• Farid@startrek.website
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    5 months ago

    My brother and I were, like, 7 and 10, respectively, when we played this. Some things on the list were obvious, others (the heck is a “slalom”?!) we had to guess just by doing every possible thing you could do with a car. A couple day’s work, bada-bing bada-boom.

    People definitely would’ve given up nowadays.

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      5 months ago

      Completely untrue. They would watch some loud obnoxious guy on YouTube teach you how to do it in a clickbait video that’s 10 minutes and 5 seconds long with a sponsor.

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        5 months ago

        It’s a possibility, if they really wanna play the game. Nowadays we are so spoiled for choice that we would just either switch to another game or pick up the phone.

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          5 months ago

          You make it sound bad. If a game doesn’t entertain me or does annoy me, i move on. Back then there was no “on”. Not many games around, might as well stick with what you have.

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            5 months ago

            I wasn’t making it sound bad. I’m just saying how it is. We wouldn’t tolerate game mechanics like those nowadays. That’s all I’m saying.