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RT @richardcobbett: In this week's Crap Shoot, a game that wore its heart on its sleeve. Someone's heart, anyway. It's Blood. http://t.co/6…

 Sat Jun 01 10:01:45 +0000 2013

This week @richardcobbett grabs a pitchfork and takes a stab at one of my favorite games - Blood: http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/06/01/saturday-crapshoot-blood/

 Sat Jun 01 10:03:16 +0000 2013

And on Ancient DOS Games Kris picks up the classic that is Earth Worm Jim #ADG http://www.pixelships.com/adg/ep0114.html

 Sat Jun 01 10:04:16 +0000 2013

RT @Jigglenomicon: @dosnostalgic if you are looking for reviews i have made 2 teribble reviews of star wars games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOIfEXQ2vOk
ht…

 Sat Jun 01 12:20:25 +0000 2013

Which one? Kubrick or Lyne?

 Sat Jun 01 13:32:07 +0000 2013

Kubrick is over of my favorite directors, but Lyne's version is closer to the source. And hotter, obviously, because it's Lyne.

 Sat Jun 01 13:42:25 +0000 2013

Yep yep. He's really good. The whole cast is good in that one. It's a bit underrated in my opinion.

 Sat Jun 01 13:43:13 +0000 2013

WHAT???

 Sat Jun 01 14:00:22 +0000 2013

Well, actually all those aren't Kubrick's best overall, but all there need to be seen at least once.

 Sat Jun 01 14:01:08 +0000 2013

They are still worth it. Especially Full Metal Jacket. Get widescreen versions if you can.

 Sat Jun 01 14:07:06 +0000 2013

You've seen Killer's Kiss, Barry Lyndon & The Killing?

 Sat Jun 01 14:07:42 +0000 2013

Yes. And he didn't consider Spartacus to be one of his.

 Sat Jun 01 14:11:24 +0000 2013

So no Path of Glory either? I love that movie.

 Sat Jun 01 14:13:20 +0000 2013

He directed that because Douglas fired the previous director after two weeks & asked him for a favor. He didn't have full control.

 Sat Jun 01 14:14:48 +0000 2013

Kirk Douglas was also a producer on it. It was his pet project.

 Sat Jun 01 14:17:49 +0000 2013

AND there are also Kubrick's early films that he hated, bought every known print of and destroyed.

 Sat Jun 01 14:20:52 +0000 2013

Not Douglas, Kubrick. He didn't like his own films prior to Killer's Kiss. Granted, they were kind of shit.

 Sat Jun 01 14:26:08 +0000 2013

Douglas is a colossal asshole from what I heard though.

 Sat Jun 01 14:26:56 +0000 2013

Honestly, out of pre-Spartacus ones I only REALLY like Paths of Glory. I'm not that big on Lolita either.

 Sat Jun 01 14:35:59 +0000 2013

What you should check out is A Life In Pictures documentary about him. It's good.

 Sat Jun 01 14:37:53 +0000 2013

Wow. That's interesting. I like it, but mostly for technical achievements.

 Sat Jun 01 14:38:48 +0000 2013

My favorites would be A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, Shining, 2001 & 1st half of Full Metal Jacket.

 Sat Jun 01 14:51:58 +0000 2013

But honestly most of his other films are also in my top favorites.

 Sat Jun 01 14:55:02 +0000 2013

But Dr. Strangelove is still hilarious today, even if it's not topical anymore! Unlike most old comedies with Sellers.

 Sat Jun 01 15:02:17 +0000 2013

if you like Sellers I'd also suggest A Life & Death Of Peter Sellers with Geoffrey Rush as him. An amazing TV film.

 Sat Jun 01 15:09:32 +0000 2013

Basic Instinct!

 Sat Jun 01 15:11:35 +0000 2013

I watch it like every half a year. Fucking love it! Oh, Paul Verhoeven...

 Sat Jun 01 15:17:01 +0000 2013

Really? I don't remember forcing you into anything...

 Sat Jun 01 15:21:22 +0000 2013

I don't even consider myself a fan because I've never seen his non-English movies. I probably should get on that.

 Sat Jun 01 15:27:24 +0000 2013

Have I? I mean, I really like his style, but I tend to pick directors I'm more familiar with.

 Sat Jun 01 15:36:07 +0000 2013

I think I've seen it with my grandmother once.

 Sat Jun 01 17:45:10 +0000 2013

Most certainly. People were buying tons of porn with their VHS players during the video boom.

 Sat Jun 01 17:48:13 +0000 2013

Was it the title?

 Sat Jun 01 17:51:52 +0000 2013

Most of them are. Kind of. They work for teenagers. And as an adult you get to recognize other great elements. Layers!

 Sat Jun 01 17:57:07 +0000 2013

Starship Troopers is an awesome teenage corny action flick. & then you grow up & suddenly realize it's about propaganda & control.

 Sat Jun 01 18:03:58 +0000 2013

What I can't believe is the fact that a lot of people dismiss Starship Troopers as a stupid teen movie. It's on purpose, people!

 Sat Jun 01 18:10:29 +0000 2013

It looks like Janus Films & Criterion are gathering rights for a whole bunch of Cronenberg films. I'm excited.

 Sat Jun 01 19:51:06 +0000 2013

Blade Runner sequel, Tim Burton's Alice sequel & a Grumpy Cat movie. Why do I even bother reading Hollywood news?...

 Sun Jun 02 10:49:12 +0000 2013

Yes. Blade Runner project was in works for a while now. Ridley Scott & Hampton Fancher attached. Now it's labeled as "sequel".

 Sun Jun 02 11:02:43 +0000 2013

Yeah, I love Blade Runner, but even I think that most of that movie's magic happened by chance. Can't repeat that. But I'll see it.

 Sun Jun 02 11:08:44 +0000 2013

The game did very well with the material in a different medium. That approach wouldn't work with the sequel.

 Sun Jun 02 11:16:16 +0000 2013

Blade Runner draws inspiration from a lot of things. Honestly, it's pretty far from the novel as far as the story goes.

 Sun Jun 02 11:27:26 +0000 2013

Damn, it looks like Luc Besson is back into directing. He should stop before he makes more bad movies than he has good ones.

 Sun Jun 02 11:29:59 +0000 2013

What happened to most of my favorite directors? It feels like most of them sold out and then lost interest in directing. Sad.

 Sun Jun 02 11:30:53 +0000 2013

He likes the game a lot. That's all. I doubt any studio will actually back him on that one. And it's a good thing.

 Sun Jun 02 11:40:09 +0000 2013

BUT I've seen some of Dead Space and honestly it reminded me of The Thing game a lot.

 Sun Jun 02 11:41:00 +0000 2013

Luc Besson came back with boring kids CGI cartoons, a crap kids movie with a nude scene in the middle of it & a okay-ish biopic. Meh.

 Sun Jun 02 11:43:08 +0000 2013

He also wrote a sequel to Leon, but couldn't make it happen because he doesn't own the rights to the original film. THANK GOD!

 Sun Jun 02 11:44:24 +0000 2013

Tim Burton has been making pure shit for years now. Stylish and good looking, but still shit.

 Sun Jun 02 11:45:04 +0000 2013

Ridley Scott has always been consistent in technical excellence, but also no good films in years. At least he looks like he's still into it.

 Sun Jun 02 11:47:55 +0000 2013

Alright, I'll stop bashing the international movie industry now. I swear I'll be talking about DOS games in moment.

 Sun Jun 02 11:49:26 +0000 2013

I liked Prometheus, but still not as much as some of his earlier films.

 Sun Jun 02 11:52:05 +0000 2013

I'm sure a different cut will eventually surface. There's always multiple ones with Scott.

 Sun Jun 02 11:56:21 +0000 2013

Trust me, I own it. The briefcase.

 Sun Jun 02 11:59:00 +0000 2013

Heretic #DosGameScreenADay

 Sun Jun 02 14:03:07 +0000 2013

Yes, last night.

 Sun Jun 02 15:45:37 +0000 2013

Doesn't run well on my machine. Saving it for better times.

 Sun Jun 02 15:46:14 +0000 2013

@AveTory So how was Basic Instinct?

 Sun Jun 02 15:50:39 +0000 2013

And now I'd like to take a couple of minutes to talk about games made with the DOOM engine.

 Sun Jun 02 15:51:09 +0000 2013

But not DOOM itself. What can I say about DOOM that haven't been said before? Nothing.

 Sun Jun 02 15:51:56 +0000 2013

In DOOM we trust.

 Sun Jun 02 15:52:05 +0000 2013

I fucking love the movie. In my opinion it's Verhoeven's Hitchcock tribute. Everything is VERY overplayed.

 Sun Jun 02 15:56:28 +0000 2013

Heretic is loved by many, but in my opinion is overrated. It wasn't different enough from DOOM & I don't like the levels.

 Sun Jun 02 16:00:15 +0000 2013

What now?

 Sun Jun 02 16:01:24 +0000 2013

Hexen on the other hand is awesome. Or almost awesome because the levels start getting very confusing very quickly.

 Sun Jun 02 16:02:16 +0000 2013

That's Dynamix & it didn't use either SCI or DOOM engines. It's own stuff.

 Sun Jun 02 16:03:04 +0000 2013

However, Hexen brought a lot of new things into a fps & the maps looked great. Lots of environment changes, moving sectors & all that.

 Sun Jun 02 16:04:43 +0000 2013

Exactly what it says

 Sun Jun 02 16:05:36 +0000 2013

Strife, of course, takes the lead in everything. Too bad no one gave a shit when it came out. It should have been a classic by now.

 Sun Jun 02 16:09:32 +0000 2013

And now, it's RT time! Get psyched!

 Sun Jun 02 16:13:48 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: @dosnostalgic I rant on about Strife all the time, but it really is amazing.

 Sun Jun 02 16:14:06 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: @dosnostalgic I never played Heretic as a kid, but I always thought Hexen was extremely badass - and I was right, for it is.

 Sun Jun 02 16:14:11 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: @ben_304 @dosnostalgic Strife was super-impressive. Bad start, but the assault on the castle... at least at the time...

 Sun Jun 02 16:14:16 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: @ben_304 @dosnostalgic Not to mention the way it unlocked a half of the game you had no idea was coming* and shifted th…

 Sun Jun 02 16:14:24 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: @dosnostalgic I've only played a tiny bit of Heretic and it feels exactly like Doom to me.

 Sun Jun 02 16:14:41 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: @dosnostalgic Hexen does awesome things. I'm not sure the game itself is awesome, largely through doing a lot of them q…

 Sun Jun 02 16:15:01 +0000 2013

RT @St1ka: @dosnostalgic Honestly I agree. Heretic feels too much like doom, including the weapons and enemies

 Sun Jun 02 16:15:14 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: @dosnostalgic Chex Quest is... Chex Quest.

 Sun Jun 02 16:15:18 +0000 2013

It's alright. Heretic 2 is a better sequel.

 Sun Jun 02 16:16:06 +0000 2013

It uses SCI scripts. And wad format is open. So programmers used it out of convenience. Doesnt mean other engines were involved

 Sun Jun 02 16:18:23 +0000 2013

RT @St1ka: @richardcobbett @dosnostalgic I'm just gonna say it: Heretic was good. But I really really REALLY hated Hexen. punching enemies …

 Sun Jun 02 16:18:32 +0000 2013

You could look at it that way. And a lot of engines also use LUA for scripting.

 Sun Jun 02 16:24:34 +0000 2013

Most of the games released in the last decade, actually.

 Sun Jun 02 16:31:54 +0000 2013

And one of my favorite Jerry Goldsmith scores. So sinister.

 Sun Jun 02 16:42:55 +0000 2013

Things in shooters that I hate: Delayed death animations when you can't tell if the enemy is dead & keep wasting ammo.

 Sun Jun 02 16:49:35 +0000 2013

Shadow Warrior is a good example of that. And Max Payne 3. That one REALLY pissed me of in that aspect.

 Sun Jun 02 16:50:14 +0000 2013

Enemies bother me less than the platforming.

 Sun Jun 02 16:53:00 +0000 2013

Now watch Showgirls for its complete opposite :D

 Sun Jun 02 17:02:25 +0000 2013

It's awful. In the most hilarious Verhoeven ways. Except for the last 10 minutes when it starts to work all of sudden.

 Sun Jun 02 17:10:12 +0000 2013

Showgirls is definitely the one to go with then. Especially when Liz Berkley is basically doing an impression of him all the time.

 Sun Jun 02 17:15:12 +0000 2013

Yeah, I remember reports from one of the local concerts in the 90s when he was forgetting the lyrics. Doesn't bother me.

 Sun Jun 02 18:13:32 +0000 2013

Just saw a girl with a badass Star of David tattoo. #impressed

 Sun Jun 02 18:17:20 +0000 2013

RT @lazygamereviews: Still one of the all-time best game weapons: Double Mighty Foot in the original release of Duke Nukem 3D! http://t.co/…

 Sun Jun 02 19:33:24 +0000 2013

It's weird that really only a couple of games used the original Quake engine, right?

 Sun Jun 02 19:41:16 +0000 2013

Yes. QuakeRally, AirQuake & QuakeChess always impressed me.

 Sun Jun 02 21:47:14 +0000 2013

It's alright. A bit too simple & kind of ugly. Heretic 2 came out much better.

 Sun Jun 02 21:48:25 +0000 2013

That's pretty much what it was for. I was tired of explaining my background.

 Sun Jun 02 21:50:56 +0000 2013

Thanks. Hopefully there will be more this year.

 Sun Jun 02 21:52:41 +0000 2013

That happened a lot in Europe too. Especially in the Eastern block.

 Sun Jun 02 21:55:32 +0000 2013

The addon for Hexen was good. Hexen 2 ran on the Quake engine & was decent, but it didn't bring anything new.

 Sun Jun 02 21:56:47 +0000 2013

Haven't seen that one before. Looks kind of like Die By The Sword

 Sun Jun 02 21:59:38 +0000 2013

It's quite possible to buy a famicom clone in a variety of stores in the US, where I live.

 Sun Jun 02 22:00:57 +0000 2013

DOOM had nothing to do with that game

 Sun Jun 02 22:02:35 +0000 2013

if it's this game were talking about then no: http://www.mobygames.com/game/outer-ridge

 Sun Jun 02 22:16:56 +0000 2013

RT @mattbarton: Matt Chat 196: Lord British on Ultima and Akalabeth: http://youtu.be/NkGQtumY6X0?a via @YouTube

 Sun Jun 02 22:23:13 +0000 2013

ScummVM now has a support for The Neverhood? Awesome! Hopefully it'll be stable enough soon.

 Sun Jun 02 22:55:13 +0000 2013

So what is a good virtual resolution for a game project that might end up on a phone?

 Mon Jun 03 02:10:06 +0000 2013

I think my phone's resolution is 800x400. Weird...

 Mon Jun 03 02:13:26 +0000 2013

The art of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge is absolutely beautiful #DosGameScreenADay

 Mon Jun 03 11:29:55 +0000 2013

What can I say about Monkey Island 2 that I haven't said before?... A bunch, actually. Usually I only complain about it. #MorningDOSTalk

 Mon Jun 03 12:17:54 +0000 2013

I know on the past I have nitpicked MI2 & only said good things about the technical aspects of it, but in reality I think it's marvelous.

 Mon Jun 03 12:19:18 +0000 2013

It's been way over a decade since I played through it though. I should do something about it. #MorningDOSTalk

 Mon Jun 03 12:20:17 +0000 2013

I did one better. Extracted the resources & listened to the commentaries without bothering with SE.

 Mon Jun 03 12:37:33 +0000 2013

I just wish there was more of it actually recorded. Not nearly enough for the game's ruining tine

 Mon Jun 03 12:39:10 +0000 2013

I'd but that for a dollar

 Mon Jun 03 12:41:19 +0000 2013

I really liked the ones Scott & Mark did for all the games. Just wish there was less Chris Pope distracting them.

 Mon Jun 03 12:45:39 +0000 2013

I'd rather have that than Chris constantly going "it worked great!", "but it came out well!", "this was amazing!" and the like.

 Mon Jun 03 12:58:17 +0000 2013

This reminds me. I'm now one roommate short, so my footage will be coming sometime this week.

 Mon Jun 03 13:01:00 +0000 2013

A word that doesn't exist anymore. It's been replaced with "female flight attendant"

 Mon Jun 03 14:26:29 +0000 2013

Same here

 Mon Jun 03 14:46:01 +0000 2013

RT @GOGcom: Just a few hours left to get 50+ Activision games for 50% off! http://j.mp/133tle4

 Mon Jun 03 14:46:13 +0000 2013

Monkey Island 2 Special Edition has commentary tracks for some scenes. That was THE selling point for me. Unfortunately there wasn't enough.

 Mon Jun 03 14:49:31 +0000 2013

More game designers should do commentary tracks for their classic games.

 Mon Jun 03 14:52:01 +0000 2013

Here's the designer commentary tracks for all the Space Quest games. Great stuff: http://guysfromandromeda.com/space-quest-commentaries-guys-andromeda/

 Mon Jun 03 14:54:08 +0000 2013

Eric Chahi did an pretty good playthrough of Another World with running commentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkOCkNxv6Ow

 Mon Jun 03 14:59:00 +0000 2013

What? The music in the new Leisure Suit Larry is going to be completely new? But I love Chris Braymen's score!

 Mon Jun 03 17:55:25 +0000 2013

Of course! ( . )( . )

 Mon Jun 03 18:19:06 +0000 2013

My friend and I were going through my Falcon 3.0 box & were laughing at the multipage brochure on freeing up conventional memory. DOS!

 Mon Jun 03 19:48:22 +0000 2013

I'm also pretty sure one can use an early days flight sim manual for self defense. It weights almost as much as I do.

 Mon Jun 03 19:50:06 +0000 2013

Super VGA detected.

 Mon Jun 03 19:50:29 +0000 2013

There wasn't enough games where programming something was pay of the gameplay. There were some, but not many.

