Yeah I’m not so sure about that. I played Bards Tale when it came out and yes of course I did a lot of my own research, etc. but that kind information still got around in the form of BBSes, magazines, AOL, CompuServe and of course word of mouth. Everyone knew the Contra code despite the lack of ubiquitous internet.
Well I misread, he was saying advent of online multiplayer games. Not advent of video games…
That said, bards tale predates aol offering internet service. But many versions of it were re-released for newer systems and such. So magazines were pretty much all you had. And they tended not to spoil games back then. They usually also advertised the tip books and such.
Yeah I’m not so sure about that. I played Bards Tale when it came out and yes of course I did a lot of my own research, etc. but that kind information still got around in the form of BBSes, magazines, AOL, CompuServe and of course word of mouth. Everyone knew the Contra code despite the lack of ubiquitous internet.
Well I misread, he was saying advent of online multiplayer games. Not advent of video games… That said, bards tale predates aol offering internet service. But many versions of it were re-released for newer systems and such. So magazines were pretty much all you had. And they tended not to spoil games back then. They usually also advertised the tip books and such.
I had online (dial-up) service via QuantumLink when Bards Tale was initially released for C64.