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Do you remember the first time? The excitement? The sense of relief when it was all over?
Yes, do you remember the first time you completed a game? The first video game I really completed.. I think it was Super Mario Land on the gameboy. I wasn't just happy... I was over the moon. I must've been about six ot seven years old at the time. I'd played games on the Spectrum before, but they were fiendishly difficult. To actually finish this game, after the weeks (or was it longer) of solid play I put into it, it was great.
What I'm really saying here... is that when I used to complete a game, I would think "Yeah! I won!", but nowadays, I think "Bah. That was easy"
It often said that the more effort you put into something, the more you appreciate it. So I can't help feeling that those of you growing up in this age of gaming... maybe a PSX as your first console.. you're missing out on something. Something great. I'm not sure if I'm saying games are too easy these days - because I always thought games were too hard back then - but in retrospect, I appreciate that difficulty.
Completing a game is meaningless these days, and all people want to do is fast forward the credits to see if they got any 'hidden features'. It didn't used to be like that. The credits were where you bask in the glory... where you reflect on your success.
Well, I'd better stop before I get carried away. I just had to let that out of my system ;)
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Yes, do you remember the first time you completed a game? The first video game I really completed.. I think it was Super Mario Land on the gameboy. I wasn't just happy... I was over the moon. I must've been about six ot seven years old at the time. I'd played games on the Spectrum before, but they were fiendishly difficult. To actually finish this game, after the weeks (or was it longer) of solid play I put into it, it was great.
What I'm really saying here... is that when I used to complete a game, I would think "Yeah! I won!", but nowadays, I think "Bah. That was easy"
It often said that the more effort you put into something, the more you appreciate it. So I can't help feeling that those of you growing up in this age of gaming... maybe a PSX as your first console.. you're missing out on something. Something great. I'm not sure if I'm saying games are too easy these days - because I always thought games were too hard back then - but in retrospect, I appreciate that difficulty.
Completing a game is meaningless these days, and all people want to do is fast forward the credits to see if they got any 'hidden features'. It didn't used to be like that. The credits were where you bask in the glory... where you reflect on your success.
Well, I'd better stop before I get carried away. I just had to let that out of my system ;)
[Look out for more topic titles from 'VenomBytes innuendo series', coming soon to a forum near you]
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Do you remember the first time? The excitement? The sense of relief when it was all over?
Yes, do you remember the first time you completed a game? The first video game I really completed.. I think it was Super Mario Land on the gameboy. I wasn't just happy... I was over the moon. I must've been about six ot seven years old at the time. I'd played games on the Spectrum before, but they were fiendishly difficult. To actually finish this game, after the weeks (or was it longer) of solid play I put into it, it was great.
What I'm really saying here... is that when I used to complete a game, I would think "Yeah! I won!", but nowadays, I think "Bah. That was easy"
It often said that the more effort you put into something, the more you appreciate it. So I can't help feeling that those of you growing up in this age of gaming... maybe a PSX as your first console.. you're missing out on something. Something great. I'm not sure if I'm saying games are too easy these days - because I always thought games were too hard back then - but in retrospect, I appreciate that difficulty.
Completing a game is meaningless these days, and all people want to do is fast forward the credits to see if they got any 'hidden features'. It didn't used to be like that. The credits were where you bask in the glory... where you reflect on your success.
Well, I'd better stop before I get carried away. I just had to let that out of my system ;)
[Look out for more topic titles from 'VenomBytes innuendo series', coming soon to a forum near you]
Yes, do you remember the first time you completed a game? The first video game I really completed.. I think it was Super Mario Land on the gameboy. I wasn't just happy... I was over the moon. I must've been about six ot seven years old at the time. I'd played games on the Spectrum before, but they were fiendishly difficult. To actually finish this game, after the weeks (or was it longer) of solid play I put into it, it was great.
What I'm really saying here... is that when I used to complete a game, I would think "Yeah! I won!", but nowadays, I think "Bah. That was easy"
It often said that the more effort you put into something, the more you appreciate it. So I can't help feeling that those of you growing up in this age of gaming... maybe a PSX as your first console.. you're missing out on something. Something great. I'm not sure if I'm saying games are too easy these days - because I always thought games were too hard back then - but in retrospect, I appreciate that difficulty.
Completing a game is meaningless these days, and all people want to do is fast forward the credits to see if they got any 'hidden features'. It didn't used to be like that. The credits were where you bask in the glory... where you reflect on your success.
Well, I'd better stop before I get carried away. I just had to let that out of my system ;)
[Look out for more topic titles from 'VenomBytes innuendo series', coming soon to a forum near you]
It;s been a while, I can barely remember...... *tries hard to think*.
Err, the first is lost in the mists of time, methinks. Possibly Switchblade on the Speccy, no actually, before that would have been one of the Dizzys.
Most recently tho, last night in fact, I got a huge buzz out of finishing Fantavision. Now it's time to move onto the hard mode.....
Most recently tho, last night in fact, I got a huge buzz out of finishing Fantavision. Now it's time to move onto the hard mode.....
First console game i completed was probably Donkey Kong country.
BEfore that...hmmm..could have been anything. I think it may have been Robocod on Amiga.
BEfore that...hmmm..could have been anything. I think it may have been Robocod on Amiga.
First for me was Batman on the Commodore 64. After that, really can't remember.
Errrrm, mine still brings a tear to my eye - Jungle Strike.
Mario 1 for Game Boy. For some reason......
Ghostbusters on the C64.
I was over the moon.
I was over the moon.
I only recently completed the first 2 GB Marios, as i've only had a GBP for nearly 2 years, and i haven't really played it that much, untill I decided to do a DT project on a new GameBoy. Completing Donkey Kong Country, Mario Bros. 1, and Mario 64 were all great though!!
Grix Thraves wrote:
> Ghostbusters on the C64.
I was over the moon.
I got Ghostbusters on a speccy emulator a while ago. Don't know if the emulator was a bit poo or not, but my god! What a terrible game! I used to love it, but it's atrocious now. Not even my high-prescription rose-tinted nostalgia goggles (usually proof against any amount of aging) could make it look good.
You live and learn.
> Ghostbusters on the C64.
I was over the moon.
I got Ghostbusters on a speccy emulator a while ago. Don't know if the emulator was a bit poo or not, but my god! What a terrible game! I used to love it, but it's atrocious now. Not even my high-prescription rose-tinted nostalgia goggles (usually proof against any amount of aging) could make it look good.
You live and learn.
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