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I'm starting to get a feeling that making games for "outdated" systems is worthwhile. I don't think we tapped out the potential of most of these.
by bovermyer 2y ago
I'm starting to get a feeling that making games for "outdated" systems is worthwhile. I don't think we tapped out the potential of most of these.
- glimshe 2y agoThey will also keep working for way longer (in emulators) than current games that depend on steam APIs, DRM, online services, GPU driver versions etc.
- yason 2y agoYes, old and new games for outdated systems will easily outlast modern games. I can still play a game from 1985 on an emulator today but how many contemporary games can I play in 2065 ?
- vascocosta 2y agoI've recently developed a very simple game for the ZX Spectrum in a week and within 2 weeks it was downloaded almost 200 times on itch.io. Despite being an extremely low effort attempt I got some feedback and even a review on Youtube. Now I can't help but wonder what sort of feedback I'll get if I put in a decent effort. I'm pretty sure it's going to be worth it, since at least for me it was already a very pleasant surprise to have people enjoying my simple game.