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1. maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2016 16:31:49 EST maiyannah

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   How to date yourself as a gamer in one tweet.
   
   How do you think they patched cartridge releases?  Trick question, they didn't.
     https://community.highlandarrow.com/attachment/87306
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2016 16:41:53 EST maiyannah

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     @gameragodzilla @katiekats In the cartridge days?  No, not really.  Even the shitty Chinese counterfeits were releases complete.
     
     Buggy or bad quality games existed, but they were still *complete*.  Even something hilariously bad like Cheetahmen from Action 52 has more content than the average indie game (if you could stand playing it)
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2016 16:49:20 EST maiyannah

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     @gameragodzilla @katiekats Yeah, it's a trend that rose with digital distribution of games.  Even the CD era didn't have unfinished games, they just had buggy ones since you could get away with BBS/FTP distributed patching.
     
     It's been a downhill rush of lowering standards.
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2016 17:01:34 EST maiyannah

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     @gameragodzilla @katiekats I also really don't like the bundled patching thing.  Engine fixes should be seperate from game logic/design fixes.  SW2 is a prime example of this - you either put up with technical problems or the naff LETS BE BORDERLANDS GUISE shit.