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The Top 10 Best Selling PC Games from 1993 to 1998 (Computer Gaming World Issue 170) (slrpnk.net)
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[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gather 'round, young ones, while I relate the tales of the dark times when we had computers before myst...

(AOL CDs were coasters, though).

[–] ivanvector@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The CDs were coasters for sure, but the floppies were free extra storage once you formatted them. Was a handy service AOL provided for a while, distributing free storage.

[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 1 points 1 week ago

I didn't see too many of the floppies, but I grew up in a very rural area. I think I have a 1.x AOL floppy still in storage back in the US.