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?

  • vendingbird@lemmy.zip
    2·
    24 hours ago

    I’d say cuein up the joystick from an atari 2600 and settle in for a day of Pitfall was fairly golden for me…

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      21 hours ago

      Which is why now is the best time. I can turn on my 2600 right now and play. Or emulate every atari game ever made on a $20 computer (i prefer real hardware though)

      I have 2600/7800/nes/SNES/n64/ps1/ps2/Dreamcast/360/switch and PC. There’s few games I can’t play.

      Now in 20 years a lot of those systems will be unfixable and rare. So I’d say we are in the golden age now, start playing!!