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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: When Is A Game Old?
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:12:25 +0200
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On 4/18/2024 2:54 PM, Mike S. wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:36:49 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Nah, 1990 still was in the 5.25" time. They only faded from view a few
>> years later. I remember when we bought our first 486 in... 1993? we had
>> the choice between one with a 3.5" and one with both 3.5" and 5.25", and
>> my dad took the one without the 5.25" drive. To my consternation,
>> because I thought those disks looked kinda cool, and my uncle had a huge
>> collection of games on them already.
>>
>> (and for what it's worth, here is an ebay offer for a sealed 5.25" copy
>> of the game: https://www.ebay.com/itm/235038004341)
> 
> Yeah, my copy of Might and Magic 3 has a Copyright date of 1991 and it
> came on 5.25 floppies.

Now that was a great game.

I only got it on CD-Rom though.