I have 1 Pioneer and 1 LG DVD drives tucked, just in case.
I’ve got my old Doom floppies!
Still got my box copy of Wing Commander 1 and 2!
I thought it was just me lol
real
Is there no way to use them?
A common problem with older games is that the DRM isn’t compatible with modern computers. Necitating the need for a crack anyways.
There’s really no reason not to have an optical drive beyond cost, and they can be cheap. Mine has a sata blu-ray burner. If you don’t have a 5.25" bay there are USB ones.
I currently use an external optical drive. If someone doesn’t own one, they could always buy one later…
You can even buy an external floppy drive too! I got one for under $20 recently to listen to an album that was released on 3.5" floppies, lol
TIL albums were sometimes released on floppy disks.
Tracker music.
Owns disk grabs pirate copy because it’s easier 😂
Somewhere deep down I’m a dragon. I need to hoard!
whoa whoa whoa unreal tournament is retro gaming ?
next you’ll be telling me nirvana is classic rock.
I heard Red hot chili peppers on a classic rock station… Several years ago.
My guy, I’m right there with you. I have a boxed copy of Unreal Tournament 2004 on my shelf, that I bought back in uni… more than half a lifetime ago!
heh same, although I was in college
Boxed UT1999 Game of the Year edition :p
Don’t give a listen to Dexter and the Moonrocks, my guy, they have a song about how the ancient music of the 90s and nirvana in particular crafted who the singer came to be. It made me feel arthritic and shake my fist at the clouds.
well did you take your onion off first?
Take my onion off, what, do you think I’m made of bumblebees?
Lemmings on 3.5" disk, will not ever throw away, too many memories
I still have a box of 5.25" that I won’t throw away.
I have Drakkhen on 8" that I’m really proud of.
https://nailbar.io/proj/nail_gallery/?image=pics%2Fdrakkhen.jpg
You can pry my broken sword 2 CD from my cold, dead hands.
Given that you have a broken sword 2 physical copy, I assume it won’t take very long before we’ll be able to pry it away.
Uhh, I still have a functioning dvd drive.
I still have all my discs from 20 years ago.
I also still have all my disks from 30 years ago.
I also still have all my disks from 40 years ago.
and I still have the drives to read them.
Was Baldur’s Gate 2 pretty good? I loved BG3 and Divinity 2(? Original Sin)
Very different game (if you’ve played the pathfinder games, it’s a similar feel).
Honestly, my memory is too rose tinted to offer an honest review on bg1 and bg2… They were amazing for their time, and have aged well in my elderly opinion.
They’re less dialogue driven than bg3 (planescape torment will scratch that itch), and a bit less forgiving, but they’re damn good fun!
To the Steam wishlist it goes! Thanks
I never got super into BG2 but BG1 I go back to every 5 years or so. It feels like a DnD campaign, it’s comfortable, and I like how brutal the combat can be if you roll in unprepared
Mine does.
That parrots sticker! 🦜 🦜 🦜 - classic!
Same.
Those things are clearly meant for laptops. It’s always awkward to hook them up to tower PCs. Either you’re bending the short cable to stick them in the top chassis ports and the cable tension pushes it halfway off the case, or your are letting the drive dangle from the back panel ports.
I kinda miss the beefy boys that came with detachable USB cables and their own power supplies.
I kinda miss the beefy boys that came with detachable USB cables and their own power supplies.
I had an external SCSI CD-ROM drive that used caddies and had physical buttons on it, I used it for a long time as a CD player. It ran off 120.
I just looked up an external 5.25" enclosure for sata disc drives. Nearly $50 and doesn’t even include a drive. That’s crazy.
I’ve got this idea of putting a slim bluray burner in my machine. I got the bay adapter that houses that and 2 2.5" drives but haven’t finished the thought by actually getting the burner. 🤷 It’s probably pointless though.
laptops
puts my desktop on my lap
🌌🧠
The portable BR RW I found last year has a USB-C connection on the drive so you can use whatever cable you want.
Though they do make USB extension cables so you don’t have to bend it weird.
I do still miss the chonky boys though, but the nice thing with USB-C is that it doesn’t needs a separate power cable and plug.
I will not stand for this personal attack. It is not okay that you call me out like this.
