The monitor would flicker and in its reflection you would see the shadowy figure take a step closer to you. You dared not turn around but you knew what would happen if it ever got to 5.
Yeah but they didn't limit the buffer. You had to wait 15min for it to load but once it did you could watch a whole low quality video file straight through with no shuddering or stopping.
26 Comments
stonkage@aussie.zone · 24 pts · 251d
Error with winsock.dll 😁
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 5 pts · 251d
blows your fecking socks off :D
Toes@ani.social · 2 pts · 251d
Happy99!!
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 251d
It hung up and you had to try connecting again.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 251d
I’d wait a half hour while playing Descent
Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 251d
seatwiggy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 251d
If you're looking for some nostalgia they made a revival called Overload. It's $30 of GOG and steam.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
Already got it
nullPointer@programming.dev · 3 pts · 251d
have you played "overload"?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/448850/Overload/
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
No but now I’m definitely not going to get anything done this weekend.
VoodooAardvark@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 251d
A flood of cheat codes just rose up inside of me that I forgot existed.
Doorknob@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 251d
It gave up
DrDystopia@lemy.lol · 14 pts · 251d
Yo mama be screaming for you to get off the damn inter net while she's on the phone with aunt Heidi, so it'll it never reach attempt 5.
Do not tell yo mama that technically you never managed to get on to the "inter net". Trust me on this one.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 251d
Set your modem string to go for more than 5.
https://www.computerhope.com/atcom.htm
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
Also add
S109=0to force k56flex, since it's (like 3kbps) faster than v.90shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 250d
Oh! That's a new one on me! Maybe sounds familiar?
puppinstuff@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 251d
The monitor would flicker and in its reflection you would see the shadowy figure take a step closer to you. You dared not turn around but you knew what would happen if it ever got to 5.
Acklavidian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 251d
I would play MechWarrior 3 on campaign mode and try again in half an hour or however long it took me to die a few times.
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 251d
Overheating. Shutting down.
Tronn4@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 251d
The computer would blow up
Fit_Series_573@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 251d
The old memories of seeing this for 5 minutes as a kid just to be able to load the espn homepage to see football scores and a few images
meco03211@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 251d
And the full screen nude that would load from the top down and idle for what seemed like forever just before revealing the boobies.
can_you_change_your_username@fedia.io · 1 pts · 251d
Yeah but they didn't limit the buffer. You had to wait 15min for it to load but once it did you could watch a whole low quality video file straight through with no shuddering or stopping.
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 251d
I was a weird kid and had this growing up
palordrolap@fedia.io · 2 pts · 251d
Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgqEIp2YmtE
Landless2029@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
There was a time when I connected my nextel via USB to my computer and used it to connect to 36k internet and played runescape all day...
Good times punching giants for big bones.
Konstant@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 250d