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Pretty much the same. I stopped around 2003. I have cable in the place I've been living in for 10+ years, but I don't even have it connected.

 Sat Aug 01 04:04:18 +0000 2020

"Wet Painters" is the best Spongebob episode.
Change my mind.

 Sat Aug 01 05:25:09 +0000 2020

"Criminy jim-jam! You messed up me doll-a... rama!"

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 Sat Aug 01 06:32:20 +0000 2020

TWO GIANT PAINT BUBBLES!

 Sat Aug 01 06:33:35 +0000 2020

RT @ShawnMills77: So I wrote a book at Sierra. Please retweet and spread the word!

http://www.thesierraadventure.com

 Sat Aug 01 13:48:04 +0000 2020

RT @verge: Mac OS 8 is now an app you can download and install on macOS, Windows, and Linux https://trib.al/yXeaTqQ

 Sat Aug 01 14:19:40 +0000 2020

The kisses of the sun
Were sweet I didn't blink
I let it in my eyes
Like an exotic dream
The radio playing songs
That I have never heard
I don't know what to say
Oh not another word

 Sat Aug 01 16:30:54 +0000 2020

Proof that I have no taste: my Eurodance playlist length

 Sat Aug 01 16:37:53 +0000 2020

I mean occasionally we all can use some sunshine & bubblegum that Eurodance is good at, right?
https://youtu.be/1D0-uU01--Y

 Sat Aug 01 16:41:18 +0000 2020

Rolling Ronny (Starbyte Software/Virgin Games, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sat Aug 01 16:53:05 +0000 2020

It really whips the llama's ass!🦙

 Sat Aug 01 16:54:21 +0000 2020

You know, after all these years I kind of feel bad for that llama 😥

 Sat Aug 01 16:57:52 +0000 2020

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RT @FioraAeterna: do you consider 1024 to be a "nice, round number" or are you normal

 Sat Aug 01 17:51:26 +0000 2020

I do own both albums, but I don't have multiple versions of the same songs on this playlist, or contents of entire albums.

 Sat Aug 01 17:53:04 +0000 2020

Who said RIP? I certainly didn't.

 Sat Aug 01 18:29:10 +0000 2020

Occasionally

 Sat Aug 01 18:29:37 +0000 2020

RT @HardDriveMag: Nintendo Launches Cease & Desist Classic

https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/nintendo-launches-cease-desist-classic/

 Sat Aug 01 20:12:26 +0000 2020

Hello, I'm a CGA panda reminding you to play some DOS games.

 Sat Aug 01 20:56:41 +0000 2020

20th Century Frog is underrated.

 Sat Aug 01 20:59:22 +0000 2020

Meow

 Sat Aug 01 22:37:59 +0000 2020

Baby

 Sat Aug 01 22:39:39 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: 🎶 I once had a DOS, or should I say it once had me 🎵

 Sat Aug 01 22:40:40 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: It's Saturday night, and that means PARTY TIME!!!

 Sat Aug 01 22:42:22 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: 🎶I'M SO EXCITED! 🎵

🎼 I JUST CAN'T HIDE IT! 🎶

💾 I'M ABOUT TO BOOT TO DOS 💾
💿 AND I THINK I LIKE IT! 💿

 Sat Aug 01 22:45:30 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Dance!

 Sat Aug 01 22:50:02 +0000 2020

Baby! 😊

 Sat Aug 01 22:50:17 +0000 2020

Journeyman Project inside agent detected.

 Sat Aug 01 22:53:46 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: And now it's time to DANCE! 🎶

 Sat Aug 01 22:55:25 +0000 2020

Are YOU playing DOS games this weekend?

 Sat Aug 01 22:58:34 +0000 2020

Do it! Don't let your dreams be dreams!

 Sat Aug 01 22:59:43 +0000 2020

😄👍

 Sat Aug 01 23:02:42 +0000 2020

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Baby! 😊

 Sat Aug 01 23:17:36 +0000 2020

Feel free to play with yourself then. 🤷

 Sat Aug 01 23:51:00 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: My favorite video game is Planet Escape: Tournament

 Sat Aug 01 23:58:29 +0000 2020

I think Regular Show is pretty amusing

 Sun Aug 02 02:37:17 +0000 2020

RT @lazygamereviews: UFO remains one of the stranger sims in my collection. It's essentially Flight Simulator with... UFOs. Yeah man.

Made…

 Sun Aug 02 04:36:46 +0000 2020

Do you also have 1998's Flying Saucer?

 Sun Aug 02 04:37:09 +0000 2020

It's not really worth it, but it's another weird one of those.

 Sun Aug 02 04:42:10 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Good night

 Sun Aug 02 05:22:20 +0000 2020

Baby! 😊

 Sun Aug 02 06:19:51 +0000 2020

I'm one of those grey since my teens people. 🤷‍♂️

 Sun Aug 02 06:46:51 +0000 2020

Going grey never bothered me. Going bald is another story.

 Sun Aug 02 06:51:15 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: Remember kids, when you have trouble with your USB keyboard, just hook it up to a USB-to-PS/2 adapter, and then plug that into a…

 Sun Aug 02 06:55:20 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: SuperCalc 2 (DOS, 1983)

 Sun Aug 02 14:45:30 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Sun Aug 02 14:51:14 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Highly not recommended.

 Sun Aug 02 14:59:18 +0000 2020

Rolling Jack (Ajt Soft, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Aug 02 16:37:05 +0000 2020

🤣 Ok, this is cute
https://youtu.be/mimU7_zSnzY

 Sun Aug 02 16:41:07 +0000 2020

Yes

 Sun Aug 02 16:46:53 +0000 2020

You know what they say. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. #DOSGaming

 Sun Aug 02 16:50:28 +0000 2020

In this case it's basically Supaplex, which is basically Boulderdash.

