Not having fun with a video game seemed, to my younger self, to be a deeply perplexing experience. Moreover, I remember being utterly perplexed at finding absolutely no joy in it. I remember arduous resource management and tinny, repetitive music. I remember grainy textures and mountains of blocky, on-screen text. the Extra-Terrestrial on the 2600, for example – but it was the first title I'd encountered since Nintendo's resurrection of the home console market that I simply didn't get. Sure, I'd played bad games before, flawed and un-enjoyable affairs – E.T.
Nobunaga's Ambition stands out in my mind as a true anomaly it was the video game I didn't like.
