Was calling hotlines for game tips also a thing on the 2000s onwards, or it was strictly a 20th Century thing.
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Less-so for tiplines, and moreso for easter eggs. God of War had two different phone numbers to call depending on what you did
>>1208928I'm pretty sure it calling for tips started dying in the 16 bit era when games were finally being made for non autistic beings
>>12089289Died with GameFAQs for online families.Just like how chat rooms killed phone sexlines.
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>>12089289I remember the last time I called the NP hotline was around 1999 to ask for help on Zelda II finding the last heart container (I got into /vr/ early). They were actually very helpful...then we got internet a few months later and I never called again after that.Obviously GameFAQs and the like are more convenient but calling the hotline was SOVLFUL. I've read interviews with people who worked on the NP hotline and I guess in the early days before they had a computer database, you had to maintain your own binder of tips and maps. SOVL levels out of control. I'd give anything to have been there.
I called it once in 93 for help with super ghouls n ghosts. I thought the "you gotta finish the game twice" was just a schoolyard troll. But the guy answering was rude.
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I think it was a thing briefly for those with no/poor internet, but essentially died when more people could just search up "[game] walkthrough" or buy the strategy guide right there in the store.
>>12089289The only time I ever called the hotline was for the sonic barrel, and no i'm not kidding.
>>12090251How'd that go?
>>12090258It was right when the game came out, they actually had an automated message about it. I guess they were getting a lot of calls.
>>12090265You are a fucking poorfag for not being able to afford internet to read Sonic guides back in 1994
>>12090281There were no sonic guides back then, especially on launch day. Was I supposed to google them you dumb zoomer?
