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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 8 months ago by mesamunefire to c/retrogaming
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[–] teft 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

games made specifically harder so that you’d have to rent them multiple times

Fucking BattleToads

[–] EvilBit 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] nugget359 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know they artificially ramped up the difficulty! That game had a reputation when we were kids! Thanks for sharing

[–] EvilBit 1 points 8 months ago

Yep. Buncha bastards.