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Weird Tape Cases Are Killing Games (Patreon)

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2022-03-05 21:34:59
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2026-06
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Way back in the mists of time, games came on cassette tapes. We called them bees. "Give me three bees for a tenner!" you'd say...

Not really, but they did have some interesting packaging.

(The Netflix thing is a bit odd, isn't it? Seems the only way to get their attention - rather than going through a monstrously expensive sales agent - is to get people to type your film into a random page on their site. I doubt we'll ever hear anything, but who knows?)

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80's Video Game Cassette Packaging Extravaganza | Ashens

Netflix thingie: https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest Way back in the mists of time, software for 8-bit computers was distributed on audio cassettes. And it was great! If you liked waiting literally 6+ minutes for a game to load. But how did they package these cassettes to both protect them, and to look so good on the shelf that little Darren would spend his birthday money on them? Let's have a bit of a dive into it... At the time of writing there are still some copies of the Super Rare Mixtape Vol 2 available - it's pretty damn ace: https://superraregames.com/products/srg-mixtape-volume-2

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Leak

Just had the Patreon notification for this post pop up while I was already watching the video... :) Also, the amount of music cassette tapes popping up for sale on Bandcamp lately never amazes to cease me...

WhatHoSnorkers

That or a letter campaign directly to Lord Netflix.

NadetteNoire

To me, Horace looks like a overweight guy who is bent over in chaps with his ass out, going backwards down a ski hill. Also good luck on the Netflix thing!

Cathy Collins

I literally had no idea that Netflix thing was a thing…?? Gonna use it all the time now 👀😂

The Parallel Viewmaster

After reading 'Attack of the Flickering Skeletons', I actually bought a boxed copy of World Cup Carnival for my brother in law. It was the perfect gift for him for three reasons: 1- He is a big football and World Cup fan 2- He has a lot of collectibles on display 3- He currently works on developing modern FIFA games. He really liked it, and said it doubles as a motivational item... a reminder of how very, very low the bar was set for licensed FIFA games, and how it would be almost impossible to make a worse one.