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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by mesamunefire to c/retrogaming

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (16 children)

That's mostly true, except for games made specifically harder so that you'd have to rent them multiple times (eg: ActRaiser 2 NTSC-U/C / SNES is much harder than its NTSC-J / SFC counterpart).

[–] teft 27 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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

Fucking BattleToads

[–] EvilBit 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Don’t forget Lion King!

https://www.cbr.com/lion-king-brutally-difficult-platformer/

[–] nugget359 2 points 7 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 7 months ago

Yep. Buncha bastards.

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