Sat Apr 01 04:04:13 +0000 2017[Unfunny joke]
Sat Apr 01 04:06:08 +0000 2017#CurrentJam https://youtu.be/wUnMF7dV86k
Sat Apr 01 04:06:21 +0000 2017Replying to @ACMenes
Cat!
Sat Apr 01 04:43:07 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Cat!
Sat Apr 01 04:51:26 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane and @anactualmess
Don't worry. He's a recurring character.
Sat Apr 01 05:16:06 +0000 2017Replying to @RaymondDoerr
blocked
Sat Apr 01 05:16:37 +0000 2017Replying to @RaymondDoerr
Oh boy, this is like that scene in Schizopolis
Sat Apr 01 05:20:02 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: What a boring goring.
Sat Apr 01 05:49:04 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
I bought my best friend a Dicktowel for his birthday. You'll understand this one in a couple of seasons.
Sat Apr 01 06:09:38 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: Just got two rare upgrades for my IBM AT!
The official 128K conventional and 512K extended Memory Expansion Option b…
Sat Apr 01 14:44:00 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Sat Apr 01 15:52:07 +0000 2017A good DOS game to play today:
Sat Apr 01 16:04:21 +0000 2017Replying to @ben_304
When I buy a new computer, that's gonna be the first new game I'll play on it
Sat Apr 01 16:23:31 +0000 2017Oh lordy https://x.com/Alexander_Mejia/status/848234594595897344
Sat Apr 01 18:13:38 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames and @demodulated
You can also pronounce it as Juarez, and it's fine & accepted.
Sat Apr 01 20:15:56 +0000 2017One of the cashiers told me that he needs to write a paper about CP/M and DOS for school. Well, now I have something to talk about. :)
Sat Apr 01 21:16:58 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone
Holy Jesus!
Sat Apr 01 21:18:17 +0000 2017Replying to @bsdesigners and @BigFinishGames
Whoa
Sat Apr 01 22:20:36 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: So far my favorite April Fools gag:
Sat Apr 01 22:34:35 +0000 2017Listen to your DOS
When he's calling for you
Listen to your DOS
There's nothing else you can do
Sat Apr 01 22:59:07 +0000 2017RT @St1ka: Spent the entire day playing The Ms-Dos version of Tongue of the Fatman. God help me.
Sat Apr 01 23:10:41 +0000 2017I'd buy that for a dollar! https://x.com/DiegoCuevasJD/status/848208999682121728
Sat Apr 01 23:11:35 +0000 2017And I think to myself what a wonderful DOS.
Sat Apr 01 23:40:12 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: May I have your attention please?
Will the real VGA please stand up?
I repeat, will the real VGA please stand up? https:/…
Sat Apr 01 23:49:43 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: There's that smell again.. it's DUNGEON KEEPER: THE DEEPER DUNGEONS! This #bigboxaday expanded & enhanced the original. @b…
Sun Apr 02 00:43:57 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: .@bbpcgc The box is a fair bit smaller than the base game's. Both were smaller than the standard North American box size.…
Sun Apr 02 00:43:59 +0000 2017Aaaahhhhh. New episode of Rick & Morty. Now THAT is a cool thing to do on April Fool's.
Sun Apr 02 00:54:22 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: Received this today. No April Fools, it's a legit PC game compilation.
I have the original releases, so I question my…
Sun Apr 02 01:50:56 +0000 2017New season of Rick & Morty is off to a pretty great start XD
Sun Apr 02 03:16:32 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
That episode is great. Wow. You're flying through those seasons.
Sun Apr 02 03:19:43 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Mother of god.
Sun Apr 02 03:20:22 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Sun Apr 02 03:23:12 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: I don't think it is fair hitting a man in a robe. you keep swinging till you get tired and we can talk it out. https://…
Sun Apr 02 05:01:48 +0000 2017 Sun Apr 02 05:46:25 +0000 2017Ordered a new PC. Finally got tired of my thing that sounds like it's going to explode at any given moment. https://youtu.be/cFMnKMa-OZ0
Sun Apr 02 06:58:10 +0000 2017#CurrentJam https://youtu.be/xFrGuyw1V8s
Sun Apr 02 07:05:17 +0000 2017Replying to @vectorpoem
Imagine how a non-English speaking guy from Russia felt. Also: Monkey wrench.
Sun Apr 02 07:11:29 +0000 2017Replying to @CaelThunderwing
It's 2:20
Sun Apr 02 13:58:02 +0000 2017RT @AgustinCordes: The best joke in @thimbleweedpark so far. You're an evil person, @grumpygamer.
Sun Apr 02 14:00:09 +0000 2017RT @binitamshah: RJ45 building + RJ11
Sun Apr 02 14:05:56 +0000 2017I am looking forward to having a new fast machine, but I'm not looking forward to reinstalling all the software & codecs.
Sun Apr 02 14:09:40 +0000 2017RT @AmayirotAkago: .@VGAdvisor
Sun Apr 02 15:20:04 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Windows 1 animated slideshow demo in your browser! https://archive.org/details/win1demo
Sun Apr 02 16:04:45 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft trying to push Windows 95 as a gaming platform #NotDOS
Sun Apr 02 16:05:09 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: DOOM for Windows (aka WinDOOM). A WinG port of DOOM abandoned by id Software in favor of Doom95 #NotDOS https://t.co/qr9l…
Sun Apr 02 16:06:01 +0000 2017All .ico files from my currently installed DOS games
Sun Apr 02 16:15:42 +0000 2017Replying to @mundopedro
https://youtu.be/gKL3KPU1czM
Sun Apr 02 16:19:20 +0000 2017RT @FordTimelord: This "bring back Imperial measures/the blue passport" talk from ridiculous Brexiteers reminds me of my favourite Terry Pr…
Sun Apr 02 16:20:51 +0000 2017Who the fuck would want Imperial measures back? I live in one of the few countries that still uses them, and they fucking suck!
Sun Apr 02 16:21:47 +0000 2017Dr. Brain wouldn't have had this issue if he didn't stick to the Imperial system. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/533306886431711232
Sun Apr 02 16:23:15 +0000 2017These people need to take a fucking quiz that asks how many shlimshlams are in five dingledops for each of Imperial units. https://x.com/darthhelmet86/status/848571497996206080
Sun Apr 02 16:24:47 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Seriously, when people are deliberately asking for their lives to be harder, something must be wrong.
Sun Apr 02 16:26:17 +0000 2017Anyway, I'm off to work. If you're fortunate enough to not work on Sundays, play a DOS game today.
Sun Apr 02 16:27:22 +0000 2017Replying to @MobyGamer
That's what I'm doing already. But it's been so long since I've upgraded, I can barely remember what I use in the first place
Sun Apr 02 17:20:15 +0000 2017Holy shit. Five rubles from 1998 that I found in one of the registers.
Sun Apr 02 18:26:05 +0000 2017Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?
Sun Apr 02 19:33:45 +0000 2017Replying to @Nostalgia_Quest
Yes, that's it, despite having about 30 gigs of games.
Sun Apr 02 19:39:32 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Yeah!
Sun Apr 02 19:41:17 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Yeah, yeah!
Sun Apr 02 19:47:47 +0000 2017Replying to @weepingbladder
Zelda Classic
Sun Apr 02 20:16:46 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: I didn't think to try Fire & Ice in my Roland MT-32 video, but I just did and it's neat. One of those that uses the MT…
Sun Apr 02 20:18:08 +0000 2017He who controls pants controls the galaxy.
Sun Apr 02 21:09:22 +0000 2017Rick and Morty namechecked a Genesis game, and no one talked about it
Sun Apr 02 21:13:10 +0000 2017Replying to @deejbrock
I don't know
Sun Apr 02 21:15:05 +0000 2017Hello. My name is Anatoly, and I'm bad at videogamz.
Sun Apr 02 21:18:23 +0000 2017Replying to @hmemcpy
My spelling is perfect. I'm good at videogames, and bad at videogamz.
Sun Apr 02 21:21:24 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Hello from 1985 #NotDOS
Sun Apr 02 21:27:08 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: 1985
Sun Apr 02 21:29:01 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Year 1987
Sun Apr 02 21:37:55 +0000 2017Replying to @lodmfjord
I played it for about 10 minutes. Not sure when I'm gonna have time to play it properly.
Sun Apr 02 21:52:25 +0000 2017This account is for mature audiences only
Sun Apr 02 22:08:38 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Butt ( Y )
Sun Apr 02 22:08:58 +0000 2017Replying to @lodmfjord
I wasn't prepared for so much fourth wall breaking. I'm really not into that kind of stuff.
Sun Apr 02 22:32:52 +0000 2017This https://x.com/Leguim_Mai/status/848562244443090944
Sun Apr 02 22:38:56 +0000 2017It's not like I wish that Ghost in the Shell flopped, but if it does, it'll be a big X on Hollywood's live-action Akira, and that's 👍
Sun Apr 02 23:31:27 +0000 2017#CurrentJam https://youtu.be/5HI_xFQWiYU
Sun Apr 02 23:32:11 +0000 2017I'd gladly pay to see the original Ghost in the Shell on a big screen. As long as it's not the 2.0 version.
Sun Apr 02 23:33:26 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Same goes for Akira
Sun Apr 02 23:33:41 +0000 2017Replying to @SecretFawful
Mon Apr 03 00:25:34 +0000 2017Or 'eight 2D games, and seven 3D ones'
Mon Apr 03 00:40:37 +0000 2017Replying to @GreyAlien
Universal wants to be Marvel too. Expect remakes of all Universal Monsters movies soon, and some kind of a crossover as well.
Mon Apr 03 00:56:27 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: How DOOM renders things: #DOSGaming
Mon Apr 03 01:10:38 +0000 2017I'm giving you everything
all that joy can bring
this I swear.
Mon Apr 03 01:24:09 +0000 2017Obviously 1995-like graphics just make themselves, in case you didn't know. https://x.com/ultrabrilliant/status/848634790354051072
Mon Apr 03 02:54:48 +0000 2017Me at 11 pm: I need to go to sleep
Me at 12 pm:
Mon Apr 03 03:10:23 +0000 2017Replying to @Darrark
Old cheesy Russian music video: https://youtu.be/W8lfFwizx-s
Mon Apr 03 03:14:36 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
I'm gonna be lost, because I stopped watching after season 7.
Mon Apr 03 03:18:25 +0000 2017Replying to @rewritability
AM, PM, same shit.
Mon Apr 03 03:18:50 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Oh.... I for some reason thought you were referencing the season 5 episode with the Green Man.
Mon Apr 03 03:20:41 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
OH MY GOD, YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED "THE NIGHTMAN COMETH" YET!!!!!!
Mon Apr 03 03:21:16 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
You haven't seen NOTHING
Mon Apr 03 03:22:17 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Hot IBM PC software in your area #MSDOSAfterDark
Mon Apr 03 04:22:59 +0000 2017Would The Breakfast Club happen today? Wouldn't cell phones pretty much make sure that these kids never talk to each other & bond?
Mon Apr 03 04:33:45 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
LOL
Mon Apr 03 04:33:58 +0000 2017People are now telling me that cell phones are confiscated in detention. Well, how the fuck was I supposed to know that?
Mon Apr 03 04:35:25 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Don't you forget about DOS
Mon Apr 03 04:36:27 +0000 2017I really hope that someday we'll get to see the full 2 1/2 hour long cut of The Breakfast Club.
Mon Apr 03 04:46:30 +0000 2017Replying to @camulust and @joh_hansson
I've got myself a Larry a couple of years ago. Gonna get the rest eventually.
Mon Apr 03 06:27:29 +0000 2017
Mon Apr 03 06:34:25 +0000 2017
Mon Apr 03 07:01:23 +0000 2017Replying to @stus_reviews
Support being added to ScummVM as we speak
Mon Apr 03 13:17:03 +0000 2017RT @gnomeslair: Roam free: A history of open-world gaming by Richard Moss https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/03/youre-now-free-to-move-about-vice-city-a-history-of-open-world-gaming/
Mon Apr 03 13:26:48 +0000 2017RT @Cyberlane: Digging through the loft and look what I found! #DOS
Mon Apr 03 13:27:54 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic:
Mon Apr 03 13:28:10 +0000 2017Replying to @SQHistorian and @RiffTrax
The third film is very good
Mon Apr 03 14:17:39 +0000 2017RT @IQ_Adventures: Me, on some mornings. #MondayMorning
Mon Apr 03 15:43:49 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft QuickC v2.00. DOS, 1989
Mon Apr 03 16:02:42 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: PKZIP v1.01. DOS, 1989
Mon Apr 03 16:03:00 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: The Adventures of Captain Comic. 1988 and 1989 version #DOSGaming
Mon Apr 03 16:03:19 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Backgrounds from the 1988 King's Quest 4 SCI version vs the ones from 1989
Mon Apr 03 16:03:55 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Remember: 1989
Mon Apr 03 16:04:36 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: 1989 prices
Mon Apr 03 16:04:45 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
EGA (1989) vs VGA (1990) #DOSGaming
Mon Apr 03 16:05:25 +0000 2017Replying to @Lee_Ars
No, but RAR did a decent job fixing archives from time to time
Mon Apr 03 16:06:46 +0000 2017Replying to @fernandomerino
No
Mon Apr 03 16:07:12 +0000 2017I started my day by nearly getting into shower still with my glasses on, and the rest of the day is going downhill from there so far.
Mon Apr 03 17:51:34 +0000 2017I used to like this movie. I don't have a heart to revisit it. I think it's better as just a nostalgic memory. https://x.com/OnePerfectShot/status/848962077280567296
Mon Apr 03 18:17:30 +0000 2017DOS games! Woo-oo!
Everyday we're out there playing
DOS games! Woo-oo!
Mon Apr 03 18:45:02 +0000 2017Replying to @BardsTale
I'd pick 93 for just one reason: DOOM
Mon Apr 03 19:32:36 +0000 2017[SHITPOST] https://youtu.be/3yj-fxnkeEU
Mon Apr 03 20:16:17 +0000 2017Jesus https://x.com/Vyothric/status/848992882270851072
Mon Apr 03 20:18:16 +0000 2017Replying to @burgerbecky
Cat!
Mon Apr 03 22:24:47 +0000 2017My co-workers are telling me they are going to the gym after work. At 11 pm?!?! That's crazy.
Mon Apr 03 22:36:07 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
The ONLY exercise I'm doing at 11 pm is lifting a glass to my mouth. And even that I'd have to think about first.
Mon Apr 03 22:37:05 +0000 2017For my birthday I wanna relive my youth. Since time travel is still impossible, some1 just get me a pair of JNCOs & a bunch of drugs, please
Mon Apr 03 22:54:42 +0000 2017Regarding news about Steam https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/747767561316614145
Mon Apr 03 23:02:12 +0000 2017"I don't now what a videogame is, but I know it when I see it."
Mon Apr 03 23:13:31 +0000 2017Replying to @stroz
I'm going to murder my hair with peroxide
Mon Apr 03 23:43:11 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: French games also usually had awesome box art.
Tue Apr 04 00:00:37 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Lemmings is VGA, EGA, and CGA #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 04 00:02:44 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Battle Chess in VGA, EGA, CGA, and CGA composite #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 04 00:03:02 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: EGA #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 04 00:05:28 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: VGA, EGA, CGA, and Hercules. #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 04 00:06:42 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: The Secret of Monkey Island.
CGA/EGA (1990), VGA (1990), and CD-ROM (1992) versions #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 04 00:09:10 +0000 2017Replying to @Des_Roin
If you couldn't afford anything else, you had to make due with what you had.
Tue Apr 04 00:10:32 +0000 2017Replying to @ATMcashpoint
There are some exclusives for almost each version, I think. There's a book out there about all versions of Lemmings.
Tue Apr 04 00:16:57 +0000 2017Replying to @Moises0676
Yep
Tue Apr 04 00:19:22 +0000 2017RT @textfiles:
Tue Apr 04 00:21:55 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic:
Tue Apr 04 00:22:34 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab
Cause your fucking cycles are set to 3000
Tue Apr 04 00:31:47 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab
What? Doom engine games top out at 35 fps. Set your cycles to max, man.
Tue Apr 04 00:49:43 +0000 2017NESticle, a classic NES emulator for DOS. 20 years old today
Tue Apr 04 02:58:24 +0000 2017[Faints]
Tue Apr 04 03:02:08 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Emulators from Bloodlust Software. Nesticle, Genecyst, and Callus. #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 04 03:06:28 +0000 2017Replying to @MrNobre
Not really. Ask him if as he gets older, & maybe his sensibilities change, does he approach story-based design differently than he used 2
Tue Apr 04 03:14:00 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: You know your DOS software is legit when it comes with a Rolodex card for tech support.
Tue Apr 04 03:31:00 +0000 2017Replying to @hotmultimedia
Shitman didn't arrive till later. This was the first ever released version.
Tue Apr 04 12:01:54 +0000 2017Replying to @hotmultimedia
We can probably ask @EthanJamesPetty
Tue Apr 04 12:08:31 +0000 2017Replying to @EthanJamesPetty and @hotmultimedia
Oh my god. What happened to that?
Tue Apr 04 12:18:58 +0000 2017If you've ever wondered about the fecal-lord Shitman that appears in certain versions of NESticle https://x.com/EthanJamesPetty/status/849233108675301376
Tue Apr 04 12:23:07 +0000 2017Replying to @Pixelmusement
Soooo tiny!
Tue Apr 04 12:33:32 +0000 2017Well, it does look like many people remember NESticle fondly. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/849093769718792193
Tue Apr 04 17:13:56 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
"Fondly", "NESticle"....
Tue Apr 04 17:15:03 +0000 2017Replying to @AgustinCordes
iNES predates it. There was a shitty non-controversy about that at the time.
Tue Apr 04 17:37:46 +0000 2017RT @Soul_Dignified: My kinda relationship goals
Tue Apr 04 19:02:34 +0000 2017Replying to @mtarallo
Seriously best name EVER
Tue Apr 04 19:38:46 +0000 2017Replying to @StevenGAlex
Tue Apr 04 20:17:21 +0000 2017So yeah. DOS and shit.
Tue Apr 04 20:21:10 +0000 2017Oh dear, my new computer is out on delivery. That's earlier than I expected. I'm not ready yet!
Tue Apr 04 20:28:25 +0000 2017The Mirror is my favorite Tarkovsky film. By the end the memories that he recreates in the film are not his, but your own. https://x.com/criterionchannl/status/849341123957010434
Tue Apr 04 20:31:23 +0000 2017Replying to @Quantum_Ornith
Because I like Stalker less.
Tue Apr 04 20:39:32 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
I'm ashamed to admit it, but ready made. Ordered it in the middle of the night while drunk.
Tue Apr 04 20:40:40 +0000 2017Replying to @Quantum_Ornith
Wut?
Tue Apr 04 20:48:06 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Best boss key screen was in the DOS port of Star Wars arcade. Because it was incredibly interactive! #DOSGaming https://t…
Tue Apr 04 21:22:28 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Selecting "Graph" would give you a 3D Broderbund logo that you could control! #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 04 21:22:31 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Our shows are formidable! #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 04 21:23:04 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Available on CD-ROM at a software store near you #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 04 21:23:10 +0000 2017Replying to @demodulated
I mainly just want to be able to edit HD video without continuously running into problems.
Tue Apr 04 21:24:10 +0000 2017Replying to @KazuoIchigama
Yeah, sure.
Tue Apr 04 21:34:09 +0000 2017Replying to @KazuoIchigama
Whoa. You must have hit on some kind of bot keyword magic there.
Tue Apr 04 21:36:59 +0000 2017RT @JenMsft: Microsoft was founded 42 years ago today, so my question to you: What was your first @Windows PC? 💻😎
Tue Apr 04 22:23:10 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft Windows 2.0 (1987)
Tue Apr 04 22:25:27 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft's first CD-ROM product turns THIRTY years old this year
Tue Apr 04 22:25:32 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft Word v1.15 (DOS, 1984)
Tue Apr 04 22:25:35 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft Anti-Virus. DOS, 1993. (Came bundled with DOS 6 - 6.22)
Tue Apr 04 22:25:54 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft QuickBASIC v2.0. DOS, 1986
Tue Apr 04 22:26:01 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft Works v1.0. DOS, 1987
Tue Apr 04 22:26:05 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Welcome back to Mouse Nostalgia! The original Microsoft mouse even looks like a critter with green eyes https://t.co/4L0S…
Tue Apr 04 22:26:30 +0000 2017@demodulated Thank you, sir.
Tue Apr 04 22:31:38 +0000 2017This IS a real accomplishment. No other way to put it. https://x.com/Vyothric/status/849389375960076290
Tue Apr 04 22:37:36 +0000 2017Replying to @IQ_Adventures
Congrats!
Tue Apr 04 23:14:45 +0000 2017Pepsi isn't your friend. Neither are Coke, Uber, Lyft, Apple, Microsoft, Nintendo, or any if the others.
Tue Apr 04 23:23:20 +0000 2017The DOS man is your friend https://x.com/Hoaxfish/status/849402721493024768
Tue Apr 04 23:27:17 +0000 2017Replying to @goonsquat
I lived through the collapse of the USSR. So no.
Tue Apr 04 23:28:24 +0000 2017640k of freedom should be enough for everyone https://x.com/Foone/status/849404889470033923
Tue Apr 04 23:35:25 +0000 2017Ah, FedEx. You motherfucker you.
Tue Apr 04 23:50:46 +0000 2017Did you know that The Real McCoy covered Pump Up the Jam in 1989? Now you do: https://youtu.be/G3jZxJjiT4w
Wed Apr 05 00:07:51 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Gotta love all these samples from the million of other popular dance songs of the time.
Wed Apr 05 00:08:35 +0000 2017Replying to @demodulated
It was obviously produced pretty quickly, since almost all of these songs are from the second half of 89.
Wed Apr 05 00:11:39 +0000 2017Replying to @demodulated
Lol. How long have classic vocal samples have been in use now? 100 years for sure.
Wed Apr 05 00:14:33 +0000 2017Replying to @demodulated
Yeah, pretty cool.
Wed Apr 05 00:17:15 +0000 2017I'm always excited about Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnight. https://x.com/DoubleFine/status/849305847264161792
Wed Apr 05 00:20:05 +0000 2017Replying to @nihilquest
*Dorkness
Wed Apr 05 00:31:17 +0000 2017Replying to @trekaboutshow and @tuninginshow
IS THAT RICHARD WITH HAIR?!?!?!?!?!
Wed Apr 05 00:47:48 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: And here's an EIGHT page Microsoft languages ad (1986) [1/2]
Wed Apr 05 01:17:52 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: [2/2]
Wed Apr 05 01:17:54 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Bill Gates and Microsoft Windows.
Wed Apr 05 01:18:52 +0000 2017#Videogames
Wed Apr 05 01:24:08 +0000 2017
Wed Apr 05 01:28:49 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Wed Apr 05 01:28:55 +0000 2017There's so much wrong with this, yet I find it hilarious. Car. Airport. Russia. https://youtu.be/Ii3Meei5p3c
Wed Apr 05 01:52:35 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I didn't know that Lada cars can take such a beating. I'm impressed.
Wed Apr 05 01:56:21 +0000 2017#CurrentJam Original version of Self Control by Italian singer Raf https://youtu.be/7w1Qo1awwI4
Wed Apr 05 02:05:52 +0000 2017Replying to @bzotto
Holy dick. Didn't know it was a cover too!
Wed Apr 05 02:10:52 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: #videogames
Wed Apr 05 02:12:10 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames
TIL that Gloria was a cover as well :0
Wed Apr 05 02:12:29 +0000 2017Okay, fuck everything. Gonna revisit A Simple Plan. I haven't rewatched it in about 13 years.
Wed Apr 05 02:14:13 +0000 2017Wow, A Simple Plan is a lot cornier than I remember.
Wed Apr 05 02:58:19 +0000 2017Replying to @lalomergo
Of course! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/799352792913584128
Wed Apr 05 02:59:15 +0000 2017One of my favorite jokes in the movie. https://x.com/OnePerfectShot/status/849467908728258561
Wed Apr 05 03:57:25 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Catch this goons!
Wed Apr 05 06:34:33 +0000 2017Replying to @WadjetEyeGames
I'm getting cloooooser
Wed Apr 05 12:54:17 +0000 2017Ok: Gary, Julian, Francesca, and Rachel. https://x.com/SierraWallpaper/status/849590967699165184
Wed Apr 05 12:56:15 +0000 2017Well, I did have a lot of shit to do today, but I guess I'm staying home as much as possible to avoid repeating what happened yesterday
Wed Apr 05 12:58:27 +0000 2017RT @Pixelmusement: New Shovelware Diggers video uploaded! http://youtu.be/DAvtmsOiacA?a
Wed Apr 05 13:02:12 +0000 2017Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle! https://x.com/owlcavedev/status/849536238533169152
Wed Apr 05 13:04:24 +0000 2017Or it might be "You have died of dysentery." https://x.com/owlcavedev/status/849536238533169152
Wed Apr 05 13:05:49 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
Yes.
Wed Apr 05 13:06:11 +0000 2017RT @jmechner: I'm tempted to give it a try, just afraid I might spend the morning making a new PoP level... https://x.com/gamasutra/status/849409292910424066
Wed Apr 05 13:11:30 +0000 2017RT @Foone: This disk is so bad it hangs DOS
Wed Apr 05 13:12:20 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidXNewton and @inf_retrieval
Saddest thing is I told my neighbors upstairs about the delivery, & they interpreted it as "point them to my door" rather than "sign for it"
Wed Apr 05 13:14:14 +0000 2017Replying to @saltyhorse, @hmemcpy and @thimbleweedpark
I didn't think so, but apparently it did, as told to me by a person who adopted just about every tech before most people in the 80s
Wed Apr 05 13:31:22 +0000 2017Replying to @saltyhorse, @hmemcpy and @thimbleweedpark
My excuse was, well, cell phones like that aren't period accurate, I might as well fudge the timeline a little myself.
Wed Apr 05 13:32:17 +0000 2017RT @imskytrash: this is the future liberals want
Wed Apr 05 13:34:04 +0000 2017Omnitrend's Paladin II (Omnitrend Software/Impressions Games, 1992) #DOSGameScreenADay
Wed Apr 05 14:03:46 +0000 2017Ugh. Retron5 is an awful piece of shit.
Wed Apr 05 14:30:24 +0000 2017I can't believe @Hyperkin are asking $160 for something that gets fucked up so easily. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/849630302679048193
Wed Apr 05 14:36:05 +0000 2017Replying to @MikeColeDotCo and @Hyperkin
What am I gonna do about my SNES, Genesis, Gameboy, GBC, and GBA cartridges and controllers?
Wed Apr 05 14:47:16 +0000 2017Replying to @Phredreeke and @nothingxs
Raspberry Pi isn't that great to play demanding games with original controllers either.
Wed Apr 05 14:48:39 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
.@Hyperkin So after a few months of not being used & doing an update, my Retron 5 is now incapable of running anything but Super Mario World.
