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minus-squarePalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoMy parents were born in the late 60s and played the very first video games like pong and space invaders in the 70s. Gaming back then was more of a novelty toy and not so widespread as it is today.
minus-squaredemlet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoVery true. My son was playing some Atari 2600 games on our Steam Deck and finally stopped to ask me, “Did people actually have fun with these games?” Eh, not really! They were indeed a novelty, and usually got pretty boring fairly quickly…
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI mean, I did! Having literally no other options makes a big difference!
minus-squaredemlet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoFair. I was one of the nerds who would still rather read a book or watch Star Trek reruns.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoAtari games got so bad that it killed off the video game industry until Nintendo came along with a licensing program with standards.
My parents were born in the late 60s and played the very first video games like pong and space invaders in the 70s. Gaming back then was more of a novelty toy and not so widespread as it is today.
Very true. My son was playing some Atari 2600 games on our Steam Deck and finally stopped to ask me, “Did people actually have fun with these games?”
Eh, not really! They were indeed a novelty, and usually got pretty boring fairly quickly…
I mean, I did! Having literally no other options makes a big difference!
Fair. I was one of the nerds who would still rather read a book or watch Star Trek reruns.
Atari games got so bad that it killed off the video game industry until Nintendo came along with a licensing program with standards.