Someone needs to do some statistics research on this. What rough percentage of today's kids can beat kids games of old? How many can beat the likes of Zelda 1, Megaman or Metroid?
Someone needs to do some statistics research on this. What rough percentage of today's kids can beat kids games of old? How many can beat the likes of Zelda 1, Megaman or Metroid?
megaman wasn't even the hardest, nor was battletoads. I don't why people today are always saying battletoads is so hard anyway, it was a piece of cake when I was a kid.
Someone needs to do some statistics research on this. What rough percentage of today's kids can beat kids games of old? How many can beat the likes of Zelda 1, Megaman or Metroid?
megaman wasn't even the hardest, nor was battletoads. I don't why people today are always saying battletoads is so hard anyway, it was a piece of cake when I was a kid.
I agree with you on that, however not everyone has the patience or ability to beat said games. Unfortunately, it seems like there will be an increasing amount of people that will fall under such a category so long as developers continue to simplify their games to maximise an audience to cover their continually rising development costs. However I say 'it seems' as expanding the audience with accessibility naturally brings in people who likely haven't played games before or are not interested in trying to get skillful in their areas of interest.
I have never touched a Mega Man game, but I reccently went back played Super Mario Bros (Wii All Stars Version) and that game is hella hard. Its not that that game is much harder than say New Super Mario Bros Wii, it's just not as forgiving. For instance when you get hit wearing the fire flower you go down to little Mario, where as in modern day Mario he just goes to big Mario. Especially around the last few stages in Super Mario Bros theres like one or two Mushrooms across the whole course. A child would not be-able to beat that game, they would not have the pateince and it would make them chuck there controller at the TV. Game's are not designed to be difficult anymore, rather a rollercoster.
I was fairly sure Battletoads was always hard, even back then. I can't get any further in that game now then I did when I was younger. When we were kids we just didn't think about games critically the way we do now. So battletoads seemed "normal" because we didn't know any better.
It's more a "games are so easy these days!" thread. Which is always fun.
I'm an old man, but I take it's as more of a "why did they make games so hard" thread.
Well I miss it, not as extreme as the Nes games of course, but difficulty is still important for me to feel I'm playing a game. You know the Super Guide Nintendo has been putting in their games lately, yeah, more games should have that.
I was fairly sure Battletoads was always hard, even back then. I can't get any further in that game now then I did when I was younger. When we were kids we just didn't think about games critically the way we do now. So battletoads seemed "normal" because we didn't know any better.
One thing to remember is that there were few options for hints and tips available even via retail means back in the early NES era. You had the Nintendo Tip Line and Nintendo Power and that older kid who lived down the street from you who had a code for Metroid right before Mother Brain. Nowadays every game seems to ship with a strategy guide or has a FAQ up within 24 hours of launch, and the flow of information over the net (not to mention purchaseable cheat code unlocks) can help anyone triangulate a game more quickly regardless of age.
Now to answer the OP - no, an 8 year old would get lit up by Mega Man in this day and age especially since that game didn't have passwords (right?) to save progress.
It's more a "games are so easy these days!" thread. Which is always fun.
I'm an old man, but I take it's as more of a "why did they make games so hard" thread.
Well that's simple enough. Firstly, lots of early console games were designed with the Arcade-style quarter-eating mindset. It didn't matter that this no sense for home machines, it's just how it was. Secondly, the majority of the games just didn't have that much content. People complain about "short" games these days being 4-hours or so, but back you were lucky to get an hour's worth of content out of most games back then. In order to make them last, they had to make them hard in a way that, more often that not, meant players ended up redoing content over and over.
Depends. If they have already been brain washed by todays video game conventions then I think it would take them a lot longer. If you keep them in a time capsule and only let them play old games then sure.
It's more of a patience thing than a difficulty thing, because most kids these days are used to continually progressing through a game rather than going through the same part over and over again.
I don't understand the nostalgia for these old games. The recent MK release should serve as a reminder and put a damper on this as bosses were generally cheap as fuck, levels were ridiculously repetitive with repeated deaths requiring playthrough over and over which made the games more frustrating than fun.
I'm fairly certain Battletoads was hard as hell back in the day too. Hence why it's so legendary now. If it was "normal" back then it would never have gotten its reputation for being hard.
A kid can definitely beat any stage in Megaman. Me, however, who used to be able to do that, I'm not so sure.
What do kids have that I don't? Well, a restricted amount of videogames and a ton of spare time. These days I am in a hurry and when a game mildly annoys me I buy a new one. Kids get a couple of games a year and have to make do, which makes annoying games that much more palatable.
Yes, a kid probably could get through Cut Man's stage in the original Mega Man. Of course, it's probably not a good idea to start with Cut Man, but it's still possible.
Someone needs to do some statistics research on this. What rough percentage of today's kids can beat kids games of old? How many can beat the likes of Zelda 1, Megaman or Metroid?
megaman wasn't even the hardest, nor was battletoads. I don't why people today are always saying battletoads is so hard anyway, it was a piece of cake when I was a kid.
i don't think so. i'm playing emulated ninja turtles game because i felt like it and i can't get past one part. i was always stuck there when i was smaller too.
Sure, tell a kid today they'll only get two games a year (one for their birthday and one for Christmas/Hanukkah) and they'll play the hell out of those games. At least that's how it was when I was a kid. So, if Megaman 1 is one of those two games and the holidays are still 7 months away, I think they might make get through the game.
When I have a child, he WILL be able to beat mega man. Or he will no longer be my son.
This.
I think any kid, or anyone for that matter can beat any stage in Mega Man, or even most NES games if they had the patience to do so. It's all trial and error. I never played much of the first one as a kid (I've beaten it since,) but I spent hours playing 2 and 3 to a point where I pretty much memorized them. That's because those were the games I had that I hadn't beaten at the time, so I played the heck out of them.
Sure. The only reason we beat it as kids was because we kept at it and we had nothing else to play. I don't see why it would be any different for a kid now with similar circumstances. It's not like kids are different now or anything weird like that.
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