Comment on The WipEout Game You Had to Buy a Movie to Play

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• PerfectDark@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m almost ashamed to admit that I just bought Hackers (1995) for $45.00 AUD a few days ago.

  Almost, but not entirely.

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  • phar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But…why?

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    • zout@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Why almost ashamed, or why buy Hackers?

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  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That movie was such a product of the 90s. It was glorious. Also Angelina Jolie was a goddamn smoke show.

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  • warmaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That movie is legendary! I freaking love it!

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• thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There was even movies on Game Boy Advance: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance_Video Which is kind of dumb, compared to UMD. And if you think about it, we watch movies on mobile devices. The first iPhone came out years later, so we wasn’t used to smartphones yet.

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  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hilariously, the video cartridges are blocked from working on GameCube Game Boy Player. We can’t have you watching videos you paid for, on the TV!

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    • xtools@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      probably because the video resolution has been abysmal to begin with to fit it on the cartridge

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      • Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m 100% sure that they placed the artificial block not because of the bad resolution but because the copyright holders gave a license for portable viewing and not for home video (probably cheaper at the time)

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  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We have a lot more pixels today.

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