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Maybe I'm the last old fart that still remembers magazines coming with demo CDs

The meme consists of text at the top and a photograph below it. The top text reads 'Remember when magazines came with demo CDs?'. The photo shows an open zippered CD wallet holding two Sony PlayStation 1 demo discs in paper sleeves: the left disc is a generic official PlayStation 'demo one' promotional disc, while the right disc is a demo version of Namco's fighting game *Tekken 3*, featuring the character Jin Kazama on its official cover art. The post evokes nostalgia for the now-obsolete 1990s to early 2000s practice of including physical game demo discs as a free bonus with printed video game magazines, before digital game distribution became standard.
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Remember when magazines came with demo CDs?

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The meme consists of text at the top and a photograph below it. The top text reads 'Remember when magazines came with demo CDs?'. The photo shows an open zippered CD wallet holding two Sony PlayStation 1 demo discs in paper sleeves: the left disc is a generic official PlayStation 'demo one' promotional disc, while the right disc is a demo version of Namco's fighting game Tekken 3, featuring the character Jin Kazama on its official cover art. The post evokes nostalgia for the now-obsolete 1990s to early 2000s practice of including physical game demo discs as a free bonus with printed video game magazines, before digital game distribution became standard.

Origin notes

This content was originally posted on the social platform 9Gag, retrieved from its public RSS feed. Its original posted title was 'Maybe I'm the last old fart that still remembers this.' It targets older millennial and Generation X retro gaming audiences that grew up with physical console media like the original PlayStation.

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