 Sun Aug 02 16:57:03 +0000 2020

If by some miracle you're not familiar with the 1991 Boulder Dash inspired classic "Supaplex", here it is:

 Sun Aug 02 17:15:30 +0000 2020

Rockford is a Boulder Dash spinoff.

 Sun Aug 02 17:19:58 +0000 2020

(The game is definitely not supposed to run at this speed, it's a bug. If your CPU is 386+ then the game doubles the speed. That's how a lot of people ended up playing it anyway. It's more exciting that way.)

 Sun Aug 02 17:25:47 +0000 2020

Rolling Johnny, the game in the beginning of this thread, is clearly a Supaplex clone. That's what I was talking about.

 Sun Aug 02 17:28:23 +0000 2020

Apparently it's been TEN years since I went to see @ThatKevinSmith birthday show where he spent the entire evening answering ONE audience question, and then stayed for two hours extra afterwards answering the rest. Happy Birthday, sir!

 Sun Aug 02 17:58:36 +0000 2020

Next weekend I'm gonna be joining the many fine folks for Uplink. My panel is on Sunday at 12:30 PM EST, but you definitely need to check out the rest of the lineup:
http://uplink.liretro.com/ https://x.com/Liretro/status/1286846951644901381

 Sun Aug 02 18:10:33 +0000 2020

Actually I was just going to message you regarding that 😄

 Sun Aug 02 18:37:12 +0000 2020

Ok, this reaction to Alien made me LOL 😂

 Sun Aug 02 19:26:09 +0000 2020

😄👍 https://x.com/gnurillawarfare/status/1290008280002002944

 Sun Aug 02 19:54:46 +0000 2020

Another impressive Super Mario Bros. implementation for the ZX Spectrum. This time COVID-19 themed!
https://youtu.be/G935MZmmlPE

 Sun Aug 02 20:13:20 +0000 2020

Right here at Jonathan Jay youtube:
https://youtu.be/jYlxr02RWTk

 Sun Aug 02 20:23:10 +0000 2020

YouTuber: Alien: Isolation was a game I played a lot growing up
Me:

 Sun Aug 02 20:50:38 +0000 2020

RIP Wilford Brimley. The man who managed to make the delivery of "I'll kill you!" so unique, people in many coming centuries will be watching it, and laughing.

 Sun Aug 02 21:52:02 +0000 2020

keel*

 Sun Aug 02 21:54:05 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: I'm Mister MEMMAKER
I'm Mister CD-ROM
I'm Mister Sound Blaster
I'm Mister Command COM
Friends call me DOS Miser
What ever…

 Sun Aug 02 22:30:28 +0000 2020

RT @Liretro: Next Sunday, get ready for an assortment of discussions and performances that encapsulates why retrogaming is such a beloved p…

 Sun Aug 02 23:01:25 +0000 2020

"Best Worst Movie" happens to be a fantastic documentary. It doesn't matter if you've seen Troll 2 or not. It's very much worth watching. And it's free on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/2U0OPS2_7Po

 Mon Aug 03 01:22:20 +0000 2020

Amen. And I say that as a guy who put "Nostalgia" in my name.

 Mon Aug 03 02:07:48 +0000 2020

Yes. Sure. Just look at these controls and think what made them go "Perfect. Job well done!". Come on!

 Mon Aug 03 02:17:08 +0000 2020

Games designed by programmers for who knows what audience. 👍

 Mon Aug 03 02:17:39 +0000 2020

See also:

 Mon Aug 03 02:21:07 +0000 2020

RT @jonk1969: Garage cleaning, found my original rough sketches for the #starwars TIE Fighter and Dark Forces box covers from back in the d…

 Mon Aug 03 02:36:54 +0000 2020

Nope

 Mon Aug 03 05:39:55 +0000 2020

RT @ModernVintageG: RoboCop 3 - Dongle Anti-Piracy that Failed | MVG

Watch Here : https://youtu.be/W1cryx7TzqM

#RoboCop3 #AntiPiracy #Fairli…

 Mon Aug 03 13:27:03 +0000 2020

There's a movie out called "Yes, God, Yes" that takes place in the past time period. And that period happens to be the early 2000s in suburbia.

 Mon Aug 03 15:33:07 +0000 2020

Props to however had to design the Not-Windows.

 Mon Aug 03 15:33:49 +0000 2020

It's a coming of age/Catholic guilt movie starring Nancy Wheeler from Stranger Things, btw.
https://youtu.be/DKqtR9tMyCM

 Mon Aug 03 15:36:43 +0000 2020

Strangely, it's cheetos.

 Mon Aug 03 15:48:08 +0000 2020

What kind of freaking DOS command prompt was that?

 Mon Aug 03 15:49:12 +0000 2020

AOL is still around.

 Mon Aug 03 15:54:47 +0000 2020

My entire account is assumed to be NSFW. Not Safe for Windows.

 Mon Aug 03 15:58:58 +0000 2020

RT @PLT_cheater: Hey all, I'm looking for remote work doing code, devops, bizdev, or management, short or long term. 15y of experience, any…

 Mon Aug 03 18:22:45 +0000 2020

Thankfully all most people know of Chess is One Night in Bangkok.

