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The fact that the "then" is missing so much of the bullshit we dealt with back then shows whomever made this "meme" never gamed back then.
There's also the issues with your disks getting corrupted, discs getting scratched, or losing them because they came with so goddamn many.
Same type of kid whom believes every single game worked perfectly on release and didn't need patches back then.
Sorry bro you only remember the Gems. At least a game isn't getting released that will delete your OS when you uninstall it.
Ooh, was there a game that did that?
Myth II by Bungie of all people
As well as Pool of Radiance 2
Actually there was a steam script that deleted your Linux root drive... that was a real thing.
I could also totally see a botched install script for win95 totally bricking a win98. Install...
DOS/4GW Professional Protected Mode Run-Time Version 2.01a.
Fatal error (1307) not enough memory. PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE…
Runtime error (1604). PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE…
Error (2504): can't create swap file "." DOS/4GW Professional fatal error (1101): initialization error [1] PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE…
Ok, guess I’m just never going to play Wing Commander then…