 Mon Jun 03 19:51:58 +0000 2013

Sometimes I think I should start a programming class for children. I remember how exciting programming was when I was a kid.

 Mon Jun 03 19:52:54 +0000 2013

Even better - a game programming class for children!

 Mon Jun 03 19:53:29 +0000 2013

How did I not play this before? It looks awesome!

 Mon Jun 03 19:56:02 +0000 2013

LogoWriter is great for teaching. I still have 2 versions somewhere.

 Mon Jun 03 19:56:51 +0000 2013

Logo language was invented for teaching. LogoWriter did well with an easy interface, the shape editor & other intuitive things.

 Mon Jun 03 20:00:30 +0000 2013

It is silver, but not too shiny

 Mon Jun 03 21:28:48 +0000 2013

I'm having fun playing Walking Dead. Imagine that! A TellTale game that I actually enjoy! Despite its limitations, I think it's entertaining

 Mon Jun 03 23:23:28 +0000 2013

I hate Cage's games because they are not fun for me. For the most part. So far Walking Dead isn't annoying me.

 Mon Jun 03 23:39:57 +0000 2013

Hopefully you're watching the Director's Cut - it's a much better movie that way

 Tue Jun 04 00:10:55 +0000 2013

Agreed. After seeing all the extra material you can't go back to the theatrical. Good movie.

 Tue Jun 04 00:13:09 +0000 2013

It depends on the movie for me. But I collect every version of any movie I like. In some cases every edition too.

 Tue Jun 04 00:15:51 +0000 2013

I don't have the shelf space, but I have over 1200 titles in my video collection.

 Tue Jun 04 00:20:59 +0000 2013

Tell me about it. I wish I had room for more shelves.

 Tue Jun 04 00:28:42 +0000 2013

Here's some more Monkey 2 shots. The Voodoo lady. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/341713237315842049/photo/1

 Tue Jun 04 00:29:19 +0000 2013

Deep in the Carribean, hidden by endless storm, lies LeChuck's fortress... https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/341713419818377216/photo/1

 Tue Jun 04 00:30:02 +0000 2013

Stan's Previously Owned Coffins! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/341713538110324736/photo/1

 Tue Jun 04 00:30:31 +0000 2013

I finished one episode in one sitting. I enjoyed it. That was a prefect game for what TellTale's abilities.

 Tue Jun 04 01:40:14 +0000 2013

I should be sleeping. Fucking around with Android SDK instead...

 Tue Jun 04 03:38:41 +0000 2013

Ok, now let's run some abandoned code... #Android

 Tue Jun 04 04:04:57 +0000 2013

Surprisingly, it runs. #Android https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/341769079708852225/photo/1

 Tue Jun 04 04:11:13 +0000 2013

Oh, so there's no future plans for Arrested Development yet? Movie or otherwise? Great job ending on a cliffhanger again, guys!

 Tue Jun 04 12:22:07 +0000 2013

Out of interest - how many of you have Android phones/tablets?

 Tue Jun 04 12:30:32 +0000 2013

I actually like Blackberries because I hate typing on touch screens. Swype is what sold me on a Droid phone

 Tue Jun 04 13:39:07 +0000 2013

Been using Swype since @djbriandamage scolded me for not using it. It's beautiful.

 Tue Jun 04 13:41:49 +0000 2013

Phones/tablets are a good platform for adventure games. So why the hell there isn't any on the Android?

 Tue Jun 04 13:49:35 +0000 2013

I meant something that was designed with a phone in mind, so these are out.

 Tue Jun 04 13:54:22 +0000 2013

Whatever. I'm making my stuff low res & scaling. Plus, that's no different than the situation on the PC.

 Tue Jun 04 13:59:29 +0000 2013

Oh, there's gonna be at least a couple of things coming. I'm easily excited by stuff that's new to me.

 Tue Jun 04 14:02:19 +0000 2013

RT @BundleInABox: The bundle's min. is dropped to $0.99 for 2 hrs; 4 Blackwell games, Hacker Evo Untold, Pixelry & Super Tower Rush http://…

 Tue Jun 04 14:06:25 +0000 2013

Sorry, but no DOS talk this morning. I'm too excited about my stuff actually running on a phone.

 Tue Jun 04 14:23:37 +0000 2013

If you have any Droid developing experience, feel free to share. I'm always interested in what I'm up against.

 Tue Jun 04 14:24:36 +0000 2013

I'm that person - I'm easily excited by new stuff. I have all the energy in the world to worm on it & then I get bored & abandon everything.

 Tue Jun 04 14:28:36 +0000 2013

And that's in all the aspects of my life. It's hard for me to stay excited about anything for a long time.

 Tue Jun 04 14:29:35 +0000 2013

That being said - certain things changed for the better recently (finally) & I now have a decent amount of free time back to work on stuff.

 Tue Jun 04 14:30:41 +0000 2013

That means everything is coming back. Especially DOS Nostalgia. In a slightly updated form too.

 Tue Jun 04 14:31:32 +0000 2013

I know I promised this in the beginning of the year, but getting through my personal pile of bullshit took 4 months longer than I expected.

 Tue Jun 04 14:32:39 +0000 2013

Thank you, good sir. You're too nice

 Tue Jun 04 14:33:57 +0000 2013

I'm not in a good position for crowdfunding because I've been involved in a lawsuit for a couple of years now

 Tue Jun 04 14:45:50 +0000 2013

Oh yes, I do.

 Tue Jun 04 14:50:38 +0000 2013

Which Winnie the Pooh?

 Tue Jun 04 15:04:15 +0000 2013

Oh, the Sierra one?

 Tue Jun 04 15:13:08 +0000 2013

Oh my God, what the hell happened to Matthew Smith???

 Tue Jun 04 15:20:21 +0000 2013

No, seriously. Why does Matthew Smith looks like he went on a meth binge?

 Tue Jun 04 15:31:31 +0000 2013

It builds character though

 Tue Jun 04 15:36:02 +0000 2013

What game breaking bug are you referring to?

 Tue Jun 04 16:08:13 +0000 2013

That's weird. I've never encountered that.

 Tue Jun 04 16:24:17 +0000 2013

Oh no, I was talking about Matthew Smith of Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy fame

 Tue Jun 04 16:33:37 +0000 2013

That's true, it's a Win16 game. It'll run in Windows 3.1 in DosBox though.

 Tue Jun 04 16:40:53 +0000 2013

Seriously, I know Matthew Smith always had issues, but now he looks more like homeless person than a gaming legend: http://matthewsmith.elite-systems.co.uk/?p=108

 Tue Jun 04 16:42:18 +0000 2013

No I didn't. You just see what you want, you whovian.

 Tue Jun 04 18:47:42 +0000 2013

Richard Garriott is like James Cameron of game developers.

 Tue Jun 04 22:30:44 +0000 2013

Kubrick wasn't an overrated pretentious asshole.

 Tue Jun 04 22:58:50 +0000 2013

Fuck. Good one!

 Tue Jun 04 22:59:06 +0000 2013

Nah. Just a pretentious egoistical dick sometimes.

 Tue Jun 04 22:59:30 +0000 2013

He DID. He hasn't made a good game since 92 and yet he claims to be the best game designer ever with skills in EVERYTHING.

 Tue Jun 04 23:02:47 +0000 2013

Just listen to him talk. He's so full of himself when he talks about stuff. The same with Cameron.

 Tue Jun 04 23:03:35 +0000 2013

Ultima 9 is a pile of shit. And *I* am one of the people who enjoys it somewhat. So there.

 Tue Jun 04 23:06:34 +0000 2013

Units. Hexes. World War II. It's Strategic Simulations classic Panzer General #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/342056316044464128/photo/1

 Tue Jun 04 23:12:35 +0000 2013

The game is extremely unstable, very limited & infuriatingly non-canon to the rest of the series. Although I hate 8 more.

 Tue Jun 04 23:17:40 +0000 2013

Good morning, everyone! I promise no more cellphone talk today. It's gonna be all about DOS! #MorningDOSTalk

 Wed Jun 05 12:47:41 +0000 2013

That's awesome. How is DosBox for Android btw? I don't really see things like that being very functional.

 Wed Jun 05 12:51:16 +0000 2013

I can't really remember my fist game in SVGA... Can you? #MorningDOSTalk

 Wed Jun 05 12:52:01 +0000 2013

Nice one! #MorningDOSTalk #SVGA RT @hardistymark: Links386

 Wed Jun 05 12:54:28 +0000 2013

You know what company I haven't discussed in a while? Access Software! Who wants to talk about their stuff? #MorningDOSTalk

 Wed Jun 05 12:55:35 +0000 2013

Of course Access is mostly known for the successful Tex Murphy series, but they had plenty of other games too. #MorningDOSTalk

 Wed Jun 05 12:58:06 +0000 2013

Access hangs were always superb technically & always hit on multiple fronts. It was always a combination of things. #MorningDOSTalk

 Wed Jun 05 12:59:34 +0000 2013

Not all their games were good though. Here's @richardcobbett's piece on the craptacular Crime Wave: http://pcgamer.com/2012/11/10/saturday-crapshoot-crime-wave

 Wed Jun 05 13:04:16 +0000 2013

Oh no. That is shameful indeed!

 Wed Jun 05 13:05:02 +0000 2013

Start with two best ones: Under a Killing Moon & The Pandora Directive. They are great

 Wed Jun 05 13:06:33 +0000 2013

Nah. They didn't even mention the first two games in their Kickstarter pitch. 3rd game is my favorite, 4th is the most accomplished

 Wed Jun 05 13:08:35 +0000 2013

Of yeah, I used to play the one where you escape from an asylum in the beginning a lot. Weird gfx style.

 Wed Jun 05 13:10:20 +0000 2013

Their golf sims were always awesome.

 Wed Jun 05 13:10:36 +0000 2013

It was a great pitch in the style of their games.

 Wed Jun 05 13:11:13 +0000 2013

Yes! That was by the same guy who did Noctropolis, right?

 Wed Jun 05 13:12:18 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: @dosnostalgic Access did give us the greatest death ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9A4BRRlVGM

 Wed Jun 05 13:12:29 +0000 2013

One of my favorite features from Under A Killing Moon & The Pandora Directive is the feature I've never used: Support for multiple CD drives

 Wed Jun 05 13:21:19 +0000 2013

So if you were a rich bastard with 4 or 6 CD drives the game would allow you to shove a disk on each one & play uninterrupted.

 Wed Jun 05 13:22:31 +0000 2013

Of course if you actually had six CD drives back then, you'd have to occasionally take a break to wipe your ass with a $100 bill.

 Wed Jun 05 13:24:53 +0000 2013

I own physical copies, so yeah, that's what I do. I assume GOG does the same

 Wed Jun 05 13:26:22 +0000 2013

Wasn't Pandora six though?

 Wed Jun 05 13:28:17 +0000 2013

RT @billybob476: @dosnostalgic I remember paying over 300 bucks for a 2x CD ROM. Friend of mine had a cartridge loading CD drive on his 386.

 Wed Jun 05 13:28:29 +0000 2013

I honestly don't know because I've never considered it.

 Wed Jun 05 13:31:17 +0000 2013

Here's my tribute to ROTT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDhhE10uSiU

 Wed Jun 05 13:35:32 +0000 2013

That's intense. I was a poor guy in Bumblefuck, Russia, so I couldn't even dream of such things

 Wed Jun 05 13:36:41 +0000 2013

It actually didn't age that well, but it's still fun in small doses

 Wed Jun 05 13:41:39 +0000 2013

Stonekeep is a very polarizing game. I enjoy it.

 Wed Jun 05 13:44:28 +0000 2013

Just realized that I don't remember when was the last time I put a disk in my CD/DVD drive. I'm pretty sure it hadn't happened in yeaes.

 Wed Jun 05 13:58:15 +0000 2013

If you want to join the People's Front of Judea, you have to really hate the Romans

 Wed Jun 05 14:01:11 +0000 2013

Well it wasn't THAT bad, I'm exaggerating of course. I lived in a large city that was close to the capital. Poor part is true.

 Wed Jun 05 14:06:38 +0000 2013

Oh yeah? How much?

 Wed Jun 05 14:11:56 +0000 2013

Right, you're in.

 Wed Jun 05 14:14:21 +0000 2013

Harvester is my guilty pleasure. Haven't played Noctropolis since the 90s.

 Wed Jun 05 14:17:31 +0000 2013

FMV on a phone is ok. Tested something of mine recently.

 Wed Jun 05 14:50:06 +0000 2013

Agreed. Phones aren't the best for pixel hunting & such things. Interfaces have to get seriously reworked

 Wed Jun 05 16:44:43 +0000 2013

Bad Mojo wouldn't be out of place on a tablet...

 Wed Jun 05 16:49:10 +0000 2013

That one I didn't like, but then again I have yet to play an adventure game designed specifically for a phone

 Wed Jun 05 17:01:23 +0000 2013

Muahaaaaaa, the French champagne has always been celebrated for its excellence!

 Wed Jun 05 17:02:22 +0000 2013

Well, the DID put it out again about 8 years ago & it was a commercial success from what I recently heard

 Wed Jun 05 17:06:30 +0000 2013

Nah. Has to be its own thing. I've been told The Journey Down did it well. I'm working on something myself too

 Wed Jun 05 17:16:37 +0000 2013

Building my own.

 Wed Jun 05 17:22:56 +0000 2013

I have CD images of all my games, so I don't have to go through the closet every time I want to play something

 Wed Jun 05 19:42:33 +0000 2013

Nero to make images, Daemon Tools to mount.

 Wed Jun 05 19:59:43 +0000 2013

A new Friday the 13th film has been greenlit. One more after that and it will literally be 13th entry in the series. I counted the remake.

 Wed Jun 05 20:42:08 +0000 2013

In Search of Dr. Riptide #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/342431412034629633/photo/1

 Thu Jun 06 00:03:05 +0000 2013

If you want an AWESOME game using old technology, here's one: http://www.moddb.com/games/wgrealms-2

 Thu Jun 06 00:29:47 +0000 2013

That's right. I'm sure Doug's personal politics played its part. It did with me. Would have been a no-brainer otherwise.

 Thu Jun 06 00:30:39 +0000 2013

It's awesome. And it's far from just being those things stuck together.

 Thu Jun 06 00:49:33 +0000 2013

It's been some time since WGRealms 2 has been released. If you've never played it before, correct that immediately. http://youtu.be/kgeMqBeMDxQ

 Thu Jun 06 00:55:46 +0000 2013

First episode has a tutorial in form of a guy helping you. I think if you press HOME there's built in help that explains everything

 Thu Jun 06 01:00:56 +0000 2013

RT @MetalJesusRocks: Cool thrift store find today: brand new & unopened for only $3! Not bad for a classic!

 Thu Jun 06 01:05:25 +0000 2013

It's really well made. If it had a bit more polish & was a commercial product, I'd pay for it.

 Thu Jun 06 01:37:51 +0000 2013

No, I mean if it was its own game. With different graphics & its own Build-like engine. The maps, weapons & enemies are awesome.

 Thu Jun 06 01:44:24 +0000 2013

Shit. I should really watch The Brave & The Bold...

 Thu Jun 06 02:10:34 +0000 2013

I've heard a lot of good things about it. I love animated Batman too.

 Thu Jun 06 02:19:27 +0000 2013

Lemmy. House of Motorhead.

 Thu Jun 06 02:22:27 +0000 2013

Well. I sat through The Batman, so this gotta be an improvement no matter what.

 Thu Jun 06 02:23:36 +0000 2013

I actually can't stand Freakazoid, Animaniacs & the like. Just not my thing.

 Thu Jun 06 02:24:14 +0000 2013

I love Batman, though. The recent Dark Knight Returns made me teary eyed. This is, obviously, completely different, but still.

 Thu Jun 06 02:27:10 +0000 2013

You haven't seen it at all??? I've seen Year One, but didn't like it that much. Disappointing.

 Thu Jun 06 02:35:20 +0000 2013

Dark Knight Returns is amazing. AMAZING! And the first great thing they did right is throw out Miller's internal monologue.

 Thu Jun 06 02:38:42 +0000 2013

Peter Weller KILLS as old Batman. The rest are good too. Such incredible, big emotional scenes. Fantastic soundtrack!

 Thu Jun 06 02:39:54 +0000 2013

Also, it's surprisingly close to the comic. Blood & nazi-tits intact. I can't believe how dark it came out. Beautiful.

 Thu Jun 06 02:40:50 +0000 2013

You do that. As long as you pay for it later, I personally don't see a problem with it. I torrent stuff. Yet have 1200 dvds

 Thu Jun 06 02:42:58 +0000 2013

It looks like my work here is done.

 Thu Jun 06 02:43:30 +0000 2013

Quick question - did you ever read the DKR comic?

 Thu Jun 06 02:45:22 +0000 2013

I was hoping for a "no". It's better if you don't know the story.

 Thu Jun 06 02:49:17 +0000 2013

I think I'm gonna invite a friend over to see it next week. So I can justify watching it 10th time. I hope he can spare 3 hrs

 Thu Jun 06 02:53:39 +0000 2013

I had the original Polish Electro Body release with simpler graphics.

 Thu Jun 06 03:41:09 +0000 2013

Oh God, Yamaha DX7 is beautiful! Early 80s FM synthesis at its best. So many familiar patches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmp9yqhsjqg

 Thu Jun 06 11:28:27 +0000 2013

I always wished for some kind of musical skill. I have none. #RandomFactsAboutMe

 Thu Jun 06 11:42:35 +0000 2013

One of my favorite synthesizer tracks is Learning Time by Eric Serra from Luc Besson's (Le Femme) Nikita: http://youtu.be/kF3TD0Ho--Y So relaxing

 Thu Jun 06 11:45:57 +0000 2013

Recently read the official docs on programming the Adlib & Jesus, what a clusterfuck! Gotta love the 80s.

