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The stupidity of arcade games
Smeghead:
Didnt want to hijack the other thread we started this in so made a new one.
The game - question the stupidity of arcade games.
What we have so far.......
How can you kick balloons while on a unicycle?
How can you have a never-ending supply of burning torch fireballs (or axes for that matter) in a diaper?
What was the frog doing across the street in the first place?
Wouldnt it be easier for the Space Harrier guy to just walk on the ground and shoot instead of picking the toughest route through the oncoming things?
Bomberman World - International terrorist?
Why doesnt Donkey Kong just go and kill Mario instead of running away? hes like 5 times his size and 10 times stronger!
That little hammer aint gonna do crap to the big guy
Just how frikkin big IS that asteroid field? Surely if you keep going in one direction you'll get out of it eventually!
Missile Command, just put everyone from the other cities in one city then its easy to defend
Galaxians! Bad tactics dudes! All of you come down at once and drop bombs, that little ship wouldnt stand a chance!
Good job the real odds in 1942 were slightly better than 3 vs 3000!
Paperboy! Get off your damn bike you lazy sod! The street is like 20 houses long for gods sake
Epyx:
Games are about escapism at their core and not necessarily emulations of reality...the real World War II was for that :)
Games are about experiencing the impossible, battling against all odds, puzzle solving, pattern recognition.
Let me kick my balloons from unicycles or take on an entire alien fleet with my pea shooter of a ship on my screen while you live out a repeat of the mundane reality of your day on your screen ;)
And yes I know your posting was tongue in cheek but wanted to point it out all the same because it is those very implausible and ridiculous scenarios that make some of these classics so great...
BadMouth:
Is it really a good idea to eat food found under a trash can, barrel, or mailbox that you just smashed?
I watched the documentary Chasing Ghosts over the weekend.
The part where they were knocking newer (90's+) game characters for being stupid irked me.
C'mon. An astronaught inflating dragons with a bicycle pump?
Space men on giant birds with lances? (they can make space suits, but don't have the technology to make a gun?)
WTF is Q-Bert anyway?!?
I'm not knocking those games. I revel in absurdity.
The more absurd and removed from reality the better.
We need Q-Bert Vs Street Fighter. He could blow fireballs out that snout.
Not sure what sound he would make, maybe just @!#?@! above his head when he fires one off.
ids:
If I had boulders, trees, swarms of bees, witches, etc chasing me, I'd bail. Just how much are those gems worth? I guess that's why they sent a jumping bear - they are a dime a dozen.
And guys, we landed on the lunar surface once already, we're running out of fuel, how 'bout we head home? Anyone?
best thread ever
Smeghead:
haha these are great keep em coming
You think thats Qberts nose? IT ISNT
None of these tough street fighting guys have a gun?
Space Invaders! You do realize that that is THE MOST longest route you could possibly take to where you are going right???
Dont spiders eat centipedes?
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