Wed Apr 05 15:00:26 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
.@Hyperkin I mean really
Wed Apr 05 15:16:52 +0000 2017Don't do it. I already had it replaced once when it was under warranty shortly after I bought it. Now I'm stuck with a broken piece of junk. https://x.com/CorrenceC/status/849642675234058241
Wed Apr 05 15:20:55 +0000 2017Done
Wed Apr 05 15:42:28 +0000 2017Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The Circle of Blood #DOSGaming
Wed Apr 05 16:17:59 +0000 2017RT @ParadigmGame: Paradigm is officially RELEASED! http://store.steampowered.com/app/600370
https://www.gog.com/game/paradigm
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/paradigm https://t.co/LUe…
Wed Apr 05 16:24:06 +0000 2017I'll be drinking in NYC tonight, if you ever wanted to buy me a drink (hint hint) https://x.com/jess_haskins/status/849658927839096833
Wed Apr 05 16:26:32 +0000 2017It's cool to see a new Prince of Persia map editor, but don't forget that others have existed for a long time: https://www.popot.org/level_editors.php
Wed Apr 05 17:05:52 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Here's a Russian PoP editor PRINCEDIT from 1991 that was used to create "Prince of Persia 4D" in 1994 #DOSGaming
Wed Apr 05 17:12:25 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Wed Apr 05 17:23:16 +0000 2017Replying to @jshmlr
You can't tell me what to do!
Wed Apr 05 17:24:21 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
https://youtu.be/moaPl-SqzEc
Wed Apr 05 17:25:54 +0000 2017RT @GameHistoryOrg: Here is a screenshot of the original, unrealized 2D version of Rayman 2. The best source for this was a magazine scan.…
Wed Apr 05 17:35:53 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: My favorite scene from Rogue One
Wed Apr 05 17:38:36 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Alone in the Dark pro tip #2:
Wed Apr 05 17:43:06 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: "Captain Bible in Dome of Darkness" is probably the most entertaining religious DOS game. Look at the Captain's heroic ru…
Wed Apr 05 17:43:39 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: And now it's time for an OPL tune!
Wed Apr 05 17:44:50 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: RT if you remember Murphy #DOSGaming
Wed Apr 05 17:47:33 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: FUCK
Wed Apr 05 17:48:23 +0000 2017What the fuck, FedEx, I was home! >:(
Wed Apr 05 18:36:02 +0000 2017My chair is not 8 feet away from the door. My upstairs neighbors are outside. What the hell? https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/849692118746619906
Wed Apr 05 18:44:42 +0000 2017I will GLADLY go and pick up the package myself, but that option is not even available to me until 3 failed deliveries. https://x.com/Kipi_GD/status/849694790484725764
Wed Apr 05 18:48:34 +0000 2017Ok, so I'm NOT getting a new computer after all. Having Newegg pull my shipment. Today has been great so far.
Wed Apr 05 19:18:18 +0000 2017Replying to @jwestonharvey
They did. On another door
Wed Apr 05 20:05:07 +0000 2017Long story short:
FedEx can't hold my package because of Newegg.
Newegg can't tell FedEx to hold it because of PayPal.
Wed Apr 05 20:58:27 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
So the whole thing is going back to Newegg, and I'm getting my money back. Nothing too bad, but annoying as fuck.
Wed Apr 05 20:59:22 +0000 2017RT @MiracleMan82: WINDOWS WEDNESDAY: Create your own wizard and rule the worlds of Arcanus and Myrror - MASTER OF MAGIC #retrogaming #pc #d…
Wed Apr 05 21:02:29 +0000 2017RT @jeremiahg: I’m still hunting for an original floppy. Anyone have one, or know where one may be located?
Wed Apr 05 21:03:15 +0000 2017Lol. Now the train is late. Today is amazing.
Wed Apr 05 21:04:18 +0000 2017RT @romero: God forbid you spend a few more hours on that game you made!! J/k :) https://x.com/jmechner/status/849520435339415552
Wed Apr 05 21:32:45 +0000 2017NYC! An angry DOS-loving Russian is in you! BALLS DEEP
Wed Apr 05 22:46:01 +0000 2017@AgustinCordes My sixth negroni is for you, buddy
Thu Apr 06 02:05:36 +0000 2017RT @pripyatbeast: We will be launching a merch store for @NightdiveStudio in the near future! There will be some VERY limited, and VERY rar…
Thu Apr 06 03:54:40 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
IS YOUR CAT MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE ALL THE TIME?
Thu Apr 06 05:26:52 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: The last time I drowned in a river now the game is telling me I need water. Fine I will drink the river! https://t.co/y…
Thu Apr 06 05:29:33 +0000 2017Well, DOS game pizza certainly sounds interesting. https://x.com/owlcavedev/status/849911932782084096
Thu Apr 06 11:08:49 +0000 2017RT @peterc: Visual Basic for DOS was the first prog lang I bought myself as my dad thought it looked like a silly idea. In retrospect, he w…
Thu Apr 06 11:19:34 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Floppy of the day: Airborne Ranger (1988) #DOSgaming
Thu Apr 06 14:35:10 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom | print ad (1995) #DOSgaming #WingCommander
Thu Apr 06 14:35:32 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Quest for Glory 4. John Rhys-Davies's finest moment? Quite possibly. #DOSGaming
Thu Apr 06 14:39:28 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: A few Quest for Glory 4 backgrounds: #DOSGaming
Thu Apr 06 14:41:33 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: An unused sprite of the hero cutting off his own arm from Quest for Glory 4
Thu Apr 06 14:41:40 +0000 2017RT @stus_reviews: Unshrinking of the Lost Vikings 2 - Norse by Norsewest, #BigBoxPC game by @Blizzard_Ent ! #RETROGAMING #DOSGaming https:/…
Thu Apr 06 15:09:02 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: Maxis, man. So many cancelled projects in the mid-90s...
SimCircus, anyone?
https://trademarks.justia.com/752/44/simcircus-75244979.html
Or SimCastle?
h…
Thu Apr 06 15:11:18 +0000 2017RT @Foone: I had a dream that halfway through a glass, I realized I was drinking New Coke.
I woke up in a terrified sweat.
Thu Apr 06 15:39:42 +0000 2017RT @pcworld: Happy birthday Windows 3.1! Twenty-five years later, it's still a Microsoft milestone http://www.pcworld.com/article/253287/windows/windows-3-1-twenty-years-later.html https://t.co/NgP…
Thu Apr 06 15:51:30 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Did you buy Aubrey Hodges's Quest for Glory 4 soundtrack yet? Includes both newly recorded & original game version https:…
Thu Apr 06 16:09:31 +0000 2017Replying to @romainbousson and @pcworld
Pretty sure they did away with that Paint in Windows 7
Thu Apr 06 16:10:28 +0000 2017RT @darthhelmet86: @SierraWallpaper
Thu Apr 06 16:15:55 +0000 2017I was waiting for this one. "Space" is the first terrible episode of The X-Files, & definitely the worst one of the season. https://x.com/tuninginshow/status/850015579889119233
Thu Apr 06 16:25:24 +0000 2017Replying to @erichdusk
Shhhh. @richardgoodness was told that Gibson episodes are actually good. Lol.
Thu Apr 06 19:09:49 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness and @erichdusk
Dude. The show is gonna throw so much crazy shit at you later. There's one particular episode that I love, but I don't want to spoil it 4 u
Thu Apr 06 19:14:00 +0000 2017Replying to @tuninginshow, @erichdusk and @richardgoodness
I'm pretty sure you did. Or at least you didn't say otherwise ;)
Thu Apr 06 19:42:05 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Top Gun: Fire at Will! | print ad (1995) #DOSgaming
Thu Apr 06 21:23:44 +0000 2017Replying to @hmemcpy, @thimbleweedpark, @grumpygamer, @DavidBFox, @WinnickGary and @JennSandercock
Spoilers!
Thu Apr 06 21:24:16 +0000 2017Replying to @SwiftOnSecurity
Luck +10
Thu Apr 06 21:28:58 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Psst! Hey!
Thu Apr 06 21:36:02 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Sail with me to the wonderful world of MS-DOS!
Thu Apr 06 21:41:17 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Can I hear you say NINETEEN NINETY FIVE?! #DOSGaming
Thu Apr 06 21:43:37 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Cont. from last night: Nebulus/Tower Toppler/Castelian came out on many platforms, including Game Boy & ZX Spectrum. Here…
Thu Apr 06 21:54:53 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Here's an OPL tune for you:
Thu Apr 06 21:55:08 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Intro from Biprolex, a shareware Tetris & Breakout mashup by KD-Lab (Vangers, Perimeter) #DOSGaming https://t.co/jpLZtg9S…
Thu Apr 06 21:55:54 +0000 2017Death Proof is fun as all hell, what's wrong with these "many"? https://x.com/OnePerfectShot/status/850106140138627073
Thu Apr 06 22:03:15 +0000 2017I love the first 3/4! https://x.com/TheDreamsFar/status/850107075304636416
Thu Apr 06 22:05:33 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep.
And I have promises to keep.
Miles to go before I sleep.
Did you hear me, Butterfly?
Thu Apr 06 22:07:30 +0000 2017Replying to @DamnedEyez
Nah, it didn't need to be any longer. I prefer the shorter Grindhouse cut myself.
Thu Apr 06 22:33:27 +0000 2017As the kids say, "lol wut?" https://x.com/inf_retrieval/status/850114349679214592
Thu Apr 06 22:34:38 +0000 2017Replying to @DamnedEyez
Because the leads changed? Do you feel the same way about Psycho?
Thu Apr 06 22:38:58 +0000 2017Replying to @demodulated
Because it's 2017, bro. Pretty sure my mouse drivers are like 200 mb.
Thu Apr 06 23:45:22 +0000 2017Replying to @fabiopl
1988 for the DOS version, I believe.
Fri Apr 07 00:20:37 +0000 2017RT @catpic_album: ん？？
Fri Apr 07 02:59:24 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Good night.
Fri Apr 07 03:02:51 +0000 2017RT @bbpcgc: Erik unshrinkwraps a rare copy of Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy @romero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOLs8s6ZR_8
#dosgaming #pcgaming #RETR…
Fri Apr 07 12:46:49 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: Latest acquisition.
I love when old PC games include the graphics mode it uses in the title. It's adorable. https://t.…
Fri Apr 07 12:50:10 +0000 2017I see that despite all technological advances we've made during the last 20 years, it still takes forever 2 boot up a new install of Windows
Fri Apr 07 14:20:12 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Lol. Now that it did boot up, it needs to download & install 4 gigs of updates. Oh what a time to be alive.
Fri Apr 07 14:21:56 +0000 2017Replying to @pfournier33
I meant the first start of a brand new install
Fri Apr 07 14:23:57 +0000 2017And so begins the tedious process of reinstalling everything & attempting to remember all the settings/passwords. Oh boy.
Fri Apr 07 14:25:12 +0000 2017Replying to @SND_TST and @lazygamereviews
I haven't
Fri Apr 07 15:23:48 +0000 2017I see that there might be a small chance of Windows updates finishing before I die of old age.
Fri Apr 07 15:28:13 +0000 2017RT @IQ_Adventures: I had always heard a rumor about a Goblin Fort planned for under this screen. Wonder what that would have been like! #Qu…
Fri Apr 07 15:30:16 +0000 2017Replying to @_LDSO_
what?!
Fri Apr 07 15:46:59 +0000 2017RT @SierraWallpaper: Behind the scenes at Sierra Studios #DOSgaming #retrogaming (@allowe: This was brilliant! We miss your games.) https:/…
Fri Apr 07 16:05:54 +0000 2017Replying to @vectorpoem
Did you know that you can change channels with the numpad?
Fri Apr 07 16:06:31 +0000 2017Replying to @vectorpoem
Here's the story behind the art http://ultimacodex.com/2015/10/remember-that-centaur-poster-in-ultima-6s-intro-i-found-the-sketch-it-was-based-on/
Fri Apr 07 16:08:01 +0000 2017RT @kepu94: @dosnostalgic Norton Commander 3.0 (1989) on a Targa 386 Notebook from 1991
Fri Apr 07 22:39:33 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Want some DOS? Course ya do!
Fri Apr 07 22:40:26 +0000 2017You're welcome https://x.com/mirikuincognito/status/850478509361291264
Fri Apr 07 22:41:33 +0000 2017Replying to @elevatrsimulatr and @bluestarultor
Return to Zork
Fri Apr 07 22:46:19 +0000 2017Replying to @awesomonster
OH NO
Fri Apr 07 22:46:37 +0000 2017Nice https://x.com/subverzo/status/850482796841902081
Fri Apr 07 23:07:13 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Waaaait a second. There's no Leisure Suit Larry 4, @subverzo
Fri Apr 07 23:07:55 +0000 2017So one of my machines now has Windows 10 on it, and UGGGHHHH
Fri Apr 07 23:09:43 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
10 minutes that I've spent with it are telling me that it's gonna be a tough transition. I couldn't find half the settings I was looking for
Fri Apr 07 23:10:39 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab
What is this, MacOS?
Fri Apr 07 23:18:58 +0000 2017Take a guess https://x.com/antagonist2017/status/850486762380111872
Fri Apr 07 23:19:43 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
You guys can stop guessing now. Obviously I just boot right into Basic from a ROM.
Fri Apr 07 23:31:11 +0000 2017Assembly? I just output straight hex. With my mind. https://x.com/DukeOFprunes_/status/850491582964957184
Fri Apr 07 23:55:38 +0000 2017RT @Foone: "So what beer do you like?"
"Windows."
Sat Apr 08 00:23:42 +0000 2017RT @Foone: DOS Reference Special Pocket Edition. You should carry this at all times.
Comes with floppy disk labels!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-DOS-Refrence-Special-Poket-Edition-Computer-DOS-1990-PCI-Pub-/232295686570…
Sat Apr 08 00:24:28 +0000 2017RT @SierraWallpaper: #DOS #DOSGaming #retrogaming
Sat Apr 08 00:44:16 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: Rare sealed box for tonight's #bigboxaday: #ULTIMA I-VI SERIES! Nice heft to this bad boy thanks to all the maps & docs. @…
Sat Apr 08 00:45:34 +0000 2017RT @benjedwards: I just posted a bonanza of Prodigy MadMaze (1989) screenshots on Flickr as part of the Prodigy Restoration Project https:/…
Sat Apr 08 01:20:30 +0000 2017Replying to @PushinUpRoses
SCHLONG*
Sat Apr 08 01:22:46 +0000 2017RT @banditloaf: We've discovered a joke hidden in the original Wing Commander for 27 years!
Sat Apr 08 05:12:17 +0000 2017RT @banditloaf: Under the hood, the game awards points towards medals: +10 for a Dralthi kill, +15 for a Jalthi, -10 if you lose your wingm…
Sat Apr 08 05:12:19 +0000 2017RT @banditloaf: Looking closely, it turns out you GAIN ten points towards a medal if you kill Maniac (or allow him to die) in the Brimstone…
Sat Apr 08 05:12:23 +0000 2017Replying to @Resulka
I'm having the same issue with my Logitech mouse
Sat Apr 08 05:22:49 +0000 2017Replying to @Resulka
I've been using Win 10 for a total of one day so far
Sat Apr 08 05:25:00 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Cat!
Sat Apr 08 07:09:21 +0000 2017RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded! http://youtu.be/a5NF9z99MzA?a
Sat Apr 08 13:11:09 +0000 2017Gods Remastered is up on Steam Greenlight, and it kind of looks like crap. At least there's a classic gfx option https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=899394131
Sat Apr 08 13:17:11 +0000 2017RT @IQ_Adventures: Feel like I should play "Legend of Kyrandia" sometime this weekend. #gaming
Sat Apr 08 14:03:41 +0000 2017The Aethra Chronicles: Volume One - Celystra's Bane (Michael Lawrence, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sat Apr 08 14:18:22 +0000 2017Finally tweeting from the new machine. Still don't have everything I need moved over/reinstalled though.
Sat Apr 08 14:30:13 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Sat Apr 08 15:20:15 +0000 2017#TimeTravelToThe90sIn4Words Init DOOM refresh daemon
Sat Apr 08 15:33:42 +0000 2017Oh, and I also finally played through the Doom 2016 demo. It was okay. Will wait for it to go on sale.
Sat Apr 08 15:36:02 +0000 2017Replying to @antagonist2017
It's okay.
Sat Apr 08 15:47:44 +0000 2017If there's one thing I excel at in this life, it's definitely team drinking. https://x.com/RazburyGames/status/850375174964871169
Sat Apr 08 15:56:06 +0000 2017Also, fine, I bought Doom 2016 for half price at Bundle Stars because you're all tweeting me that it gets better after the first level.
Sat Apr 08 15:57:06 +0000 2017Today's original-of-a-more-famous-cover is a two-for-the-price-of-one. Tina Turner - Don't Turn Around (1986) https://youtu.be/YPJgQlUiZPE
Sat Apr 08 16:00:02 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Don't Turn Around was then covered by a reggae group Aswad in 1988, & that's the version Ace of Base covered in 93 https://youtu.be/eVVu0QUkQG4
Sat Apr 08 16:01:38 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Space M+A+X | print ad (1987) #DOSgaming
Sat Apr 08 16:30:53 +0000 2017Replying to @AgustinCordes
Yeah. Ew.
Sat Apr 08 17:51:34 +0000 2017Replying to @AtSymbolJake
I was bored
Sat Apr 08 20:24:03 +0000 2017So maybe it's because I'm turning into a cynical old man, but I haven't played a new game on max gfx settings in 15+ years, and >>
Sat Apr 08 20:25:16 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
>> Doom 2016 didn't blow me away. I mean, it looks good & everything, but in so many years I've expected the jump to be more impressive.
Sat Apr 08 20:25:59 +0000 2017Replying to @RaymondDoerr
It didn't work. Very little about it is "old". Most of things are very modern.
Sat Apr 08 20:48:05 +0000 2017Replying to @X_Elected
I was talking about graphics specifically.
Sat Apr 08 20:48:44 +0000 2017Replying to @57th_Error
I've got a brand new machine. It's not an issue for me.
Sat Apr 08 20:49:19 +0000 2017Replying to @the1whoneverwas and @RaymondDoerr
Oh, you know, you're right. It's a great game. I don't know what I was thinking.
Sat Apr 08 21:20:48 +0000 2017Replying to @the1whoneverwas and @RaymondDoerr
Just because a game comes out & it's better than 90% of trash out there, doesn't automatically make it great. Don't set the bar low.
Sat Apr 08 21:22:04 +0000 2017Replying to @the1whoneverwas and @RaymondDoerr
"Facts"
Sat Apr 08 21:22:30 +0000 2017Replying to @the1whoneverwas and @RaymondDoerr
I've been playing fps games since forever, and just because new ones mostly fail to impress me, doesn't make my opinions on design invalid.
Sat Apr 08 21:35:24 +0000 2017I guess maybe it didn't come across, but I was talking specifically about the graphics here. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/850806772629741570
Sat Apr 08 21:39:31 +0000 2017Replying to @the1whoneverwas and @RaymondDoerr
And now I will, but it didn't start out strong. I'm not looking for any kind of a retro feeling. I'm looking to shoot things & be challenged
Sat Apr 08 21:43:19 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Now, I'm not terribly impressed with the rest either, but I only played the demo so far, so the jury is still out on that one.
Sat Apr 08 21:44:27 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I just hope the game has more to offer. The shoot-shoot-jump-jump-punchy-punchy thing started to get old by the end of the 1st level.
Sat Apr 08 21:45:18 +0000 2017RT @SamWitwer: My sincerest thanks to @banditloaf for giving me this *sealed copy* of #WingCommander!
Ben, you're badass.
@RealFPJr @Hamill…
Sat Apr 08 23:22:09 +0000 2017Replying to @Keotek
This... has nothing to do with what I was talking about. I also agree, but don't need a modern example either. Many 20+ y.o. games suffice.
Sat Apr 08 23:50:57 +0000 2017She's dead. Wrapped in plastic. https://x.com/hperryhorton/status/850744495385726976
Sat Apr 08 23:52:20 +0000 2017Replying to @decafjedi
It could be Pringles
Sat Apr 08 23:56:43 +0000 2017RT @Foone: Found a Pocket PCRef at a local hardware store. Good for looking up DOS commands!
Sun Apr 09 00:10:56 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: New add to the collection for #bigboxaday this eve.. SOLAR WINDS: GALAXY! This is the sequel/addon/2nd ep. in the series.…
Sun Apr 09 00:25:43 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: First person shooters by id Software. 1991-1993 #DOSGaming
Sun Apr 09 00:29:51 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab and @Foone
#OutOfContextTweets
Sun Apr 09 00:51:53 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab and @Foone
Mount a disk image
Sun Apr 09 01:11:20 +0000 2017RT @Foone: I saw the DeLorean from Back To The Future at Home Depot today!
Sun Apr 09 02:00:03 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Ahh the secret drunken master technique of the handcuff attack. I should of know it was coming.
Sun Apr 09 09:49:06 +0000 2017Replying to @stus_reviews and @HP_Lovecraft
I did. It's a crappy, but also fairly faithful adaptation of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
Sun Apr 09 12:49:47 +0000 2017Today's unknown original version of a song is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Robert Hazard from 1979: https://youtu.be/5aLNwOxPsjg
Sun Apr 09 14:18:12 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Strictly speaking this was never officially released, as the 79 version is just a demo. Then Cyndi Lauper bought the song & changed lyrics.
Sun Apr 09 14:19:12 +0000 2017Replying to @derrrgn
https://youtu.be/vElVT_ql2gQ
Sun Apr 09 14:21:01 +0000 2017Moving all my DosBox files. It'll take a while.
Sun Apr 09 14:30:42 +0000 2017LOL. Well, at least I know that Windows Defender *does* work sometimes
Sun Apr 09 14:34:16 +0000 2017Replying to @antagonist2017
Yes http://www.moddb.com/games/bloodcm
Sun Apr 09 14:35:16 +0000 2017Replying to @ajmonteleone
Listen, I would have never realized that I got that old familiar fps feeling unless someone told me about it. So it's all okay.
Sun Apr 09 14:38:54 +0000 2017Replying to @AndrewJacksonZA
I have just one retort: $$$ :(
Sun Apr 09 14:40:21 +0000 2017So my current combination of using Total Commander for everything, and typing into search bar to find every setting made Win 10 tolerable
Sun Apr 09 14:43:44 +0000 2017Replying to @AndrewJacksonZA
No. Proper translation is: I'm still poor.
Sun Apr 09 14:44:16 +0000 2017Replying to @hmemcpy
That's neat, but I don't really have a need for that.
Sun Apr 09 14:46:58 +0000 2017Replying to @demodulated
MahBabe$
Sun Apr 09 14:47:31 +0000 2017Replying to @hmemcpy
I only need to find a file on a disk that I don't know the exact location of about once every five years.
Sun Apr 09 14:49:32 +0000 2017Replying to @hmemcpy
I literally just told you that I don't have this issue. I only use like 5 programs & categorize everything by directories. 20+ years.
Sun Apr 09 14:52:37 +0000 2017Continuing adapting Windows 10 to be more suitable for DOS games
Sun Apr 09 15:28:57 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidWoronka
DosBox
Sun Apr 09 19:41:48 +0000 2017Replying to @Red_Shell_Robo
Register on the forum
Sun Apr 09 19:42:15 +0000 2017I, I live among the creatures of the night
I haven't got the will to try and fight
Sun Apr 09 22:19:13 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I'll just believe it
That tomorrow never comes
Sun Apr 09 22:19:32 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
O-o-oh. O-o-oh.
Sun Apr 09 22:20:05 +0000 2017I've had this fucking song in my head for three days now. Help.
Sun Apr 09 22:20:35 +0000 2017Yeah, I can barely watch They Live because it's more depressing than funny now, please let's not let Dr. Strangelove get ruined. https://x.com/edgarwright/status/851171157793308672
Sun Apr 09 22:30:56 +0000 2017Replying to @lonefur
Or
Sun Apr 09 22:41:46 +0000 2017Replying to @hmemcpy
Whoa
Sun Apr 09 22:47:06 +0000 2017Exactly #ThisIsYourGod https://x.com/jamesbroadhead/status/851204717690703873
Sun Apr 09 22:47:46 +0000 2017Replying to @HenrySmola
Someone get her a can of Pepsi, quick.
Sun Apr 09 22:54:09 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Virus Construction Set. 1990-1991(?). First virus generating software
Sun Apr 09 22:58:57 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Virus Creation Laboratory v1.0. DOS, 1992. Guess what this program was for.
Sun Apr 09 22:59:00 +0000 2017I'm still chuckling about Windows Defender catching both VCS and VCL on a 64-bit Windows 10 machine XD https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/851080829434564608
Sun Apr 09 23:04:03 +0000 2017Replying to @decafjedi
I'm going with snacks. Looks like something one could get a Kit Kat out of.
Sun Apr 09 23:45:29 +0000 2017Replying to @gozargozarian
That is correct
Mon Apr 10 00:16:33 +0000 2017 Mon Apr 10 00:21:09 +0000 2017Why is Windows 10 sending me emails? Come on now
Mon Apr 10 01:20:04 +0000 2017Replying to @Resulka
Poor kitty
Mon Apr 10 01:41:18 +0000 2017RT @mattaui: Decided to get out all the disks from the box for a photo. Common problem is the adhesive on so many stickers didn't hold up.…
Mon Apr 10 04:04:55 +0000 2017RT @stus_reviews: Watch as I (fail miserably to) unshrink another classic #BigBoxPC RPG - #RETROGAMING #DOSGaming @GuidoHenkel https://t.co…
Mon Apr 10 15:05:35 +0000 2017RT @MrBabyMan: Happy birthday, Leon! Wake up, time to live!
#Bladerunner
Mon Apr 10 15:05:47 +0000 2017RT @TheRetroManCave: The low footprint retro station is complete, time for some games #dosgaming
Mon Apr 10 15:06:09 +0000 2017RT @radianceshine: Chaos Engine #DOSGaming #386SX40 #RealHardware
Mon Apr 10 15:06:14 +0000 2017Ignition (Unique Development Studios/Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1997) #DOSGameScreenADay
Mon Apr 10 15:19:45 +0000 2017RT @bbpcgc: 💾 Ultima Trilogy Collectors Guide with @dancingcrab @RichardGarriott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnoq1Bod5QM
#DOSGaming #pcgaming #RETROGAMING…
Mon Apr 10 15:24:06 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic:
Mon Apr 10 15:27:14 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic:
Mon Apr 10 15:28:03 +0000 2017It's been over a year since I've learned about it, and I'm still kind of bummed out that this version of Doom never happened. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/674986310885601280
Mon Apr 10 15:30:21 +0000 2017More of FMV Doom: https://x.com/burgerbecky/status/675578504352673793
Mon Apr 10 15:30:49 +0000 2017And here's why it didn't happen: https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/705793987337125891
Mon Apr 10 15:31:29 +0000 2017Replying to @ikagura0
Except it supported 640x480, and 800x600, but yeah, otherwise pretty close.
Mon Apr 10 15:32:25 +0000 2017Replying to @nanoSpawn and @ikagura0
Shaky polygons are the result of simplifying the math for texture projection. See also: all 3D Bullfrog games.
Mon Apr 10 15:35:27 +0000 2017Well, already had Windows 10 crash on me for the first time, and also discovered an annoying glitch (but that could be the gfx driver too)
Mon Apr 10 15:37:08 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Basically if I use screen doubling (both my monitor & my tv are 1920x1080) it throws off some full screen games.
Mon Apr 10 15:37:55 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
They either can't handle mouse pointer correctly (ZDoom, Another World 20th), or the image gets positioned wrong in fullscreen (DosBox)
Mon Apr 10 15:39:13 +0000 2017Replying to @nanoSpawn and @ikagura0
Lol. Max out the resolution on vanilla Quake 2 and watch every polygon wobble like jelly.
Mon Apr 10 15:40:04 +0000 2017Replying to @nanoSpawn and @ikagura0
Or alternatively just play Kingpin for a little bit.
Mon Apr 10 15:40:24 +0000 2017Replying to @ikagura0 and @nanoSpawn
There's a ZDoom mod like that out there that was hilarious. Can't remember the name though.
