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What do you miss the most from the 90s? (beehaw.org)

submitted 11 months ago by xilliah@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it's holding a VHS in the store and looking at the cover.

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[–] gmask1@aussie.zone 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Big box computer games, with manuals and maps and those game brochures showing you all the other Ocean software products.

[–] JCPhoenix@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

My brother collected these. I think he still has some of them somewhere. Like the original boxes for Diablo and Starcraft.

I collected some too, but I think I eventually got rid of mine. I was into the various Maxis Sim games, so I had tons of the boxes. SimCity, SimTower, SimPark, SimIsle...

The best manual was probably Ultima Online, an MMO. I read and studied the shit out of that thing. Used to bring it to school to learn all the spells and stuff. Also came with a good sized, folded-up map of the world on special paper.