 Thu Jun 06 11:59:23 +0000 2013

Apparently it was also quite possible to make Adlib play an actual digital sample, but very few games took advantage of this

 Thu Jun 06 12:11:14 +0000 2013

Yeah, that's what I figured. But I'm a bit surprised that so few titles actually used it.

 Thu Jun 06 13:03:36 +0000 2013

So any US people on here who had to set up an LLC before?

 Thu Jun 06 13:59:47 +0000 2013

I'm still baffled by this

 Thu Jun 06 14:36:14 +0000 2013

Oh I have rhythm. I can sign & dance. Used to be in a choir as a kid, & a raver as a teen. But...

 Thu Jun 06 14:43:29 +0000 2013

I never did anything with music besides listen to it. And I somewhat regret that now.

 Thu Jun 06 14:44:00 +0000 2013

A commercial & critical failure. Thank goodness.

 Thu Jun 06 14:54:40 +0000 2013

Their next project is a remake of Annie with their daughter & Jay-Z & an all black cast.

 Thu Jun 06 15:11:18 +0000 2013

Movie had a massive ad campaign to, so slap another 30 mil on top of the budget

 Thu Jun 06 15:14:10 +0000 2013

Yeeeaahhh buddy!

 Thu Jun 06 15:14:36 +0000 2013

Their daughter also had a to single a couple of years ago. She whipped her hair back & forth. Ugggghhhhh....

 Thu Jun 06 15:17:45 +0000 2013

Yep yep. In Smith family you don't get to have a childhood.

 Thu Jun 06 15:22:52 +0000 2013

White House just backed NSA in connecting phone call data from Verizon. Is this America I live in? Wtf, Mr. Prez?

 Thu Jun 06 15:24:43 +0000 2013

I can't believe this country it's openly admitting to phone call surveillance. At least KGB always denied everything

 Thu Jun 06 15:27:57 +0000 2013

I can't. Not a citizen yet. Might get kicked out.

 Thu Jun 06 15:28:24 +0000 2013

I think I have enough hobbies as it is.

 Thu Jun 06 16:16:25 +0000 2013

RT @DAVID_LYNCH: Dear Twitter Friends, I’m thinking of steam shovels today.

 Thu Jun 06 16:42:28 +0000 2013

I once was stopped by airport security for suspicion of having a weapon in my pants.

 Thu Jun 06 16:56:45 +0000 2013

The only thing I had in my pants at that moment was my dick. An easy mistake.

 Thu Jun 06 16:57:23 +0000 2013

True story!

 Thu Jun 06 16:58:27 +0000 2013

For some reason keep stumbling on Amanda Bynes news. Why does everyone say weed? From what I read it looks a case of crack-cocaine!

 Thu Jun 06 17:52:23 +0000 2013

That's not the point. The point is not to intrude on citizens' privacy.

 Thu Jun 06 17:53:53 +0000 2013

And for people who think that somehow crack is a relic of the past - one can buy a crackpipe in almost any has station. It's sad.

 Thu Jun 06 17:57:10 +0000 2013

Shit. It looks like Armikrog just extorted another $10 out of me.

 Thu Jun 06 18:19:04 +0000 2013

If we are to continue this conversation I'd like to see some statistics about how many comes were...

 Thu Jun 06 19:08:40 +0000 2013

... prevented this way & how the evidence of a phone conversation held up in court

 Thu Jun 06 19:09:21 +0000 2013

Damn, those alien bastards are gonna pay for shooting up my ride.

 Thu Jun 06 20:11:13 +0000 2013

I want to host a Lionel Richie karaoke party. Is that wrong?

 Thu Jun 06 20:24:04 +0000 2013

F29 Retaliator. Played this thing for HOURS back in the day. #DosGameScreenADay

 Thu Jun 06 21:59:30 +0000 2013

The ability to eject was awesome! #F29 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/342762965931524096/photo/1

 Thu Jun 06 22:00:34 +0000 2013

Was Roland D-50 the best synthesizer for ambient music or what?

 Thu Jun 06 22:26:40 +0000 2013

I'd actually pick D-50 over M-1. I looove some of the default presets so much.

 Thu Jun 06 22:35:09 +0000 2013

I love Pushkin! His stuff is so elegantly simple, it's genius.

 Thu Jun 06 22:36:09 +0000 2013

Also makes translations very possible as long as you keep the rhythm.

 Thu Jun 06 22:41:55 +0000 2013

I loved you once, of love perhaps an ember within my soul is not extinguished yet, but let this not be prompting to remember or...

 Thu Jun 06 22:44:24 +0000 2013

... be a cause of sadness or regret. I loved you silently, quite hopeless, dumbly tender. By fear and then jealousy oppressed,...

 Thu Jun 06 22:45:09 +0000 2013

I loved you once with such complete surrender as God may grant you may again be blessed.

 Thu Jun 06 22:45:35 +0000 2013

The Big Blue has one of the most beautiful ambient synthesizer soundtracks.

 Thu Jun 06 22:50:02 +0000 2013

Ok, that's flexible. Gimme a minute.

 Thu Jun 06 22:50:45 +0000 2013

Shit. No. Can't find the other version that I also liked. Did a different take that was also good.

 Thu Jun 06 22:58:22 +0000 2013

That's crass :(

 Thu Jun 06 23:13:27 +0000 2013

I read it a decade ago & memorized it. I like that one the most.

 Thu Jun 06 23:25:12 +0000 2013

Me neither. ...

 Thu Jun 06 23:26:13 +0000 2013

To X: I haven't seen you in a while, my soul just one desire emits. 2 see again that perfect smile and put my face between ur tits

 Thu Jun 06 23:26:44 +0000 2013

Yeah, I was full of emotions then.

 Thu Jun 06 23:32:45 +0000 2013

The town I live in had the most bars per capita in the world in 1950s. Also had one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in the world.

 Fri Jun 07 01:33:09 +0000 2013

There's still a ton of bars & the hospital now is one of the most famous abandoned asylums in the world. #KingsPark

 Fri Jun 07 01:34:53 +0000 2013

RT @GOGcom: Weekend Promo: Cannon Fodder 1,2, Overlord, Leisure Suit Larry 1-7, and more Codemasters classics 60% off! http://t.co/VMGzWT7K…

 Fri Jun 07 10:35:30 +0000 2013

There's a tropical storm heading my way? What now?

 Fri Jun 07 11:34:16 +0000 2013

What's with you & macs lately?

 Fri Jun 07 12:36:03 +0000 2013

Meh. I don't like it.

 Fri Jun 07 12:38:57 +0000 2013

Every time I'm about to get flooded I break out the 5 hour long cut of Das Boot. Might happen tonight.

 Fri Jun 07 12:59:49 +0000 2013

I highly recommend Das Boot playing in the background. The immersion is compete. The crew is trying 2 save the boat & you're saving ur home

 Fri Jun 07 13:06:43 +0000 2013

A few. I live on an island, you know.

 Fri Jun 07 13:10:42 +0000 2013

Long Island. I actually don't live in an area affected by floods, but my house us unfortunately positioned on a hill, so...

 Fri Jun 07 13:13:37 +0000 2013

... every time there's REALLY heavy rain it gets dangerously close to my door. Got flooded once. Took measures after that.

 Fri Jun 07 13:14:47 +0000 2013

It's not that bad. No T-Rexes or Raptors around.

 Fri Jun 07 13:22:38 +0000 2013

If you've never seen Das Boot, I highly recommend it. Get the longest cut you can find (5 hours) & watch it on a rainy day in one sitting

 Fri Jun 07 13:23:34 +0000 2013

Das Boot was also returned into a German submarine simulator that came with a copy of the novel. http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/das-boot-german-u-boat-simulation

 Fri Jun 07 13:27:15 +0000 2013

Great movie. Really you makes you feel like one of the Nazis.

 Fri Jun 07 13:40:29 +0000 2013

So yeah, let's talk about games with changing weather conditions. And seasons. And stuff like that. #MorningDOSTalk

 Fri Jun 07 13:55:26 +0000 2013

Can I get tagged out of this conversation please?

 Fri Jun 07 13:59:53 +0000 2013

I actually love it when it suddenly rains & Dizzy gets upset in Fantastic Dizzy. It was a simple & neat feature. #MorningDOSTalk

 Fri Jun 07 14:03:29 +0000 2013

Test Drive 3 also had sudden rain & stuff like that. It was really cool. #MorningDOSTalk

 Fri Jun 07 14:05:44 +0000 2013

Links?

 Fri Jun 07 16:30:48 +0000 2013

I just had four

 Fri Jun 07 16:33:00 +0000 2013

This one is just stupid. Nowhere near a disgusting as that favors piece that he wrote.

 Fri Jun 07 16:38:41 +0000 2013

Yeah, it's not worth it. It's a truly disgusting article that's offensively ignorant in the worst way.

 Fri Jun 07 16:42:04 +0000 2013

RT @lazygamereviews: LGR - Jumpman - Atari 8-bit Game Review is now online! One of the early home computer platformer classics. http://t.co…

 Fri Jun 07 16:56:06 +0000 2013

RT @RogerCorman: To see if there is any change in sentiment...who would you rather see fight Sharktopus, MERMANTULA or PIRANTULA? #mutantma…

 Fri Jun 07 18:56:19 +0000 2013

Shit. Roger Corman's YouTube channel is paid. Fuck that! Lloyd Kaufman gives you Troma flicks for free.

 Fri Jun 07 19:00:18 +0000 2013

Got a 7 o'clock flood warning on my phone. It's time.

 Fri Jun 07 21:16:22 +0000 2013

And yes, this version is FIVE hours long. I don't care. It could have been a week long & it would still be enjoyable.

 Fri Jun 07 21:20:10 +0000 2013

They don't build them like they used to. Fun fact: all locations in Ghostbusters are geographically correct.

 Fri Jun 07 22:21:00 +0000 2013

WarCraft: Orcs & Humans #DosGameScreenADay

 Sat Jun 08 00:06:00 +0000 2013

This week on Ancient DOS Games it's Terra Nova from Looking Glass #ADG http://www.pixelships.com/adg/ep0115.html

 Sat Jun 08 12:48:39 +0000 2013

Ooh. This week @richardcobbett checks out A Mind Forever Voyaging, one of the most original interactive fiction games http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/06/08/saturday-crapshoot-a-mind-forever-voyaging/

 Sat Jun 08 12:51:08 +0000 2013

Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/343398076783923200/photo/1

 Sat Jun 08 16:04:16 +0000 2013

HOLY SHIT! Just found out that the singer for Black Box & C&C Music Factory's Everybody Dance Now is one of It's Raining Men girls! Shocked!

 Sat Jun 08 19:45:08 +0000 2013

Of course, in the music videos she was replaced by attractive thin young black women. Damn. Pop music industry sure is cruel.

 Sat Jun 08 19:46:18 +0000 2013

Obviously, I haven't.

 Sat Jun 08 19:50:36 +0000 2013

I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but I'm in LOVE with the new Domino's online pizza tracker! #Smooth

 Sat Jun 08 22:28:58 +0000 2013

It's like Isaac Hayes is telling me to make love to that sweet pizza pie. #OohPepperoni

 Sat Jun 08 22:29:40 +0000 2013

RT @GOGcom: Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail for only $2.39+nine more classic & new titles 60% off this weekend! http://j.mp/CodCanGOG …

 Sun Jun 09 14:20:57 +0000 2013

Descent #DosGameScreenADay

 Sun Jun 09 14:38:25 +0000 2013

RT @PedroLP_: @dosnostalgic Woah, I remember playing descent for hours. Sadly, I no longer have the patience for it.

 Sun Jun 09 15:27:00 +0000 2013

RT @Tyrian3: Awesome! @dosnostalgic RT @Jetjaguar67 Retro pc gaming

 Sun Jun 09 18:54:26 +0000 2013

Ahhh. Manhattan is full of life. It's nice to get out of suburbs every once in a while. #NYC

 Sun Jun 09 22:31:42 +0000 2013

Also the City has 4G coverage. Something my little corner of America doesn't.

 Sun Jun 09 22:36:35 +0000 2013

That wasn't too bad. I remember two summers ago it rained for like a month straight.

 Sun Jun 09 22:40:11 +0000 2013

500 people ass-to-mouth in Human Centipede 3? I'm sold again! (Even though the second one was awful)

 Sun Jun 09 23:27:36 +0000 2013

It's decent. A bit draggy. But it's cool to see what Jones turned a 6 page book into.

 Sun Jun 09 23:27:43 +0000 2013

Erm... Evil Dead? Exorcist? C'mon!

 Mon Jun 10 00:00:55 +0000 2013

The Exorcist is not only one of the best horror movies ever made, it's also one of the best movies ever made

 Mon Jun 10 00:06:16 +0000 2013

Please do. It's an amazing film. A display of compete directorial control. Just go for the original cut.

 Mon Jun 10 00:14:53 +0000 2013

It's called the internet, man.

 Mon Jun 10 00:19:11 +0000 2013

Vij!

 Mon Jun 10 00:21:35 +0000 2013

You can rent it anywhere. Amazon, iTunes, probably YouTube as well. There's no excuse!

 Mon Jun 10 00:21:48 +0000 2013

On a train back to Long Island. It was a good night. Gotta be at work in six hours...

 Mon Jun 10 06:20:40 +0000 2013

An awful photo from an awesome night. The handsome devil @AgustinCordes & yours truly. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/344064509037649920/photo/1

 Mon Jun 10 12:12:26 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: A great thing about C&C is different the campaigns are. NOD's has more guerrilla tactics in the latter stages http://t.co/yuXs…

 Mon Jun 10 14:15:15 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: Finally managed to trick my internet into getting all the Theme Hospital shots up on http://dos-ist-gut.tumblr.com/!

 Mon Jun 10 14:16:07 +0000 2013

@TorbenFrost Hey sir! If my internet is functioning today, you'll be getting your shit. And by YOUR shit I of course mean MY shit.

 Mon Jun 10 17:10:07 +0000 2013

I think this is the third time you're telling me he turned it in "yesterday".

 Mon Jun 10 17:36:16 +0000 2013

I think it's time to watch a musical. Hmmm... Chicago or Cabaret?...

 Mon Jun 10 23:00:37 +0000 2013

Frontier: Elite II #DosGameScreenADay

 Mon Jun 10 23:13:14 +0000 2013

The best of all Elite games in all aspects.

 Mon Jun 10 23:54:46 +0000 2013

I'm half way through Chicago already. I think I might make it a double bill night anyway.

 Tue Jun 11 00:40:27 +0000 2013

They are hardcore. Very tough. They make you work. Playing them is like trying to prove to yourself that you can do it.

 Tue Jun 11 00:42:35 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: A few DOS treats from ebay this week... https://www.dropbox.com/s/cxu0ns5eol7pkj1/IMG168.jpg

 Tue Jun 11 11:55:26 +0000 2013

I'm one too

 Tue Jun 11 12:57:38 +0000 2013

RT @grumpygamer: Holy crap! SCUMMVM in the browser! I knew today was going to be a good day. http://clb.demon.fi/html5scummvm/monkey/monkey.html

 Tue Jun 11 15:50:56 +0000 2013

So Sony is triumphant in the short battle of two expensive boxes that sit next to your TV & play games? The lesser evil, I guess...

 Tue Jun 11 15:57:52 +0000 2013

Honestly, I don't give two shits. Stopped buying consoles after I first saw Wolfenstein 3D.

 Tue Jun 11 15:58:39 +0000 2013

DeathCam(tm)

 Tue Jun 11 16:26:53 +0000 2013

Tonight I'm seeing the only American comedy l that actually interests me this year - This Is The End.

 Tue Jun 11 17:36:22 +0000 2013

This weekend it's gonna be Man Of Steel. Not too excited about it since I hated every single Zack Snyder movie that came before.

 Tue Jun 11 17:38:04 +0000 2013

I don't find him harmless. He may not be Michael Bay, but his movies are the kind that destroys the industry.

 Tue Jun 11 17:43:55 +0000 2013

Oh fuck that. Those shitty covers.

 Tue Jun 11 17:44:18 +0000 2013

RT @BundleInABox: For the next 3 (happy) hours the http://bundle-in-a-box.com/ minimum price (for 8 great indie games & extras) has been dropped…

 Tue Jun 11 18:06:45 +0000 2013

"The box. You opened it, WE CAME."

 Tue Jun 11 18:24:26 +0000 2013

Oh no! He dies? I just started playing...

 Tue Jun 11 19:04:21 +0000 2013

Ooh. A butt-text. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/344554393267499009/photo/1

 Tue Jun 11 20:39:03 +0000 2013

Why is @reggiewatts making a cameo as a still shot in a phone commercial?

 Wed Jun 12 03:07:10 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: Today on http://dos-ist-gut.tumblr.com/ is Links!

 Wed Jun 12 13:28:04 +0000 2013

Games in the 90s were really fond of excessive violence. And a lot of them were really good games too.

 Wed Jun 12 14:02:37 +0000 2013

One of the genres that never successfully pulled off extreme violence was adventure games. They tried. And mostly failed miserably.

 Wed Jun 12 14:04:29 +0000 2013

I never really looked at DOOM as a violent game. Why is that? It's certainly gory in many ways. Just look at some death animations.

 Wed Jun 12 14:07:47 +0000 2013

I don't think they were excessively violent.

 Wed Jun 12 14:08:14 +0000 2013

And damn if Carmageddon isn't one of the most therapeutic games EVER!

 Wed Jun 12 14:09:13 +0000 2013

Maybe it's because I grew up on the home video slew of gore horror flicks. Doom IS violent, but in an artsy way.

 Wed Jun 12 14:10:00 +0000 2013

That looks really good, I'm not gonna lie

 Wed Jun 12 14:19:25 +0000 2013

Speaking of fucked up violence in games: I can't wait to play Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. Easily my most anticipated game atm.

 Wed Jun 12 14:40:52 +0000 2013

Anyone own a self-cleaning or an automatic cat litter box? How are they? (Yes, I'm very lazy.)

