Hahah I know what you mean. I've been hammering away at Gradius on the NES (mini) and good god... is there more than one level? I only just found that out yesterday that, yes, there is more game after the first level. I lost count of how many times I tried, but you really have to work at it, learning about which powerups to focus on and how to use them becomes an art, and then finally you can start pushing through to the next level.
I think now since there are so many games we just don't devote as much time to any single game the way we could afford to back then. Combined with being older and having less time for these things of course. But games that require this much effort is an experience that most gamers these days won't experience.
I think now since there are so many games we just don't devote as much time to any single game the way we could afford to back then. Combined with being older and having less time for these things of course. But games that require this much effort is an experience that most gamers these days won't experience.