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He voted for Brexit

 Wed Jul 01 15:30:24 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: I think I'm finally on the right road

 Wed Jul 01 15:36:08 +0000 2020

Congrats! 👍🎉🍾 🎆🍻💾

 Wed Jul 01 15:40:02 +0000 2020

Muzzy at the Seaside (Windows 3.x, 1997) #NotDOS

 Wed Jul 01 16:04:05 +0000 2020

IBM PC game based on "The Duel"? 😲 https://x.com/PatrickHellio/status/1278329812180963329

 Wed Jul 01 17:03:54 +0000 2020

And yep, it exists, there's even a photo of the box and its contents, but a copy fit for preservation has not yet been located
https://x.com/Marble_Zone/status/1278332925394792448

 Wed Jul 01 17:07:25 +0000 2020

That's every French game from the 80s 🤷‍♂️

 Wed Jul 01 17:07:52 +0000 2020

The last revival was pretty funny, but it wasn't upgraded in any way, so it felt as dated as you'd think.

 Wed Jul 01 17:10:19 +0000 2020

I love the French and their ability to make games based on existing properties while completely ignoring official licensing
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1140049712910913537

 Wed Jul 01 17:11:24 +0000 2020

Yeah, it's a shame. Surprised that its the PC version being advertised upfront, and not an ST one.

 Wed Jul 01 17:12:06 +0000 2020

If you somehow still haven't seen me show off a whole bunch of weird French computer games last year at @Liretro, I would like to direct you to this video:
https://youtu.be/cWX1bXLeqdw

 Wed Jul 01 17:15:54 +0000 2020

Whoa, a proper version of the music video from the end of MDK!
https://youtu.be/ISFXmukrQO4

 Wed Jul 01 17:40:56 +0000 2020

My god, the 90s. When you could just stick random shit like that at the end of your expensive game, and have the publisher pay for it!

 Wed Jul 01 17:43:02 +0000 2020

Thinking about the Game.EXE magazine again. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1243331102422556672

 Wed Jul 01 17:58:51 +0000 2020

Probably the N64 ones

 Wed Jul 01 18:15:37 +0000 2020

Permanent mood these days

 Wed Jul 01 18:16:26 +0000 2020

That's because the other gaming mags were trash.

 Wed Jul 01 18:20:40 +0000 2020

Cold Dreams (Immortality Production, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Wed Jul 01 19:09:39 +0000 2020

Here's something that's ultra-90s: a Virgin Interactive logo circa 1996

 Wed Jul 01 19:28:46 +0000 2020

That actually describes me perfectly

 Wed Jul 01 19:41:19 +0000 2020

I'm not sure anymore, but I thought the Amiga version was the original, and it's the DOS version that came later. Also fairly certain that Mindscape was just a publisher, and it was all developed entirely by Vision.

 Wed Jul 01 20:15:09 +0000 2020

The author of BuildGDX has released his own Build ART file editor: (requires Java)
https://m210.duke4.net/

 Wed Jul 01 20:25:07 +0000 2020

The one in Broken Sword too is even weirder somehow because it begins as this logo, then stops and plays in reverse, and then it has "Virgin Interactive" on the eyelid when the eye closes. I don't like it.

 Wed Jul 01 20:31:11 +0000 2020

 Wed Jul 01 20:54:47 +0000 2020

https://youtu.be/WVIpnoptwSQ

 Wed Jul 01 20:56:02 +0000 2020

Sub Zero is Chinese.

 Wed Jul 01 20:59:00 +0000 2020

https://x.com/AbandonwareFr/status/1278389907354984451

 Wed Jul 01 21:18:46 +0000 2020

That's what the previous reboot was, and I don't think anyone liked that.

 Wed Jul 01 21:39:55 +0000 2020

Substituting music videos for reality show isn't much of a change. They changed so little that they didn't even bother redoing the animation frames of them on the couch.

 Wed Jul 01 21:45:13 +0000 2020

LABS' BlasterBoard Uses an ATmega328, OPL2 to Offer Sound Blaster 2.0 Support to Any ISA-Capable PC
https://www.hackster.io/news/labs-blasterboard-uses-an-atmega328-opl2-to-offer-sound-blaster-2-0-support-to-any-isa-capable-pc-120af26ad315

 Wed Jul 01 21:50:43 +0000 2020

It's a bit weird. I'd expect a modern card to have more features, not less, especially for the price. No MIDI on this card either.

 Wed Jul 01 21:57:00 +0000 2020

 Wed Jul 01 22:13:09 +0000 2020

You talk like someone with an unlimited amounts of ISA slots.

 Wed Jul 01 22:32:21 +0000 2020

Bermuda Syndrome (Windows 3.x, 1996) #NotDOS
A Russian developed cinematic platformer heavily inspired by previous entries in the genre (especially Flashback). Features dinosaurs, and other kinds of overgrown creatures.

 Wed Jul 01 22:37:52 +0000 2020

The game was mostly developed by just 2 people: The programmer Igor Selivanov, & artist Alexey Danilnike. A German company Century Interactive provided music, 3D cutscenes, & v.o. The rest of the credits are friends & family added by Selivanov & Danilnike 2 look more professional

 Wed Jul 01 22:42:12 +0000 2020

Non-Russian editions of the game even included the "Symphonic Soundtrack" CD with orchestrated versions of game tunes, while the game relies entirely on MIDI

 Wed Jul 01 22:57:13 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Well, if you ever wanted to see one unfunny joke be stretched into 550 megabytes of 1995 multimedia... https://t.co/2XvuD…

 Wed Jul 01 23:31:34 +0000 2020

Who are these alleged "thousands" who actually want to see Vanilla Ice? https://x.com/EW/status/1278471001546919936

 Thu Jul 02 00:05:56 +0000 2020

And I say that as a person who regularly sings Ice Ice Baby.

 Thu Jul 02 00:06:29 +0000 2020

Keep my composure when it's time to get loose
Magnetized by the mic while I kick my juice

 Thu Jul 02 00:21:17 +0000 2020

I guess if I really wanted to stay topical I'd dig up the three Dilbert CD-ROMs from 1997, but I can't be bothered.

 Thu Jul 02 00:23:01 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1278457825228918785

 Thu Jul 02 01:13:34 +0000 2020

RT @Liretro: Draw me...like one of your French Girls

What will @dosnostalgic show next at #UPLINK... https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1278376797843922944 https://t.co/…

 Thu Jul 02 01:46:33 +0000 2020

Godfuckingdammit

 Thu Jul 02 02:39:47 +0000 2020

Here we go

 Thu Jul 02 04:06:35 +0000 2020

This edition is so great because it features a whole bunch of behind the scenes. The movie is so natural it almost feels improvised at times, but then you watch the bts, and you realize that it's anything but. And that makes you appreciate filmmaking even more.

 Thu Jul 02 04:16:26 +0000 2020

Yeah, no. The shooting was meticulous, and there was a ton of takes. The bts shows it. And the fact that it comes off so natural is the testament to the actors and the director.

 Thu Jul 02 04:59:04 +0000 2020

Developing the story organically isn't the same as improvising scenes. You can see multiple takes of the same scene, and the dialogue is the same every time. They knew what they were supposed to do.

 Thu Jul 02 05:09:09 +0000 2020

It's also the most interesting looking film out of all 90s Kevin Smith ones.

 Thu Jul 02 05:12:33 +0000 2020

What a movie. What a shot.

 Thu Jul 02 05:14:57 +0000 2020

This whole bit is in one shot, and I fucking love it

 Thu Jul 02 05:57:47 +0000 2020

What a film!

 Thu Jul 02 06:10:02 +0000 2020

I've seen it. 😉

 Thu Jul 02 06:20:03 +0000 2020

🍻

 Thu Jul 02 06:26:48 +0000 2020

Can't fucking sleep. Moving onto Risky Business.

 Thu Jul 02 06:30:51 +0000 2020

The diet they had Tom Cruise on is crazy. He looks like a kid.

 Thu Jul 02 06:32:52 +0000 2020

"When you buy a tv, you don't buy Sony if want RCA." 🤔 I get it, but I don't think they thought this all the way through.

 Thu Jul 02 06:38:30 +0000 2020

Waiting for Joey Pants and his fake nose to show up.

 Thu Jul 02 06:39:49 +0000 2020

I just freeze framed through all of those personals ads, and they were great. Props to the whatever department that designed them.

 Thu Jul 02 06:46:12 +0000 2020

My neighbourhood

 Thu Jul 02 07:06:15 +0000 2020

Baby 😊

 Thu Jul 02 07:28:39 +0000 2020

The Oliver Twins making a new Dizzy game for the new ZX Spectrum is not the sentence I've expected to say in the year 2020 https://x.com/TheOliverTwins/status/1278265760683634688

 Thu Jul 02 07:31:43 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Yo
listen up
here's the story
about a little guy
that lives in a blue world
and all day
and all nigh…

 Thu Jul 02 07:36:30 +0000 2020

I live in Suffolk County, so pretty much

 Thu Jul 02 12:44:38 +0000 2020

Soft baby

 Thu Jul 02 12:59:48 +0000 2020

RT @hmemcpy: prince megahit

It was my very first experience using a computer. My mom brought me to her place of work, sat me in front of a…

 Thu Jul 02 13:06:30 +0000 2020

I love me some videos on bugs in 35+ year old games on British microcomputers!
https://youtu.be/Dd8G3ah92F8

 Thu Jul 02 13:32:33 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: The Print Shop v1.0. DOS. 1985

 Thu Jul 02 17:01:27 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: The New Print Shop v3.0. DOS, 1989

 Thu Jul 02 17:01:31 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Print Shop Deluxe v1.0. DOS, 1992.

 Thu Jul 02 17:01:35 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Super Mario Bros Print World. DOS, 1991.

 Thu Jul 02 17:01:52 +0000 2020

How did I get here?

 Thu Jul 02 17:36:46 +0000 2020

Yep. Here's a recent reaction
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1216187796047593478

 Thu Jul 02 18:00:04 +0000 2020

That sounds delicious.

 Thu Jul 02 18:03:37 +0000 2020

https://x.com/TubeTimeUS/status/1278453687552106496

 Thu Jul 02 18:07:24 +0000 2020

Dazzeloids (Windows 3.x/Macintosh, 1994) #NotDOS

 Thu Jul 02 18:17:39 +0000 2020

Dazzeloids is one of the few multimedia products created by artist & illustrator Rodney Greenblat, who is most well known for PaRappa the Rapper.

 Thu Jul 02 18:22:17 +0000 2020

In an addition to being an artist and a write Greenblat is also a musician!
Here's my favorite tune of his aptly titled "How to Avoid a Dystopian Future"
https://youtu.be/j69hRbEwAck

 Thu Jul 02 18:26:19 +0000 2020

I think this particular title suffers a lot from inability to properly translate Greenblat's art into a digital form. Thin outlines, digital gradients, and 8 bit textures somehow make things worse.

 Thu Jul 02 18:36:00 +0000 2020

There are quite a few fitting decisions made with PaRappa games that compliment the art despite it being on a limited platform. His early Windows efforts scream of OMG We've discovered Photoshop!

 Thu Jul 02 18:40:51 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Carmageddon (DOS, 1997) with human pedestrians, zombie pedestrians, and robot pedestrians. All from releases from differ…

 Thu Jul 02 18:53:13 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Found this screenshot dated 2003

 Thu Jul 02 19:05:53 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Doom Legacy. Split screen mode.

 Thu Jul 02 19:06:24 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: I found Clippy's cousin!

 Thu Jul 02 19:08:34 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Few things are as sad to me as a historical graveyard trapped inside a Home Depot parking lot

 Thu Jul 02 19:14:41 +0000 2020

Can't escape capitalism even in death

 Thu Jul 02 19:16:34 +0000 2020

No?

 Thu Jul 02 19:17:32 +0000 2020

Commack, Long Island

 Thu Jul 02 19:38:24 +0000 2020

RT @textfiles: Flashpoint 8.1, Spirit of Adventure, has been released. This is a project by hundreds of contributors to make over 52,000 ga…

 Thu Jul 02 19:48:08 +0000 2020

Remember when the devs of a popular game were on stage at some corporate videogame advertising show and thanked Mayakovsky, Tsoi, Marx and Engels? Those were the days. Feels like a decade ago now.

 Thu Jul 02 20:02:21 +0000 2020

RT @dosgameclub: Epic MegaGames 1992: The New Name In Computer Entertainment #DOSGaming http://dosgameclub.com 💾

 Thu Jul 02 20:14:09 +0000 2020

I don't need a PS5. I already gave a PS/2.

 Thu Jul 02 20:16:34 +0000 2020

I still have a model 30 handy

 Thu Jul 02 20:34:41 +0000 2020

Some advanced PC Speaker music from Budokan: The Martial Spirit (1989) #DOSGaming
⁽ᴿᵉᵃˡ ʰᵃʳᵈʷᵃʳᵉ⁾

 Thu Jul 02 20:54:23 +0000 2020

I'm guessing yes, but the game manages to do some digital sounds even during the gameplay. It's quite excellent technically. One of the first proper 256 VGA color games as well.

 Thu Jul 02 20:56:41 +0000 2020

Why would I do that when I can have the MT-32 one?

 Thu Jul 02 21:04:34 +0000 2020

This is what it's doing. Just very very fast, and you brain doesn't know any better.

 Thu Jul 02 21:10:11 +0000 2020

Listen, it was all over once people started saying "I could care less". 🤷‍♂️ https://x.com/iowahawkblog/status/1278313452054949889

 Thu Jul 02 21:14:49 +0000 2020

Why the fuck did I go for a walk at 3 am last night?

 Thu Jul 02 21:20:51 +0000 2020

I live in Long Island. I can have streets to myself whenever I feel like it. Nobody walks here, and most streets don't expect pedestrians on them.

 Thu Jul 02 21:22:37 +0000 2020

As someone without enough of both technical and musical knowledge, I can only refer you to @MobyGamer who is an expert in the area.

 Thu Jul 02 21:27:13 +0000 2020

Aha aha aha aha

 Thu Jul 02 21:27:45 +0000 2020

Box art of the day: #DOSGaming

 Thu Jul 02 21:57:17 +0000 2020

Soft baby

 Thu Jul 02 22:13:40 +0000 2020

I have a built in Crystal chip on that mobo that just duplicates speaker output to the card's output.

 Thu Jul 02 22:19:42 +0000 2020

PKZIP, RAR, ARJ, and LHA.
What was your DOS compression tool of choice?

 Thu Jul 02 22:53:56 +0000 2020

Do a search for both makeboo and deboo. There's stuff out there.

 Thu Jul 02 22:59:36 +0000 2020

I've not been doing great lately, but I have a slight suspicion that driving 17 miles to Popeye's might help. 🤷‍♂️

 Thu Jul 02 23:08:58 +0000 2020

Meanwhile hug your cats and play some DOS games for me.

 Thu Jul 02 23:11:11 +0000 2020

Casual Thursday

 Thu Jul 02 23:15:18 +0000 2020

Today is Thursday, right? I can't fucking tell anymore.

 Thu Jul 02 23:15:44 +0000 2020

RT @beyond_code: Bought this on a whim, but so pleased I did... the complete #coreldraw 3.0 box set. So much awesome 90's stuff inside, com…

 Fri Jul 03 01:03:50 +0000 2020

Not anymore
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1184570490070994944?s=19

 Fri Jul 03 01:06:10 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Let's watch a digital movie 1993 style!

 Fri Jul 03 01:32:12 +0000 2020

On a scale of Commander Keen to Duke Nukem, how drunk are you right now?

 Fri Jul 03 01:40:42 +0000 2020

Goodness is a helluva last name to have, Goodness.

 Fri Jul 03 01:44:02 +0000 2020

Suggestions were pretty underwhelming today, so I picked something else entirely!

 Fri Jul 03 02:47:21 +0000 2020

Holy shit. It's Always Sunny is still going?!

 Fri Jul 03 03:19:31 +0000 2020

Jfc

 Fri Jul 03 03:22:51 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Good night, everyone.

 Fri Jul 03 04:43:46 +0000 2020

 Fri Jul 03 04:52:48 +0000 2020

Baby! 😊

 Fri Jul 03 14:40:59 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Fri Jul 03 16:58:23 +0000 2020

And now lets hear some FM synthesis music from Budokan! #DOSGaming
(Real OPL3)

 Fri Jul 03 17:00:27 +0000 2020

Wait a second.... Orphan Black was co-created by Ginger Snaps director John Fawcett? And it was co-produced and co-written by Ginger Snaps writer Karen Walton? And it starts Ginger Snaps 2 actress Tatiana Maslany?.... I guess I need to see it.

