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I am unironically nostalgic for these shitty shareware compilations

>> No.7234714

I got a couple pc demos that came with incite magazines back in the day.

>> No.7234829

one of those was how I discovered Warcraft 1

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zoomers will NEVER know

>> No.7234854

>>7234848
Isn't that just pirateshit.

>> No.7234867

it's how i discovered xcom back in 99

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>>7234848
>PC comes with a free copy of King's Quest VII
>halfway through the game the PC freezes
>ask dad for help
>WE HAVE TO TURN OFF THE PC WITHOUT THE IT'S SAFE TO TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN YOU BETTER HOPE THIS DOESN'T BREAK THE COMPUTER
>computer boots just fine
>dad takes out the game disc and breaks it
>YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY ANY MORE COMPUTER GAMES

>> No.7236514

>>7234854
They're shareware. Basically game demos that you could play for a couple levels then it'd tell you how to buy the game mail-order. This was back before most people had internet, let alone internet that could realistically download non-trivial games. Game devs relied on people copying and distributing their demos for them.

Those shareware collections they sold for money were probably technically illegal, but I doubt anyone really pursued it.

>> No.7236567

I liked it at the day. I was a poor 3rd world boy on 90s. Was it shit? Yes, it was, but was cheap enough and I could play Shit Classics like Castle of Winds.

>> No.7236581

>>7234668
I had a pionex computer.
And i think it came with soldier of futune and interstate 76