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On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 10:50:27 -0400, Rin Stowleigh
<rstow...@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote:

>There's a youtube vid out there where a guy is comparing gameplay side
>by side on an actual C64 and a PC running an emulator.  Even though
>the games play identical while running, he made the observation that
>it's more fun on the C64, because waiting for the game to load,
>hearing the burps and bleeps of the disk drive, etc. creates this
>sense of growing anticipation that makes the entire experience more
>fun once you actually get in the game.

I believe it! I remember when playing the Infocom games on my C64,
when you had to wait for the drive to load what was needed after you
typed in your command. I got excited waiting for the drive to finish
to see if I did something right and I could move on in the game. There
was definitely anticipation there. A build-up of excitement.

>Music composers and filmmakers swear by this concept too:  the gradual
>build up of anticipation for a climactic event is a much bigger
>component of actual enjoyment than the climactic event itself.

Yeah, the anticipation itself  is usually better then the very thing
you are anticipating. I find this especially true for movies. Video
games too, but movies especially, at least for me.

>Only problem with cassette drives was that the build up of
>anticipation was a little TOO gradual! ;)  I guess there is a sweet
>spot before the human brain gets exhausted by the delay, and starts to
>lose interest in the end goal.

Yeah that makes sense. The sweet spot, at least back in the day for
me, was a 1541 C64 disk drive. :) Tapes were definitely too slow.