Ravenprose said:

Now I feel really old.

2600 paddle controllers are like early 80s arcade spinners for games like Breakout, Arkanoid, Kaboom, Tempest, etc.

gamingeek said:

Ravenprose said:

Now I feel really old.

2600 paddle controllers are like early 80s arcade spinners for games like Breakout, Arkanoid, Kaboom, Tempest, etc.

What kind of messed up sex toy is that? Invented for a Titty twisting arcade game?

gamingeek said:

Are these those things I stare into at an eyesight test?

When I unscrew the caps, is there salt inside?

Is this what Vader uses to scan people's ball sacks?

Begone, heathen!

robio said:

Seriously, don't make fun of what you don't understand. Those dial controllera are to this day some of the best controllers ever made. You can't really play a game like arkanoid or breakout or kaboom properly without one. Bit.Trip.Beat would have even been better with a dial controller.

Can't I just detach and use the volume knobs on my car radio to play those games?

On a 90s tamagotchi screen?

robio said:

It's kind of funny the uproar against the $80 switch 2 cartridges. I can't say I'm happy about it either, but when I start to get angry with it, I recall spending $75 for a copy of Chrono Trigger in 1995.

Yeah, I recall paying $100 for Street Fighter II and $115 for Chrono Trigger for the SNES back then as well. That was Canadian by the way. Don’t even mention the price of those Neo-Geo cartridges either.

There are differences though. Those were more expensive to produce given their format. Games didn’t sell as many copies as they do today. Also now they sell digitally as well so they get more money off those sales. It’s just when you see a game like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sell over 60 million copies it can be difficult to rationalize that they need to charge more for the sequel.