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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 23:56:15 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   PC Data's best selling computer games of 1997 (in the United States).
   Source: PC Gamer, April 98.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 23:56:32 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     ("The Total Number of Units Sold" is the total *for the year* only, not all time.)

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 23:58:23 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     I thought Deer Hunter was the most profitable 1997 release, as far as investment vs return went, but it's very clearly this:

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 00:01:59 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     Sierra put out like a dozen titles in 1997, and their fishing game from 2 years prior outsold every single one of them. 🤷♂️

   • Gerard Braad ✅ (gbraad@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 00:46:18 UTC Gerard Braad ✅

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     @dosnostalgic
     Unpopular take: Myst is overrated
     Dang, a lot of barbie.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 00:52:00 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Gerard Braad ✅

     @gbraad Overrated or not, but a FOUR year old game coming in #2 best selling in the mid 90s is quite an achievement.

   • Gerard Braad ✅ (gbraad@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 00:55:40 UTC Gerard Braad ✅

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     @dosnostalgic yep, but I am more amazed about but the other fact. Myst had a novelty factor. Riven is merely a sequel, which often would do worse. (riven was a better game)

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 00:59:10 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Gerard Braad ✅

     @gbraad That's called cornering the market, I guess. It took Myst almost a year and a half to crack a million sales. The same took Riven just a few months.

   • Damiano Gerli (damianogerli@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 21:27:35 UTC Damiano Gerli

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     @dosnostalgic time to stream this baby

   • RobD (13pt8plus@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Sep-2024 19:52:26 UTC RobD

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     @dosnostalgic I once bought a CD like that with a bunch of games, but it turned out to be a CD full of shareware without any licenses, so usually only 1 level or less and you had to pay for the full game. It was not exactly the Mother Lode I thought I had found. 🙄

   • Matthijs De Smedt (anji@metalhead.club)'s status on Monday, 23-Sep-2024 20:39:17 UTC Matthijs De Smedt

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     @dosnostalgic Cyan looking on the rest of the PC gaming industry in 1997 like "Hello! Are you doing alright down there?"

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 02:43:02 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • RobD

     @13pt8plus Yeah, shovelware discs were rarely a goldmine.