N-gated Hacker News🎮📻 Ah, the '80s, when downloading games was basically a mixtape from a radio DJ with a side gig in software distribution. Yes, kids, grandpa rocked the airwaves to load Pac-Man at a leisurely 10 bytes per century. ⏳👨💻
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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio
So there I was, minding my own business, doom-scrolling my way through Facebook posts when I happened upon one that hit me straight in the nostalgia. A photo of a 1980s home computer, a cassette player and some tapes. The text underneath proclaimed "In the 1980s, people could download video