 Wed Jun 12 19:19:13 +0000 2013

Uggghhhh

 Wed Jun 12 19:21:30 +0000 2013

Guten morgen, Internet! As suggested yesterday, I'd like to talk about censorship in games. #MorningDOSTalk

 Thu Jun 13 13:29:22 +0000 2013

All of the above+

 Thu Jun 13 13:31:47 +0000 2013

Dreamweb was famous for having the glorious three pixels of cock, before it got covered up in some versions #MorningDOSTalk

 Thu Jun 13 13:32:55 +0000 2013

The German release of Carmageddon is fucking useless. Why would I want to run over robots? #MorningDOSTalk

 Thu Jun 13 13:37:45 +0000 2013

Btw, the robot mode is easily activated in any copy of Carmageddon by running it with a parameter. What parameter? I don't care to remember.

 Thu Jun 13 13:39:03 +0000 2013

Doom had a few swastika structures that got removed in later versions. #MorningDOSTalk

 Thu Jun 13 13:43:21 +0000 2013

The EGA release of Gobliiins had some cartoon nudity that got covered up for the international releases. #MorningDOSTalk

 Thu Jun 13 13:46:02 +0000 2013

I thought it was just the box.

 Thu Jun 13 13:46:29 +0000 2013

Both Phantasmagoria games had various juicy bits altered for different releases. #MorningDOSTalk

 Thu Jun 13 13:50:54 +0000 2013

I think even Harvester had a few scenes cut in some releases. Or am I just imagining that? The bit where kids eat the mother?

 Thu Jun 13 13:56:53 +0000 2013

Gobliins 2 used the word "faggot" in the original release, meaning a pile of sticks & was replaced with exactly that later #MorningDOSTalk

 Thu Jun 13 14:01:46 +0000 2013

I think so. I don't remember any others either.

 Thu Jun 13 14:20:56 +0000 2013

RT @TorbenFrost: @dosnostalgic YES! Harvester had ONE movie cut from American release - the kids eating their mother. I remember being LIVI…

 Thu Jun 13 14:26:22 +0000 2013

RT @TorbenFrost: .@dosnostalgic "I Have No Mouth..." was censored in Germany. Nimdok was removed entirely. Too bad you can't beat the game …

 Thu Jun 13 14:29:58 +0000 2013

That explains it. That's the version I now own.

 Thu Jun 13 14:30:36 +0000 2013

RT @TorbenFrost: @dosnostalgic ...no, wait, makes sense. Carmageddon was only uncensored in U.S. as well. It's the European Harvester that'…

 Thu Jun 13 14:35:47 +0000 2013

Mr @richardcobbett when you were streaming Harvester, did it have the children-eating-mother sequence in it?

 Thu Jun 13 14:45:27 +0000 2013

Which version do you have?

 Thu Jun 13 14:47:47 +0000 2013

Shadow Warrior & the whole darts ordeal. #MorningDOSTalk

 Thu Jun 13 15:06:47 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: @dosnostalgic I met a guy from the BBFC years ago and brought that up. He rolled his eyes and said (paraphrase) "I know…

 Thu Jun 13 15:10:41 +0000 2013

Well, it's OBVIOUSLY worse than a father wanting to fuck his daughter or a guy splitting his head with an axe.

 Thu Jun 13 15:27:59 +0000 2013

I love that bit. That and the cowboy show. Hilarious.

 Thu Jun 13 15:37:17 +0000 2013

I fucking love it! It's fun. Unlike Phantasmagoria which is boring & annoying.

 Thu Jun 13 15:55:52 +0000 2013

It's gonna rain for more than a day? Do I have to break out Das Boot again?

 Thu Jun 13 15:59:47 +0000 2013

Oh, c'mon. Show him something good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75gb6IxpT-Y

 Thu Jun 13 16:56:55 +0000 2013

It's absurdly over the top because of the story as well. There's a twist. I highly recommend it.

 Thu Jun 13 17:00:55 +0000 2013

I will always shamelessly recommend Harvester to anyone because I think the game is lots of fun. Doesn't have to be a good game for that.

 Thu Jun 13 17:03:01 +0000 2013

Of course it would have been even better if it actually was a good game too, but as far as FMV stuff goes, I think it's up there as well.

 Thu Jun 13 17:04:31 +0000 2013

Because most FMV games are shit. So at least this one is playable. And only REALLY annoying during its final section.

 Thu Jun 13 17:05:16 +0000 2013

Still skeptical about Man Of Steel, but found out that the action sequences were storyboarded by Jay Oliva (director of Dark Knight Returns)

 Thu Jun 13 17:08:41 +0000 2013

And if THAT doesn't get YOU excited that means you haven't seen the wonderful animated two-parter that is The Dark Knight Returns. You suck.

 Thu Jun 13 17:10:33 +0000 2013

You can pick up the jewel case release online for cheap. That's about it, I'm afraid.

 Thu Jun 13 17:11:35 +0000 2013

It's okay-ish. Some of it. The included BTAS episodes were better than the whole thing.

 Thu Jun 13 17:13:04 +0000 2013

So? I think it was technically well done in a lot of scenes. Especially some of the more violent ones. I've seen worse acting

 Thu Jun 13 17:14:24 +0000 2013

I love Alien 4!

 Thu Jun 13 17:15:46 +0000 2013

RT @AndromedaGuys: The 30th Anniversary of King’s Quest http://bit.ly/12qjqBq #KingsQuest

 Thu Jun 13 17:31:35 +0000 2013

It's been years since I've seen it, so I don't really remember the shorts. Have you seen Returns though?

 Thu Jun 13 17:36:47 +0000 2013

4 more than 3. Benefited from, you know, actual sets & real actors.

 Thu Jun 13 17:38:15 +0000 2013

X-Files the game is also quite good. Not DOS though.

 Thu Jun 13 17:39:46 +0000 2013

Watch it. It's good. A great animated piece that's not aimed at children.

 Thu Jun 13 17:43:35 +0000 2013

The movie was awful. And it was missing everyone including Ginger Lynn & I'll never forgive that!

 Thu Jun 13 17:45:19 +0000 2013

It's was five for what it was. Looked great too.

 Thu Jun 13 17:45:54 +0000 2013

Oh bullshit. It still runs just fine on my Vista machine.

 Thu Jun 13 17:46:21 +0000 2013

I just love when Brad Dourif starts making out with one of the aliens. Beautiful!

 Thu Jun 13 17:52:58 +0000 2013

Too harsh. I think graphics are fine, so is the dialogue. Acting fits into the crazy world. Puzzles & combat are awful.

 Thu Jun 13 17:58:29 +0000 2013

Combat is easier if you use the keyboard shortcuts though.

 Thu Jun 13 17:59:14 +0000 2013

Yeah, but I don't remember them.

 Thu Jun 13 18:08:02 +0000 2013

RT @DoubleFine: Watch "Double Fine's 90,000 Friends," the wonderful backer-sourced Broken Age teaser we showed during Horizon! http://t.co…

 Thu Jun 13 18:08:15 +0000 2013

Wow. And I thought $17.50 was steep

 Thu Jun 13 19:17:50 +0000 2013

And were drinking it next to another white Russian!

 Thu Jun 13 23:13:02 +0000 2013

I'll shamelessly retweet this post by @AgustinCordes featuring an awful picture of me because that night was so much fun!

 Thu Jun 13 23:18:08 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: It's great how Wing Commander debriefs sometimes have different scenes based on if you achieved certain objectives. http://t.c…

 Fri Jun 14 12:49:48 +0000 2013

Things that no one mentions anymore: Duke 3D had a multiplayer bot mode. A crappy one. Run duke3d /q# /a where # - number of bots

 Fri Jun 14 13:02:14 +0000 2013

Forgot to mention that this only works in Duke 3D Atomic. And NAM...

 Fri Jun 14 13:04:33 +0000 2013

Wolfenstein 3D. If BJ was low on health, he didn't mind eating dog food. If health was under 10%, he'd eat the meat off the bloody skeletons

 Fri Jun 14 13:17:08 +0000 2013

And btw, the 1st time I saw the camera leave my body, turn around and show BJ's escape from the Nazi fortress, I nearly shit myself in awe.

 Fri Jun 14 13:20:37 +0000 2013

Google is your best friend then

 Fri Jun 14 13:46:09 +0000 2013

Remember when Smacker video came out & EVERYONE was using it? The best 8-bit video codec. Also made viewing things out of game easy.

 Fri Jun 14 14:05:48 +0000 2013

Pretty much. Bink allows for higher color depth.

 Fri Jun 14 14:08:00 +0000 2013

What surprises me is that SMK hit in 1994, but wasn't used by any FMV games. All FMV companies tried their own compression methods.

 Fri Jun 14 14:09:07 +0000 2013

I remember writing a sound & video extractor for The Neverhood. Those were the days.

 Fri Jun 14 14:11:32 +0000 2013

What does that have to do with anything? FMV games all used 8 bit color anyway.

 Fri Jun 14 14:13:28 +0000 2013

I think Phantasmagoria 2 had 16 bit video as well, but I'm not sure anymore.

 Fri Jun 14 14:18:22 +0000 2013

Well, Urban Runner had better video than what Sierra put out at the time. Granted, the system requirements were pretty steep.

 Fri Jun 14 14:25:24 +0000 2013

Oh. The Last Dynasty. Basically Inca 3, but not good.

 Fri Jun 14 14:34:05 +0000 2013

I don't really like it. The look is too clean & it's not as insane as Inca

 Fri Jun 14 14:41:08 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: More http://dos-ist-gut.tumblr.com/ screenshots! Today: Wing Commander! (Of course)

 Fri Jun 14 14:41:25 +0000 2013

RT @zaphodgjd: @TorbenFrost @djbriandamage @dosnostalgic smacker was heavily influenced by the T7G video and palette compression.

 Fri Jun 14 14:55:07 +0000 2013

I don't particularly care for the PC version of that

 Fri Jun 14 15:02:43 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: Games like Wing Commander fill me with sentiment and nostalgia from the 90s.

 Fri Jun 14 15:04:58 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: But I don't just play them for this reason - I play them because they're good games, that are still fun, inspiring and rewardi…

 Fri Jun 14 15:05:01 +0000 2013

So is the next Superman movie gonna be called Man Of Tomorrow or what?

 Fri Jun 14 17:33:08 +0000 2013

Sunshine rocks!

 Fri Jun 14 17:33:46 +0000 2013

Aaand one more trailer with the song from Sunshine. Just stop it, people.

 Fri Jun 14 17:35:38 +0000 2013

Ashes to ashes. Stardust to stardust.

 Fri Jun 14 17:36:42 +0000 2013

I'm pretty sure if you join all the trailers that use music from 28 Days Later or Sunshine, they'll run longer than the actual films.

 Fri Jun 14 17:39:40 +0000 2013

See also - Requiem For A Dream

 Fri Jun 14 17:39:58 +0000 2013

Trainspotting is overrated, but it sure has its moments. "Think about the way that we live today!"

 Fri Jun 14 18:33:30 +0000 2013

Always reminds me of Maabus trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i633LLohUOc

 Fri Jun 14 19:37:35 +0000 2013

What the fuck is wrong with you?

 Fri Jun 14 20:32:17 +0000 2013

Yeah, the film is extremely pro-Catholic

 Fri Jun 14 20:53:46 +0000 2013

Every priest in the film is actually played by a real priest. Except for Merrin of course.

 Fri Jun 14 20:59:11 +0000 2013

both are necessary to establish a powerful story arc

 Fri Jun 14 21:00:27 +0000 2013

I think he means father Karras, who's story arc is regaining faith during this horrible incident

 Fri Jun 14 21:05:15 +0000 2013

What? That's like one of the central themes of the film!

 Fri Jun 14 21:09:17 +0000 2013

The director was atheist. On purpose. Blatty lobbied for that.

 Fri Jun 14 21:09:59 +0000 2013

I'm a Jewish atheist. :) And I'm just a figment of your imagination

 Fri Jun 14 21:14:57 +0000 2013

Stop being a pussy & finish the damn movie. It's a fucking masterpiece.

 Fri Jun 14 21:18:45 +0000 2013

But it's justified, because it's done to depict the devil in the worst way possible! I.don't understand the issue.

 Fri Jun 14 21:20:57 +0000 2013

The demon is then depicted by Catholic priests, who are the only ones with experience as pointed out in the film

 Fri Jun 14 21:21:55 +0000 2013

Minimum casualties, happy ending. Even a happier ending if you're watching the bullshit version.

 Fri Jun 14 21:22:34 +0000 2013

He saved a person by sacrificing himself after he regained his faith. Sacrifice isn't non-Christian.

 Fri Jun 14 22:20:12 +0000 2013

Bullfrog's Magic Carpet #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/345667172418326529/photo/1

 Fri Jun 14 22:20:50 +0000 2013

Shit, Magic Carpet is a hard game. One of those that only gets harder to play the older I get. Dammit, Bullfrog!

 Fri Jun 14 22:24:17 +0000 2013

It's funny that you find both films that I think handle the crisis of Faith correctly blasphemous - The Exorcist & Dogma.

 Fri Jun 14 22:26:54 +0000 2013

I remember you telling me that you find it blasphemous. I'm pretty sure that was you.

 Fri Jun 14 22:31:39 +0000 2013

RT @lazygamereviews: A new episode of The Video Game Years is up, featuring me and some awesome people talking about the IBM PC and such! h…

 Fri Jun 14 22:31:55 +0000 2013

Is there a good youtube channel that reviews ZX Spectrum games?

 Fri Jun 14 22:41:45 +0000 2013

Fuck Quest is listed on the IMDB! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2669852/ What an amazing age we live in!

 Fri Jun 14 22:42:51 +0000 2013

Hey look! Fuck Quest 2 is on there as well! :P

 Fri Jun 14 22:46:28 +0000 2013

Maybe I should watch @richardcobbett's complete 4.5 hr playthrough of Harvester. http://www.twitch.tv/probablyrichard/b/408183387 I need some good cheese in my life.

 Fri Jun 14 22:48:38 +0000 2013

Yep. And this time it was actually a game.

 Fri Jun 14 22:49:06 +0000 2013

I love Requiem. My favorite Aranofsky film. Superb technically & leads you emotionally just where he wants you to be

 Sat Jun 15 00:02:09 +0000 2013

Awesome! Thanks.

 Sat Jun 15 00:02:47 +0000 2013

Also - great use of surround sound, surprisingly. And Ellen Burstyn really looks/acts like my grandmother in it.

 Sat Jun 15 00:05:19 +0000 2013

Well, yeah, there's that. I couldn't watch it for a couple of years after the first time I saw it. Too depressing.

 Sat Jun 15 00:06:05 +0000 2013

I feel like watching Life of Brian...

 Sat Jun 15 00:08:49 +0000 2013

It does to me. The ending is like a kick in the nuts. But it's magnificently done. Seen Black Swan yet?

 Sat Jun 15 00:09:35 +0000 2013

I'm not buying. I'm more stoked for this: http://www.crystallakememories.net/

 Sat Jun 15 00:13:10 +0000 2013

I only like 6. And the kills in X. And Crispin Glover's dance. And a few other things. But other than that - bleh.

 Sat Jun 15 00:14:28 +0000 2013

It is indeed. Aronofsky is a wonderful director. A few more great films & he'll become one of my favorites.

 Sat Jun 15 00:16:49 +0000 2013

Wrestler is fucking magnificent. I really dig Aronofsky's style. The mix between realism & exaggeration. Works so well.

 Sat Jun 15 00:22:25 +0000 2013

I think 6 has one of the most badass opening sequences in 80s horror. Plus it's really funny & self aware. Helped a lot.

 Sat Jun 15 00:25:35 +0000 2013

I don't really like Pi.

 Sat Jun 15 00:30:56 +0000 2013

I do, but only because it came with Requiem :)

 Sat Jun 15 00:39:32 +0000 2013

Shit. I wanted to watch Life of Brian before, but now I feel like I should go with one of Aronofsky's films instead...

 Sat Jun 15 00:41:23 +0000 2013

If I was a director and made a film as human as The Wrestler or Black Swan, I'd retire out of fear of never being able to top that.

 Sat Jun 15 00:44:09 +0000 2013

And, of course, if I was a director and made a movie as emotional as Requiem For A Dream, I'd commit suicide right after post-production.

 Sat Jun 15 00:45:06 +0000 2013

I really hope the upcoming Aronofsky film isn't shitty. Because so far my personal count of his movies is: Good: 3, So-so: 2.

 Sat Jun 15 00:46:38 +0000 2013

Anyway, I'll stop talking about movies now. Here's a Legend of Kyrandia screenshot: https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/345704561987686400/photo/1

 Sat Jun 15 00:49:25 +0000 2013

Ever?

 Sat Jun 15 00:53:36 +0000 2013

I like it overall, but I think in many ways it's style over substance and the ending is very anticlimactic.

 Sat Jun 15 00:57:00 +0000 2013

No she didn't. She blames her back injury on The Exorcist for her drug problem though.

 Sat Jun 15 11:15:23 +0000 2013

Dick Smith did a remarkable make up for the film. The first of its kind in many ways. von Sydow wasn't old at all at the time.

 Sat Jun 15 11:17:11 +0000 2013

The power of Christ compelled you, for sure.

 Sat Jun 15 11:18:18 +0000 2013

She's been in movies & TV here and there. Just recently rewached a shitty Exorcist spoof with her & Leslie Nielsen

 Sat Jun 15 11:20:44 +0000 2013

There's a lot of really cool stuff in this movie. Like the voice of the demon is real & done by a woman. Mostly no filter.

 Sat Jun 15 11:22:09 +0000 2013

She is, however, in one of the the best Blair Witch spoofs - The Blair Bitch Project starring Linda Blair

 Sat Jun 15 11:26:12 +0000 2013

Bullshit version

 Sat Jun 15 11:26:25 +0000 2013

Friedkin had complete control over the original production. This resulted in a lot of really great directorial choices...

