MikeSilva Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Found this picture and thought the group might enjoy it. Sometime in 1982/83 we were all invited to stick around after work to smash cassettes in exchange for pizza and beer. Here are the results. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Yea, why? Were they disco cassettes? That would be understandable. Synapse programs were pretty good. Nothing worth smashing from what I can remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSilva Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 I don't know. Maybe they weren't selling well as more people bought disk drives, and it was an inventory adjustment thing. Just like all those Atari cartridges buried in landfills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 The horror, The horror (Col Kurtz, Apocalypse Now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Sad, but cool at the same time. Typical bean counting / tax incentive BS I'm sure. Probably couldn't write that stuff off unless they were literally destroyed. Cool pic all the same, so thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Reminds me of the LA riots...except with more white ladies with New Balance shoes and protective goggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Yeah, boo in the extreme. You shouldn't be promoting this... you should be cowering in the corner and crying in shame in the beer they gave you as payment for your souls for taking part in this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 What people don't know is at the previous party they burned all the punchcard editions of Synapse games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Ok, so maybe make something to repair your raputation... Some game or port, or demo... No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I'm with Miker on this one....C'mon Mike, something new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Found this picture and thought the group might enjoy it. Sometime in 1982/83 we were all invited to stick around after work to smash cassettes in exchange for pizza and beer. Here are the results. Synapse_cassette_smash.jpg Ignore the naysayers. Which one were you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Ignore the naysayers. Which one were you? Yes. Good. Bring him out in the light. ? http://news.softpedia.com/news/irish-man-tags-himself-in-riot-photos-on-facebooks-gets-two-years-in-jail-502950.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Yes. Good. Bring him out in the light. http://news.softpedia.com/news/irish-man-tags-himself-in-riot-photos-on-facebooks-gets-two-years-in-jail-502950.shtml Hardly the same. Not even close. Lets see, riot vs company sanctioned event. I don't see why anyone is upset over destroying inventory. Companies destroy inventory to shrink it out of the system for tax purposes. Get over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Hardly the same. Not even close. Lets see, riot vs company sanctioned event. I don't see why anyone is upset over destroying inventory. Companies destroy inventory to shrink it out of the system for tax purposes. Get over it. Here. You might these helpful. https://goo.gl/7W86Q3 and... http://goo.gl/6qgVwE I could even throw is a side order of http://goo.gl/uVP7ek. I'm pretty sure this is all in good fun. Edited April 14, 2016 by Justin Payne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Here. You might these helpful. https://goo.gl/7W86Q3 and... http://goo.gl/6qgVwE Whatever. /out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 This is like Atari dumping carts in New Mexico, but on a smaller scale. You can dump unsold inventory for a tax write off, but you have to destroy it or it will mysteriously end up back on the market and then you have to compete against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSilva Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) I was the one taking the picture... Edited April 14, 2016 by MikeSilva 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSilva Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 You guys are making me think I need to go into witness protection... Just kidding! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Whatever. /out This is where my wife would say I took the joke a bit too far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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