Why do especially the older games have these random inconveniences? I can understand some like vending machines only dispensing one item at a time, or older games having less refined PC box interfaces.

But for instance, I'm playing Pearl and why won't this asshole sell me more than 1 fucking mulch at a time? I have to click through half a dozen lines of dialog for each one, and if I spam A too long I only get growth mulch because it resets to the top of the list every time through.