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Old Gamers is a community for people who like to play games but may not have as much time as they did or like to play different titles and at different speeds with more maturity. You do not have to be old to join in. It is all in the mentality.

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What is an old gamer? I am 40 and still remember Atari? (self.oldgamers)

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[–] mipadaitu 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Then after a while home games were really weak kinda representations of arcade games.

Then they were basically the same gameplay, just with worse graphics.

Eventually, the only advantage an arcade had were specialty controls and fun atmosphere.

[–] Hikermick 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don't think you understand what I mean by "arcade games". These were analog games. There were old ones made of wood, one i remember specifically was a pinball/baseball game where instead of flippers you had a bat. Sea Devil was a more recent one that showed images by what I believe were photo slides (like in a slide projector). https://youtu.be/DqS9pbOR7Gg?si=5rSwlmg9ym6CB7XT this was high tech for the times. Search "vintage arcade games" on YouTube and you'll see what I grew up on. Fortunately a lot of them were a nickle or dime to play.
Here's another I remember https://youtu.be/6U9_mWikMuY?si=FiCZMxZAtlsWqG1x

[–] johsny 2 points 1 month ago

I’m 50 and I remember these. But I think in those days we were a bit behind the rest of the world. (ZA)