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Japanese X68000 Game Disc Warnings Amuse

Posted by simoniker on from the no-gnawing-on-your-floppies dept.

Thanks to NFG.2y.net for its new feature cataloging the amusing-looking floppy disc warnings featured on classic game sleeves from the Sharp X68000 Japanese computer. Highlights include the Capcom sleeve illustrations, where "the Street Fighter 2 characters exhorted you to take good care of your floppies", as well as some strange warnings from Japanese developer Zoom, including the suggestions that users "don't bathe with your floppy", and a cautionary tale about dropping your hardware.

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  1. Balrog? by forkazoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait, why is the balrog in SF2? And, does the street fighter two balrog have wings? Oh, wait, now I get it... Balrogs have shiny wings!

    Amazingly, this *is* on topic!

    http://nfg.2y.net/games/x68k_sleeves/capcom1.sht m

    Wow, I totally didn't realise how awesome the world was when I was a kid!

  2. To Express Your Joy, Shake Your Hips by mrseigen · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have got to get into a marketing firm somewhere so I can put those directions on a game box.

    Shake til you puke!

  3. What the... by Jorkapp · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't get some of the ones from Zoom. Who would want to have sex with a floppy? (The Love is for Grown-Ups one)

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    Frink: Nice try floyd, but you were designed for scrubbing, and scrubbing is what you shall do.