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Cardot · 09-30-2011, 12:18 PM

Yep, add me to this AARP group that grew up with Mattel hand held football (and the sequal Football II which had PASSING!!!), electric football, Paydirt (dice & cards game), Atari and then on up. We had to use our imagination back then, which ironically made the games more realistic. I would gladly take my imagined commentary in electric football over Gus Johnson in Madden 12 any day.

While I do have my share of complaints and suggestions for the current generation of games, I periodically stop myself and ask "If I had a flux capicitor and sent this game back to 1985, how much would I have enjoyed it"?......It isn't easy, but if you can go in with the mindset we had back then, games are very enjoyable.

09-30-2011, 12:18 PM	#33
Cardot I'm not on InstantFace. OVR: 22 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Slider Hell Posts: 6,172	Re: The good ol days... Yep, add me to this AARP group that grew up with Mattel hand held football (and the sequal Football II which had PASSING!!!), electric football, Paydirt (dice & cards game), Atari and then on up. We had to use our imagination back then, which ironically made the games more realistic. I would gladly take my imagined commentary in electric football over Gus Johnson in Madden 12 any day. While I do have my share of complaints and suggestions for the current generation of games, I periodically stop myself and ask "If I had a flux capicitor and sent this game back to 1985, how much would I have enjoyed it"?......It isn't easy, but if you can go in with the mindset we had back then, games are very enjoyable.