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It was a simpler time (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

One bad disk or error on your part going through an 8 disk install… yeah. But we went from tape drives to 5 1/4” to 3 1/2” to the phenomenal speeds of a 32x CDRW drive. Nothing beat a CD install. I don’t even bat an eye at 30GB game update download anymore, you could fit an amazing game on 1-4 CDs and watching it install was more exciting than waiting for these massive game DLs we have today.

[-] prole 2 points 5 months ago

I remember installing Half-life 2 off of 5 CDs, while wondering what the fuck this "Steam" shit was and why I needed it in order to play.

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