Anonymous
8/25/2025, 6:31:45 AM
No.718981158
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The game seems insanely overrated and overhyped to me. The reviews are pure hyperbole. They would have you believe that this is the equivalent of a long-lost 8bit console library of all-time greats with games that would stand on their own as individual releases.
Let's be real though. Most 8-bit games are bad and not worth playing today. The ones that are still playable are the best of the best: Mario 3, river city ransom, Super Dodge Ball, Excitabike, Blaster Master, Etc. These games are nowhere near that quality. Most of them are mid at the absolute best.
For example, there is a shmup called Star Waspir. I have over 50 shmups in my steam library, and there is not a single one of them that I wouldn't prefer playing instead of Star Waspir. Nor does it compare favorably to NES games. This isn't Gradius or Life Force. Even Star Soldier is a lot better. If I bought Star Waspir for 40 cents (its pro-rated cost), I would refund it.
I went through about a quarter of the games within the refund window and Avianos was the only one of those that was any good (and it was way lacking in content). I doubt there are much more than 5 good games total in the whole set, and you can easily grab 5 (or more) games on steam for less than 20 bucks total that will be much better than those and not have to wade through 45 games of crap to find the good ones. This probably would have been better as a 16-bit collection where the bar to make a good game isn't as high.
Let's be real though. Most 8-bit games are bad and not worth playing today. The ones that are still playable are the best of the best: Mario 3, river city ransom, Super Dodge Ball, Excitabike, Blaster Master, Etc. These games are nowhere near that quality. Most of them are mid at the absolute best.
For example, there is a shmup called Star Waspir. I have over 50 shmups in my steam library, and there is not a single one of them that I wouldn't prefer playing instead of Star Waspir. Nor does it compare favorably to NES games. This isn't Gradius or Life Force. Even Star Soldier is a lot better. If I bought Star Waspir for 40 cents (its pro-rated cost), I would refund it.
I went through about a quarter of the games within the refund window and Avianos was the only one of those that was any good (and it was way lacking in content). I doubt there are much more than 5 good games total in the whole set, and you can easily grab 5 (or more) games on steam for less than 20 bucks total that will be much better than those and not have to wade through 45 games of crap to find the good ones. This probably would have been better as a 16-bit collection where the bar to make a good game isn't as high.
