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beautifulfreak on Oct 16, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you w...

Inflation changes things. 25 cents back in 1984 would be worth about $2.00 now.

DerekL on Oct 16, 2018 [–]

Not in the US.

$0.25 in 1972 (Pong) = $1.48 today $0.25 in 1978 (Space Invaders) = $0.95 today $0.25 in 1984 = $0.60

http://cpiinflationcalculator.com

Though now cabinets are bigger and the controls are more sophisticated.

beautifulfreak on Oct 23, 2018 | [–]

I used this one but must have done something wrong. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com

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