Physical Versus Digital Game Collecting

BY RYAN WILLIAMS: Believe it or not, digital copies of video games began back before the internet was a real thing in terms of video gaming. Atari actually provided a service in the early 1980s in which customers could use a specialized cartridge (remember those?) to connect via a telephone line and be able to rent a videogame for about a week. Of course, this being one of the first ventures into the digital world of gaming, it failed almost immediately, but at the time, Atari knew it was onto something and other companies such as Nintendo would soon follow suit.