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6058692 No.6058692 [Reply] [Original]

I picked up two CD games for really cheap but i dont have a computer to play them on. The games works for windows 95 and up. The problem is that i dont have much money and it would take more than a year to save for a modern laptop. Do u guys know where i can get an old laptop for cheap? I only need it to be cabable of running windows 95 games. It must have a disc drive. I cant imagine an outdated windows xp laptop would cost that much.

>> No.6058696

>>6058692
Check ebay for a Thinkpad T42.
They're usually under $60 if you're willing to provide a new hard drive, and come with a Radeon 7500, 9000, or 9600 depending on the model, which all run windows 98 pretty well.

>> No.6058697

>>6058692
Goodwill, Salvation Army

>> No.6058704

>>6058692
thanks for the keycode

>> No.6058973

>>6058704
Yeah, that was pretty dumb of OP.

>> No.6058987

>>6058696
>Radeon 9600

That brings back memories. I remember going to Microcenter and buying one of these guys so my computer could run Battlefield. Or was it Star Wars Galaxies?

>> No.6059027

>>6058973
>two CD games for really cheap
Those codes have probably been long-since activated on Steam

>> No.6059035

>>6059027
Those codes were used before Steam existed

>> No.6059052

>people actually alive when they played these games would do everything they could for no-cd cracks even if it meant having to copy over large music files from the disk and sacrifice precious hdd space
>zoomer buys disks for the ironic novelty of it all
Every day you fags continually confirm that we're on the worst timeline.

>> No.6059317

>>6058692
>Primaris

anon, i...

>> No.6059376

>>6059052
Assuming OP had no access to an internet connection, CDs and a cheapest laptop is actually the least time consuming to get running. Else, I see no reason to just pirate them and apply nocd cracks. It's very unlikely to get copyright notices for old games if that's his concern.

>> No.6059945

>>6059035
Pre-Steam it wasn't tied to anything, they were only authenticated as you joined a server and could hot swap CD keys at anytime. Now on Steam they have been used to permanent activate licenses so yes someone probably just used them if OP didn't, lol.

>> No.6059951

>>6059945
I can't imagine who would actually want a keycode for the original Half-Life and Counterstrike.

>> No.6060091

>>6059951
Sometimes the bundle packs worked weird. For example, I tried activating my Gunman Chronicles key as a kid on a whim, realizing that the key was the same format as Valve keys, and it gave me the Half-Life Platinum Collection instead. But in any case, why wouldn't vintage CS keys still have some value? People still play it to some extent.

>> No.6060104

>>6058692
>Looking at a cheap way to play CD games

>> No.6060387

>>6059052
yeah just pirate and buy the box instead.

>> No.6060518

>>6060091
every valve game gave you the platinum pack if you used a code. I used a retail CS key and got everything

>> No.6060518,1 [INTERNAL] 

Ohh, retro games were and are my favorite games. Even as a kid i played different retro games. At the moment one of my favorites is Mafia II. With the passing of time, I started to love RPG games and I started playing world of warcraft. I also started getting bored of it and a friend advised me to buy the new cd-key at a reduced price because they're a lot of changes in-game. You also can find a cd-key for your game and play it, you can find it here https://www.cdkeysforgames.com/

>> No.6060518,2 [INTERNAL] 

modern laptop are round 300 dollars new and realkly low if they are used