 Fri Jul 03 17:29:20 +0000 2020

And with all of that they *didn't* find a role for Emily Perkins? That's a shame.

 Fri Jul 03 17:30:29 +0000 2020

It always bugged me that it was Katherine Isabelle who got all the Ginger Snaps fame, while it was Emily Perkins who carried that story. And Ginger Snaps 2 really showed off her acting abilities.

 Fri Jul 03 17:34:24 +0000 2020

I knew she was in it, and I always knew she'd be recognized one day. I remember watching Ginger Snaps 2 and going "oh my god, this kid is a fantastic actress!"

 Fri Jul 03 17:41:17 +0000 2020

Ginger Snaps is absolutely incredible, especially considering that it was made during the time when horror films were at its lowest. I actually think Ginger Snaps 2 is quite good as well, and wish it was more recognized. Stay away from Ginger Snaps Back though.

 Fri Jul 03 17:43:03 +0000 2020

I enjoy JB a bunch (idk what cut you've seen, but I think the director's cut is slightly more effective,) but it isn't nearly as strong or engageing. But JB *clearly* draws a lot of inspiration from Ginger Snaps. I honestly still can hardly believe GS exists in the 1st place.

 Fri Jul 03 17:47:36 +0000 2020

I don't like Fox at all as an actress, but I think she fit well in JB, and did a good job. Mostly because it felt like they were playing to her strengths. I also can't quite pinpoint what is exactly wrong with JB. All the elements are there. Maybe needed a stronger director.

 Fri Jul 03 17:50:00 +0000 2020

Yeah, when they released the blu-ray a few years ago it has tons of bts material, and it clearly shows that it was the spirit of a bunch of young people wanting to make a cool & new horror flick with very little money that drove all of that.

 Fri Jul 03 17:54:42 +0000 2020

No, haven't even heard of it. I might check it out.

 Fri Jul 03 17:55:42 +0000 2020

It's not *that* ultra low budget, obviously, but it's still pretty cheap. It's Canadian, so it's partly made with government money, but they had trouble getting the needed amount through other companies, and it fell through a few times before they finally managed to get it.

 Fri Jul 03 18:04:21 +0000 2020

And it's a great example of a gem being discovered fairly quickly, because when it was released it just *died*. Then ot quickly ended up on video, cable, and shown in foreign countries though. And all of sudden - massive recognition just from people seeing it on tv.

 Fri Jul 03 18:06:08 +0000 2020

I very distinctly remember seeing the Russian version on TV. It was unfortunately retitled to just "Werewolf", and after the first couple of scenes I was dialing my friend who also loved horror, and being like "Turn on channel 4 right NOW! This movie is so fucking cool!"

 Fri Jul 03 18:07:36 +0000 2020

And of course now that I am an adult who appreciates filmmaking even more, my admiration of Ginger Snaps only grew over the years.

 Fri Jul 03 18:09:17 +0000 2020

All the posters for it are dumb as hell, but at the same time I don't know how'd you possibly market it. It is smart because of how it was written, not because of the premise. It tough to summarize that in an ad.

 Fri Jul 03 18:16:12 +0000 2020

This is the content I crave.

 Fri Jul 03 19:12:01 +0000 2020

Chop Suey (Windows 3.x/Macintosh, 1995) #NotDOS

 Fri Jul 03 19:39:17 +0000 2020

Chop Suey was the first of the three interactive CD-ROMs created by Theresa Duncan.

 Fri Jul 03 20:02:10 +0000 2020

In 2015 @rhizome made all 3 of them available to play in-browser via remote virtual machines:
https://sites.rhizome.org/theresa-duncan-cdroms/

 Fri Jul 03 20:03:56 +0000 2020

DELICATE.MID

 Fri Jul 03 20:50:07 +0000 2020

If you're not familiar with this song, it's Delicate by Sananda Francesco Maitreya known as Terence Trent D'Arby then. It only got to #74 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, but went to #14 on UK Singles Chart, and was a small hit in 1993.
https://youtu.be/19bToNzc1Xo

 Fri Jul 03 20:53:12 +0000 2020

I have a funny connection to it: It was on Russian radio a lot in the early 90s, but I didn't speak English then, and couldn't understand any of the words. Because it wasn't a hit I could never find it on any lists when I tried to look it up years later. >...

 Fri Jul 03 20:55:10 +0000 2020

Why? I have much larger instrument banks now, if I want. Don't have to limit myself to 8 megs.

 Fri Jul 03 20:55:45 +0000 2020

20 years have passed, and I moved to the States. I *still* couldn't find this song, but remembered it so clearly. One day I was in McDonald's with a friend, and it was playing on the radio! But my English was bad, and the volume was low, so I couldn't make anything out to Google.

 Fri Jul 03 20:57:20 +0000 2020

It's OPL3.

 Fri Jul 03 20:58:00 +0000 2020

Eventually Song identifying websites, and smartphones with apps began appearing. And they kept improving, but no amount of whistling or singing the gibberish that my had brain retained helped. (Although it *did* work for some songs, just not this one)

 Fri Jul 03 20:59:35 +0000 2020

So I pretty much gave up on ever tracking it down, but last year I was revisiting the original (and superior) version of the Cocaine Cowboys documentary, and noticed a small similarity between its theme by Jan Hammer, and that song
https://youtu.be/uh24jVkySrQ?t=39

 Fri Jul 03 21:01:55 +0000 2020

It doesn't sound impressive to you because it's chip music.

 Fri Jul 03 21:02:30 +0000 2020

So I decided to crowdsource my search here on Twitter based on nothing but that parameter, and voila! Song identified! It only took 25+ years! 😄
https://x.com/KapnKul/status/1188764243337723904

 Fri Jul 03 21:04:05 +0000 2020

@Macaw45 In case you run out of FMV-related games to play. This one is actually good.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1263958153315651585

 Fri Jul 03 21:57:28 +0000 2020

It has been
29 years since the first Duke Nukem game
24 years since Duke Nukem 3D
19 years since this trailer
9 years since actual Duke Nukem Forever

.... and I'm still so very YOUNG! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1156902681132326912

 Fri Jul 03 22:06:40 +0000 2020

Next year it's all neat numbers for all of those anniversaries. Will we still be here in 2021?

 Fri Jul 03 22:08:52 +0000 2020

RT @GameHistoryOrg: Visions from an alternate reality: The Nintendo Entertainment System, as it was advertised at Summer CES in June, 1985,…

 Fri Jul 03 22:12:43 +0000 2020

Worse games than Duke Nukem 3D get released these days, and it's all fine. Duke Nukem 3D was criticized A LOT back then too. It was a game developed by two dozen people in Texas, not a multi million dollar AAA title.

 Fri Jul 03 22:20:29 +0000 2020

Listen, tastes change over time. I used to think The Boondock Saints was a good movie, for example!

 Fri Jul 03 22:30:34 +0000 2020

Oh, it has plenty of amazing moments. "I can't even buy a pack of smokes without running into nine guys you've FUCKED!"

 Fri Jul 03 22:34:42 +0000 2020

It is really cool that C&C remaster remade the EVA installers. More stuff like this, please! https://x.com/umbshow/status/1279182550716555265

 Fri Jul 03 22:39:34 +0000 2020

I mean, if you're going after nostalgia, might as well lean into it as hard as you can. 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Jul 03 22:40:04 +0000 2020

Gearbox didn't start from scratch. That worked with stuff that was left over from 3DR the year prior. And it was contracted out to the company that primarily consisted of former 3DR people.

 Sat Jul 04 00:01:06 +0000 2020

Oh shit

 Sat Jul 04 00:02:05 +0000 2020

Good baby

 Sat Jul 04 02:13:26 +0000 2020

You might wanna revisit Lands of Lore ;)

 Sat Jul 04 03:25:59 +0000 2020

Rewatched Andrei Konchalovsky's "Siberiade" again. What a film. It really should be much better known in both Russia and the rest of the world. Such a gem.
https://youtu.be/sJj9y4t9UnU

 Sat Jul 04 04:26:15 +0000 2020

It's a fucking AMAZING and super emotional four hour long film that spans 60 years and multiple generations, and it's from the guy who directed Tango & Cash!

 Sat Jul 04 04:28:51 +0000 2020

And I love that a director whose film makes me weep every time also directed Tango & Cash!

 Sat Jul 04 04:29:44 +0000 2020

And the funniest thing is that it's "epic" only in its emotions. The whole thing takes place in one small Siberian town. The copy that I have actually has really good English subtitles too! If you want I can pass it.

 Sat Jul 04 04:31:31 +0000 2020

A lot of Soviet films have been released with terrible translations, and in awful quality. I'm glad that both of those things are changing. However, the amount of properly restored films is so small so far. But the latest restoration of Stalker is really good, & the translation 2

 Sat Jul 04 04:35:54 +0000 2020

Danny Trejo's first appearance!

 Sat Jul 04 04:38:07 +0000 2020

Yeah, it's the one that was released by Masters of Cinema in Europe, and Criterion in the US. Great restoration. I mean, it's Stalker, so it's not like it looks particularly beautiful or anything, but the detail and color are spot on.

 Sat Jul 04 04:39:38 +0000 2020

Here are some captures:

 Sat Jul 04 04:42:07 +0000 2020

It is very beautiful, it's just... it's ultra Soviet. Very much of that time as far as film stock and lenses go. Composition and framing are great. Idk. Tarkovsky also made films that were a bit more visually interesting.

 Sat Jul 04 04:45:55 +0000 2020

Oh yes, absolutely. It's just... idk... too familiar to me. Like, you know how you can always tell a lower budget 70s Italian film? Same thing here. It's combination of stock, lenses, not enough light, and common techniques of the time & place, like abundance of zooms, etc. >>...

 Sat Jul 04 04:49:38 +0000 2020

>... Not saying it's "bad" or anything, but to me the best works manage to break out of that a little, which is what Tarkovsky was mostly known for. Breaking the format. But Stalker seems to almost revel in it.

 Sat Jul 04 04:50:31 +0000 2020

Yes, exactly. With Stalker there's also that weird thing where they made the movie three times, and the first attempt that was shot on foreign stock was RUINED in a lab, but I can only judge what's on screen. Visually the best parts of Stalker are the sepia ones.

 Sat Jul 04 04:54:24 +0000 2020

Ok, I was ready to say "but what about Duke Nukem Forever 2001 trailer?", but... this is really made me wish I was playing it right now. And I suck at flighsims!

 Sat Jul 04 05:10:29 +0000 2020

I would ask if VR is supported, but I doubt my machine would be able to handle this at 2x frames in 90 fps. 😥

 Sat Jul 04 05:12:49 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: That layout, for reference

 Sat Jul 04 06:10:41 +0000 2020

This guy also made that movie. He wrote it.

 Sat Jul 04 07:59:28 +0000 2020

 Sat Jul 04 08:01:26 +0000 2020

RT @mikko: QB64 is a modern BASIC language that retains QBasic compatibility. Compiles native binaries for Windows, Linux and macOS. https:…

 Sat Jul 04 08:12:42 +0000 2020

RT @gayocats: RetiroCats_019

 Sat Jul 04 14:34:19 +0000 2020

RT @kingmonkey25: Ever wondered how they made the splatter-effect vinyls?

 Sat Jul 04 14:41:58 +0000 2020

RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded! https://youtu.be/FPnsz7mnfPE

 Sat Jul 04 14:43:18 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki. Promotional "screenshots" vs reality #DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 04 14:43:39 +0000 2020

RT @martijnfrazer: Jones in the Fast Lane (1990, Sierra On-Line) #DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 04 15:16:50 +0000 2020

RT @MossRC: Shareware Heroes now has Kickstarter stretch goals! First one is me making an audiobook. Others are dev spotlights (sort of a m…

 Sat Jul 04 15:17:18 +0000 2020

RT @textfiles: BOOK EMERGENCY. Need to move 1000 rare books out of a museum that is closing permanently and need to do it basically today.…

 Sat Jul 04 16:04:07 +0000 2020

Meow

 Sat Jul 04 16:05:26 +0000 2020

Meow

 Sat Jul 04 16:07:54 +0000 2020

Baby

 Sat Jul 04 16:46:00 +0000 2020

That account literally has no tweets, except for replies that intend to provoke an angry reaction. Don't fall for it.

 Sat Jul 04 17:05:03 +0000 2020

The Neverhood (Windows 9x, 1996) #NotDOS

 Sat Jul 04 17:34:58 +0000 2020

Yep, that's a mood

 Sat Jul 04 17:38:14 +0000 2020

У меня до сих пор она есть. Харьковчане "Дядюшка Рисёч".

 Sat Jul 04 17:38:59 +0000 2020

Real objects!

 Sat Jul 04 18:11:02 +0000 2020

And now an important message:

 Sat Jul 04 18:17:42 +0000 2020

I agree except this one game happens to be good.

 Sat Jul 04 18:22:00 +0000 2020

It's that weird case where I agree with the sentiment, but I wouldn't buy that remake and would encourage others not to either, because Doug owns part of the rights, and he's an asshole.
https://x.com/jonidimo/status/1279480701323182082

 Sat Jul 04 18:23:58 +0000 2020

For me separating the art from the artist ends at the point before that said artist gets more of my money.

 Sat Jul 04 18:28:00 +0000 2020

The creator of this game and Earth Worm J*m. Can't say his name on here because he has search alerts set to his name.

 Sat Jul 04 18:29:35 +0000 2020

That is for you to decide, but I think it's a fine game and it's fully supported by ScummVM, so it can be played on pretty much every modern platform available.

 Sat Jul 04 18:30:33 +0000 2020

Might as well post the game's print ad which is surprisingly meh

 Sat Jul 04 18:35:23 +0000 2020

There's something so cool about the 90s multimedia CD-ROM industry. It's like "Oh, you want a make a game with 3 and a half tons of clay? Oh, you say it's gonna be like MYST?!? Here's several million dollars, now GO!". That was probably the most fun videogame bubble.

 Sat Jul 04 18:39:25 +0000 2020

The sets were painted with clay, they are weren't actual clay structures. And the puppets are latex foam with articulated armatures.

 Sat Jul 04 18:41:20 +0000 2020

Oh yes, it's a multi million dollar game. Very expensive. You can see the size of the sets in the making of.

 Sat Jul 04 18:43:57 +0000 2020

The Neverhood also happens to have one of the best videogame soundtracks of all time
https://youtu.be/eTUXDgzv3Wc

 Sat Jul 04 18:54:06 +0000 2020

Skullmonkeys, while not a particularly good game, has a soundtrack that is just as good, and maybe even better 🤷‍♂️
https://youtu.be/MWgoXSkaQyI

 Sat Jul 04 18:55:15 +0000 2020

Yeah, fuck that game.

 Sat Jul 04 19:02:06 +0000 2020

 Sat Jul 04 19:59:34 +0000 2020

Because it's a Windows 9x game that requires DirectX 2.

 Sat Jul 04 20:32:07 +0000 2020

And to demonstrate further unreliability of anyone's memory, here's HotU circa 2002

 Sat Jul 04 20:39:01 +0000 2020

Also don't forget that the game was published by Microsoft themselves, who haven't published a single DOS game after the release of Windows 95.

 Sat Jul 04 20:42:05 +0000 2020

I have many fond memories of Home of the Underdogs, but I sure don't miss bullshit like this 😄

 Sat Jul 04 20:49:17 +0000 2020

Downloading broken rips in multiple parts over dial-up certainly has an aura of romantic nostalgia, but I'm too old for this shit, and I'm glad I don't have to do that anymore.

 Sat Jul 04 20:50:52 +0000 2020

Remember download managers? Remember Go!Zilla with its big red eyes in the popup window?

 Sat Jul 04 20:54:55 +0000 2020

As someone who just downloaded a 60 gig file in parts off Usenet the other week, I can't say that these days are behind me.

 Sat Jul 04 20:55:53 +0000 2020

Ok, found a screenshot from a version that is somehow uglier than the one I remember. Appropriately it looks like it's downloading an installer for the shareware email client The Bat!

 Sat Jul 04 21:04:41 +0000 2020

Remember "The Bat!"? Pepperidge Farms remembers. This isn't a rabbit hole I expected to end up in today.

