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The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 天前

You could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time.

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You could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time.

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The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 天前
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  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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    There were also a tremendous number of absolute trash games that we don’t remember because we don’t remember them.

    • VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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      I remember giving my NES games away. I had like 200 of them.

      The person receiving it went, “Bet you have a good memory out of every game.” And I just kinda answered, “Not really. Most of them sucked.”

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        Even the good ones?

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          Out of that pile of 200 NES games, maybe like 10% were good.

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            Ah, sorry, I was setting up a Bashir/Garak “Especially the good ones, my dear doctor” thing.
            10% isn’t bad, though. What was your favorite bad one?

            • Magnum, P.I.@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              Don’t you get he’s not one of us, that what he’s trying to tell you

    • EldritchFemininity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Same with any media, really. Lots of people idolize old music in a “they don’t make it like they used to” way, purely because the bad music didn’t get replayed often enough to enter the zeitgeist.

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    Gameboy Camera is my favourite 1998 game

    • musubibreakfast@lemmy.world
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      I had so much fun with that thing, one time I combined a picture of the family dog with my stepdad and showed it to my mom and proudly told her this is what it would look like if they had kids. Another time I tried to make an action film with my brother, but it was mostly just footage of him doing what he considered crazy stunts (jumping on the hotel bed).

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        How did your mom react?

        • musubibreakfast@lemmy.world
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          She started laughing and asked me to print it out and she then stuck it on the fridge.

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    Actually, I hit my friend in the thigh. Turns out it’s really hard to throw stuff blindfolded. You probably shouldn’t do it.

    • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
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      I’ve found if you don’t put the blindfold around your arm it stays just as easy to throw things as before.

    • musubibreakfast@lemmy.world
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      Turns out I hit an artery, blood started gushing everywhere and you won’t believe what game got hit by his blood!

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        All of them? Because it was an artery, those fuckers have no restraint.

        • musubibreakfast@lemmy.world
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          Yes! 1998 really was an amazing year for gaming!

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        Oh hey that reminds me Blade came out in 1998 too, love that movie

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    I’m surprised to see Xenogears sitting smack in the middle of all that. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the game, but I’ve never met another person offline who had heard of it. I have tried many, many times to beat many different turn based RPGs. I just simply can’t, I get bored. They’re just menu simulators to me. But Xenogears was the sole exception to that rule in my life thanks to it making you perform combos for your moves. I ripped its music and used it on HTML webpages as a kid. I still have and frequently use my OG beta gmail account, which includes the first name of the main character, Fei.

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    How did my dart do guys?

    Tap for spoiler

    Edit: Is GameBoy camera really a game?

    • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOP
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      I played the hell out of the Nagano Winter Olympics game!

      • Magnum, P.I.@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        My condolences

        • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOP
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          It was so confusing. I didn’t know how to actually do the events, and it’s not like I could look it up, so I have many memories of starting the ski jump and superstitiously button-mashing in hopes that I land right.

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    So, I just watched the F1 movie with Brad Pitt, and the mention f2 and f3.

    I only just realized, that f zero is likely meant to be the next one after 1, as in the new elite race rank.

    That game was so fucking good.

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      Iirc it’s 0 gravity as well.

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      I’ve always been surprised that Nintendo never saw any litigation over pretty much calling their racing game Formula 0

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        Decades from now when we have Speed Racer type tracks they’ll regret that.

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      Imagine missing a game so massive it has had a billion sequels, an MMO, and a 700 million dollar television series made because of it.

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    When they said in The Matrix that the late 90s was peak human civilization they weren’t lying

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      I want to argue with you, but the 90s still had the best food festivals. Gyro wasn’t as popular but like my favorite Greek restaurant opened in 94.

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        You usually have to pay extra for greek

        • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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          i’m so sleepy i can’t remember what you mean

          • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
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            GO TO BED

            • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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              the problem is i’m sleepwalking

              • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
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                You should eat your hands then.

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                  Wise af

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    Damn 1998 had hands

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    throws dart

    hits Tomb Raider 3

    throws again

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    1998 was great but 2004 was the greatest.

    • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
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      I’ve been saying that same thing since 2005 lol. 2004 is peak gaming. It was great living through that era.

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      I invite you to create a post, am very curious about the winners 🙂

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    Ah yes, the smash hit Roll Away, which I have definitely heard of.

    And that’s Mario Party, the first one, not Mario Party 3. The cover design is confusing.

    • L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Kula World in most of the world. Roll Away was just the US title.

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        Haven’t heard of it by that name, either, so the comment still works!

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    I hear, in tomb raider 3 there is a secret code that will show her boobs.

    It was a lie!!

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    I got my son the game boy camera and the printer for Xmas this year

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    You can make one of these for just about every year.

    2023 was one of the most recent years, with games like: Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Alan Wake 2, Final Fantasy 16, Diablo 4, Street Fighter 6, Lies of P, Octopath Traveller 2, Dave the Diver, and Hi-Fi Rush.

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