WanderWisley@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-27 days agoWhat form of entertainment, movie, music, tv, video game etc that you were excited about only after it came out did you realize it was trash?message-squaremessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down15
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareWhat form of entertainment, movie, music, tv, video game etc that you were excited about only after it came out did you realize it was trash?WanderWisley@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-27 days agomessage-square124linkfedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-27 days agoET for the Atari 2600. Yes, I’m old. Pac-Man might not have looked like the arcade version, but it was close enough, and we played the hell out of it. ET was a confusing snooze.
minus-squareBroadfern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoWasn’t that the game that killed video games for six years? Or at least was pinned as such by reporters lol
minus-squaremissingno@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 days agoThe Atari crash was a lot more multifaceted than that, but E.T. is often credited as one of the biggest factors. Though it was arguably more of a symptom of a lack of quality control as the market was being flooded with rushed titles.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoYes. They buried the unsold cartridges in the desert.
minus-squareBroadfern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThe origin of the term “shovelware” lol almost forgot about that
ET for the Atari 2600. Yes, I’m old.
Pac-Man might not have looked like the arcade version, but it was close enough, and we played the hell out of it. ET was a confusing snooze.
Wasn’t that the game that killed video games for six years? Or at least was pinned as such by reporters lol
The Atari crash was a lot more multifaceted than that, but E.T. is often credited as one of the biggest factors. Though it was arguably more of a symptom of a lack of quality control as the market was being flooded with rushed titles.
Yes. They buried the unsold cartridges in the desert.
The origin of the term “shovelware” lol almost forgot about that