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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I miss manuals.

Used to rip open the shrink wrap with my teeth and pour over the manual in the backseat of the car on the way home when I was a kid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

i used (and still use) to rub shrink wrap with my fingers until it deteriorated so much it ripped apart, it was so much fun

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Did you open the box and stick your nose in it and take a deep wiff of that new game smell?

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

yup, for a more prolonged experience you could also smell the interior of new cars, back when you could actually afford one

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

Oh yes! It's also so similar to that "new computer smell" when a laptop's fans would kick on for the first time out of the box. I dunno if that's a thing anymore...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That smell is Christmas to me. That was the only time we typically got new NES or Super NES games, and lord I loved that smell of fresh print and plastic.