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I used to be a passionate gamer, and I often find myself nostalgic for the golden era of video games when there were new ideas popping left and right.

Now, it feels like we’re caught between long-delayed triple-A titles and a constant stream of indie platformers. Originality seems to have taken a backseat, with many games regurgitating the same concepts.

What do you think defined the golden era of gaming? Are we currently in a rut, or is there a chance for fresh ideas to emerge again?

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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, late nineties had some seriously great games. I sometimes get nostalgic for the gen before that too. The SNES in particular had mariokart, and we played a ton of that here. Me, my mom, my sister, and my partner at the time would just dog each other on it lol.

Strangely, I don't get much nostalgia for the older console games from when I was a kid. Now, arcade games, holy crap. I'd love to have pacman and centipede machines in particular, if I was stupid rich. There's something super immersive about the machines that doesn't hit the same with clones. Besides, the track ball on centipede was just so much a part of the gameplay that it isn't fun without it for me.

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