 Sat Jun 15 11:33:22 +0000 2013

... like stopping Lalo Schifrin half way through recording his score, taking the master & throwing it out the window.

 Sat Jun 15 11:34:22 +0000 2013

... Or completely rejecting Blatty's original screenplay. Friedkin later just underlined his book & Blatty adapted only that

 Sat Jun 15 11:35:49 +0000 2013

And not including some of the scenes Blatty thought were essential. But now he changed his mind, so fuck him.

 Sat Jun 15 11:36:44 +0000 2013

Extended cut puts on all those little things for stupid people that I just hate. I loathe all the extra scenes

 Sat Jun 15 11:44:37 +0000 2013

Fucking hate it. More the placement of it than anything else.

 Sat Jun 15 11:48:48 +0000 2013

2 things I hate the most is the dialogue on the stairs & the tagged on ending with Kiderman & Dyer. Bullshit!

 Sat Jun 15 11:54:20 +0000 2013

For the record, it wasn't Linda Blair in most of those shots.

 Sat Jun 15 12:04:58 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: A round of Links is still a great way to wind down after work. http://i.imgur.com/LzmDf39.png

 Sat Jun 15 12:06:38 +0000 2013

Today on Ancient DOS Games: Kris covers the rebirth of Amulets & Armor! http://www.pixelships.com/adg/epf029.html #ADG

 Sat Jun 15 12:09:57 +0000 2013

Says the man who defended real animals being killed in Cannibal Holocaust to me :(

 Sat Jun 15 12:19:49 +0000 2013

As much as I love Exorcist 3 (a lot!), The Exorcist will forever remain one of my favorite movies of all time.

 Sat Jun 15 12:20:51 +0000 2013

Animals DIED to make schlock. That's supposed to be illegal!

 Sat Jun 15 12:26:58 +0000 2013

idk. Probably because most people like the movie, so I don't have to argue with them about it.

 Sat Jun 15 12:33:52 +0000 2013

Don't push your vegetarian bullshit on me!

 Sat Jun 15 12:34:31 +0000 2013

America. Where we refer to toilet paper as bath tissue. Because God forbid we actually admit that people need to wipe their asses.

 Sat Jun 15 12:40:25 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: Tempted to replay Fallout for DOS ist Gut! Aware that this might mean it consumes my life. Just like last time.

 Sat Jun 15 12:40:36 +0000 2013

"or, you know, you could just Google it." such is the age we live in

 Sat Jun 15 12:49:38 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: DOS game developers: Literally *obsessed* with cat-people. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5umv0wgptsjlsfj/Catpeople_2.png

 Sat Jun 15 13:48:50 +0000 2013

Now that Amulets & Armor is available for free, I encourage everyone to try it. http://amuletsandarmor.com/

 Sat Jun 15 13:56:47 +0000 2013

The BEST & the most unique feature of this game is multiplayer. Action RPG multiplayer! It's very playable in DosBox.

 Sat Jun 15 13:57:45 +0000 2013

When the Windows version comes out, I won't be against playing with some of my Twitter friends, if you're up for it.

 Sat Jun 15 13:58:58 +0000 2013

This guy made a multiplayer remake of Outlaws in a couple of weeks: http://youtube.com/watch?v=SDXcTNdhCH8

 Sat Jun 15 14:03:29 +0000 2013

I'm sorry, but all Jokers are very different. I like all of them. My favorite is Mark Hammil in the animated series.

 Sat Jun 15 14:12:17 +0000 2013

Although my favorite live portrayal IS Nicholson, I also like what Ledger did. And Romero. None of them are close to my idea of him

 Sat Jun 15 14:22:57 +0000 2013

I think the animated series got the character down, in many ways thanks to Hammil's perfect choice of voice.

 Sat Jun 15 14:23:45 +0000 2013

Ledger's character was closer to the unpredictable & violent image that Joker should have. Nicholson is like your scary uncle.

 Sat Jun 15 14:28:45 +0000 2013

Games didn't have the same voice director as the animated series. Made a lot of difference. Watch Mask of the Phantasm.

 Sat Jun 15 14:44:35 +0000 2013

Yes. Until The Dark Knight Returns this was my favorite Batman film. Ever.

 Sat Jun 15 14:49:18 +0000 2013

Bonus for you: It comes from the time when everything was done by hand.

 Sat Jun 15 14:57:44 +0000 2013

And of course I look at it now & it's not perfect, BUT I think it nailed all the characters & the tone perfectly.

 Sat Jun 15 14:59:54 +0000 2013

Those beautiful art-deco backgrounds on REAL black paper with REAL crayons on top. Best Batman theme imo too.

 Sat Jun 15 15:03:26 +0000 2013

I think I'm gonna start using that.

 Sat Jun 15 16:27:54 +0000 2013

Says who?

 Sat Jun 15 16:51:44 +0000 2013

And you like porn games (and musicals)!

 Sat Jun 15 17:00:49 +0000 2013

It's the 21st century. Barely anything is weird anymore. Some people are just more reserved/repressed

 Sat Jun 15 17:07:09 +0000 2013

And basically a second sequel... Uggghhh...

 Sat Jun 15 18:46:18 +0000 2013

The Immortals

 Sat Jun 15 19:13:15 +0000 2013

Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?

 Sat Jun 15 19:13:58 +0000 2013

Fuck. Local theater showing a 35 mm print of Demolition Man at a time I can't possibly attend. Dammit.

 Sat Jun 15 19:33:00 +0000 2013

Me!

 Sat Jun 15 20:17:34 +0000 2013

Ooh. Screenshots from Project Fedora look sexy! #TexMurphy

 Sat Jun 15 20:19:50 +0000 2013

The Need For Speed #DosGameScreenADay

 Sat Jun 15 20:57:24 +0000 2013

I don't care for NFS. It bores me

 Sat Jun 15 21:49:26 +0000 2013

BACOCK!

 Sun Jun 16 09:58:40 +0000 2013

No it's not

 Sun Jun 16 13:07:36 +0000 2013

You're kidding, right?

 Sun Jun 16 13:12:35 +0000 2013

Let me guess, was it in the carnival level?

 Sun Jun 16 13:14:04 +0000 2013

Did you have a life leech on you?

 Sun Jun 16 13:23:13 +0000 2013

Hmm... Don't remember two exits on that one. Where do they take you?

 Sun Jun 16 13:26:12 +0000 2013

Well, Blood is a fair challenge as long as you have all the weapons.

 Sun Jun 16 13:27:24 +0000 2013

Interesting. That's in the second episode, right?

 Sun Jun 16 13:33:33 +0000 2013

I'll have to check this one out when I have time

 Sun Jun 16 13:46:24 +0000 2013

My list of my favorite DOS first person shooters turned out rather trivial.

 Sun Jun 16 16:09:46 +0000 2013

No ROTT

 Sun Jun 16 16:19:07 +0000 2013

It was an awesome game in 1995, not so much today.

 Sun Jun 16 16:46:21 +0000 2013

I'm almost certain that somewhere right now a publisher is discussing a possibility of a Citizen Kane game. #Rosebud

 Sun Jun 16 19:40:21 +0000 2013

RT @mattbarton: Matt Chat 197: Lord British on Ultima, Ethics, Indies, and More: http://youtu.be/Wms1mrsa_1Q?a via @YouTube

 Sun Jun 16 20:56:55 +0000 2013

Never was a big fan of anti-comedy, but Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule gets me every time. #ForYourHealth

 Sun Jun 16 22:52:41 +0000 2013

We have arrived: British ISPs will censor porn by default starting 2014. If you want porn, you'll have to opt out.

 Sun Jun 16 22:59:39 +0000 2013

I wonder if one will be able to choose filter portions. Like " I don't want to filter out pornography... Well, maybe except for scat stuff."

 Sun Jun 16 23:02:42 +0000 2013

"And I don't really need gay porn either. Leave the trannies."

 Sun Jun 16 23:03:18 +0000 2013

I wouldn't have any reservations about calling. "Yes, yes. I'd like porn, please. ALL THE PORN!!!"

 Sun Jun 16 23:05:46 +0000 2013

RT @dedhedzed: @retroremakes I envisage clandestine playground meetings where horny confused teenagers swap proxy addresses...

 Sun Jun 16 23:09:40 +0000 2013

Wolfram, a Wolf3D remake. Not only it differs in AI & other things, but also a bit of an overkill graphically imo: http://youtu.be/RiYf0NdJrXs

 Mon Jun 17 01:46:59 +0000 2013

А я хочу, а я хочу опять
По Марсу бегать и импов гонять,
Дразнить Lost Soul'ов, дёргать за рога
И быстрый палец не снимать с курка.

 Mon Jun 17 01:56:37 +0000 2013

RT @HenrySmola: iddqd idkfa

 Mon Jun 17 03:10:15 +0000 2013

Grand Theft Auto #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/346480368448319488/photo/1

 Mon Jun 17 04:12:11 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: Through the post, I have just received gaming’s Necronomicon.

 Mon Jun 17 11:02:40 +0000 2013

I'm pretty sure just about every Sierra game crashed on me at some point. The only LucasArts game that I remember crashing is Full Throttle.

 Mon Jun 17 14:29:05 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: Found the copy of Gorasul under my car seat. Realized it'd been there for months, and I'd forgotten I'd bought it.

 Mon Jun 17 14:29:44 +0000 2013

Yep.

 Mon Jun 17 14:30:48 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: @dosnostalgic I didn’t mind Sierra games crashing so much as the “You did something we didn’t expect” error. Lies! Fals…

 Mon Jun 17 14:30:59 +0000 2013

Who loves Alley Cat as much as I do? What's your favorite level? Mine's gotta be the giant cheese.

 Mon Jun 17 16:16:50 +0000 2013

The level feels very surreal to NW. Plus the sheer joy when you figure out that you can climb through the holes.

 Mon Jun 17 16:17:51 +0000 2013

RT @St1ka: @dosnostalgic I love Alley Cat, one of my first games ever. My favourite level's gotta be the romance level, it was so weird and…

 Mon Jun 17 16:20:16 +0000 2013

RT @St1ka: @dosnostalgic As a kid I was afraid of the sleeping dogs level, that cat would've been eaten alive

 Mon Jun 17 16:20:20 +0000 2013

RT @Fichinescu: @dosnostalgic Loved the milk-drinking. Absolutely despised the heart platformer. Damn cupids.

 Mon Jun 17 16:22:44 +0000 2013

RT @AmayirotAkago: @dosnostalgic Alley Cat is an absolute balls-out insane gem of a game. I love it, even if I suck at it. The heart stage …

 Mon Jun 17 16:34:40 +0000 2013

RT @AmayirotAkago: @dosnostalgic The swearing cat face when you fall always cracks me up, and when you win you get an groovy little victory…

 Mon Jun 17 16:38:56 +0000 2013

RT @TorbenFrost: @dosnostalgic I just remember being traumatized by that fucking broom. ;)

 Mon Jun 17 16:38:59 +0000 2013

That's every level

 Mon Jun 17 16:39:20 +0000 2013

@ShotupSpeako Have you seen The Dark Knight Returns yet or do I have to reach through the cyberspace & shack you?

 Mon Jun 17 17:09:15 +0000 2013

Should have watched a Batman cartoon instead

 Mon Jun 17 18:21:44 +0000 2013

-Leaping labrats!
-Dr. Fred!

 Mon Jun 17 19:02:38 +0000 2013

RT @AmayirotAkago: @dosnostalgic What have you done this time, you meddling milquetoast?!

 Mon Jun 17 19:05:41 +0000 2013

I'm disappointed in you, comrade.

 Mon Jun 17 19:06:16 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: Did a livestream of Conspiracies/Willy Beamish at the weekend. Here’s the video and a few words on making it work. http…

 Mon Jun 17 19:24:09 +0000 2013

RT @TorbenFrost: @djbriandamage @AmayirotAkago @dosnostalgic You really flushed it! "Yes!" Down the toilet! "No! Through time!"

 Mon Jun 17 19:45:52 +0000 2013

The best DOS fps. Period.

 Mon Jun 17 20:09:57 +0000 2013

It's a tie with DOOM 2 for me, but honestly I'm having more fun with Blood

 Mon Jun 17 20:15:46 +0000 2013

Life Leech!

 Mon Jun 17 20:16:25 +0000 2013

I play though Blood every year. The whole thing. I fire up DOOM more often, but only to play a few maps at a time.

 Mon Jun 17 20:18:53 +0000 2013

A Tesla cannon!

 Mon Jun 17 20:22:51 +0000 2013

What? Blasphemy!

 Mon Jun 17 20:23:03 +0000 2013

I'd agree that action isn't a priority in both games.

 Mon Jun 17 20:24:42 +0000 2013

Ooh. Criterion is issuing Linklater's Slacker!

 Mon Jun 17 22:44:41 +0000 2013

Made environments more believable. And fun.

 Mon Jun 17 22:46:26 +0000 2013

The DOS version is the worst

 Tue Jun 18 00:28:54 +0000 2013

I had it on the Spectrum. It's pretty cool, especially considering how old it is. And it's really close to the source.

 Tue Jun 18 00:59:38 +0000 2013

Little Big Adventure (or Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure) #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/346800179023859712/photo/1

 Tue Jun 18 01:23:00 +0000 2013

Remember Time Commando from Adeline? It was a pile of shit...

 Tue Jun 18 13:22:07 +0000 2013

Good morning! Who wants to talk about about bad games from good developers? #MorningDOSTalk

 Tue Jun 18 13:24:45 +0000 2013

That's not nice. Daggerfall is great.

 Tue Jun 18 13:26:49 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: @dosnostalgic Oh man, Time Commando is so *extremely* awful. I was surprised at how bad it really is...

 Tue Jun 18 13:33:15 +0000 2013

Car & Driver from pre-Looking Glass. Yes, it has a parking lot. That's about it. #MorningDOSTalk

 Tue Jun 18 13:33:59 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: @dosnostalgic Leisure Suit Larry 2 is bloody terrible. Some of the least fair design!

 Tue Jun 18 13:38:03 +0000 2013

RT @Fichinescu: @dosnostalgic Codename: Iceman. Copy protection run amok, blank lead character, uneasy tone between crappy Fleming and crap…

 Tue Jun 18 13:38:09 +0000 2013

Windows!

 Tue Jun 18 13:38:40 +0000 2013

Stop lying to yourself. It's a pile of shit.

 Tue Jun 18 13:43:26 +0000 2013

Wiki is LYING to you

 Tue Jun 18 13:43:50 +0000 2013

I'm gonna take a wild guess here & affine that none of you people actually played Outpost? Win gui all over

 Tue Jun 18 13:46:52 +0000 2013

Police Quest: SWAT #MorningDOSTalk

 Tue Jun 18 13:49:16 +0000 2013

Outpost.

 Tue Jun 18 13:51:42 +0000 2013

Nope. Still bullshit. Boring, unimaginative pile of shit.

 Tue Jun 18 13:55:33 +0000 2013

I actually really liked the GK3 engine. But then I only played it once.

 Tue Jun 18 14:04:42 +0000 2013

Still not as bad as KQ8. I swear each level took like an hour to load & required copying over 80-100 megs!

 Tue Jun 18 14:09:27 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: @dosnostalgic Microprose developed numerous awesome games. They also made shit like BloodNet.

 Tue Jun 18 14:10:24 +0000 2013

Ecstatica is one of the most unique games ever. It's amazing

 Tue Jun 18 14:22:37 +0000 2013

Blasphemer! RT @JohannAffendy: ecstatica was bad. Ellipsoid werewolves, naked valkyries and all.

 Tue Jun 18 14:23:11 +0000 2013

I have it in the original box. And I'm proud.

 Tue Jun 18 14:35:59 +0000 2013

I played all the way through. Has its moments. Still better than 7.

 Tue Jun 18 14:42:35 +0000 2013

 Tue Jun 18 14:47:18 +0000 2013

But... but... But Phanta 2!

 Tue Jun 18 14:49:47 +0000 2013

I was just about to say that people don't mention Eco Quest often today.

 Tue Jun 18 15:08:35 +0000 2013

A "lost" translation of EQ2 from T&J was found & restored a couple of years ago.

 Tue Jun 18 15:21:22 +0000 2013

They aren't. Took YEARS just to get CAE to give an interview. He had some old files lying around. Turned out to be EQ2.

 Tue Jun 18 15:39:30 +0000 2013

I miss Old Man Murray. Erik was a co-writer on Psychinauts!

 Tue Jun 18 15:40:36 +0000 2013

It would be great if Leonid Sobolev surfaced. I'd love to see an interview with the guy.

 Tue Jun 18 15:49:43 +0000 2013

Totally forgot that he wrote for Portal as well.

 Tue Jun 18 16:07:38 +0000 2013

Half-Life is basically stock sci-fi dialogue. But Psychonauts & Portal are great!

 Tue Jun 18 16:16:43 +0000 2013

Both Portal games are hilarious! You have no heart!

 Tue Jun 18 16:20:39 +0000 2013

Fuck you! I've replayed the last level 10 times in a row & STILL kept laughing.

 Tue Jun 18 16:23:38 +0000 2013

Yes! Can't wait for Return to Nuk'em High!

 Tue Jun 18 16:29:59 +0000 2013

Kaufman supported Jane Jensen's kickstarter...

 Tue Jun 18 17:07:06 +0000 2013

I also find first Portal funnier than the sequel

 Tue Jun 18 17:19:25 +0000 2013

Lloyd is hilarious! http://youtube.com/watch?v=4IYNFxWa_tA

 Tue Jun 18 17:22:15 +0000 2013

Ah. Good times. Now I just need to get a hold of @ben_304

 Tue Jun 18 18:36:18 +0000 2013

I know. I can barely wait myself. @ben_304, where are you?

