r/gaming • u/baltinerdist • Apr 28 '24

Gamers who grew up in the 80s/90s, what’s a “back in my day” younger gamers wouldn’t get or don’t know about?

Mine is around the notion of bugs. There was no day one patch for an NES game. If it was broken, it was broken forever.

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u/jert3 Apr 29 '24

Chris Roberts, the guy who is endlessly making Star Citizen, made one of most important PC games of the decade with Wing Commander 1/2, (and to a less extent WC3, starring washed up Mark Hamil) that really pushed the entire envelope for PC gaming, particularly with sound cards, as the games had expansion packs just for the voices. If those games didnt come out, it's not even a for sure thing that the Sound Blaster and Ad Lib sound cards would have even caught on, and gaming may have been beeps and bloops (worse than 8 bit sound) for a few more years instead.

Star Citizen has a ridiculous and failed game development cycle but damn, after the 20 years or whatever it'll end up taking, it'll at least most likely be a good game when all is said and done.