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I rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/retrogaming

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, where they put the superior Amiga screenshots on the back of your ZX Spectrum game

[–] yamanii 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Lol how was that allowed? It's a complete different version.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

If you think it's an unregulated mess now, take a look at the home computer scene in the mid-80s. Absolute wild west, dude.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

In today's gaming envoriment large companies can make promise after promise, deliver on none of them and walk away like nothing happened. The worst thing that can happen is some people calling you bad names online. What makes you think advertisement would be more ethical at a time no one gave a shit about gaming?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

The scene was too small back then for anyone to pay attention. Most microcomputer developers were selling games out of their garage via mail order.