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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 7 months ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] teft@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

games made specifically harder so that you’d have to rent them multiple times

Fucking BattleToads

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] nugget359@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know they artificially ramped up the difficulty! That game had a reputation when we were kids! Thanks for sharing

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yep. Buncha bastards.