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What is something that 2020s kids will never get to experience? (midwest.social)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

The nightmare PS2 dirty disc screen, and mainstream multiplayer games without anticheat rootkits

Edit: mainstream

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Oh that boot sound and hoping you'd make it past... Mostly on PS1 but I still had some of it on 2.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Blowing into cartridges before putting them into the console and optionally pushing them to the side or some other voodoo hoping the game would start.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The nightmare PS2 dirty disc screen

To be fair, PS2's are so damn rock-solid new generations can experience this for many years to come. They just gotta get one.