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[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Sound cards used to take up one of the few slots so they’d also have a joystick port since the people buying sound cards were often doing it for games.

I remember buying the Sound Blaster card and “upgrading” my ram for a pretty penny so I could play wing commander.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

so I could play wing commander

Worth every penny.

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

100%

First game I had that came on CD, first time I'd seen a PDF (instruction manual)

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

It was also the MIDI port, so it made sense.