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In the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

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288 points spzb | 4 comments | 3/28/2025, 10:14:00 PM | HN request time: 0.8s | source
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giancarlostoro ◴[3/31/2025, 10:22:00 AM] No.43533246[source]▶

I remember here on HN reading about some vinyl which had either software or games on from the 80s but I dont recall the artist, so this doesnt sound too far from that for me.

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4ndrewl ◴[3/31/2025, 10:30:00 AM] No.43533294[source]▶

You're thinking of The Thompson Twins https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thompson_Twins_Adventure

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1. Joeboy ◴[3/31/2025, 10:42:00 AM] No.43533382[source]▶

Or could be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camouflage_(Chris_Sievey_song). Or probably other things too.

Edit: There is a (small) wikipedia category for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vinyl_data

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2. 4ndrewl ◴[3/31/2025, 3:20:00 PM] No.43536066[source]▶

Idk thank you. My money is still on it being the Thompson Twins though - they were top 10 regulars and household names at the time. :)

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3. Joeboy ◴[3/31/2025, 3:33:00 PM] No.43536221[source]▶

My money says Frank Sidebottom (Chris Sievey's alter ego) probably has more cultural currency than The Thompson Twins in 202x. But obviously idk what they're thinking of.

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4. 4ndrewl ◴[3/31/2025, 3:42:00 PM] No.43536324{3}[source]▶

I would love that to be true!