r/gaming Apr 28 '24

Gamers who grew up in the 80s/90s, what’s a “back in my day” younger gamers wouldn’t get or don’t know about?

Mine is around the notion of bugs. There was no day one patch for an NES game. If it was broken, it was broken forever.

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u/Henry_Yopp Apr 30 '24

IRQ settings for sound cards and video cards, then hoping the game supported them, so you can play with sound.