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[–] mindbleach 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Before Steam, a video game was a piece of paper.

The previews were two screenshots, a paragraph of lies, and your imagination.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Before Steam.

Steam was launched in September 2003.

Karaoke Revolution for Xbox (released November 2004) is on the shelf in this picture.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I have distinct memories of going into Toys R Us in the late90s/early 00s and they had actual Dreamcast/N64/PS1 games on the shelves