andrewb
Well-known member
Probably because it's hard from the get-go. It's what makes it so great for a home environment.
I think Craig brings up a good point here.
I'll actually put Asteroids Deluxe v1 ROMs in this category, as I'd be pissed if I shelled out a quarter in an arcade to get punished by a game that's just so unfairly brutal.
But in a home environment AD v1 is seriously one of my favorites, and nothing gets my adrenaline pumping (and forearms hurting) like a good game of AD v1. It's deliciously unfair, on the same level as Baby Pac, IMO. (And it's also something you actually CAN get better at, with practice.)
We almost should have a separate thread for games that fall into this category, as IMO there are games that just have a steep (but climbable) learning curve (e.g., Gravitar), and then there are ones that get impossible (Sinistar).



