Re: Old Games For The Win

On 27/03/2025 14:38, Anssi Saari wrote:

ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:
 

It happens in all fast faced games even in arcade games from the rad 80s
for me. :(

 Yah. I remember trying to beat R-Type in mame a few years ago. It wasn't
that hard to get to level 5 or 6 of the eight levels when I was 17 but
now... And the emulator lets me even save the game but even with save
scumming I wasn't getting through level 4.
 

I can't remember which level I ended up getting stuck on but I found the hard bit was once you got to a new level you knew there would a part that was very trial-and-error to get your moves right as it was as much a puzzle as a shooter. One mistake and you lost all your weapons and were basically screwed. So another 10p and start from level one to try again. I still loved the game though.

Same thing with other arcade games. I was never that good in Gravitar
for example but now I suck. And some games seem aggressively hard, it's
not how I remember them at all. I suspect time travelers :)

I have vague recollections of Gravitar, looked lovely, the concept was fun but it was just too hard so frustrating more than fun. Thrust on the Specky 48k was a similar concept but the difficultly level was much better.