{"id":822031,"date":"2025-12-09T06:32:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xSViJqS2pkkkmTkPHeAYg"},"modified":"2025-12-09T06:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:32:41","slug":"nothings-made-me-want-to-reject-modernity-more-than-this-videogame-scholar-documenting-the-installers-of-yesteryear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nothings-made-me-want-to-reject-modernity-more-than-this-videogame-scholar-documenting-the-installers-of-yesteryear\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing&#8217;s made me want to reject modernity more than this videogame scholar documenting the installers of yesteryear"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The year is 2024. You&apos;ve just purchased a new game on Steam. You open your library (or click the prompt on your receipt page) and direct the storefront to your SSD. You hang around a while to see how fast your download speed is, doing the prerequisite fretting over whether your internet is suddenly dying without you noticing, then go back to your life.<\/p>\n<p>It&apos;s not exactly a process that builds hype\u2014I mean, it&apos;s functional most of the time. Stress-free, even. But we&apos;ve traded out convenience for theatre. The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-nostalgic-joy-of-90s-style-pc-game-installers\/\">game installers of yore<\/a> used to give you a feeling of transition from the ordinary doldrum of your life. A reward for buying and inserting a disk\u2014animations, music, terrible font choices\u2014a little treat while you waited for your computer to do its thing.<\/p>\n<p>In case this is all sounding a little before-your-time, however, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/autorunpics?t=H-aUp5rw4RBrhLsJDMSfDQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">autorun.ini on Twitter<\/a> is here to help.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Named after a type of file typically packaged with CDs back in the day, autorun.ini has made it their mission to catalogue &#8220;retail game installers&#8221;, and has been doing so since June of last year, starting (fittingly) with Windows 2000. Gotta install that before you download other early-2000s essentials, afterall. Like MSN Messenger. Or Teamspeak. Remember Teamspeak?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:530px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:106.04%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"tt2peq2JzsTG9XcXm4HPC\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-04-29 164820.png\" alt=\"A post on Twitter\/X featuring a pop-up installer for Windows 2000.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nothings-made-me-want-to-reject-modernity-more-than-this-videogame-scholar-documenting-the-installers-of-yesteryear.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"562\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: @autorun.ini on Twitter\/X.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other gems from their hoard include the OG World of Warcraft, the theatrical and ominous greeting theme of the first Baldur&apos;s Gate, and the explosive ini of 1995&apos;s The Ultimate Doom, which perfectly times the window&apos;s appearance with a blast following a chunky, compressed shotgun cock. Music to my ears.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:534px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:107.30%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"4wfq5xYgGgdpV2s2eGuseP\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-04-29 170500.png\" alt=\"A post that shares the installer for World of Warcraft as it was back in the day.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nothings-made-me-want-to-reject-modernity-more-than-this-videogame-scholar-documenting-the-installers-of-yesteryear-1.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"534\" height=\"573\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: @autorun.ini on Twitter\/X.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate (1998) pic.twitter.com\/2EELCCLGhn<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/autorunpics\/status\/1784909055783235653\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"see-more__button-container\"><span class=\"see-more__button\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"See more\">See more<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Ultimate Doom for Windows 95 (1995), developed by Microsoft, published by GT Interactive pic.twitter.com\/ttvmHHTnMQ<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/autorunpics\/status\/1665913124430704640\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"see-more__button-container\"><span class=\"see-more__button\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"See more\">See more<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>My favourite by far, however, is this screen for Final Fantasy 8\u2014the blurry jpg featuring early 2000s CGI among what looks like might actually be a stock photo. The blocky, italicised font, the little wing graphics superimposed next to them. It looks like a fan website. In other words, it&apos;s perfect.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1673px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:53.86%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ZYw62TLmpxTNbnGW6WMrG3\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-04-29 170725.png\" alt=\"An image of FF8's installer, as shared by @autorun.ini on Twitter\/X.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nothings-made-me-want-to-reject-modernity-more-than-this-videogame-scholar-documenting-the-installers-of-yesteryear-2.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1673\" height=\"901\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: @autorun.ini on Twitter\/X.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, these things have pretty much gone the way of the dodo. The closest we get are in-house launchers for MMORPGs like Final Fantasy 14. Occasionally, a studio like Larian might have an all-in-one launcher for its games\u2014but the closest you get to that sinking-into-a-bath feeling nowadays is patiently waiting for a game&apos;s shaders to compile on your first boot-up, or something like World of Warcraft&apos;s login screen.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I think old-time game installers should make a comeback. Sure, you can compile shaders when the game launches, but there&apos;s something magical about a pop-up window blasting much-too-loud at you. I want the bad fonts, the compressed noises\u2014but then again I also want physical boxes and instruction manuals, and those lie in graves, succeeded mostly by collector&apos;s editions. Simpler times, indeed.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/nothings-made-me-want-to-reject-modernity-more-than-this-videogame-scholar-documenting-the-game-installers-of-yesteryear\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year is 2024. You&apos;ve just purchased a new game on Steam. You open your library (or click the prompt on your receipt page) and direct the storefront to your SSD. You hang around a while to see how fast your download speed is, doing the prerequisite fretting over whether your internet is suddenly dying without you noticing, then go back to your life. It&apos;s not exactly a process that builds hype\u2014I mean, it&apos;s functional most of the time. Stress-free, even. But we&apos;ve traded out convenience for theatre. The game installers of yore used to give you a feeling of transition from the ordinary doldrum of your life. 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