I grew up during the Atari age. Anecdotally it was really a problem. Folks who owned one would play it, enjoy it, but then you'd start picking up games that were purely "twitchy" and had nothing else going for them... and then another and ... it just wasn't enough to want to keep playing. Eventually your system collected dust.
The NES came along and the gameplay on the games, while superficially similar, felt more dynamic and had more going for it.
As a kid I probably wouldn't have said "low quality cartilages" but it certainly colored your view of the system and how you spent your time. Atari had a lot of garbage and was woefully arcade style play. Nintendo came along with something more / great games.
The NES came along and the gameplay on the games, while superficially similar, felt more dynamic and had more going for it.
As a kid I probably wouldn't have said "low quality cartilages" but it certainly colored your view of the system and how you spent your time. Atari had a lot of garbage and was woefully arcade style play. Nintendo came along with something more / great games.