Bean 🇺🇸🇻🇪Mar 2

How #GenX are you? Part 148

Retro Games Minus the Glowing Screens Edition

Select all that apply.

#HowGenXAreYou #1970s #1980s #1990s
#Poll #Polls

Hungry Hungry Hippoes
24.9%
Sorry
27.6%
Battleship
34.6%
Perfection
12.9%
Poll ended at .
Show threadsomcakMar 2
@TechBean Perfection is the reason I always feel rushed doing anything. Some invisible timer is going to go off, I just know it.
Show threadMs. Que BanhMar 2
@somcak @TechBean I hated Perfection. It increased my anxiety!
Show threadsomcak
@PhoenixSerenity @TechBean I think there's a whole group of us Gen X kids anxious because of that game!
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Show threadMs. Que BanhMar 2
@somcak @TechBean How to make me have a panic attack in 2026: Forcing me to play Perfection with some teenagers.
Show threadMike McCaffreyMar 2

@PhoenixSerenity @somcak @TechBean Wow, I'd completely forgotten about that contraption and never even knew it was named Perfection, but upon looking up a photo, I can vividly feel what it was like to try to stick those pieces in the holes.

On a related note, remember this thing?

Show threadsomcakMar 2

@mikemccaffrey

I don't remember this, but it looks equally anxiety inducing!

@PhoenixSerenity @TechBean

Show threadLux Mar 2

@somcak @mikemccaffrey @PhoenixSerenity @TechBean when you were used to it, that was soooo satisfying.

Also, in France it was named "Tricky Bille" (Tricky marble).

Show threadBean 🇺🇸🇻🇪Mar 2

@orange_lux @somcak @mikemccaffrey @PhoenixSerenity

Also reminds me of the tilting marble labyrinth. Very stressful.

Show threadMs. Que BanhMar 2
@TechBean @orange_lux @somcak @mikemccaffrey I remember that labyrinth game! It was also on my hated list because it induced too much extra anxiety. I was already an anxious little kid & didn't need to increase anxiety while trying to have fun!
Show threadLux Mar 2
@TechBean @somcak @mikemccaffrey @PhoenixSerenity I NEVER was able to finish this one. So much stressful than Perfection/tricky bille !
Show threadMs. Que BanhMar 2
@orange_lux @TechBean @somcak @mikemccaffrey I finished it once. It took me bloody 6 months. I enjoyed burning it in a fire with my brothers, shortly after finally completing the maze. We all cursed it, while it burned to ashes.
Show threadLux Mar 2
@PhoenixSerenity @TechBean @somcak @mikemccaffrey SO. MUCH. REVENGE.
Show threadMs. Que BanhMar 2

@mikemccaffrey
I have never seen or played that game before! I had to look it up 😆

@somcak @TechBean

Show threadLog 🪵Mar 2
@mikemccaffrey @PhoenixSerenity @somcak @TechBean Sure do. The almost-parallel bars was the usual point of failure for me.
Show threadKarin!Mar 2
@mikemccaffrey I still have this! (Thanks to my partner keeping everything 😂)