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In the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

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286 points spzb | 3 comments | 28 Mar 25 22:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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giancarlostoro ◴[31 Mar 25 10:22 UTC] 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 ◴[31 Mar 25 10:30 UTC] No.43533294[source]▶
You're thinking of The Thompson Twins https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thompson_Twins_Adventure
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Joeboy ◴[31 Mar 25 10:42 UTC] 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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1. 4ndrewl ◴[31 Mar 25 15:20 UTC] 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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2. Joeboy ◴[31 Mar 25 15:33 UTC] 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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3. 4ndrewl ◴[31 Mar 25 15:42 UTC] No.43536324[source]▶
I would love that to be true!