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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 30 points 1 month ago

Many had a premium rate phone line, and it was just a tape so if you were stuck near the end you'd have to listen to the end and potentially pay many times the game's cost.

[-] Wilco@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago

Thanks for reminding me of those 1-900 phone lines ... I got in trouble for those.

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