The C64 was a home computer, but it was heavy on games too, so it was marketed to kids and parents. Parents thought they were buying something educational, but kids got to play games too. I never had one because we had Apple computers and then PC's at my house.
Yeah really complicated games still have a sort of romance to me. It's why I like tactical RPG's and crazy PC games. I don't know why exactly, maybe because it's this huge world to explore. Faxanadu is awesome.
yeah I read about the voice sample on Wikipedia. Funny how it took up so much of the budget. That's just ridiculous. I can imagine the music would get annoying. It's amazing how short some of the music loops were in old games, but we didn't notice.
unlimited play at an arcade is a good idea. Man, I'm way asleep by 12AM now. 
Yeah when I went on medication in 2007 I soon ballooned up too. I think my highest was 267. I'm down to 189 now, but before 2007 I was 120. I'm only 5' 7'' too, so that's a lot of weight. Losing weight is hard. Gaining it is pretty easy.
this game sounds damn awesome. I like the graphics a lot too. Usually these farm games looks pretty retro.
A lot of toxic people out there. 
Final Fantasy IX would have to be my go to feel-good game, but I know you don't like turn based battles.
I think 3D Mario games are infectious with their pure positive feelings. I really enjoyed playing Super Mario Odyssey last year. I had a smile on my face the whole time.
I really like flight sim games, but my favorite are WW2 ones. I can't get enough of flying around in dog fights. There's a great PS3 game called Birds of Steel that I really enjoyed.
a weapon called "The Negotiator" is genius.
