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Subject: Re: Old Games For The Win
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:58:56 +0100
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On 27/03/2025 14:38, Anssi Saari wrote:
> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:
> 
>> It happens in all fast faced games even in arcade games from the rad 80s
>> for me. :(
> 
> Yah. I remember trying to beat R-Type in mame a few years ago. It wasn't
> that hard to get to level 5 or 6 of the eight levels when I was 17 but
> now... And the emulator lets me even save the game but even with save
> scumming I wasn't getting through level 4.
> 
I can't remember which level I ended up getting stuck on but I found the 
hard bit was once you got to a new level you knew there would a part 
that was very trial-and-error to get your moves right as it was as much 
a puzzle as a shooter. One mistake and you lost all your weapons and 
were basically screwed. So another 10p and start from level one to try 
again. I still loved the game though.

> Same thing with other arcade games. I was never that good in Gravitar
> for example but now I suck. And some games seem aggressively hard, it's
> not how I remember them at all. I suspect time travelers :)

I have vague recollections of Gravitar, looked lovely, the concept was 
fun but it was just too hard so frustrating more than fun. Thrust on the 
Specky 48k was a similar concept but the difficultly level was much better.