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Ummm... I hate to break it to you guys, but the lack of achievements is one of the things a lot of people LIKE about retrogaming.
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
Ummm... I hate to break it to you guys, but the lack of achievements is one of the things a lot of people LIKE about retrogaming.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoIf you say so. From what I can see, games have had achievements right from the early days. High scores in old arcade games were just a different way of tracking achievements.
- rubbingalcohol 10y agoIt's borderline cruel to come into a Show HN post solely trash someone's work, assuming that your personal lack of interest in a project somehow reflects on whether others would find it interesting or useful. I've downvoted you due to your tone. Personally I think this project is awesome. I often hunt for achievements in games after I finish playing them, as they can often add a new dimension to an otherwise completed game. Also the name is super cute.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoyou're actually right. I'm sorry. Plus, the tech is actually really cool.
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- khedoros 10y agoThat was my initial reaction too, but honestly, it's kind of a cool idea if they do it well. Sometimes I want to play the classics verbatim...but sometimes I feel like an enhanced version of the original games would be welcome. For the first case, I've got original hardware. For the second, I guess I've got emulators with save states and some kind of "meh" auto-scaling algorithms. It doesn't seem like a bad idea to "enhance" the gameplay without really changing the core gameplay.