Mon Apr 10 15:42:30 +0000 2017Replying to @nanoSpawn and @ikagura0
I mean OpenGL
Mon Apr 10 15:56:48 +0000 2017Replying to @nanoSpawn and @ikagura0
I meant OpenGL. Look at the animated models. Stand still and look at your gun idle animation
Mon Apr 10 15:57:43 +0000 2017Replying to @nanoSpawn and @ikagura0
Or, again, just look at Kingpin. Same engine, higher polygon count. Every human turns into jello https://youtu.be/j6pL13XJHPs?t=34s
Mon Apr 10 16:00:42 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: ◻ I'm not a robot
Mon Apr 10 16:22:11 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Maxell floppies robot print ads
Mon Apr 10 16:23:12 +0000 2017Replying to @Keotek
The version that got stuck in my head is the original one by Raf
Mon Apr 10 18:39:52 +0000 2017This is the future liberals want https://x.com/wilhelmusma/status/851478671940517888
Mon Apr 10 18:42:17 +0000 2017So last night I played another hour of Doom 2016 & actually got to a part that was fun. An open area past the airlock with many enemies.
Mon Apr 10 19:38:48 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
However, I decided to replay the area the second time, & use a chainsaw (as they give you a gas tank in the beginning of the area) & >>
Mon Apr 10 19:41:14 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
>> then it almost felt like I was cheating. With the chainsaw & a Berzerker in the area, I barely took any damage. Weird.
Mon Apr 10 19:42:34 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
(Playing on Ultra Violence, btw)
Mon Apr 10 19:43:10 +0000 2017Replying to @bbpcgc, @KapikHusky and @Athesis
Capstone's Zorro is up there
Mon Apr 10 19:49:22 +0000 2017Replying to @bbpcgc, @KapikHusky and @Athesis
Still more playable than Zorro. And into music is fucking sweet.
Mon Apr 10 19:50:41 +0000 2017Replying to @ProfesorCafe, @davidwolinsky and @burgerbecky
I am not Spanish.
Mon Apr 10 21:51:50 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
They're coming to get you, Barbara.
Mon Apr 10 22:17:38 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: Today will be my 100th #bigboxaday! Currently at 199 followers - if I can make 200 by the end of the day, I'll do a big bo…
Mon Apr 10 22:19:50 +0000 2017RT @prograpslady: Nobody has had a more productive day than my mother
Mon Apr 10 22:22:23 +0000 2017OH MY GOD https://x.com/krhainos/status/851513138566623236
Mon Apr 10 22:22:58 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: #Caturday Alley Cat on PCjr:
Mon Apr 10 22:32:52 +0000 2017Replying to @citizenrobot
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Alley_Cat_1984
Mon Apr 10 22:35:45 +0000 2017RT @WadjetEyeGames: It's Passover this week! And "The Shivah" is 50% off!! Also now available for Mac. http://store.steampowered.com/app/252370/ https://t.co…
Mon Apr 10 22:49:20 +0000 2017Replying to @HenrySmola
Oh my god. Ron Jeremy?
Mon Apr 10 22:57:42 +0000 2017Via http://oldpcgads.tumblr.com
Mon Apr 10 23:11:40 +0000 2017Replying to @keksschaedel
Cat!
Tue Apr 11 00:04:23 +0000 2017RT @Foone: An M&M Screensaver, Mousepad, and Mouse. Why?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/M-MS-COMPUTER-KIT-MOUSE-PAD-SCREENSAVER-MOUSE-PC-FROM-THE-YEAR-2000-/122440527154
Tue Apr 11 00:07:58 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: Man, the #CRPGBookProject by @felipepepe is looking utterly RAD. #retrogaming #DOSgaming https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/update-17-the-final-preview/
Tue Apr 11 00:08:19 +0000 2017"Computer, enhance." https://x.com/Bodegacats_/status/851590378641698816
Tue Apr 11 00:32:35 +0000 2017Replying to @ProfesorCafe, @davidwolinsky and @burgerbecky
Ok, here's the question then: Is @AgustinCordes presenting?
Tue Apr 11 00:41:09 +0000 2017Replying to @expectproblems
They misspelled "Reich"
Tue Apr 11 01:02:48 +0000 2017Replying to @expectproblems
Hang on a second!
Tue Apr 11 01:04:30 +0000 2017I can't wait to get home & pass out
Tue Apr 11 01:07:14 +0000 2017Replying to @AgustinCordes, @ProfesorCafe, @davidwolinsky and @burgerbecky
SOLD!
Tue Apr 11 01:16:56 +0000 2017Replying to @misterpeegeeguy and @Nukkus
http://store.steampowered.com/app/518160/
Tue Apr 11 02:20:16 +0000 2017Waiting... https://x.com/BriProv/status/851625941579255809
Tue Apr 11 02:45:45 +0000 2017RT @sutera_hedgehog: おやすみ前のマッサージ☺
Tue Apr 11 02:55:44 +0000 2017RT @mattaui: Some other goodies from the game collection. Not much survived of the box contents for 'Revenge'
Tue Apr 11 04:33:13 +0000 2017RT @OnePerfectShot: WORLD OF TOMORROW (2015) Shot and directed by Don Hertzfeldt
Tue Apr 11 04:57:35 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: She wants to have me over for dinner? Sure thing I am down for some lovely stew.
Tue Apr 11 05:13:10 +0000 2017Replying to @fmvstory, @KGOrphanides and @stus_reviews
What? It's a funny fucking game. Not much of "game", exactly, but pretty damn funny. Same as other Python games, really.
Tue Apr 11 16:22:52 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: If you play Dungeon Keeper on a full moon night, you get a two line poem before the game #DOSGaming https://t.co/LxnR9FNl…
Tue Apr 11 16:24:53 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Also this is what the Budokan's executable file, http://BUDOKAN.COM looks like when viewed as text :) https://t.co/I…
Tue Apr 11 16:26:21 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: "Security fingerprinted press review copy" :)
Tue Apr 11 16:26:38 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Haha. John Carpenter chose not to sue Kojima :)
Tue Apr 11 16:35:24 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: John Carpenter on making a soundtrack for Sentinel Returns :)
Tue Apr 11 16:49:54 +0000 2017Replying to @FunkyRustic
John didn't get into gaming till the PS2 era.
Tue Apr 11 16:56:22 +0000 2017Replying to @LouisGorenfeld and @ikagura0
Mipmaping is available in the Windows version
Tue Apr 11 16:57:06 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer
I'll probably be arrested for other things.
Tue Apr 11 16:57:33 +0000 2017Replying to @BigHairyMarty
Really? It's a pretty great game, and a good remake.
Tue Apr 11 17:35:39 +0000 2017Replying to @FunkyRustic
He just made some music without any reference & sent it off. I'm sure a bunch of people whose pop songs were used in films haven't seen
Tue Apr 11 17:37:26 +0000 2017Replying to @FunkyRustic
All of them
Tue Apr 11 17:37:31 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: LOL! XD
Tue Apr 11 18:23:58 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: That time Softdisk republished old id games through Froggman & couldn't agree on a new name for Dangerous Dave XD https:/…
Tue Apr 11 18:24:11 +0000 2017RT @HBVideoGames: Beneath a Steel Sky is 23 years old today ! http://hbvideogames.com/game/beneath-a-steel-sky
Tue Apr 11 18:39:06 +0000 2017RT @SwiftOnSecurity: What's the difference between Android and Windows Vista?
Vista users got 10 years of security updates.
Tue Apr 11 18:39:52 +0000 2017This thread. I've been using Vista since release until a week ago. Now instead of asking why, you can just look here: https://x.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/851857404891471872
Tue Apr 11 18:42:38 +0000 2017It's Tiny Duke! https://x.com/lazygamereviews/status/851879651714707458
Tue Apr 11 19:29:53 +0000 2017Replying to @jbh1977 and @SwiftOnSecurity
I don't think these facts are mutually exclusive
Tue Apr 11 19:41:18 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: Found this in a Wing Commander box.
The '90s were rough. #defraging
Tue Apr 11 20:10:18 +0000 2017Replying to @ChaoticPesme and @YahtzeeCroshaw
I was two years ago :)
Tue Apr 11 20:22:26 +0000 2017Replying to @PushinUpRoses
The penguin in FMV game GAG: The Impotent Mystery
Tue Apr 11 20:44:34 +0000 2017Replying to @PushinUpRoses
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/705183552091066368
Tue Apr 11 20:45:36 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: lol
Tue Apr 11 21:11:50 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: AdLib Visual Composer, Instrument Maker, and Jukebox. MS-DOS. 1987.
Tue Apr 11 21:18:59 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: We use MS-DOS, that's why we'll never be sick, we won't get any older, and we won't ever die.
Tue Apr 11 21:19:23 +0000 2017Replying to @KyleSim82107779
He's a "Willy" alright
Tue Apr 11 21:21:30 +0000 2017Today's original-not-a-cover is I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton, recorded 2 decades before The Bodyguard https://youtu.be/aDqqm_gTPjc
Tue Apr 11 23:25:59 +0000 2017I'll take two https://x.com/Bodegacats_/status/851940965539606528
Tue Apr 11 23:33:05 +0000 2017I think it's time to relax and watch a "guilty pleasure" film
Wed Apr 12 00:28:02 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I own two copies of The Big Blue. And I'd own three if the American cut (rescored by Bill Conti) was available.
Wed Apr 12 00:31:42 +0000 2017Also still busy installing essential software on my new machine
Wed Apr 12 00:39:48 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Wed Apr 12 00:57:30 +0000 2017RT @MatWBT: @dosnostalgic My Dad made me show the intro of WC 3 to visitors for years. He loved the branching path stuff.
Wed Apr 12 01:02:47 +0000 2017Replying to @ComplaymentdO
It's not a good movie. but there's something very cool about it. But the long version is still too long.
Wed Apr 12 01:05:03 +0000 2017Replying to @ComplaymentdO
Because so much got cut out. Each scene got trimmed, so old music didn't fit anymore.
Wed Apr 12 01:18:09 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Me three
Wed Apr 12 01:26:58 +0000 2017Replying to @ComplaymentdO
Conti's score is very much Serra-inspired, and it works really well https://youtu.be/MO8X74UVu-M
Wed Apr 12 01:32:19 +0000 2017Replying to @libr and @ComplaymentdO
Because why not? I own 5 cuts of Blade Runner, and 4 cuts of Army of Darkness, for example.
Wed Apr 12 01:40:28 +0000 2017Replying to @libr and @ComplaymentdO
"Feels like a whole different movie" is what's interesting about it. See also: two versions of Ridley Scott's Legend (with different OST)
Wed Apr 12 01:48:09 +0000 2017Replying to @Resulka
Thank you very much, young lady. Although it's still only 9:49 pm of the day before where I am ;)
Wed Apr 12 01:49:56 +0000 2017Replying to @acruiz
Lol. No it isn't. But it's a lot of fun. ;)
Wed Apr 12 01:50:56 +0000 2017#CurrentJam #RussianPopMusic #90s https://youtu.be/GHLdg29hmpE
Wed Apr 12 03:45:05 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: #MSDOSAfterDark
Wed Apr 12 04:00:26 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Right I drowned in a river cause it was too fast, I died from not drinking water. This slow moving swamp water should b…
Wed Apr 12 04:34:54 +0000 2017
Wed Apr 12 04:55:30 +0000 2017Replying to @spacegamejunkie
The cover art redrawn by Boris Valejo!
Wed Apr 12 05:15:18 +0000 2017RT @Foone: I like my coffee like I like my macro assembler: in an IBM 5150 PC.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1981-IBM-PC-with-Floppy-Disc-Drive-Coffee-Cup-from-Detroit-Office-Vintage-/112367869321
Wed Apr 12 05:16:09 +0000 2017Good morning & happy International Day of Human Space Flight! Tell me about ur favorite DOS games that take place in SPACE! #MorningDOSTalk
Wed Apr 12 13:35:23 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: I often write about art theory as applied to adventure game backgrounds over on my blog. You can find it here: https://t.co/aR…
Wed Apr 12 13:37:37 +0000 2017Wow. Two nazis & a flat-earther blocked way before lunch. Twitter is off to a fast start today.
Wed Apr 12 13:43:04 +0000 2017Replying to @mtarallo
Wed Apr 12 13:44:40 +0000 2017I don't block people for being flat-earthers, but rather for RTing people who openly harassed people I know. Usually those go together. https://x.com/Des_Roin/status/852155279424835584
Wed Apr 12 13:46:16 +0000 2017RT @robotics_gttg: @dosnostalgic Duke 3D! I like the second episode the least and I still think it's great. They nailed the spaceship atmos…
Wed Apr 12 13:46:25 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: @dosnostalgic Has to be WING COMMANDER: PRIVATEER. Hundreds of hours of selling luxury goods to miners. https://t.co/0tWqV…
Wed Apr 12 13:48:29 +0000 2017RT @richardcobbett: @dosnostalgic Star Control 2. Great script, great aliens, great melee. The RPG game I think is a little weaker than oth…
Wed Apr 12 13:49:55 +0000 2017Replying to @CBrimstone
When I started this account back in 2009 for a while it seemed that DOS-loving people were all awesome & inclusive nerds. Boy was I wrong.
Wed Apr 12 13:51:21 +0000 2017Replying to @kalirion
I hope for a world peace
Wed Apr 12 13:52:25 +0000 2017RT @darthhelmet86: @dosnostalgic Murders in Space...cause it has murders in space and that is amazing.
Wed Apr 12 13:53:38 +0000 2017RT @HenrySmola: @dosnostalgic dude sooo many. Traffic Department 2192 is probably #1 for me. SkyRoads, Space Nightmare, Doom (obv), the lis…
Wed Apr 12 13:53:48 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: @dosnostalgic @MobyGames AND of course: https://x.com/dancingcrab/status/833012609976766464 😀
Wed Apr 12 13:54:04 +0000 2017RT @Nibouillenet: @dosnostalgic Frontier : First encounters. Because liberty, liberty and liberty. And targonauts.
Wed Apr 12 13:55:23 +0000 2017Replying to @kalirion
Amazing
Wed Apr 12 13:56:32 +0000 2017Replying to @kalirion
Your mother?
Wed Apr 12 13:59:06 +0000 2017RT @davvves: @dosnostalgic Star Hammer. That soundtrack is fantastic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ujRT-paps
Wed Apr 12 14:02:32 +0000 2017Replying to @kalirion
I bet
Wed Apr 12 14:03:47 +0000 2017RT @idan315: @dosnostalgic Master of Orion 2! Star Control 2! X-Wing! And I was probably the only one who played Reunion?
Wed Apr 12 14:05:54 +0000 2017Real simulator games to play on International Day of Human Space Flight #DOSGaming
Wed Apr 12 14:06:37 +0000 2017RT @Simon_Ashtear: @dosnostalgic #MorningDOSTalk #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight My first computer had Space War, Moonlander, Star Trek…
Wed Apr 12 14:11:02 +0000 2017RT @Alexander_Mejia: @dosnostalgic Wing commander hands down. Cris Roberts married storytelling with a compelling arcade game loop.
Wed Apr 12 14:11:08 +0000 2017RT @pablorett0: @dosnostalgic Xenon II
Wed Apr 12 14:16:54 +0000 2017RT @I_can_win: @dosnostalgic the Dig
Wed Apr 12 14:23:19 +0000 2017RT @kalirion: @dosnostalgic TIE-Fighter Collector's CD. Some day I need to get around to finishing the expansion content...
Wed Apr 12 14:23:26 +0000 2017Replying to @LambdaCalculus
Thank you, sir!
Wed Apr 12 14:35:35 +0000 2017Replying to @ben_304
Thank you, Ben!
Wed Apr 12 14:36:26 +0000 2017Replying to @darthhelmet86 and @LambdaCalculus
Many thanks!
Wed Apr 12 14:36:35 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Thank you, young lady, and CATS!
Wed Apr 12 14:39:35 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: @dosnostalgic Tyrian is a good one, and a game that I've sunk many, many hours into.
Wed Apr 12 14:47:04 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
Thank you, Richard!
Wed Apr 12 14:47:20 +0000 2017Replying to @cryptvault
Thank you!
Wed Apr 12 14:47:49 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames
Thank you, sir!
Wed Apr 12 14:50:03 +0000 2017Replying to @demodulated
Thank you very much, sir!
Wed Apr 12 15:09:24 +0000 2017Replying to @Shakarlicious
Thank youuuuu!
Wed Apr 12 15:09:36 +0000 2017Grab a DOS game for free! https://x.com/_LDSO_/status/852175400650321920
Wed Apr 12 15:10:12 +0000 2017Replying to @_LDSO_
Thank you and you're welcome!
Wed Apr 12 15:10:36 +0000 2017RT @fabiobortolotti: @dosnostalgic Not a game, but I have very fond memories of ORBITS.
https://youtu.be/BdYTt3fWsMs
Wed Apr 12 15:10:55 +0000 2017Replying to @ACMenes
Thank you, young lady!
Wed Apr 12 15:11:52 +0000 2017Replying to @ErnieEaglebeak
Thank you!
Wed Apr 12 15:12:03 +0000 2017RT @BigHairyMarty: @dosnostalgic Space Quest and Commander Keen are old favourites of course. I also like Nebula Fighter and UFO Invasion.
Wed Apr 12 15:14:33 +0000 2017RT @PiecesofKate: @dosnostalgic Crystal Caves!
Wed Apr 12 15:21:05 +0000 2017NO https://www.dominosweddingregistry.com/
Wed Apr 12 16:14:58 +0000 2017RT @Cluster_M: Открыл для себя PowerShell. И закрыл.
Wed Apr 12 16:53:19 +0000 2017Replying to @Estep and @Cluster_M
That's pretty much it. "I've discovered PowerShell. And then closed it." Russian word for "discover" is the same as "open", so it's funny.
Wed Apr 12 16:59:50 +0000 2017Replying to @AndrewJacksonZA
Thank you, sir.
Wed Apr 12 21:42:03 +0000 2017Replying to @Thomag0
Thanks!
Wed Apr 12 21:42:26 +0000 2017Replying to @AgustinCordes
Thank you, babe, and YAY!
Wed Apr 12 21:42:45 +0000 2017Replying to @tempesttossed
Thank you and CATS!
Wed Apr 12 21:43:04 +0000 2017Replying to @PushinUpRoses
Thank you, young lady!
Wed Apr 12 22:04:11 +0000 2017Murders in Space (Hitech Productions/Infogrames Europe, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADay
Wed Apr 12 22:22:54 +0000 2017Replying to @CGOApps
Thank you, sir!
Wed Apr 12 23:15:52 +0000 2017Replying to @lazygamereviews
Thank you, sir!
Wed Apr 12 23:25:16 +0000 2017Replying to @decafjedi
Thank you!
Wed Apr 12 23:42:45 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: #BullfrogProductions & @pmolyneux classic for tonight's #bigboxaday: #SYNDICATE WARS! Not an easy game, but great feels. @…
Thu Apr 13 00:21:33 +0000 2017Replying to @BigHairyMarty
Thank you, sir!
Thu Apr 13 00:21:52 +0000 2017Replying to @todrobbins
Thank you!
Thu Apr 13 00:22:01 +0000 2017Replying to @Pixelmusement and @lazygamereviews
Thanks, and yes, I get older voluntarily.
Thu Apr 13 00:24:09 +0000 2017Replying to @awesomonster
Cat!
Thu Apr 13 01:12:23 +0000 2017RT @Dolph_Lundgren: Dolph is short for Dolphin. America, follow me to my underwater paradise!
Thu Apr 13 01:39:38 +0000 2017I had a few of these. https://x.com/Foone/status/852557721060524032
Thu Apr 13 16:26:49 +0000 2017RT @gnomeslair: Gabriel Knight 2: The Map Within
Thu Apr 13 16:27:45 +0000 2017RT @RanFuRe: @ben_304 @dosnostalgic One of my top three shmups and one of my most prized possessions. True gaming greatness & the bomb in c…
Thu Apr 13 17:19:56 +0000 2017I think we might have broke @ben_304
Thu Apr 13 18:55:20 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Cryo were so weird. :D
Thu Apr 13 18:56:06 +0000 2017RT @GOGcom: Fancy winning a copy of @Disney The Lion King to play with your kids (or on your own)? Enter our #giveaway here: https://t.co/L…
Thu Apr 13 20:11:22 +0000 2017RT @SierraWallpaper: Codename: ICEMAN
Disk 9 of 9
@GOGcom #DOSgaming #retrogaming
Thu Apr 13 20:27:14 +0000 2017RT @Foone: you get interesting sine waves out of an FM synth if you tell it the exact value of Pi is 9.
Thu Apr 13 22:37:40 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: #CurrentMood
Fri Apr 14 00:15:49 +0000 2017Whoa, clicky! https://x.com/lazygamereviews/status/852686131556646912
Fri Apr 14 00:54:10 +0000 2017Replying to @PushinUpRoses
Mine
Fri Apr 14 01:50:29 +0000 2017Yesterday I got to the Mancubus fight in Doom 2016, which turned out to the the first real challenge as I died 3 times.
Fri Apr 14 01:53:17 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Still not sure about the game. I like a lot about it, but other things are super annoying. The levels are super boring.
Fri Apr 14 01:54:02 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Kind of weird to see Doomguy turned into a silent Duke Nukem. They sure get a lot of millage out of the "he likes 2 shoot & break stuff lol"
Fri Apr 14 01:56:08 +0000 2017Replying to @andrewrstine
Ultra Violence
Fri Apr 14 01:57:12 +0000 2017
Fri Apr 14 03:56:19 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
I❤️CAT
Fri Apr 14 04:36:44 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
CAT IS LIFE
Fri Apr 14 04:37:10 +0000 2017Replying to @PushinUpRoses
I fucking knew it!
Fri Apr 14 04:49:34 +0000 2017RT @SierraWallpaper: Not a pretty sight #DOSgaming #retrogaming @Wilcofever
Fri Apr 14 12:03:47 +0000 2017RT @hmemcpy: Some of the things I actually bought....
Fri Apr 14 12:04:16 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Taiwanese Star Wars: X-Wing #DOSGaming #StarWars #LucasArts
Fri Apr 14 12:05:20 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Yeah that is just 100 percent bullshit. No jokes this cave is a huge blunder in game design.
Fri Apr 14 12:06:15 +0000 2017RT @CoolBoxArt: Grand Theft Auto / Promotional material / Take 2 Interactive / 1997
Fri Apr 14 12:07:48 +0000 2017RT @GOGcom: Codename: ICEMAN, a classic true-to-form @SierraGames adventure has just joined the GOG ranks! http://ow.ly/tOCL30aPjqS @Activis…
Fri Apr 14 12:08:32 +0000 2017Today's original version: The Family - Nothing Compares 2 U, written & produced by Prince in 1985: https://youtu.be/_ZlzN0Gtpp8
Fri Apr 14 13:15:49 +0000 2017Replying to @misterorange
Not only he didn't write it for her, they got into a fistfight over it
Fri Apr 14 13:23:30 +0000 2017Wayne's World (Robert Fiorini & Associates/Capstone Software, 1993) #DOSGameScreenADay
Fri Apr 14 13:40:38 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Mid 90-s game programmer recruitment ad
Fri Apr 14 13:55:01 +0000 2017Replying to @TH0MVS
There might be, but this one is pretty terrible
Fri Apr 14 14:03:25 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Fri Apr 14 14:03:43 +0000 2017Replying to @bbpcgc and @cruzha2014
It's not worth playing
Fri Apr 14 14:59:41 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Where's your career going?
Fri Apr 14 15:00:28 +0000 2017Five hours into Doom 2016, and I'm starting to get really bored. Still, better than Doom 3, which got boring after 2 hours.
Fri Apr 14 15:03:09 +0000 2017Replying to @tedtropy
I played No Rest for the Living. It was alright.
Fri Apr 14 15:11:25 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Старый ДУМ лучше новых двух.
Fri Apr 14 15:27:09 +0000 2017Replying to @sergiocia
Be warned: it's a terrible game.
Fri Apr 14 15:40:28 +0000 2017Oh dear lord, just happened to glace at gaming news. I expect about a billion of articles & videos about why Nintendo is killing NES Mini.
Fri Apr 14 15:46:11 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
The entire billion of which could easily be summed up by this: "?".
Fri Apr 14 15:46:45 +0000 2017Replying to @robotics_gttg
I don't care for upgrades in a fps game. What I like in Doom 2016 is the shooting & monsters. But the levels bore me to tears.
Fri Apr 14 15:47:36 +0000 2017Replying to @robotics_gttg
Oh, I so don't care. I paid for the single player campaign made by id, and that's what I want to be done with.
Fri Apr 14 15:50:57 +0000 2017RT @textfiles: I am asking if any of my followers near Richmond, California, can help move a few manuals between boxes tomorrow. It shouldn…
Fri Apr 14 16:21:43 +0000 2017"Make sure to carry a copy of DOOM II on you at all times." https://x.com/vectorpoem/status/852952833632591872
Fri Apr 14 18:42:49 +0000 2017It was a great date https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/699025831067258881
Fri Apr 14 18:43:34 +0000 2017Replying to @bbpcgc
Accessibility for the common man is the appeal.
Fri Apr 14 19:27:18 +0000 2017Holy fuck WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!?! https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/nsa-leaking-shadow-brokers-just-dumped-its-most-damaging-release-yet/
Fri Apr 14 19:34:58 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
So.... Errrrr.... We can pretty much expect a massive attack on all Windows machines before the end of the day? Am I wrong to think this?
Fri Apr 14 19:39:48 +0000 2017Ok, so not as bad as I initially thought, but this is still BAD. https://x.com/Viss/status/852971104398262272
Fri Apr 14 19:52:41 +0000 2017Yes, that's the BAD part. https://x.com/Viss/status/852973725905440768
Fri Apr 14 20:05:08 +0000 2017RT @cheese_fancier: @thecatreviewer Met the beautiful Minou today. Guardian of the stairs, too ladylike to drink from a bowl AND permits tu…
Fri Apr 14 22:22:32 +0000 2017Replying to @ENYTOfficial
Yes please
Fri Apr 14 23:47:49 +0000 2017Replying to @ENYTOfficial
I'm underage myself
Fri Apr 14 23:59:47 +0000 2017Replying to @ENYTOfficial
I am not human
Sat Apr 15 00:01:30 +0000 2017RT @Nostalgia_Quest: Backgammon is serious business in Daventry apparently.
Sat Apr 15 01:14:44 +0000 2017RT @GameHistoryOrg: Gallery: A bunch of rad enemy sprite art from PowerSlave, a FPS that used Build, the same engine as Duke Nukem 3D. http…
Sat Apr 15 01:15:19 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Early PowerSlave screenshot mock-up (found in leaked Blood alpha)
Sat Apr 15 01:17:27 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Early Powerslave mockups
Sat Apr 15 01:17:33 +0000 2017Replying to @expectproblems
I am jelly
Sat Apr 15 01:38:03 +0000 2017Replying to @Phredreeke
That's Blood, not Powerslave, and it's not reverse engineered, it's a reconstruction, and not an exact one at that. Still impressive though.
Sat Apr 15 01:45:34 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: #MSDOSAfterDark
Sat Apr 15 03:06:20 +0000 2017While I do find most of Doom 2016's levels boring, I do sometimes find myself stopping just to admire their look for a few seconds
Sat Apr 15 03:59:41 +0000 2017Replying to @scar3crowdotcom
I really do enjoy a lot of things about the new Doom, but for each thing I like, there's a thing I really don't like. Bummer.
Sat Apr 15 04:23:48 +0000 2017Replying to @neutrino78x
They are weirdly un-colorful, but there's a lot of detail & unique assets in the levels.
