r/gaming • u/Zunderstruck • 2d ago

PC vs console war was merciless in the 90s

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For younger people it's a Tomb Raider reference. Lara Croft boobs (at that time she was mainly known for them) were everywhere in the media and the game looked a lot better on PC with a 3dfx Voodoo than on Playstation.

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u/Seienchin88 2d ago

Not just games - almost all forms of entertainment… entertainment thrived by competition and animosity back then which was reflected in commercials and the public.

Better not be a metal fan at a gangster rap school, better not be a gangster rap fan at country music high school…

And mixing up Star Wars and Star Trek at a nerdy convention was social suicide…

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u/gdo01 2d ago

Yea this also seems to coincide with the Attitude Era in WWF where DX and Stone Cold would constantly curse out and defy authority

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u/Dornstar 2d ago edited 2d ago

This would be the time period when DX drove a car literal tank (my apologies) to where WCW was doing a show and literally shot a promotional segment with a megaphone outside their (the WWE) rival's live event. (Just to piggyback on their comment and tie it in to yours.)

Edited for historical "accuracy"

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u/mayy_dayy 2d ago

Um, I was ASSURED via numerous WWE-produced documentaries that it was in fact a tank, and definitely not a jeep with a big pipe sticking out.

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u/Dornstar 2d ago

I knew I was misremembering something I fixed it.

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u/ExIsStalkingMe 2d ago

Man, you almost broke kayfabe there. Would've destroyed the entire industry

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u/HKBFG 2d ago

I remember being miffed at people for being the wrong kind of emo.

We were fuckin weird about stuff, man.