Re:How Games Used to Look: Why Retro Gaming on a CRT Looks D...
by JohnBooty on Monday October 09, 2023 @10:52AM
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What I didn’t remember though and only looked up
recently: the MSRP was $60-70
Notice that Super Mario World isn't even in that ad. That's because Super Mario World was a free pack-in game for most of the SNES's lifespan, at least in the US. So the MSRP was effectively $0 for a lot of us.
is a 5 hours long game,
That means you spent about 10-15 minutes on each level if you did a minimal playthrough and skipped all secrets. A brisk clip for an initial playthrough but it seems reasonable for an experienced gamer I guess.
There's no right or wrong way to enjoy a game, so if you are the type to power through a minimal playthrough and never touch it again... cool. No hate. That's your style. I have definitely done that with some games.
On the other hand if I enjoyed a game back then I definitely replayed it multiple times, so "5 hours to completion" definitely did not equal "5 hours of fun" for me and a lot of other people.
9 [hours] if you are going to 100%
Now this number is objectively junk.
Some of the hidden worlds and hidden exits are tough to find and are going to require experimentation, death, and some blind jumps IIRC. To get all 96 exits you're going to have to beat all 73 levels and you're going to have to beat some of them twice so you will play a total of 96 levels.
So 100%'ing this game in 9 hours means you are hitting a new exit every 5.6 minutes. That doesn't seem realistic for most people on their first playthrough.
Obviously you can do it in less than 9 hours if you know where everything is by using playthroughs, walkthroughs, savestates, etc. The world record is 1h21m.
There's no right or wrong way to enjoy a game, so if you are the type to power through a minimal playthrough and never touch it again... cool. No hate. That's your style. I have definitely done that with some games.
On the other hand if I enjoyed a game back then I definitely replayed it multiple times, so "5 hours to completion" definitely did not equal "5 hours of fun" for me and a lot of other people.
Now this number is objectively junk.Some of the hidden worlds and hidden exits are tough to find and are going to require experimentation, death, and some blind jumps IIRC. To get all 96 exits you're going to have to beat all 73 levels and you're going to have to beat some of them twice so you will play a total of 96 levels.
So 100%'ing this game in 9 hours means you are hitting a new exit every 5.6 minutes. That doesn't seem realistic for most people on their first playthrough.
Obviously you can do it in less than 9 hours if you know where everything is by using playthroughs, walkthroughs, savestates, etc. The world record is 1h21m.