Yup, I lost interest in gaming when the platform-style became obsolete-ish (?). Though I guess someone will pipe up w/ a modern example.
Like this Chris...........
featured pages upon pages of code which you could sit for hours and hours typing in yourself and then saving to tape
I wrote my own car driving game on the acorn electron, 3 lanes with cars randonly coming towards you and having to change lanes to avoid them. Was pretty lame but I was made up being only 10 or something. I also wrote it myself.
What was that platform arcade/home game w/ a knight who had to collect wotsits in a haunted castle? I loved that.
But who came up with the idea for all the games? Must have been an interesting brainstorming session... http://www.cracked.com/video_16019_video-game-pitch-meeting-1979.html
Acid tabs all round!