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Warjac, do gaming w Lemme show you how its done

Always loved that the second I was doing better than they were or just got to a further point than them they’d rip the controller away and say something like “I got it I got it, stop hogging the game!” Then would cry and scream if I beat it for them because inevitably 12 minutes later they’d ask for help again and no amount of showing them would help them figure it out.

Kids are fuckin stupid.

yamanii, do gaming w I miss manuals...
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

It’s why I stopped buying physical games, I’ll just pirate everything if they take away my digital library.

dangblingus,

You stopped buying physical copies of games because they stopped putting manuals in the box? How is that better?

FlyingSquid, do gaming w I miss manuals...
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

If anyone is old enough to remember Infocom games, they came with “feelies,” just random fun stuff related to the game they decided to include. It occasionally was needed to solve a game puzzle, but usually not.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/efb22da1-bbcc-4003-8e4d-c3dc9168624d.png

I can still smell that box. They had a certain smell back then.

The_Picard_Maneuver,
@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world avatar

When people talk about games having heart, this is it. Little unnecessary goodies just because you’re excited that people are buying your game and you want them to be into it.

wazzupdog,

Getting a new game and having books and stickers to mess with on the ride home until you can play the game.

Kiosade,

“Kids these days” will never know that feeling. Of course, they’ll have their ipads, so probably won’t care.

Classy,

Myst and Riven had the greatest boxes! Then also The 11th Hour and Phantasmagoria.

JeeBaiChow, do gaming w I miss manuals...

Best in box surprise you ever received? Anyone?

For me it was the cloth map and manual that came with Ultima 4 or something.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Leather Goddesses of Phobos came with a scratch-n-sniff card. If I recall correctly, you can’t win the game without it.

soycapitan451,

The map in GTA3. There was a mission towards the end of the game I kept failing; to deliver a corrupt FBI agent to the airport. Eventually I realised, after studying the map, I could bypass all the road blocks by taking the light rail system. I felt like an 11 year old Einstein.

SilverFlame,

Is that the timed mission where they posted up enemies everywhere with rocket launchers along the normal route? That mission ended my last attempt at a playthrough, still never finished GTA3

soycapitan451,

That’s the one, I think it’s the 2nd to last mission.

JeeBaiChow, do gaming w I miss manuals...

… and cloth maps. And developer notes. And figurines. And trinkets from the lore. And the game costing under $20. And…

GTG3000, do gaming w I miss manuals...

Always funny to me to be reminded that in some countries game came with manuals.

Here it was always just a cartridge/disk. Possibly the reason the most popular NES game was Battle City instead of Super Mario Bros.

EvilLootbox, do gaming w I miss manuals...
@EvilLootbox@lemmy.world avatar

At least sometimes they double-side print the cover, this is just lazy.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

Oh yeah goin to bed at ten

EvilEyedPanda,

Such a rebel, might even sleep till 730, who knows!

reagansrottencorpse,

I wish I could sleep in, stupid body

gennygameshark, do gaming w I miss manuals...

They want you to feel that way, say “what’s the point” and buy digital…

PlutoniumAcid,
@PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world avatar

Physical I can sell again! Big advantage right there.

RagingRobot,

They don’t like that part lol

MadBigote,

Now you’re on Nintendos list.

Pwnmode, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now

I resemble that remark.

captain_aggravated, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

Lots of things stopping me from doing this:

  1. I am currently 36 years old, I will not be 38 at any time during the year 2024.
  2. I do not own a copy of Wrestlemania 2000.
  3. I finished my pizza rolls yesterday.
diffcalculus,

Sounds more like you’re not trying hard enough

StopSpazzing,
@StopSpazzing@lemmy.world avatar

I agree. He just needs to smoke a carton of cigs and drink a bottle of whiskey and he will feel older the next day for sure!

TwinTusks,
@TwinTusks@bitforged.space avatar

I also going to bed at 10:30

robotopera, do gaming w I miss manuals...

Untitled goose game was surprisingly the last game I bought that had a case full of swag.

Drusas, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now

I think you mean "the alcohol cabinet is stocked and so are the retro games". Legend of Zelda, here I come.

Brekky, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now

As a 42 year old woman with no work tomorrow, eating takeaway pizza and drinking wine whilst contemplating zelda on the DS I bought over Covid vs a cheesy movie on Hulu this made me smile. :)

Riven,
@Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Why not both. Having a movie or show on the second screen while I game is my lifeblood.

helloharu,
@helloharu@lemmy.world avatar

Sounds like you were living the dream.

Brekky,

It’s not bad I grant you

Kolanaki, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now
!deleted6508 avatar

Not having an N64 or a copy of that game stops me.

This and the other WWE games on N64 is why I went through so many controllers… A lot of them had you spinning the stick to get out of stuff and it would wear down the springs until the stick was worthlessly flaccid. 😩

ShaggySnacks,
@ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one avatar

the stick was worthlessly flaccid.

Sounds like the title of the world’s saddest sex tape.

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