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Bitter sweet because I'm pretty sure this means we lost real one. RIP

It's church thrift store run by elderly people and they get overwhelmed and will just toss anything on a whim. They practically give away the stuff they do sell.

The others that were piled up in the bottom of the box. Some of the discs had fallen out of the cases and sleeves but they all seemed fine except for one: Half-Life GOTY disc got a few tiny fatal cracks. A lot of software and bargain bin games have been excluded.

There were two discs that go with two joysticks I have. I have a sidewinder somewhere but couldn't bother looking for it for the pic. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1860493f-80f8-44e0-9a02-bf763c6224c1.jpeg

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[–] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 103 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That's my formative years in a box right there.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Formative years come with micro transactions and subscription paywalls now. Single player games that require internet. And games that shut down when the corporation deems it unprofitable.

Wow how it must suck to be a 20s kid.

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 60 points 5 days ago (4 children)

But at least we had fun

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Name something doesn't hurt. That would be surprising.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My heart no longer feels pain

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hello, fellow Xennial.

Willing to bet anyway

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's Alf! And he's back, in Pog form!

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

That's a paddlin'.....I mean a bingo

[–] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

My pinky, cuz the diabetes has made it numb some days.

[–] kboos1@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago
[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip 2 points 4 days ago

You ain't too poor to stretch and bend, homie.