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Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full
In the mid-90s the coolest thing to buy for a PC, besides the incredibly expensive Intel Pentium , was a CD-ROM drive . With their capacity of 640 MiB (three times the storage of PC HDD at the time), CDs allowed enthusiasts to step into a world of multimedia, made of high-resolution 640x480 256 colors palette-indexed…
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Games & GraphicsHistory & Retro Computing2026
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Aug 17, 2026 | Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full by shdon | 493 | 226 |