 Mon Aug 03 18:38:26 +0000 2020

For a brief period, Windows 95 could run Windows 3.1 in a virtual machine
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180514-00/?p=98745

 Mon Aug 03 18:43:52 +0000 2020

RT @beyond_code: Always an enjoyable experience when a collectable comes with an original receipt! #dosgaming #doom2

 Mon Aug 03 18:46:08 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: A store receipt for a registered copy of DOOM. Sold in Connecticut to a Bernard from Bayside, New York. #DOSGaming https:…

 Mon Aug 03 18:46:28 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Some #DOSGaming prices from May of 1995

 Mon Aug 03 18:46:53 +0000 2020

Topical MIDI file

 Mon Aug 03 18:58:25 +0000 2020

I believe yes, every actual product has to have legal clearance.

 Mon Aug 03 19:06:44 +0000 2020

Why do you doubt it?

 Mon Aug 03 19:30:50 +0000 2020

Didn't everyone had a Tatu phase?

 Mon Aug 03 19:32:38 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Let's talk about DOS, baby.
Let's talk about UMB.
Let's talk about all the good games
And the bad games that may be.

 Mon Aug 03 20:09:32 +0000 2020

You need to familiarize yourself with Capcom's Zorro

 Mon Aug 03 20:13:37 +0000 2020

"In 1992, SoundBlaster released a piece of code that could stream audio from a file, a capability we take for granted today."

LucasArts’ First Words
Read the story and download the prototype
https://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefeatures/LucasArts-First-Words

 Mon Aug 03 20:32:29 +0000 2020

Sounds like a party https://x.com/accidental_left/status/1290388978139631616

 Mon Aug 03 20:57:10 +0000 2020

Alright, good people of Twitter. How's ready to travel back to August of 1990?

 Mon Aug 03 21:15:14 +0000 2020

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Runtime Windows was a cut down version of Windows only capable of running one program included in its distribution. Distributed with Excel 2.0 or Balance of Power, for example.

 Mon Aug 03 21:35:50 +0000 2020

Like this
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1185279786274492416

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And that's it for today! All ads were taken from the August 1990 issue of Byte Magazine. I hope you've enjoyed them.

 Mon Aug 03 22:01:34 +0000 2020

Text mode programs that were both OS/2 and DOS compatible.

 Mon Aug 03 22:02:41 +0000 2020

RT @BBCNews: Co-creator of the computer mouse, William English, dies aged 91 https://bbc.in/2XmVQa9

 Mon Aug 03 22:03:52 +0000 2020

RT @Bodegacats_: 📷: @RohnJobert

 Mon Aug 03 22:06:49 +0000 2020

RT @fabynou: Gaming platform fragmentation hell from 1989 Microprose catalog. Check out how some programmers managed to support up to six d…

 Mon Aug 03 22:16:55 +0000 2020

That would be Sid Meier, but it wasn't cross platform. He only handled the Apple II and C64 versions, with others being rewritten by people more familiar with the platform. Silas Warner did the Atari ST port, for example.

 Mon Aug 03 22:20:04 +0000 2020

101 Dalmatians: Escape From DeVil Manor (Disney Interactive, 1997) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Mon Aug 03 23:12:19 +0000 2020

Special thanks to @stus_reviews for discovering that despite the game requiring Windows 3.x or 95 to install, it is, in fact, a DOS game.
https://youtu.be/gGNg8eDLjLs

 Mon Aug 03 23:14:11 +0000 2020

And yes, just by the music, 3D renders, and awkward implementation I could tell that the same team was responsible for Nightmare Ned

 Mon Aug 03 23:15:49 +0000 2020

RT @MobyGamer: Got nothing to do for the next half hour? Watch and comment on The Computer Chronicles: Computer Games from February 1984 wi…

 Mon Aug 03 23:54:20 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: 99 floppies with games on the wall
💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾…

 Tue Aug 04 01:57:07 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: {\__/}
( • . •)
/ >💾 U want this?

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( • - •)
💾< \ Let me copy it first

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💻 💾<…

 Tue Aug 04 01:57:52 +0000 2020

EGA
#DOSGaming

 Tue Aug 04 02:47:27 +0000 2020

It sounds like you're maybe asking for adventure games that run in ScummVM? Because that's not just SCUMM games strictly speaking. In which case these aren't from Lucas or Sierra:
Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate
The Neverhood
Goblins 2/3
TeenAgent
Toonstruck
U.F.O.s
Touche

 Tue Aug 04 04:15:13 +0000 2020

Also
Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity
Broken Sword 1 & 2
And maybe even Blade Runner.

 Tue Aug 04 04:16:51 +0000 2020

Goblins is a good series, but the first game makes a lot of mistakes that make it annoying that are addressed in the sequels. And also there's Woodruff and the Schibble of Azimuth that's not a Goblins game, but very much in the same style, and it's really cool. But also v. hard.

 Tue Aug 04 04:20:04 +0000 2020

Here's my Woodruff pitch thread:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1225594535646040064

 Tue Aug 04 04:21:41 +0000 2020

Only if one enjoys playing as an unlikable douchebag 🤷‍♂️

 Tue Aug 04 04:23:42 +0000 2020

It's a fine game, but god do I want to just punch Simon in the face most of the time.

 Tue Aug 04 04:26:25 +0000 2020

Tonight's 90s hit: 🎵
Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit
https://youtu.be/KiLw45oAuD0
Year 1996.
Charts: #1 UK Singles, Scotland, Israel. #2 Canada Dance. #4 US Club Songs. #5 US Mainstream Top 40. #12 US Billboard Hot 100.
Was performed at a Eurovision 96 final

 Tue Aug 04 04:55:36 +0000 2020

Since the game is not available legally anymore, you're not in danger of giving Doug any money for it. He is definitely a terrible person though.