 Sat Jul 04 21:06:29 +0000 2020

You know what? Fuck it. I'm gonna grab a cover disc from a Russian computer magazine from July of 2000, and see what's on it!

 Sat Jul 04 21:12:48 +0000 2020

Actually, you know what? Instead of using the actual CD I'm gonna download its ISO with a download manager!!! *Maniacal laugh*

 Sat Jul 04 21:14:59 +0000 2020

Oh baby, here we goooooo!

 Sat Jul 04 21:23:57 +0000 2020

Ah, fuck. Don't have Internet Explorer installed. BRB!

 Sat Jul 04 21:27:08 +0000 2020

Actually I'm just gonna run it on my main Win 10 machine. Now... did anyone order some ROCKING CD BURNER DRIVER UPDATES? 🤘

 Sat Jul 04 21:32:12 +0000 2020

Let's get game demos out of the way. In July of the year 2000 we're being offered:
Virtual Skipper, KawaZaki ATV Powersports, and Die Hard Trilogy 2. Can't read the descriptions because I don't have pre-Unicode Russian fonts installed.

 Sat Jul 04 21:40:09 +0000 2020

Ok, let's see what we're getting in "Software Collection". Oh boy. E-Mail Remover? WinZip 8, Opera 4, QNX, and What To Say And How To Behave in Great Britain? 🤔

 Sat Jul 04 21:46:42 +0000 2020

This is on my modern Win 10 machine, Frank. I like it clean.

 Sat Jul 04 21:47:58 +0000 2020

Special Russian software here. Not familiar with any of these productivity packages, but I'm quite familiar with the Russian response to multiplayer-only shooters like Quake 3 and Unreal: Tournament - HIRED TEAM: TRIAL

 Sat Jul 04 21:49:46 +0000 2020

And some drivers Sound Blaster Live, Savage 2000, TNT, TNT2, Rage 128, and Voodoo 5!

 Sat Jul 04 21:54:24 +0000 2020

Internet links! Topics: American Cars, Pets, and Vacation!

 Sat Jul 04 21:56:40 +0000 2020

Learn about FMD technology! "What's so bad about DVD?"

 Sat Jul 04 21:58:38 +0000 2020

Should I see if Hired Team: Trial demo runs on Windows 10? 🤔

 Sat Jul 04 22:02:36 +0000 2020

Wow, it just ran. It's a miracle. A Russian Quake 3 😄

 Sat Jul 04 22:16:34 +0000 2020

I wanted to check out "What To Say And How To Behave In Great Britain" and wtf... it's a Power Point presentation!

 Sat Jul 04 22:24:16 +0000 2020

It's a narrated non-interactive slideshow demo for a full product. And they didn't find a better way to present it other than a freaking power point?

 Sat Jul 04 22:28:25 +0000 2020

Oh. Oh no.

 Sat Jul 04 22:30:32 +0000 2020

42 slides in this demo. Not bad, I guess.

 Sat Jul 04 22:31:36 +0000 2020

I think I had enough for today. This wasn't a particularly interesting cover disc.

 Sat Jul 04 22:32:50 +0000 2020

Remember that tons of magazine cover discs from all over the world are available right now over at The Internet Archive! https://archive.org/search.php?query=magazine%20cover%20discs

 Sat Jul 04 22:34:14 +0000 2020

The one I was looking at is in the first tweet of this thread. Time to learn some Russian! Where's your spirit of adventure?

 Sat Jul 04 22:45:36 +0000 2020

Btw, Hired Team: Trial did come out in the States in 2001. With bad reviews and this box art it didn't exactly fly off the shelves

 Sat Jul 04 22:46:17 +0000 2020

Reading comments about an interview with an actress. Here's one: "OMG She doesn't age!" and a whole bunch of likes. Umm..... This actress is like 30-something. Wtf? 🤔

 Sat Jul 04 23:11:37 +0000 2020

Some shit happens. https://t.co/TYsHgNwt3H

 Sat Jul 04 23:48:54 +0000 2020

Am I doing this right? 🤷‍♂️

 Sat Jul 04 23:49:14 +0000 2020

No. It will forever be a mystery.

 Sat Jul 04 23:52:08 +0000 2020

I have an opposite problem. People thought I was in my 40s when I was 19. Hopefully by the time I hit 50 I won't look like I'm 100 years old.

 Sat Jul 04 23:54:57 +0000 2020

It's really good!

 Sat Jul 04 23:57:53 +0000 2020

Not a technical issue, but my own fault. Diablo only gave you one save slot, and I managed to save on the final level *right* before getting hit with some magic & dying. Spent the next 15 min trying to repeatedly load & dodge out of the way, but it was hopeless. https://x.com/Gameonysus/status/1279262705577160705

 Sun Jul 05 01:12:12 +0000 2020

Aaaaaah, the French videogames have always been celebrated for their excellence... https://x.com/Macaw45/status/1279584762676391936

 Sun Jul 05 01:27:22 +0000 2020

I would do anything for DOS, but I won't do *that*.

 Sun Jul 05 02:48:52 +0000 2020

Here you go https://archive.org/details/pl-07-2000

 Sun Jul 05 03:52:39 +0000 2020

 Sun Jul 05 04:17:40 +0000 2020

It's fully supported by ScummVM now, so these days you can easily play it on any device of choice

 Sun Jul 05 04:58:36 +0000 2020

RT @drpatrik67: @dosnostalgic I found this in our storage

 Sun Jul 05 13:25:05 +0000 2020

RT @PissCastle: Here is the comic that was supposed to be my 4th of July comic last year, except I didn't finish it until like a week later…

 Sun Jul 05 13:35:01 +0000 2020

RT @gayocats: 1094528583886

 Sun Jul 05 13:36:36 +0000 2020

My favorite part of SiN was fully interactive computers with fake DOS on them.

 Sun Jul 05 13:39:54 +0000 2020

RT @jojo073jose:

 Sun Jul 05 13:41:36 +0000 2020

This is a better video on David Lynch than any hours+ video essays that desperately try to explain what his work is supposed to mean:
https://youtu.be/TqZpi8zAqe0

 Sun Jul 05 14:11:54 +0000 2020

This is why I drink at home

 Sun Jul 05 14:29:52 +0000 2020

Relentless Logic (Conway, Hong, and Smith, 1985) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Jul 05 16:26:04 +0000 2020

I mean this is not bad, as far as 90s ads go.

 Sun Jul 05 16:40:58 +0000 2020

RT @textfiles: In the 1990s, Psygnosis had this ad agency who made all sorts of ads that, as far as I can tell, Psygnosis said "What the he…

 Sun Jul 05 16:41:03 +0000 2020

Double Pacman, a 2 player Pacman game.
https://youtu.be/G5xmF-cLqbA
Available on Itch: https://breadbingames.itch.io/double-pacman
Source on GitHub: https://github.com/moonorongo/doublePalman

 Sun Jul 05 17:00:54 +0000 2020

 Sun Jul 05 17:02:37 +0000 2020

It might partly explain stuff like this, but I still have more questions
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1226278090445336577

 Sun Jul 05 17:09:32 +0000 2020

A couple of examples of 90s advertising in the form of a US and a UK print ad for Destruction Derby 2. #DOSGaming

 Sun Jul 05 17:13:35 +0000 2020

realMyst (Windows 9x, 2000) #NotDOS
A full 3D remake of Myst with additional brand new content.

 Sun Jul 05 18:32:22 +0000 2020

If we're talking about functionality then Masterpiece Edition.

 Sun Jul 05 18:37:01 +0000 2020

You know, I've never seen a Riven print ad until today, and... there's something to it.

 Sun Jul 05 18:44:47 +0000 2020

I didn't realize that the source code for Russian voxel open world racing-trading sim Vangers has been released, and there are a few branches with improvements!
https://github.com/KranX/Vangers/

 Sun Jul 05 20:16:35 +0000 2020

Do you remember Vangers?

 Sun Jul 05 20:19:31 +0000 2020

Because *I* remember Vangers!
(It's on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/264080/Vangers/)

 Sun Jul 05 20:28:58 +0000 2020

Here's a pretty cool video review of the 1998 Russian cult classic Vangers: One for the Road 😄
https://youtu.be/P9R7QJ5Sh1o

 Sun Jul 05 20:37:44 +0000 2020

And Cosmic Osmo's Hex Isle.

 Sun Jul 05 21:03:33 +0000 2020

Yeeeaaahhhhh boyyyyyyyyy! 🎵

 Mon Jul 06 01:53:00 +0000 2020

Offer them monetary reward for unfollowing.

 Mon Jul 06 03:04:27 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Good night

 Mon Jul 06 04:12:27 +0000 2020

RT @MikeDrucker: I feel like it’s possible to not enjoy a video game without having to ruin the life of someone who made it

 Mon Jul 06 04:27:43 +0000 2020

I like the reboot a bunch, but this one turned out to be the Trekiest. And I unironically enjoy the Sabotage moment that everyone seemed to hate.

 Mon Jul 06 05:41:30 +0000 2020

I think Beyond might feel a bit Trekkier because Pegg wrote it, but who know if that's what it was.

 Mon Jul 06 05:44:56 +0000 2020

That one is definitely in you. That game has a whole page of save slots.

 Mon Jul 06 06:46:14 +0000 2020

RT @HotU_net: The Elder Scrolls Adventures - Redguard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1aD4x2zJsg

 Mon Jul 06 14:48:10 +0000 2020

RT @Civvie11: When you find an attempt to make a shitpost WAD from a few months back

 Mon Jul 06 16:12:25 +0000 2020

When you download the free version on Steam, it includes a slew of wip versions of the game, spanning years. And you can clearly tell that all that stuff was added at the last minute because Duke 3D people joined the team, and thought they figured out what "humor" was.

 Mon Jul 06 16:35:06 +0000 2020

😥
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1116058194030231552?s=19

 Mon Jul 06 16:40:48 +0000 2020

RIP
https://youtu.be/O9vZJMVYHf0

 Mon Jul 06 17:15:16 +0000 2020

RT @noclipvideo: In our latest documentary we talk to @petroglyphgames, Lemon Sky & @JimVessella about how @EA and some of the original Wes…

 Mon Jul 06 17:16:14 +0000 2020

RT @ViolateGeneva: Every video game that uses a Red Cross to denote health is doing so in violation of the Geneva Conventions. https://t.c…

 Mon Jul 06 18:30:31 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: THIS SHIT IS BANANAS

 Mon Jul 06 18:36:00 +0000 2020

You should try original Castle Wolfenstein. It's these controls x2.

 Mon Jul 06 18:41:48 +0000 2020

RT @Bella_Zuppa: sailing through 2020 like

 Mon Jul 06 18:42:20 +0000 2020

This is you chance to get me interested in the new generation of consoles, studios! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1017127954978099202

 Mon Jul 06 20:13:11 +0000 2020

Quarantine hair no more!
Before and after:

 Mon Jul 06 21:22:32 +0000 2020

I think I lost a few pounds there.

 Mon Jul 06 21:23:15 +0000 2020

NEVER

 Mon Jul 06 21:26:29 +0000 2020

I cosplay as him emotionally every day

 Mon Jul 06 21:31:49 +0000 2020

Sine Ennio Morricone (RIP) is trending, and people are no doubt are going to be revisiting a film from the Man With No Name Trilogy, I really suggest making it For a Few Dollars More, if you're only have time for one.

 Mon Jul 06 21:36:57 +0000 2020

For a Few Dollars More is a fantastic film that I feel often gets overlooked because it's not the legendary Spaghetti Western game changer "A Firstful of Dollars", or, you know, arguably the best entry in the genre that is the third film.

 Mon Jul 06 21:38:48 +0000 2020

Time for a new phone

 Mon Jul 06 21:40:39 +0000 2020

Wizard of Id's WizType (Sydney Development/Sierra On-Line, 1984) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Mon Jul 06 22:20:49 +0000 2020

And in composite CGA:

 Mon Jul 06 22:21:07 +0000 2020

Bots are rising up again. Seeing a lot of random favorites from suspicious accounts. A lot of them don't even have any tweets, just RTs, yet still have 1000s of followers. A bunch are marked with Tr*mp2020 somewhere in the bio. Let's not fall of it this time, shall we?

 Mon Jul 06 22:39:14 +0000 2020

Why do these bots favorite and post random DOS-related shit? Who's programming these things? It's throwing me off. Fucking QUIT IT.

 Mon Jul 06 22:40:25 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: This is an actual print ad for a game from the year 1995

 Mon Jul 06 22:47:33 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Where's your career going?

 Mon Jul 06 22:48:38 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: 90s game industry recruitment ad

 Mon Jul 06 22:48:48 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Another 90s gamedev recruitment ad. This time by... Square.

 Mon Jul 06 22:49:15 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Oh... oh no.

 Mon Jul 06 22:49:21 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Mon Jul 06 22:49:26 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Excuse me, what the fuck is this?!?!

 Mon Jul 06 22:49:39 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Ok, I laughed

 Mon Jul 06 22:49:43 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Mon Jul 06 22:49:54 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Mon Jul 06 22:50:09 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: "Salt Lake City, Utah"

 Mon Jul 06 22:50:13 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Oh yes, I remember someone else posting this one last year.

 Mon Jul 06 22:50:18 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Mid 90-s game programmer recruitment ad

 Mon Jul 06 23:05:55 +0000 2020

I wonder what the budget for C&C remaster was. Because its seems it wasn't cheap.

 Mon Jul 06 23:08:23 +0000 2020

A 1989 CD-ROM product, anyone? https://x.com/textfiles/status/1280279762691293185

 Mon Jul 06 23:20:16 +0000 2020

This reminds me, did anyone dig up the 1989 version of Microsoft Bookshelf yet?

 Mon Jul 06 23:21:18 +0000 2020

Beautiful

 Mon Jul 06 23:22:35 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Here's a Russian pirate CD from 1997. 160 games. All DOS. Didn't really have WarCraft 2 and Outpost 2. https://t.co/huwFS…

 Mon Jul 06 23:23:38 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Something about this Russian billboard is strangely familiar. Hmmm... https://x.com/de_function/status/860457117882474496

 Mon Jul 06 23:29:13 +0000 2020

US division in California.

 Mon Jul 06 23:47:59 +0000 2020

Est. 1995.

 Mon Jul 06 23:55:21 +0000 2020

I remember it being somewhat fun.

 Tue Jul 07 00:08:55 +0000 2020

Now THAT is a trip.

 Tue Jul 07 00:09:09 +0000 2020

RT @gayocats: CATastrophe_by_billyunderscorebwa

 Tue Jul 07 01:11:17 +0000 2020

I'm almost certain that was the point of the garage scene in the Sorkin/Boyle movie.

 Tue Jul 07 01:13:55 +0000 2020

Following my own advice tonight https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1280254434661076992

 Tue Jul 07 01:21:25 +0000 2020

Weird that the video release doesn't offer an option of Italian audio. It would be interesting to check out.

 Tue Jul 07 02:02:20 +0000 2020

That is so weird to me, since they were released in Italian first.

 Tue Jul 07 02:23:24 +0000 2020

My face when I discover a cool new DOS game https://x.com/UnderwaterVids/status/1280323866619858945

 Tue Jul 07 02:24:37 +0000 2020

Yes, I understand, but that's true of all Italian films in general. There's no reason not to provide an Italian track unless it's lost or something.

 Tue Jul 07 02:43:19 +0000 2020

Unless it's for a completely different cut of a film, I don't see why some work can't be done. I've seen Soviet dubs included, even when they were made for censored cuts originally.

 Tue Jul 07 02:59:17 +0000 2020

Yes, that seems to be more likely the issue than any technical one. As usual.

 Tue Jul 07 03:00:02 +0000 2020

Quick. Compose something!

 Tue Jul 07 03:05:38 +0000 2020

WHAT
THE
FUCK?!
"In 1983, Ennio Morricone was nominated for the Razzie for "Worst Musical Score", for his work on 'The Thing'."
Every time I discover just how much people hated John Carpenter's The Thing originally, there's appears to always be more.

 Tue Jul 07 03:08:14 +0000 2020

I think the score for The Thing is pretty great, and I don't mean the Carpenteresque theme that was everything everyone seems to remember. I mean the rest of it.

 Tue Jul 07 03:11:13 +0000 2020

These days you can get the multi disc edition of the soundtrack that contains everything. Both used and unused Morricone music, and all the smaller pieces that Carpenter and Howarth added. With notes on what's what.