Sat Apr 15 04:27:15 +0000 2017All these new Windows exploits are nothing to me because this is my Windows of choice
Sat Apr 15 04:32:11 +0000 2017Я нажал F8, и весёлый Нортон
Удалял мне всё подряд.
Сорок мегабайт, может быть и больше.
Может даже шестьдесят.
Sat Apr 15 04:53:09 +0000 2017Soooo many people are commenting about the lack of networking. WINSOCK, MOTHERFUCKERS! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/853103634812481536
Sat Apr 15 12:43:27 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
It's an OS for fuck's sake. There are drivers, libraries, and programs one can install on it.
Sat Apr 15 12:45:05 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Oh wow, no tongue on a first date plant monster. And no using that tongue to inject mutating spores into me ever! https…
Sat Apr 15 12:57:01 +0000 2017RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded! http://youtu.be/22rnQ_RuZXM?a
Sat Apr 15 12:57:16 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: I love that the traps in Betrayal at Krondor are puzzles that need to be solved. ^_^
Sat Apr 15 13:45:59 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Boss Key screens from a few DOS games #DOSGaming
Sat Apr 15 15:30:43 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: VGA remakes of first chapters of Sierra's adventure series. Leisure Suit Larry, Police Quest, Quest for Glory, & Space Qu…
Sat Apr 15 15:31:20 +0000 2017Happy Birthday to a fellow DOS enthusiast @PushinUpRoses!
Sat Apr 15 15:41:34 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Space M+A+X | print ad (1989) #DOSgaming
Sat Apr 15 15:53:56 +0000 2017Replying to @DJSharpeCheddar
It's still in EGA
Sat Apr 15 16:18:51 +0000 2017RT @Lawmune: Anyone remember playing Wing Commander, X-Wing, or Their Finest Hour using this classic joystick? @wccic @Pixelengineer_ @dosn…
Sat Apr 15 20:45:13 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Aw yeah, Betrayal at Krondor.
Sat Apr 15 21:11:17 +0000 2017Replying to @BilliardLentil
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/852955319517007872
Sat Apr 15 22:08:48 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: I am so fucking tired...
Sat Apr 15 22:18:04 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: F29 Retaliator music by Jas. C. Brooke on a Roland MT-32 (emulated) #DOSGaming
Sat Apr 15 22:19:50 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Doom 2D #DOSGaming
Sat Apr 15 22:29:50 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Today in "Mike Wiering's level design is brutal" #DOSGaming
Sat Apr 15 22:30:23 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Zone 66 soundtrack by Kenny Chou (of One Must Fall 2097). 3 soundtracks in 1 + download! Sound Blaster + GUS + AdLib http…
Sat Apr 15 22:31:19 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab and @banditloaf
I think he's talking about the VGA version.
Sat Apr 15 22:35:51 +0000 2017RT @GamingJay1001: That "oh shit..." moment when you run into the alien ship without waiting for backup and find 3 aliens waiting for you..…
Sat Apr 15 23:04:29 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab and @banditloaf
I think so. Can't confirm right now. At work.
Sat Apr 15 23:15:07 +0000 2017Replying to @kalirion
Oh yeah? https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/772538406836510720
Sat Apr 15 23:45:25 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab
Oh damn, I thought it was the first one for a second
Sun Apr 16 00:03:34 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: For today's #bigboxaday, I present: SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK! This is the enhanced CD-ROM ed…
Sun Apr 16 00:05:31 +0000 2017RT @textfiles: He is risen
Sun Apr 16 00:26:24 +0000 2017So the important question now is: do pants still work this way? https://x.com/LxFrancis/status/853011516005597184
Sun Apr 16 00:55:23 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
No, I will *never* let that one go.
Sun Apr 16 00:55:45 +0000 2017Replying to @skllwzardragon
The Tower of Despair is my favorite Quake pretty much because the layout is INSANE and has absolutely no basis in reality.
Sun Apr 16 01:17:22 +0000 2017
Sun Apr 16 01:25:15 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Sun Apr 16 01:25:26 +0000 2017SOMEONE PLEASE REMAKE THE LAST EXPRESS FOR VR!!!
Sun Apr 16 02:31:59 +0000 2017Replying to @Jame5McMahan
I just realized how perfect that game would be in VR
Sun Apr 16 02:34:29 +0000 2017#MSDOSAfterDark The ladies of Leisure Suit Larry 7. (Bonus Windows wallpapers that get unlocked as you play through the game)
Sun Apr 16 02:58:18 +0000 2017Replying to @GenVG1
Why thank you, sir.
Sun Apr 16 02:59:08 +0000 2017Finally getting around to moving my half a gig of Milkdrop presets
Sun Apr 16 03:47:43 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
It's *a lot* of presets
Sun Apr 16 03:56:16 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I <3 Milkdrop!
(WARNING: FLASHING LIGHTS!)
Sun Apr 16 04:20:31 +0000 2017Replying to @crunchybrak
I'll give you my presets when you pry them from my cold, dead hands!
Sun Apr 16 04:25:11 +0000 2017It really whips the llama's ass! https://x.com/ELemmon/status/853464378095673344
Sun Apr 16 04:26:16 +0000 2017Replying to @ELemmon
Not yet. It's just something I've been collecting for 15 years.
Sun Apr 16 04:29:44 +0000 2017And on that note, I'm going to bed. Bonne nuit.
Sun Apr 16 04:31:09 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Over on @AdventureGamers I took a look at how we can use light to direct the player's attention in background art! https://t.c…
Sun Apr 16 14:02:32 +0000 2017Heather's Easter Egg Hunt (Tom & Ginnie Reynolds, 1989) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Apr 16 15:17:33 +0000 2017RT @textfiles: The Internet Archive now emulates early Macintosh computer software in the browser.
http://blog.archive.org/2017/04/16/early-macintosh-emulation-comes-to-the-archive/
Sun Apr 16 15:24:22 +0000 2017#DOSGaming Dizzy adventure platformers that made it to IBM PC compatibles
Sun Apr 16 15:34:55 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Non-adventure Dizzy games that made it to PC #DOSGaming
Sun Apr 16 15:43:14 +0000 2017TIL that The Entertainer song actually has lyrics.
Sun Apr 16 16:27:46 +0000 2017Replying to @Gabsrants
Yep
Sun Apr 16 17:06:52 +0000 2017Another cool DOS game to play on Easter: #DOSGaming https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/714184642644078594
Sun Apr 16 17:50:07 +0000 2017Check out some #RussianVideogames with the Pilot Brothers bundle for $4.47 https://x.com/GOGcom/status/853666836768059394
Sun Apr 16 17:56:26 +0000 2017Replying to @Quantum_Ornith
No Easter connection.
Sun Apr 16 18:02:27 +0000 2017Hello, Twitter! I'm that guy who's stuck at work till after 10 pm on a holiday Sunday. Talk to me about DOS games!
Sun Apr 16 18:24:21 +0000 2017The Fool's Errand https://x.com/fuckimsotired/status/853675558810644480
Sun Apr 16 18:27:33 +0000 2017Nobody got me a personal time machine for my birthday. Disappointed. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/849032439204892673
Sun Apr 16 18:31:39 +0000 2017Replying to @rmmzx
No, no drugs. Bummer.
Sun Apr 16 18:32:41 +0000 2017Random fact about me: I don't enjoy MST3K. Idk if that's gonna hurt my geek cred.
Sun Apr 16 18:33:42 +0000 2017Excellent parenting! https://x.com/SpindleyQ/status/853677902239604740
Sun Apr 16 18:35:47 +0000 2017Poll time: Is Wolfenstein: New Order better than Doom 2016?
Sun Apr 16 18:42:20 +0000 2017Replying to @walkingthec0w
I'm just trying to figure out if I want to pick up Wolfenstein after I eventually push through the rest of Doom, despite it boring me.
Sun Apr 16 18:45:53 +0000 2017Replying to @fillertrack
I really don't care about what the graphics are like
Sun Apr 16 18:46:37 +0000 2017It holds up https://x.com/57th_Error/status/853681863956865026
Sun Apr 16 18:50:57 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone
"Very rare"
Sun Apr 16 18:56:08 +0000 2017RT @Alexander_Mejia: @dosnostalgic For some reason Kings Quest 6 reminds me of Easter. Maybe it's the characters.
Sun Apr 16 19:12:45 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidXNewton
I played the Spectrum ones, and Fantastic Dizzy on NES and PC.
Sun Apr 16 19:22:15 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone
Unless Mac version of Iron Helix is different from the Windows one, it's better played on a Sega CD
Sun Apr 16 19:29:38 +0000 2017Me irl https://x.com/CUTEFUNNYANIMAL/status/853692735131463680
Sun Apr 16 19:39:20 +0000 2017RT @Bella_Zuppa: @dosnostalgic the one that kickstarted my love affair with playing DOS games in the early/mid 00s was Dreamweb.
Sun Apr 16 20:11:40 +0000 2017Replying to @kalirion
Thanks
Sun Apr 16 20:20:08 +0000 2017SimEverything: Lessons in Curious Game Design from Maxis https://youtu.be/vL78CxDIKPg
Sun Apr 16 20:36:52 +0000 2017Replying to @garagehirst
I'm too stupid to play games like that
Sun Apr 16 20:37:32 +0000 2017HOLY FUUUUUUCK! :O https://x.com/hervepiton/status/853571272881692672
Sun Apr 16 20:51:55 +0000 2017Replying to @RobNeedsAJob
If you knew how to configure your DOS configuration, creating a boot disk was totally optional
Sun Apr 16 20:58:47 +0000 2017I most certainly do! https://x.com/AJGarrett/status/853719047426498560
Sun Apr 16 21:25:43 +0000 2017I do! https://x.com/guntslinger/status/853732327498817536
Sun Apr 16 22:20:50 +0000 2017I have. https://x.com/knbsntbttns/status/853721456131395585
Sun Apr 16 22:21:10 +0000 2017A Mind Forever Voyaging https://x.com/louielouie/status/853733036592115746
Sun Apr 16 22:21:58 +0000 2017Replying to @SQHistorian
The Peter Pedigrew reveal scene is better than ANYTHING you'll ever see in the entire series. Fucking awful it is not.
Sun Apr 16 22:23:18 +0000 2017Replying to @_Lan_Di_
That would be Activision, not Infocom
Sun Apr 16 22:28:10 +0000 2017Replying to @SQHistorian
They really go downhill when they bring in Peter Yates to direct. Seventh film is some of the worst garbage I've ever seen.
Sun Apr 16 22:50:09 +0000 2017Replying to @ATMcashpoint and @SQHistorian
I own all the films, and genuinely enjoy the first four
Sun Apr 16 22:50:48 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Always fight Nazis
Sun Apr 16 23:12:24 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: I n honour of Codename: Iceman being for sale again on GoG I give you this start of the game death. https://t.co/ol0atu…
Mon Apr 17 00:17:43 +0000 2017Replying to @LouisGorenfeld
When I play a dope melody, anything less than the best is a felony.
Mon Apr 17 00:35:10 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: Happy 25th b-day, #ULTIMA VII: THE BLACK GATE! 1992 - what a year. Thank you @RichardGarriott/#OriginSystems! #bigboxaday…
Mon Apr 17 00:56:37 +0000 2017Apparently Ultima 7 turned 25 years old today. What a game! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/813471444323729408
Mon Apr 17 00:57:24 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Mon Apr 17 01:00:22 +0000 2017RT @danooct1: Virus.DOS.Crucifixion: http://youtu.be/JW8c12z0cQE?a via @YouTube
Mon Apr 17 03:05:50 +0000 2017Popcorn, Krypton Egg, Electranoid, DX-Ball 2 and Arkanoid 2. https://x.com/extruderx/status/853777504187944960
Mon Apr 17 03:24:02 +0000 2017Replying to @bocha_himself
I gave *my* top 5 breakout games list, not a *DOS* top 5 list.
Mon Apr 17 03:55:15 +0000 2017Replying to @guntslinger
Yes
Mon Apr 17 05:03:44 +0000 2017🇵
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Mon Apr 17 05:25:07 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: 🇵
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Mon Apr 17 13:34:59 +0000 2017RT @offperception: @extruderx @dosnostalgic Bananoid
Mon Apr 17 13:36:18 +0000 2017RT @pcgamer: Watch us play the first 30 minutes of Full Throttle with Tim Schafer. http://bit.ly/2ppwtEM
Mon Apr 17 13:38:08 +0000 2017RT @CoolBoxArt: Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire / PC / Origin / 1990
Mon Apr 17 13:38:43 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Doors can never betray me, doors are my friend!
(Re-post)
Mon Apr 17 13:40:43 +0000 2017RT @banditloaf: @bbpcgc @TheRetroManCave @RichardGarriott Ultima Underworld had hidden Kilrathi grafitti: http://www.wcnews.com/news/2014/10/21/wing-commander-easter-egg-discovered-in-the-stygian-abyss
Mon Apr 17 13:40:54 +0000 2017Replying to @Cambert123
First person shooters. DOOM.
Mon Apr 17 13:45:55 +0000 2017Electranoid (Pixel Painters Corporation, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay
Mon Apr 17 14:42:41 +0000 2017A reminder that a full #DOSGameScreenADay archive is available on DOS Nostalgia Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/dosnostalgia/
Mon Apr 17 14:49:12 +0000 2017He-hey! Double Fine fixed the Protocola sign in the updated Full Throttle after a few people noted the inconsistency!
Mon Apr 17 14:56:15 +0000 2017It didn't say Protocola https://x.com/marcellus00/status/853985805341249537
Mon Apr 17 14:58:57 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Mon Apr 17 14:59:18 +0000 2017Replying to @VinnieTheBaddie and @GamingAndPandas
Star Control 2
Mon Apr 17 15:04:47 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer
That was a shot from the preview version. A bit different in the final:
Mon Apr 17 15:07:26 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
About the bike: this was a shot from the preview version with crappy bike lighting and not-Protocola, now the bike looks like this
Mon Apr 17 15:08:36 +0000 2017Replying to @TheBombAssPizza
Just like with other DF remasters, retro gfx & sfx are still available & can be switched on the fly.
Mon Apr 17 15:11:29 +0000 2017Replying to @Fragtastik
CONGRATULATIONS!
Mon Apr 17 15:14:00 +0000 2017Replying to @Fragtastik
And look how far we've come! https://archive.org/details/msdos_Street_Fighting_Man_1989
Mon Apr 17 15:17:33 +0000 2017Tomorrow...
Mon Apr 17 15:18:45 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames
It looks like just about everything has been addressed. Generally things look more impressive than the DOTT remaster.
Mon Apr 17 15:20:49 +0000 2017Replying to @cfonair
Here you go: https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/673339544113160192
Mon Apr 17 15:21:40 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Please allow me to repeat myself: *I* don't need remakes. I played DOTT & Full Throttle hundreds of times each, BUT
Mon Apr 17 15:22:08 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: I'm really fucking excited for a possibility of a modern day teenager discovering these games on their console. And THAT'…
Mon Apr 17 15:22:11 +0000 2017#BatAppreciationDay
Mon Apr 17 15:26:28 +0000 2017#BatAppreciationDay AUTOEXEC.BAT
Mon Apr 17 15:27:43 +0000 2017#BatAppreciationDay
Mon Apr 17 15:27:51 +0000 2017Replying to @X_Elected2
It happens. I've seen it.
Mon Apr 17 15:28:35 +0000 2017Replying to @EvanJKnowles
It's coming to iOS as well.
Mon Apr 17 15:31:29 +0000 2017Replying to @EvanJKnowles
Usually mobile versions of Double Fine remakes arrive a bit later, with iOS first, and Android second. Not sure about dates.
Mon Apr 17 15:32:41 +0000 2017Replying to @tkedem
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/853993383139954688
Mon Apr 17 15:33:15 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
Yes
Mon Apr 17 16:14:41 +0000 2017I think the only right decision I've made all day was saying "Can I upgrade that to Baconator fries?"
Mon Apr 17 16:28:08 +0000 2017Replying to @DaktaMoon
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/bat
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/koshan-conspiracy
Mon Apr 17 17:50:43 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Yangshuo Cavern, the origin of DOOM's background mountains
Mon Apr 17 18:25:25 +0000 2017Results are in, and it looks like I better hold on to my money for now
Mon Apr 17 18:54:08 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I think the next new-ish game I buy after I get through Doom 2016 is gonna be Alien: Isolation. That *looks* like a game I'd enjoy.
Mon Apr 17 18:55:56 +0000 2017Replying to @namco_
I didn't have anything capable of running it until a week ago.
Mon Apr 17 18:59:46 +0000 2017Replying to @TheNetworkAdm
A new-ish one. I was excited to try the new Doom, but ended up being bored.
Mon Apr 17 20:11:40 +0000 2017Replying to @DrTimAbdullayev
Eventually
Mon Apr 17 20:12:56 +0000 2017Replying to @RaymondDoerr
Storyline in an fps isn't as important to me as solid shooting, and levels that aren't boring.
Mon Apr 17 20:20:00 +0000 2017I know u gentlemen have been through a lot, but when u find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED 2 THIS FUCKING COUCH
Mon Apr 17 21:45:50 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: Problems with free conventional memory, am I right? #NoEMS
Mon Apr 17 22:06:10 +0000 2017RT @sovietvisuals: Lenin or Lennon?
Mon Apr 17 22:20:36 +0000 2017Unholy union https://x.com/Vyothric/status/854098319152476161
Mon Apr 17 22:34:34 +0000 2017Replying to @sn0wf1ake1 and @sovietvisuals
They were back in the USSR. You don't know how lucky you are, boy.
Mon Apr 17 22:35:24 +0000 2017Replying to @sn0wf1ake1 and @sovietvisuals
Those were lyrics from a Beatles song, and yes, I am from Russia.
Mon Apr 17 22:50:42 +0000 2017RT @Foone: Remember Visi On? This was a 1983 GUI for the IBM PC. That's 1983, 2 years before Windows 1.0! (And before Macintosh, even) http…
Mon Apr 17 23:02:20 +0000 2017Play a DOS game today! https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games
Mon Apr 17 23:09:50 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Check out visual & audio effects from DOS viruses right in your browser. The Malware Museum https://archive.org/details/malwaremuseum?sort=-publicdate https…
Mon Apr 17 23:30:42 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Remember, you have access to a near complete 1986 - 1998 run of Big Blue Disk right in your browser: https://t.co/mwsFf6m…
Mon Apr 17 23:31:05 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Nemesis, the villain of Catacombs also appears in another Gamer's Edge sequel to an id Software game - Dave Goez Nutz htt…
Mon Apr 17 23:45:23 +0000 2017Replying to @weepingbladder
XD
Tue Apr 18 00:06:58 +0000 2017Saw this in a store today, and ???????????
Tue Apr 18 00:22:43 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I like how it proudly states "9 years", as if that's gonna add some class to a beverage poured out of a fucking AK bottle.
Tue Apr 18 00:24:04 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
As a true American I prefer my liquor fired right up my ass from a gun. 💦🔫🇺🇸
Tue Apr 18 00:29:08 +0000 2017Replying to @RaymondDoerr
I have a feeling this product line is targeting an audience that isn't aware of that fact.
Tue Apr 18 00:34:53 +0000 2017I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR! https://x.com/thomasfuchs/status/854130997130125313
Tue Apr 18 00:35:26 +0000 2017Replying to @develintales and @RaymondDoerr
That was my reaction to Doom 2016's secret "original" levels
Tue Apr 18 00:56:29 +0000 2017This game is good. https://x.com/WadjetEyeGames/status/854136144518234113
Tue Apr 18 00:57:21 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Doom Legacy. Split screen mode.
Tue Apr 18 01:01:14 +0000 2017Ok. After a day, it's time to uninstall Cortana.
Tue Apr 18 01:25:54 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Cortana, if I want to set an alarm to wake up on time, be sure I'll set one. No need for these kind of pop-ups.
Tue Apr 18 01:26:55 +0000 2017Oh fuck, I could have pre-ordered Full Throttle on Steam too?! [Scrambles to look up GOG refund policy for the first time ever]
Tue Apr 18 01:31:44 +0000 2017A customer asked if I went to church this past Sunday, because I apparently "really need to go." XD
Tue Apr 18 01:33:04 +0000 2017Replying to @GlazedCactuar
This was from my Android phone
Tue Apr 18 01:33:53 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab
Cause I'm a sucker for convenience and I like Steam.
Tue Apr 18 01:36:37 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: @dosnostalgic Also: what times is it? A: DOS o'clock!!
Tue Apr 18 01:55:48 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab and @SHODANFreeman
I don't like it
Tue Apr 18 02:14:44 +0000 2017RT @Campster: I'm looking at GDC presentations to prep my own thing & I have to say I forgot how good this @frankcifaldi piece is: https://…
Tue Apr 18 03:07:14 +0000 2017Full Throttle unlocks at 3 am Eastern? Pfft. Fuck that. I'm going to bed.
Tue Apr 18 03:12:59 +0000 2017WHAT?!?!?! What is this betrayal?!?! https://x.com/Brakywaki/status/854171127442280448
Tue Apr 18 03:17:33 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Well, maybe the Steam version unlocks at midnight? But GOG definitely unlocks theirs at 3 am my time.
Tue Apr 18 03:18:19 +0000 2017Replying to @SQHistorian
Only on GOG and PS4 >:(
Tue Apr 18 12:09:32 +0000 2017Replying to @SQHistorian
It'll be out everywhere by the time I get home today too ;)
Tue Apr 18 12:11:16 +0000 2017I don't want to be at work, I want to sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Tue Apr 18 12:45:57 +0000 2017In a momentary moment of weakness I clicked on the Spongebob marathon on YT. The chat is 90% slurs and swastikas.
Tue Apr 18 14:15:37 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
But what Spongebob apparently turned into these days might be even worse. What is this shit?
Tue Apr 18 14:17:05 +0000 2017Replying to @craigperko
Yes, it's real. It's well animated, but terribly unfunny.
Tue Apr 18 14:19:00 +0000 2017Replying to @craigperko
I think it's just a case of being an open chat on YouTube, regardless of what's playing
Tue Apr 18 14:26:15 +0000 2017Random fact about me: My favorite Spongebob episode is "Wet Painters".
Tue Apr 18 14:30:02 +0000 2017Replying to @Mak0rz
Yep, that's the one. It's hilarious.
Tue Apr 18 14:33:31 +0000 2017Celebrating a re-release of a certain DOS classic
Tue Apr 18 14:43:45 +0000 2017Replying to @121Zer0
Weeeeelll, I think that ROM is like 10 megs, so a cartridge of that would be pretty costly in 89. But still super impressive.
Tue Apr 18 15:19:06 +0000 2017I guess it's time to RT all of my Full Throttle stuff. Again. ;)
Tue Apr 18 15:21:09 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: A few Full Throttle concept sketches #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 18 15:21:41 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Full Throttle demo. A few interactive sequences between 2 in-engine trailers 4 the game. Features unique narration: https…
Tue Apr 18 15:21:50 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Video of original Full Throttle ui design in action #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 18 15:22:00 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Looks like most people are unaware of Full Throttle's screen saver. Your homework: run the game, wait for 5 minutes. http…
Tue Apr 18 15:22:44 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Full Throttle strategy guide people threw everything they could into it and ended up with 250 pages. https://t.co/Z16fcXL…
Tue Apr 18 15:24:16 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: A few Full Throttle backgrounds #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 18 15:24:34 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Here are the TWO full pages of the official walkthrough dedicated to grabbing bartender's nose
Tue Apr 18 15:25:22 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: DOS/4GW FTW!!! #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 18 15:25:49 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: My Full Throttle scenery studies are now compiled into a PDF, with much higher quality images! You can get it here: https://t.…
Tue Apr 18 15:33:33 +0000 2017RT @banditloaf: @dancingcrab @OtherSide_Games @RichardGarriott @dosnostalgic @ultimadragons @bbpcgc That is fantastic! Some other pre-relea…
Tue Apr 18 15:34:18 +0000 2017I'd buy that for a dollar! https://x.com/banditloaf/status/854357456264114176
Tue Apr 18 15:36:31 +0000 2017#CurrentMood
Tue Apr 18 15:41:55 +0000 2017Blocking at least one Nazi a day has been a usual thing for me for a while. I miss Twitter circa 2011-ish.
Tue Apr 18 16:43:10 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Worst thing is, of course, when it's someone who usually communicated their love for DOS games, & then "what's wrong with a swastika?" :(
Tue Apr 18 16:44:21 +0000 2017Replying to @Canageek
I've been on there for a while, but nothing much happens over there tbh.
Tue Apr 18 17:01:32 +0000 2017It seems to be the opposite, really. It looks like they played Wolf 3D & thought "wouldn't it b nice 2 have a silly haircut & a mecha suit?" https://x.com/alcaste19/status/854375748068659209
Tue Apr 18 17:05:03 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I'm joking, of course, but yet it's staggering how many opposite meanings different people can get out of the same source.
Tue Apr 18 17:07:00 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Remember that the year of our Mario 2017 is when John Carpenter actually had 2 make a statement that They Live isn't about Jewish conspiracy
Tue Apr 18 17:08:57 +0000 2017Replying to @Canageek
I'm on the main line. All this separate thread shit is defeating the purpose of telling into internet void for me.
Tue Apr 18 17:16:02 +0000 2017Replying to @___gcheck
That I expect. I lived though skinheads loving The Wall movie.
Tue Apr 18 17:17:14 +0000 2017RT @DoubleFine: Full Throttle Remastered is out now on PC! Steam (http://bit.ly/2peapgw) Humble (http://bit.ly/2peb7uu) and GOG(https:/…
Tue Apr 18 17:19:46 +0000 2017Tonight around 7:30 EST I'll be live tweeting my impressions of Full Throttle Remastered.
Tue Apr 18 17:30:45 +0000 2017Replying to @garagehirst
I don't joke about these things.
Tue Apr 18 17:57:17 +0000 2017Replying to @robotics_gttg
Hell, even id decided to take it out of DOOM eventually https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/773700598210387969
Tue Apr 18 18:03:09 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
https://x.com/gwenners/status/854374557691527172
Tue Apr 18 18:24:51 +0000 2017RT @Zeroblade: how to make explosion effects
Tue Apr 18 18:41:22 +0000 2017Replying to @pripyatbeast, @HumongousEnt and @tommoinc
You both look baked! XD
Tue Apr 18 18:51:55 +0000 2017Replying to @jonkristinsson
I think the models are all recovered originals, but all the materials are new
Tue Apr 18 18:53:35 +0000 2017RT @StalinGulag: Моё кредо: не трогай, а то совсем сломается
Tue Apr 18 19:00:46 +0000 2017Wait, the Disney NES platformer re-release is available on PC as well?! Fuck yeah!
Tue Apr 18 19:03:23 +0000 2017Replying to @darthhelmet86
http://store.steampowered.com/app/525040/
Tue Apr 18 19:07:06 +0000 2017I mean, I've never stopped playing these games thanks to emulation, but I'll gladly pay for the extras. http://store.steampowered.com/app/525040/
Tue Apr 18 19:08:11 +0000 2017Whoa https://x.com/NicholasGazin/status/854411767551807488
Tue Apr 18 19:11:26 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
What would be super awesome is if these new NES re-releases offered non-local multiplayer. But I'll take what I can for now.
Tue Apr 18 19:26:04 +0000 2017Replying to @Mak0rz and @ctpoint
It's difficult.
Tue Apr 18 19:51:13 +0000 2017Before you say "it's not that difficult" regarding a feature you feel is missing in a game, consider this: it IS often pretty difficult.
Tue Apr 18 19:53:14 +0000 2017Replying to @Mak0rz and @ctpoint
Just because something's been done, doesn't mean it's not difficult.
Tue Apr 18 19:54:40 +0000 2017I do believe that the industry working behind closed doors for so long is what created this weird gamer belief that gamedev is somehow easy.
