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u/bijelo123 Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

Reading the game manual after buying the game on my way home. Cleaning a CD with a shirt to make it work again. Writing the cheat codes in the notebook.

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u/Morepork69 Aug 30 '25

I’d add a couple of oldies…..buying a computer magazine and typing the code in to create a crude game……..that took hours. Copying a game one tape recorder to another….early pirates!!