10 Ways Gaming Was Infinitely Better In The '90s

10. DLC Was Called "An Expansion"

DLC is such a big part of games that it's now usually announced before a game is even released. It's also morphed into season passes. Games are bought with the expectation players will pay more further down the line.

Back in the '90s though, DLC wasn't even downloadable. Dial-up internet meant hogging the phone line, and that only offered speeds of 33-56 KILOBYTES per second. Imagine scrolling through Instagram and having to wait around 5-10 seconds as an image loads, centimetres at a time. That's what dial-up meant. You'd have no chance downloading several megabytes' worth of content for your favourite game.

Developers had to fill floppy discs or 700MB CD-ROMs, meaning expansion packs were a sure fire way of getting quality content for a game you loved. No buying a season pass for DLC not even made yet.

This led to classic add-ons for games like Rainbow Six (Black Thorn), GTA (London 1969) and Throne of Bhaal for Baldur's Gate II.

Generally speaking, '90s expansions were just that: Expansive.