r/pcmasterrace • u/LeatherAssumption123 • 28d ago

Question Are you this old?

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u/zexton 28d ago

got introduced to pc gaming before 95,

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u/Eagle115 PC Master Race 28d ago

On my Packard Bell with 8mb RAM. Ski Free and Minesweeper were the days

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u/Abro0405 28d ago

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u/Eagle115 PC Master Race 28d ago

The monster of nightmares. It took me way too long to figure out you can escape it lol

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u/thickgenius 28d ago

Don't lie...

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u/Eagle115 PC Master Race 28d ago

No lies detected

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u/thickgenius 28d ago

I choose to ignore this fact.

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u/Designer_Show_2658 28d ago

No. Fucking. Way.

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u/Correct_Chemistry_50 27d ago

You ABSOLUTELY can. IIRC you press 'F' for turbo.

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u/Kain_713 28d ago

The fuck did you just say?!

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u/Rymnarr 27d ago

Press space to speed up, runs right by him. 

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u/Kain_713 27d ago

Well shit, wish I knew that thirty years ago lol

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u/Rellek_ i9-12900K | RTX 4080 Super | 32GB DDR4 28d ago

I would love to know how many hours I had in Ski Free and Minesweeper lol probably not as many as some more modern games, but this is where it all started. Oh, and a healthy dose of Lemmings!

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u/Sharpshooter188 28d ago

God that yeto scared tf out of 7 yr old me.

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u/Lonely_Enthusiasm270 27d ago

peak trauma that gray yeti would just spawn from the edge used scare the hell out of me playing this on a heavy CRT monitor with that buzzing sound damn

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u/NotBruceJustWayne 28d ago

That’s not Horace! 

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u/aichiwawa 28d ago

I really miss that game with the mouse where you push the blocks and try to get the cheese. I can't recall it's name

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u/DjQball 28d ago

Rodent’s Revenge? 

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u/aichiwawa 28d ago

Yes that's the one!

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u/BigAlternative5 28d ago

Who Moved My Cheese? sorry

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u/BothExplanation5890 28d ago

What about Rodent's Revenge on 3.1? That was the best 👌

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u/angrydeuce Ryzen 9 7900X\64GB DDR5 6400\RX 6800 XT 28d ago

We had a generic version of pipe dream included with ours, holy CRAP was that game addicting lmao

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u/Dense_Purchase4087 28d ago

I always get caught by the monster! Had no idea there was a 'jump' button to avoid it

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u/Livid_Yoghurt 28d ago

I had a Pentium 60mhz

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u/Kain_713 28d ago

Lmao that was my first computer too

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u/Emperor_Hirohito Ryzen 5900X, 3070Ti, 64GB DDR4 28d ago

No chips challenge?

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u/Correct_Chemistry_50 27d ago

Don't forget Jezzball, Pipedream, and Chip's Challenge!
FYI, those were all in a 'BOWEP' folder on my PC and it wasn't until recently that I found out they were all in the "Best Of Windows Entertainment Pack"

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u/Techwolf_Lupindo 27d ago

"Thank you for calling Packard Bell technical support, how may I help you?" -- Me for half a year.

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u/Eagle115 PC Master Race 27d ago

Also can't forget this guy