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You know what? Fuck it. I'm gonna grab a cover disc from a Russian computer magazine from July of 2000, and see what's on it!
Actually, you know what? Instead of using the actual CD I'm gonna download its ISO with a download manager!!! *Maniacal laugh*
Oh baby, here we goooooo!
Ah, fuck. Don't have Internet Explorer installed. BRB!
Actually I'm just gonna run it on my main Win 10 machine. Now... did anyone order some ROCKING CD BURNER DRIVER UPDATES? 🤘
Let's get game demos out of the way. In July of the year 2000 we're being offered:
Virtual Skipper, KawaZaki ATV Powersports, and Die Hard Trilogy 2. Can't read the descriptions because I don't have pre-Unicode Russian fonts installed.
Ok, let's see what we're getting in "Software Collection". Oh boy. E-Mail Remover? WinZip 8, Opera 4, QNX, and What To Say And How To Behave in Great Britain? 🤔
Special Russian software here. Not familiar with any of these productivity packages, but I'm quite familiar with the Russian response to multiplayer-only shooters like Quake 3 and Unreal: Tournament - HIRED TEAM: TRIAL
And some drivers Sound Blaster Live, Savage 2000, TNT, TNT2, Rage 128, and Voodoo 5!
Internet links! Topics: American Cars, Pets, and Vacation!
Learn about FMD technology! "What's so bad about DVD?"
Should I see if Hired Team: Trial demo runs on Windows 10? 🤔
Wow, it just ran. It's a miracle. A Russian Quake 3 😄
I wanted to check out "What To Say And How To Behave In Great Britain" and wtf... it's a Power Point presentation!
It's a narrated non-interactive slideshow demo for a full product. And they didn't find a better way to present it other than a freaking power point?
Oh. Oh no.
42 slides in this demo. Not bad, I guess.
I think I had enough for today. This wasn't a particularly interesting cover disc.
Remember that tons of magazine cover discs from all over the world are available right now over at The Internet Archive! archive.org/search.php?que…
Btw, Hired Team: Trial did come out in the States in 2001. With bad reviews and this box art it didn't exactly fly off the shelves
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