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Are some games too fast or am I too old?
Mike A:
I play games everyday.
Xiaou2:
--- Quote ---In fact, I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that 2 minutes play time was something that manufacturers shot for as the desirable not-to-exceed play time for maximum profit.
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To appease arcade operators complaints.. they aimed to ramp up the difficulty around that 2min mark, so that playtime
was reduced for new, and casual players. That said... they tended to be very fair about it, in most games.
They almost always start out the game fairly easy, allowing the player to get used to the game, and feel good about it.
After that, the difficulty tends to jump fairly dramatically. Either you learn and develop the skills to keep going.. or that
is the extent of how far you got.
Games like Sega's "Turbo", and even Spy Hunter... basically gave you infinite lives... until the timer ran out. After that,
the player was easily taken out, unless they had developed some pretty high level skills.
I wasnt that good at most of the classic 80s games, as I was quite young at the time. I used to play Sega's Turbo the most,
because of the infinite lives / timer. This actually caused me to be able to develop some real skills in that game... where as with
most games.. I wouldnt last even half as long, so didnt get much practice. As a result... I believe I got to the 3rd or 4th
Extended-Play round... which was no small feat for such a young kid (If I had to guess, maybe I was 9yrs old at that time).
The other game I played a lot, was Bump and Jump. I wasnt nearly as good... but I could last a pretty decent amount of
time on that machine.
Back then, I hated Robotron. I played it once... and all of my lives were gone, in like less than 50 seconds. However, as
an adult.. I found a machine, and got hooked on it. Its now one of my top favorite games.
That said, there were many other very difficult games that kicked the crud out of me.. but I still loved and played them.
Such as Sinistar, Satans Hollow, Tron, Journey, Spy Hunter, Rock n Rope, Jungle Hunt, Congo Bongo, Haley's Comet,
Super Zaxxon, and countless others.
Eventually making it to stage 2 in Rock n Rope, and Congo Bongo, was an awesome feeling of accomplishment,
for young me.
gildahl:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on August 10, 2022, 09:56:06 pm ---This may not be a "or" question, but a "and" question. They are too fast and you're too old. I swear Fast Ms. Pacman got faster from when I was a kid.
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Yeah, I'd say my objective these days is to play, not to get better, but to not get worse. If I can continue hitting my old high scores, or somewhere in the neighborhood, I consider that a good day.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Mike A on August 11, 2022, 11:06:39 am ---I play games everyday.
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Me too. Or just about every day. I'm not getting any better but I'm having fun.
negative1:
got the arcade 1up centipede a couple a weeks, i'm rusty, but
have topped the leaderboards for 8/14 games
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centipede 999,999
millipede 380k
major havoc 950k
super breakout 1200
gravitar 80k
crystal castles 400k
liberator 120k
akka arrh 130k
got the joust machine
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got 1.2 million yesterday
getting the dig dug cabinet next,
hope to top pac-man, pac-man plus, galaga, dig dug, dig dug 2, and more....
later
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