 Tue Jun 18 18:52:54 +0000 2013

I guess it's finally time to check out Broken Sword on my phone. The new Humble Bundle is here: http://www.humblebundle.com/

 Tue Jun 18 20:06:34 +0000 2013

Monkey Island Insult Swordfighting, now in your browser! http://www.int33h.com/test/mi/index.html

 Tue Jun 18 23:47:34 +0000 2013

RT @GOGcom: System Shock 2 (http://j.mp/SS2WinMac, only $4.99 in our #sale) is now available both for Windows and Mac! http://t.co/Sm989WS…

 Wed Jun 19 00:10:20 +0000 2013

Not as good, but it has a great 50s sci-fi feel.

 Wed Jun 19 00:11:13 +0000 2013

It's based on Who Goes There? which was inspired by Lovecraft

 Wed Jun 19 00:12:27 +0000 2013

It's gets really close to monster sci-fi of the 50s in the final act. Not very Lovecraftian.

 Wed Jun 19 00:16:30 +0000 2013

It's believed that John W. Campbell wrote it as a response to At The Mountains Of Madness.

 Wed Jun 19 00:18:02 +0000 2013

Oh shit. French remake of Maniac opens this week! I don't really care for Lustig's films to begin with, but this I have to see.

 Wed Jun 19 00:29:07 +0000 2013

EVERRRYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNEEEE!

 Wed Jun 19 00:40:18 +0000 2013

Also, please, "Leon" or at least "Leon: The Professional".

 Wed Jun 19 00:42:19 +0000 2013

Yep. Add another 20 mil for marketing, but it's still cheap.

 Wed Jun 19 00:43:25 +0000 2013

I despise the castrated American version. Otherwise it's one of my favorite films by one of my favorite directors.

 Wed Jun 19 00:45:04 +0000 2013

Marketing was massive. Movie was eh... Interesting approach to the low budget. It's not really "lost footage" either.

 Wed Jun 19 00:47:36 +0000 2013

Well, it wasn't what people associate with found footage. Most of the film was a camera on a tripod looking at the room at night

 Wed Jun 19 00:52:06 +0000 2013

Alright, I'm shot. Gonna watch that American movie that Park Chan-wook directed.

 Wed Jun 19 00:58:53 +0000 2013

Carmack biuilds spacecrafts.

 Wed Jun 19 01:05:23 +0000 2013

EVERYTHING

 Wed Jun 19 01:12:16 +0000 2013

But seriously - about 25 minutes of pure character development. Basically the "meat" of the movie for me. Too hot for US.

 Wed Jun 19 01:13:53 +0000 2013

It took Luc Besson a month to write a script for Leon & only 90 days to shoot it shortly after. #AlwaysImpressesMe

 Wed Jun 19 01:16:06 +0000 2013

Still better than Besson's The Big Blue that got AN HOUR AND A HALF cut out of it.

 Wed Jun 19 01:55:16 +0000 2013

Yep. Complete with a whole new score by Bill Conti & a happy ending.

 Wed Jun 19 02:01:02 +0000 2013

RT @HotlineMiami: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number teaser trailer. Press R to restart. http://youtu.be/YcIgabcx-9Q

 Wed Jun 19 12:09:50 +0000 2013

Damn. Just had an idea for another DOS Nostalgia music video...

 Wed Jun 19 12:48:33 +0000 2013

Nah. But something very complex, so I probably won't do it.

 Wed Jun 19 13:01:31 +0000 2013

No you don't, kid. Stay without a job for as long as you can.

 Wed Jun 19 15:14:05 +0000 2013

Hotline Miami 2 sounds delicious! (Possible spoilers!) http://joystiq.com/2013/06/19/hotline-miami-2-wrong-number-unmasked-blood-drugs-feelings/

 Wed Jun 19 15:24:22 +0000 2013

Trust me, in the future there will be time when you're working your ass off & still have no money.

 Wed Jun 19 15:25:51 +0000 2013

This reminds me: live with your parents for as long as you can too!

 Wed Jun 19 15:41:15 +0000 2013

1 good thing about the Evil Dead Remake is its post-credits sequence. That's how EVERY movie should end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCvSsewxrQU

 Wed Jun 19 16:54:36 +0000 2013

It creeps me out that music id apps now also show you the lyrics perfectly synched with the song. It's freaky!

 Wed Jun 19 17:43:02 +0000 2013

Heineken?! FUCK THIS SHIT!!! Pabst Blue Ribbon!

 Wed Jun 19 19:49:06 +0000 2013

That's how an average American talks

 Wed Jun 19 19:52:24 +0000 2013

He's crazy. He's unpredictable. He's a bad person. So he curses a lot.

 Wed Jun 19 19:56:30 +0000 2013

The 70s really. Blame the fall of the Hollywood system.

 Wed Jun 19 19:57:38 +0000 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5bW8H-kNZs

 Wed Jun 19 20:01:36 +0000 2013

Many people call him responsible for this. Say he lowered the bar.

 Wed Jun 19 20:04:32 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: Star Wars: Dark Forces, still factory sealed in big box, for $4. Feel like the king of ebay. http://i.imgur.com/tRSqnCI.jpg

 Thu Jun 20 12:41:09 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: Today on http://dos-ist-gut.tumblr.com/ is Earthworm Jim. One of the best and prettiest platformers ever released for DOS.

 Thu Jun 20 12:41:21 +0000 2013

Dee Wallace is in all kinds of garbage lately...

 Thu Jun 20 12:42:14 +0000 2013

Lords of Salem was awful, but had good casting.

 Thu Jun 20 12:52:25 +0000 2013

Strange. I think kids would hate it too. Had an promising premise, but turned into a pile of shit very quickly.

 Thu Jun 20 13:01:31 +0000 2013

Yes. Save yourself. Stop eating pussy today.

 Thu Jun 20 16:09:09 +0000 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xzAVEF-wuw

 Thu Jun 20 16:13:23 +0000 2013

My guess is you're not watching Behind The Candelabra

 Thu Jun 20 17:32:01 +0000 2013

Wall Street 2 was garbage. Solitary Man was good.

 Thu Jun 20 17:33:29 +0000 2013

Yay! @PushinUpRoses is taking a 2nd look at one of my favorite adventure games of all time - Sanitarium http://retrowaretv.com/2nd-look-sanitarium/

 Thu Jun 20 17:36:34 +0000 2013

You're not gonna like it.

 Thu Jun 20 17:36:56 +0000 2013

Liberace was gay. My guess is you won't be able to handle all the buttfucking.

 Thu Jun 20 17:41:29 +0000 2013

Hahahahahahaha!

 Thu Jun 20 17:41:52 +0000 2013

Actually it has all the usual biopic problems. I enjoyed it regardless. Douglas is really good in it.

 Thu Jun 20 17:45:30 +0000 2013

Ooh. I like most Lyne's movies. They are HOT.

 Thu Jun 20 17:53:36 +0000 2013

RT @ForkParker: Remember when we all used to just enjoy video games? Those were the days.

 Thu Jun 20 17:53:53 +0000 2013

But Night of the Creeps is great! Lost Boys is overrated. Return 2 is shite.

 Thu Jun 20 21:42:53 +0000 2013

An awesome DOS platformer Prehistorik 2 (Titus, 1993) #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/347837338002542592/photo/1

 Thu Jun 20 22:04:18 +0000 2013

[Looks at trending list] Don't care for either Vine or Instagram... Do I win something now?

 Fri Jun 21 01:38:00 +0000 2013

Dmitry and "16 BITS AGO" on the Soviet personal computer line BK: http://youtu.be/Dv1FiVssi5M

 Fri Jun 21 13:10:13 +0000 2013

Is that the "Turnir" one? I thought it was older than that.

 Fri Jun 21 13:16:14 +0000 2013

Personal note on that video: I've only seen the networked BK setup TWICE in my whole life. Videos like that are fascinating to me.

 Fri Jun 21 13:19:36 +0000 2013

GOG's complete selection of Sierra adventure games for $24.72 http://www.gog.com/promo/superb_sierra_selection KQ, SQ, PQ and QFG!

 Fri Jun 21 13:22:52 +0000 2013

Damn. Never seen that one. Although I'm not sure how relevant it was in 1990.

 Fri Jun 21 13:23:54 +0000 2013

Get Bullfrog DOS classics Populus, Syndicate, Theme Hospital & Magic Carpet at 50% off here: http://www.gog.com/promo/bullfrog_classics_bundle & Dungeon Keeper too!

 Fri Jun 21 13:25:32 +0000 2013

Dungeon Keeper had a DOS version, although most people went for Windows one. Looked prettier.

 Fri Jun 21 13:26:37 +0000 2013

ALL Ultima games for less than $9! What are you waiting for??? http://www.gog.com/promo/complete_ultima_chest

 Fri Jun 21 13:27:39 +0000 2013

It's mostly Windows stuff, but there's still some other DOS classics here that I haven't mentioned: http://www.gog.com/NoDRMSummer

 Fri Jun 21 13:29:38 +0000 2013

Wait. Do they have the Windows version included?

 Fri Jun 21 13:30:11 +0000 2013

Holy shit!!!

 Fri Jun 21 13:31:07 +0000 2013

You can watch the original Russian version http://youtu.be/i9zXNtoT0J0

 Fri Jun 21 13:34:06 +0000 2013

That's homebrew, that doesn't count. Just like with Spectrum. THOUSANDS of games made by enthusiasts for a limited audience.

 Fri Jun 21 13:39:55 +0000 2013

I posted a link to a video of that before. I was actually really impressed with it. And 8-bit "port". Must have taken forever.

 Fri Jun 21 13:44:47 +0000 2013

I'm pretty sure it's as close as they could get. Interface is removed. But I don't think it's actually complete.

 Fri Jun 21 13:55:04 +0000 2013

Another interesting Russian thing: Monkey Island 2 on a Russian PDP-11 compatible computer BK-0011(M) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQQUg9WVJ8s

 Fri Jun 21 13:58:59 +0000 2013

RT @MobyGamer: I've used DOSBOX so much that when I'm working with a VM I have the urge to hold down CTRL-F12 to make it go faster.

 Fri Jun 21 15:49:48 +0000 2013

What??? The movie's great!

 Fri Jun 21 18:49:00 +0000 2013

The Rook is amazing in it! And it was done well for a movie with no money whatsoever.

 Fri Jun 21 19:03:50 +0000 2013

Got 4 jewel case games from Salvation Army. All Westwood. Monopoly & all 3 Kyrandia games.

 Fri Jun 21 19:04:51 +0000 2013

No. I'm in New York

 Fri Jun 21 19:11:18 +0000 2013

Westwood's version of Monopoly is my favorite. It's awesome.

 Fri Jun 21 19:14:08 +0000 2013

All 3 Kyrandia games have pretty awful box art. Strange, considering how good the games look. Well, the first two.

 Fri Jun 21 19:25:05 +0000 2013

Ok, the Japanese got it right! #Kyrandia http://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-kyrandia/cover-art/gameCoverId,204008/

 Fri Jun 21 19:27:09 +0000 2013

I don't like it. Bought the one with the hand which is even worse.

 Fri Jun 21 19:41:26 +0000 2013

Garry's Mod + Doom = gmDoom and it looks fantastic! I think the vertical sliding doors are an especially nice touch: http://youtu.be/Q2yPfWXPIs0

 Fri Jun 21 20:55:20 +0000 2013

Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/348245625105682433/photo/1

 Sat Jun 22 01:06:41 +0000 2013

Holy crap! I didn't know that Antarctic Adventure had a sequel! And it looks great! http://youtu.be/05kTZArlAtI

 Sat Jun 22 01:55:53 +0000 2013

The soundtrack for the NES game Lagrange Point that had its own sound chip in the cartridge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8qjBzPGdms&feature=share&list=PL2917FA48A56DB74C

 Sat Jun 22 02:08:39 +0000 2013

Oh. The names of the characters in the Evil Dead Remake spell out DEMON. Ughhh...

 Sat Jun 22 13:46:42 +0000 2013

Finished the recent season of Beavis & Butthead. Surprisingly, the show still works perfectly. http://youtube.com/watch?v=B0-AvCHAWdQ

 Sat Jun 22 15:56:36 +0000 2013

Overheard just now: "Is $2.99 cheaper than 2 for $4?" America!

 Sat Jun 22 18:31:55 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: In this week’s Crap Shoot, it’s Staaaaaaaarglider. From Rainbird, Rainbird, Rainbird… http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/06/22/saturday-crapshoot-starglider/

 Sat Jun 22 20:19:02 +0000 2013

RT @Campster: "Megarace 1+2 is on sale! I remember that from when I was a kid! Such a quaint game!" *download is 1.1Gb* These are MS-DOS ga…

 Sun Jun 23 02:56:57 +0000 2013

I remember the game getting on a bunch of top adventure games of the year lists in various magazines when it came out.

 Sun Jun 23 02:58:42 +0000 2013

http://youtu.be/WPkByAkAdZs

 Sun Jun 23 03:01:56 +0000 2013

Well, just saw the new Superman flick. It's wasn't as bad as I expected. Every other Zack Snyder movie annoyed me. This one was entertaining

 Sun Jun 23 03:03:33 +0000 2013

Bruce Campbell turned 55 today. Man, time flies by so quickly...

 Sun Jun 23 03:52:45 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: Today on http://dos-ist-gut.tumblr.com/ is the beautiful adventure Inherit the Earth: The Quest for the Orb!

 Sun Jun 23 11:44:56 +0000 2013

Nope

 Sun Jun 23 12:28:01 +0000 2013

I have A LOT of problems with that movie. Mostly a lazy screenplay by Mr. Gunn. Snyder's direction is fine in that one.

 Sun Jun 23 12:34:40 +0000 2013

It was. By the same difinition the Evil Dead remake is too then

 Sun Jun 23 12:46:00 +0000 2013

Yep. He was fresh off Scooby Doo 2

 Sun Jun 23 12:46:37 +0000 2013

Have you actually seen it?

 Sun Jun 23 12:54:08 +0000 2013

Well, shut the fuck up then.

 Sun Jun 23 12:57:13 +0000 2013

Red Baron #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/348804257979461633/photo/1

 Sun Jun 23 14:06:30 +0000 2013

Strike Commander is VERY close to Wing Commander.

 Sun Jun 23 14:07:54 +0000 2013

Pacific Strike is not that close from what I remember. Wings of Glory is closer to WC, but also more of a sim.

 Sun Jun 23 14:10:07 +0000 2013

Isn't it on GOG?

 Sun Jun 23 14:12:21 +0000 2013

Watch A Serious Man, which you won't find on many lists.

 Sun Jun 23 15:36:13 +0000 2013

They aren't mocking it. A loving tribute. It's one of those non-mainstream Coen's films. You like Barton Fink, don't you?

 Sun Jun 23 15:55:25 +0000 2013

If you need a recommendation from someone with a better taste in humor than mine: https://x.com/grumpygamer/status/297427396288729088

 Sun Jun 23 16:06:04 +0000 2013

People try reading too much into it often. I think it's very intentional as a joke. Enjoy it without thinking too much.

 Sun Jun 23 16:11:44 +0000 2013

I thought theyweren't your cup of tea

 Sun Jun 23 16:15:40 +0000 2013

Played about 20 minutes of Broken Sword DC on my phone yesterday while waiting for the movie. Here's my first impressions:

 Sun Jun 23 17:34:17 +0000 2013

Liked the interface. It was intuitive & very fitting for a phone game. So no complaints here.

 Sun Jun 23 17:35:39 +0000 2013

Hated the character portraits & it looked like all the new character animations were actually done in 3D. Almost Runaway :(

 Sun Jun 23 17:37:11 +0000 2013

And two sliding block puzzles right upfront? Fuck you, game! Brings up painful memories of Broken Sword 3D: Sokoban.

 Sun Jun 23 17:39:09 +0000 2013

So honestly so far it's a disappointment. Haven't tried the PC version yet, but something tells me I'm not gonna like it either.

 Sun Jun 23 17:43:30 +0000 2013

Plus, c'mon. The original BS opened with a bang! (Thank you! I'm here all week). New opening is nowhere near as exciting.

 Sun Jun 23 17:46:35 +0000 2013

@ben_304 Ben! Podcast this week?

 Sun Jun 23 18:35:12 +0000 2013

I don't own a Wii, so that's highly unlikely. But I do have the Steam version as well.

 Sun Jun 23 18:56:24 +0000 2013

Well, it's MOSTLY funny.

 Sun Jun 23 21:26:11 +0000 2013

What? Myself & every person I watch it with laugh hysterically during some scenes. The stoned Bar Mitzvah alone! Sy Ableman? C'mon!

 Sun Jun 23 21:31:59 +0000 2013

The junior rabbi! The story of the goy's teeth! Culture clash! It's all funny!

 Sun Jun 23 21:34:09 +0000 2013

idk. I love all the actors. Dude playing Larry got nominated & I've seen him in 3 movies already. Great actor.

 Sun Jun 23 21:48:06 +0000 2013

Yes, laughing. Where's your inner jew?

 Sun Jun 23 21:48:35 +0000 2013

I've seen The Big Lebowski over 50 times by now & I still laugh out loud every time I watch it. One of my favorite films. You suck.

 Sun Jun 23 22:01:19 +0000 2013

Hey! I'm neither!

 Sun Jun 23 22:09:08 +0000 2013

I actually love watching Blood Simple now & compare editing choices/sound effects to Evil Dead. I feel so nerdy right now.

 Sun Jun 23 22:10:14 +0000 2013

Yum!

 Sun Jun 23 22:11:51 +0000 2013

I don't think Raimi had much to do with Blood Simple. Don't remember his car being in it.

 Sun Jun 23 22:17:30 +0000 2013

Working today? ;)

 Sun Jun 23 22:34:49 +0000 2013

Well I'm available 8 am your time pretty much every day & I'm off all day Friday. Damn 14 hour difference!

