Rare was a very rare commodity back in the day. Games don't become less good over time. The problem is that going back and playing many of the older games is frustrating. You have grown used to many of the advancements in all of these genres and when you dont have them while playing the older games, you think that there is something wrong.
Back in the day, people couldn't imagine a better game than Pacman(not on consoles, in the arcade). If you were good at that, you were special. Only a year or so later, Donkey Kong came out. That was like the most incredible leap in skill. You had to not just go left and right, you had to JUMP! Point being, every year there are incremental advancements that improve or change the skills required to play video games.
It is near the end of the end....