Tue Apr 18 19:59:18 +0000 2017Replying to @BTexans
Construction is boring, and therefore not easy in people's minds. Movie BTS have been available/used as promo for decades, so no myth.
Tue Apr 18 20:13:18 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
Well, yeah, there's always that, obviously.
Tue Apr 18 20:15:01 +0000 2017Replying to @LouisGorenfeld
It's so fucking perfect
Tue Apr 18 20:15:53 +0000 2017Replying to @eSkilliam
I don't think many people think making movies or training for sports is easy. The result is still fun to experience.
Tue Apr 18 20:57:55 +0000 2017Oh wow. I just saw today's Fsomething Csomething news, and I'm almost ready to take this back. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/854424117554106368
Tue Apr 18 21:15:12 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
If u r giggling about people not knowing what FC is, next time u r told it takes 25 lines of code 2 add multiplayer to ur game, u deserve it
Tue Apr 18 21:22:04 +0000 2017Replying to @ATMcashpoint
I can't be bothered to remember how it's spelled.
Tue Apr 18 21:22:59 +0000 2017Saw footage of Frederick Raynal's new game 2Dark, & holy shit, there's kids being murdered left & right in it!
Tue Apr 18 21:35:19 +0000 2017Replying to @Mak0rz
It's alright. I wasn't really addressing your tweet. It was a bunch of things I was discussing at the time.
Tue Apr 18 21:41:20 +0000 2017Replying to @kalirion
I don't know what the story is. I just randomly clicked through a gameplay video.
Tue Apr 18 21:41:56 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
Ouch.
Tue Apr 18 21:46:07 +0000 2017Replying to @awesomonster
Cat!
Tue Apr 18 21:46:55 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Getting hard! Lol
Tue Apr 18 21:47:39 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidXNewton and @ATMcashpoint
Culling* ;)
Tue Apr 18 21:50:28 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidXNewton and @ATMcashpoint
"Lol. Ur phone is dumb" - a dev
Tue Apr 18 21:51:53 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames and @richardcobbett
And clothes. Ripburger says to take it. But Ben has still his clothes.
Tue Apr 18 22:08:29 +0000 2017Replying to @Resulka and @GrundislavGames
Dicks generally control fairly easily. Just sayin'
Tue Apr 18 22:12:55 +0000 2017Replying to @DaveVoyles and @renaudbedard
Yes, I watched it four times yesterday. Insanely cool stuff.
Tue Apr 18 22:22:37 +0000 2017Replying to @eSkilliam
I guess. Idk, I thought only 13 year olds think like that.
Tue Apr 18 22:24:06 +0000 2017Replying to @Resulka and @GrundislavGames
Idk, I saw videos of people controlling other people's dicks. Seemed easy enough.
Tue Apr 18 22:28:44 +0000 2017I see you, @GrundislavGames!
Tue Apr 18 23:34:14 +0000 2017Replying to @HenrySmola
You should be on your way to change your legal name already. This name is amazing.
Tue Apr 18 23:37:50 +0000 2017Ok, so I'm a third way through Full Throttle Remastered & so far everything is pretty great. A lot better than DOTT remaster I'd say.
Wed Apr 19 00:43:34 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
But there's occasional hiccups. Shadows not aligning during animations on the shadowy version of Ben, for example. Small stuff like that.
Wed Apr 19 00:44:51 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
The one that bummed me out is that the sky is not animating in these cutscenes in the remaster. In the original the red clouds slowly flow.
Wed Apr 19 00:45:28 +0000 2017Replying to @eSkilliam
Not anymore.
Wed Apr 19 00:45:55 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
A lot of stuff is also slightly changed/adjusted. It's interesting to constantly switch back and forth between retro & new modes.
Wed Apr 19 00:47:10 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Well, so far this is the only background I see that didn't have enough time put into it
Wed Apr 19 01:23:13 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I do feel like the Mine Rd fighting has been adjusted slightly. I definitely spent less time here than I normally do.
Wed Apr 19 01:24:38 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Wed Apr 19 01:38:08 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
First major glitch. Can't leave the location after deploying the first bunny.
Wed Apr 19 01:42:10 +0000 2017Still a great line. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/638432178586714112
Wed Apr 19 01:50:27 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
So the derby also been adjusted very slightly. The car is bouncier around the corners. But tbh I have never had trouble with this part.
Wed Apr 19 02:00:34 +0000 2017RT @bbpcgc: Gauntlet II for DOS.
#pcgaming #DOSGaming #RETROGAMING #retrogames #GamersUnite #gaming #gamer #gamers
Wed Apr 19 02:02:01 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Heh. They put a little light to essentially presolve a puzzle that everyone's been complaining about for 22 years
Wed Apr 19 02:06:37 +0000 2017Replying to @Mak0rz
I really never did either. Mine Road was the part that always annoyed me, but the rest was always good.
Wed Apr 19 02:31:06 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
And that's it for Full Throttle Remastered. It's really good. Art is def a step up from DOTT. Music & sfx are top notch. My nitpicks r minor
Wed Apr 19 02:32:13 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
22 years later it's still an awesome adventure game, despite being super short & not really challenging.
Wed Apr 19 02:33:41 +0000 2017Replying to @ATMcashpoint
No, everything works fine for me.
Wed Apr 19 02:35:16 +0000 2017Replying to @ATMcashpoint
That's the ones I meant as well
Wed Apr 19 02:36:21 +0000 2017Replying to @TheBombAssPizza
It's clearly the Mad Max/Yojimbo ending, which Schafer cites as inspirations for FT.
Wed Apr 19 02:39:01 +0000 2017Replying to @besterp12
What timing?
Wed Apr 19 02:41:01 +0000 2017Replying to @besterp12
There's no timing involved, really. It just a dog attacks you if you start walking to different cars, but you don't need to do that.
Wed Apr 19 02:47:02 +0000 2017Replying to @HadrienPean
Also all of the sound & music is remastered. Same as the previous DF remasters. I'm not sure what you've expected.
Wed Apr 19 02:51:33 +0000 2017Replying to @TheBombAssPizza
Maybe it's my imagination, since it's been a while since I've listened to the album. But the game has a jukebox mode now.
Wed Apr 19 02:52:08 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Cat!
Wed Apr 19 02:55:12 +0000 2017Replying to @ProfBMoriarty
Was it a free VPN? Because then you're doing trackers job for them.
Wed Apr 19 03:06:10 +0000 20171995 and 2017
Wed Apr 19 03:06:33 +0000 2017Replying to @HadrienPean
I think after 4 remasters it's been established that the main thing with them was to change as little as possible.
Wed Apr 19 03:07:37 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
That sounds like a rave... I miss those.
Wed Apr 19 03:13:50 +0000 2017For those of you who were asking me about my Milkdrop preset collection. Here's the whole thing: http://dosnostalgia.com/files/milkdrop2.7z
Wed Apr 19 03:41:50 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
I like this underrated track from the same album(s) https://youtu.be/KazGgDS7I7I
Wed Apr 19 03:44:10 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
I'd say the whole album is pretty good
Wed Apr 19 03:51:14 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Awww... I'll have a drink to that.
Wed Apr 19 03:54:43 +0000 2017#RuinSciFi
Wed Apr 19 03:59:58 +0000 2017Replying to @BvS_Azimuth and @SQHistorian
I'd say the remaster is close to the original concept art
Wed Apr 19 11:24:02 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: The best of puzzles, the best of times. Solve horse gas, solve it quick.
(Re-post)
Wed Apr 19 11:25:26 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: I could play Codename: Iceman or and trust me on this I could just get really really drunk.
Wed Apr 19 11:29:35 +0000 2017RT @Pixelmusement: New Shovelware Diggers video uploaded! http://youtu.be/LPyNwNJLUWs?a
Wed Apr 19 11:35:09 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: #RuinSciFi
Wed Apr 19 12:00:07 +0000 2017Replying to @demodulated
Yes, that bothers me as well
Wed Apr 19 14:38:25 +0000 2017I hear original StarCraft is free now, which is great news.
Wed Apr 19 14:43:23 +0000 2017#NotDOS
Wed Apr 19 14:58:54 +0000 2017Are We There Yet? (Manley & Associates/Electronic Arts, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay
Wed Apr 19 15:29:31 +0000 2017Replying to @Warmasterchief
I've never played Brood War. Yet.
Wed Apr 19 15:31:00 +0000 2017Bah. Another major Full Throttle Remastered glitch. Used tire iron on the truck, the animation didn't trigger. Dead end.
Wed Apr 19 16:21:52 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames
Or you need Jesus
Wed Apr 19 16:31:26 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I'm sure just like with Grim and DOTT, all these things will be fixed with the first update, but nonetheless this is annoying.
Wed Apr 19 16:32:20 +0000 2017Adventure games! XD
Wed Apr 19 16:44:36 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames
Report it
Wed Apr 19 16:49:01 +0000 2017Replying to @schmel924
Nope
Wed Apr 19 17:10:53 +0000 2017Replying to @DrTimAbdullayev and @schmel924
I like the actors, but there's clearly no professional directing them. The quality of the translation itself is pretty poor.
Wed Apr 19 17:15:05 +0000 2017Replying to @bladderbloat
Cat!
Wed Apr 19 17:16:17 +0000 2017How the fuck am I still missing 5 achievements in a game like Full Throttle?
Wed Apr 19 17:28:22 +0000 2017Replying to @DrTimAbdullayev
As it was for me. Which is why I'm excited that it's now more accessible for new generation of players.
Wed Apr 19 17:29:11 +0000 2017Replying to @Brakywaki
I... I didn't know I could do that.
Wed Apr 19 17:32:44 +0000 2017Replying to @joedaviso
Pretty good example right here. I think it's cool: https://x.com/Brakywaki/status/854749138642243585
Wed Apr 19 17:33:06 +0000 2017Waaaaaait. I have a 3D TV I can use as a monitor! [Rushes to see which ones of his games have 3D support]
Wed Apr 19 17:34:03 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Oh, so I can't just have a 3D tv and use it as a 3D monitor, but actually need some kind of 3D pc solution? That's lame.
Wed Apr 19 17:39:54 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Oh, I see. NVIDIA wants me to pay $40 for an ability to use my 3D TV as an output.
Wed Apr 19 17:47:20 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Yeah, well, fuck that!
Wed Apr 19 17:47:45 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ok, apparently there's a 14 day free trial. Fine, I'll roll with this. Downloaded the trial, installed it, nothing. Now what?
Wed Apr 19 17:55:40 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Upgrading drivers. Lol. Someone please travel back in time to 1995 & tell me that a 1 driver package will be nearly half a gig in 20 years.
Wed Apr 19 17:59:29 +0000 2017Replying to @umbshow
I think my Logitec mouse driver/software package is about 150 megs.
Wed Apr 19 18:01:13 +0000 2017So that was an hour of my life I'm not getting back. Oh well.
Wed Apr 19 18:52:05 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: 1995 and 2017
Wed Apr 19 20:57:17 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: Yay DOS!
Wed Apr 19 20:58:20 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Me in 50 years, discussing games, still:
Wed Apr 19 20:58:25 +0000 2017Replying to @gnomomomo and @Pixel_THING
Yes, I beat both Grim and DoTT multiple times. Beat FT 3 times between last night & today too.
Wed Apr 19 21:22:21 +0000 2017RT @therobotjane: Pictured: @dosnostalgic, in space https://x.com/rachelbinx/status/854180463782404097
Wed Apr 19 23:55:20 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Cat!
Thu Apr 20 00:51:28 +0000 2017
Thu Apr 20 01:01:51 +0000 20171987
Thu Apr 20 01:07:01 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Cryo's Dune rolling demo. #DOSGaming
Thu Apr 20 01:12:09 +0000 2017Learned about Full Throttle debug mode from FT Remastered commentary track
Thu Apr 20 02:18:07 +0000 2017
Thu Apr 20 03:23:23 +0000 2017Replying to @neutrino78x
Rescue Rangers 2
Thu Apr 20 03:24:57 +0000 2017Good night, everyone.
Thu Apr 20 04:48:21 +0000 2017Replying to @TentaclePurple
Yes for all
Thu Apr 20 09:08:53 +0000 2017RT @RanFuRe: Doing a little #DOSgaming to find out what game will be in my next review. What do you think about this one? #bigboxaday #bigb…
Thu Apr 20 12:16:57 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: I love you horse, love you so much. You are free now horse, free to roam the wild swamps.
(Re-post) https://t.co/Bwbne…
Thu Apr 20 13:03:35 +0000 2017RT @RanFuRe: Since I just pulled this out, why not post it. #bigboxaday #bigboxPCgames #retrogaming
Thu Apr 20 13:04:54 +0000 2017RT @Rhuantavan: Finally got it. #bigboxaday #dosgaming
Thu Apr 20 13:04:57 +0000 2017Today's original version of a song is I Love Rock 'n' Roll by The Arrows from 1975, 7 years before Joan Jett's cover https://youtu.be/8AT_Pbtyid0
Thu Apr 20 13:41:46 +0000 2017Replying to @bocha_himself
Сохраняйся сам часто! Пока есть большие глюки.
Thu Apr 20 13:44:23 +0000 2017Planet's Edge: The Point of no Return (New World Computing, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Apr 20 13:58:38 +0000 2017RT @bbpcgc: Thoughts?
http://thebests.kotaku.com/the-best-sierra-adventure-game-1686442682
#pcgaming #RETROGAMING #videogames #games #gaming #GamersUnite
Thu Apr 20 14:48:08 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Thu Apr 20 16:00:46 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: He gave us freedom. He gave us power. He gave us wings. He gave us wheels. Thank you, Malcolm Corley 4 giving us a dream…
Thu Apr 20 16:36:31 +0000 2017Every experience. If I take even a tiny hit, it's a hour of me having a MASSIVE panic attack. Like, having heart attack/my house is on fire https://x.com/lilbbybrazil/status/854976378927685633
Thu Apr 20 17:06:24 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I'm not again people smoking pot, and definitely pro legalization, even if I can't enjoy the results of that myself. It's cool.
Thu Apr 20 17:07:43 +0000 2017Replying to @bocha_himself
You're lucky, man.
Thu Apr 20 17:07:59 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Yes, yes. There was also time where I could get completely baked. But eventually it triggered something. I don't miss it though.
Thu Apr 20 17:09:18 +0000 2017There's nothing to debate. These don't belong is games. Unless the intention is to have it destroyed instead of solved. https://x.com/POStudios/status/855065762385592324
Thu Apr 20 17:43:06 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Incidentally this is my main complaint about The Pandora Directive, 1 of the "greats". The last 2 chapters is like 10 sliding title puzzles.
Thu Apr 20 17:47:30 +0000 2017Also very much this. https://x.com/richardcobbett/status/855114626316591106
Thu Apr 20 17:49:33 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
We've had some excellent adventure game meta humor (based on subversion) from as early as 80s and on. Yet it's still a struggle for many.
Thu Apr 20 17:50:28 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
*Ahem* Thimbleweed Park *Ahem* 😠😠😠😠
Thu Apr 20 17:51:53 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Yeah, I know it might not be a popular opinion, but TP spends so much time dissing Sierra games, and then does the same thing as 80s Sierra.
Thu Apr 20 17:53:23 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
- But isn't it hilarious? :D
- NO!
Thu Apr 20 17:54:03 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone
Aka Zork: The Grand Inquisitor? ;)
Thu Apr 20 17:54:52 +0000 2017For me it wasn't just that, but generally a belief that bulldozing the fourth wall was such a great thing. In the year 2017. https://x.com/darthhelmet86/status/855117790939815937
Thu Apr 20 17:57:01 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
But yeah, if you're gonna take a direct stab at Sierra, definitely don't repeat their mistakes.
Thu Apr 20 17:57:47 +0000 2017Replying to @BBAlpert
Yeah, until the end.
Thu Apr 20 18:09:19 +0000 2017Firehaaaaaaaaaaaaawk! https://x.com/LouisGorenfeld/status/855121682385649665
Thu Apr 20 18:17:09 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Please select your VR device #DOSGaming
Thu Apr 20 18:17:59 +0000 2017Since it's 4/20, we can try to remember DOS games that featured marijuana in some way, right? #AfternoonDOSTalk
Thu Apr 20 18:22:19 +0000 2017RT @jhartikainen: @dosnostalgic Here's one :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-njFAscwmM
Thu Apr 20 18:29:11 +0000 2017RT @darthhelmet86: @dosnostalgic Drug Wars? That was DOS first right?
Thu Apr 20 18:29:18 +0000 2017Replying to @howieeday
Z.A.R
Thu Apr 20 18:46:06 +0000 2017RT @Foone: @dosnostalgic Ganja Farmer by André LaMothe!
Thu Apr 20 18:50:32 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Drug Wars and Dope Wars are so 80s. Drug Wars has no ecstasy on the list, and Dope Wars refers to it as MDA. https://t.co…
Thu Apr 20 18:51:02 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: #Happy420
Thu Apr 20 18:51:16 +0000 2017Replying to @RetroGames18
I mean... Fallout has a DOS version. Itself it was a spiritual successor to Wasteland. Plenty of DOS rpgs out there.
Thu Apr 20 18:55:39 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
I knew I could count on you, Richard!
Thu Apr 20 19:24:05 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
Ok, so gimme some more then!
Thu Apr 20 19:26:14 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Drug Wars: A Game Based on the New York Drug Market (John E. Dell, 1984) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Apr 20 19:32:58 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Don't do drugs, kids.
Thu Apr 20 19:34:02 +0000 2017#Happy420
Thu Apr 20 19:40:17 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Thu Apr 20 19:40:30 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Thu Apr 20 19:41:06 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
(Weed doesn't work this way)
Thu Apr 20 19:44:30 +0000 2017Replying to @ikagura0
It's a great one.
Thu Apr 20 19:46:21 +0000 2017Replying to @dpadular
What's your pot laced with?
Thu Apr 20 19:48:17 +0000 2017Replying to @thejonmccoy and @dpadular
I could advocate raves, I guess, but I haven't been to one in so long, it's possible they changed for the worse
Thu Apr 20 19:52:25 +0000 2017Replying to @DocZeus
Nobody knows. Since it was a set, it was done purposefully.
Thu Apr 20 19:59:27 +0000 2017I should have played it in the Time Trial mode as this game basically plays itself & I've played it a million times before. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/854898263618715650
Thu Apr 20 20:41:41 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
What I do appreciate about Disney Afternoon collection is that it allows me to play that game just like I remember - with tons of slowdown
Thu Apr 20 20:43:16 +0000 2017Replying to @thejonmccoy, @hzaolmr and @dpadular
Yeah, but are drugs clean these days? NY was full of dangerous garbage the last time I checked, which was about 10 years ago.
Thu Apr 20 21:17:23 +0000 2017Computer virus "Stoned" #Happy420 https://youtu.be/kfk4g0iPv74
Thu Apr 20 21:25:35 +0000 2017COFFSHOP virus in your browser! (And without any harm to your machine) #Happy420 https://archive.org/details/malware_COFFSHOP.COM
Thu Apr 20 21:28:22 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidXNewton and @decafjedi
Because it's in the Cool Kids Club!
Thu Apr 20 21:51:23 +0000 2017Replying to @6tailedkitsune
I mean, it was had by very few, and what little there was, was kind of crap, but yeah.
Thu Apr 20 22:01:36 +0000 2017Replying to @6tailedkitsune
All my screens are from DOS games, and as you can see they all support pretty much just 3 devices.
Thu Apr 20 22:06:55 +0000 2017I don't need a SNES Mini, as I already have my own in the form of a broken Retron5 which now only accepts SNES cartridges.
Thu Apr 20 22:12:35 +0000 2017Still the best name for a button
Thu Apr 20 23:03:23 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
The giant face of Jeff Sessions appears
- I cry
- I shit
Thu Apr 20 23:11:09 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
You fuckin' slacker
Thu Apr 20 23:22:04 +0000 2017Replying to @BardsTale
Yeah, but it's on a Mac, so who cares?!
Thu Apr 20 23:47:49 +0000 2017Replying to @BardsTale
System Shock on a Mac also has higher resolution HUD
Thu Apr 20 23:53:48 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames and @jess_haskins
Cat!
Thu Apr 20 23:59:45 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: FUCK YOU
Fri Apr 21 00:09:49 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: For fuck's sake
Fri Apr 21 00:12:02 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Windows 10? FUCK THAT SHIT! Microsoft DOS!
Fri Apr 21 00:13:16 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Now THIS is a fucking title screen!
Fri Apr 21 00:15:24 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: BEST fucking feature!
Fri Apr 21 00:16:58 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone and @SpindleyQ
Don't forget this classic either
Fri Apr 21 00:43:17 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone and @SpindleyQ
He also wrote this to me once:
Fri Apr 21 00:47:19 +0000 2017@tuninginshow Where's the new episode, motherfuckers? Are you gonna make me drive home from work IN SILENCE?
Fri Apr 21 01:20:05 +0000 2017I'm sad to report that DOS-loving stoners didn't come through. They probably forgot all the games anyway. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/855124484080193539
Fri Apr 21 01:22:55 +0000 2017RT @jshmlr: @dosnostalgic You can hit the hooka at the apothecary shop in QfG 3 and get a neat psychedelic effect.
Fri Apr 21 01:31:55 +0000 2017RT @banditloaf: @dosnostalgic If you edit your reputation in Privateer, the otherwise impossible 'friendly' Retro comms are all weed-relate…
Fri Apr 21 01:44:37 +0000 2017RT @neresident: Пикник Афиши хочет нам что-то сказать
Fri Apr 21 01:45:31 +0000 2017I'm fucking losing it right now 😂😂😂 https://x.com/feels_like_1984/status/814077649433853952
Fri Apr 21 01:46:25 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Get in the ship or stay on the planet? Hmmm Roger this is a tough choice close your eyes and pick a direction! https://…
Fri Apr 21 02:22:33 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Fri Apr 21 03:20:33 +0000 2017Replying to @lonefur
The Pandora Directive
Fri Apr 21 03:22:03 +0000 2017Replying to @tuninginshow
You forgot to do a Twitter announcement!
Fri Apr 21 03:57:49 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer
It's a cool use of a limited tech, but honestly it's not really worth it.
Fri Apr 21 04:01:11 +0000 2017Replying to @tuninginshow
Wow. Impressive.
Fri Apr 21 04:01:56 +0000 2017Replying to @ErikTheGrebo and @ki11deer
Post Quake? It's not even up to Doom's level standards. Sadly for the most part it plays like Wolfenstein with 3D prefabs.
Fri Apr 21 04:26:09 +0000 2017Replying to @tuninginshow
Jesus
Fri Apr 21 04:26:52 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer
Idk. I've never played it.
Fri Apr 21 04:28:07 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer and @ErikTheGrebo
Yeah, but the system requirements were super low, and you could shoot limbs off the enemies!
Fri Apr 21 04:29:52 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Bear please leave that tree alone it is a rare dead tree that must be protected for reasons!
(Re-post) https://t.co/9z…
Fri Apr 21 13:34:38 +0000 2017RT @jacobinmag: It’s hard to think of a piece of media that understands itself less than Duke Nukem 3D. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/duke-nukems-dystopian-fantasies/
Fri Apr 21 13:40:24 +0000 2017RT @SierraWallpaper: Don't drink the Dragon's Breath #DOSgaming #retrogaming #GifFriday @HeroCorey
Fri Apr 21 13:43:36 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: This water doesn't look all that deep. As a hero I am sure I can walk through it.
Fri Apr 21 13:48:40 +0000 2017Today's original version: "I Swear" by John Michael Montgomery from 1994, the same year it was covered by All-4-One: https://youtu.be/16yarf4ZCwA
Fri Apr 21 14:42:21 +0000 2017Replying to @jamesbroadhead
There were two even. An interactive fiction one, and a platformer!
Fri Apr 21 14:45:50 +0000 2017Replying to @f2bnp
It's in the cutscene when Ben wakes up. "Why did you hit me over the head, Maureen?"
Fri Apr 21 14:57:13 +0000 2017James Clavell's Shogun (Gang of Five/Mastertronic, 1988) #DOSGameScreenADay
CGA, CGA composite, and Tandy
Fri Apr 21 14:58:06 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Fri Apr 21 15:14:53 +0000 2017Replying to @f2bnp
Don't know about the easter egg. I like the remaster a lot, they just need to fix all the game breaking bugs that crawled in.
Fri Apr 21 15:44:21 +0000 2017Replying to @f2bnp
Those were minor. I've encountered 3 game breaking bugs during my 3 playthroughs. Couldn't proceed, autosaves didn't help. Pretty bad.
Fri Apr 21 16:07:09 +0000 2017*Dick joke* https://x.com/SierraWallpaper/status/855451083803467777
Fri Apr 21 16:08:32 +0000 2017Replying to @f2bnp
It's alright, I was manually saving often, but these things are there, and they need to go
Fri Apr 21 16:23:16 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: My dream to own a sealed copy of every MS-DOS Wing Commander game is about to get real :)! #DOSgaming :#WingCommander h…
Fri Apr 21 16:29:12 +0000 2017Replying to @joelschlosberg
Unfortunately I don't know.
Fri Apr 21 16:33:21 +0000 2017Quake Champions looks like it's going for the Quake 3 feel. That is a good thing.
Fri Apr 21 18:08:00 +0000 2017I'd put my lips on that https://x.com/Human_Interact/status/855484487303614464
Fri Apr 21 18:14:27 +0000 2017Replying to @lazygamereviews
Ninety seven more years!
Fri Apr 21 19:02:29 +0000 2017Looked it up, and Don Hertzfeldt's World of Tomorrow has a 2 star rating on Netflix. Why? It's such a wonderful piece of animation.
Fri Apr 21 19:20:10 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
Really? Are you sure you're not thinking of It's Such a Wonderful Day?
Fri Apr 21 19:23:34 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
That's definitely World of Tomorrow. Have you seen It's Such a Beautiful Day? That one will definitely make you cry.
Fri Apr 21 19:27:38 +0000 2017Whooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaa https://x.com/punchesbears/status/855494095266959360
Fri Apr 21 19:33:56 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
It's Such a Beautiful Day is fantastic. It's a feature though, not a short. Check it out.
Fri Apr 21 20:26:39 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
Also you MUST have seen "Genre" on MTV during the 90s! That's the one with a rabbit.
Fri Apr 21 20:27:23 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
It's his first, so it doesn't have the depth of his later stuff, but I do find it funny.
Fri Apr 21 20:39:17 +0000 2017Every time I see that shot, I'm like "whoa!" https://x.com/OnePerfectShot/status/855515236224421888
Fri Apr 21 20:40:56 +0000 2017Replying to @stus_reviews and @therealcliffyb
I have both 2 & 3 sealed. Are they really rare?
Fri Apr 21 21:25:11 +0000 2017Replying to @80386dx
I'm more of Quake 1 & 3 guy
Fri Apr 21 21:25:49 +0000 2017Replying to @IanKoro and @InnerPartisan
Also it's an SCI game
Fri Apr 21 21:45:52 +0000 2017Lol wut https://x.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/855540608613707777
Fri Apr 21 22:05:31 +0000 2017Something tells me the new Twin Peaks is gonna be shit, but I'm still gonna watch the fuck out of it.
Fri Apr 21 22:07:34 +0000 2017Replying to @_STD_
Oh, I don't give a shit. The second season sucked, partially due to all the shoehorned special appearances.
Fri Apr 21 22:10:40 +0000 2017Replying to @JackCox
Yeah, but have you seen what Lynch has been doing the past 10 years? Doesn't inspire confidence.
