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A physical copy of the world’s first MMO has been spotted in the wild.

Frank Cifaldi of the Video Game History Foundation has come across a physical copy of Club Caribe, a stripped down, retail version of Habitat, the game largely credited as the world’s first MMO. Man, remember when video games came with manuals? Truly a magical time.

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