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I rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home. (lemmy.world)
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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

The scene was too small back then for anyone to pay attention. Most microcomputer developers were selling games out of their garage via mail order.