Having played the same games for console and arcade, they were definitely less fair in arcades. Some games had 2-3 times as many pitfalls and other failure cond

Having played the same games for console and arcade, they were definitely less fair in arcades. Some games had 2-3 times as many pitfalls and other failure conditions to avoid as their console version. Unfairness was a business model. This kind of rose-colored article underscores this concept - it was said about people who were trying to remake Starsiege:Tribes in the late 2000s: "They don't want Tribes back; they want 1999 back." For some inexplicable reason, everyone wants to return to their childhood.