I had E.T on the Atari 2600. I remember playing it for hours, unable to figure out how to progress in the game. I only found out 20 years later that it was lite

I had E.T on the Atari 2600. I remember playing it for hours, unable to figure out how to progress in the game. I only found out 20 years later that it was literally unwinnable. If that happened now, I would get on the internet and find out quickly. In fact, I would have looked at reviews of the game and never bought it in the first place. So this kind of quality control is not nearly as beneficial now as it was in Nintendo's heyday.