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When the internet didn't really exist.....

So I was just thinking of some things that we had to do when the internet wasnt really around, that we think would be outlandish now....

Like:

- Game Players:

Like when Nintendo Power would have "code/password/hint" ads in their magazines, you would could call by phone and they'd help you out for like 99 cents a minute etc....that was really the ONLY way of getting that shit, other than the magazines themselves.

- you had to go to the STORE to buy something. Think about it. The only markets available were really catalogs and stores themselves. There was no other way of finding something. Doesn't sound too bad, until you want to find say a blue teddy bear as a gift. Today you search google, back then your ONLY option was to call and ask. Something as simple as say a certain type of batteries, was easily a pain to find.

- and ofcourse, buying cd's for just one track (I think we all did it atleast one time), today, doing this would be unthinkable.

crazy wild shtuff

yet I was still watching hockey then, some things never change

No pr0n.

when the internet didn't exist...

we had lives?

BBS's

they were P2P before P2P became popular

Finding reviews of products is so easy these days, just a click away. Not too long ago you'd have to ask around and check through magazines to find info on a particular product (took days).

Re: when the internet didn't exist...

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Originally posted by Slylee we had lives?

hehe, was waitin for that one.....

we had to use encyclopedias to do research at the library.

yea, i remember before i used the interet for the first time like 9 or 10 years ago, used to watch tv or play video games, i would go outside and play too. i guess myabe people go through a stage where they stay on the internet 24/7 but then stop using it so much. i can already tell by the amount i used to post here and by how much i post now

lol... i remember BBS, newsgroups, 2400 baud rates, etc.... who remembers using 5 1/4 and when 3.5 came out THAT was a big deal!

b4 the internet, i used to have to look up the contra 50 man code in "boys life" or whatever that magazine was called.

-keith

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Originally posted by keithos27 b4 the internet, i used to have to look up the contra 50 man code in "boys life" or whatever that magazine was called. -keith

rofl, hahaha =), thats a good one

When I didn't have the internet, I whored Commander Keen. Even with the internet I still do.

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Originally posted by keithos27 lol... i remember BBS, newsgroups, 2400 baud rates, etc.... who remembers using 5 1/4 and when 3.5 came out THAT was a big deal! b4 the internet, i used to have to look up the contra 50 man code in "boys life" or whatever that magazine was called. -keith

Yeh, i'm only 20, but i can still remember 5 1/4 disks... but my first modem was 14400 baud

Contra code: *30 men - up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, b, a, start

That was one of my first games for the NES

imagine doing a research paper without your uni's librarys search engine.

omfg...

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Originally posted by keithos27 b4 the internet, i used to have to look up the contra 50 man code in "boys life" or whatever that magazine was called. -keith

up up down down left right left right B A start!!!

if it's 2 players you gotta press select then start.

well if the game was by konami, all you had to remember was that code and you were good to go

so basically before there was internet you all still sat around in front of the computer, only you just played video games.






....

i still do the same shit.





go to school,play video games,partie

not very interesting but im still young

down right ab left left TURBO MODE!!
for some snes nba game

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Originally posted by AwakenedAddict Yeh, i'm only 20, but i can still remember 5 1/4 disks... but my first modem was 14400 baud Contra code: *30 men - up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, b, a, start That was one of my first games for the NES

i'm only 23... i'm not OLD!

haha.

remember those DAMN aol 3.5 disks that used to be sent to your house like every other day!!!!

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Originally posted by idoru When I didn't have the internet, I whored Commander Keen. Even with the internet I still do.

LMFAO. I fuckin' LOVED that game. I don't know which one I had, it was a long time ago, but I remember playing that on our DOS system. I remember before you played the actual game you could play pong vs the computer. That was such a great game.

Once P2P stuff became popular, an older relative of mine (who knows absolutely nothing about computers) asked if I could give him some of my music on a floppy for him. I had to leave the room laughing.

...i played on the psx and went out

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Originally posted by keithos27 remember those DAMN aol 3.5 disks that used to be sent to your house like every other day!!!!

LOL. Yeah those fuckin' things got included in all sorts of software bundles. I just had fun breaking those things into pieces because we had broadband.

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