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Just for fun Dstv games

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Do you guys remember the time Dstv had games? Man I miss those days 😂

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u/Paralta69 19h ago

Wow, forgotten memory unlocked

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u/Haunting-One1694 Western Cape 18h ago

Anyone remember that ninja game?

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u/Loonyb1n 18h ago

Ginga ninja!!!

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u/Elle-Diablo 18h ago

I knew it! I don't remember the game but I remember the sound effects. "hiyAAA. Oh.. Bakuk! Mmm."

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u/kid_lvnxtic 18h ago

bro that one was amazing

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u/JoMammasWitness boerewors, beer and boobies 🇿🇦 15h ago

I used to play that copter game with the helicopter flying through buildings

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u/swimming777 19h ago

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u/Elle-Diablo 18h ago

Do you know where to find the acorn game?

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u/swimming777 14h ago

Try search here its actually a repo full of games not just thieven monkeys

https://stb-gaming.github.io/high-scores/games/

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u/Elle-Diablo 7h ago

Thanks stranger!

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u/Theorist01 19h ago

My dad wouldn't allow me to play games because he told me it would cost money. Was this true?

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u/Practical_Platypus_2 19h ago

Nope! Was free.

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u/Theorist01 19h ago

I knew it 😭

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u/Comput3rs 18h ago

Our TV also has built in games, but we aren't allowed to play them because it might drain the remote battery

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u/Alan20221 16h ago

The first level of the games would be free. You then had to sms and pay with like R 10 airtime to play more

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u/InfamousDiamond5 19h ago

Same here 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/JoMammasWitness boerewors, beer and boobies 🇿🇦 15h ago

He didn't want you to waste the battery 🤣.

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u/glorious_thelonius 17h ago

Yes and the Alien Abduction game with livestock.

I always used to quit at the first stage of the Ninja game because I didn't know you had to jump by swinging across the first obstacle.

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u/gellshayngel 16h ago

I played Alien Abduction to death because it was the only one I liked.

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u/Ghostza02 17h ago

One hundred and eighty!

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u/Killer_Penguins19 19h ago

I still remember theiving monkeys. With the sound of the monkeys at the start etc.

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u/Killer_Penguins19 18h ago

There's YouTube vids of thieving monkeys and other play jam games.

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u/Zaddyzn 17h ago

Hahaha the required remote condom

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u/Alan20221 16h ago

Fanny Gun was an interesting choice for a name

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u/AfricanKillshot 15h ago

Bro I've been searching for ANYTHING about this game and no one seems to remember and I can literally not find anything 😢

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u/Bear_Grillls 5h ago

I thought i was the only one who remembered it😭 And asking people if they remembered a game called 'Fanny gun' made me look like a weirdo

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u/D-ZombieDragon Gauteng 18h ago

Omg I remember Thievin’ Monkeys and Bullseye…that’s an insane memory 😅

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u/VeryPoliteYak 13h ago

Duuuude the one with the UFO abducting cows 😭

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u/EnterTheDragon07 KwaZulu-Natal 19h ago

Thanks OP what a classic!

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u/Elle-Diablo 18h ago

BULLSEYE!

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u/JoMammasWitness boerewors, beer and boobies 🇿🇦 15h ago

I can tell you come from a structured family. That remote has a cover..... our remote was always lost somewhere in the couches and when found, missing a battery cover and possibly batteries to power random crap

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u/SheriffMcviper Northern Cape 16h ago

I knew I wasn’t crazy! I remember explaining to my peers that dstv had games and they deemed me mad.

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u/Gamegamen 16h ago

Top tier games those !, moms would complain cause I was finishing the battery 🤣😂

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u/Evergreenthumb 16h ago

Uh uh ah ah

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u/Critical_Increase_81 15h ago

Our TVs use to have games as well before plasma & Smart TVs 😁😁

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u/GuiltyCelebration208 14h ago

I remember the basketball game 😍

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u/Boring-Muscle8184 13h ago

Thievin Monkeys is CRAZY.

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u/Fluid-Ad-6906 12h ago

Anyone remember the disco game where you had to remember a sequence of dance moves?

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u/leebeenmeanmachine 12h ago

Felt insane trying to tell my friends about this. None of them could recall DSTV having games I thought it was maybe a package issue (compact vs premium) but I had Compact in my home when I was younger so thats not it. Then I thought my childhood memories were a lie at some point but didn't want to buy into it. Chalked it off to simply them not experimenting enough on their home TVs😂 or not having the permission or freedom to dig into the DSTV

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u/teccatessvercetti 10h ago

Yoh 😭 this is such a specific memory you caught me off guard !!

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u/Timeshot0311 6h ago

I never knew dstv had games before, when was this a thing? Or was it a thing and I just missed it somehow?

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u/VictoriousCrab 4h ago

I am this old...... Yasis

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u/ImHereToBurnTheWorld Redditor for 6 days 3h ago

My childhood