 Tue Aug 04 05:11:17 +0000 2020

Me at 9 PM: I really should try to go to bed early and relax.
Also me at 1 AM:

 Tue Aug 04 05:23:02 +0000 2020

Lipstick - I'm A Raver (1996)

 Tue Aug 04 05:25:01 +0000 2020

 Tue Aug 04 05:45:12 +0000 2020

RT @WindAesthetic: Just baked a cake.

 Tue Aug 04 06:42:41 +0000 2020

This is not something I want to be looking at at 3 in the morning!

 Tue Aug 04 07:25:48 +0000 2020

Mine is BEING SAD AND DEPRESSED (FOR CHARITY)

 Tue Aug 04 08:15:29 +0000 2020

Yeah, FPGA is very cool, but I hate that it's being marketed like this. Emulation is not a bad thing, and these kinds of ads are harmful. https://x.com/citrus3000psi/status/1290348939892469766

 Tue Aug 04 16:12:18 +0000 2020

RT @Defacto2: "The world's biggest collection of classic text mode fonts, system fonts and BIOS fonts from DOS-era IBM PCs and compatibles…

 Tue Aug 04 16:12:54 +0000 2020

FPGA relies on similar techniques, just done through a different process. Just because it's in hardware doesn't make it magically better. Remember, these products also have constant updates to fix compatibility🤷

 Tue Aug 04 16:17:30 +0000 2020

And IT IS GREAT that updates happen and we have this technology. Just please don't shit on other people's efforts (that you probably rely on for reference) to sell your stuff.

 Tue Aug 04 16:18:48 +0000 2020

Bad enough that I had to listen to the bit in @getplayedpod where they said it's all "original hardware". And those are people who have been playing games their whole lives!

 Tue Aug 04 16:20:19 +0000 2020

A bit windy today, eh? 👀

 Tue Aug 04 16:29:12 +0000 2020

https://x.com/ebbe_t/status/1290687658830831618

 Tue Aug 04 17:14:40 +0000 2020

Mario War (Samuele Poletto, 2002) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Tue Aug 04 17:16:09 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: EGA
#DOSGaming

 Tue Aug 04 17:40:16 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Me at 9 PM: I really should try to go to bed early and relax.
Also me at 1 AM:

 Tue Aug 04 17:41:27 +0000 2020

Here's to the first power outage of the day!

 Tue Aug 04 17:57:01 +0000 2020

Wait. What?!

 Tue Aug 04 18:06:42 +0000 2020

Ooooookay, it's getting pretty intense over here, not gonna lie. 😨

 Tue Aug 04 18:49:50 +0000 2020

Long Island

 Tue Aug 04 18:55:26 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Remember when just putting a texture on a wall was enough to make a forest?

 Tue Aug 04 18:57:40 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Remember how old first person shooter games could only render environments in straight vertical lines, and looking up or…

 Tue Aug 04 18:58:03 +0000 2020

A true professional

 Tue Aug 04 19:03:36 +0000 2020

I know I'm three years too late, but a younger gamer I am not, and I was reminiscing more than complaining.

 Tue Aug 04 19:12:45 +0000 2020

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
https://youtu.be/H7G1yjDfwL4

 Tue Aug 04 19:33:14 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1227399720663949312?s=19

 Tue Aug 04 19:33:54 +0000 2020

RT @bbpcgc: Wing Commander III #unboxing & Retrospective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf_kB63ckjA

#DOSGaming #retrogaming #PCGaming #games https://t.co/RDV…

 Tue Aug 04 20:10:07 +0000 2020

RT @VGAdvisor:

 Tue Aug 04 20:10:58 +0000 2020

I am all in favor of these

 Tue Aug 04 20:25:20 +0000 2020

Well, it looks like the worst of it is over with. Power is on. 👍

 Tue Aug 04 20:36:01 +0000 2020

This has been bothering me for a decade now. Why attempt to fix "The Evil Dead", a notorious super-indie drive-in movie made by a bunch of 20 year olds? I wish this video was in higher res, so you could see how poor some of these "fixes" are.
https://youtu.be/c9HkcTsHjg4

 Tue Aug 04 21:29:18 +0000 2020

These "mistakes" are legendary at this point. They are talked about on commentary tracks, books are written about them. Leave them alone.

 Tue Aug 04 21:30:23 +0000 2020

That's very different. VHS was open matte, which wouldn't have happened in theaters, and it wasn't intended that way.

 Tue Aug 04 21:35:03 +0000 2020

So what's everyone doing with their "up to a cash payment of $12.00" Google lawsuit bucks?

 Tue Aug 04 21:55:24 +0000 2020

You know what? I feel like plopping another sound card into my vintage pc. Brb.

 Tue Aug 04 22:00:59 +0000 2020

Are there ever enough ISA slots?

 Tue Aug 04 22:08:53 +0000 2020

Not sure why I've taken it out in the first place. 🤷

 Tue Aug 04 22:11:10 +0000 2020

And now it's Budokan with CMS/Game Blaster sound option! #DOSGaming
⁽ᴿᵉᵃˡ ʰᵃʳᵈʷᵃʳᵉ⁾

 Tue Aug 04 22:38:04 +0000 2020

You're hearing this @TexElecUSA?

 Tue Aug 04 22:39:22 +0000 2020

Maybe. I mean, they scanned separate elements for the Blade Runner restoration, and comped them using modern tech, and it looks gorgeous. But... idk. It's not like there were any flaws in those apart from your usual optical printer jitter. I still don't know how to feel about it.

