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[–] outerzenith@lemmy.dbzer0.com 83 points 4 days ago (12 children)

lol I remember copying game shortcuts on desktop on my flash drive thinking I'll get the game at home

[–] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Thanks for reminding me, I did that on a floppy disk once and was so proud at first...
Thats how you learn I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

TBH didn't it work at some point? Boots up Rodent's Revenge

[–] outerzenith@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

I think there are games that are simply a single .exe file, so copying that does work, I think I have one in Windows XP era and just left it on the desktop for easy access lol

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