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points by BigTTYGothGF 2 days ago | 0 comments
> That shit absolutely would not scan with older gaming audiences

Are you quite certain about that? https://archive.org/details/Lemonade_Stand_1979_Apple

[–] ThrowawayR2 2 days ago
That's an edutainment game for early grade schoolers. (I should know; I played it in that era.) Nothing in it would hold an adult's attention.
[–] BigTTYGothGF 2 days ago
"Older" in this context is "the gaming audience of 45 years ago".
[–] forgetfreeman 2 days ago
Yeah, that's me. I played Lemonade Stand on an apple some software salesman hustled the local school board into buying, and understand that's the only market that "game" sold into, so it's got more in common with spreadsheet software than PacMan, and certainly isn't relevant to a discussion of popular games and gaming in the 80s. Edit: I wish I'd checked your username before I bothered engaging.