 Tue Aug 04 22:43:18 +0000 2020

And last, but not least, Budokan: The Martial Spirit with NO SOUND option. Captured from real hardware, of course. #DOSGaming

 Tue Aug 04 22:53:53 +0000 2020

Nice. Twitter fucking *filled* my timeline with other people's likes again. 😡

 Wed Aug 05 00:14:31 +0000 2020

Attempting to play Commodore 64 SID music through OPL3. Not great, not terrible.

 Wed Aug 05 00:15:33 +0000 2020

I always love music players that allow one to play chip music directly on the hardware. So here's some Frank Klepacki.

 Wed Aug 05 00:29:18 +0000 2020

It's really cool that a lot of modern flash carts for retro consoles have that option. I don't have any currently, but I'll definitely buy a few when I'm rich and famous.

 Wed Aug 05 00:30:56 +0000 2020

Meanwhile I'm gonna enjoy some NES music on my DOS machine via a RP2A0x to SAA1099 conversion 🤷‍♂️

 Wed Aug 05 00:38:28 +0000 2020

Yeah, @TexElecUSA's SAAYM card is cool if you want to play music on your IBM PC that wasn't meant for it. Here's native YM2151 playback! No emulation 😉

 Wed Aug 05 00:47:00 +0000 2020

You think that's air you're breathing? 👀

 Wed Aug 05 01:14:03 +0000 2020

Huh. Cool. I only recently learned that Matt Furnis's The Lost Vikings on Genesis doesn't use PCM, even for what appear to be samples in the music. I wonder if it'll work?

 Wed Aug 05 01:19:27 +0000 2020

I just updated today before doing all these captures 😉

 Wed Aug 05 01:27:04 +0000 2020

Nope. Two SAA1099s and a YM2151.

 Wed Aug 05 01:32:12 +0000 2020

Ok, the results are *mostly* fine, but because Furnis did some crazy shit with The Lost Vikings, it doesn't work *at all*

 Wed Aug 05 01:44:39 +0000 2020

Well, @TexElecUSA just informed me that SAAYM in combination with SBVGM will play Sega Genesis music (minus the PCM samples), and now my lifelong dream of listening to Jesper Kyd's The Adventures of Batman & Robin Genesis soundtrack on PC hardware came true 😅

 Wed Aug 05 01:47:16 +0000 2020

Honestly speaking, the implementation is not perfect for now, but it is only the beginning!

 Wed Aug 05 01:48:07 +0000 2020

It's been 24 years. Can we finally recognize this soundtrack as a goddamn masterpiece of Sega Genesis music that it actually is?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSq63JEBvOs&list=PLWFYZb-mcJq11vNWDk-Ch8qR2kjPC8IQ7

 Wed Aug 05 01:49:46 +0000 2020

Speaking of Genesis music, I'm a big fan of FM synthesis, and therefore I'm always impressed when I hear something out of an FM chip that it isn't designed to do. (1/2)

 Wed Aug 05 02:01:03 +0000 2020

(2/2) Here's Matt Furniss's version of The Lost Vikings soundtrack. All the tunes are remixes/variations on Charles Deenen's original SNES soundtrack. But Furniss's Genesis rendition only uses YM2612, no PCM. You hear those samples? Those are played through an FM channel!

 Wed Aug 05 02:05:16 +0000 2020

I also think I just found a perfect visual way to post music on Twitter 🤔

 Wed Aug 05 02:08:35 +0000 2020

No, it works fine. It just detects it because I have the environmental variable. I use a Crystal on-board chip, so obviously it does nothing until drivers are loaded.

 Wed Aug 05 02:09:53 +0000 2020

Yeah, I love it. Matt Furniss is an underrated composer.

 Wed Aug 05 02:10:18 +0000 2020

Everyone already loves Streets of Rage soundtracks, and they are recognized as classics. The Adventures of Batman & Robin? Not so much.

 Wed Aug 05 02:11:01 +0000 2020

https://x.com/accidental_left/status/1290388978139631616

 Wed Aug 05 02:14:40 +0000 2020

Seriously, this is how I'm gonna be posting all the music from now on. 🥂🎵☭

 Wed Aug 05 02:23:24 +0000 2020

It sure did! It had a standard bundled plugin for it.

 Wed Aug 05 02:26:35 +0000 2020

Remember:
Windows 10 has a built-in video capture footage. Win+G to open its main panel. Win+Alt+R to start/stop recording of the current active window. 30 fps maximum. Places captured videos into Videos/Captures folder of the active user.

 Wed Aug 05 02:29:10 +0000 2020

I prefer to post MIDIs via Windows 3.1's GM to OPL3 player.

 Wed Aug 05 02:29:56 +0000 2020

 Wed Aug 05 02:35:26 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/859851244491374593

 Wed Aug 05 02:39:21 +0000 2020

These days I runs in Virtual Desktop in VR 😉

 Wed Aug 05 02:42:10 +0000 2020

 Wed Aug 05 02:43:07 +0000 2020

Happy Tuesday Night, people of Twitter!

 Wed Aug 05 02:48:00 +0000 2020

Tiny face, but a huge dick!

 Wed Aug 05 02:52:36 +0000 2020

PC ASMR

 Wed Aug 05 03:02:51 +0000 2020

Correction: it has nothing to do with the sound chip. It just routes the speaker output to the built-in sound out. No volume adjustment, no nothing. Just duplicates it.

 Wed Aug 05 03:31:10 +0000 2020

How?

