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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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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There is nothing in this world at this moment that would make me happier than digging through that box, reading old ACTUAL paper game manuals, and falling back into my early 20s when gaming still felt magical.

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

Heck yeah! I still read my game manuals. Its enjoyable and teaches you some secrets. And the backstorues are fun. Its like reading album liner notes. Yet another art gone forever.

[–] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, as if the 2 CD PC Paper Mario box would have a manual.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's the soundtrack for the game. Not the game itself.

[–] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago

Oh, whoops. I am just used to seeing really cursed totally-legit disks.