Survivorship bias, […] when key parts of your identity are forming
You are absolutely right about this. The NES-era was formative for me, and I can recall the cream-of-the-crop right off the dome. But it’s easy to forget about all the bad rental carts and disappointing titles that are in my collection too. Out of the 300+ games for that system, I want to say that the very best must-play ones are probably just the top 30 or so. 10% is not a strong showing when I think about it. I want to say that later Nintendo consoles like SNES or Advance actually had a better ratio.
Edit: After watching Jeremy Parish’s videos, I’m left gobsmacked at how many more Famicom titles Japan had, and how many of them are objectively worse games than the West got.
You are absolutely right about this. The NES-era was formative for me, and I can recall the cream-of-the-crop right off the dome. But it’s easy to forget about all the bad rental carts and disappointing titles that are in my collection too. Out of the 300+ games for that system, I want to say that the very best must-play ones are probably just the top 30 or so. 10% is not a strong showing when I think about it. I want to say that later Nintendo consoles like SNES or Advance actually had a better ratio.
Edit: After watching Jeremy Parish’s videos, I’m left gobsmacked at how many more Famicom titles Japan had, and how many of them are objectively worse games than the West got.