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[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Game consoles didn't come with a storage card, so you had to keep the game running or restart every time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Said games were also finished upon release.

[–] can 13 points 9 months ago

Or they weren't. And that's just how they stayed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

OMG that reminded me of my best friend's Commodore 20 - which had no disk drive, so to play a game you had to manually type in the BASIC code for it each time before playing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I remember having a text to speech program on my windows 98(?) PC that required me to type a long string of stuff into the command prompt. We had it written on an index card and I remember it taking forever to type in. Between starting up the computer, typing in the code, and having it actually load if typed correctly the first time, it was nearly a 30 minute endeavor just to laugh at a computer voice say "poopy butthole herpes".

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

Vic20. It was a big deal if you had a cassette player to record your programs on

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

That was my first computer. I see no point in buying one if you can't even have a tape deck.

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

Thata kind of awesome

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Or you had to write down a long ass code and re-eneter it when you were ready to continue!