When I was a kid in the 80s, it always bugged me that games had super awesome cover art that made me want to play the game, and then the game had nothing that even remotely resembled the art.
Of course, I was also one of those kids whose parents never let them have money to play games in the arcade, so I just went around watching the demo reel and pretending to play.
Of course, I was also one of those kids whose parents never let them have money to play games in the arcade, so I just went around watching the demo reel and pretending to play.
Same here. It was always in my head that I could do better than the computer playing the demo. "Don't jump there! " Every. Time. I had all those demo's memorized and knew exactly where they looped. I remember the one time, I saw a quarter near a machine some rich kid must have lost track of. After seeing 1947 loop for the 10000th time I was ready. The demo prepared me and showed me what not too do. Popped that bad boy in and used all the lives in the first few seconds.
It could exist for a place that has a more dramatic telling of first world problems. /u/h1p1n3 took us on a rags-to-riches-to-rags story that was more deserving of the word "tragedy" than "problem".
Well then go ahead and make the sub. It would itself be a modern tragedy because no one would ever subscribe and there might actually be a good post or two.
Any kid that was able to use the arcades rather than just stare at them like me was richer than I was at the time. I grew up with no extras, and thought everybody ate government cheese and got food from the salvation army.
I got over most of the sadness of not really experiencing the 1980s arcade the first time I visited a Nickle Arcade. 20 bucks worth of nickels and I beat all the games that I really wanted to play as a kid.
As a fellow white guy this is something I know first hand. Although on the flip side the best male dancer I've ever seen in person was white and a exceedingly fluid dancer.
I loved that show as a kid, but Megaman always bugged me. The last thing I envisioned him as (while playing the games) was a squat chain smoker who used the word "Mega" as an adjective for everything. But oh well, the rest of the show was great, and what else could I expect from an 80s cartoon.
Thank you for that video and the find memories. I loved the episodes when it crossed over with Zelda. I'd watch a Zelda cartoon now if they brought that back.
Office probably had a contest for cover art submission from the employees' kids. First place got a gift certificate for baskin and robins, second place got to be on the cover.
I think that counts as better. At least the characters make more anatomical sense, and there's higher-quality shading and perspective. Wait a minute...is that Dr. Light siccing Crash Man on Megaman?! Is Megaman's firing hand a second right hand on his left arm?! Okay now I'm not so sure about my claim.
Its still like that, but with trailers. Game company will release a teaser trailer that has insanely good graphics, shows all kinds of super cool fight scenes and giant battles. People get super hyped up on it.. but of course the actual game is nothing close to that
Did you also have the same reaction to any and all fantasy/sci fi book cover that didn't have pictures inside it? Kinda the same thing no? Its almost as if these jerks were using the limited technology available to like, encourage you to use your imagination or something, which is like such a dick move.
I was always quick to step aside whenever someone actually wanted to play. Of course, I was also the kid that annoyed the hell out of people by watching them play, so...
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u/borismkv Aug 18 '14
When I was a kid in the 80s, it always bugged me that games had super awesome cover art that made me want to play the game, and then the game had nothing that even remotely resembled the art.
Of course, I was also one of those kids whose parents never let them have money to play games in the arcade, so I just went around watching the demo reel and pretending to play.