 Tue Jul 07 03:13:06 +0000 2020

I mean.... that one I can kinda understand.

 Tue Jul 07 03:13:37 +0000 2020

Reading further and... Tangerine Dream were also nominated for a Razzie for Michael Mann's THIEF. What?!?!

 Tue Jul 07 03:17:45 +0000 2020

Btw, if you haven't seen Thief, you have to see it. And that score is fucking GOLD.

 Tue Jul 07 03:18:36 +0000 2020

Here's the opening scene with that Razzie nominated score.
https://youtu.be/aJIn7batAtc

 Tue Jul 07 03:20:21 +0000 2020

It's pretty great. Not in the movie though.

 Tue Jul 07 03:34:01 +0000 2020

Ok, here me out:
How about instead of an MDA card, you'll make an MDMA card?

 Tue Jul 07 04:22:23 +0000 2020

No, I *won't* see myself out!

 Tue Jul 07 04:23:20 +0000 2020

How did you get a video of me in the 90s?

 Tue Jul 07 04:23:54 +0000 2020

RT @Pixelengineer_: The 486DX2-66 was my first own PC. I had (and still have) so many awesome #DOSgaming moments. Tell me about your first…

 Tue Jul 07 17:54:55 +0000 2020

YouTube just showed my an ad for some sniper game that involved a lot of jiggling ass closeups, and I just gotta say that gaming ended up somewhere *very* different from what I was picturing 25 years ago.

 Tue Jul 07 19:24:04 +0000 2020

Do you recall the name? Because I was so shocked, I didn't notice the title card, and now I just have to confirm that it actually exists. Because for a second I thought maybe I was having a seizure or something.

 Tue Jul 07 19:30:36 +0000 2020

 Tue Jul 07 19:37:07 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Someday DOS will find you

 Tue Jul 07 21:16:41 +0000 2020

Barber: So where do you talk about videogames?
Me: Oh, a bunch of places online. Social media, podcasts, YouTube...
Barber: Like PewDiePie?
Me: .... Yes... I'm gonna go with a yes.

 Tue Jul 07 21:40:35 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Original DOS version of Ecstatica and its rather unknown later Windows re-release with higher resolution graphics https:/…

 Tue Jul 07 21:54:19 +0000 2020

It's finally time for some Roland MT-32 music from Budokan! #DOSGaming
⁽ᴿᵉᵃˡ ʰᵃʳᵈʷᵃʳᵉ⁾

 Tue Jul 07 22:33:14 +0000 2020

I might win
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1199179961510354945?s=19

 Tue Jul 07 22:48:30 +0000 2020

Conquest of the New World: Deluxe Edition (Quicksilver Software/Interplay Productions, 1997) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Tue Jul 07 23:39:40 +0000 2020

That's the one.

 Tue Jul 07 23:45:27 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/800801239525007360

 Wed Jul 08 00:36:28 +0000 2020

Is there a better recent movie where a bunch of white supremacists end up getting their asses handed to them than Green Room?

 Wed Jul 08 01:14:03 +0000 2020

It is such a shame that this movie flopped. It really deserved better. Beautifully shot and acted, and tense as all hell. RIP Anton Yelchin.

 Wed Jul 08 01:17:09 +0000 2020

Yeah, I saw it when it opened in a nearly empty theater. A huge shame. And I remember it was very well reviewed too.

 Wed Jul 08 01:21:05 +0000 2020

I'm yet to see a film that wasted as much potential as Iron Sky.

 Wed Jul 08 01:58:37 +0000 2020

I really do think that years from now "The Ricklantis Mixup" episode of Rick & Morty will be recognized as some of the finest television of 2010s.

 Wed Jul 08 02:28:17 +0000 2020

Is there a show where a random episode of the THIRD season actually *is* a good introduction to the show?

 Wed Jul 08 03:00:53 +0000 2020

Buy Immortal for your kids, so they too can feel the pain. https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1280667921031868421

 Wed Jul 08 03:12:40 +0000 2020

RT @patron_sailor: For your consideration: A raccoon napping inside a dumpster on top of a pile of Magic: the Gathering cards https://t.co/…

 Wed Jul 08 04:26:55 +0000 2020

 Wed Jul 08 13:41:34 +0000 2020

Figured that I might as well show the Tandy sound option in Budokan. Sadly, I don't own any Tandy machines, so this one is emulated via DosBox. #DOSGaming

 Wed Jul 08 16:28:20 +0000 2020

... That was a perfectly fine 6¼mb of HD video. I guess Twitter decided to just eat it. 😥

 Wed Jul 08 16:33:59 +0000 2020

No, but I will now!

 Wed Jul 08 16:34:34 +0000 2020

The Necrons/네크론 (Mirinae Software/KOGA Publishing, 1997) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Wed Jul 08 17:02:22 +0000 2020

Budokan is slightly more interesting here because it actually mixes the tune (up to 3 voices) as it plays it, it's not a pre-existing PCM sequence.

 Wed Jul 08 17:06:54 +0000 2020

I was never a big fan, but it's interesting.

 Wed Jul 08 17:21:28 +0000 2020

@Pixelmusement Here's someone trying to take credit for a Cyrus screenshot in 1988 😂
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1239229978786570241

 Wed Jul 08 17:29:45 +0000 2020

Haven't we suffered enough in 2020 already? https://x.com/readyplayerone/status/1280905207111712769

 Wed Jul 08 19:27:22 +0000 2020

Box art of the day: #DOSGaming

 Wed Jul 08 19:33:15 +0000 2020

Halloween Ends? That's the funniest thing I've heard today. 🤣

 Wed Jul 08 19:49:16 +0000 2020

How many times was Michael Myers definitely-for-sure killed so far?

 Wed Jul 08 19:50:12 +0000 2020

It's been nearly 20 years, and I'm still laughing at the retcon of H2O in Halloween Resurrection. They had the most definite ending, and they still managed to write themselves out of that.

 Wed Jul 08 19:52:45 +0000 2020

Is this the one where Lloyd Kaufman shows up for just one second, and still manages to call someone a c-word?

 Wed Jul 08 20:27:35 +0000 2020

Ok, no. I'd develop trust issues and my whole world would collapse because of these. https://x.com/tasty/status/1280966608933003264

 Wed Jul 08 21:00:30 +0000 2020

Remember when American Airlines got a $5.8 billion bailout not three months ago? And didn't they also plan to apply for another $4.8 billion loan? All for this: https://x.com/nytimes/status/1280974958202630149

 Wed Jul 08 22:33:41 +0000 2020

Ugh. Internet ad providers finally figured out that I'm single. I'm seeing dating service ads everywhere I go.

 Wed Jul 08 22:50:01 +0000 2020

Ladies, if you're into Russian alcoholics:

 Wed Jul 08 22:50:50 +0000 2020

This seems to happen at least once a week these days. People cling to the weirdest shit in attempts to be grumpy about the world evolving.

 Wed Jul 08 23:33:19 +0000 2020

If an average person from the early 90s saw trailers for Mortal Kombat 11 or Doom Eternal, they'd probably have a heart attack. We literally live in a world where everyone has a smartphone & therefore is no more than 5 sec away from seeing HD videos of people *fucking*.

 Wed Jul 08 23:36:05 +0000 2020

God, it's fucking hot today. In other news: currently editing a podcast.

 Thu Jul 09 00:12:45 +0000 2020

RT @nostalnerd: Let's do this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLan-BOybbk

 Thu Jul 09 00:26:11 +0000 2020

DOS must go on.

 Thu Jul 09 00:53:11 +0000 2020

Oh no. Don't read any of it!

 Thu Jul 09 00:53:38 +0000 2020

Inside my hard drive's breaking, my keyboard may be flaking, but my screen still stays on.

 Thu Jul 09 01:21:22 +0000 2020

Oh wow. I'm having the same conversation in multiple places simultaneously now. Not a good sign.

"Blazing Saddles would get banned today"
Blazing Saddles:

 Thu Jul 09 01:26:30 +0000 2020

The Toy is weird, because it's only the Pryor version that makes it weird. In the original the guy wasn't black.

 Thu Jul 09 01:34:31 +0000 2020

I cannot enjoy it. With the exception of a handful of film, I always find Hollywood remakes of French films inferior.
https://youtu.be/OK6W0szX7zM

 Thu Jul 09 01:39:45 +0000 2020

Exactly. You can as easily point to a million things today that would *never* exist in 1974.

 Thu Jul 09 01:42:34 +0000 2020

It's a shit ad for a shit game. Which is exactly what I said, and then it turned into a flame war, of course.

 Thu Jul 09 01:53:36 +0000 2020

 Thu Jul 09 02:06:28 +0000 2020

I'm also very confused. Please keep us all updated.

 Thu Jul 09 02:07:46 +0000 2020

Look, mom! I'm in high res EGA!

 Thu Jul 09 02:37:17 +0000 2020

Btw, if I wasn't restricted to the EGA palette, just a 16 color image converted with modern tools would be much more better looking.

 Thu Jul 09 02:41:10 +0000 2020

RT @evrythngos: absolutely obsessed with the revew for this bear

 Thu Jul 09 04:27:12 +0000 2020

RT @AAAAAGGHHHH:

 Thu Jul 09 04:47:27 +0000 2020

☑ I am not a cat
😥

 Thu Jul 09 05:19:00 +0000 2020

Neopaint

 Thu Jul 09 05:26:36 +0000 2020

Sadly, yes.

 Thu Jul 09 05:38:18 +0000 2020

Hey meow. You're a cat star. Get your cat on. Go cat.

 Thu Jul 09 14:27:23 +0000 2020

A new episode of DOS Nostalgia podcast is now available for all Patreon supporters.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dos-nostalgia-29-39141725

 Thu Jul 09 15:21:50 +0000 2020

Because I hate puns.

 Thu Jul 09 15:32:30 +0000 2020

I have a 90d Harlan Ellison interview on my YT channel where he basically trashes videogames, and the comments are always most amusing. Especially the ones that suggest games Ellison would have liked 🤣
https://youtu.be/9dBap0UfQ_U https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1012547613768462336

 Thu Jul 09 15:38:40 +0000 2020

People, if you think Harlan Ellison would have enjoyed playing BioShock or some such shit, I have a surprise for you. 😂

 Thu Jul 09 15:39:53 +0000 2020

Cross Country Trucking (Elijah Gardner, 2020) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Jul 09 15:59:30 +0000 2020

Cross Country Trucking, a new Oreon Trail inspired DOS game is available here:
https://elijahgardner.itch.io/cross-country-trucking-ms-dos

 Thu Jul 09 16:02:45 +0000 2020

 Thu Jul 09 16:12:16 +0000 2020

I am so stressed out that *every* time I try to take a nap, I end up with a 30 min vivid nightmare that is incredibly literally based on everything I'm worrying about. This is a lot more amusing than it sounds. 😅

 Thu Jul 09 16:22:26 +0000 2020

Time to get a CRT!

 Thu Jul 09 16:24:44 +0000 2020

This is Clint. Be like Clint. 👍💿 https://x.com/lazygamereviews/status/1281263516037582848

 Thu Jul 09 16:27:42 +0000 2020

Check out Westwood Movie Collection 1985 - 1995!
A selection of internal photos and videos, along with a doze of game footage and music, documenting the history of Westwood Studios prepared by them for their 10th anniversary
https://youtu.be/fXYQX5Sso7c

 Thu Jul 09 16:33:18 +0000 2020

I like big Barts, and I cannot lie

 Thu Jul 09 17:14:35 +0000 2020

Ah. Today marks the first time someone actually objected to me posting a screenshot of a new game 😂

 Thu Jul 09 17:20:32 +0000 2020

But what if, hear me out, a new game is... designed to evoke nostalgia? 🤔

 Thu Jul 09 17:22:40 +0000 2020

RT @bbbradsmith: The poor sound quality of Double Dribble's title screen on the NES was apparently due to a programming error? The bits of…

 Thu Jul 09 17:41:43 +0000 2020

RT @partytimeHXLNT: Social Media Bros. (2015)

A Twitter-connected hack of Super Mario Bros. running on stock NES hardware with a custom-b…

 Thu Jul 09 17:55:39 +0000 2020

@MatWBT So I had to awkwardly cut out our final convo about the Blazkowicz family, because we skipped a generation, and I'm not ready to deal with the comments from everyone who'd notice and demand we turn in our nerd cards. 😥

 Thu Jul 09 18:15:15 +0000 2020

It killed me, because there was no easy way to cut around it, we were laughing so much. There's clearly a chunk missing.

 Thu Jul 09 18:17:24 +0000 2020

Money led to creation of IHNMAIMS game. That's about it. As he points out in that very interview.

 Thu Jul 09 18:19:35 +0000 2020

https://youtu.be/mj5IV23g-fE

 Thu Jul 09 18:32:45 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1281256672900648961?s=19

 Thu Jul 09 18:50:56 +0000 2020

I'm immune to this because I'm used to working with retail POS control systems, and all of them feel like they've been developed in Hell. https://x.com/gravislizard/status/1281285107463204871

 Thu Jul 09 18:52:59 +0000 2020

You think this is bad, let me show you the pre-Cloud version of BRData. It was written in PL/B, and by the time I got to it I'm fairly certain most people in the company didn't even know what that was, they just tried their best to avoid touching it out of fear.

 Thu Jul 09 18:55:34 +0000 2020

 Thu Jul 09 18:56:14 +0000 2020

(Don't work in retail)

 Thu Jul 09 18:57:43 +0000 2020

Oh, the good old days
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/465091466533273601?s=19

 Thu Jul 09 18:59:16 +0000 2020

😂 I really don't know about this person

 Thu Jul 09 19:47:53 +0000 2020

I almost want to meet them, but there are a couple of red flags besides, you know, the actual red flag.

 Thu Jul 09 19:49:24 +0000 2020

Do I really strike you as a kind of person who'd do that to my own vehicle?

 Thu Jul 09 19:50:07 +0000 2020

Baby

 Thu Jul 09 19:55:28 +0000 2020

And another baby

 Thu Jul 09 19:58:13 +0000 2020

And another baby!

 Thu Jul 09 20:08:38 +0000 2020

I'd say some of them could be prison/mob tattoos, but those people aren't that covered usually.

 Thu Jul 09 20:21:39 +0000 2020

This does indeed look like a physical equivalent of a shitpost.

 Thu Jul 09 20:22:19 +0000 2020

This is Trevor. Be like Trevor. 👍💿 https://t.co/D5nctp0wSQ

 Thu Jul 09 20:51:49 +0000 2020

Permanent 2020 mood

 Thu Jul 09 20:52:25 +0000 2020

Tricolor shiba inu

 Thu Jul 09 20:57:49 +0000 2020

God, I hope not.

 Thu Jul 09 22:05:39 +0000 2020

Baby!

 Fri Jul 10 01:58:17 +0000 2020

Good evening

 Fri Jul 10 02:32:29 +0000 2020

Si

 Fri Jul 10 02:33:57 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1263902230178136064?s=19

 Fri Jul 10 02:40:55 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Only 90s kids will remember

 Fri Jul 10 03:19:45 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: oh wow. I didn't know this existed: The dClock II for the IBM PC! The IBM PC didn't have a built in clock, and only a few expans…

 Fri Jul 10 11:02:37 +0000 2020

RT @gayocats: bff

 Fri Jul 10 11:05:50 +0000 2020

RT @gayocats: 1202389943242

 Fri Jul 10 11:14:36 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: an elegant SCSI relaxing with One Hundred and One Monochrome Mazes

 Fri Jul 10 11:42:17 +0000 2020

Bob's Dragon Hunt (Neurosport, 1992) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Fri Jul 10 17:30:55 +0000 2020

Box art of the day: #DOSGaming

 Fri Jul 10 18:00:00 +0000 2020

These bits with Gary Busey from the 2006 documentary "Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film" are pretty great 😄

 Fri Jul 10 18:09:31 +0000 2020

"I was 11, I remember it quite clearly." is.... not a good approach for a historical reference. Honestly.

 Fri Jul 10 18:45:13 +0000 2020

It's all about the little differences. See, I have absolutely no connection to stuff like this. Because things were very different where I'm from. (cont.) https://x.com/pripyatbeast/status/1281672605406130176

 Fri Jul 10 19:48:24 +0000 2020

Welcome to media distribution in 90s Russia!

