A local man’s pleasant Saturday afternoon playing old video games has been ruined by the said games’ horrifying difficulty.
While Peter (35) already has a Nintendo Switch, he was given a retro-themed video game console for his birthday (with 30 built-in games) and was looking forward to indulging in some nostalgic gaming, as he’d played – and enjoyed – most of these games as a kid in the 90s.
However, Peter soon learned just how hard these games were, as he struggled to get past the first level on a handful of old-school platformers. A quick read through some online walkthroughs didn’t help, as Peter was doing everything right to pass the level, but it was way too hard for him.
The potentially fun afternoon was spent with Peter swearing blue murder at his new console. It got so bad that his kindly elderly neighbours came to check on him to see if he was ok. Realising he’d gone too far, Peter switched to a Tetris-style block puzzle. While it was far easier, Peter soon got bored of it and went to his local pub instead.
While Peter considers himself a reasonably skilled gamer, he was shocked by how hard these retro games were. “I remember these games used to take me forever to finish as a kid, but I figured they were really long, not because they were impossibly hard!”
After some reflection, Peter decided to trade the retro console the following day for some far less frustrating Switch games.
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