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8-Bit Commandos256 DIGITS OF POWER! 8-Bit Commandos, shuffle now! Although the fad has died down in recent years, in their heyday, 8-Bit Commands were THE collectable sensation of choice. Although they came as packs of 4 cards plus a stick of bubblegum, the cards themselves had fabulous holographic artwork that would come to life when cards were joined side by side with a brief two-way interaction. For example, putting Captain Muscular next to The Abacus would result in the following: CM: (posing and flexing his muscles) Count these muscles, man! Truly
you see my power! Truly amazing dialogue. Since there were 256 characters in all, that meant a full 256^2 possible interactions, or 65536 total. A bonus set of 256 'Alternate Universe' cards were released when popularity started to wane, which brought things up to 16777216 possible interactions. Only the insane would try to collect 'em all and see all, which is only fitting since it takes a certain amount of insanity to indulge in collectables. The 8-Bit Commandos, sorted by the Master Card Grid Codes are:
...along with many, many others.
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