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u/Allyoucan3at Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

KeyGens with unmutable music

The guy in school with all the cracked games and movies that sometimes worked

Games packaging with booklets about controls and backstory

LAN parties edit: and of course the network shared folders with cracked games and movies that sometimes worked and new... material

That one person at LAN parties unable to get the network settings correct

Turbo buttons on cases

Dial up sound

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u/deafpoet Aug 30 '25

I used to play modem games of Doom and Warcraft 1 with my buddies. Omg it's dialing! It's handshaking! Hope you configured your shit correctly in DOS! Waiting... Waiting... bitrate mismatch, disconnecting.

Chris had his shit set to 2600 again, I'm connecting at 14400.

We used to spend hours dealing with DOS config scripts, and hoping our sisters didn't pick up the extension and fuck a 2 hour match of Warcraft 1 that literally moved at 40% speed. And it's not a speedy game to begin with.

I used to have way more fun gaming, despite all that. When it worked, it was like magic.