For those that can't stand disk load times for your games...

[sguy78]

CatFangs806 said:

sguy78 said:

CatFangs806 said:

sguy78 said:

CatFangs806 said:

Vectorferret said:

CatFangs806 said:
How would you play games on a cassette anyway? It would be the same as trying to play a game on a VHS. It's all one way.

As you play it, the game is copied into the consoles internal memory. That's why the load is so long, it needed to play the entire tape before you could start.

That's more annoying than capturing video from a camcorder onto a hard drive.

Imagine being an impatient kid waiting for your game to load.

I would've said, "F**k this. I'm buying an NES."

The NES wasn't in the U.S. yet.

Which Atari system was out in the US at that time?

I think it was the Atari 5200. The Commodore 64 had superior graphics at the time though. Believe it or not, once most of those tape games loaded, they were a lot of fun.