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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) developed on windows 95 when only ascii art was available There was never such a time... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -20 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yes there absolutely was, probably actually before windows 95. But even in 95 there were a lot of crappy ascii art games bcz there wasn't anything better technologically, so nobody would actually call it crappy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lunarul@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (1 child) If only ASCII art was available, then Windows 95 itself wouldn't have been possible, being a graphical OS. Games in the 70s and 80s had non-ascii graphics. I've played hundreds of games before Windows 95 came out and I've never actually played an ASCII art game. Not even text adventures that I've played used ASCII art. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -20 points 1 year ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago in 95 there were a lot of crappy ascii art games bcz there wasn’t anything better technologically i mean i still have my old 3.5 and 5.25 floppy collection of sierra games published in DOS, pre-windows (since you obviously weren't around then), that doesn't use any ascii art. you're the one throwing out wild anachronisms to make a point you don't have. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago Graphical video games predate ASCII. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lunarul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago developed on windows 95 when only ascii art was available Nowhere did I ever imply that ascii art was the only thing available k permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* windows 3.1 was first widespread used version of windows. But DOS games still had graphics. Nethack is a great game that is simple enough to learn, in mechanics, but you have to die 1000 times to actually learn. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -20 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yes there absolutely was, probably actually before windows 95. But even in 95 there were a lot of crappy ascii art games bcz there wasn't anything better technologically, so nobody would actually call it crappy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lunarul@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (1 child) If only ASCII art was available, then Windows 95 itself wouldn't have been possible, being a graphical OS. Games in the 70s and 80s had non-ascii graphics. I've played hundreds of games before Windows 95 came out and I've never actually played an ASCII art game. Not even text adventures that I've played used ASCII art. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -20 points 1 year ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago in 95 there were a lot of crappy ascii art games bcz there wasn’t anything better technologically i mean i still have my old 3.5 and 5.25 floppy collection of sierra games published in DOS, pre-windows (since you obviously weren't around then), that doesn't use any ascii art. you're the one throwing out wild anachronisms to make a point you don't have. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago Graphical video games predate ASCII. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lunarul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago developed on windows 95 when only ascii art was available Nowhere did I ever imply that ascii art was the only thing available k permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* windows 3.1 was first widespread used version of windows. But DOS games still had graphics. Nethack is a great game that is simple enough to learn, in mechanics, but you have to die 1000 times to actually learn. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (1 child) If only ASCII art was available, then Windows 95 itself wouldn't have been possible, being a graphical OS. Games in the 70s and 80s had non-ascii graphics. I've played hundreds of games before Windows 95 came out and I've never actually played an ASCII art game. Not even text adventures that I've played used ASCII art. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -20 points 1 year ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago in 95 there were a lot of crappy ascii art games bcz there wasn’t anything better technologically i mean i still have my old 3.5 and 5.25 floppy collection of sierra games published in DOS, pre-windows (since you obviously weren't around then), that doesn't use any ascii art. you're the one throwing out wild anachronisms to make a point you don't have. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago Graphical video games predate ASCII. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lunarul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago developed on windows 95 when only ascii art was available Nowhere did I ever imply that ascii art was the only thing available k permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -20 points 1 year ago* (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago in 95 there were a lot of crappy ascii art games bcz there wasn’t anything better technologically i mean i still have my old 3.5 and 5.25 floppy collection of sierra games published in DOS, pre-windows (since you obviously weren't around then), that doesn't use any ascii art. you're the one throwing out wild anachronisms to make a point you don't have. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago Graphical video games predate ASCII. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lunarul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago developed on windows 95 when only ascii art was available Nowhere did I ever imply that ascii art was the only thing available k permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago in 95 there were a lot of crappy ascii art games bcz there wasn’t anything better technologically i mean i still have my old 3.5 and 5.25 floppy collection of sierra games published in DOS, pre-windows (since you obviously weren't around then), that doesn't use any ascii art. you're the one throwing out wild anachronisms to make a point you don't have. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago Graphical video games predate ASCII. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago developed on windows 95 when only ascii art was available Nowhere did I ever imply that ascii art was the only thing available k permalink fedilink source parent
[+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* windows 3.1 was first widespread used version of windows. But DOS games still had graphics. Nethack is a great game that is simple enough to learn, in mechanics, but you have to die 1000 times to actually learn. permalink fedilink source parent