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Ps vita ultratron1/27/2024 ![]() Successful game designers being revered and elevated to rock star status is a fairly modern phenomenon and while there was little to no glory in this field during the '80s, one person did become a household name for those in the know. Seeds were sown, blueprints laid out and many of the games that came to fruition during this era became the foundation that the whole industry was built upon with a far reaching influence that's still making its presence felt even now. It might not have felt like it at the time but THIS was the Golden Age of videogames. ![]() When compared to the modern day, big budget, story driven, visual masterpieces that most now take for granted as the standard, these arcade machines were blocky, primitive and reliant on pure gameplay for the most part. With a knock-on effect that resulted in the participant's pockets being drained of loose change while simultaneously nurturing mild addictions made it the perfect business proposition. These noisy, magical, hypnotic … often smelly … places housed row upon row of coin-operated windows into interactive battlefields pitched at a difficulty level designed for advancement via pattern memorisation and repeated play. Back in the swirling, pixellated mists of time, folk were forced to visit large communal halls called 'Amusement Arcades' to play videogames (puzzled younger readers at this point may wish to refer to the Internet or indeed ask a parental figure or village elder for further explanation).
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