 Wed Aug 05 03:45:48 +0000 2020

RT @Pixelmusement: The 200th week of Shovelware Diggers is now online! :D https://youtu.be/BeGIGMeL2Wk

 Wed Aug 05 05:55:26 +0000 2020

Добавь
http://iddqd.ru/arnd?find=%CD%E5%ED%E0%E2%E8%E6%F3

 Wed Aug 05 07:04:46 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Wed Aug 05 17:10:59 +0000 2020

Boulder Dash (First Star Software, 1984) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Wed Aug 05 18:28:22 +0000 2020

And now Boulder Dash starring Rockford in composite CGA! #DOSGaming

 Wed Aug 05 18:29:39 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Amazing MobyGames group

 Wed Aug 05 18:55:00 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Seriously, this is how I'm gonna be posting all the music from now on. 🥂🎵☭

 Wed Aug 05 18:59:35 +0000 2020

TITANIC.MP3

 Wed Aug 05 19:37:10 +0000 2020

THIS is how you do a sound card setup test. 👍

 Wed Aug 05 19:47:12 +0000 2020

That IS a skin, thankyouverymuch.

 Wed Aug 05 20:20:10 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1231065069531824129

 Wed Aug 05 20:22:52 +0000 2020

Listen, if you're gonna bring back a 90s cartoon at least make it Courage the Cowardly Dog. 🤷‍♂️

 Wed Aug 05 20:30:20 +0000 2020

 Wed Aug 05 20:37:01 +0000 2020

https://youtu.be/dWhtPByViJU

 Wed Aug 05 20:41:33 +0000 2020

Yeah, sure, guy. Everyone these days owns a house with a at least one fireplace to put their CRT next to.

 Wed Aug 05 20:58:34 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Brian Eno put it well:

 Wed Aug 05 21:19:19 +0000 2020

Jesus. I managed to lose a couple more pounds in a week. 😨

 Wed Aug 05 23:08:26 +0000 2020

Remember that there was a whole series of amateur games about a naked child made using Sierra's old tech? https://t.co/NgC3cXFgpP

 Wed Aug 05 23:12:05 +0000 2020

Very bad

 Wed Aug 05 23:26:38 +0000 2020

As a manager who's sadly not a cat, I fully approve of cat managers. https://x.com/Bodegacats_/status/1291151079024066570

 Wed Aug 05 23:28:29 +0000 2020

Island of Rusty General. A Soviet steam(?)punk for children. Perestroika times were weird, what else can I say. 🤷‍♂️

 Thu Aug 06 02:07:55 +0000 2020

No you don't
https://youtu.be/l8B5dqjsZUs

 Thu Aug 06 02:14:43 +0000 2020

Actually, make it Duckman. I want that cliffhanger resolved.

 Thu Aug 06 02:48:49 +0000 2020

 Thu Aug 06 02:50:48 +0000 2020

🤔 https://youtu.be/KIPQKiDzQi0

 Thu Aug 06 06:26:23 +0000 2020

No https://x.com/Bhaal_Spawn/status/1291367610999808002

 Thu Aug 06 15:06:49 +0000 2020

I recommend playing this game. It is an absolutely hilarious example of what not to do when designing/programming a game. Remember that this was a full price big box retail product. https://t.co/0X5eeHwdTK

 Thu Aug 06 15:08:48 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: OH YEAH!... Oh... oh no.

 Thu Aug 06 15:13:38 +0000 2020

I absolutely can not. I remember the first game I've played on the IBM PC, or the first game I played on a famiclone, but the first game? No. I *barely* remember the circumstances surrounding it. https://x.com/nakamuramartin/status/1291341796728098817

 Thu Aug 06 15:22:27 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Dear people of the Internet, Bill Gates has MORE than enough *real* things that he did you can hate him for. There's abso…

 Thu Aug 06 15:26:53 +0000 2020

Lol. License. 🤣 No, they didn't license anything. Just copied animations in Deluxe Paint.

 Thu Aug 06 17:55:02 +0000 2020

Construction Bob Escapes from Hell (OSP Entertainment, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Aug 06 19:14:56 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: The 3D Construction Kit aka Virtual Reality Studio v1.2 (DOS, 1991)

 Thu Aug 06 19:16:42 +0000 2020

RT @textfiles: It's Kevin Mitnick's birthday, a good time to repeat my favorite bit of Trivia: when calculating damages for lifting Sun sou…

 Thu Aug 06 19:18:43 +0000 2020

I live in an area with a lot of trees, so my town is still very much affected by the consequences of the recent storm. Certain roads are completely cut off, properties damaged, no power in some areas, dead traffic lights.

 Thu Aug 06 20:31:53 +0000 2020

This is a crazy overkill, but I APPROVE OF THIS SO MUCH. 😄 https://x.com/RealJamHamster/status/1291376935252172806

 Thu Aug 06 20:59:51 +0000 2020

TIL that there are freaking bluetooth cassette adapters out there!

 Thu Aug 06 21:07:23 +0000 2020

I was using your regular tape adapter with an audio cable sticking out of it that I bought at PepBoys for like $5
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1116112059693969408

 Thu Aug 06 21:09:05 +0000 2020

I am currently using a DivMMC EnJOY! PRO MINI *lite* from @ByteDelightCom for my Spectrum loading needs, and it works beautifully. But an occasional game uses a complicated loader, and none of those flash storage interfaces support TZX loading, so you do need a cassette adapter.

 Thu Aug 06 21:13:43 +0000 2020

Just like a lot of flash interfaces for vintage hardware, DivMMC EnJOY! allows the playback of a few music file types directly from the interface. I absolutely love this feature.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1284658928496803841

 Thu Aug 06 21:17:41 +0000 2020

I'm Russian. Do you think I don't know what TR-DOS is?

