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Found this yesterday.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2025 10:55 pm
by Karnuss
At a thrift shop for $5. I figured I'd buy it as a souvenir and spare someone else the trouble of finding out that they can't run the game anymore.

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Re: Found this yesterday.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2025 3:07 am
by 3rdworldofficer
Love the artwork on the cover. But why two discs? One for each side?

Re: Found this yesterday.

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2025 3:40 pm
by Karnuss
3rdworldofficer wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 3:07 am Love the artwork on the cover. But why two discs? One for each side?
PC games used to come on multiple discs (floppy/cd/dvd) because of the amount of data vs available space on media at the time.

Re: Found this yesterday.

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 8:09 am
by Tyrodan
3rdworldofficer wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 3:07 am Love the artwork on the cover. But why two discs? One for each side?
I know it wasn't your intention, but reading that question makes me feel really **** old, lol.

Re: Found this yesterday.

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 7:55 pm
by Karnuss
Tyrodan wrote: Thu Apr 03, 2025 8:09 am
3rdworldofficer wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 3:07 am Love the artwork on the cover. But why two discs? One for each side?
I know it wasn't your intention, but reading that question makes me feel really **** old, lol.
I would say the same but ..I am actually old at this point!

Re: Found this yesterday.

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:15 pm
by Emissary
dont show him a picture of a floppy disk :)

Re: Found this yesterday.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 3:50 am
by Skullgrin
Emissary wrote: Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:15 pm dont show him a picture of a floppy disk :)

He'd think just it was a 3D printed save icon :P

Re: Found this yesterday.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 5:58 am
by thiefy
Skullgrin wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 3:50 am
Emissary wrote: Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:15 pm dont show him a picture of a floppy disk :)

He'd think just it was a 3D printed save icon :P
1st thought was "no it doesn't look like that" but then i realised you meant the 3,5". Which weren't that floppy tbh :lol:

Re: Found this yesterday.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 3:02 pm
by 3rdworldofficer
Emissary wrote: Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:15 pm dont show him a picture of a floppy disk :)
Oh, come on, that's easy. Those are just practically early CDs. I'm not that young.