Fri Apr 21 22:14:13 +0000 2017I ❤️ the Monster Hero
Fri Apr 21 22:56:14 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: A big mistake in a run & jump platformer as illustrated by Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure & Duke Nukem 2 (same tech) https://t.…
Fri Apr 21 23:13:31 +0000 2017RT @BigHairyMarty: .@dosnostalgic Not quite as bad as Gateworld mind you.
Fri Apr 21 23:13:34 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: These DOS games are turning 20 year old this year #DOSGaming
Fri Apr 21 23:14:07 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Also 20 years old this year #DOSGaming
Fri Apr 21 23:14:09 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: DOS sequels from 20 years ago #DOSGaming
Fri Apr 21 23:14:13 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: DOS adventure games from 20 years ago #DOSGaming
Fri Apr 21 23:14:18 +0000 2017Replying to @val_to_string
Fallout and Dungeon Keeper
Fri Apr 21 23:16:30 +0000 2017A Windows game that's also turning 20 this year that is now also available on DOS: https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/741353352110460928
Fri Apr 21 23:17:56 +0000 2017Replying to @Phredreeke
Atari owns the rights
Fri Apr 21 23:18:19 +0000 2017Replying to @GBessarab
That's Carmageddon ;)
Fri Apr 21 23:27:54 +0000 2017Replying to @Des_Roin
A simultaneous DOS/Win release
Fri Apr 21 23:28:14 +0000 2017Replying to @mtarallo and @GamingJay1001
It would just handle the file system & compress everything behind the scenes. Simple, slow, & often a source of problems
Fri Apr 21 23:29:18 +0000 2017Replying to @Des_Roin
It does run in DosBox. That's how I took that screenshot
Fri Apr 21 23:30:57 +0000 2017Been on my new job for over 3 months, still nobody guessed my age right. As usual. :)
Fri Apr 21 23:33:38 +0000 2017Replying to @MatthewPWells
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Fri Apr 21 23:35:58 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
I don't know what any of this is. Am I old?
Fri Apr 21 23:39:34 +0000 2017That is correct! https://x.com/sn0wf1ake1/status/855573331784986625
Sat Apr 22 00:17:22 +0000 2017Replying to @_LDSO_ and @Phredreeke
It's been over half a year since then. As with everything else, I'll believe it when I see it.
Sat Apr 22 00:18:34 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Doop, doo doop doop doop doop.
Sat Apr 22 00:21:15 +0000 2017I wish it was 1997 again... https://x.com/Foone/status/855575980575870977
Sat Apr 22 00:23:45 +0000 2017Two words: FUCK and YES! https://x.com/ben_304/status/855578113220239361
Sat Apr 22 00:25:23 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
This is dangerous!
I walk through mindfields so watch your head rock!
Sat Apr 22 00:28:00 +0000 2017Replying to @X_Elected2
http://youtube.com/dosnostalgic
Sat Apr 22 00:28:46 +0000 2017Replying to @awesomonster
A... THING???
Sat Apr 22 00:34:44 +0000 2017 Sat Apr 22 00:38:27 +0000 2017Replying to @SQHistorian and @ben_304
I should try that
Sat Apr 22 00:40:58 +0000 2017RT @Foone: IBM always knew how to market their games so they'd fly off the shelves.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Vintage-IBM-Software-Arithmetic-Games-Set-2-comlete-in-binder-working-/132166803154
Sat Apr 22 01:29:03 +0000 2017Replying to @HectorVarga357
I liked the new Mad Max a lot. Just sayin'
Sat Apr 22 01:32:44 +0000 2017Replying to @roadmappodcast and @Foone
Oh yeah? ;)
Sat Apr 22 01:34:35 +0000 2017RT @therobotjane:
Sat Apr 22 01:49:55 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Over on my blog I took a look at the s-curve in composition of adventure game backgrounds! :D http://ben304.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-s-curve-in-composition.html https://…
Sat Apr 22 03:15:08 +0000 2017Replying to @KapikHusky
Why is it so funny? Many reviewers that give The Thing or Blade Runner way higher ratings than back in 1982
Sat Apr 22 12:31:42 +0000 2017Russian YouTube comments are the fucking worst.
Sat Apr 22 12:33:50 +0000 2017Replying to @KapikHusky
That is fine wth me
Sat Apr 22 12:34:47 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Pick up slime and put in pockets. Oh come on Roger pick it up faster than that.
(Re-post)
Sat Apr 22 12:35:32 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: For some reason my horse didn't want to come out onto the ice. Silly horse.
Sat Apr 22 12:38:44 +0000 2017RT @Foone: Here's my VisiOn software. I think I may have another box with more!
Sat Apr 22 12:39:32 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Studying old adventure game art is very inspiring, but also very humbling. I still have a looong way to go... https://t.co/wAO…
Sat Apr 22 12:40:31 +0000 2017RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games filler video uploaded! http://youtu.be/Bs2Oo8GNzyE?a
Sat Apr 22 12:40:59 +0000 2017Replying to @Quantum_Ornith
I wish they were as entertaining
Sat Apr 22 12:42:45 +0000 2017RT @shitlondon: Pound shop gold. The instructions are the greatest thing I've ever read.
Sat Apr 22 12:54:59 +0000 2017Hmmm... I guess banning a person's comments on YT means their comments don't show up, but you do get them emailed to you.
Sat Apr 22 14:34:39 +0000 2017Today's original: a demo of Manic Monday by Appollonia 6, written and produced by Prince, 2 years before The Bangles https://youtu.be/8da5Ls7RZWQ
Sat Apr 22 14:37:45 +0000 2017Ninja Gaiden (Tecmo/Hi-Tech Expressions, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sat Apr 22 14:46:38 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: I love looking at fictional alphabets in DOS games. ^__^
Sat Apr 22 14:53:20 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Sat Apr 22 15:20:05 +0000 2017Replying to @camaradazorro
Red Alert
Sat Apr 22 15:30:20 +0000 2017Replying to @bgbennyboy
Yay!
Sat Apr 22 15:56:09 +0000 2017Replying to @bsdesigners
Is it funny how LEC put out a VGA version of Monkey Island a few months after the original came out?
Sat Apr 22 16:22:37 +0000 2017Imagine if the only way to watch Citizen Kane was to get a 75 year old print. Now stop asking me why I'm pro commercial game re-releases.
Sat Apr 22 16:25:01 +0000 2017It doesn't have to be one or the other. We can have it both ways. https://x.com/ki11deer/status/855821404373209092
Sat Apr 22 16:38:42 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
NEVER count on corporations to preserve history. Save everything you can. Do your part. We only realize mistakes when it's too late.
Sat Apr 22 16:39:29 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
But also NEVER think we can preserve history by getting unpaid enthusiasts to handle it. What they do is great & amazing, but more is needed
Sat Apr 22 16:40:23 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Money should never be a reasoning for historical preservation, but unfortunately this is how it is in the entertainment industry.
Sat Apr 22 16:41:10 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
The reason you can buy a Cannon Films movie on blu-ray is MONEY, not preservation.
Sat Apr 22 16:41:42 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
That $10 blu-ray of Lawrence of Arabia that I got that's worth every penny? That restoration wasn't done by 3 guys in a basement with $50.
Sat Apr 22 16:42:23 +0000 2017Alternatively, imagine if you could hit a button on your remote & change the new versions of Star Wars into originals on the fly. https://x.com/ki11deer/status/855821404373209092
Sat Apr 22 16:52:17 +0000 2017Alien stopped in 1986, thankyouverymuch. https://x.com/gbelljnr/status/855827494565490692
Sat Apr 22 16:58:15 +0000 2017Replying to @jwestonharvey
Yikes
Sat Apr 22 17:04:16 +0000 2017Anyway, I'm fucking BACK. More DOS content soon. More #NotDOS content soon. More shit is comiiiiiing.
Sat Apr 22 18:14:22 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Sat Apr 22 18:16:12 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
(Caffeine is a hulluva drug!)
Sat Apr 22 18:16:30 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone
Is she hiding under that rock over there?
Sat Apr 22 18:21:56 +0000 2017Replying to @IkiFoo
Remastered gameplay makes action sequences a bit easier
Sat Apr 22 20:21:33 +0000 2017🅱️
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Sat Apr 22 21:08:57 +0000 2017Let's play Dizzy!
Sat Apr 22 21:10:48 +0000 2017#CoderMovies My Dinner with André LaMothe
Sat Apr 22 21:12:51 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames
"Ageing Marlon Brando having an orgasm"?
Sat Apr 22 21:27:09 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames
I hope you're gonna use them!
Sat Apr 22 21:40:59 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Back datas up!
Sat Apr 22 21:54:55 +0000 2017Replying to @Hiraethhologram
I played all the Dizzy games across all available platforms. Fantastic Dizzy is my favorite.
Sat Apr 22 22:02:27 +0000 2017Replying to @ATMcashpoint
Ironically? J.J. Abrams founded a restoration of Phantasm recently.
Sat Apr 22 22:05:00 +0000 2017Replying to @ATMcashpoint
I still don't get it.
Sat Apr 22 22:09:32 +0000 2017Replying to @ATMcashpoint
Sooo.... What does Spielberg have to do with it? Just because he's friends with the guy? That isn't irony.
Sat Apr 22 22:24:44 +0000 2017Replying to @ATMcashpoint
Now THIS is a lot better example, but that STILL isn't irony. http://www.slashfilm.com/george-lucas-speaks-altering-films-1988/
Sat Apr 22 22:25:39 +0000 2017Replying to @ben_304 and @kelseyr713
First couple of hours is very enjoyable
Sat Apr 22 22:33:24 +0000 2017Replying to @groktrev and @ultimadragons
Yes, as long as I get to press a button & seamlessly switch to the original.
Sat Apr 22 22:36:26 +0000 2017Replying to @expectproblems and @GrundislavGames
Why does he have to hide? He's got a huge apartment all to himself! I'd be imitating Brando orgasms all day, if I were him!
Sat Apr 22 22:40:56 +0000 2017Replying to @expectproblems and @GrundislavGames
Sat Apr 22 22:42:16 +0000 2017RT @Foone: This washing machine has a USB port. If only I had my floppy drive on me, I could test it!
Sun Apr 23 00:54:11 +0000 2017RT @TheRetroManCave: Bombs Away! Watch my B17 Flying Fortress review https://youtu.be/vOmbRTWbuPk #DOSGaming
Sun Apr 23 00:57:40 +0000 2017What?! https://x.com/benheck/status/855938216263917569
Sun Apr 23 01:02:16 +0000 2017#CurrentMood
Sun Apr 23 01:07:46 +0000 2017Replying to @Nightshift10000
Terminator 2029
Sun Apr 23 01:24:23 +0000 2017I saw three cats throughout today! #blessed
Sun Apr 23 02:45:28 +0000 2017RT @KasaiREX: all hail pam pam, the new goddess of love
Sun Apr 23 02:49:09 +0000 2017Speaking of which... FUCK TWIN PEAKS, WHEN'S DUCKMAN COMING BACK TO RESOLVE ITS CLIFFHANGER?! https://x.com/bobservo/status/855578474165161984
Sun Apr 23 02:51:49 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer
Woof
Sun Apr 23 03:53:28 +0000 2017Replying to @ACMenes
Cat!
Sun Apr 23 03:55:57 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Me:
Sun Apr 23 03:56:04 +0000 2017RT @SierraChest: Mixed-Up Mother Goose VGA is completed in the Sierra Chest! Enjoy :)
http://www.sierrachest.com/index.php?a=games&id=544&title=mother-goose-vga&fld=general
Sun Apr 23 12:28:56 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Ha, I have caught you Vohaul time to make you pay...for not putting safety rails on these stairs major safety violation…
Sun Apr 23 12:30:25 +0000 2017Today's original version: Michael Des Barres & Holly Knight - Obsession from 1983, a year before the Animotion cover https://youtu.be/NK0Y9YOALz4
Sun Apr 23 13:08:12 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: I finished Lost Eden. It was not difficult, nor was it long. Enjoyed it more than Dragon Lore, and less than Dune and Commande…
Sun Apr 23 13:27:23 +0000 2017Replying to @ben_304 and @richardcobbett
Only they forgot to add variety at a certain point. I still don't understand how is it that Cryo failed so many times.
Sun Apr 23 13:28:19 +0000 2017Replying to @limbclock and @ben_304
I have a video review of Commander Blood in progress right now.
Sun Apr 23 13:29:29 +0000 2017Shit! Broke my headset. Oh well, it was 13 years old anyway. I guess it's time for a new one.
Sun Apr 23 13:31:16 +0000 2017Replying to @limbclock and @ben_304
The DOS version just happens to be within my reach right now
Sun Apr 23 13:34:23 +0000 2017Replying to @limbclock, @orionwl and @ben_304
A certain Philip Ulrich was working on that a few years ago
Sun Apr 23 13:39:21 +0000 2017Replying to @limbclock, @orionwl and @ben_304
But currently the only thing that came out of it is this: https://youtu.be/vU9q7I0FMJM
Sun Apr 23 13:39:53 +0000 2017Concept art of Kickstand from Full Throttle: #DOSGaming
Sun Apr 23 13:42:08 +0000 2017Interactive fiction's finest moment in VGA and EGA #DOSGaming
Sun Apr 23 13:56:29 +0000 2017Dusk of the Gods (Event Horizon Software/Interstel Corporation, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Apr 23 14:12:08 +0000 2017Replying to @Tanukitsune
Yep
Sun Apr 23 14:50:51 +0000 2017Replying to @madmandan_TAC
I have no idea
Sun Apr 23 14:51:07 +0000 2017This is first time I've been at Best Buy before opening since I worked at one years ago, & I can't believe there's still lines b4 it opens
Sun Apr 23 15:00:49 +0000 2017Replying to @traskjd
Getting a new headset because I just broke my old one
Sun Apr 23 15:12:50 +0000 2017Replying to @traskjd
I'm not spending more than $50 on a headset, that's crazy.
Sun Apr 23 15:16:21 +0000 2017Replying to @traskjd
I only use them to Skype & edit videos. I don't need anything fancy.
Sun Apr 23 15:19:38 +0000 2017Replying to @GrundislavGames and @clarafv
Is Boxer a Mac thing? I'm not familiar with frontends
Sun Apr 23 15:30:17 +0000 2017Replying to @ben_304 and @richardcobbett
First one is alright.
Sun Apr 23 15:37:34 +0000 2017Bill Gates, 1996 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/797866948281278464
Sun Apr 23 15:48:22 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Oh, Cryo. :')
Sun Apr 23 15:49:33 +0000 2017#DOSGaming
Sun Apr 23 16:04:58 +0000 2017I have a source video that's 1280x800 flagged as 4:3. Handbrake converted that to 1280x960. New version insists on 1066x800. Wtf?
Sun Apr 23 16:08:12 +0000 2017Also whoever designed modern noise cancelling bass enhancing headphones & didn't put an active volume slider on them can eat a dick!
Sun Apr 23 16:13:14 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
No. I also disable autocropping.
Sun Apr 23 16:18:32 +0000 2017Replying to @Michael_Woolgar
Hmmm... I stumbled upon this last year, and I don't really remember anymore. Don't think so.
Sun Apr 23 16:23:28 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic:
Sun Apr 23 16:23:37 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
I've been doing this for a while. The only thing in the equation that's changed is I upgraded Handbrake.
Sun Apr 23 16:40:46 +0000 2017RT @leyawn: been sitting on this for a few months, but now i can finally announce that warner bros has hired me to write the matrix reboot…
Sun Apr 23 17:13:24 +0000 2017Replying to @Pirate_PL
I don't recall the mask, but it's been a long time since I played this game.
Sun Apr 23 18:11:38 +0000 2017I didn't realize it was supposed to be George Lucas on the left until the remaster https://x.com/DoubleFine/status/856209822634692608
Sun Apr 23 18:21:13 +0000 2017Replying to @_DaveKnowles, @ultimadragons, @dancingcrab, @OtherSide_Games, @RichardGarriott and @bbpcgc
The world "literally" has been recently expanded to also mean figuratively. It's okay.
Sun Apr 23 18:40:34 +0000 2017Replying to @_DaveKnowles, @ultimadragons, @dancingcrab, @OtherSide_Games, @RichardGarriott and @bbpcgc
See #2 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally
Sun Apr 23 18:53:16 +0000 2017What the fuck?!?! https://x.com/thomasfuchs/status/856223323092602881
Sun Apr 23 19:15:13 +0000 2017RT @Taraustralis: If you're happy and you know it....
Sun Apr 23 19:47:08 +0000 2017Replying to @Kevin_W_Ng
Nah, it was mostly people doing returns. 10 went straight to customer service.
Sun Apr 23 20:31:56 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Over on my blog I took a look at purple-green colour schemes in adventure games! :D http://ben304.blogspot.com/2017/04/purple-green-colour-schemes.html https://t.co/Bnycc…
Sun Apr 23 21:39:44 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: I'm in an airport, learning how to play Master of Magic, finally.
Sun Apr 23 23:15:36 +0000 2017RT @Toadsanime: This might be the most British video ever. https://x.com/jackmorriss12/status/855732201849335808/video/1
Mon Apr 24 00:10:28 +0000 2017Replying to @void
Night Raid http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/night-raid/screenshots https://x.com/void/status/856303636531564547
Mon Apr 24 00:33:09 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab
I was gonna say, there's at least 2 Windows-only releases that I'm seeing at the first glance.
Mon Apr 24 01:26:30 +0000 2017Replying to @dancingcrab
Ahem, sir
Mon Apr 24 01:31:32 +0000 2017RT @Foone: A Logitech ClearCase Mouse! I just bought a Logitech and sadly they don't sell transparent plastic ones anymore :(
https://t.co…
Mon Apr 24 01:54:51 +0000 2017Dude, Where's My Conventional Memory?
Mon Apr 24 02:46:13 +0000 2017Replying to @retroremakes
Stop it. You're making me cry.
Mon Apr 24 02:53:23 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: #MSDOSAfterDark
Mon Apr 24 03:00:46 +0000 2017Replying to @AmyDentata
I want to say I do too, but if I think about it for even just a second I realize that, no, I really don't. I don't.
Mon Apr 24 03:02:38 +0000 2017Kind today r so lucky. 1 can always see people fucking in high definition 4 FREE on a magical PDA they call phone & have on them @ all times
Mon Apr 24 03:05:08 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Back in my day we had to walk a mile uphill in snow for each TIF file with digital porn in a tiny resolution!
Mon Apr 24 03:08:41 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic:
Mon Apr 24 03:32:30 +0000 2017Looks like Basic to me ;) https://x.com/Foone/status/856387338338844672
Mon Apr 24 12:12:50 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: A dark cave? Oh no that is where I am going to die for sure!
Mon Apr 24 12:14:35 +0000 2017Me when you say "it was better on Amiga" https://x.com/OnePerfectShot/status/856360826726486017
Mon Apr 24 12:19:27 +0000 2017Speaking of preservation mistakes, remember when Coppola cropped Apocalypse Now to 16:9, & that was the only version available for years?
Mon Apr 24 12:23:50 +0000 2017RT @bbpcgc: 📦 ALBION UNBOXING with @dancingcrab:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msg4itUZJvs
#RETROGAMING #pcgaming #rpg #videogames #GamersUnite #gamers #gam…
Mon Apr 24 13:10:46 +0000 2017
Mon Apr 24 13:16:29 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: A swimming kid? I see no threat here. No threat at all, even though the waters around this island wrecked my ship.
(Re…
Mon Apr 24 13:40:11 +0000 2017Flash Traffic: City of Angels (Tsunami Media/Time Warner Interactive, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay
Mon Apr 24 14:53:37 +0000 2017Ok, so a whole bunch of new versions of programs that I want to use have old features missing/broken/changed.
Mon Apr 24 15:09:07 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
So now I'm basically going between 2017 and 2004 versions of the same stuff. I though upgrading was supposed to make things less complicated
Mon Apr 24 15:09:37 +0000 2017Quest for Glory I VGA demo: #DOSGaming https://youtu.be/3vfr67r1Km0
Mon Apr 24 15:42:09 +0000 2017RT @HolyHeadshot: @dosnostalgic Love that game! Found these the other day.....
Mon Apr 24 15:49:58 +0000 2017Check out these new Oreos! https://x.com/SierraWallpaper/status/856538232980332544
Mon Apr 24 16:00:40 +0000 2017RT @textfiles: https://archive.org/details/TheDungeonRevealedMacintosh https://archive.org/details/mac_Paint_2 https://archive.org/details/mac_Lode_Runner
Mon Apr 24 16:27:50 +0000 2017See also: videogames https://x.com/deadpoooI/status/856038446162354176
Mon Apr 24 16:28:18 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Retribution | print ad (1995) #DOSgaming
Mon Apr 24 16:28:34 +0000 2017It took me several weeks to find my new cd-rom's eject button. I might be getting old.
Mon Apr 24 16:32:07 +0000 2017RT @Foone: I want a floppy this big.
(From http://retrocgads.tumblr.com/post/159480760808/usa-1982)
Mon Apr 24 16:32:32 +0000 2017P.S: I can only partially blame myself, as all these new things don't have buttons, but only icons painted on flat plastic surfaces. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/856546305023324162
Mon Apr 24 16:42:36 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Does anyone actually like "buttons" like that? I find them a pain in the ass. Why do all modern pieces of electronics have them?
Mon Apr 24 16:45:18 +0000 2017I don't need a real button, but at least put a ridge on the case, so I can find the "button" by touch. https://x.com/Battlehork/status/856549810622562304
Mon Apr 24 16:47:26 +0000 2017I don't want moving parts, but the case mold have to be made anyway, right? Just some bumps in the plastic. https://x.com/khajrankin/status/856550145793634306
Mon Apr 24 16:50:08 +0000 2017Welcome to Real Button Nostalgia with Anatoly Shashkin!
Mon Apr 24 16:50:59 +0000 2017Replying to @sn0wf1ake1
I'm not home right now
Mon Apr 24 16:51:12 +0000 2017That's a switch, not a button. I won't allow it. #NotButton https://x.com/umbshow/status/856551812056449024
Mon Apr 24 16:56:49 +0000 2017These are good buttons
Mon Apr 24 17:00:51 +0000 2017This is a Valve. Half-Life 3 confirmed. https://x.com/thomasfuchs/status/856553687967297536
Mon Apr 24 17:02:10 +0000 2017Do you see these buttons? Do you know what that means? Instant feedback! And you can't piss on instant feedback, I WON'T ALLOW IT!
Mon Apr 24 17:47:01 +0000 2017These are great buttons. 11/10. Would press again.
Mon Apr 24 18:15:20 +0000 2017Replying to @Jedi_Mocro
Yes. I have a DIN-to-PS/2 & a PS/2-to-USB connectors, and they work fine together.
Mon Apr 24 18:19:01 +0000 2017Replying to @besterp12
Enter? That's RETURN, son.
Mon Apr 24 18:50:23 +0000 2017RT @NerdOutWithMe: Monday... Let's Just Skip It & Hang Out At The Local Diner.
#NerdOutWithMe #mondaymotivation #RETROGAMING #DOSGaming ht…
Mon Apr 24 20:55:28 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness and @realDonaldTrump
If fucking Donald Trump crawled from underneath my door, I'll kill myself even sooner than she did.
Mon Apr 24 21:42:03 +0000 2017Holy shit! https://x.com/misterbonnie/status/856625408833458176
Mon Apr 24 21:47:09 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Found my old archive of FRUA tools circa 2000-2001. :)
Mon Apr 24 21:49:51 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Code wheels, woo-oo!
Mon Apr 24 21:56:05 +0000 2017RT @Foone: @dosnostalgic I've got two code wheels that aren't for games
Mon Apr 24 22:03:57 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone
I think you tweeted me the same exact thing last year ;)
Mon Apr 24 22:04:21 +0000 2017I'm Bobbin. Are you my mother?
Mon Apr 24 22:22:34 +0000 2017RT @TexTweetz: So i got myself a nice Tandy 1000 SL motherboard. Put it to the test with an improvised PSU, and it works! https://t.co/bgwM…
Mon Apr 24 22:36:42 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Awwwwww, lady and a cat!
Mon Apr 24 22:40:28 +0000 2017Replying to @RetroSwimAU
I'm changing my name to Blobbin
Mon Apr 24 23:48:02 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: #bigboxaday 0114 is ALBION by #BlueByte! This box is just lovely. I'm still working on flattening out the creasing... 😞 @b…
Tue Apr 25 00:24:14 +0000 2017RT @davvves: .@dosnostalgic this was one of the only dos games I had the box for as a kid
Tue Apr 25 00:33:23 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Always bet on Duke
Tue Apr 25 00:34:29 +0000 2017Replying to @sn0wf1ake1 and @davvves
The definition of computer piracy existed for a very long time.
Tue Apr 25 00:53:40 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Duke Nukem 3D alpha (December 1994)
Tue Apr 25 01:20:34 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Duke Nukem. Episode 2, level 2.
Tue Apr 25 01:20:57 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Early Duke Nukem 3D screenshots
Tue Apr 25 01:22:07 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Ken Silverman's Build engine tech demo
Tue Apr 25 01:23:57 +0000 2017Every time you leave the room, I feel I'm fading like flower.
Tue Apr 25 02:47:02 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone
It was a scan from a magazine. It was recently found ;)
Tue Apr 25 02:57:13 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: For a dead guy your eyeballs seem to be doing a very cool dance. I like it.
Tue Apr 25 04:15:12 +0000 2017Sure, I could have stayed in the past. I could have even been king. But in my own way, I *am* king. Hail to the king, baby.
Tue Apr 25 05:11:17 +0000 2017.@Bootleg_Stuff
Tue Apr 25 14:10:59 +0000 2017What's with all those Super Soft Butter sweatshirts? Is this some kind of a new dumb thing I shouldn't care about? #OldBitterGrandpa
Tue Apr 25 16:33:01 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: The owl warned me but really who can trust an owl they met a few hours ago? Owls are known for lying or knowing everyth…
Tue Apr 25 16:38:15 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
Personally, I'm waiting for the return of the Toxic Crusaders
Tue Apr 25 16:38:50 +0000 2017Toxic Cruuuusaders, Toxic Cruuuusaders
Tue Apr 25 17:35:41 +0000 2017Replying to @JonasKyratzes
Whoooooaaaaaa
Tue Apr 25 17:37:11 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: #DOSGaming
Tue Apr 25 17:39:44 +0000 2017Every time... https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/545723935166590976
Tue Apr 25 17:40:18 +0000 2017Remember: Macros & VBA aren't only there for viruses (I know it's easy to forget that sometimes) https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/671867889985716224
Tue Apr 25 17:41:50 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Wing Commander (ORIGIN Systems, Inc., 1990) cutscene #DOSgaming #WingCommander
Tue Apr 25 18:06:00 +0000 2017RT @Alexander_Mejia: Last week's #stream of Full Throttle Remastered, @GrundislavGames talking about @dosnostalgic's ramblings on the manua…
Tue Apr 25 18:33:29 +0000 2017Yeah, that's a bleeping dead alien body if I ever bleeping saw one.
Tue Apr 25 19:00:13 +0000 2017Gotta be honest. Didn't see this coming. https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/856936319146217473
Tue Apr 25 19:30:11 +0000 2017Lol wut? https://www.humblebundle.com/happy-pc-software-bundle
Tue Apr 25 19:35:06 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Tue Apr 25 19:36:50 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Tue Apr 25 19:38:57 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
!!!
Tue Apr 25 19:40:10 +0000 2017Introducing the Amazing S.H.I.T. Bundle!
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Tue Apr 25 20:16:08 +0000 2017Let's talk about DOS, baby.
Let's talk about UMB.
Let's talk about all the good games
And the bad games that may be.
