The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoYou could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time. media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1431
arrow-up1431imageYou could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time. media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84·3 days agoThere were also a tremendous number of absolute trash games that we don’t remember because we don’t remember them.
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 days agoI remember giving my NES games away. I had like 200 of them. The person receiving it went, “Bet you have a good memory out of every game.” And I just kinda answered, “Not really. Most of them sucked.”
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 days agoOut of that pile of 200 NES games, maybe like 10% were good.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoAh, sorry, I was setting up a Bashir/Garak “Especially the good ones, my dear doctor” thing. 10% isn’t bad, though. What was your favorite bad one?
minus-squareMagnum, P.I.@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoDon’t you get he’s not one of us, that what he’s trying to tell you
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoSame with any media, really. Lots of people idolize old music in a “they don’t make it like they used to” way, purely because the bad music didn’t get replayed often enough to enter the zeitgeist.
There were also a tremendous number of absolute trash games that we don’t remember because we don’t remember them.
I remember giving my NES games away. I had like 200 of them.
The person receiving it went, “Bet you have a good memory out of every game.” And I just kinda answered, “Not really. Most of them sucked.”
Even the good ones?
Out of that pile of 200 NES games, maybe like 10% were good.
Ah, sorry, I was setting up a Bashir/Garak “Especially the good ones, my dear doctor” thing.
10% isn’t bad, though. What was your favorite bad one?
Don’t you get he’s not one of us, that what he’s trying to tell you
Same with any media, really. Lots of people idolize old music in a “they don’t make it like they used to” way, purely because the bad music didn’t get replayed often enough to enter the zeitgeist.