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Even having a few 'retro' systems up and running, mostly Macs from the early 2000s, I find that what we used to do on them: chatting on Skype or MSN Messenger,
by mahrain 2y ago
Even having a few 'retro' systems up and running, mostly Macs from the early 2000s, I find that what we used to do on them: chatting on Skype or MSN Messenger, listening to shoutcast streams or downloading on Napster, playing Unreal Tournament online etc. are mostly defunct now. What remains are local games, clunky word processors and MP3's on the local network. It turns out to be a largely empty experience unless you really get back into Command and Conquer or Metroid.
- ForOldHack 2y agoMarathon rockets of fury networked. Carmegaddon and Must/Pyst. Spaceward Ho! Where were you? {Fires rocket} pathways into darkness. Loderunner, dungeons of doom, Oregon trail
- netsharc 2y agoI watched a friend's kid play a game on his offline iPhone. So. many. freaking. ad interruptions! Fucking tragic, I'm glad my childhood gaming wasn't like that... Said childhood gaming, with what feels like a lot of latency: https://www.futrega.org/digger/ https://www.futrega.org/digger/
- SecretDreams 2y ago> It turns out to be a largely empty experience unless you really get back into Command and Conquer Sounds like a sacrifice I'm willing to make!
- acuozzo 2y ago> It turns out to be a largely empty experience I'm pretty heavily involved in SD video restoration and I drive things from "retro" systems mostly because I need 32-bit PCI slots and Windows XP in order to interface with older broadcast engineering hardware. I could shoehorn everything into a more modern system, but what I have suits my needs.