Things You Miss

I miss having the patience and imagination to play Adventure Games without a walkthrough. For example, I used to love the Nancy Drew games, even though I never came close to beating any of them - I mostly just wandered around aimlessly and talked to people, and worked the characters and settings into my daydreams later. All the "boring" parts, like mazes and chores, only added to the atmosphere. Now I hardly have the attention span for anything except Minesweeper or 2048.

Basically, I really relate to this article:

https://games.avclub.com/killing-lara-croft-isn-t-as-fun-as-it-used-to-be-1798254305

(And yes, I did kill Nancy many, many times.)

Edited by Madison14 on May 19th 2020 at 8:38:59 AM

While I enjoy streaming, I kind of miss channel surfing, especially when you discover something you werent specifically looking for.

Browsing through the back shelves of a video store and checking out all the weird import titles and art films and sketchy anime and violent schlock, mostly on VHS, sometimes in those big double packages when the film or series wouldn't fit on one cassette.

I miss the days of movie and game rental places. I used to play rented games on the NES all the damned time, since we did not have enough money to buy more than one game at a time in general. I also miss playing arcade games at the local Wal-Mart or at the local Pizza Hut. I believe the last big arcade game I ever played was the Target Terror game, which you could play in Justice Mode, at a bar that has since closed down. There are still some old-style arcade games such as Galaga and such at a restaurant in my town, but they're more relics of days gone by than anything current. These days, my movie watching is done online, and I have a sizable Steam game collection.

Edited by Dravencour on Jan 31st 2022 at 3:22:54 AM

Things I did when I had too much time, not enough responsibilities, and only a few hobbies...

• Borrow books from public libraries more than once. Books such as The Golden Turkey Awards weren't getting checked out much during the 1990s, so it was easy to re-read it every few months.
• Borrow compact disks from libraries, and record their tracks on audio cassettes. Thanks to a CD boombox, I could do this without worrying about background sounds. I just had to make sure a song didn't get cut off due to an audio tape's length per side.
• Read small press comics thanks to interlibrary loans. At the time, I didn't mind waiting a month just to read Elfquest book six. Few local stores carried graphic novels. (During the 1990s, I expected to find a newspaper article about alternative comics every year, usually with a cynical title such as "Crash! Boom! Comics aren't just for kids anymore.")
• Thoroughly play console RPGs, strategy games, and simulation games. I finished Final Fantasy 1, then started over with an offbeat group. FF1 on the NES has difficulty spikes and many random foes, but I tried it with a four mage party. Likewise, I managed to complete Dragon Quest 2, which has vague hints and an infamous difficulty spike. After finishing one scenario in the NES version of Gemfire, I started over with a weaker family / nation.

By the time I turned thirty, I had no problem buying used media and digital content. I didn't have to budget my money just to experience books, music, etc. I realized that I cared less about each piece of pop culture. This gave me a new perspective on Sturgeon's Law. For instance, ninety percent of the inexpensive games I bought on PSN were crap, but my expectations were low. It was less frustrating than spending $50 US on a new game and experiencing disappointment.

Edited by dorkatlarge on Mar 7th 2022 at 8:46:56 AM

12 inch maxi singles.

I remember this website when it was younger. I think it was Nikolai.com? It was about a boy named Nikolai and this cat character Neow Neow. I remember it was full of games starring them, like this space one where you had to board ships to beat the bad guys. It eventually closed down, with a goodbye message from the creator, who was not too happy with the state of the industry I have to say. I think I remember a lot of the games being on this other site, including the space one, but I'm not certain.

I don't know if anyone's preserved the games from that site, but I doubt it; all I can easily find is information on Nikolai's CD games, which were likely the biggest appearances of the characters and the main product of the company that made them. If anyone has any information to the contrary, I'd welcome it.

I miss when people did not worship grocery stores.

I remember digging through Nintendo DS shovelware in order to find games that averted Sturgeon's Law. The system had quality games. However, retail shelves were packed with movie and TV-based licensed games. There was also a ton of productivity software that would soon become $1 US apps for mobile devices.

Everything since I'm a hopelessly nostalgic loser of an individual. I'd gladly go back to the 1960s and live the rest of my life from there to the end of the 90s. I know there would have been problems, but since I'm a selfish prick and none of them would have affected me personally, I don't give a shit

I see an opptunity to use this video and I took it

Comics and gas prices per 9/10th a gallon being under $2.

I miss TV when there was mostly scripted content most of the day. Even if a lot of it wasn't great, it was better than the current crop of third degree Love Island spin offs that seem to be the only thing on at all hours.

As I get older, I grow to miss a lot of the actors I grew up with. Granted, that's normal, but it really hit home more with Tom Kane's retirement and Kevin Conroy and Jason David Frank's respective passings last year.

Edited by Anicomicgeek on Mar 13th 2023 at 3:03:16 PM

Some of the best snacks are gone

Almond Delight cereal

Keebler Magic Middles

Planters Cheese Curls (which were infinitely superior to Cheetos)

Tumblr.
DeviantArt's pre-Eclipse design

when the fnf fandom wasn’t toxic (im not in it anymore)

Edited by c1beat7per9minute on Jun 19th 2023 at 1:02:25 AM

My full hair...

I miss Adobe Flash, I miss playing all the Papa Louie games on my computer in the long long ago. Now I have to pay money for them.

I know I have installed Ruffle and Flashpoint, but I still miss the real deal Flash.

Play videogames in consoles without worrying about the internet connection.

I think I was more happy playing Disgaea (taking on those infinited levels item world) in a Nintendo DS when doing the commute to work than playing any game online.

Can't you still do that today?

Rolling down a hill in the sunlight