I don’t pirate games. Bring it on game companies! I've got $20 buring a hole in my pocket and a free hour tonight. What have you got to show me?

really, did you check for midcoregamer.com etc?

were you gonna start another site joker?