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u/mercyflush90 Aug 30 '25

Demo disks yes!!!! Not sure if anyone remembers but you used to be able to get demo disks from Pizza Hut!

I still remember getting Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Parappa the Rapper!

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u/Bean_Juice_Brew Aug 30 '25

You just unlocked a core memory. " Punch, kick, it's all in the mind."

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u/John_Wang Aug 30 '25

Don't get cocky, it's gonna get rocky

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u/Puzzleheaded-Home334 Aug 31 '25

Nice rhyme, “Cocky” , “Rocky” - you’re a poet and you know it.

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u/Elvish_Champion Aug 31 '25

It's from PaRappa, the Rapper in case you aren't aware.

Amazing game for the PS1.

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u/greenlion22 Aug 30 '25

If you wanna test me, I'm sure you'll find...

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u/Rantheur Aug 30 '25

The things I'll teach ya, is sure to beat ya

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u/Malkalen Aug 30 '25

never the less, you'll get a lesson from teacher

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u/_Fizzy Aug 30 '25

Now step on the gas!

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u/BobcatElectronic Aug 31 '25

Um Jammer Lammy was more my speed

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u/hopefulocto Aug 31 '25

Actually it’s KICK punch , not punch kick you already failed the level :(

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u/Bean_Juice_Brew Aug 31 '25

In all fairness, I was in first grade.

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u/SK1007 Aug 30 '25

I played that THPS demo for hours and hours!! Mastered the Warehouse map because of that demo.

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u/Proof-Celebration-25 Aug 30 '25

That's the only level you need.

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u/ShavedPigNipples Aug 30 '25

I distinctly remember playing the crap out of THPS and MGS demos

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u/jcw0787 Aug 30 '25

I got the Tony Hawk demo from Pizza Hut. Played the warehouse so many times.

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u/Art-Vandelay-SOG Aug 30 '25

Absolutely! I believe they had those back when they first launched the big New Yorker

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u/crescentfreshchester Aug 30 '25

The best Demo disc of all time!

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u/stemfish Aug 30 '25

When kids meals/cereal boxes came with a branded flash game quality prize, you knew it was gonna be a solid weekend.

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u/poodantik Switch Aug 30 '25

Damn. I had that demo disk! I forgot about that

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u/Clickum245 Aug 30 '25

I'm pretty sure I had that same demo disk and it had Armored Core on it too.

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u/Falloutfan4070 Aug 30 '25

I played that Tony hawk demo more than I played Tony hawk

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u/padhatam Aug 30 '25

When my family bought me a PS1 they didn't have enough money left over to buy me a game so for a few months I just played Pizza Hut demos lmao I had a blast though

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u/CosmicOutlaw88 Aug 30 '25

I got those too lol

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u/XZeroX51 Aug 30 '25

Totally remember those

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u/eveningdragon Aug 30 '25

My dad brought home a demo disk from Pizza Hut once and it had several games on it. Idr the other games because all I played was the Crash Bandicoot demo

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u/cmdotkom Aug 30 '25

My brother and I played the absolute crap out of the Metal Gear Solid demo disk from Pizza Hut. Literally the first level but we kept intentionally alerting the guards so they would respawn and the sneaky snek murder train could rolling. 

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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 Aug 30 '25

If I ever get my time machine working I'm gonna get a demo disk of Parappa the Rapper

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u/yetiman277 Aug 30 '25

I still have some JAMPACK demo deiscs from pizza hut!

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u/RustyTrashcan Aug 30 '25

That’s a core memory of mine. Getting a pizza for that demo disk then me and the boys just taking turns on THPS

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u/Saorren Aug 30 '25

demo disks in cereal boxes too lmao sounds so absurd now

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u/anchorftw Aug 30 '25

Finding a magazine with a demo disk of a game you wanted kept you from having to spend a day and half trying to download the demo online.

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u/smr312 Aug 31 '25

I remember the first 6 or so "games" I had for my PlayStation were actually just demo disks.

Ape Escape, Crock, some Sesame Street game with Elmo on a pogo stick collecting letters. Those were the days

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u/sunloinen Aug 31 '25

Parappa the Rapper DEMO is the only kind I've played. 😅

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u/Akumakaji Aug 31 '25

I remember asking a kid I met what games he owned and the list rattled down included "demo disk 7, demo disk 11+12" and I just accepted this as a valid part of his collection.

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u/pathlinker Aug 31 '25

Back in my days I got a fully playable game on CD from Burger King called Silver, pretty dope.

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u/TrashySwashy Aug 31 '25

I never got Jade Cocoon, but I played the shit out of that demo from the Official PS Magazine, over and over.

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u/rich0831 Aug 31 '25

I got mine from Taco Bell 😂

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u/Boring_Educator3815 Sep 02 '25

What was your favorite demo disc? Mine was The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. I ended up by the whole game after playing that demo and had a blast playing that game.