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The fact that even 3D games are old now blows my mind on a regular basis. (lemmy.world)
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I suppose this is what getting older feels like.

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 80 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Here's Mario at nearly 30 years ago (29 years):

Mario 64

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember everyone gathering around the TV to see this because it was so unbelievable.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A buddy of mine bought an N64 with Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64 on launch day. We didn't know that it would sell out so quickly. He worked at a retail store and got into talking to a customer about him having the N64. Apparently the guy was a father that was desperate to get an N64 for his kid. He offered to pay 4x what my buddy paid at retail. It was a lot of money for a young guy in his late teens. He sold it to the guy out of his trunk the next day for the cash. It would be 6 months before inventory returned in stores and he was able to rebuy an N64.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

I remember playing the Mario 64 demo in a kiosk at toys r us. I was blown away by it. I struggled to get Mario to walk in a straight line.

I was pretty young, but played tons of snes.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It still bugs me that your life count reset to 4 if you turned off the console.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 8 points 1 week ago

Mario games have done that for a few episodes after this too. And also for 2D games that baffling thing where you can only save after finishing a castle or fortress.

Then Super Mario Odyssey just gets rid of lives completely, and nothing of value was lost.