Re: Old Games For The Win

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:06:46 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:55:27 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:46:44 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Tangentially related:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pp6yfJmKFg

Gaming in your 30s? Really? Try gaming after 45, when all your twitch
skills have completely left you and you can't beat the AI in a button
mashing contest any more.

Haha, my twitch skills left after 30! :P Funny, I used to hate turn
based games, but I love turn based games. :D

I judge my rate of decline by how fast I can drive in racing games. I
used to be able to handle the turns at 280mph, no problem. Now I
struggle at half that. ;-)

Admittedly, not an exact science since modern games have more
realistic physics so comparing my performance playing
games-of-yesteryear to new titles isn't an apples-to-apples
comparison, but even going back to the original "Need for Speed" I
definitely notice I can't keep up as easily. I tell myself it's
because I'm out of practice with that map, but I inside I know better.

At this rate, I figure that in another twenty years I will be playing
the newest NASCAR lane by driving in the right lane at 20mph with my
turn-signal permanently engaged ;-)

My mind, on the other hand, is as sharp as it ever was!
(which you can take to mean however you like ;-)