 Thu Aug 06 21:20:03 +0000 2020

Not really. I don't really follow online retro scene much tbh. But literally *the* place where TR-DOS got the most use & was actually popular was former USSR.

 Thu Aug 06 21:23:45 +0000 2020

Actually here's a cool one that shows off some exclusives. It's in Russian, but English subs are available
https://youtu.be/MCbabDspO0I

 Thu Aug 06 21:25:31 +0000 2020

RT @martijnfrazer: OUT NOW: SLIPSPEED ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 🎵💾

- 40+ minutes of OPL3 chiptune bangers
- hi-quality MP3 & FLAC audio
- jukebo…

 Thu Aug 06 21:27:59 +0000 2020

If it's a complicated loader that requires the use of the TZX format, none of the current flash storage interfaces can do it.

 Thu Aug 06 21:31:35 +0000 2020

And you'd be missing out on things like this!
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1282002939201179650

 Thu Aug 06 21:32:13 +0000 2020

The video should be called "15 things you *didn't* miss in <insert movie title> because you were PAYING ATTENTION, and 5 things that are complete bullshit" instead. But I guess that it's as catchy of a title. 🤷‍♂️

 Thu Aug 06 21:35:02 +0000 2020

The thing with Switch was revealed very shortly after the movie came out, and I always wished they had kept it.

 Thu Aug 06 21:43:46 +0000 2020

Yeah, those are extreme examples. But yeah, some games have extreme copy protection measures that are only available as these low level TZX files, if you want to use a version that wasn't messed with.

 Thu Aug 06 21:46:39 +0000 2020

RT @Kyle_MacLachlan: #2020
(Inspired by @ReeseW)

 Thu Aug 06 23:17:41 +0000 2020

Well... the new Troma movie sure looks like a Troma movie. Hopefully Lloyd manages to rein himself in a bit this time for the benefit of the final product. His last one was unwatchable.

 Thu Aug 06 23:54:21 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Star Trek: Klingon Language Lab (Windows 3.x, 1996) #NotDOS

 Fri Aug 07 00:04:58 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Language Lab was a bonus program included with the Jonathan Frakes directed Star Trek: Klingon FMV game (Simon & Schuster…

 Fri Aug 07 00:05:01 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Another bonus included on the disc was "24 honorable minutes of Power Klingon, featuring the voice of Michael Dorn to use…

 Fri Aug 07 00:05:07 +0000 2020

Every other answer is gonna be Requiem for a Dream, and I've seen it a dozen times. The only movie I refuse to revisit is Cannibal Holocaust.

 Fri Aug 07 00:19:10 +0000 2020

I thought it came from the store? 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Aug 07 00:21:49 +0000 2020

PS. I guess I should expand on the actual reason: I'd say that yes, I don't necessarily "dislike" the movie, but I object strongly to it. Having real animals being killed on screen only for the purpose of making a film seems totally immoral to me.

 Fri Aug 07 00:28:04 +0000 2020

Sure, if you aren't planning on playing anything post-1994.

 Fri Aug 07 00:52:12 +0000 2020

99% of the time I use emulation, to be honest. But I also have a handful of machines. My main one is a Pentium 2, but I also have a 166MMX, a 486DX4, an 80186 palmtop, and a 8086 PS/2.

 Fri Aug 07 00:56:29 +0000 2020

You can see my main vintage machine here:
https://youtu.be/hgnz6tVwKVs

 Fri Aug 07 00:57:51 +0000 2020

Yep. Model 30 it is.

 Fri Aug 07 00:58:30 +0000 2020

RT @lazygamereviews: What display are YOU using?

 Fri Aug 07 01:03:59 +0000 2020

I feel like doing a random poll. Please vote!

 Fri Aug 07 01:13:11 +0000 2020

Mine would probably be Frederick Raynal, and I don't particularly care that most people won't even know who that is, but it just happens to be very on-brand for me. https://x.com/JLewisland/status/1291352458694885376

 Fri Aug 07 01:17:42 +0000 2020

My dream is to one day be in a same restaurant as Eric Chahi.

 Fri Aug 07 01:20:51 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Topical MIDI file

 Fri Aug 07 01:32:22 +0000 2020

I mean, if you burn it on a disc....

 Fri Aug 07 02:02:29 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (Windows 3.x, 1996) #NotDOS

 Fri Aug 07 02:04:13 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Duck City (Windows 3.x, 1996) #NotDOS

 Fri Aug 07 02:04:18 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Savage: The Ultimate Quest for Survival (Windows 3.x, 1996) #NotDOS

 Fri Aug 07 02:04:50 +0000 2020

Weird. Should work fine on Win 10 if you have QuickTime installed.

 Fri Aug 07 02:22:53 +0000 2020

RT @CrimeADay: Because diced pineapples is trending, this is just a friendly reminder that 21 USC §333 & 21 CFR §145.180(a)(2)(viii) make i…

 Fri Aug 07 03:12:20 +0000 2020

A little bit of Jonathan Dunn NES music with that classic Martin Galway tribute.

 Fri Aug 07 03:15:52 +0000 2020

Wanna bone?

 Fri Aug 07 03:33:26 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: 10 PRINT "DEVELOPERS! "
20 GOTO 10

 Fri Aug 07 03:36:55 +0000 2020

The Matrix, digital home video journey.
- original 1999 DVD
- 2004 DVD remaster with altered color timing to match the sequels
- 2008 blu-ray struck from the same master
- 2018 4K HDR edition supervised by Bill Pope

 Fri Aug 07 04:17:37 +0000 2020

I can't express my happiness at being able to watch one of my favorite films in HD at home in a way that resembled what I originally saw in theaters. Can't believe it took nearly two decades.

