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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 36 points 6 months ago (3 children)

IMO this was peak consumerism. They literally wanted to give you more so you chose them instead of trying to trick you.

The games weren’t that great, but they were based on solid game mechanics (cause it was old board games), just a little bit of extra fun for those who wanted to try it.

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean "weren't that great"? I got the Star Wars : Pod Racer demo in a cereal box and that was a peak gaming experience for 6-yo me

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 11 points 6 months ago

I literally got the entire movie "a bugs life" in a cereal box on DVD.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago

The copy of Roller Coaster tycoon I played as a kid literally came out of one of those boxes, there were some legit great ones on offer.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

I got a (demo) for a spider man game that was pretty good for the time.

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Chex Quest HD is on steam for free

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 6 months ago

Wait, is that the full version of RollerCoaster Tycoon?

They used to deliver the hyperobsessions right to your house. The Matrix was right about 1999 being the peak of American civilization.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Now when I buy cereal, I barely even get cereal.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry. You'll be charged twice as much for it.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

As is expected.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

you would be lucky for a game to fit on a cd anymore

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Most indie games are pretty tiny still. The only reason games are so huge now are usually because of audio (I think one of the CODs shipped with every language's audio and was over 100 gigs) and sometimes big textures. Most devs don't really care about size any more and treat storage as basically infinite, but with some actual work you could get a lot of games to fit on a CD.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

it's the standard procedure with computers, the hardware is improved and thus software bloats up to use all the new resources to render glossy semi-transparent buttons

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I would love for them to come with Shareware CDs like you got in the 90s from magazines. Might encourage more Devs to make demos.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 6 months ago

Free cereal shaped USB drives?

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

If they did it today they would be filled to the brim with malware

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

They still do that today… except it’s Fortnite skins 😑

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Convincing my mom to buy a box of cereal was a lot easier than convincing her to buy a copy of Roller Coaster Tycoon

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Games on CDs? When I was a kid cereal boxes had DIY finger puppets printed on the back.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

2600hz whistle?

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The Egypt one

[–] Redacted@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

Thats how i found lego rock raiders, GREAT game

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago

I had a MacRonald's computer game

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

https://openrct2.io/

gonna leave this phenomenal QOL improvement mod for RCT/RCT2 here

i am not responsible for lost productivity you've been warned

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What's with the random picture of Roller Coaster Tycoon.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Its not random. It was one that was included. You can even see the General Mills (cereal maker) branding on the disc.