[stella] OT: May the Real Pitfall Harry Please Stand Up?

[Pete Holland]

Am I the only one that thinks something has been lost in the art of game design with the jump to 3D games?  I mean, yeah, there were button mashers before, but it seems like they are becoming more the norm.  And now, with the Wii remote, you aren't just mashing buttons, you're aggrivating your carpal tunnel while you're at it.

I just think back to the days of 4K of ROM and 128 bytes of RAM and a bunch of people who were determined to make things work.  It amazes me that I will gladly spend hours playing Tunnel Runner and have yet to even think about a PS3.

Or am I officially getting old?


--- On Tue, 5/20/08, Glenn Saunders <mos6507 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Glenn Saunders <mos6507 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [stella] OT: May the Real Pitfall Harry Please Stand Up?
> To: "Atari 2600 programming list" <stella at atari2600.org>
> Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 5:29 PM
> Better stated like this:
> 
> "Sir, I played Pitfall: I knew Pitfall Harry; Pitfall
> Harry was a friend of mine. Sir, that's NOT Pitfall
> Harry."
> 
> ----------------
> > They're pretty
> > terrible and that 
> > Pitfall Harry is no Pitfall Harry.
> > 
> > Rob
> 
> 
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