Did you ever?

ondarkness

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Nov 10, 2004
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that cd that supposedly had 350 original PC games for like $8 around 10 years ago?
Only to find that there weren't anywhere near 350 games on it, and most were nasty rip-offs.
And then at that time your computer wouldn't be able to even install a bunch of them?


i was just reminiscing..
 

scorpmatt

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Feb 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: ondarkness
that cd that supposedly had 350 original PC games for like $8 around 10 years ago?
Only to find that there weren't anywhere near 350 games on it, and most were nasty rip-offs.
And then at that time your computer wouldn't be able to even install a bunch of them?


i was just reminiscing..

i remember that, and yes, I did. most of them were shareware and not the full games. i was so pissed
 

GeekDrew

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Jun 7, 2000
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I didn't, but one of my aunts bought every single game CD should could find, back in the days of DOS and Windows 3.1. And I *still* get calls from her, because they won't work.

Arg.
 

jadinolf

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Oct 12, 1999
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Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Originally posted by: ondarkness
that cd that supposedly had 350 original PC games for like $8 around 10 years ago?
Only to find that there weren't anywhere near 350 games on it, and most were nasty rip-offs.
And then at that time your computer wouldn't be able to even install a bunch of them?


i was just reminiscing..

i remember that, and yes, I did. most of them were shareware and not the full games. i was so pissed

Yep, the Internet slime bags cut their teeth on this kind of scam. They are even worse today.
 

Leros

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Jul 11, 2004
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Originally posted by: arcenite
My grandmother bought me a cd of 1001 games. Some of them were addicting

My mom bought a cd of 750 card games. I installed it for her and counted far few games (like 8-10 or so).

Turns out:
( # of card games) * (# of difficulty settings) * (# of background colors) * (# of card patterns) = 750ish
 

AgaBoogaBoo

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Feb 16, 2003
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I think someone gave me one on a birthday or something, never installed it or anything, it's probably thrown away in the attic somewhere :p