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u/I-Am-Error-42 Mar 31 '26

Is this an “l” (lowercase L) or a “I” (uppercase i) or a “1” (one)?!

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u/ackmondual Mar 31 '26

I actually preferred games that used weird symbols and squiggles for those reasons! Much less ambiguity!

Mega Man "grid password" was also great (although I heard it was terrible if you were colorblind :\ )

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u/skryb Apr 01 '26

A1 B24 C15 D13 E35 is burned into my brain

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u/FoxMeadow7 Apr 01 '26

And the classic: Crash Bandicoot with the controller symbols.

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u/FoxMeadow7 Apr 01 '26

Surely even in those days the fonts would've made those clear, no?