Recently I’ve been addicted to Mario Bros on Super Mario Advance 3.

Do you have game pass by chance ? I’ve had odd issues with older Xbox systems and the use of game pass without auto renew on. It caused several different error codes.

Once the subscription ran out it worked fine. Most likely not your issue but I figured it’s worth mentioning

Really any “service” games. Or for that matter any game that’s just looking to copy the newest hottest MP trend.

Speaking of lack of marketing did anyone else think was an MMO ? For a long time I thought it was a sequel to Black Desert or a big expansion. I just found out a few months ago it’s a single player game

It’s also been 50 years since the first home console came out. Your point ?

Do you still play those games? A lot?

Donkey Kong was one of the first games that had a story in arcades … was it complex ? No. But it was a draw for people …

4 good games doesn’t make up for 500 other absolute trash ones.

I did say it was a hot take didn’t I ?

I am not saying there aren’t any good games. My argument is there are fewer and fewer year in and year out. Especially at high production levels.

For every 4 decent games I find 500 absolute rubbish. Not to mention the high profile games that had their servers up for a month or less. can’t say I’ve heard that often in my life time.

Sure you can point out to 4 games and claim victory and piss on my grave. But from perspective you’re missing the point…

I’m glad a few people are willing to see through specifics and look at the outright trends. And you are right algorithms and current social media make certain things more apparent then others.

But my general point still stands, it feels like there is more garbage than there has ever been before.

As for the wasting time, I see people are taking this too literally. I’m taking about (subjective) worth for putting time and money into a game. I feel like the ratio of value to time in modern games has drastically gone out of balance at least for me personally.

Not a fan of those games …

I need to find friends to play this with …

I lived for the weekend trips to blockbuster.

I only played a pirated copy of the game :X

I didn’t beat most games I played when I was younger

Good tastes

Remember the old days when people ran out of stock on game copies ? MGS is no slouch of a purchase either

Demo discs where my gateway to my gaming obsession

Oh nooo classic series but evil bug :(

Seen commercials for them never played one

I have fond memories of Rocky on my Master System

Orange box was a great deal

Sims games can be very addictive. And I won’t tell you played before the box said you could

Don’t make me them like they use to

Only played winter games and much later with a crappy nes port

Space goodness both classics in their own right

Still love playing these games today ! Great place to start !

Cool story , sounds like an awesome aunt

Just says you were a tinkering from a young age !

Hell of a first game to buy !

Thank you!! I’ll check this out !

GT3 was the first game I played on my PS2. Still gorgeous game to this day.

In all seriousness my brother and I tied buying a copy of that game but store was sold out when we got back. My cousin ended up pirating us a copy of his game. Loved the old space quest games

You seem like the type of person who would eat a candy bar he found in the park …

It’s kind of a rare treasure now. Looked neat for the time . I’ll admit I never played one

PSP has always been a cult favorite still gets a lot of love today. Hope you still have it !

Sounds like 80s gaming heaven

Sorry to hear that mate …

Never a bad time to get back into them!

Not a bad place to start that’s for sure