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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 18:17:36 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   Cheese Terminator (Windows 3.x, 1992) #NotDOS

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 18:24:16 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     "Cheese Terminator" was an official Microsoft product available for free to Polish Windows users who filled out a registration card and sent it to Microsoft's European office in German.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 18:26:39 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     In 2015 one such user found an old registration card, and sent it in to Microsoft's office in Poland. To their & everyone's surprise, a few months later they received a package from Microsoft containing a box with the game on a floppy and a USB floppy drive.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 18:30:55 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     Not only that, but Microsoft at the same time also released an update of the game called "Cheese Terminator: Reloaded" for Windows Phones. As Windows Phone is now dead, the developer of Reloaded made a WebGL version available this year:
     https://www.chroscielski.pl/cheese-terminator-reloaded/

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 18:39:21 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     You can play the original 1992 Windows version in browser via The Internet Archive.
     (Press F2 to start a new game, otherwise you can't advance past the first level.)
     https://archive.org/details/mct_20200922

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 18:47:34 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Ertain

     @Ertain Wouldn't make too much sense, as they mailed in the card in 2015 and that's when Microsoft sent the package.

   • Ertain (ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 18:47:37 UTC Ertain

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     @dosnostalgic I think it would be funny if the package included a letter that said, "Sorry for the wait."

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 19:14:36 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Alexander Knochel

     @quantensalat ?

   • Alexander Knochel (quantensalat@astrodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 19:14:37 UTC Alexander Knochel

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     @dosnostalgic Are you serious

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 19:17:19 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Alexander Knochel

     @quantensalat I'm glad you've discovered something new. 👍

   • Alexander Knochel (quantensalat@astrodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 19:17:20 UTC Alexander Knochel

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     @dosnostalgic That this existed and I didn't have it

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 21:40:23 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Ertain

     @Ertain Makes more sense for the sender to write that then.

   • Ertain (ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 21:40:24 UTC Ertain

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     @dosnostalgic I'm referring to when the game was released, and how the offer was in 1992.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 00:06:02 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • hobbsc

     @hobbsc More than a little

   • hobbsc (hobbsc@social.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 00:06:03 UTC hobbsc

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     @dosnostalgic is it like sokoban?

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 00:53:26 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • abadidea
     • Ben Rosengart

     @fivetonsflax @0xabad1dea OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

   • Ben Rosengart (fivetonsflax@tilde.zone)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 00:53:27 UTC Ben Rosengart

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     • abadidea

     @dosnostalgic @0xabad1dea great Sade tune too