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lilshawn:


--- Quote from: Slippyblade on December 10, 2013, 07:38:48 pm ---28.8... Wow, kids.

I actually downloaded the shareware release on a 1200 baud modem back in the day.  My god, that game was the most amazing thing EVER (at the time).  First piece of shareware I ever registered.  Buddy of mine was beta-testing a 28.8 modem for USR back then.  Thing was bigger than a modern day flatbed scanner.

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yeah my first was 1200bps. hung on to that sucker forever. i think my next was 14.4... By then 56k was standard.  :badmood:

took forever compared to todays internet.

1999: should i download this 3 mb MP3?...it'll take 4 hours. but i really like this song though....

today: I'll just download the whole discography...not sure if i like the band or not.

mamenewb100:


--- Quote from: Slippyblade on December 10, 2013, 07:38:48 pm ---28.8... Wow, kids.

I actually downloaded the shareware release on a 1200 baud modem back in the day.  My god, that game was the most amazing thing EVER (at the time).  First piece of shareware I ever registered.  Buddy of mine was beta-testing a 28.8 modem for USR back then.  Thing was bigger than a modern day flatbed scanner.

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I'm actually 32 years old but didn't try DOOM until 28K modems were pretty standard. Guess you could say I was not a hardcore DOOM or FPS player. So forgive my ignorant comment. ;P

Was a fun game for it's time and I know future games built on it's success but I liked Quake many times better.

Slippyblade:

Well, Quake was the technological follow up to Doom and was done by the same people.  Doom broke barriers in so many ways.  It was truly revolutionary for its time.  Even if you didn't like the game due to content or play style, it's impossible to dismiss the leaps that Doom made for the industry as a whole.

jasonbar:

I win. Atari 830 was my first.

300 big fat bauds.

-Jason

PS--DOOM was my first network game played--used to play after work at my job in 93/94. So full of awesome.

Slippyblade:

Me and all my friends were huge fans of the local dial-up BBS's at the time.  Most of us were on either 1200's or 2400's though I had ONE buddy that was still running 300.  He could type faster than that modem could move data, it was P-A-I-N-F-U-L to watch.  Tradewars 2002 took forever, he'd go so far as to shut off the ASCII graphics even.  :banghead:

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