Retro Gaming Annoyances We're Glad Got Stuck In The Past

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Channel: Mandatory · 2018 · Comedy

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Gaming technology has come a long way in the past 30 years. It wasn’t long ago that you’d be impressed by a game that looked like it belonged on the side of a cereal box and completed less than 10 percent of the games you purchased.

These days, entertainment value has been distilled to such a pure form that retro gaming almost seems like a nightmare. Below we’ll go over some of the biggest reasons that technology in the early days made gaming such a chore.

1. Checkpoint Codes
2. Small TVs
3. Blowing Games
4. Ball Mice
5. Losing A Disc
6. Controller Ergonomics

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