/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5291446
I don't know, but every fucking game you installed back then was a fucking chore to get properly working, you were missing floppy disk #4 of 10, you needed the manual for pirate-security questions, "why the fuck is it not reognizing soundblaster", bluescreens, game suddely runs at different speed, lots of troubleshooting, no internet for the most part, investing in new parts like RAM and Cd-slot and installing them (as a kid it was more difficult)...

Playing games back then had some fun memories, but I think you often forget how tedious it was at times as well. A console just worked out of the box, bootet up instantly ("you got 20 minutes to play and then back to homework"....windows boots already for 4 minutes), and the cultural schoolyard acceptance of consolegames was much more manifested if you had a friend come over to play with you.

Game resolution, fps and all that shit didn't matter much back then, you were happy when it worked. How many times did you play the game in the crappy pink graphics and onboard music... it still was fun.

On the other hand you could share a lot games with friends if you had some floppies laying around, so there is that. And you could use it for other shit, like printing out pictures of pamela anderson or something... for research...