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I remember there being some sci-fi shootet game for the SNES that had some old fart playing a banjo on the cover. What was that game?
Phalanx?
I just googled it, and what the fuck?
It looks like the artwork guy got one order for a sci-fi videogame, and one order for a hilbilly folk band album, and was like "I think I know how to halve my workload!"
It's certainly a puzzling design... but I guess it did its job. We're still here talking about it!
...that said, I don't know a darn thing about the actual game...
OMG? What?
almost amazing that video games even took off lol
How I feel now everytime I load up a new 8bit indie game. I want those kinds of game mechanics. I want those style of games from the perspective of playstyle. I do not enjoy 8bit graphics.
My experience has been that 8-bit on the consoles in the 1980s is very different from 8-bit in most indie games right now.
The art direction in old games felt more polished and easier to look at.
Yeah. I have a similar experience. Those developers were working pretty hard within the constraints of the mediums they were working with and they made some truly amazing stuff as a result. I feel like 8bit is an attempt at nostalgia in new games and it doesn't land for me. I know I'm probably in the minority. That's okay though.