Retronauts Episode 677: Type-in Games
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Ahhh, you kids today don’t know how good you got it. At any moment you can pull out your phone, tap a few buttons, and download an entire video game onto your home console—or onto your phone, if that’s your bag. Yet in the early days of computing, the fastest way to mass-distribute code required users to flex their fingers and type in the data themselves.
Host Kevin Bunch and guests Dustin “Hubz” Hubbard & Ozidual of Gaming Alexandria look back this week about this nearly-lost era of video gaming. For a complete transcript of this episode, set the playback to half-speed and get your keyboards ready.
Description: Kevin Bunch, Dustin Hubbard, and Ozidual talk about the joy of type-in game programs and the process of preserving them in this Retronauts.
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Artwork for this episode by Amanda Neipris and editing thanks go to Greg Leahy.
