Im 56 and everything ! was better in our day. If you want to experience really painful load times you could always sit in front of a Commodore 64 the load times were chronic. Sometimes 15 minutes or more. And then the tape cassette would just stop because it was faulty, then it was back to the shop with it and they often wouldn’t replace it unless you could prove it was faulty, usually by trying to load it up on a machine in the store. But when all said and done it was part of the fun. We were pioneers.
It definitely feels like we grew up as gaming grew up. The leaps from 8 bit to 16 bit to 32 and then 64 just felt so huge. It feels more incremental these days. Evolution not revolution. Although games are so incredibly complex these days in terms of how they are built.
Also, I miss when DLC was actually good and not content withheld from the main game strictly for the purpose of selling it later. Don’t get me started on battle passes. We are officially the elder gamers yelling at clouds, reminiscing the days of yore when gaming was so pure. 😂
Agree with you on DLC. Games used to be measured on the quality of the additions the DLC made, now it seems accepted that no game is sold complete and that DLC is a path to getting more money from the consumer.
I loved getting my game magazine in the mail.
Exactly!
This is a great video. It feels like the 90s again just from watching. Makes me a bit weepy inside.
Thanks for the amazing comment. Really appreciate it. 90s were the best times.
Im 56 and everything ! was better in our day.
If you want to experience really painful load times you could always sit in front of a Commodore 64 the load times were chronic. Sometimes 15 minutes or more.
And then the tape cassette would just stop because it was faulty, then it was back to the shop with it and they often wouldn’t replace it unless you could prove it was faulty, usually by trying to load it up on a machine in the store.
But when all said and done it was part of the fun.
We were pioneers.
It definitely feels like we grew up as gaming grew up. The leaps from 8 bit to 16 bit to 32 and then 64 just felt so huge. It feels more incremental these days. Evolution not revolution. Although games are so incredibly complex these days in terms of how they are built.
Ahh, the good old days of the trusty datasette. Feels like only yesterday ;-) #Pioneers
So cool how similar US and UK were even back in the 80s/90s. I always thought the UK was predominantly Sega and PC gaming.
Also, I miss when DLC was actually good and not content withheld from the main game strictly for the purpose of selling it later. Don’t get me started on battle passes. We are officially the elder gamers yelling at clouds, reminiscing the days of yore when gaming was so pure. 😂
Agree with you on DLC. Games used to be measured on the quality of the additions the DLC made, now it seems accepted that no game is sold complete and that DLC is a path to getting more money from the consumer.