 Fri Jul 10 19:49:18 +0000 2020

When people ask me how did I manage to play so many DOS games, this is literally half of my "secret". For an equivalent of about $3 I could get a CD full of games. It helped if they were old DOS ones. Definitely worth it.

 Fri Jul 10 19:53:38 +0000 2020

(Although also keep in mind that an equivalent of $3 was worth a lot more back in the day, *especially* in places other than the US)
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1111381530306179074

 Fri Jul 10 19:58:29 +0000 2020

And it wasn't just games, obviously

 Fri Jul 10 20:01:44 +0000 2020

Or this. "Delphi for dummies". 655 megabytes of everything Delphi-related that someone could find prior to the release of Delphi 3.

 Fri Jul 10 20:11:22 +0000 2020

That "translation" of Quake still haunts me.

 Fri Jul 10 20:13:32 +0000 2020

PixelNeo v2018.8.28 #NotDOS

 Fri Jul 10 20:22:33 +0000 2020

Yes, NeoPaint and NeoBook are very much alive and well! They've been renamed, but they are still going:
https://visualneo.com/product/pixelneo

 Fri Jul 10 20:26:48 +0000 2020

In a very retro fashion, PixelNeo still defaults to 640x480 as the image size. 320x200 is also an option. 😄

 Fri Jul 10 20:29:52 +0000 2020

ᵇᶦᵗᵉ

 Fri Jul 10 21:17:50 +0000 2020

"Tropical Storm Warning"? I thought it was a tad windy today

 Fri Jul 10 21:25:42 +0000 2020

RT @frankcifaldi: - @MameHaze does the MAME driver for Puzzloop

- PopCap plays Puzzloop on MAME and gets, uh, inspired, to make Zuma

- Zu…

 Fri Jul 10 21:26:50 +0000 2020

The year is 2020...

 Fri Jul 10 21:42:43 +0000 2020

It's very much in the style of old fairy tales, many of which didn't have a particularly happy ending.

 Fri Jul 10 22:29:15 +0000 2020

A new episode of DOS Nostalgia podcast is here!
@MatWBT returns to discuss the legendary PC platformer series from id Software and Apogee. Join us as we go through all of the adventures of Billy Blaze!
Download MP3: https://www.dosnostalgia.com/?p=922

https://youtu.be/aWLf4zGq_DY

 Fri Jul 10 23:01:00 +0000 2020

Why you might wanna skip buying Keen Dreams on the Switch, a thread:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1100934501277016065

 Fri Jul 10 23:47:30 +0000 2020

DosBox 🤷‍♂️
But there's also this multi-platform engine re-implementation: http://clonekeenplus.sourceforge.net/

 Fri Jul 10 23:55:22 +0000 2020

It finally happened. Someone decided to react to "Mulholland Drive" on YouTube. It went pretty much as one would expect. I've decided to do a highlight compilation:

 Sat Jul 11 01:08:10 +0000 2020

I am usually very against watching Mulholland Drive while talking to the camera, but this was worth it!👍😂

 Sat Jul 11 01:11:52 +0000 2020

RT @DavidXNewton: And if you'd like to catch up on @EpicGames ' history before then, the playlist starts here with the video on ZZT which I…

 Sat Jul 11 02:19:22 +0000 2020

I love that you can see the wheels turning. It's nice to be able to look directly at a face of someone who's experiencing this film for the first time.

 Sat Jul 11 02:46:38 +0000 2020

Yeah, one either feels like Neo or a gross out of shape potato while playing it. It's an experience. I'm glad you're enjoying it.

 Sat Jul 11 02:53:47 +0000 2020

I sure hope so. Generally not enough people are reacting to movies that are *worth* recording a reaction to.

 Sat Jul 11 03:04:18 +0000 2020

Most of the Russian stuff didn't have that. Just zips, arj, or more often self extracting rar or lza archives with maximum compression. Windows stuff was mostly InstallShield.

 Sat Jul 11 04:02:02 +0000 2020

RT @gayocats: 1192118972391

 Sat Jul 11 10:01:37 +0000 2020

RT @scully1888: That story about the German Grandia HD saying 'Fräulein' (Miss) instead of 'daneben' (miss) reminds me of an even better on…

 Sat Jul 11 10:12:52 +0000 2020

RT @Lord_Mo: there's like one active Tomb Raider 1 modder and I like their moxy

 Sat Jul 11 10:27:38 +0000 2020

Norton Commander (or another dual panel orthodox file manager) is all you need 🎶
https://youtu.be/qmVeQEysvtk

 Sat Jul 11 10:37:39 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: #DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 11 10:53:16 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Sat Jul 11 11:03:15 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: These bits with Gary Busey from the 2006 documentary "Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film" are pret…

 Sat Jul 11 11:11:41 +0000 2020

Good morning

 Sat Jul 11 11:27:23 +0000 2020

Whoa. A New Zealand classification record is also available!

 Sat Jul 11 11:31:07 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: If you think computer magazine CDs can't be AWESOME, well, you're wrong!

 Sat Jul 11 11:35:03 +0000 2020

Which is why access to my discord has to be bought with 💰. It helps to limit things a bit.

 Sat Jul 11 11:43:04 +0000 2020

RT @Pixelengineer_: Restoration finally completed 🖥️! #DOSgaming #retrogaming @lazygamereviews @dosnostalgic

 Sat Jul 11 11:43:21 +0000 2020

README.TXT
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
http://COMMAND.COM
FILE_ID.DIZ
HIMEM.SYS https://x.com/xor/status/1119326303956688896

 Sat Jul 11 12:23:44 +0000 2020

That was never a thing.

 Sat Jul 11 15:15:33 +0000 2020

RT @peterc: Bill Gates: "Y'know, when you work as hard as I do to create a great spreadsheet, you want a beer that won't fill you up." http…

 Sat Jul 11 15:18:11 +0000 2020

Because there was no windows.exe. All versions of Windows start with http://WIN.COM, and you could always see inside any folder, and you still can.

 Sat Jul 11 15:28:18 +0000 2020

B.S.S Jane Seymour: Federation Quest 1/Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years From Earth (Celestial Software/Gremlin Graphics Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sat Jul 11 15:49:56 +0000 2020

 Sat Jul 11 15:56:52 +0000 2020

32 years ago.

 Sat Jul 11 16:15:47 +0000 2020

So Joe Blade II on the ZX Spectrum actually has a custom loader that lets your play a simplified game of Pacman while the actual game is loading. It looks like it might be the only game to feature a loader like that on that particular computer, but maybe I'm wrong?

 Sat Jul 11 17:24:53 +0000 2020

Pretty sure that was on a C64

 Sat Jul 11 17:26:55 +0000 2020

Oh yes. The sound of a Spectrum program loading off a tape is... something
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1116112059693969408

 Sat Jul 11 17:30:25 +0000 2020

Yep. That's the one.

 Sat Jul 11 17:35:19 +0000 2020

A-ha! Another game with a custom game loader. A Spanish game!
https://x.com/BenwayRW/status/1282009159983149066

 Sat Jul 11 18:08:54 +0000 2020

Namco got a patent in 95, which is way past the ZX Spectrum era.

 Sat Jul 11 18:10:22 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose:
Original (1987), remake (1991), CD-ROM VGA remake (1991), CD-ROM Win3.x remake (…

 Sat Jul 11 19:27:50 +0000 2020

Is Mickey Mouse trending because he's finally dead?

 Sat Jul 11 19:37:27 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Included on the CD of Bullfrog's 1996 real-time tactical game "Syndicate Wars" was a 259kb file MISC/PRIME1.TXT which con…

 Sat Jul 11 19:44:23 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Dune (CD-ROM) and Fury of the Furries. Two games that allowed you to play using Fremen language #DOSGaming https://t.co/4…

 Sat Jul 11 19:44:53 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Alone in the Dark behind the scenes #DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 11 19:46:10 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Third person DOS #DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 11 19:46:23 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Please select your VR device #DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 11 19:48:30 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: WAD2DUKE in action #DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 11 19:51:23 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Cracktros #DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 11 19:52:55 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Lucasfilm Games logos 1988-1991 #DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 11 19:55:16 +0000 2020

RT @CoolBoxArt: Quake / Print ad / id Software / 1996

 Sat Jul 11 21:00:46 +0000 2020

The Walt Disney World Explorer (Windows 3.x/Windows 9x, 1996) #NotDOS

 Sat Jul 11 21:35:54 +0000 2020

It's the new Mayan Calendar. Let's face it, we won't last this long.

 Sat Jul 11 21:38:29 +0000 2020

Join me at 8 PM Eastern tonight for a stream and a chat!
https://youtu.be/cHA2_39DHSU

 Sat Jul 11 22:32:38 +0000 2020

I'm gonna bet that none of this is pixel art, but rather that it is scanned in.

 Sat Jul 11 22:50:30 +0000 2020

It plays worse, because I assume they had very little ram to work with.

 Sat Jul 11 23:44:16 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Ken Silverman's Build engine tech demo

 Sat Jul 11 23:46:00 +0000 2020

Live now! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1282080384864391169

 Sun Jul 12 00:00:02 +0000 2020

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the stream. This was... special.

 Sun Jul 12 02:32:11 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Early promo images for Coktel Vision's "Urban Runner" (at the time still called "Lost in Town")

 Sun Jul 12 04:11:15 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: More because they are so incredibly amusing, especially if you've seen the final game

 Sun Jul 12 04:11:17 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: Friendly reminder of the best magazine cover ever

 Sun Jul 12 04:47:51 +0000 2020

RT @treydinero1: That is THE most sunburned human I have ever seen https://x.com/ABC/status/1281378115143512066

 Sun Jul 12 05:37:54 +0000 2020

RT @beyond_code: It's official, the second shelf is full! #dosgaming #bigboxgames #collector

 Sun Jul 12 13:45:47 +0000 2020

RT @Bhaal_Spawn: Good morning ☺️

I overslept, & it’s a bit late, but it’s time to go hunt some breakfast Nibbles!

#DosGaming https://t.co…

 Sun Jul 12 13:47:06 +0000 2020

RT @ID_AA_Carmack: The trick behind the scrolling in the first Commander Keen games was to only redraw tiles that actually changed after pa…

 Sun Jul 12 13:50:02 +0000 2020

RT @ID_AA_Carmack: The second Keen trilogy used a better trick -- just keep panning and redrawing the leading edge, letting the screen wrap…

 Sun Jul 12 13:50:04 +0000 2020

RT @dosgameclub: 💾NEW PODCAST!💾 This one is all about PINBALL! 🐬 From the humble beginnings of Pinball Construction Set & Macadam Bumper, t…

 Sun Jul 12 16:17:02 +0000 2020

 Sun Jul 12 17:05:36 +0000 2020

If you missed my stream of a humorous Taiwanese turn based fighting game L-Man (蜥蜴超人) from last night, you can check it out here:
https://youtu.be/cHA2_39DHSU

 Sun Jul 12 17:12:52 +0000 2020

Seriously, we need more games in this genre, and games that aren't afraid to be *this* goofy. #DOSGaming

 Sun Jul 12 17:25:29 +0000 2020

Military Tetris (A. Chtcherbakov, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay #RussianVideogames

 Sun Jul 12 19:01:00 +0000 2020

Happy Sunday, people of Twitter!

 Sun Jul 12 19:09:15 +0000 2020

Lol

 Sun Jul 12 19:12:37 +0000 2020

Goddamn!

 Sun Jul 12 19:13:01 +0000 2020

That's in ONE day. Quite a fungus.

 Sun Jul 12 19:13:43 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Tmw there's a bookshelf visible in an amateur porn video, and one of the books is clearly Tricks Of The DOOM Programming…

 Sun Jul 12 19:14:41 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: When you overhear people talking about old computer games

 Sun Jul 12 19:15:13 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: When you catch a glimpse of DOS on a stranger's computer

 Sun Jul 12 19:15:21 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: When I start a DOS game I'm like

 Sun Jul 12 20:39:53 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: When I see someone dissing DOS games on the internet

 Sun Jul 12 20:43:17 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: You never know when the inspiration to become an indie game developer can strike you

 Sun Jul 12 20:45:21 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Did you know that Wing Commander: Privateer included a hidden text adventure as a renamed batch file? #DOSGaming https://…

 Sun Jul 12 20:55:50 +0000 2020

RT @KWF: If you don't own at least one USB to RS-232 adapter which displays all the signals on LEDs, you should seriously consider it. http…

 Sun Jul 12 21:44:12 +0000 2020

"Peter GabriAl's hit music video"

 Sun Jul 12 21:54:29 +0000 2020

Yeah, I'm not going to movie theaters until better days come. I mean, why would I? There are so many virtual theaters I could be visiting instead!

 Sun Jul 12 22:26:01 +0000 2020

Visual Basic 3.

 Sun Jul 12 22:42:59 +0000 2020

Too late. Local kids pulled it out by the time I got back.

 Sun Jul 12 23:27:38 +0000 2020

If you're thinking of GAGboy, then no. That was programmed by Oleg Maddox of IL-2 Sturmovik fame.

 Mon Jul 13 00:39:36 +0000 2020

That's "GAGboy", as it says in the lower left corner. Someone just renamed the executable to Xtet long time ago, and it spread. Yes, that's the one I've mentioned. It was made as a part of GAG: The Impotent Mystery adventure game.
https://youtu.be/bO5Z6k7e1m0

 Mon Jul 13 00:58:17 +0000 2020

Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?

 Mon Jul 13 01:28:14 +0000 2020

This... I'm having a hard time believing this is real. Surely even a dumbass like Christy has been aware of cook books and cooking shows since her childhood, no matter how old she could possibly be?

 Mon Jul 13 02:42:23 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: #NotDOS, but WOW

 Mon Jul 13 02:47:37 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: #NotDOS, but a great 90s ad headline

 Mon Jul 13 02:48:55 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: #NotDOS, but I feel it's worth posting

 Mon Jul 13 02:49:26 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Did you know that @Criterion had their own CD-ROM in '93?
Criterion Goes to the Movies by The Voyager Company #Win16 http…

 Mon Jul 13 02:50:36 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Creatures (Win3.x/Win95, 1996) #NotDOS

 Mon Jul 13 02:51:23 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft Visual C++ Professional v1.0 (Windows 3.x, 1993)

 Mon Jul 13 02:51:53 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft Visual Basic v1.0 (Windows 3.x, 1991)

 Mon Jul 13 02:52:10 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Borland Delphi v1.0 (Win3.x, 1994) #NotDOS

 Mon Jul 13 02:52:31 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Borland Turbo Pascal for Windows v1.0 (1991)

 Mon Jul 13 02:52:40 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft Word for Windows v1.0 (1989)

 Mon Jul 13 02:53:51 +0000 2020

It's a proprietary emulator with surprisingly many options for a proprietary emulator, including a VR mode.

 Mon Jul 13 03:17:28 +0000 2020

Like this!
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1004583385438842881

 Mon Jul 13 03:18:36 +0000 2020

Tonight's awesome tune from an Amiga game:
https://youtu.be/AjiH1_Hr8qQ

 Mon Jul 13 03:43:17 +0000 2020

Да, бля, если вы в Советской/пост-совесткой школе учились, то вы точно травмированный человек и с листочками и без. https://x.com/steppentiger/status/1282281776052948993

 Mon Jul 13 03:49:35 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Mon Jul 13 03:53:48 +0000 2020

Нет. Следующий.

 Mon Jul 13 05:30:56 +0000 2020

Видимо как смотреть ответы к твиту вас не научили в Советской школе. 🤷‍♂️Если вас не травмировала школа, то мне остаёться только вас поздравить. Наливайте. 🥂

 Mon Jul 13 05:40:09 +0000 2020

RT @lazygamereviews: Some nice Monday morning F.Godmom

 Mon Jul 13 14:50:21 +0000 2020

Super C (Distinctive Software/Konami, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Mon Jul 13 15:59:30 +0000 2020

Somehow Digital Image Design's 1990 classic "F29 Retaliator" ended up on Steam: #DOSGaming
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1302270/F29_Retaliator/

 Mon Jul 13 16:02:03 +0000 2020

I probably would find this story somewhat horrifying if my late grandmother hasn't been a nurse for 50 years, and also was one of the dumbest people I knew who happened to believe every single thing tv & tabloid papers told her. It's just people. Occupation doesn't dictate it 🤷‍♂️

 Mon Jul 13 17:30:12 +0000 2020

I mean Ben Carson singlehandedly proved that it's possible for a brain surgeon to be stupid.

