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CodexArcanum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  99% of the time, hard levels was to prevent people from beating the game when they rented it from a video rental store. The publisher wanted to basically “force” people to buy the game.

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• KnowledgeableNip@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Sonic drowning music pops in my head randomly during other stressful situations, like my brain has the worst possible soundtrack.

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  • Rakonat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Years ago when hldj worked on TF2 I had a soundboard I’d play on my main server. Drowining theme is something I’d toss up when I wanted to give people a heart attack

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• CodexArcanum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Also, I learned to give up on games from the infamous Atari ET game, which was one of the like 3 games at grandma’s house. Even understanding what’s happening on screen is difficult, let alone figuring out what you’re supposed to do.

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  • torknorggren@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I figured it out and it was still a huge disappointment. Only worse game was Journey: Escape.

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  • Odo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I was lucky enough to have the manual for ET lying around. It helps greatly in explaining the game’s bizarre logic (and how to escape the infamous pits). It’s not much weirder than most 2600 games once you read it, provided somebody didn’t throw it out thinking it was useless.

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  • HoustonHenry@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You guys actually had the ET atari game?! I’ve only heard about it 😁

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