The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoYou could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time. media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1435arrow-down116
arrow-up1419arrow-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 · 22 days agomessage-square100linkfedilink
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88arrow-down2·22 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-up24arrow-down1·22 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-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·22 days agoEven the good ones?
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-222 days agoOut of that pile of 200 NES games, maybe like 10% were good.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 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-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·22 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?
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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.