 Mon Jul 13 17:31:20 +0000 2020

Made this as an example of everything being relative as far as console gaming vs IBM PC in 1990. But FB won't let me attach an image to a reply (since when?), so I'm dropping it here:

 Mon Jul 13 17:59:19 +0000 2020

Things are just... different. It's okay for things to be different. We don't have to measure virtual dicks about platforms we had no hand in creating.

 Mon Jul 13 18:01:29 +0000 2020

Except for the fact that it wasn't better on the Amiga, obviously.

 Mon Jul 13 18:01:55 +0000 2020

Oh, and btw, King's Quest 5 on the NES isn't exactly great, *but* considering it exists at all, it's kind of impressive.

 Mon Jul 13 18:04:13 +0000 2020

 Mon Jul 13 18:06:51 +0000 2020

Being the biggest computer game publisher allowed for certain freedoms. But there were other good looking VGA games in 1990 as well.

 Mon Jul 13 18:15:10 +0000 2020

RT @MikeJMika: Flight Simulator II (Apple II 1983) versus Flight Simulator (PC/XboxSX 2020). The difference 37 years makes. https://t.co/3E…

 Mon Jul 13 18:37:02 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Microsoft Flight Simulator 1-4. 1982, 1984, 1988, and 1989. #DOSGaming

 Mon Jul 13 18:37:23 +0000 2020

Most early 80s ibm pc games you've played were originally booters, it's just they were hacked & became small (usually) COM files, sometimes in combination with a BIN.

 Mon Jul 13 18:43:24 +0000 2020

Yes. It's Meigs Field in all four.

 Mon Jul 13 18:47:50 +0000 2020

Is this what life outside of the city is doing to you?

 Mon Jul 13 19:13:58 +0000 2020

- Do you wear glasses when you drive?
- I wear glasses when I want to *see*

 Mon Jul 13 19:16:51 +0000 2020

I don't do well with crafting mechanics, and I generally don't like them, so that cuts off a significant chunk of AAA games for me.

 Mon Jul 13 19:25:40 +0000 2020

This is actually one of the reasons why I gave up on Prey 2017, even though I was really excited about how System Shock-y it was.

 Mon Jul 13 19:44:31 +0000 2020

Still hated it

 Mon Jul 13 19:59:18 +0000 2020

I think it's fun.

 Mon Jul 13 22:01:41 +0000 2020

How excited one should be when working with an IBM PC

 Mon Jul 13 22:44:45 +0000 2020

All joking aside, I sometimes miss the feeling of any new technology, as trivial as it seems now, feeling magical. I don't think it's possible to get that back. I mean we live in world where everyone has a network connected PDA, and all of them are annoying in different way.

 Mon Jul 13 22:46:39 +0000 2020

I sometimes think that even the day I see a fully believable hologram, even if it talks, walks, and does everything short of sucking me off, I'd be like "meh" 🤷‍♂️

 Mon Jul 13 22:48:30 +0000 2020

I think some of that comes from the fact that we have technology all around us at every moment of our lives, and most of it is just being used to sell products back to us, and we know it. Can't get more trivial than that.

 Mon Jul 13 22:50:32 +0000 2020

It's not even government spying, which at least would be interesting. It's just your email app suggesting u buy a cream on behalf of Amazon because it happened to see you scratch your ass in front of a camera built into a microwave that hooks up to your music subscription service

 Mon Jul 13 22:52:18 +0000 2020

I got a little bit of that when I got roomscale VR. But I got used to that eventually too.

 Mon Jul 13 22:56:41 +0000 2020

Lol. I know the feeling. We didn't have a phone at first. And when we got one, it was still rotary.

 Mon Jul 13 22:58:20 +0000 2020

I expected more studios try to get a piece of Rick & Morty's pie, but this is not the way I would have predicted.

 Mon Jul 13 23:11:32 +0000 2020

I'm like a clown, but I'm fun for everyone. 🎶
https://youtu.be/Lm12gDg0D8c

 Tue Jul 14 01:15:59 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: When they show me to their machine, and it's a Mac:

 Tue Jul 14 01:35:47 +0000 2020

Idk about that one. What say you @HyperCard?

 Tue Jul 14 02:04:00 +0000 2020

Programmer.

Dying young.

Not drinking (sadly). https://x.com/niclake/status/1282716101340790786

 Tue Jul 14 02:07:13 +0000 2020

Oh no. I'm sorry.

 Tue Jul 14 02:21:40 +0000 2020

Avoid the Awful Thing that Vaguely Resembles a Banana!! (Curtis Smith, Thomas Karrmann, Jack and Alice Evans, 1987) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Tue Jul 14 17:17:25 +0000 2020

Was this supposed to be connected with the first Eidos-published Urban Chaos?

 Tue Jul 14 17:27:33 +0000 2020

Check out this quick video interview with Roberta Williams from 1994!
https://youtu.be/XJB3n3FYuPI

 Tue Jul 14 17:46:16 +0000 2020

RT @tvgptweets: My good friend @RandRDigitalLLC has just released the source code for Doom FX on the Super Nintendo. Go check it out!

http…

 Tue Jul 14 17:49:08 +0000 2020

And yeah, the original audio was *bad*
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1277749663727263745

 Tue Jul 14 17:57:38 +0000 2020

Me, a Suffolk County resident checking why Suffolk County is trending...

 Tue Jul 14 20:03:04 +0000 2020

Can't say I'm surprised 🤷‍♂️
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1274480825875288065

 Tue Jul 14 20:11:33 +0000 2020

RT @GameHistoryOrg: At one point in the mid-'00s, Macromedia Flash game creators "could earn five or six figures in sponsorship deals per g…

 Tue Jul 14 21:00:44 +0000 2020

Josephine: Portrait of an Assassin (Windows 3.x/Windows 9x, 1996) #NotDOS

 Tue Jul 14 21:52:05 +0000 2020

Full Motion Video is my passion

 Tue Jul 14 21:53:46 +0000 2020

ART

 Tue Jul 14 21:54:11 +0000 2020

Graphic design is my passion

 Tue Jul 14 22:00:33 +0000 2020

Are there any examples of Hollywood films that went into production without a script, and actually turned out good besides Gladiator?

 Tue Jul 14 22:43:13 +0000 2020

Is that new Nintendo Lego a cake?

 Tue Jul 14 23:06:27 +0000 2020

The copyright is for the title - movie property, not the games.

 Tue Jul 14 23:37:14 +0000 2020

Here's Cryo's Dune from 1992 specifically crediting the 1984 film version

 Tue Jul 14 23:42:01 +0000 2020

Wooooo! Got a digital copy of @ShawnMills77's Sierra On-Line book while I'm waiting for my physical one!

 Tue Jul 14 23:49:34 +0000 2020

I haven't thought of mockumentaries when I tweeted that, but I guess I'm gonna exempt them.

 Tue Jul 14 23:51:41 +0000 2020

Jesus Christ 😲 https://x.com/Render96/status/1282857023013629952

 Wed Jul 15 00:17:27 +0000 2020

That's how it's supposed to work.

 Wed Jul 15 00:18:20 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: F29 Retaliator music by Jas. C. Brooke on a Roland MT-32 (emulated) #DOSGaming

 Wed Jul 15 00:43:53 +0000 2020

As someone who loved going on BBSes and local message boards when I was in high school, I'd love that aspect of it. But at the same I'm so GLAD that none of my teenage thoughts are documented and searchable in one place, unlike they are now on Twitter.

 Wed Jul 15 00:52:35 +0000 2020

I prefer the AdLib version as well, but the MT-32 one also has something to it.

 Wed Jul 15 01:35:46 +0000 2020

https://youtu.be/YUVs7vXNZiw

 Wed Jul 15 01:36:23 +0000 2020

Square wave chip music?

 Wed Jul 15 01:44:31 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Sometimes 90s Russian pop "stars" had a budget of $2 for the music, and $5 for the music video. Someone had a lot of cell…

 Wed Jul 15 01:46:27 +0000 2020

Проще говоря мне очень жаль тебя. ;)

 Wed Jul 15 01:53:12 +0000 2020

My thread on 90s Russian pop/dance music, if you've missed it back in April. 🥂 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1248778476892696576

 Wed Jul 15 01:54:31 +0000 2020

Где мои 17 лет?

 Wed Jul 15 01:55:03 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: It's time to kick gum and chew bubble ass

 Wed Jul 15 02:38:41 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: It really whips the llama's ass🦙

 Wed Jul 15 02:39:12 +0000 2020

RT @null_fruit: I'm imagining a better world, right now. Whoa... holy cow... This shit rules

 Wed Jul 15 03:13:51 +0000 2020

Meow

 Wed Jul 15 03:14:44 +0000 2020

F

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 Wed Jul 15 05:50:44 +0000 2020

Поздравляю. Значит вы Русский.

 Wed Jul 15 05:58:43 +0000 2020

Скорее так:
Если у Вас в детстве не было нихуя...

 Wed Jul 15 06:00:53 +0000 2020

 Wed Jul 15 06:06:57 +0000 2020

У меня в детстве был только Спектрум собранный из говна и палок в местном НИИ.

 Wed Jul 15 06:12:29 +0000 2020

Не, на самом деле заебись машина была. Вот такие были времена.

 Wed Jul 15 06:13:08 +0000 2020

В общем чтоб поиграть в игры на IBM PC тогда я ходил по два километра в гору в оба конца по колено в снегу.

 Wed Jul 15 06:17:23 +0000 2020

 Wed Jul 15 06:25:07 +0000 2020

RoboCop's one isn't a commercial, but a sitcom.

 Wed Jul 15 12:57:19 +0000 2020

I prefer the FUCKYOUBALTIMORE layout, personally.

 Wed Jul 15 13:13:02 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1268397542410256385?s=19

 Wed Jul 15 13:14:10 +0000 2020

RT @mikko_2015: Btw, what PC LOAD LETTER really means is: Paper Cartridge; load “letter” sized (215.9mm X 279.4mm) paper. https://t.co/wLRd…

 Wed Jul 15 13:38:01 +0000 2020

Turbo Out Run (Code To Go/SEGA Enterprises, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADAy

 Wed Jul 15 18:18:21 +0000 2020

RT @ozm: Patricia Crowther's monumental discovery would come to be known as the Everest of cave exploration.

Little did she know, it would…

 Wed Jul 15 22:02:00 +0000 2020

Time to seize the means of tweet production! https://x.com/BAKKOOONN/status/1283526125189132289

 Wed Jul 15 22:22:15 +0000 2020

🤷‍♂️
https://x.com/tomwarren/status/1283531386629095424

 Wed Jul 15 22:41:54 +0000 2020

 Wed Jul 15 23:02:36 +0000 2020

RT @bthrngl: soviet posters about the us that go hard as hell

 Wed Jul 15 23:18:08 +0000 2020

Iron Helix has one of my favorite Windows 3.x installation programs

 Wed Jul 15 23:54:07 +0000 2020

2021

 Thu Jul 16 00:32:46 +0000 2020

RT @moviedetail: In John Carpenter's, The Fog (1980), the journal Father Malone reads says, ".....my college education to work writing dumb…

 Thu Jul 16 02:50:45 +0000 2020

Here are some Marathon 2 print ads as they progress from the least 90s-style ad to the most. #NotDOS

 Thu Jul 16 03:22:34 +0000 2020

And here are a bunch of print ads for GENDER WARS. #DOSGaming

 Thu Jul 16 03:31:23 +0000 2020

I believe there were women-themed equivalents for the first two print ads as well, I just haven't tracked them down yet.

 Thu Jul 16 03:33:20 +0000 2020

 Thu Jul 16 04:57:59 +0000 2020

Not really

 Thu Jul 16 06:32:32 +0000 2020

RT @GameHistoryOrg: Over the years, Nintendo has released some great behind-the-scenes graph paper art that documents the making of Super M…

 Thu Jul 16 14:47:58 +0000 2020

RT @TheRetroBearDen:

 Thu Jul 16 14:56:23 +0000 2020

We got one!
https://x.com/maesetote/status/1283687800534114306?s=19

 Thu Jul 16 14:58:49 +0000 2020

RT @Static_and_Fire: I might have talked about this before but SkyRoads is a game thats pretty dear to me and is a great game to boot

With…

 Thu Jul 16 15:00:29 +0000 2020

RT @MarkRJones1970: #Psygnosis metal pin badge from around 1990 #retrogaming

 Thu Jul 16 15:01:13 +0000 2020

RT @Arethrid: Tried Autodesk 3D Studio Release 3 (MS-DOS 1993)

 Thu Jul 16 15:01:40 +0000 2020

The Game of Harmony/E-Motion (The Assembly Line/Accolade, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Jul 16 16:03:54 +0000 2020

Police Quest sure did give the wrong impression of American police by implying that if a cop does *anything* wrong, they die instantly.

 Thu Jul 16 16:20:57 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Super Solvers: OutNumbered! is the game that's featured on the cover of the famous The Learning Company software catalog:…

 Thu Jul 16 16:51:37 +0000 2020

This is great. When I got into computers I don't think many actors knew how to use a computer, nevermind actually building one. 👍 https://x.com/shannonplante/status/1283786160435802115

 Thu Jul 16 17:03:18 +0000 2020

The closest thing to that I remember reading a bit later was pornstar Asia Carrera building her own PCs and running her own public Unreal Tournament server she'd play on

 Thu Jul 16 17:05:44 +0000 2020

Funny that 20 years ago the realization that someone could be a big star adult performer *and* a nerd was somehow surprising. Well, I guess to me it was. Now it's like duh, of course.

 Thu Jul 16 17:11:34 +0000 2020

She didn't do that. She had a completely custom layout that would feel weird for most that was comfortable for her. She's a trained pianist.

 Thu Jul 16 17:12:49 +0000 2020

As a trained pianist, she ended up with some weird ass custom layout that she was comfortable with. I don't remember what the keys were anymore, but I wouldn't use that. I guess, whatever works works.

 Thu Jul 16 17:15:57 +0000 2020

What do you propose we ask her?

 Thu Jul 16 17:23:31 +0000 2020

I have decided to not give back to the community.

All your donations are 100% guaranteed to either to to something DOS-related, or food

https://ko-fi.com/dosnostalgic

 Thu Jul 16 17:55:43 +0000 2020

No. Abusing the siren too much also resulted in a game over.

 Thu Jul 16 17:56:28 +0000 2020

Your regular reminder that there are multiple copies of EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP on YouTube for free, and you should totally watch it. It's one of the most amazing (and amusing) documentaries ever.
https://youtu.be/IqVXThss1z4

 Thu Jul 16 19:10:55 +0000 2020

And not a single exotic animal being tortured by a trash person in sight. These days that's an achievement on its own!

 Thu Jul 16 19:11:46 +0000 2020

"The Act of Killing", a documentary they should be showing in every school, is also on YouTube in both extended (159 min) and theatrical (115 min) versions. Just in case anyone wants to make themselves even more depressed.

 Thu Jul 16 19:21:27 +0000 2020

That's when I finally stopped watching The Oscars. When they didn't give that doc one. I threw a shoe at the tv. I think it's one of the most important docs ever. I recommend the extended version.

 Thu Jul 16 19:27:18 +0000 2020

I absolutely agree. Stay away from bars. Make drinking in a park cool again for the first time since school. https://x.com/CarlBeijer/status/1283798079506911235

 Thu Jul 16 19:42:56 +0000 2020

Sooo many people can't wait to go to bars. It's crazy. I'm an alcoholic, and I love drinking with others, but come on, it isn't a priority. Couldn't drag me into a bar these days if you paid me.

 Thu Jul 16 19:44:57 +0000 2020

Preaching to the choir.

 Thu Jul 16 19:50:38 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: 🇪very
🇻illain
🇮s
🇱emons

 Thu Jul 16 20:01:00 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Logitech's SoundMan 16 #DOSGaming

 Thu Jul 16 20:27:50 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: The Sound Blaster Multimedia Upgrade Kit #DOSGaming

 Thu Jul 16 20:28:02 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Okey Dokey Sound Card #DOSGaming

 Thu Jul 16 20:28:18 +0000 2020

Like everything in the US, it varies state by state, but generally no, you're not allowed to drink except on the grounds of an establishment or home.

 Thu Jul 16 20:44:36 +0000 2020

Umm... excuse me?

