Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe Beamscope TV Magnifier - one of the most worthless game accessories of the 1980s.gamingafter40.blogspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkThe Beamscope TV Magnifier - one of the most worthless game accessories of the 1980s.gamingafter40.blogspot.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremarlowe221@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoThe product may have been useless, but they had some awesome art for their advertisement!
minus-squareBilliam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoThat’s a pretty accurate summation of gaming in general in the 80s. The art in the book was nearly always better than the gameplay for lots of games.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 day agoYou needed something to convince gamers it was worth buying. Note the awesome art doesn’t actually give any sort of realistic idea of what the product was like.
The product may have been useless, but they had some awesome art for their advertisement!
That’s a pretty accurate summation of gaming in general in the 80s. The art in the book was nearly always better than the gameplay for lots of games.
You needed something to convince gamers it was worth buying. Note the awesome art doesn’t actually give any sort of realistic idea of what the product was like.