The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoYou could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time. media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square99linkfedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down116
arrow-up1421arrow-down1imageYou 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 · 1 month agomessage-square99linkfedilink
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88arrow-down2·1 month 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-up25arrow-down1·1 month 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-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoEven the good ones?
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 month agoOut of that pile of 200 NES games, maybe like 10% were good.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month 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?
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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.