 Thu Jul 16 20:59:56 +0000 2020

 Thu Jul 16 21:05:24 +0000 2020

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing version 2 (Windows 3.x, 1992) #NotDOS

 Thu Jul 16 21:22:29 +0000 2020

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing version 3 (Windows 3.x, 1994) #NotDOS

 Thu Jul 16 21:42:09 +0000 2020

I'm so surprised that Mavis Beacon apparently didn't get updates for FIVE years in between the original version and the first Windows version. I doubt that's actually true. Also they started cranking them out afterwards. Look at this MPC version ad with its "grocery store" mode

 Thu Jul 16 21:43:50 +0000 2020

They kept changing the clothes on the original 1987 photos through the late 90s, until they finally switched to a new model.

 Thu Jul 16 21:54:53 +0000 2020

For Version 4 they've decided to digitally alter Renee L'Esperance's original photos to update her clothes

 Thu Jul 16 22:02:17 +0000 2020

Then in version 5 (1996) they've changed Mavis into a cartoon. Then around version 8 they've changed her hair. Then for version 9 they went with realistic painting resembling Renee L'Esperance that incorporated all the changes.

 Thu Jul 16 22:14:24 +0000 2020

And in version 10 they finally went with a new model. There have been several others since.

 Thu Jul 16 22:22:54 +0000 2020

But yeah, a big shoutout to Renee L'Esperance, the original Mavis Beacon. Wherever she may be! 👋👍

 Thu Jul 16 22:27:19 +0000 2020

It is so rare to see the original creator of the franchise (Mancini) stick around for 33 years and be involved in all its 8 entries (except the remake). https://x.com/BDisgusting/status/1283861218122440718

 Thu Jul 16 22:49:48 +0000 2020

Hmmmm... Yeah, I just tried it a bunch and didn't get anything. I guess my memory betrayed me.

 Thu Jul 16 23:19:45 +0000 2020

Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle. Because it so terribly designed, I got annoyed and stopped playing.

 Thu Jul 16 23:22:33 +0000 2020

As someone who paid over $200 for the set of that cartoon, I can tell you that just like a lot of American 80s cartoons it didn't age well at all.

 Thu Jul 16 23:24:10 +0000 2020

I always forget how cool the Japanese box art for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is!

 Thu Jul 16 23:47:20 +0000 2020

I still love this dual AY chip rendition of Madonna's Hung Up
https://youtu.be/TpkE22ZBZkM

 Thu Jul 16 23:50:54 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Listening to one of my favorite bands discography via their multimedia archive Nautilus Pompilius: Submersion from 1996 (…

 Fri Jul 17 00:18:20 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Interesting thing is that buried on the CD was a version of all these materials wrapped in a 3D virtual museum. Never men…

 Fri Jul 17 00:18:22 +0000 2020

Not to mention it also looks like total ass.

 Fri Jul 17 00:43:33 +0000 2020

It is so weird that Kyrandia 3 is a complete trainwreck from the intro cinematic on. Kyrandia 2 was a giant improvement over the first game, and then... how do you fuck up so badly?

 Fri Jul 17 00:44:39 +0000 2020

Eye of the Beholder, DragonStrike, The Lion King, Monopoly, Blade Runner. Pretty good. Also I feel like Lands of Lore 2 is underrated.

 Fri Jul 17 00:49:10 +0000 2020

Can I offer you a nice DOS game in this trying time?

 Fri Jul 17 01:05:04 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: I fear some of you might be forgetting about this advice so I think I should remind all you punks

 Fri Jul 17 01:25:24 +0000 2020

LENNY_~1.MID

 Fri Jul 17 01:34:00 +0000 2020

Idk. I feel like LoL 2 has lot of cool ideas that mostly work, while LoL 3 doesn't really have... much of anything.

 Fri Jul 17 01:34:54 +0000 2020

TIL

 Fri Jul 17 02:06:54 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Aaaahh!

 Fri Jul 17 02:18:43 +0000 2020

Oh yes. Goya products.

 Fri Jul 17 02:23:45 +0000 2020

Playing a Russian Windows 3.x game on Windows 10!

 Fri Jul 17 02:36:13 +0000 2020

The music is probably why I keep coming back to it all these years later.

 Fri Jul 17 02:38:43 +0000 2020

I can, and I do, but the built-in Windows video capture refused to record that, so I switched back to the default Windows MIDI soundfont, which I believe was licensed from Roland 20 years ago.

 Fri Jul 17 02:40:54 +0000 2020

Shittiest thing is they removed the ability to select a different MIDI driver in Windows 7, so now you have to use a third party program to do that. Just another one of Microsoft's bullshit moves. But yeah, Windows MIDI been sounding fine and the same for a couple of decades now.

 Fri Jul 17 02:44:05 +0000 2020

 Fri Jul 17 02:54:09 +0000 2020

https://youtu.be/4sZuN0xXWLc

 Fri Jul 17 03:00:52 +0000 2020

Idk. I mean just look at other popular edutainment hits like Carmen Sandiego. There's tons of versions and revisions.

 Fri Jul 17 03:07:57 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: In case you've ever wondered how surreal 90s Russian television could get

 Fri Jul 17 03:09:04 +0000 2020

I'm still laughing at this 😂 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1216187796047593478

 Fri Jul 17 03:10:20 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Bermuda Syndrome (Windows 3.x, 1996) #NotDOS
A Russian developed cinematic platformer heavily inspired by previous entrie…

 Fri Jul 17 03:12:44 +0000 2020

I've been showing up mostly to the DOS ones. I admire his dedication.

 Fri Jul 17 03:15:52 +0000 2020

The genre is called "Cinematic Platformer".

 Fri Jul 17 03:16:41 +0000 2020

Well, it's been around for a long time, but I'm glad that people are still discovering this amazing gem.

 Fri Jul 17 03:17:28 +0000 2020

Out of the recent ones I recommend Little Nightmares. Really enjoyed it.
https://youtu.be/aOadxZBsPiA

 Fri Jul 17 03:20:55 +0000 2020

Anyway, welcome to the club.

 Fri Jul 17 03:26:55 +0000 2020

Hey, I know this guy. He's a nihilist.

 Fri Jul 17 05:16:02 +0000 2020

At least they didn't roll with the original branding 😨
https://youtu.be/WFd5AsAl_0k

 Fri Jul 17 05:29:55 +0000 2020

Not a joke:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/732742827910811648?s=19

 Fri Jul 17 05:31:11 +0000 2020

There is an unspoken message here. It's FUCK YOU! LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!... Yeah, I'll be at practice.

 Fri Jul 17 05:47:45 +0000 2020

- Of course, you do get the good with the bad. The new technology permits us to do exciting things with interactive erotic software. Wave of the future, Dude. 100% electronic.
- Uh-uh. Well, I still jerk off manually.

 Fri Jul 17 05:56:01 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: The Interactive Adventures of Seymore Butts (Windows 3.x, 1993) #NotDOS

 Fri Jul 17 05:56:35 +0000 2020

 Fri Jul 17 06:13:41 +0000 2020

Holy shit 😯

 Fri Jul 17 06:32:39 +0000 2020

Ummmm... Everything is a business in America. You are billed if you go *to prison*. So needless to say you are also billed for everything else.

 Fri Jul 17 07:38:29 +0000 2020

Yeah, you're yelling me. I live here.

 Fri Jul 17 07:42:41 +0000 2020

Telling* goddammit

 Fri Jul 17 07:43:32 +0000 2020

 Fri Jul 17 07:45:53 +0000 2020

RT @lazygamereviews: New LGR thing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBupNdYe08g

This one's about the 1987 PC CD-ROM experience. Specifically the Hitachi CDR-…

 Fri Jul 17 14:30:50 +0000 2020

RT @TheMagPi: Remember Windows 3.1?

Build a DOS emulation station with Raspberry Pi. @KGOrphanides shows us how!

https://t.co/XeyQwVKV21…

 Fri Jul 17 14:36:12 +0000 2020

RT @SlashVohaul: Another cherished possession. I'm sure, being the kind of human he was, Gary sent these to everyone he worked with. Still.…

 Fri Jul 17 14:52:15 +0000 2020

I like it

 Fri Jul 17 14:55:41 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1281300333147365376?s=19

 Fri Jul 17 14:58:01 +0000 2020

RT @Static_and_Fire: Here's another for #dosgaming

Tyrian 2000!

It's free on GoG and SUPER fun! It's a bit of a bullet hell with a ton of…

 Fri Jul 17 15:10:26 +0000 2020

RT @MsDOSClub: #MSDOS

 Fri Jul 17 17:02:19 +0000 2020

Soft baby 😍

 Fri Jul 17 18:27:02 +0000 2020

Museum Madness (Novotrade Software/MECC, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Fri Jul 17 18:28:01 +0000 2020

- Now that movie theater experience became stale with all the big franchises, streaming services will refresh the market again for independent productions!
Netflix: set to produce its highest budgeted Original Film to date at $200 million!

 Fri Jul 17 18:40:12 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: MS-DOS QBasic v1.0 (1991) with its legendary Gorillas example

 Fri Jul 17 18:56:00 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: QBasic Gorillas in action #DOSGaming

 Fri Jul 17 18:56:05 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Did you know that QBasic Gorillas could also be played in CGA? #DOSGaming

 Fri Jul 17 18:56:29 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Before turning into Gorillas, the artillery QBasic demo was called Castles & was much more boring looking (From DOS 5 bet…

 Fri Jul 17 18:56:37 +0000 2020

No, that's just CAT.

 Fri Jul 17 19:03:45 +0000 2020

Start by using emulators, that's the most accessible way. You can always pick up some hardware later when you get going, and have a more clear idea of what you want.

 Fri Jul 17 19:06:19 +0000 2020

Radius = 1000

 Fri Jul 17 22:14:48 +0000 2020

#DOSGaming

 Sat Jul 18 02:43:15 +0000 2020

Oh no 😱

 Sat Jul 18 04:11:48 +0000 2020

RT @ShawnMills77: Just leaving this here as a reminder that next Monday, you can get your own copy of The Sierra Adventure at https://t.co/…

 Sat Jul 18 04:14:52 +0000 2020

RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded! https://youtu.be/obPcq6LZ-U8

 Sat Jul 18 04:21:20 +0000 2020

RT @lazygamereviews: Well dang, here's something ya don't see every day. What a lovely menu.

 Sat Jul 18 05:37:41 +0000 2020

Meow

 Sat Jul 18 14:12:01 +0000 2020

It's written in Turbo Pascal, so that's definitely a no.

 Sat Jul 18 14:56:28 +0000 2020

Syntax, yes, all the assembler that I'm sure it had to rely on to achieve all of its features, definitely no.

 Sat Jul 18 15:10:11 +0000 2020

Not much. I mean, there isn't much to know, as far as I'm concerned. I like the look, but that's about it. It is quite a technical achievement, in a way, because of the limited technology, and yet those technical limitations are what's holding it back from being a good game. 🤷

 Sat Jul 18 15:13:44 +0000 2020

Idk. I'm mostly referring to the single height levels. No matter how many limbs one can shoot off, in the end the game is essentially little more than Wolfenstein 3D as far as maps are concerned, and that becomes boring/annoying quickly.

 Sat Jul 18 15:23:54 +0000 2020

It's that combined with the fact that they decided to "compensate" for it in level design by making things complicated with multiple buttons, timed doors, etc. It's really frustrating. Especially when combined with later bullet spongy enemies.

 Sat Jul 18 15:27:53 +0000 2020

It's a paradox of a game. It did so many things before most others, and yet it also relied on stuff that was old hat at that point.

 Sat Jul 18 15:29:47 +0000 2020

I do feel that they nailed the art style though. I lot of Eastern European games of that time feel janky in a way Chasm doesn't.

 Sat Jul 18 15:37:20 +0000 2020

Have you played MadSpace? Now that's a truly baffling Eastern European fps!
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1008191108818571264?s=19

 Sat Jul 18 15:49:34 +0000 2020

Yep

 Sat Jul 18 15:52:08 +0000 2020

Also a 16 bit DOS program, btw 😄

 Sat Jul 18 15:52:44 +0000 2020

I mean, it's just portal tricks. Build engine could easily do that, but it was only used for non-euclidean purposes once in Duke Nukem 3D.

 Sat Jul 18 15:54:18 +0000 2020

If you have a vintage DOS PC I'd recommend playing on that. The game plays a bit sluggishly in DosBox. Plus if you have a Sound Blaster 16 you can use voice commands. Or even use a 90s VR headset! 😂

 Sat Jul 18 15:56:50 +0000 2020

It's the combination of both of those that makes it difficult to port, not just one or the other.

 Sat Jul 18 18:03:42 +0000 2020

Plus the fact that it's a DOS game, so that relies on assembler for video/audio/memory stuff a bit more than any game written in C for Windows would (eg. Diablo).

 Sat Jul 18 18:05:38 +0000 2020

Here's a real video of what's possible. We're a little far away from DOOM currently. https://x.com/winocm/status/1276037359503466497

 Sat Jul 18 18:25:41 +0000 2020

That's obviously fake.

 Sat Jul 18 18:30:48 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: "Supposing you're in charge of costumes for a production of the musical 'Oklahoma!.'"
They don't make tutorials like they…

 Sat Jul 18 18:36:37 +0000 2020

That video is fake.

 Sat Jul 18 18:38:37 +0000 2020

It's freaking Saturday, but my only concrete plans for today are
- eat pasta,
- walk around the house with no pants on.
Oh, 2020.

 Sat Jul 18 18:48:14 +0000 2020

The Magic Candle II: The Four and Forty (Mindcraft Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sat Jul 18 18:49:21 +0000 2020

He's forgiven. But that's not the Task Manager font, and you can only set it to update to 2 times a second tops.

 Sat Jul 18 18:51:48 +0000 2020

I'm not good at cRPGs, so I couldn't tell you.

 Sat Jul 18 18:59:25 +0000 2020

Haven't seen this one before. A print ad for... people who worked at Ion Storm.

 Sat Jul 18 20:28:09 +0000 2020

RT @john_lam: Throwback weekend project. I'm compiling like it's 1991, and just built Wolfenstein 3D from source in a DOSBOX on BC++3.1 whi…

 Sat Jul 18 20:36:14 +0000 2020

 Sat Jul 18 21:10:10 +0000 2020

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 Sat Jul 18 21:20:52 +0000 2020

No idea. I made my own template. But I'm guessing words "cavill" and "pc" will inevitably feature in the name of it.

 Sat Jul 18 21:49:26 +0000 2020

I don't know what I find more surprising. The fact that
A) "Marky" Mark Wahlberg's music career was at such shit point only 3 years later after his worldwide hit that he agreed to be a 2nd fiddle for a Eurodance song
B) It has 34 million views on YouTube
https://youtu.be/uSpR4ml8j44

 Sat Jul 18 22:31:52 +0000 2020

Pics! The public wants cat pics!

 Sat Jul 18 22:34:37 +0000 2020

Awwww. She's adorable. 😍

 Sat Jul 18 23:01:46 +0000 2020

😊

 Sat Jul 18 23:11:26 +0000 2020

High five!

 Sat Jul 18 23:15:59 +0000 2020

That is the most cat thing ever.

 Sat Jul 18 23:17:24 +0000 2020

RT @BrianFargo: We worked on a bank robbery called Heist in 2006, it was never released (long story, big potential), it had an all star cas…

 Sat Jul 18 23:21:52 +0000 2020

RT @catpic_album: 名前があるから俺のだよね？

 Sat Jul 18 23:29:43 +0000 2020

RT @lazygamereviews: After the comments saying the Statesman floppy drive sounded like a guitar riff... I had to

 Sat Jul 18 23:35:52 +0000 2020

ZX Spectrum tune time!
⁽ʳᵉᵃˡ ʰᵃʳᵈʷᵃʳᵉ⁾

 Sun Jul 19 01:07:11 +0000 2020

Or how about an AY-3-8912 arrangement of a tracker classic "Point of Departure"?
⁽ʳᵉᵃˡ ʰᵃʳᵈʷᵃʳᵉ⁾

 Sun Jul 19 01:18:51 +0000 2020

RT @benjedwards: Awesome thread https://x.com/kobunheat/status/1284634011529166848

 Sun Jul 19 01:29:51 +0000 2020

Кармаку нужны новые очки.

