I think most people would be surprised to hear that games used to run from cassette tapes. To be honest, I’m not from the generation that actually played games directly from cassette tapes either, so I can’t completely relate. But after recreating the experience with old hardware, I found myself thinking about how kids back then must have gathered around a computer, excitedly waiting for those long loading times to finally finish. It almost felt like I had traveled back to that era myself.
Small games could take around 5–10 minutes to load, while larger games around 1MB could take nearly 30 minutes. Before trying cassette tape gaming myself, I had so many questions about how it actually worked. Does the tape keep spinning while the game is running? Do larger games require flipping to Side A or Side B? If you press the stop button, does the game stop too?
I had a lot of questions like that, but the way it actually worked was that the computer first loaded all the data stored on the tape into memory. After that, the game would continue running independently without needing the tape anymore.
Even now, I still find it fascinating and surprising. I can only imagine how incredible it must have felt for people experiencing it for the first time back in the 1980s.
I mean... VRChat is struggling with the funding problem, so I'm making several billing models, and is it said that they donate to other organizations? Can anyone help me understand?
HAPPY PRIDE! 🏳️🌈
For this year's Pride Campaign, you can unlock exclusive in-game rewards for gifting VRC+!
KNOWN ISSUE: Gift dropping bundles of 50 or 100 may kick you from the instance, but it will still count towards the Hype Train progress. You can still rejoin the instance. We're working on a fix!
We'll also be donating $100k to Trans Lifeline.
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