 Sun Jun 23 22:38:55 +0000 2013

So I guess of you're free Friday evening, I can wake up early

 Sun Jun 23 22:41:22 +0000 2013

So let's do that then. 6:30 am here will make it 8:30 pm on your end.

 Sun Jun 23 22:47:00 +0000 2013

Actually maybe I should start around 5 my time because around 7:30 my house becomes alive with people going to work/school

 Sun Jun 23 22:54:01 +0000 2013

Are you missing any games or anything else?

 Sun Jun 23 22:54:29 +0000 2013

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better, better run, outrun FUCK! That's why I hate going to the mall!

 Sun Jun 23 23:50:02 +0000 2013

Kev! Make it happen, please! (And read Kelly's book!) You're practically neighbors anyway.

 Mon Jun 24 00:48:22 +0000 2013

Whereabouts in the US are you gonna be?

 Mon Jun 24 02:27:13 +0000 2013

Sad story...

 Mon Jun 24 02:29:06 +0000 2013

That doesn't sound like fun. Oh well, there's always next time.

 Mon Jun 24 02:30:29 +0000 2013

Being yelled at by hobos in Manhattan is probably unavoidable.

 Mon Jun 24 02:31:51 +0000 2013

I don't understand why people trash Broken Lizard's The Slammin' Salmon so much. The movie is legitimately funny.

 Mon Jun 24 03:30:52 +0000 2013

Yep yep. I fucking love it!

 Mon Jun 24 03:51:24 +0000 2013

I really enjoy Beerfest for all the wrong reasons.

 Mon Jun 24 04:32:39 +0000 2013

Ugh. Dukes Of Hazard was awful. I'd pick Club Dread over that any day. And that's not very good either.

 Mon Jun 24 04:33:20 +0000 2013

Ahem. How's that Batman cartoon business, comrade?

 Mon Jun 24 04:40:14 +0000 2013

I like them playing characters. Beerfest missed out on that one, but I think the premise is hilarious & the parody is good.

 Mon Jun 24 04:42:17 +0000 2013

This time it's Heffernan who's directing. And he clearly has better sense of structure than Chandrasenkhar

 Mon Jun 24 05:07:18 +0000 2013

That won't take long...

 Mon Jun 24 05:14:40 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: On http://dos-ist-gut.tumblr.com/ today is one of Sir-tech's masterpieces: Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games.

 Mon Jun 24 12:49:42 +0000 2013

RT @MobyGamer: Restored a Tandy 1000hd, now loading it with Sierra AGI games

 Mon Jun 24 12:51:26 +0000 2013

RT @GGBeyond: Era Game Reviews - Wing Commander & Wing Commander II PC Review: http://youtu.be/0Fhy_q_u_jw?a via @YouTube

 Mon Jun 24 16:23:56 +0000 2013

Holy shit! Goblin is live scoring Suspiria at an event in Texas!

 Mon Jun 24 19:14:32 +0000 2013

I really like the Suspiria one. And Dawn of the Dead of course.

 Mon Jun 24 19:16:10 +0000 2013

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!

 Mon Jun 24 19:44:18 +0000 2013

RT @Betelgeuse_3: @dosnostalgic IT'S SHOWTIME!

 Mon Jun 24 20:01:37 +0000 2013

Oh God, you have no heart.

 Mon Jun 24 20:02:43 +0000 2013

RT @SierraWallpaper: Have you always wondered what happened at the end of CODENAME: ICEMAN (1990)? Now's your chance! http://t.co/dSFqnchze…

 Mon Jun 24 23:59:22 +0000 2013

If you've missed it this morning, here's @GGBeyond's in-depth look at Wing Commander (& WC2) http://youtu.be/0Fhy_q_u_jw Great stuff!

 Tue Jun 25 00:45:20 +0000 2013

Hollywood KILLED many comedy directors. Keaton included. Edwards was a hack.

 Tue Jun 25 00:50:48 +0000 2013

A "hack" is a hired gun. A director that works for a paycheck.

 Tue Jun 25 00:59:54 +0000 2013

Arguably the best entry in the Space Quest series - Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon #DosGameScreenADay

 Tue Jun 25 01:01:09 +0000 2013

You've been a real pantload

 Tue Jun 25 01:03:34 +0000 2013

Today @mattbarton plays the legendary Dynamix title Red Baron. http://youtu.be/BEJJrmG7P5o

 Tue Jun 25 01:07:32 +0000 2013

A brightly colored mechanical hare wanders about.

 Tue Jun 25 01:08:31 +0000 2013

RT @JohannAffendy: @dosnostalgic speaking of dynamix, i miss playing heart of china.

 Tue Jun 25 01:12:59 +0000 2013

The sweet sound of OPL3 http://youtu.be/DblktbXVUVY

 Tue Jun 25 01:24:28 +0000 2013

Dual OPL: Starport BBS Intro Tune (SP2.DFM) by Skaven of Future Crew: http://youtu.be/2rJD6-fkTZA

 Tue Jun 25 01:37:32 +0000 2013

I can listen to OPL2/OPL3 music all day. I can also dream of the perfect emulation all day...

 Tue Jun 25 01:38:24 +0000 2013

That NewSan tune from Megarace always cheers me up: http://youtu.be/ZmXJC6jFKi0 I just wanna get up and DANCE!

 Tue Jun 25 02:02:41 +0000 2013

I prefer Don't Go

 Tue Jun 25 12:46:39 +0000 2013

The shirt I'm wearing to work today has the word FUCK on it. Let's set what happens.

 Tue Jun 25 13:02:12 +0000 2013

I like it, but it has aged a bit. There are more fun mockumentaries out there.

 Tue Jun 25 14:50:41 +0000 2013

How do you feel about documentaries in general?

 Tue Jun 25 15:13:49 +0000 2013

Did you see Exit Through The Gift Shop?

 Tue Jun 25 15:23:06 +0000 2013

The doc it's amazing. My favorite documentary hands down. A real work of art. And it's not really about street art either.

 Tue Jun 25 15:29:12 +0000 2013

It was indie & had no distribution for a while, although got nominated for an Oscar later. It's now one of my favorite films ever.

 Tue Jun 25 15:39:08 +0000 2013

Days like this make me want to watch Howard The Duck... Sober.

 Tue Jun 25 16:05:40 +0000 2013

A brightly colored mechanical hare wanders about.

 Tue Jun 25 18:11:02 +0000 2013

RT @AmayirotAkago: @dosnostalgic The hare, anticipating your clumsy attempt to catch it, won't come anywhere near you.

 Tue Jun 25 18:12:57 +0000 2013

Agreed!

 Tue Jun 25 20:05:08 +0000 2013

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-2yMBrWnds

 Tue Jun 25 20:21:08 +0000 2013

Yep. Le Grande Restaurant.

 Tue Jun 25 20:37:31 +0000 2013

Remember the Broken Sword installation program? It's Breakout time!

 Tue Jun 25 21:44:13 +0000 2013

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (or Circle Of Blood if you were in the US) #DosGameScreenADay

 Tue Jun 25 21:46:34 +0000 2013

Ooh. I like Replay Games account manager with all the rewards. Simple & quick sign up, simple interface. Very clean. I like that.

 Tue Jun 25 21:55:18 +0000 2013

Big Finish made you create 100 different account with different passwords & all that bullshit. I already had to reset.

 Tue Jun 25 21:55:51 +0000 2013

Wow. A GIANT update for Half-Life 2...

 Tue Jun 25 22:28:13 +0000 2013

Just watched the original screentests of Sigourney Weaver for Alien. One of the scenes had her coming onto a guy & taking her shirt off! D:

 Tue Jun 25 23:33:48 +0000 2013

"You might become a strong female protagonist icon, but for now talk dirty & show us your tits!"

 Tue Jun 25 23:35:25 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: If Armikrog doesn't get funded due to TenNapel's douchery and Terry Taylor isn't secretly a Nazi, can we do a mini-KS f…

 Tue Jun 25 23:36:16 +0000 2013

Yep

 Tue Jun 25 23:38:09 +0000 2013

Useless is more like it. I don't like pushing buttons while I'm watching a film. I just watch supplements in bulk afterwards.

 Tue Jun 25 23:40:28 +0000 2013

It does, but I don't care for anything on my screen while I'm watching a movie. I take movies very seriously.

 Tue Jun 25 23:42:24 +0000 2013

I don't wanna be bothered with selecting stuff. I'll just watch everything after I'm done with the feature

 Tue Jun 25 23:46:10 +0000 2013

And I would be fine with that. It's the context of the scene in the test that bothers me.

 Tue Jun 25 23:46:55 +0000 2013

If you're an Army of Darkness fan and you still haven't ordered this http://www.amazon.fr/Evil-Dead-Larm%C3%A9e-t%C3%A9n%C3%A8bres-Blu-ray/dp/B00AICFN5C/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372204573&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=army+of+darkness+ultimate I have no respect for you! #Groovy

 Tue Jun 25 23:57:12 +0000 2013

No one knew, but now they say it's only a bunch of language packs.

 Wed Jun 26 00:59:04 +0000 2013

That's what everyone was doing today.

 Wed Jun 26 01:01:14 +0000 2013

My precious. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/349693906667065344/photo/1

 Wed Jun 26 01:01:39 +0000 2013

Exit Through The Gift Shop?

 Wed Jun 26 01:25:30 +0000 2013

HOLY SHIT!

 Wed Jun 26 01:26:40 +0000 2013

RT @gnomeslair: How to make a Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders without breaking any eggs http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-making-of-zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders/

 Wed Jun 26 11:45:38 +0000 2013

I don't even need to make any jokes. My cat has a racial slur for a name. That's because I didn't name her.

 Wed Jun 26 13:47:15 +0000 2013

I stole her from my ex, who's mother named it. I call her Moo.

 Wed Jun 26 13:49:34 +0000 2013

.@devolverdigital Where's my Duke 3D multiplayer?

 Wed Jun 26 14:34:00 +0000 2013

Back to the Future: Preserving the history of video games. Polygon: http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/6/25/4452894/the-strong-preserving-the-history-of-video-games

 Wed Jun 26 14:42:30 +0000 2013

RT @lazygamereviews: Ahh. The Blood collection slowly grows. I'm gonna paint the town re-e-e-ed... http://twitpic.com/cyiazj

 Wed Jun 26 14:44:31 +0000 2013

Armikrog might actually make it by a nose.

 Wed Jun 26 14:48:04 +0000 2013

If it doesn't, Doug can just blame all the gay liberal democrats. They were probably the ones with the money anyway.

 Wed Jun 26 14:49:18 +0000 2013

Steam multiplayer to be exact

 Wed Jun 26 15:36:10 +0000 2013

RT @ThatTomHall: Equal rights for all people. Great idea. Someone shoulda written that down somewhere, so it doesn't have to keep coming up…

 Wed Jun 26 15:50:38 +0000 2013

People of Earth, prepare yourselves! For this Friday @ben_304 and I will be recording a new episode of the DOS Nostalgia podcast! #FuckYeah

 Wed Jun 26 16:01:07 +0000 2013

Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 Wed Jun 26 16:14:44 +0000 2013

I'm sorry, but shit like this is offensively stupid to me: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2009/07/15/I-Now-Pronounce-You-Government-and-Wife And he deserves to be put on the spot for that

 Wed Jun 26 16:28:33 +0000 2013

I'm sorry, but if you don't get it, you should probably join Doug's Ignorant Asshole Club

 Wed Jun 26 16:34:03 +0000 2013

Yes, "you're raised by a dominating mother & we get married & fuck better than you" is very witty indeed.

 Wed Jun 26 16:44:34 +0000 2013

"men aren't hideous either, unless you think a soft, effeminate man hen-pecked his whole life by his domineering mother is hideous"

 Wed Jun 26 17:04:56 +0000 2013

"Married men are polled to have more sex and more satisfying sex than singles so Republican men have another great quality..."

 Wed Jun 26 17:05:48 +0000 2013

"it's time to change your party affiliation or you'll go through life alone, or worse, with some flaky narcissist"

 Wed Jun 26 17:07:40 +0000 2013

But I'm not making anything up now, am I?

 Wed Jun 26 17:11:49 +0000 2013

It would be fine if this was indeed intended as a parody response, but that had never been indicated

 Wed Jun 26 17:16:09 +0000 2013

And I'll be honest with you, every time this piece pops up, I wanna pull my pledge

 Wed Jun 26 17:18:14 +0000 2013

Yes I have. Don't make it any worse.

 Wed Jun 26 17:31:22 +0000 2013

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/350005045980442624/photo/1

 Wed Jun 26 21:38:00 +0000 2013

3.11

 Wed Jun 26 22:08:49 +0000 2013

No, I meant DEVOLVER promised Steam multiplayer for their version of Duke3D.

 Wed Jun 26 22:34:37 +0000 2013

Quake #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/350023944079814657/photo/1

 Wed Jun 26 22:53:06 +0000 2013

Finally figured out how to capture some high performance games in DosBox on my shitty machine. Duuuhhh. I can be a moron sometimes.

 Wed Jun 26 23:16:10 +0000 2013

So now I can record stuff from Blood, Shadow Warrior, Redneck Rampage & other demanding Build games. Nice!

 Wed Jun 26 23:47:48 +0000 2013

Quake on high resolutions seems to work well too. (My review from 4 years ago has been very low res.)

 Wed Jun 26 23:48:40 +0000 2013

SkyNet, however, is a fail. DosBox crashes when the game changes resolutions with Fraps running.

 Wed Jun 26 23:49:58 +0000 2013

Not too bad though. Maybe I'll make that MY TOP 10 FAVORITE DOS FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS video after all!

 Wed Jun 26 23:51:12 +0000 2013

Also mean I can properly review Blood at some point.

 Wed Jun 26 23:52:13 +0000 2013

Future Shock/SkyNet is very underrated

 Thu Jun 27 01:23:24 +0000 2013

Silencio!

 Thu Jun 27 04:14:45 +0000 2013

I just figured out that I can set frameskip to 1 since I don't really need to try to capture at 70 fps.

 Thu Jun 27 13:17:07 +0000 2013

Busy all day, so I won't be able to try out LSL Reloaded till tomorrow night

 Thu Jun 27 13:20:33 +0000 2013

Set up an account on the website. You can download any of the versions directly & get a steam code

 Thu Jun 27 13:25:58 +0000 2013

RT @Resulka: http://instagram.com/p/bEWWjKLwe4/ He's back!!! (Call 555-6969)

 Thu Jun 27 16:03:42 +0000 2013

Honestly, I'd be more excited about the new Larry if it was, you know, NEW.

 Thu Jun 27 16:50:09 +0000 2013

As for Kickstarter-resurrected franchises, the one I'm really excited about is Project Fedora. I can hardly what for that one.

 Thu Jun 27 16:53:26 +0000 2013

I can imagine. Considering that it was one of my favorite games 20 years ago, I played it A LOT. Can't be too excited now.

 Thu Jun 27 16:54:49 +0000 2013

I really hope they won't go that way. I would love a new Al Lowe LSL have though. Lust in Space!

 Thu Jun 27 17:01:05 +0000 2013

Or they could do 4...

 Thu Jun 27 17:01:56 +0000 2013

Oh. I didn't know anything about it besides the title that came from LSL7

 Thu Jun 27 17:13:17 +0000 2013

YES! Please do Zack & Miri commentary next.

 Thu Jun 27 17:13:53 +0000 2013

Which Quake mission pack do you prefer? Scourge of Armagon or Dissolution of Eternity?

 Thu Jun 27 17:28:39 +0000 2013

The only appropriate #DosGameScreenADay choice for today: Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

 Thu Jun 27 20:45:35 +0000 2013

Neverhood wasn't for DOS, I'm afraid.

 Thu Jun 27 21:05:21 +0000 2013

I associate Jim more with Dave Perry, rather than Doug.

 Thu Jun 27 21:10:22 +0000 2013

RT @Criterion: Everything you ever wanted to know about aspect ratio! Great visual essay by @FilmmakerIQ: http://ow.ly/mrVV0

 Thu Jun 27 21:23:48 +0000 2013

Yeah, but I'd like to play at normal speed as well. So basically setting fullscreen res at 640x480 & running FRAPS seems to work.

 Thu Jun 27 21:42:55 +0000 2013

The resulting video for YouTube is 30 fps anyway, so there's no need for me to record anything beyond that, really.

 Thu Jun 27 21:43:37 +0000 2013

My roommate announced that making a network card for a C64 was the nerdiest thing he has done... >

 Thu Jun 27 21:56:17 +0000 2013

> An hour later he reconsidered because he actually remembered how to get to the Microsoft Bear in Windows 3.1.

 Thu Jun 27 21:57:15 +0000 2013

My cat is sitting on me & licking my arm and totally doesn't want me to go to this birthday party. Cat!

 Thu Jun 27 21:57:52 +0000 2013

is there one? I'm using ykhwong build.

 Thu Jun 27 23:04:08 +0000 2013

lol. I don't even know. I think it's a crappy multicore celeron, so I'm pretty much screwed on DosBox performance.

 Thu Jun 27 23:07:32 +0000 2013

So far really nothing in particular. SkyNet often crashes on loading screens, I suspect due to the resolution change.

 Thu Jun 27 23:10:42 +0000 2013

I wish I was. It's a desktop. Really broke right now, salvaged what I could. Maybe not a Celeron. Ran Max Payne 3 on it okay-ish.

 Thu Jun 27 23:12:03 +0000 2013

I haven't thought of that. I'll check it out when I have a free minute.

 Thu Jun 27 23:19:19 +0000 2013

Oh. So the puzzles are changed a little bit. Neat. #LSLReloaded

 Fri Jun 28 03:03:08 +0000 2013

Was it ever raunchy?

 Fri Jun 28 03:31:14 +0000 2013

Ok, played LSL Reloaded for a bit. Interesting. Like the additions. Some stuff seems to be gone though. That's strange.

