d21lewis on 03 November 2015
| zelmusario said: Well, in the 8 and 16 bit days, I routinely paid $40-$60 for NES, Genesis and SNES games. I don't think any of them lasted more than a few hours. Probably 7 or 8 at the most. But most of them were absolutely joyful experiences. It's amazing to me that games have to be longer than 20 hours to be worth it these days. To me, that's a long-ass time to play a game! Short and sweet is how I like my games and I'll gladly pay top dollar for a short, amazing experience as opposed to a game that has me bored half-way through and wishing it would end. My attention span usually drops off after 5-10 hours. 20 is typically my limit - after that, I have to put the game down for a few months and come back to it. I'm probably just old and cranky. Time for my nap. |
Yep. Games are super hard with limited lives and sometimes, no saves but if you found one you were good at or if you used a cheat, the would last virtually no time. We would rent a game like Final Fight, Streets of Rage, Bad Dudes or something on a Friday and be looking at credits by bed time! And these games would retail for $50!
