Re: When Is A Game Old?

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:54 this Wednesday (GMT):

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 15:20:12 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:24 this Tuesday (GMT):

On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:30:02 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

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If single-game handhelds count, I think I have some Tiger
Electronics-esque ones somewhere. Otherwise, probably one of my NDS
cartridges..

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Ooh, I hadn't considered those.

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I'm not sure it's older than my "Hitchhiker's Guide" disk, but it's
ofthe same era: I have an Nintendo "Game & Watch" with an LCD screen
where Mickey Mouse tries to catch eggs (a gift from a well-meaning
relative).

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Sounds cool!! I also forgot I used to have a leapfrog.

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It absolutely wasn't. It was a game-of-last-resort, only played
because I didn't have any other portable electronic game. It wasn't
just that the gameplay was tedious - you had to move your character
into one of four positions, mapped to one of the four keys - it was
repetitive as well, with recognizable patterns. Its only challenge was
that it kept going faster and faster.
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But it was pocket-sized, quick to start, and had amazing battery life.
Also it was the only portable I had. So it got played. Just never
really enjoyed.
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Fair. I didn't know what a good game was for a few years, so I had a
ton of shovelware DS games.
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