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This is a normal post while this is undoubtedly true (barring a few exceptions maybe)
what makes most of those early games so shit by modern standards is really rough gameplay and technology that wasn't anywhere close to being able to do what it wanted to be doing. By the era of the megadrive/snes this was becoming less the case, and I still find myself playing stuff from that time, or their modern equivalents.
 (I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Thu 24 Sep 2015, 22:43, Reply)
This is a normal post I like me some old games and have all the classics on emulation-o-tron.
But:

On average, they're fucking hard. Much harder than I remember. Especially when you go back to 8 bit.

Maybe I just don't have the patience to spend hours wrestling with wonky physics in a crap platformer any more.

Maybe modern games are much more forgiving.

Or maybe I've just got old and shit.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Thu 24 Sep 2015, 23:01, Reply)
This is a normal post think its a combination of the two
back when I was a kid i'd spend months playing a single game until I knew it back to front, cos there was nothing better and i had loads of time. But games in those days were as hard as balls, no question. Modern games don't even need instruction manuals.

Also, games started life in the arcades, where the more they killed you the more money they would make, and it took a while for that level of difficulty to ease off as they migrated to home consoles.
 (I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Fri 25 Sep 2015, 0:04, Reply)
This is a normal post ^

(I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 25 Sep 2015, 9:49, Reply)
This is a normal post I usually can enjoy
watching 8-bit games being played, but playing them myself is often too much like a chore.

I think you're right about the SNES-era, though. Most indie games I like now could have been built then without losing much.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 24 Sep 2015, 23:04, Reply)
This is a normal post You can see in the metroid and zelda games
how far they progressed in gameplay between 8 bit and 16 bit. Those old nes games are pretty obscure and unforgiving at times.
 (I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Fri 25 Sep 2015, 0:20, Reply)
This is a normal post they were certainly often brutal
also, in terms of gameplay progress the NES games themselves were a massive step up on the previous 'generation' of (mostly) crap that was being put out before Nintendo got its seal of approval in place.
 (Melatonin, Fri 25 Sep 2015, 8:22, Reply)