cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13809164
Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can’t count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with handicap features, and also to find Easter eggs. Speaking of Easter eggs, you’d lose a number of hours exploring every nook and cranny finding them!
Of course I do. And even that was rare and special because it was so much effort to carry everyone‘s gear into one place.
We had a rule that everyone had to carry their own monitor themselves. Punished the rich kids with their 19 inch CRTs.