 Sun Jul 19 01:35:45 +0000 2020

Wtf?!?! Jeroen Tel isn't credited for composing the awesome title theme for RoboCop 3 in the ZX Spectrum version! 😯

 Sun Jul 19 01:37:20 +0000 2020

If you've never heard that amazing title theme, here's the original NES rendition:
https://youtu.be/0GZYu_YuPjE

 Sun Jul 19 01:38:20 +0000 2020

Yeah, Tony Williams got the credit as "Sound Images" for the AY conversion, but come on. Don't do this, people. Credit the composer!

 Sun Jul 19 01:39:32 +0000 2020

God, remember how so many British games on the Spectrum and the like were total garbage, but often they had the most amazing music that redeemed them a little bit?

 Sun Jul 19 01:42:01 +0000 2020

Always a good moment to bring up Tim Follin's title track for the NES Pictionary game. One of the go-to examples of exactly that happening.
https://youtu.be/SJwh3erQlyE

 Sun Jul 19 01:42:50 +0000 2020

Btw, I think the NES Tom & Jerry game is actually good (if a tad on the difficult side), and its soundtrack by Geoff Follin is underrated. It manages to include so many motifs from the actual Tom & Jerry shorts.
https://youtu.be/hFGKzc66XtQ

 Sun Jul 19 01:46:58 +0000 2020

Wtf, John Pickford designed it?!?!

 Sun Jul 19 01:48:46 +0000 2020

I mean, I realize that more often the exact opposite is the case. The composer of music on the original platform gets the credit, but not the person responsible for the arrangement for a port. When it is an actual different person, of course.

 Sun Jul 19 01:51:23 +0000 2020

I agree, but that was almost never the case back in the day when all of this actually occurred.

 Sun Jul 19 01:54:18 +0000 2020

It's really fucking cool.

 Sun Jul 19 01:54:52 +0000 2020

😂

 Sun Jul 19 02:12:53 +0000 2020

I mean, I have a bunch of DOS themed t-shirts. A Quake hat. I think that's about it. 🤷‍♂️

 Sun Jul 19 02:46:32 +0000 2020

Agree, and maybe also The Blues Brothers. While not quite all there structurally, it's hilarious, and could have only been made in America of that time.

 Sun Jul 19 02:51:19 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Tarkovsky on The Terminator

 Sun Jul 19 02:53:44 +0000 2020

I mean.... he sort of earned it with a lot of his subsequent work. 🤷‍♂️

 Sun Jul 19 02:54:46 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Finally bought Tarkovsky's diaries. I can already tell the man was a genius.

 Sun Jul 19 02:55:06 +0000 2020

But he was already financially successful before he was even *in* the movies.

 Sun Jul 19 02:56:47 +0000 2020

I wouldn't either, but then I saw Blues Brothers 2000. 👀

 Sun Jul 19 03:02:13 +0000 2020

I'm still quite shocked at the size of Henry Cavill's gaming room and the grandma curtains.

 Sun Jul 19 03:21:51 +0000 2020

I wish everyone did this. I think the only other one I can think of is Dell, thankfully.

 Sun Jul 19 03:28:23 +0000 2020

And I mean Dell *really* earns my approval there

 Sun Jul 19 03:29:41 +0000 2020

Not to mention, "Novell Netware"? The real MVP is in the house

 Sun Jul 19 03:31:23 +0000 2020

Flashback 2 a computer science class with networked DOS machines where a bunch of us were playing DOOM shareware deathmatch, and it would periodically lock up for no reason, until we figured out that the reason was the only guy who wasn't playing copying files over Novell network

 Sun Jul 19 03:33:56 +0000 2020

I just have to say: the teacher was playing too. An old school Soviet techie guy. And I was the one who brought the DOOM shareware over on two floppies. Those were the days.

 Sun Jul 19 03:35:42 +0000 2020

I was allowed to be in this paid class for free because another teacher at that school thought I had potential, and they just let me in. I am very grateful for that opportunity, but I guess they've overestimated me.

 Sun Jul 19 03:39:15 +0000 2020

Absolutely. I wish there was some kind of study done at the time. Surely DOOM affected every industry involving computers at the time.

 Sun Jul 19 03:41:51 +0000 2020

I mean, if you had shareware version 1.2 (Feb 1994), you didn't even need a hack

 Sun Jul 19 03:59:59 +0000 2020

Hmmm... I happen to think that Microsoft's GM implementation in FM is pretty good. 🤷

 Sun Jul 19 04:12:15 +0000 2020

I think I'm gonna revisit my new favorite movie about two alcoholics

 Sun Jul 19 04:43:30 +0000 2020

The Lighthouse.

 Sun Jul 19 04:47:45 +0000 2020

It was a toss up between Black Swan and this, but I've seen Black Swan as least a dozen times by now, so The Lighthouse won.

 Sun Jul 19 04:50:25 +0000 2020

I'm sick of your laughing, your snoring, and your goddamed FARTS!

 Sun Jul 19 04:52:26 +0000 2020

Didn't expect Anacondas to have 10 credited writers.

 Sun Jul 19 05:12:36 +0000 2020

Blues Brothers is obvious in this case, of course. I'm remarking on it as a non-American. When it comes to Ghostbusters, I can only judge what's on screen. Murray's character is creepy, obviously, but I was remarking more on the structure than anything else.

 Sun Jul 19 05:42:13 +0000 2020

Lol. Hollywood tricked me. Then I moved here and it was all downhill from there. 😂

 Sun Jul 19 05:55:46 +0000 2020

Absolutely. I'm just saying this is what America exported to the rest of the world.

 Sun Jul 19 05:56:59 +0000 2020

Idk. This is all very complicated. I was born in the Soviet Union, and the state destroyed quite a bit of my family, yet there are very distinct Soviet films that I would say are prefect "Soviet" films despite the State having a hand in them. Not saying it's the same, just... >

 Sun Jul 19 06:00:55 +0000 2020

> more of where I'm coming from.

 Sun Jul 19 06:01:16 +0000 2020

Yeah, you know, this *has to* be strong element of it. I also knew a lot of New York through Ghostbusters before I ended up moving here.

 Sun Jul 19 06:06:17 +0000 2020

I just seen the results of Russian poll opinions on BLM. Not state sponsored ones either. And it's fucking shameful. Nothing like that is gonna be shown there.

 Sun Jul 19 06:10:11 +0000 2020

It helps that all locations are geographically accurate, which I know now doesn't happen often. But it is a bit weird that a bunch of Canadians managed to make one of the most NY movies ever.

 Sun Jul 19 06:11:30 +0000 2020

Oof. Let's not talk about GB2. 😨

 Sun Jul 19 06:15:34 +0000 2020

I kind of been wanting to revisit it for years now, but I'm just so afraid of it being shit and not holding up to my memories. 👀

 Sun Jul 19 06:19:30 +0000 2020

One of these days I'll have to show you guys "Brother". A crime drama that was made and managed to capture the insane time I've spent my childhood in. I would imagine it would feel similar to me watching American films in the 90s
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1253112309011984384?s=19

 Sun Jul 19 06:26:00 +0000 2020

Well, I might become homeless in a few weeks, so we better do it sooner rather than later! JK! 😂 But I'm sure we can figure it out some day.

 Sun Jul 19 06:33:16 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: Hey mate, I asked your ex-girlfriend for a review of how you are in bed, and she just handed me this sticker. https://t.co/kHk0r…

 Sun Jul 19 08:57:33 +0000 2020

RT @catpic_album: ネコが届いた

 Sun Jul 19 14:46:49 +0000 2020

RT @howtogeek: Never heard of Gopher? Here's what it was, why it was cool, and why it disappeared. https://www.howtogeek.com/661871/the-web-before-the-web-a-look-back-at-gopher/ by @benjedwards

 Sun Jul 19 15:11:44 +0000 2020

RT @DickKingSmith: Inadequately-sized window of the day.

 Sun Jul 19 15:15:36 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: When the MAKE hits your files
And the source code compiles
That's amore! ♫

 Sun Jul 19 15:50:44 +0000 2020

Awwwwww 😍

 Sun Jul 19 16:03:06 +0000 2020

Every once in a while I remember that this exists, and just 😂😂🤣 https://x.com/lrgmnn/status/813635533658144768

 Sun Jul 19 16:10:49 +0000 2020

Saw a recent report about Anatoly Chubais (one of the men responsible for Russian reforms of the 90s, who subsequently became incredibly wealthy.) apparently not realizing the horrors of 90s Russia until confronted with them in a form of a fictional TV show that he hasn't seen b4

 Sun Jul 19 16:20:28 +0000 2020

Here's what I have to say about it:
- I am *actually* supposed to believe that?
- If by some dumb miracle it is actually true, fuck him twice!

 Sun Jul 19 16:21:29 +0000 2020

Huh. Some YouTubers starting their own subscription service happened faster than I expected.

 Sun Jul 19 16:41:15 +0000 2020

How come I know so many people who actually ended up buying that manly soap or whatever the fuck it was from those ads on YouTube?

 Sun Jul 19 16:47:47 +0000 2020

Corridor Crew just put out an announcement

 Sun Jul 19 16:48:05 +0000 2020

And listen, maybe it is a great soap, I wouldn't know, but any commercial that leans into HOLY SHIT IF YOU BUY THIS PRODUCT YOU'RE GONNA BE MORE OF A MAN WITH A KILLER BODY AND A HUGE DICK is an instant no for me. I prefer not to pay people who think I'm a fucking idiot.

 Sun Jul 19 16:50:26 +0000 2020

I prefer to...

 Sun Jul 19 16:51:55 +0000 2020

Also, I never really see YouTube ads except when I'm on my phone (like right now), and holy shit do a lot of them feel like age old scams that wouldn't be allowed anywhere else. There certainly needs to be some kind of oversight and regulation.

 Sun Jul 19 16:59:53 +0000 2020

That's now. How did he manage to avoid life back in the day?

 Sun Jul 19 17:32:31 +0000 2020

I can believe that about a person who is in their sixties, and has already lived in the world of only YES for 30 years, but I doubt a person in their 30 could be so devoid of self awareness. But either way, fuck him.

 Sun Jul 19 17:42:27 +0000 2020

M.C. Kids/McDonaldland (Arc Developments/Virgin Games, 1992) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Jul 19 17:44:30 +0000 2020

RT @TheBlueCurls: @scottlava This how they weigh a Koala

 Sun Jul 19 17:53:48 +0000 2020

What does "first standalone" supposed to mean in the context of it being on a Soviet PC?

 Sun Jul 19 18:01:52 +0000 2020

Listen, I know we all like to pretend that it didn't happen, but sometime you just have to acknowledge it.

 Sun Jul 19 18:16:36 +0000 2020

Now check out this post-Soviet animated... thing 😂🤣

 Sun Jul 19 18:31:35 +0000 2020

Tried the Windows version. Not sure which one is actually worse.

 Sun Jul 19 18:34:11 +0000 2020

This trashy bullshit was so popular with kids in the 90s (because, let's face it, when something is *this* janky it is also extremely memorable) that in 1997 there was a videogame made based on it. The quality of implementation was about on par with the cartoon.

 Sun Jul 19 18:45:25 +0000 2020

Available for Windows 95 via the magic of Visual Basic, and... on PlayStation! Don't really know how that happened.

 Sun Jul 19 18:50:04 +0000 2020

I feel a bit bad about posting Russian animated trash, so here's something from the opposite end of the spectrum:
A clip from Yuri Norshtein's recognized 1975 masterpiece "Hedgehog in the Fog." A wonderful piece that is also completely mindblowing on a technical level.

 Sun Jul 19 19:10:03 +0000 2020

God, if anything ever needed a proper scan from a negative and a HD restoration, it's *this*.

 Sun Jul 19 19:10:46 +0000 2020

https://youtu.be/7mPGflUve2E

 Sun Jul 19 19:15:07 +0000 2020

https://www.corridordigital.com/

 Sun Jul 19 19:15:35 +0000 2020

Ñĺɟijɥʛă ʥɖęɘfɠ!

 Sun Jul 19 19:17:55 +0000 2020

 Sun Jul 19 19:34:31 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: weird discovery: apparently the 3D engine used in the bonus stages of Jazz Jackrabbit got reused in another game... an advergame…

 Sun Jul 19 19:44:52 +0000 2020

So good, they've remade it for the game https://archive.org/details/captain-pronin-one-against-all/Captain+Pronin+-+One+Against+All+(1997)(RU)(Track+5+of+5).wav

 Sun Jul 19 20:31:30 +0000 2020

Captain Pronin

 Sun Jul 19 21:02:31 +0000 2020

Soft baby 😊

 Sun Jul 19 22:52:41 +0000 2020

A few Redneck Rampage print ads. #DOSGaming

 Sun Jul 19 23:00:25 +0000 2020

And a Redneck Rampage Rides Again ad. #DOSGaming

 Sun Jul 19 23:01:39 +0000 2020

A short. About 10 min total.

 Sun Jul 19 23:24:59 +0000 2020

Because of how complicated this technique is, it doesn't really lend itself to features. Norshtein has been working on a feature "The Overcoat" since 1981. Still not done.

 Sun Jul 19 23:39:11 +0000 2020

Kris is usually pretty thorough.

 Mon Jul 20 03:15:23 +0000 2020

Jesus, it sure was fucking hot today. 😓

 Mon Jul 20 03:16:21 +0000 2020

I just waned to let you know about this very cool new mobile game...

 Mon Jul 20 06:37:56 +0000 2020

RT @ArcOnInternet: A-J's Quest (In-browser, DOS, A-J Games, 1992) https://archive.org/details/msdos_AJs_Quest_1992
Iconic game made in RSD Game-Maker.
History: http…

 Mon Jul 20 07:03:28 +0000 2020

The geometry of the levels indeed stays static. See the provided video examples.

 Mon Jul 20 12:30:52 +0000 2020

RT @Civvie11: Those alien bastards are gonna pay for attaching a poison pill amendment to that legislation AND for screwing up my vacation!…

 Mon Jul 20 17:53:11 +0000 2020

Soundrace (Deutsche Fuji-Tape Vertriebs-GmbH & Co. KG, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Mon Jul 20 18:51:37 +0000 2020

🤷‍♂️

 Mon Jul 20 19:16:12 +0000 2020

Remember when people were freaking out about Bernie saying he liked the fact that Soviet kids could see a puppet show, & called him a commie?
Well, here's another 1 of those apparent traitors - MR. ROGERS. He even participated in a Soviet TV puppet show!
https://youtu.be/4a2472Frwkg

 Mon Jul 20 19:22:08 +0000 2020

And you know who also went to the USSR almost immediately after that? The freaking Muppets!

 Mon Jul 20 19:28:37 +0000 2020

Sadly that can describe what actually ended up happening.

 Mon Jul 20 19:37:59 +0000 2020

Jesus. I gave up on level 2.

 Mon Jul 20 19:38:38 +0000 2020

Hell yeah!

 Mon Jul 20 20:06:40 +0000 2020

I think I got my daily 90s quote filled just by looking at this cover

 Mon Jul 20 20:09:41 +0000 2020

Shatner Interactive? I wonder how that turned out? 🤔

 Mon Jul 20 20:12:41 +0000 2020

August 1995. Virgin and Westwood announce Blade Runner the game.

 Mon Jul 20 20:15:16 +0000 2020

Will broadband replace Internet? Let's see what 1995 people had to say....

 Mon Jul 20 20:18:16 +0000 2020

Yeah, that happened the year prior to this announcement.

 Mon Jul 20 20:19:29 +0000 2020

When a quarter of a century ago feels like a lifetime

 Mon Jul 20 20:20:31 +0000 2020

In a bit of shocking twist an entire page of this 90s gaming magazine is dedicated to an interview with then the Republican leader of the US Senate Bob Dole

 Mon Jul 20 20:32:30 +0000 2020

And there's a silly booze ad on the final page

 Mon Jul 20 20:34:42 +0000 2020

Alright, let's move on to the second issue of this amazing magazine from September of 1995 and JESUS CHRIST

 Mon Jul 20 20:39:15 +0000 2020

Starting off strong with real Kano weighing in on Mortal Kombat movie adaptation

 Mon Jul 20 20:41:13 +0000 2020

Oh wait.... it's a FOUR page article!

 Mon Jul 20 20:48:02 +0000 2020

But instead of booze they're advertising Hackers this time

 Mon Jul 20 20:55:07 +0000 2020

90s Nintendo print ads are out of control

 Mon Jul 20 21:00:48 +0000 2020

Ooh, a Hexen ad I haven't seen before. #DOSGaming

 Mon Jul 20 21:02:59 +0000 2020

Moving onto the November issue