• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    yeah, but how rare is that compared to today, where almost every bloody game is ridiculously broken and needing major day 1 patches… an day 2 patches, and day 7 patches.

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      10 months ago

      Or even worse, the disk doesn’t even have the damned game on it to begin with. It just sets up to start the game download.

    • BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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      10 months ago

      NES games were ridiculously simple and had a tiny amount of code compared to today’s games. The less code you have, the fewer the number of bugs.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Always a corporate apologist.

        “Things were easier back then! You have no idea how hard it is for them to finish a game before releasing it!”