

When I started, I was downloading mp3s and recording them on to cassettes. Use what you have. As for console games, there were DOS based SNES NES and geneses emulators for those who didn’t have the hardware.
Pj64 was emulating Nintendo64 titles while the console was still releasing titles.
Napster, limewire bearshare, winmx DC++ were all around before bit torrent was used for downloads.
Hooked up the family computer to the tv using a video card with s video output and impressed the whole family!



It was a struggle to get the right combinations of plugins going for pj64. I never had the console myself so I was happy with whatever I could get. Zelda64 and Majora’s mask were really all I was interested in. The SNES NES and PSX were really where I spent most of my time emulating. PC piracy was another beast. Cdcopyworld and all the DRM cracks or mini-iso files loaded up with daemon tools or alcohol to bypass cd checks. What a time to be alive.