10 Things That Secretly Sucked About Old School Gaming
6. Almost No Quality Control Across The Board
For as much flack as modern day developers catch for releasing a game that has technical flaws, anything today would have to have a complete lack of oversight to equal many of the games that populated store shelves back in the day.
Putting aside the issue of titles existing that were in no way regulated by the console manufacturer, even those that were legally supposed to be on store shelves would often suffer from broken controls or mechanics like spontaneous death or lock-ups - both of which frequently made playing them nearly impossible.
Yes, early gaming history is indeed filled with instances of video games that featured glitches that made them literally impossible to beat or play.
A big part of the reason why, has to do with the next entry on this list...