Downloading games

the_syco · 13-07-2018 1:19pm #1

....from the radio.

Came across this little gem; http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/10/13/people-used-download-games-radio about how it used to be easier to tape broadcasts sent over the radio, and then play them back into your computer.

Did anyone here do it a long long time ago?

Tom Mann Centuria · 13-07-2018 1:22pm

After tv channels finished for the day there was a time they'd also play programs for you to record.

marathont · 13-07-2018 1:24pm

I know someone who tried to send a game over the telephone, could'nt get it to work though.

Skerries · 13-07-2018 1:44pm

I remember reading about it but I always assumed it was more of a British thing

Inviere · 13-07-2018 1:49pm

Twin tape deck with high speed dubbing and auto reverse, sorted

that’s likely all gibberish to anyone under 30

Skerries · 13-07-2018 4:58pm

Inviere wrote: »

Twin tape deck with high speed dubbing and auto reverse, sorted that’s likely all gibberish to anyone under 30

this was a blessing when I got one as it was a pain to have to use a program copy tape to load the game into memory and then record to a blank tape

Doge · 14-07-2018 7:50pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeKWMXuSGCc

Saw another cool video where the BBC sold kits to the public that used a photo diode.

The idea was to hold or tape it to the screen while they would have a pulsating light at the corner of the screen during the broadcast of their computer show and it would turn the light into data and send it to your computer.

I can't remember which keywords are required to find it on youtube though!

CiDeRmAn · 14-07-2018 10:44pm

C&VG published an issue back the 80's that came with a terrible Thompson Twins game with it.
It also had a few songs they released at the time.
And cassettes must have been expensive to use on the cover as they used a terrible plastic record, which just made it impossible to load, thanks to the crackles of the format.

the_syco · 16-07-2018 2:05am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJNBDt6MJ9U

CathalDublin · 20-07-2018 9:17am

marathont wrote: »

I know someone who tried to send a game over the telephone, could'nt get it to work though.

And the internet was born:eek:

CiDeRmAn · 20-07-2018 10:44am

CathalDublin wrote: »

And the internet was born:eek:

I thought it was developed so, in the event of a nuclear attack, the US military could still watch porn?

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