Tue Apr 25 20:26:08 +0000 2017Tweet me something about a DOS game you love!
Tue Apr 25 20:35:19 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
No, because so many people are full of it.
Tue Apr 25 20:38:48 +0000 2017RT @Azagtot: @dosnostalgic MDK -amazing 3D game!!
Tue Apr 25 20:39:29 +0000 2017RT @martijnfrazer: @dosnostalgic I love how you manually have to work on your car in Street Rod, instead of clicking a lame "upgrade" butto…
Tue Apr 25 20:39:35 +0000 2017RT @Garm1981: @dosnostalgic I think that Koei's L'Empereur's man management is still one of the better systems implemented in games depicti…
Tue Apr 25 20:40:20 +0000 2017RT @merconomicon: @dosnostalgic I have never in 5+ playthroughs got past Shodan's death machine on the reactor level alive on the first try.
Tue Apr 25 20:40:51 +0000 2017RT @hmemcpy: @dosnostalgic "You're not supposed to be here" -levelord
Tue Apr 25 20:40:52 +0000 2017RT @umbshow: @dosnostalgic Despite basically being the same game with improvements, I prefer F-19 Stealth Fighter over F-117A Stealth 2.0…
Tue Apr 25 20:44:15 +0000 2017RT @TheRetroManCave: @dosnostalgic Ultima 7. The most immersive pre mmorpg world there was. I was lost in that game for years.
Tue Apr 25 20:44:49 +0000 2017RT @JEBWrench: @dosnostalgic Master of Magic is still the greatest game ever made.
Tue Apr 25 20:44:53 +0000 2017RT @ki11deer: @dosnostalgic The ingame art in Dark Sun Shattered Lands. I love just about every area in this game and someday I'll make a f…
Tue Apr 25 20:45:33 +0000 2017RT @AdamantArchvile: @dosnostalgic Playing Wing Commander: Privateer right now. Pirates can eat my space ass.
Tue Apr 25 20:46:01 +0000 2017RT @DaniGMX: @dosnostalgic Hi-Octane, its amazing sensation of speed. Also wrecking rival cars on Fatal Racing (I think it was called Whipl…
Tue Apr 25 20:48:38 +0000 2017RT @DaniGMX: @dosnostalgic MS Flight Simulator 5.0 and its night flight mode. I still get goosebumps remembering my flight sessions with al…
Tue Apr 25 20:53:48 +0000 2017RT @ersinakyuz: @dosnostalgic Titus the Fox! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_VPhDnRwdk
Tue Apr 25 20:53:54 +0000 2017RT @namco_: @dosnostalgic I have one thing to say, and that's X-Wing. That is all! ;)
Tue Apr 25 20:57:29 +0000 2017RT @perfect5tranger: @dosnostalgic Lots of games & beautiful memories. But I think I pick Another World. Running scared from the 'lion' and…
Tue Apr 25 20:57:48 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: @dosnostalgic DOS version of #HeroQuest by Gremlin featured Golden Brown in its soundtrack. https://youtu.be/GIBgggKouCA (3:20)
Tue Apr 25 20:58:29 +0000 2017RT @DavidXNewton: @dosnostalgic The little building sites in Sim City 2000 when people start moving in 💜
Tue Apr 25 21:02:20 +0000 2017RT @Foone: @dosnostalgic Colonization does path finding over several turns, so if you tell a unit to move it'll just use a "best guess" pat…
Tue Apr 25 21:02:31 +0000 2017RT @LordScavamungus: @dosnostalgic At a summer job I got my coworkers hooked on Lemmings. Management was baffled why everyone wanted Sun 38…
Tue Apr 25 21:09:39 +0000 2017RT @user24x: @dosnostalgic I used to love playing revenge of the mutant camels on my pc.
Tue Apr 25 21:10:16 +0000 2017RT @anicebed: @dosnostalgic Finding Duke Nukem's corpse in a secret room in Blood. "Shake it baby"
Tue Apr 25 21:10:26 +0000 2017RT @robotics_gttg: @dosnostalgic The secret level of the second episode of Duke 3D. As "simple" as it was (invisible teleports), it's still…
Tue Apr 25 21:14:35 +0000 2017RT @ajmonteleone: @dosnostalgic Matching speed with an X-Wing and blowing the hell out of it in TIE FIGHTER.
Tue Apr 25 21:14:53 +0000 2017RT @khajrankin: @dosnostalgic seeing my colony hard at work
Tue Apr 25 21:20:57 +0000 2017RT @davesio: @dosnostalgic Micromachines 2, racing against my little brother using one keyboard.
Tue Apr 25 21:21:00 +0000 2017RT @kalirion: @dosnostalgic Master of Magic - starting with Myrran, Alchemy and Artificer, and taking my time crafting ultimate equipment f…
Tue Apr 25 21:21:11 +0000 2017RT @mistfunk: @dosnostalgic Getting some valuable lock-picking practice in Quest for Glory, nasally.
Tue Apr 25 21:21:28 +0000 2017RT @Optimaximal: @dosnostalgic Comanche 3's DOS setup program using the best music in the game on loop as a sound test. Sorely missed in C3…
Tue Apr 25 21:26:38 +0000 2017RT @vanchelot: @dosnostalgic I love Descent. No game, new or old, gave me the experience of Decent. The freedom, the speed, the dizziness o…
Tue Apr 25 21:26:50 +0000 2017RT @Des_Roin: @dosnostalgic Crusader No Remorse when you ignore the warning sign on the defective teleporter and... you know what I mean 😁
Tue Apr 25 21:28:32 +0000 2017RT @SexyHyuna97: @dosnostalgic "OMG! No way!!"
me, the first time <3 <3 <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsvmqKBuQ7U
Tue Apr 25 21:28:42 +0000 2017RT @MickBim: @dosnostalgic Little Big Adventure because it's my first PC (and so DOS) game.
Tue Apr 25 21:29:38 +0000 2017RT @frogoland: @dosnostalgic Elite, Prince of Persia, Sokoban and Mach 3. And Eye of the Beholder. And Beneath the Steel Sky. Spent countle…
Tue Apr 25 21:44:52 +0000 2017RT @OlliRiihitupa: @dosnostalgic Squeezing out the 1/100 seconds in Indianapolis 500 Simulation and F1GP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJNW7b7wcjI
Tue Apr 25 21:45:07 +0000 2017RT @pablofisher: @dosnostalgic IDKFA, IDDQD
Tue Apr 25 21:45:24 +0000 2017RT @philnelson: @dosnostalgic The animations in Castles and Castles II.
Tue Apr 25 21:46:03 +0000 2017RT @mistfunk: @dosnostalgic Also: lawnmowing the footnotes in Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure.
Tue Apr 25 21:46:12 +0000 2017RT @cetoz: @dosnostalgic Command & Conquer was a wonderful game and experience. And installing the game first time with it's super cool ins…
Tue Apr 25 21:46:22 +0000 2017RT @pablofisher: @dosnostalgic the sound of dunks in lakers vs celtics...
Tue Apr 25 21:47:10 +0000 2017RT @thurgoodouglass: @dosnostalgic The Daggerfall demo. You got a whole island!
Tue Apr 25 21:50:31 +0000 2017RT @CanetheSutter: @dosnostalgic feeling the world in quarantine was huge and lived-in. I was amazed by the size and variety of missions
Tue Apr 25 22:01:02 +0000 2017RT @Xenaero: @dosnostalgic Hearing those Bobby Prince tunes
Tue Apr 25 22:01:18 +0000 2017RT @PushinUpRoses: @dosnostalgic Dagger of Amon Ra simply makes me SO HAPPY. MURDER MYSTERY.
Tue Apr 25 22:08:20 +0000 2017RT @AgustinCordes: @dosnostalgic Those birds chirping in the PC booter version of King's Quest have been haunting me since 1986: https://t.…
Tue Apr 25 22:08:38 +0000 2017RT @CGOApps: @dosnostalgic Until then, the air-to-air comms in Falcon 3.0: "Clean, clear, and naked!" And, of course "Be advised, I've gon…
Tue Apr 25 22:13:19 +0000 2017Replying to @CGOApps
It's #NotDOS only
Tue Apr 25 22:13:51 +0000 2017RT @zdanielz: @dosnostalgic Firing a Gauss gun in syndicate. The opening sequence for "reunion" and the smooth gameplay of "Fury of the fur…
Tue Apr 25 22:14:02 +0000 2017RT @davvves: @dosnostalgic The MOD music by Robert Allen from Epic Pinball and Jazz Jackrabbit
Tue Apr 25 22:14:11 +0000 2017RT @idan315: @dosnostalgic Played the Super Melee of Star Control 2 for years before realizing there's a whole other game in there.
Tue Apr 25 22:14:20 +0000 2017RT @kokorogensou: @dosnostalgic the amount of content out there for FRUA ;;
also Master of Magic's wide scale of variability with its map…
Tue Apr 25 22:16:00 +0000 2017RT @Simon_Ashtear: @dosnostalgic I loved reading manuals during the installing process, and looking through catalogs of other games from th…
Tue Apr 25 22:16:51 +0000 2017RT @GalexQuest: @dosnostalgic Even after playing it for years, still finding new ways to kill off Kyrandia folks.
Tue Apr 25 22:24:27 +0000 2017RT @BardsTale: @dosnostalgic Searching the EXE file with a HEX editor for the copy protection answers and overwriting them with zeros. Didn…
Tue Apr 25 22:24:34 +0000 2017RT @GustArballo: @dosnostalgic figuring out the tunes to play in Loom
Tue Apr 25 22:26:08 +0000 2017RT @CGOApps: @dosnostalgic Mach 3 - the jammin' music and, the voices! "Get Ready...for Mach 3" and "Game Over...oh, boy" 😎
Tue Apr 25 22:26:19 +0000 2017RT @TheVincentSmyth: @dosnostalgic Getting Fade to Black to work fully on my PC for the first time- sound didn't work and the FMV sequences…
Tue Apr 25 22:30:50 +0000 2017RT @KazuoIchigama: @dosnostalgic Duke Nukem 3D. The fact that there are slopes, changing evironments, and even rotating map sectors is amaz…
Tue Apr 25 22:31:00 +0000 2017Replying to @robotics_gttg and @BardsTale
Or three entirety of the Russian DOS FPS MadSpace, now on Steam thanks to @NightdiveStudio
Tue Apr 25 22:44:55 +0000 2017Replying to @robotics_gttg, @BardsTale and @NightdiveStudio
The* entirety
Tue Apr 25 22:45:12 +0000 2017RT @offperception: @dosnostalgic I remember being quite charmed with the song in Elf as well as that super smooth VGA fade in and out. And…
Tue Apr 25 22:45:35 +0000 2017RT @mubutu: @dosnostalgic Insults duel with the sword master on Monkey island 1 and the spitting contest on monkey island 2 https://t.co/K7…
Tue Apr 25 22:48:24 +0000 2017RT @RacieBeep: @dosnostalgic Gathering all the inchworms together in Keen 4 just cause I wanted to see if I could.. and the result
Tue Apr 25 22:53:09 +0000 2017RT @djWHEAT: @dosnostalgic QModem :) - access to door games like Operation Overkill, Trade Wars, The Pit, LOTRD, BRE, etc
Tue Apr 25 23:37:24 +0000 2017RT @djWHEAT: @dosnostalgic Wasteland - I remember waiting 23 days over summer for that UPS truck to finally deliver this masterpiece. Playe…
Tue Apr 25 23:37:33 +0000 2017Replying to @RemiCay
#FeelFreeToUnfollow
Tue Apr 25 23:38:05 +0000 2017RT @demoversi: @dosnostalgic The horrific screams of the desert zombies in Stone Prophet.
Tue Apr 25 23:38:16 +0000 2017RT @jspengler: @dosnostalgic 10-yrs-old, playing 100+ hours of 1v1 split screen C-Dogs matches w/ my best friend. (In the basement, the pro…
Tue Apr 25 23:39:01 +0000 2017RT @bassguy654: @dosnostalgic Playing Commander Keen with my Gravis Gamepad. And making executable menus for my friends who didn't understa…
Tue Apr 25 23:39:22 +0000 2017RT @develintales: @dosnostalgic Warcraft 2's units getting angry when you clicked them too often (and the brilliant German dubbing)
Tue Apr 25 23:39:26 +0000 2017Replying to @_hhandoko
Tue Apr 25 23:39:53 +0000 2017RT @DopefishJustin: @dosnostalgic cranking the detail level all the way up to PENTIUM in Tyrian
Tue Apr 25 23:46:11 +0000 2017RT @liviopacifico: @dosnostalgic People flying off of roller coaster in Theme Park.
Tue Apr 25 23:49:31 +0000 2017RT @Garbage_Bear: @dosnostalgic the weird atmosphere of Darkseed
Tue Apr 25 23:50:03 +0000 2017RT @davvves: @dosnostalgic Downloading and playing custom worlds for ZZT
Tue Apr 25 23:50:08 +0000 2017RT @bhtooefr: @dosnostalgic I was always impressed with Lotus III's PC speaker music. Sure, it was still PC speaker, but it did a really go…
Tue Apr 25 23:50:23 +0000 2017RT @samvega_pasada: @dosnostalgic the wonderful dark humour of Blood - which led me to find out how funny horror movies are!
Tue Apr 25 23:54:40 +0000 2017Well, that was a fun 3 hours! I think I can stop RTing now, but you can still check this thread for more DOS love! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/856969895195672577
Tue Apr 25 23:56:13 +0000 2017Today's original version: Bonnie Tyler's The Best from 1988, a year before it was covered by Tina Turner https://youtu.be/55we8Nc9rJw
Wed Apr 26 00:35:54 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: And look at this magnificent newspaper! #Infocom #TheWitness #retrogaming 📰🗞️
Wed Apr 26 00:40:19 +0000 2017
Wed Apr 26 02:04:51 +0000 2017Hey remember that time "Sierra" got resurrected? lol
Wed Apr 26 02:53:52 +0000 2017Replying to @TheDreamsFar
I've said pretty much the same thing the day of the announcement
Wed Apr 26 04:17:02 +0000 2017RT @gnomeslair: LOOM: The Inside Story With Brian Moriarty -- a Retro Hour podcast http://www.theretrohour.com/loom-the-inside-story-with-brian-moriarty-the-retro-hour-ep67/
Wed Apr 26 12:12:25 +0000 2017RT @Pixelmusement: New Shovelware Diggers video uploaded! http://youtu.be/cbbpn8PlQ0g?a
Wed Apr 26 12:28:24 +0000 2017New podcast is here! @MatWBT & I talk about Sim-games developed/published by Maxis http://www.dosnostalgia.com/?p=810 https://youtu.be/wH35iZu5J9w
Wed Apr 26 15:08:33 +0000 2017RIP Jonathan Demme
Wed Apr 26 15:14:58 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: There are two official Aliens games for DOS, but both are rather meh #alienday426 #DOSGaming
Wed Apr 26 15:22:03 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: The best Aliens game for DOS is the one that didn't bother with the Aliens license. #alienday426 #DOSGaming https://t.co/…
Wed Apr 26 15:25:01 +0000 2017#AlienDay
Wed Apr 26 15:25:51 +0000 2017Replying to @BregerW
Yeah, that makes it not an Alien game.
Wed Apr 26 15:42:21 +0000 2017Ok, so I discovered that the culprit in some of my programs fucking up when using screen doubling in Win10 was automatic scaling.
Wed Apr 26 15:52:34 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
How does Windows decide which programs to scale, and which ones not to, is a fucking mystery. But disabling DPI scaling for each EXE works.
Wed Apr 26 15:53:11 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Now the question of the day is this: I don't actually have scaling enabled. But since it's Windows, how the hell do I actually disable it.
Wed Apr 26 15:53:57 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
What really bothers me is that both of my monitor & my tv are exactly the same resolution. I JUST WANT MY SCREEN MIRRORED, WINDOWS! >:(
Wed Apr 26 15:59:25 +0000 2017Replying to @herrmansen
It would be great if it worked like that, but NOPE
Wed Apr 26 16:00:52 +0000 2017Replying to @herrmansen
The problem only occurs when using screen mirroring for me. Not single monitor, not extended desktop, but only when mirroring.
Wed Apr 26 16:03:06 +0000 2017Replying to @herrmansen
This was pretty annoying for weeks, but now at least I know a fix. Will have to do it for each program individually, but oh well.
Wed Apr 26 16:04:41 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
However, another annoyance even with this quick fix, is that programs change resolution b4 resetting it back & fuck up my desktop icons. :(
Wed Apr 26 16:10:12 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: The only Aliens sequel I want:
Wed Apr 26 16:35:23 +0000 2017Replying to @HenrySmola
The caption is fake. He didn't say that, and, in fact, said something very different about gender in that episode.
Wed Apr 26 16:57:15 +0000 2017Replying to @HenrySmola
Old show
Wed Apr 26 17:05:10 +0000 2017Old Duke Nukem vs politically correct Duke Nukem
Wed Apr 26 17:05:36 +0000 2017And I didn't even need to fake a caption for this one! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/857279504628281346
Wed Apr 26 17:09:36 +0000 2017Replying to @jwestonharvey and @jayne_pea
And wears pink.
Wed Apr 26 17:15:49 +0000 2017Replying to @jayne_pea and @jwestonharvey
It's a joke on a shitty meme that's currently making its rounds on Twitter
Wed Apr 26 17:16:54 +0000 2017RT @MyLifeInGaming: For anyone wondering what the resolution and aspect ration increase looks like for Night Trap 25th, here ya go! https:/…
Wed Apr 26 17:36:48 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
Don't forget the pudding pops!
Wed Apr 26 18:01:59 +0000 2017Replying to @AaronMT and @RerezTV
No idea about the logo. Can we get a shot of the keyboard?
Wed Apr 26 18:09:14 +0000 2017FaceApp smiles don't work for me
Wed Apr 26 18:14:32 +0000 2017
Wed Apr 26 18:16:04 +0000 2017Replying to @Pedro_DeCastro
I am *IN* that game ;)
Wed Apr 26 18:41:41 +0000 2017Why isn't Alien: Isolation on sale on #AlienDay?
Wed Apr 26 19:07:13 +0000 2017Replying to @Pedro_DeCastro
Phone book
Wed Apr 26 20:21:36 +0000 2017Medieval Warriors (Merit Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay
Wed Apr 26 21:58:01 +0000 2017Replying to @_LDSO_
Should I have gotten that update automatically already?
Wed Apr 26 22:07:49 +0000 2017If I don't fall asleep, and get some caffeine, I might stream in a hour and a half. Accepting suggestions for games right now.
Wed Apr 26 22:56:49 +0000 2017Replying to @BluScreen_Jason
That's what they all say.
Wed Apr 26 23:01:58 +0000 2017Here's a project of reverse-engineering Blood to port it... to JAVA?!?! http://m210.duke4.net/index.php
Wed Apr 26 23:29:50 +0000 2017Ok, Windows update wiped out both VirtualMIDISynth and MUNT. Awesome.
Wed Apr 26 23:50:09 +0000 2017Suggest DOS games that can be finished in a hour or two. I'm out to grab an energy drink.
Thu Apr 27 00:02:04 +0000 2017Replying to @St_Robert
It's called Mario & Luigi, and I've streamed it before already.
Thu Apr 27 00:04:14 +0000 2017RT @Foone: Today's fun discovery, from an episode of @Pixelmusement's Shovelware diggers: Major Striker stole graphics from the 1988 game S…
Thu Apr 27 00:08:50 +0000 2017Streaming from my new rig: https://gaming.youtube.com/watch?v=ArMbInKq-6s
Thu Apr 27 00:37:33 +0000 2017Thanks to everyone who stopped by the stream. It was fun!
Thu Apr 27 01:54:32 +0000 2017Finally got around to checking out Carmageddon: Reincarnation. It's pretty damn good!
Thu Apr 27 02:30:57 +0000 2017The first rule of Quake Champions Beta is you don't talk about Quake Champions Beta.
Thu Apr 27 02:37:37 +0000 2017Replying to @art_micro
See rule #1
Thu Apr 27 02:43:07 +0000 2017Cortana, this is really grounds for an uninstall. >:(
Thu Apr 27 02:56:20 +0000 2017Replying to @Pixelmusement
Exactly the same is happening to my account this very minute.
Thu Apr 27 03:03:42 +0000 2017Silence of the Lambs's opening credits font is HUGE and WEIRD.
Thu Apr 27 03:08:45 +0000 2017Wait... The ScummVM April Fools joke about it supporting Plumbers Don't Wear Ties wasn't actually a joke?!?!
Thu Apr 27 03:22:28 +0000 2017Replying to @RealLordDalek
That's the one that's currently supported
Thu Apr 27 03:27:10 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone
What a brave woman
Thu Apr 27 03:27:39 +0000 2017Replying to @richardgoodness
That's not a newspaper cartoon, Richard.
Thu Apr 27 03:36:15 +0000 2017Ted Levine also deserved an Oscar for the "Would you fuck me?" sequence.
Thu Apr 27 03:39:43 +0000 2017Ok, here's a Hannibal poll. Pick a favorite adaptation:
Thu Apr 27 03:45:12 +0000 2017How the fuck have I been missing a George Romero cameo in The Silence of the Lambs all these years?
Thu Apr 27 04:17:43 +0000 2017Replying to @BryanOnion
He's one of the cops who takes Clarice away from Lector's cage.
Thu Apr 27 04:19:16 +0000 2017Replying to @BryanOnion
I'm watching it right now, and this is the first time I ever noticed.
Thu Apr 27 04:20:46 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Corman gets a speaking part, but Romero gets just a glance? Weird. Probably cropped out of pan & scan version too.
Thu Apr 27 04:23:32 +0000 2017Replying to @bocha_himself and @lazygamereviews
I am a citizen of both countries, and I prefer the first one. Low poly peds in the second game don't do it for me.
Thu Apr 27 04:25:22 +0000 2017Replying to @mr_dammit_dan
But did you look in your heart?
Thu Apr 27 04:45:14 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidXNewton
I also backed it. It seems fine now.
Thu Apr 27 12:51:17 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: Om nom nom.
(Re-post)
Thu Apr 27 13:07:41 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: So you have beaten the game, stopped the clone attack, defeated Vohaul but the game is still ready to kill you. https:/…
Thu Apr 27 13:07:49 +0000 2017Replying to @expectproblems
So good
Thu Apr 27 13:10:14 +0000 2017RT @AmayirotAkago: Happy King's Day, everybody!
Thu Apr 27 13:10:43 +0000 2017RT @yebenya: Алиса Селезнёва | Москва
Thu Apr 27 13:17:30 +0000 2017Archive of last night's stream ICYMI. Played Z.A.R, Quake, Blood, Carmageddon, & The Dark Eye: https://youtu.be/ArMbInKq-6s
Thu Apr 27 13:27:36 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I can probably raise the bitrate on the stream next time. My current one isn't doing giant 320x200 pixels any favors.
Thu Apr 27 13:33:41 +0000 2017Replying to @derphilipp
Thank you for listening! All credit here goes to @MatWBT, who suggested the topic.
Thu Apr 27 13:41:35 +0000 2017California Games II (Epyx, 1990) in VGA, EGA, CGA, and Hercules #DOSGaming
Thu Apr 27 13:52:40 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Destruction Derby (Reflections Interactive / Psygnosis, 1996) #DOSgaming
Thu Apr 27 14:08:43 +0000 2017Catch 'Em (Prestige/Global Software, 1992) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Apr 27 14:58:55 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Ok, here's a Hannibal poll. Pick a favorite adaptation:
Thu Apr 27 15:03:13 +0000 2017Replying to @benjedwards
Thu Apr 27 15:13:10 +0000 2017Replying to @lazygamereviews
WHAT?!?!
Thu Apr 27 15:24:31 +0000 2017A Mexican food place near my house chose to play a 2000s club music station. I forgot how bland club music was in the 2000s.
Thu Apr 27 15:33:17 +0000 2017That's one big vape! https://x.com/SierraWallpaper/status/857625388922552320
Thu Apr 27 16:02:50 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: I found Clippy's cousin!
Thu Apr 27 16:40:13 +0000 2017Replying to @ItsTheShadsy
Holy shit, USB support!
Thu Apr 27 16:41:15 +0000 2017Replying to @shaneriley
It's Long Island. Everyone just assumes that everyone else is on heroin, usually.
Thu Apr 27 17:06:20 +0000 2017Is it time for another "is your child a cyber hacker" check list again? http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39654092
Thu Apr 27 17:08:31 +0000 2017Replying to @pripyatbeast and @RickandMorty
I didn't think you were so ready for death threats for the rest of your life.
Thu Apr 27 17:44:03 +0000 2017I really love everything about Carmageddon Reincarnation, except I'm yet to see beyond the first stage, since it's super grindy, and I suck.
Thu Apr 27 17:54:14 +0000 2017ICYM a new episode of my podcast yesterday. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/857250051097337856
Thu Apr 27 18:05:09 +0000 2017RT @womensart1: Photographer Berenice Abbott, 'Woman wiring an early IBM computer' from the Documenting Science series (1938-58) #womensart…
Thu Apr 27 18:20:36 +0000 2017Oh dear lord, stop bitching about Video Games Are Better Without Stories. Did you forget about Video Games Are Better Without Characters?
Thu Apr 27 18:33:04 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Video Games Are Better Without People Pointing At Each Other And Screaming Every Single Time.
Thu Apr 27 18:36:50 +0000 2017Replying to @Azarion196
No, that's like saying movies are better without stories, which isn't the same thing.
Thu Apr 27 18:37:55 +0000 2017I'm honestly about to accept that the medium isn't going to mature within my life time.
Thu Apr 27 18:39:23 +0000 2017Replying to @BluScreen_Jason
I think Bogost is always half-trolling with those articles, and especially with those titles. People shouldn't react in a the way they do.
Thu Apr 27 18:41:14 +0000 2017Also so many of my favorite games have little to no story and characters. https://x.com/BluScreen_Jason/status/857665794251132928
Thu Apr 27 18:42:01 +0000 2017It's the DOS way, or the DOS highway. https://x.com/saltyhorse/status/857670519612731392
Thu Apr 27 19:00:06 +0000 2017XD https://x.com/Major_Alchemist/status/857671132660588546
Thu Apr 27 19:22:08 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidXNewton and @BluScreen_Jason
Absolutely, there are games that only have simplistic mechanics than in turn tell a good story that I enjoy a lot. There's a place for both.
Thu Apr 27 19:27:45 +0000 2017Still relevant https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/721031557885083648
Thu Apr 27 19:29:42 +0000 2017Replying to @friarzero
I fucking LOVE that movie.
Thu Apr 27 19:33:15 +0000 2017Replying to @micfuckabee
Hellraiser 2 blows. I really don't know why I picked it to screenshot. It was a long time ago.
Thu Apr 27 19:37:58 +0000 2017Replying to @micfuckabee
I don't really like the idea either. I wasn't a fan of where Peter Atkins took the Hellraiser franchise.
Thu Apr 27 19:47:43 +0000 2017Replying to @micfuckabee
I like Derriksen's Hellraiser 5 a LOT. Also no, Barker didn't write the movie. Source: making of doc.
Thu Apr 27 19:52:43 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer
And 3.5 to Anaconda
Thu Apr 27 19:54:28 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer
He did play Cosmology of Kyoto & said it was art, so that's fine with me.
Thu Apr 27 20:00:50 +0000 2017Replying to @micfuckabee
6th one is a fan favorite direct to video sequel, but honestly I find 5 superior. Also quite an achievement considering how cheap it is
Thu Apr 27 20:03:51 +0000 2017RT @benjedwards: Also just released: Prodigy Art Gallery works by various artists -- https://www.flickr.com/photos/149332336@N06/albums/72157682290290675/with/33067154683/
Thu Apr 27 20:19:05 +0000 2017I agree https://x.com/AgustinCordes/status/857695169294061568
Thu Apr 27 20:40:34 +0000 2017So yeah, how about them DOS games, eh?
