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minus-squaredemlet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoVery true. My son was playing some Atari 2600 games on our Steam Deck and finally stopped to ask me, “Did people actually have fun with these games?” Eh, not really! They were indeed a novelty, and usually got pretty boring fairly quickly…
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI mean, I did! Having literally no other options makes a big difference!
minus-squaredemlet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoFair. I was one of the nerds who would still rather read a book or watch Star Trek reruns.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAtari games got so bad that it killed off the video game industry until Nintendo came along with a licensing program with standards.
Very true. My son was playing some Atari 2600 games on our Steam Deck and finally stopped to ask me, “Did people actually have fun with these games?”
Eh, not really! They were indeed a novelty, and usually got pretty boring fairly quickly…
I mean, I did! Having literally no other options makes a big difference!
Fair. I was one of the nerds who would still rather read a book or watch Star Trek reruns.
Atari games got so bad that it killed off the video game industry until Nintendo came along with a licensing program with standards.