Meme transcription: A table comparing the steps to start a game ‘then’ vs. ‘now’.

Content of the “Then” column:

  • Double-click GAME.exe
  • Play game

Content of the “Now” column:

  • Launch Steam

  • Steam updates

  • Steam opens

  • Close Steam’s ad window
  • Select Game

  • Game launcher starts

  • Game launcher launches Game launcher updater

  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Ok

  • Would you like to sign up for our newsletter?

  • No

  • Our EULAs have changed. Please review them before continuing

  • Scroll
  • Scroll
  • Scroll
  • Scroll
  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Yes, sell my soul
  • Start game
  • Skip vendor intro
  • Skip vendor intro #2
  • Skip vendor intro #3
  • Sit through nVidia The way it’s meant to be played
  • Skip opening cutscene

  • Main menu opens

  • Would you like to connect your Steam account to account?

  • No
  • Press play.
  • Play game.
  • KrankyKong@lemmy.ml
    104·
    11 months ago

    Back in the day:

    Click game.exe

    “What’s the 8th word on the 24th page of the manual?”

    fuckwheredidiputthemanual.png

          • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            Theres been a couple games that had this issue.

            I know Myth 2 had it if you installed it into the wrong directory or something.

            There was some not-mainstream MMO that had the issue too at one point.

            but I cant remember the name of the xcom knockoff that had it.

            and I cant find anything about it cause I keep finding 5000 pages of results about recovering uninstalled games.

    • WhyIDie@lemmy.ml
      5·
      11 months ago

      mortal kombat 2 on pc was a game changer tho.

      but I’ll bring up one that’s a step further, startropics on NES: dip a manual page in water to reveal the code, or you don’t get to progress, mid-way through the game

    • averagedrunk@lemmy.ml
      2·
      11 months ago

      I’m full l having flashbacks to Fantasy Empires. I don’t know if I ever had the manual. I think I just got a list of words from someone.