cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/8635192
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2024
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Nah. Those games weren't bad at all. Aren't bad today either. Go play OG Ninja Gaiden, or Mario Kart, or Mario World, or hell BATTLETOADS. Or Metroid.
Or the original Zelda. God damn games were good. Even damn Tetris is good.
Unless you grew up on an Atari. Fuck those games were bad.
Honestly, as a Metroid series fan, the OG was kinda bad (but tried something that was quite new for the time). Return of Samus was ok, especially considering that it was a Gameboy game. Then Super Metroid absolutely knocked it out of the park. The only thing that feels off when playing it today are the somewhat finicky movements
Super Metroid is so good. But you're right. The controls are... not great.
If you can live with playing a ROMhack, give Super Metroid Project Base a try. It feels so much better to play. The map isn't quite the same as the original - I consider it an improvement, but it's not exactly the same.
I just wish the SM /LttP randomizer had the option to enable the new movement.
Original Ninja Gaiden trilogy is great (I hate Ninja Gaiden II's stage hazards but still).
Super Mario Kart... eh, it's pretty average compare to the kart racers that came after it. It's not worth playing beyond curiostiy or nostalgia.
There is nothing wrong with Super Mario World but for some reason it doesn't quite click with me.
Battletoads would be a fun game if knew what the fuck it wanted to be.
Original Metroid? It's kinda jank and a pain to play without a map, just play Zero Mission.
Zelda's overworld can fuck right off, I swear it's only there to sell strategy guides. Dungeons are fun but if I already dumped 50$ on the game in the 80s only to realize there is no way to get through it without a guide or a magazine I wouldn't be super jazzed.
Tetris is a timeless classic.
Atari was great until 83, I think Activision's 2600 library hasn't aged one bit. It's all downhill from there, computers were the place to be for Western titles back then.