Me: remembering how many games were ruined by capitalism needing to make most of them too hard because "If they're too hard to beat during a weekend rental then people will be forced to buy the full game!"
I'm still bitter about Ecco the Dolphin and Dynamite Headdy. So much wasted potential.
Fuck that fucking octopus. Fuckin asshole. Suck off me
I was in my 20s before I finally beat Alex Kidd in miracle world.
That said, late 90s games were amazing. there was a sweet spot of 1996-2002 where the innovation was still there but difficulty had dropped and a string of incredible games came out, bookended by....FFVI and Morrowind, I guess. Neither of which are all that hard, at least once you can take down cliff racers.