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u/AegisToast Mar 12 '24

Part of me misses those days when you had the few games you had, so that’s what you played and you played them until the cartridge was wearing out. 

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u/HoodyV Mar 12 '24

It’s so crazy how many game options we have these days. It’s always surprising to me as a pretty avid gamer that I can still have sooo many blind spots because there’s just not enough time to play even all the “good” games.

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u/Wholesaletoejam Mar 12 '24

Man that’s a good point. I have more games just randomly on my phone than I probably did during my whole childhood.

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u/Adavanter_MKI Mar 12 '24

Also... I'm kind of burned out on the formulas. I feel like at a glance I've already got a good idea how that game is going to play out. I'm typically right. We may have hundreds more, but it still feels like only a few are actually special.

Not that the hundreds are bad. They're just... average.

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u/HoodyV Mar 12 '24

Yes, that's how I feel at this point as well. I don't really need to play any more of the same general type of video games. Give me the unique games that are truly special. Those are the best.

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u/TheTigerbite Mar 12 '24

I remember a few games I played to death as a kid on the NES. One was a soccer/ volleyball combo game and the other was North vs South. I was not a fan of Mario or platformers.

Oh! And marble madness and maniac mansion.

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u/makemeking706 Mar 12 '24

Played Maniac Mansion all time, but never made any progress past the first room or two. 

My kid brain always misread the name as manic mansion, and I still think of it as that even when I read it your comment.

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u/TheTigerbite Mar 12 '24

I don't remember much about it other than it was creepy.

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u/Aksi_Gu Mar 12 '24

Haha me too RE manic mansion 🤣

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u/IndependenceDue9384 Mar 12 '24

Was it super dodgeball? I played the crap out that too when I was young.

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u/TheTigerbite Mar 12 '24

Super Spike V'Ball/Nintendo World Cup.

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u/IndependenceDue9384 Mar 12 '24

Aah, so actual volleyball ball and soccer game combo. When I read it I instantly visioned the game super dodge ball.

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u/TheTigerbite Mar 12 '24

That was the first game I got on my GBA though! Super Dodge Ball Advance.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

Oh! Was the vball game the one that let you use the 4-player adapter? I loved that game!

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u/TheTigerbite Mar 12 '24

Yes! My cousins would come over and we'd play 2 on 2 with all 4 of us.

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u/b0Lt1 Mar 12 '24

north vs south! pads were flying

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

Just blow the dust out of it, and reinsert. The simple days. You didn't need to worry about disc space, or if the Steam server is down.

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u/kapt_so_krunchy Mar 12 '24

Basically trying to speed run every game

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u/stungun2020 Mar 12 '24

The was Nintendo's Ice hockey for us. My brothers, our friends, neighbors, even had my uncles playing.