 Fri Jun 28 03:31:57 +0000 2013

Firstly - the cheat to skip the questions is gone. #NoBueno

 Fri Jun 28 03:32:12 +0000 2013

The doormat in front of the door to Lefty's is gone! And other small stuff like that.

 Fri Jun 28 03:32:37 +0000 2013

The TV shows on the pimp's tv were funnier in previous versions.

 Fri Jun 28 03:33:11 +0000 2013

Saying "Ken Sent Me" to everyone doesn't quite have the same result.

 Fri Jun 28 03:33:41 +0000 2013

Also a ton of tiny bugs. Unpolished. Things being drawn on top of itself. Inventory selection not working properly. Etc.

 Fri Jun 28 03:34:15 +0000 2013

I liked how it's not really based on the VGA version (unlike the kickstater video), BUT it would be nice to keep a few things from it.

 Fri Jun 28 03:35:21 +0000 2013

Like scrolling between Quicki-Mart (or whatever it's called now) and the disco and casino and the chapel.

 Fri Jun 28 03:36:49 +0000 2013

WHAT A PERVERT!

 Fri Jun 28 03:37:48 +0000 2013

The pop-up interface gets in the way. Why is it in there? I can understand for the mobile versions, but it's unnecessary for the desktop one

 Fri Jun 28 03:39:00 +0000 2013

So far I'm digging it, despite these nitpicks. I'll give my full report when I'm done with it. And now - sleep.

 Fri Jun 28 03:41:06 +0000 2013

Recording a podcast at 5:30 in the morning - that's dedication!

 Fri Jun 28 09:34:55 +0000 2013

RT @_ShadowWarrior: We're going to give away some pre-release Steam downloads for Shadow Warrior Classic Redux all weekend - follow and ret…

 Fri Jun 28 12:54:57 +0000 2013

I just can't do podcasts under two hours, can I?...

 Fri Jun 28 12:55:56 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: It's all @dosnostalgic's fault! https://www.dropbox.com/s/i0wmp9lrsyt24m9/Blood%203.png?m

 Fri Jun 28 13:34:01 +0000 2013

I don't get the scroll on casino-chapel...

 Fri Jun 28 13:34:36 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: ...recorded a fun podcast with @dosnostalgic with my cat sleeping on my lap the whole time. Great day!

 Fri Jun 28 18:12:12 +0000 2013

Carmageddon for iOS and Android free this weekend to celebrate the game's SIXTEENTH anniversary!

 Fri Jun 28 19:01:40 +0000 2013

Done with LSL Reloaded. That was cute.

 Fri Jun 28 19:26:14 +0000 2013

However, my favorite version is still LSL1VGA.

 Fri Jun 28 19:26:53 +0000 2013

I love the art style! It's semi-seedy. Larry 5 is clean.

 Fri Jun 28 19:28:55 +0000 2013

I always loved it. Right from the first background with an out of focus rack. The designs too. The women. Good stuff.

 Fri Jun 28 19:30:32 +0000 2013

I like how it's mostly shadowy dark. To me it adds a lot.

 Fri Jun 28 19:31:58 +0000 2013

BUT I don't quite see how LSL Reloaded is worth $20.

 Fri Jun 28 19:33:39 +0000 2013

How so? Developing for mobile platforms is not that hard, considering they are using Unity as a middleware.

 Fri Jun 28 19:37:52 +0000 2013

I only have one point: ( . )( . )

 Fri Jun 28 19:38:25 +0000 2013

I just made a little Android game in a couple of days. It's not that hard. Unity does A LOT of heavy lifting.

 Fri Jun 28 19:39:13 +0000 2013

I'm sorry, are you one of the developers or something?

 Fri Jun 28 19:41:12 +0000 2013

That it is, indeed. Which is why LSL Reloaded is riddled with tiny bugs.

 Fri Jun 28 19:41:40 +0000 2013

? Confused ? Larry 6 is pretty good.

 Fri Jun 28 19:42:58 +0000 2013

I'm also a developer, so I have no problem nitpicking it.

 Fri Jun 28 19:43:21 +0000 2013

Incoming! A bunch of Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards stuff! #LSL1VGA

 Fri Jun 28 19:49:17 +0000 2013

I fell in love with the VGA remake right there and then!

 Fri Jun 28 19:49:48 +0000 2013

Hubba hubba...

 Fri Jun 28 19:50:08 +0000 2013

I seriously love these backgrounds!

 Fri Jun 28 19:51:58 +0000 2013

Look at it, @richardcobbett. LOOK AT IT!

 Fri Jun 28 19:53:39 +0000 2013

Possibly. But @richardcobbett doesn't like the VGA one either.

 Fri Jun 28 20:31:17 +0000 2013

Goodbye AltaVista. We had some good times. Long ago...

 Fri Jun 28 23:53:24 +0000 2013

DOS Nostalgia Podcast RSS feed is now available here:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/DosNostalgiaPodcast?format=xml

 Sat Jun 29 00:27:56 +0000 2013

Nah. But it's certainly one of the most good-looking ones.

 Sat Jun 29 00:36:42 +0000 2013

Oh God. You'll probably find many errors. I don't fact-check anything. Would you want to guest on it someday?

 Sat Jun 29 01:29:48 +0000 2013

@ben_304 Here's the Windows port of the tech demo. Binaries & data files are in the separate archives. http://www.jonof.id.au/downloads?cat=0

 Sat Jun 29 01:36:43 +0000 2013

A catchy SID tune Crooner by DRAX: http://hvsc.etv.cx/?info=please&path=C64Music/MUSICIANS/D/DRAX/Crooner.sid

 Sat Jun 29 02:05:09 +0000 2013

And here's the AdLib version!: http://youtu.be/A-4sQLk0fFE

 Sat Jun 29 02:06:36 +0000 2013

I always thought that's sort of what Scott Pilgrim was about. In a way.

 Sat Jun 29 02:08:07 +0000 2013

The books are great, and I don't normally like comics that much! I meant the film though.

 Sat Jun 29 02:09:49 +0000 2013

The idea comes through less in the film mostly because the events take place in two days, rather than years.

 Sat Jun 29 02:15:02 +0000 2013

That's probably due to the film being developed before the last book was done, hence the alternate ending and all that.

 Sat Jun 29 02:49:17 +0000 2013

Ooh. Someone created a thread on Vogons about me!

 Sat Jun 29 03:21:00 +0000 2013

It questions my attachment to Alley Cat solely based on me looking "like a young Egon Spengler" :)

 Sat Jun 29 03:29:34 +0000 2013

Great! I don't care about overlaps. The more DOS-related podcasts, the better. The platform needs more recognition as "retro".

 Sat Jun 29 03:37:54 +0000 2013

Of course! You're going to be the most experienced out of all my guests.

 Sat Jun 29 03:39:22 +0000 2013

So, of course, I made an account... https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/350821060813402112/photo/1

 Sat Jun 29 03:40:33 +0000 2013

You know this feeling of I'd-rather-not-be-at-work-at-8-on-a-saturday? Well, I have it now.

 Sat Jun 29 12:08:21 +0000 2013

Today @richardcobbett takes a look at a Coktel Vision game! It's Geisha! Oh boy! http://m.pcgamer.com/2013/06/29/saturday-crapshoot-geisha

 Sat Jun 29 13:30:36 +0000 2013

Which ones do you actually consider good? Besides Goblins of course.

 Sat Jun 29 13:31:48 +0000 2013

I bet you can make fun of both Inca games extensively.

 Sat Jun 29 13:34:41 +0000 2013

If you're gonna do Inca 2 one day, please attach a video if the CD version. The voices drove me insane!

 Sat Jun 29 13:36:34 +0000 2013

Changing my name to SS Fudgelicious.

 Sat Jun 29 14:45:51 +0000 2013

There are no videos of the HELP section of Blood on YouTube! This needs to be remedied asap! #BestHelpScreenEver

 Sat Jun 29 15:24:29 +0000 2013

it's mentioned in the upcoming podcast :)

 Sat Jun 29 15:28:09 +0000 2013

Yeah, I really don't have much to trim out of it. Basically gonna be 2 hours.

 Sat Jun 29 15:35:23 +0000 2013

GET PSYCHED! Oh wait, wrong engine...

 Sat Jun 29 15:42:04 +0000 2013

Are the Can-can girls still in LSL Reloaded? I didn't see them. All I got was a singer or Josh Mandel's comedian (who's great btw)

 Sat Jun 29 17:08:42 +0000 2013

Also, any new deaths in LSL Reloaded? Not sure how to feel about an achievement for puzzle, but 1 for every death seems very fitting.

 Sat Jun 29 17:14:54 +0000 2013

Gemini & Ancient DOS Games is finally on YouTube! Subscribe! http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Lm3_uz9v1k #ADG

 Sat Jun 29 17:20:01 +0000 2013

I like big butts and I can not lie!... Oh wait. I'm lying. I don't really care for big butts.

 Sat Jun 29 20:49:26 +0000 2013

Cats are taking over

 Sat Jun 29 20:54:37 +0000 2013

They are taking over the media. kittens, lolcats, grumpy cat & such.

 Sat Jun 29 21:02:14 +0000 2013

RT @lazygamereviews: My friend, Kris Asick of Ancient DOS Games, is finally on YouTube! Check out his sure-to-be-growing channel here: http…

 Sat Jun 29 23:49:01 +0000 2013

Goddammit! Now a Jacob's Ladder remake??? WHY OH WHY???

 Sun Jun 30 00:21:48 +0000 2013

I don't know, but the announcement is that it will be "updated". Whatever that means...

 Sun Jun 30 00:39:38 +0000 2013

A game that's hated by many and loved by few. NAM #DosGameScreenADay https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/351140779546263552/photo/1

 Sun Jun 30 00:51:00 +0000 2013

More on that in the upcoming podcast

 Sun Jun 30 00:52:42 +0000 2013

Let's see how much of the podcast I can edit before I pass out...

 Sun Jun 30 00:55:38 +0000 2013

It's a 1998 release. And I'm one of the people who LOVES the game.

 Sun Jun 30 01:05:31 +0000 2013

NAM was a standalone retail release

 Sun Jun 30 10:01:25 +0000 2013

More on that in the upcoming podcast

 Sun Jun 30 11:21:57 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: Playing Blood in bed with cat. Perfect Sunday night... http://yfrog.com/odzfpuhxj

 Sun Jun 30 12:31:58 +0000 2013

Edited half of the podcast. Not it's time to reward myself with breakfast.

 Sun Jun 30 12:32:32 +0000 2013

RT @ben_304: In blood, spiders can make your vision wonky. https://www.dropbox.com/s/jami9swakhhz5hl/12_2.png Disembodied hands can choke you to death! https://t.co/P…

 Sun Jun 30 13:15:22 +0000 2013

I'll SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!

 Sun Jun 30 13:15:34 +0000 2013

Well, it was a sequel to the Platoon total conversion, and that's really what it was. A commercial Duke3D tc.

 Sun Jun 30 14:09:07 +0000 2013

A year later same team brought us WW2GI. That was in 1999 & I didn't care much for it.

 Sun Jun 30 14:09:32 +0000 2013

RT @richardcobbett: Hey, who’s up for some adventuring goodness? TOO BAD IT IS MYST. http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/06/30/reinstall-myst/

 Sun Jun 30 15:04:47 +0000 2013

@ben_304 Are you a robot? The recording that you sent me also gets pitched down half way through.

 Sun Jun 30 15:57:46 +0000 2013

Maybe a bug in audacity, but then the my steam I recorded on a different machine is just fine. You're a robot. In sticking to that.

 Sun Jun 30 16:03:43 +0000 2013

Of course. It's kind of funny, actually.

 Sun Jun 30 16:19:11 +0000 2013

Same happened with your steam I recorded on my end! What were you capturing?

 Sun Jun 30 16:24:06 +0000 2013

That never happened to me either & I recorded longer! It must have happened during compression, coz your stream is actually longer

 Sun Jun 30 16:28:10 +0000 2013

than mine because of the slowdown & they are or of sync. Doesn't matter because I'm putting them together piece by piece anyway.

 Sun Jun 30 16:29:02 +0000 2013

But what would your ISP have to do with you capturing your mic input?

 Sun Jun 30 16:32:28 +0000 2013

Check for a red light reflecting on your eyes. Or dreams of unicorns. Or electric sheep.

 Sun Jun 30 16:35:55 +0000 2013

Or maybe I should just pull out my gun & see what happens. But then maybe you're just a hologram...

 Sun Jun 30 16:38:06 +0000 2013

All these moments will be lost in time, like William Shatner's career.

 Sun Jun 30 16:45:07 +0000 2013

This is heavy.

 Sun Jun 30 17:13:53 +0000 2013

Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

 Sun Jun 30 17:15:54 +0000 2013

Ben's experiences of TekWar recounted on tomorrow's podcast.

 Sun Jun 30 17:29:03 +0000 2013

On the cutting room floor: @ben_304 asking of he can say SHIT on the pod minutes after saying GODDAMN & me saying SHIT five times.

 Sun Jun 30 18:58:24 +0000 2013

Spinning head is not good. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/351426797121982464/photo/1

 Sun Jun 30 19:47:32 +0000 2013

A quick poll: any of you bothered by my 320x200 captured videos being in the wrong aspect ratio?

 Sun Jun 30 22:51:34 +0000 2013

Honestly, I leave them like that because I like my pixels square & I think it's nice to fill a 16x10 monitor.

 Sun Jun 30 22:52:48 +0000 2013

You really REALLY need to read @richardcobbett's piece on Myst. Made my day. http://pcgamer.com/2013/06/30/reinstall-Myst

 Sun Jun 30 23:06:11 +0000 2013

Remember how happy we all were when Sierra made Lighthouse and Rama? No? Me neither. #BlameMyst

 Sun Jun 30 23:11:46 +0000 2013

Did you put them down out of mercy?... Well, Lighthouse is clearly the best out of the two.

 Sun Jun 30 23:16:25 +0000 2013

If only I had a dollar every time...

 Sun Jun 30 23:17:11 +0000 2013

You best prepare yourself then

 Sun Jun 30 23:18:34 +0000 2013

My English teacher have me his copy of Broken Sword 2 & talked to me about Bruce Campbell movies. So no excuses.

 Sun Jun 30 23:19:43 +0000 2013

Wise move on their part. They should reprint it every couple of years.

 Sun Jun 30 23:22:45 +0000 2013

It became a part of history when it sold a ton of copies & inspired a slew of clones (that were often much worse)

 Sun Jun 30 23:24:46 +0000 2013

Zork is great, Neverhood arguably isn't that great of a GAME per say.

 Sun Jun 30 23:25:33 +0000 2013

A lot of games would be impossible without Myst. Dark Eye included. I still hate it though.

 Sun Jun 30 23:27:20 +0000 2013

Is Legacy of Time really that good? I never played it, even though it was everywhere when it came out.

 Sun Jun 30 23:29:37 +0000 2013

I didn't really care for other Journeyman Project games. But I dig Myst 3 a little bit.

 Sun Jun 30 23:31:31 +0000 2013

Myst certainly. Myst & Macromedia Director are definitely responsible for a bunch of multimedia stuff made by non-game people

 Sun Jun 30 23:32:28 +0000 2013

Blackstone Chronicles was made by game people. BUT I never understood why people love it so much.

 Sun Jun 30 23:35:19 +0000 2013

Meh. I didn't enjoy actually playing it. And that was the year Grim Fandango & Sanitarium came out.

 Sun Jun 30 23:40:04 +0000 2013

I really need to play through Callahan's Crosstime Saloon again.

 Sun Jun 30 23:41:01 +0000 2013

What's wrong with Sanitarium? Awesome game.

 Sun Jun 30 23:49:46 +0000 2013

Oh fuck you. Few games deal with mature themes as well as that ghost house part.

 Sun Jun 30 23:54:33 +0000 2013

@NightDiveStudio my choice of what?

 Sun Jun 30 23:56:55 +0000 2013

I'll show you mature. Here: 8======D ~ ~ ~

 Sun Jun 30 23:57:44 +0000 2013

This dude made an URBAN RUNNER review! http://youtu.be/msTmVA3uYrs

 Mon Jul 01 00:51:15 +0000 2013

I've seen this before. Did you make it?

 Mon Jul 01 01:15:55 +0000 2013

Interesting. Well, I played all of them and have most of them, so good luck with whichever one it is.

 Mon Jul 01 01:38:44 +0000 2013

@ben_304 Shit. Just figured out that I could resample your track at x1.5 and that brings it back to normal. So now it's fine after 1h15m

 Mon Jul 01 02:21:08 +0000 2013

@ben_304 Now I'm contemplating redoing the 40 minutes that are screw up over...

 Mon Jul 01 02:21:33 +0000 2013

1. At least a few hours. Because I will have to realign everything because of the way I decided to edit. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/351528240126500864/photo/1

 Mon Jul 01 02:30:38 +0000 2013

2. Probably not much, but now it's a bit more noticeable because it becomes normal after hour 15. It'll raise questions.

 Mon Jul 01 02:31:21 +0000 2013

Yeah, I've learned from TV talk shows. Basically redoing the whole dynamic so it the flow is natural and lag free.

 Mon Jul 01 02:34:10 +0000 2013

DOS Nostalgia Podcast is now available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dos-nostalgia-podcast/id668247266

 Mon Jul 01 02:35:18 +0000 2013

@ben_304 You know what, fuck it! I really want it ready tomorrow. So if anyone asks - you're a robot & needed to charge up for a bit.

 Mon Jul 01 02:38:59 +0000 2013

@ben_304 You were REALLY excited about the Blood help screen. #MyPoorEars https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/351534825431257088/photo/1

 Mon Jul 01 02:56:48 +0000 2013

RT @mattbarton: Matt Chat 199: Introducing Jeff Tunnell: http://youtu.be/cTynkI9_99w?a via @YouTube

 Mon Jul 01 03:27:57 +0000 2013

Do you mean an RSS feed?

 Mon Jul 01 03:56:19 +0000 2013