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Strange Pre-Production Dumpster Disks from Microprose Found (and a trip to their old offices)

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28th May 2023 32 min

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These strange and unusual disks appeared in The Cave recently but what's on them? Today we archive and explore the disks and we also visit MicroProse offices in the local area to learn more about their history.

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●Chapters

00:00 MicroProse Memories

04:02 Who are PCBWay.com?

04:26 Inspecting the MicroProse Disks

16:02 Driving to MicroProse UK Offices

22:27 Ripping Disks with the Grease Weazle

24:28 Testing the images in emulation

29:15 Final Thoughts

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