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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Games of a certain era were intentionally made challenging because they only had about 6 levels. They had to make it last, so they made that shit hard. You'd spend months just trying to beat level 3. Same with arcade machines; though they were hard to make you die and put another quarter in.