tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294307769201592012.post383834200633892864..comments2022-08-26T12:24:47.384-07:00Comments on Shilling Epilepsy to Mouth-Breathers: "Arch Rivals", NES, 1990.Rowan Lipkovitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08691096685515251681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294307769201592012.post-70779278498438989852012-11-12T17:01:24.977-08:002012-11-12T17:01:24.977-08:00Yesteryear's sports games are the hydrogen of ...Yesteryear's sports games are the hydrogen of the used games bin; unless they somehow distinguish themselves (eg. Pigskin, Mutant League Football), there is never a reason to play an old sports game -- antiquated play dynamics PLUS outdated team roster information? It's a losing combination. Even in Mobygames they represent a big gap in our documented knowledge just because they're tedious to quantify in meaningful terms from year to year. (Many of the contributors there are also European, which lends to a general "what's the point"ness of documenting sports games that aren't, well, cricket, F1 racing and "football".)Rowan Lipkovitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691096685515251681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294307769201592012.post-76342470350102345882012-11-12T16:39:23.840-08:002012-11-12T16:39:23.840-08:00Given the ease of finding NES Roms, and the amount...Given the ease of finding NES Roms, and the amount of times that I saw ads for this game (amongst many others), I wonder if it is a sign of their ad failure that at no point, in the past 14 years of playing emulated games, have I thought "I should try out that 'Arch Rivals' game". Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026721235086776991noreply@blogger.com