Thu Apr 27 21:18:05 +0000 2017If you've never seen Jonathan Demme's film version of Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia, I recommend it highly. #RIP
Thu Apr 27 21:22:27 +0000 2017Replying to @Hiraethhologram
I completed all of them. I'm still around, at least physically.
Thu Apr 27 21:23:08 +0000 2017Replying to @Hiraethhologram
That's like every shmup ever. Could be anything. Need more details. Check out Raptor & Tyrian just in case.
Thu Apr 27 21:30:04 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Always remember: Rhythm is a dancer. It's a soul's companion. You can feel it everywhere.
Thu Apr 27 21:35:30 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
And no, I'm not serious as cancer. That version of the song NEVER HAPPENED, okay?!
Thu Apr 27 21:38:18 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
I sort of constantly fluctuate between Dawn and Day.
Thu Apr 27 21:38:56 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
What's yours?
Thu Apr 27 21:42:00 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Well, you DEFINITELY need to see Night, Dawn, & Day. I recommend Land as well. Day has a zombie you'll *love*. I mean it.
Thu Apr 27 21:46:36 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Wait. What? Don't get me anything. Just promise to watch the movies.
Thu Apr 27 21:47:40 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
They are not about zombies! They are real movies. You'll see.
Thu Apr 27 21:49:22 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
I'll do my best to try! #StubbornRussian
Thu Apr 27 21:49:53 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Ok, final test. Most pain in the ass way, but I think it gives the best results.
Thu Apr 27 21:58:46 +0000 2017Replying to @_JohnTalent_
I think you might be confusing it with Himey Lipshitz
Thu Apr 27 22:17:00 +0000 2017Always be ready https://x.com/MyDinnerWithJJ/status/857714751090155520
Thu Apr 27 22:17:17 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: California Games II (Epyx, 1990) in VGA, EGA, CGA, and Hercules #DOSGaming
Thu Apr 27 22:41:54 +0000 2017Replying to @kevinmenzel
No
Thu Apr 27 22:45:13 +0000 2017Replying to @nothingreal
Dafuq is a young Baba Yaga doing there? Also Sochi is a freaking resort!
Thu Apr 27 22:46:56 +0000 2017So it's been a several days since I played Doom 2016. I def lost interest. Bummer. Because there's a bunch of stuff that I liked.
Thu Apr 27 22:49:09 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
1 of those things is platforming, surprisingly. Arenas with many enemies & several levels of elevation were the most fun to play.
Thu Apr 27 22:50:39 +0000 2017Replying to @scar3crowdotcom
How far did you get+l?
Thu Apr 27 22:51:26 +0000 2017Replying to @potatootter
That's where I stopped. Got bored.
Thu Apr 27 22:52:23 +0000 2017Replying to @scar3crowdotcom
Ah, I didn't even get to that.
Thu Apr 27 22:52:43 +0000 2017Replying to @potatootter
It's a very good looking game, but the level design really makes me go ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz
Thu Apr 27 22:53:31 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
The shooting feels really good. I enjoy constantly swapping weapons. But the shotgun feels underpowered, while plasma gun is super powerful.
Thu Apr 27 22:54:48 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
The finishing moves can go fuck themselves. After the first half hour they become a major annoyance.
Thu Apr 27 22:55:49 +0000 2017This is the weirdest thing I've seen in a long time. An attractive Baba Yaga? And a snow trail in the woods, in Sochi? Whose idea was this? https://x.com/nothingreal/status/857725222983782400
Thu Apr 27 23:02:27 +0000 2017Replying to @evermoist
I play Doom 2 once a week
Thu Apr 27 23:02:52 +0000 2017Replying to @scar3crowdotcom
I use it for tactical needs to minimize effects from alternate fire modes. Almost feels like a cheat, really.
Thu Apr 27 23:04:11 +0000 2017Replying to @corbindavenport
I didn't even make it to the boss fight. ZZZZZzzzzzzz
Thu Apr 27 23:04:55 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
This is what Sochi look like. A snow trail is highly unlikely
Thu Apr 27 23:06:49 +0000 2017Replying to @Foone
Thu Apr 27 23:15:20 +0000 2017Replying to @retroremakes
Idk. I like going to videogame events where people mostly bullshit about life & drink booze. Those events are usually at bars.
Fri Apr 28 00:22:56 +0000 2017Replying to @tedtropy
I have upgraded. They are still annoying.
Fri Apr 28 01:05:33 +0000 2017I <3 Mr. Puffy Pants!!! https://x.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/857037019180093441
Fri Apr 28 01:13:25 +0000 2017Replying to @HG_101
Yes
Fri Apr 28 01:54:40 +0000 2017Replying to @expectproblems and @Ronni_S2017
Russian ones aren't the same as Polish! (P.S. Russian ones rock!)
Fri Apr 28 03:14:25 +0000 2017Replying to @expectproblems and @Ronni_S2017
👍Well, now I want some pierogies...
Fri Apr 28 03:18:16 +0000 2017Jesus Christ https://x.com/icculus/status/857677043542130688
Fri Apr 28 03:22:11 +0000 2017Replying to @expectproblems and @Ronni_S2017
It's 11:30 at night where I'm at, so my dreams aren't coming true. Eat an extra one for me if you end up getting some today!
Fri Apr 28 03:27:35 +0000 2017Replying to @nothingreal
Baba Yaga eats children!
Fri Apr 28 03:56:24 +0000 2017Replying to @PushinUpRoses
Technology advancements and dance music. And economy.
Fri Apr 28 04:23:13 +0000 2017Replying to @RanFuRe
I have both, as I backed it on Kickstarter, but I'm playing Reincarnation, not Max Damage
Fri Apr 28 13:14:13 +0000 2017Replying to @taffer64
I don't care that it has nothing to do with Doom, I didn't expect it too. I just wanted to shoot things & be entertained.
Fri Apr 28 13:15:32 +0000 2017Replying to @RanFuRe
Max Damage is a port of the simplified console version. And yes, Reincarnation has been patched for better performance. No issues for me.
Fri Apr 28 13:44:06 +0000 2017Quest for Glory EGA demo #DOSGaming https://youtu.be/nUzl56FD23Y
Fri Apr 28 14:09:05 +0000 2017I'm just gonna tweet this every time I want to talk about Quake Champions Beta https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/857423459999256577
Fri Apr 28 14:34:12 +0000 2017So this is about no game in particular <ahem>: It is FAST! It is so fast! I'm weeping with joy! 😂😂😂
Fri Apr 28 15:01:22 +0000 2017In the mid 90s both Sierra and Lucasarts set out to develop a new big adventure game that would go beyond the usual adventure player base.
Fri Apr 28 16:31:51 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Sierra spent $4.5 million & made Phantasmagoria. Lucasarts spent "over a million" & made Full Throttle.
Fri Apr 28 16:32:50 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer
Which one got a remake 20 years later?
Fri Apr 28 17:20:25 +0000 2017Recommended Carmageddon Reincarnation to someone, and then saw that it's not actually available. Is Max Damage all there is now?
Fri Apr 28 19:27:43 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I was under the impression that Max Damage was a version that cut down on graphical detail a little, because it was targeting consoles.
Fri Apr 28 19:29:29 +0000 2017Replying to @Sdoots
So it is in Reincarnation
Fri Apr 28 19:45:53 +0000 2017Replying to @robotics_gttg and @ki11deer
Why are you gamesplaining to me, man?
Fri Apr 28 20:02:56 +0000 2017Just realized that the only new games I played on my new computer so far were Doom, Full Throttle, Carmageddon, and Quake
Fri Apr 28 20:18:57 +0000 2017I do own that one. Also Civilization. https://x.com/_errne/status/858053394828754944
Fri Apr 28 20:28:52 +0000 2017Still can't talk about the new Quake. Damn. #FuckOffNDA
Fri Apr 28 20:43:47 +0000 2017However, a generic multiplayer game thing I can talk about is this: I fucking hate upgrades & upgrade currency in multiplayer shooter games
Fri Apr 28 20:45:36 +0000 2017That's what bothers me. From a quick glance, that's how most multiplayer shooters function these days. I just can't accept that idea. https://x.com/Phredreeke/status/858060426713739266
Fri Apr 28 20:57:48 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidXNewton
Idk. But I'm not talking about it.
Fri Apr 28 20:58:21 +0000 2017Replying to @Inurian59
There isn't. Yet.
Fri Apr 28 20:58:32 +0000 2017Replying to @TypingWacewaga
It's not
Fri Apr 28 21:06:38 +0000 2017Replying to @tobascodagama
I'm absolutely fine with original Counter-Strike. The money only mattered within a single match.
Fri Apr 28 21:18:08 +0000 2017Replying to @MobyGamer, @robotics_gttg and @ki11deer
There's also always a possibility of an actual remake that uses none of the original's assets.
Fri Apr 28 21:37:17 +0000 2017Replying to @lazygamereviews
Ask them if they can send you Porntris in a box
Fri Apr 28 21:41:29 +0000 2017Aaand ScummVM supports SCI32 now. Get your Gabriel Knights ready. https://x.com/ScummVM/status/858079222304301056
Fri Apr 28 22:09:14 +0000 2017Replying to @mrchapel0203
Yeah, except really it's about bonuses that one can buy with real money instead of putting time in. It's about money.
Fri Apr 28 22:28:19 +0000 2017Replying to @mrchapel0203
You know what's not fun? Taking time off, & then returning & finding that EVERYONE spawns with 500 armor points & a railgun from the get go.
Fri Apr 28 22:29:37 +0000 2017Replying to @ki11deer, @MobyGamer and @robotics_gttg
I'm almost certain all of them are still available
Fri Apr 28 22:33:04 +0000 2017RT @OhHeyItsRei: ???
????????????
Fri Apr 28 22:34:03 +0000 2017Replying to @HelloMrKearns and @jennfrankgames
Jenn is not on Twitter anymore :,(
Fri Apr 28 22:42:39 +0000 2017That's... about 15 years too late, if you ask me.
Fri Apr 28 22:48:18 +0000 2017I don't care about Roger Ebert & Citizen Kane of videogames. Give me a Hunter S Thomson & a Pink Flamingos of videogames.
Fri Apr 28 22:54:45 +0000 2017Back in my day, we had to carve binary into wood to program games. While up to our waists in snow. https://x.com/VintageNewOld/status/858010821087051776
Fri Apr 28 22:57:23 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
All joking aside, that's fucking crazy.
Fri Apr 28 22:58:10 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
Do you mean... Burroughs's?
Fri Apr 28 23:09:53 +0000 2017Replying to @ikagura0
Yes, Soviet ones!
Fri Apr 28 23:10:30 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
I'll take a William Burroughs of videogames as well.
Fri Apr 28 23:12:09 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
It's not a good movie, and not a particularly good adaptation, but it has a lot of interesting moments, and a cool style.
Fri Apr 28 23:30:40 +0000 2017Actually... How much drugs do I have to do to become either Hunter S. Thomson or William S. Burroughs of videogames?
Fri Apr 28 23:34:14 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Shit, I guess I'd have to also make videogames in between all the drugs. Forget it then.
Fri Apr 28 23:34:47 +0000 2017Replying to @inf_retrieval
I think Burroughs didn't give a fuck :)
Fri Apr 28 23:35:17 +0000 2017Hahahaha. Philip Ulrich is just a mild stoner of videogames. A Burroughs he is not. https://x.com/rmmzx/status/858102384739876872
Fri Apr 28 23:36:45 +0000 2017"Fast-paced arena shooter franchise"?!?! 😠😠😠😠😠
Fri Apr 28 23:53:57 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Why is this an article?
Fri Apr 28 23:57:25 +0000 2017Replying to @Warmasterchief
I'm actually quite pleased with it. Unlike Doom, it actually met my expectations & surprised me.
Fri Apr 28 23:59:08 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck?!?!
Sat Apr 29 00:01:11 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I now regret googling the game I can not talk about.
Sat Apr 29 00:02:31 +0000 2017Me too, Captain, me too. https://x.com/Captain_Mohawk/status/858109344986124288
Sat Apr 29 00:04:53 +0000 2017I just remembered that there were Team Arena & Quake Live, & that's what they were talking about. Remember Quake Live? Remember? Anyone?... https://x.com/GreyAlien/status/858109828048326658
Sat Apr 29 00:07:13 +0000 2017Replying to @bonerman_inc
I don't want my fps procedurally generated, thank you.
Sat Apr 29 00:07:59 +0000 2017Replying to @GreyAlien and @Captain_Mohawk
Champions is Q3 2017 edition. Oh shit, I talked about it! Please don't punish me, Bethesda!
Sat Apr 29 00:08:58 +0000 2017Not talking about Quake Champions, but it would be cool if it included a remake of Q3DM17. Just sayin'.
Sat Apr 29 00:10:37 +0000 2017Replying to @GreyAlien and @Captain_Mohawk
I was so surprised by it. It's like I was back in the year 2000. They must have studied original source quite closely.
Sat Apr 29 00:11:42 +0000 2017Replying to @scar3crowdotcom
Is... Is it there already?
Sat Apr 29 00:17:49 +0000 2017Replying to @scar3crowdotcom
Oh come on, it was one of my favorites in Q3!
Sat Apr 29 00:20:06 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Remember: Quake is good for you #DOSGaming
Sat Apr 29 01:02:12 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Who said Quake had no story? Here it is :) (from manual.txt)
Sat Apr 29 01:03:37 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Quake #DOSGaming
Sat Apr 29 01:04:09 +0000 2017RT @dancingcrab: Limitless dungeon crawling for our next #bigboxaday: presenting #SSI's DUNGEON HACK! 4 *billion* possible dungeons. @bbpcg…
Sat Apr 29 01:19:27 +0000 2017And now some VGA penis
Sat Apr 29 01:35:25 +0000 2017Replying to @beezageeza
Dreamweb
Sat Apr 29 01:48:28 +0000 2017Replying to @Rory_O
I've only played the very first Painkiller. It was alright. Probably the better of the arena DOS games, a genre I'm not really a fan of.
Sat Apr 29 02:55:00 +0000 2017That's an interesting experiment https://x.com/MobyGamer/status/858152395880239104
Sat Apr 29 03:00:31 +0000 2017Replying to @Rory_O
Fps*, not DOS. Silly phone.
Sat Apr 29 03:01:20 +0000 2017Good night
Sat Apr 29 05:12:39 +0000 2017Replying to @f2bnp
Yep
Sat Apr 29 13:41:02 +0000 2017RT @CUTEFUNNYANIMAL: 'Nooo, I'm not ready to be a father'
Sat Apr 29 13:49:45 +0000 2017Replying to @Pixelmusement
Jonathan Dunn's music for NES Darkman is super bass heavy.
Sat Apr 29 13:54:27 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: You would think a man like Robin who lives in the woods getting drunk with Little John would be able to handle his drin…
Sat Apr 29 13:57:05 +0000 2017RT @TexTweetz: Who likes #DOSGaming?
Sat Apr 29 14:34:32 +0000 2017RT @TexTweetz: Moar #DOSGames
Sat Apr 29 14:34:34 +0000 2017Iron Assault (Graffiti/Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sat Apr 29 15:16:38 +0000 2017RT @SamLakeRMD: Last night, at large in Manhattan. https://www.instagram.com/p/BTeU4r2liB9/
Sat Apr 29 15:18:14 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: Over on my blog I talk about composition in thirds, and show examples of it in adventure game scenery! :D https://t.co/VpQnYD5…
Sat Apr 29 15:42:10 +0000 2017Replying to @lazygamereviews
I have played this. Good luck.
Sat Apr 29 15:53:50 +0000 2017Replying to @goofballLogic
In my book any IBM-compatible pre-Windows gaming is #DOSGaming, even the booter ones. Technically, it's #NotDOS, but I don't care.
Sat Apr 29 16:19:26 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: You might be missing some of the benefits that stereo can provide.
Sat Apr 29 16:48:17 +0000 2017Replying to @frogoland
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/485567537158311936
Sat Apr 29 17:53:47 +0000 2017Hello, people of Twitter! Tell me about your first encounter with digitized speech in a PC game. For me it was Castle Wolfenstein #MSDOSTalk
Sat Apr 29 18:48:54 +0000 2017Replying to @marth_burton
Is this a rhetorical question, or ?
Sat Apr 29 18:52:40 +0000 2017RT @Foone: @dosnostalgic Echelon, yo! Using Access Software's "Real Sound" system to play digitized samples over the PC speaker. https://t.…
Sat Apr 29 18:54:24 +0000 2017Here's an example I think some people might recognize https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/723663162818596864
Sat Apr 29 18:55:04 +0000 2017Replying to @marth_burton
I mean a voice sample that was recorded, and then played by a game on a computer.
Sat Apr 29 18:56:11 +0000 2017Replying to @jellehermsen and @ErnieEaglebeak
It's a pretty glorious piece of office voice acting.
Sat Apr 29 18:58:27 +0000 2017That's another one I'm sure many will remember https://x.com/MiklCraw4d/status/858395447643295744
Sat Apr 29 19:00:34 +0000 2017Why aren't there so many songs about RAM disks?
Sat Apr 29 19:03:34 +0000 2017Replying to @tarasyoung
Heh. Just played it a few months ago. Terrible game, but the song on the title screen is cute.
Sat Apr 29 19:15:22 +0000 2017Replying to @tarasyoung
I'm also pretty sure that the word "Putsch" is nowhere near the title or the doca of that game. It's just called Parrstroika.
Sat Apr 29 19:17:00 +0000 2017Replying to @tarasyoung
Here's a video I put up last year https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/772975228981043214
Sat Apr 29 19:18:21 +0000 2017Replying to @tarasyoung
Wait. The second one? The one by Nikita? https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/772975486460948480
Sat Apr 29 19:22:12 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Sid Meier's Pirates! | print ad (1987) #DOSgaming
Sat Apr 29 19:39:45 +0000 2017This is an excellent cat. https://x.com/cvcats/status/858389722330054656
Sat Apr 29 19:46:54 +0000 2017This is still so fucked up https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/815753642762452992
Sat Apr 29 20:22:43 +0000 2017So tried Carmageddon Max Damage after Reincarnation. Things are very different, especially how the cars control.
Sat Apr 29 20:29:29 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
But I'm not sure if it's just in my head or not, but some graphical detail was lost. Am I imagining this?
Sat Apr 29 20:30:06 +0000 2017Yep. It's a sequel. The recap ends at 4:15 mark & Evil Dead 2 continues *directly* from when Evil Dead ended. https://x.com/EvilDeadTiM/status/858403330686672896
Sat Apr 29 21:31:14 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I know I've said this before, but Evil Dead 2 keeps referencing things *not* in The recap, like Ash's injured leg or the book not existing
Sat Apr 29 21:32:45 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I mean there's a whole plot device where Annie brings pages from the book back to the cabin. Why? Because Ash burned the book already.
Sat Apr 29 21:33:35 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
If they truly were rebooting it, it would have been easy to just retcon all of that, and no extra pages would have been necessary.
Sat Apr 29 21:34:26 +0000 2017Yes, that what bothers me the most. It's near exact too, with only the door opening the other way, for some reason. https://x.com/Brakywaki/status/858433722584006656
Sat Apr 29 21:35:14 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Another one I hear often, is "but it remakes so much!" It's FOUR min 15 sec b4 it ends! And that movie has logos & an animated prologue!
Sat Apr 29 21:38:36 +0000 2017Replying to @GropeNinja
Aka "The Jacob's Ladder" scenario?
Sat Apr 29 21:56:53 +0000 2017Surprise! Another awful Syberia game. You'd think that people would catch on by the second one. https://x.com/botherer/status/858431980827967492
Sat Apr 29 21:58:40 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
To this day I remember playing the first Syberia game when it just came out & was highly praised & going "Wow, this is *garbage*!"
Sat Apr 29 22:00:02 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Sokal being called a master of adventure is just as baffling to me as Eli Roth being called a master of horror.
Sat Apr 29 22:04:11 +0000 2017Hmmmm... Maybe I should talk about something positive, something I love instead.
Sat Apr 29 22:04:57 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I *loved* the fact that Duke Nukem 3D had object behaviour scripts out in the open, and they were easy to figure out.
Sat Apr 29 22:05:55 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
I forget who was responsible for Duke 3D's CON scripts. Was it Todd Replogle? Great job.
Sat Apr 29 22:08:05 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Flat shaded 3D
Sat Apr 29 22:15:58 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: The 3D Construction Kit aka Virtual Reality Studio v1.2 (DOS, 1991)
Sat Apr 29 22:17:11 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: I love the colours used in Maupiti Island! @dosnostalgic
Sat Apr 29 22:17:24 +0000 2017Replying to @ben_304
Looks like 16 at a time, right?
Sat Apr 29 22:17:57 +0000 2017RT @richardcobbett: @ben_304 @dosnostalgic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMQnKajzPQg
Sat Apr 29 22:34:42 +0000 2017I was in the war!
Sat Apr 29 23:20:00 +0000 2017RT @stevecheney: Take this, machine learning / AI
Sat Apr 29 23:38:37 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Sat Apr 29 23:40:02 +0000 2017Replying to @therobotjane
Wait! Just noticed! Amazing pants!
Sat Apr 29 23:41:36 +0000 2017Hello
Sat Apr 29 23:49:13 +0000 2017Did Stainless sit on the original recordings for all this time. This clip & many screams in Reincarnation/Max Damage sound exactly the same! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/858460891704111104
Sat Apr 29 23:55:23 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
(But not compressed to death, is what I'm saying)
Sat Apr 29 23:55:49 +0000 2017Replying to @SQHistorian
Mah dick
Sun Apr 30 00:14:56 +0000 2017Replying to @retroremakes
Melone
Sun Apr 30 00:18:11 +0000 2017Replying to @DavidXNewton, @SQHistorian, @botherer and @rockpapershot
Cyberia is a better game. Honestly.
Sun Apr 30 00:35:15 +0000 2017Replying to @TheSquink
Cat!
Sun Apr 30 02:16:56 +0000 2017Replying to @taffer64
The Longest Journey is a much better game, but I still hate it.
Sun Apr 30 14:16:38 +0000 2017RT @ben_304: It's totally possible to collect 'Prog rock album cover Sierra backgrounds'. :D @KdashPri https://t.co/DBNnRA8lsU
Sun Apr 30 14:17:51 +0000 2017@MobyGamer I have a request for 60 fps'ing an old game - GAG: The Impotent Mystery. Game uses FLICs for video. High quality, low framerate.
Sun Apr 30 14:19:30 +0000 2017Replying to @hmemcpy
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph... :O
Sun Apr 30 14:27:53 +0000 2017RT @pointandgifadv: What a land I live in, time to explore this land in the clouds.
Sun Apr 30 14:28:17 +0000 2017RT @MobyGamer: Programming like it's 1992
Sun Apr 30 14:29:26 +0000 2017Rise of the Robots (Instinct Design, Mirage Technologies/Time Warner Interactive, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Apr 30 14:47:01 +0000 2017#TheresNothingMoreSexierThan
Sun Apr 30 14:52:21 +0000 2017Today's original version: Killing Me Softly With His Song by Lori Liberman from 71, 2 years b4 Roberta Flack's cover https://youtu.be/WxY47jh9owA
Sun Apr 30 15:07:08 +0000 2017My "MS-DOS Games in 1995" video is slowly getting closer to 200,000 views https://youtu.be/73-S9qCBH4Q
Sun Apr 30 15:26:41 +0000 2017Replying to @LasseKaila
I also loved it, I'm just surprised that these effects were preserved in their original quality. That's most unusual for videogames.
Sun Apr 30 15:46:10 +0000 2017This is a must-listen for anyone who's interested in old school gamedev stories, and design theory https://x.com/BCT_Podcast/status/858329169205317633
Sun Apr 30 16:18:00 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Star Fleet II | print ad (1987) #DOSgaming
Sun Apr 30 16:42:19 +0000 2017It's weird that I've never considered streaming LOOM™ until just now. I should do that. There's a bunch of stuff I can talk about.
Sun Apr 30 17:04:52 +0000 2017Replying to @MobyGamer
I have the game's footage I can send you when i get home, if you don't want to rip it yourself.
Sun Apr 30 17:24:58 +0000 2017Remember: if you only played the version of LOOM™ from Steam/GOG, you should be looking into the original version: https://youtu.be/bRJD0OrGulU
Sun Apr 30 17:27:23 +0000 2017I can totally stream LOOM™ while dressed as the Ask Me About LOOM™ guy https://x.com/hmemcpy/status/858735378806779904
Sun Apr 30 17:34:56 +0000 2017Replying to @Phlum
Nope. Watch the video.
Sun Apr 30 17:39:53 +0000 2017Replying to @LambdaCalculus, @ATMcashpoint and @IQ_Adventures
I own the EGA one. It's the only one I need
Sun Apr 30 18:14:45 +0000 2017Replying to @SQHistorian
It's likely gonna be on a Wednesday evening, EST. Not this upcoming Wednesday though.
Sun Apr 30 18:15:18 +0000 2017Replying to @antifuchs
He also wrote some of the original lines for insult fighting for Monkey Island, but I've been told they were all replaced before release
Sun Apr 30 18:25:37 +0000 2017I've seen commercials for this shit all through the 90s, but never tried it because I was poor & it was expensive. Let's see what it's like
Sun Apr 30 18:55:29 +0000 2017Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ok, they are actually pretty good.
Sun Apr 30 18:57:30 +0000 2017Replying to @LostTrainDude and @Totih_wolf
Well, which Apogee game? Duke Nukem or Xenophage? There's a difference.
Sun Apr 30 19:03:21 +0000 2017Replying to @KosGD
Well, shit. Too late.
Sun Apr 30 19:13:16 +0000 2017Replying to @mcclure111
Sun Apr 30 19:25:23 +0000 2017I got to pet a cat on my way to work :3
Sun Apr 30 19:36:12 +0000 2017RT @Rhuantavan: My latest #dosgames purchase. Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos. #dosgaming #bigboxaday
Sun Apr 30 19:38:48 +0000 2017#CurrentMood
Sun Apr 30 19:59:20 +0000 2017Replying to @ArmchairPotato and @ben_304
Yes, it's not a great game. But it has many interesting ideas
Sun Apr 30 20:18:47 +0000 2017Replying to @AlexLipatov
Hawt
Sun Apr 30 20:34:03 +0000 2017Check out this thread from yesterday to see how big the spread is for people first hearing speech on their computer. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/858392664554778626
Sun Apr 30 21:17:54 +0000 2017RT @archillect:
Sun Apr 30 21:29:38 +0000 2017Hide the body somewhere else https://x.com/janemerrick23/status/858747711604088836
Sun Apr 30 23:13:55 +0000 2017RT @Pixelengineer_: Red Baron (Dynamix / Sierra On-Line, 1990) #DOSgaming
Sun Apr 30 23:31:17 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Adventure games! XD
Sun Apr 30 23:42:08 +0000 2017Me
Sun Apr 30 23:59:47 +0000 2017Replying to @Gra_Ham62 and @MobyGamer
Looks like high res EGA to me.
Mon May 01 00:57:05 +0000 2017RT @lazygamereviews: Hot
Mon May 01 01:23:48 +0000 2017RT @dosnostalgic: Videogames!
Mon May 01 01:25:59 +0000 2017Replying to @pripyatbeast
Cat!
Mon May 01 01:41:44 +0000 2017RT @Foone: Yes. it's temporary tattoo time!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/182176706/windows-95-temporary-tattoo-pack
Mon May 01 01:56:05 +0000 2017