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.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 24 Sep 2015, 23:04,
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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.
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mutated monty, Fri 25 Sep 2015, 0:20,
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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.
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