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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Games on a DVD player?
On a DVD Disc, Yes.
I guess they put a program on a disc that the dvd player was able to read off of it. Idk how that shit works, don't have it anymore. Like its not a normal dvd player... it has a ports for 2 controllers... and it being a portable dvd means it had an internal battery and a screen.
I think it had a lot of Nintendo games on the discs.
I remember there was a Kirby... I remember we brought it with us to the US, and I remember playing a Kirby game for a while but like you know... electronics eventually wear out... I think it stopped working within 4 years...
My most memorable game is probably Tank 1990
Like I remember we had 2 discs, one was a normal size dvd, the other one was a smaller dvd... like it's half the normal diameter... idk why those "tiny dvds discs" even exist lol...
I think they had like over 100 games probably
I did a quick search and the DVD thing looked like this:
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JzkQzl6qc (you can skip forward to see it in action)
The one we had, you can rotate the screen left and right like this:
(Besides the "DVD Player" thing, I also remember game cartridges... I remember my brother blowing into the connectors to clear the dust... but I can't remember what the machine looked like... maybe the dvd thing has a slot for cartridges? or maybe rhat was a separate thing... idk cant remember)
This was in 2002-2010 btw
Oh, I see. It has a built in Nintendo emulator, that's how it works.