 Fri Aug 07 04:19:25 +0000 2020

The original DVD looks like shit because it's so old, but at least it's not tinted green all over. The new 4K transfer is *chef's kiss*.

 Fri Aug 07 04:20:12 +0000 2020

If you have a 4K setup, but don't own the 2018 release of The Matrix, idk what the hell are you even doing.

 Fri Aug 07 04:22:29 +0000 2020

Still waiting for a release of Terminator 2 that resembles what was in the theaters. *Looks at watch*. Coming up on 30 years now. 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Aug 07 04:23:34 +0000 2020

It's an expensive Hollywood production. The way the touch of green was worked into brownish look and heavy shadows was great on screen. The lighting too. Most of that is gone in the original DVD because the compression just couldn't handle it. It's mostly just... brown.

 Fri Aug 07 04:26:37 +0000 2020

Each home video release of T2 is fucked up in at least a few ways, imo.

 Fri Aug 07 04:27:10 +0000 2020

Funniest thing I've noticed while watching the newest HD release of T2: they finally painted out Robert Patrick's reappearing dick in that one shot. Because *that's* what was important, apparently.

 Fri Aug 07 04:28:32 +0000 2020

It *is* green if you watch the movie, but no, it wasn't supposed to be as green as they made it in 2004. It is much more subtle and artistic.

 Fri Aug 07 04:29:52 +0000 2020

Well, if you have a 4K setup, I recommend it. Original Matrix is so beautiful with tiny bit of green worked in among brownish world with harsh shadows and rays of light.

 Fri Aug 07 04:32:30 +0000 2020

Don't have one handy.

 Fri Aug 07 04:51:03 +0000 2020

I assume we're unlikely to get that any time soon, so I can recommend grabbing Project 4K77 if you're willing to jump through all the hoops and find it on Usenet.

 Fri Aug 07 05:01:14 +0000 2020

4K77 is a step beyond Despecialized (not knocking it though) because they aim to just scan prints at 4K. You also get options for no DNR, DNR, or DNR + color corrected variants. Original and Jedi have been done, but they are still looking for non-damaged prints of Empire.

 Fri Aug 07 05:06:41 +0000 2020

Here's the info:
https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k77/

 Fri Aug 07 05:07:08 +0000 2020

 Fri Aug 07 05:08:23 +0000 2020

I don't mind that the sequels are green. I like the overly bright and green Matrix in them. But that wasn't fitting for the original which is all shadowy noir stuff.

 Fri Aug 07 05:09:54 +0000 2020

I lost count of how many times I paid for T2, and I think I should stop.

 Fri Aug 07 05:10:26 +0000 2020

Every remaster was supervised by him. He had that contract clause for forever. He has to sign off on them. Which is why previous HD editions used an existing master every time, until he supervised the 3D version. Honestly, fuck him.

 Fri Aug 07 05:17:22 +0000 2020

Oh, they are supposed to be green, just not in THAT overt of a way.

 Fri Aug 07 05:18:13 +0000 2020

Hello, people who are following me because of that The Matrix tweet. I don't have a soundcloud, but I am selling these colorful shirts:
https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/12568457-funky-ansi?store_id=440056

 Fri Aug 07 05:20:02 +0000 2020

The Matrix is still green, while the real world is blue. It's just not that overt.

 Fri Aug 07 05:58:25 +0000 2020

The subtle green tint was always there, while the real world is more blue. But it was never meant to be drenched in green like many scenes in the 2004 version.

 Fri Aug 07 06:36:28 +0000 2020

I was gonna say, the reason I've only seen Vanilla Sky once is because I like Abre los ojos more, and that's the one I choose to revisit.

 Fri Aug 07 07:03:17 +0000 2020

Yes it was.

 Fri Aug 07 08:21:03 +0000 2020

The subtle green tint was always there. It was very tasteful. The matrix was green, while the real world was blue. It is still there in the new master.

 Fri Aug 07 08:51:46 +0000 2020

First of all, let's start with the fact that this isn't the greatest scan. I mean just look at it:

 Fri Aug 07 08:58:06 +0000 2020

Secondly, it's pretty damn close

 Fri Aug 07 09:00:45 +0000 2020

That's not an HDR screenshot, btw. You'll never find a film scan that's the same as the final digital home video version because they aren't meant to be shown the same. But surely we can agree that the new master is closer to the intent than the 2004 version?

 Fri Aug 07 09:02:12 +0000 2020

Can't speak for the trilogy, but the stand alone 4K edition came with the blu-ray that was struck from the new master. The problem with it is that the master was HDR color graded, something that regular blu-ray doesn't handle, so as a result it looks like the white balance is off

 Fri Aug 07 09:07:10 +0000 2020

It IS tinted in the digital world, just not that overtly. It's a lot more obvious while watching the film rather than the extreme example I picked.

 Fri Aug 07 09:10:03 +0000 2020

No. And definitely not in that scene. Take it from me, the guy who saw it 74 times.

 Fri Aug 07 09:12:04 +0000 2020

I didn't join any forums. Just got my stuff on Usenet. Gotta be willing to do some work for it, that's it.

 Fri Aug 07 09:23:47 +0000 2020

Looks pretty damn good. I'm hungry now. 👍

 Fri Aug 07 09:26:13 +0000 2020

That tweet is spreading so fast that I guess I have to put out a disclaimer: I'm not a film colorist. I'm just some hungry unemployed guy on the Internet who played a lot of DOS games. 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Aug 07 09:33:20 +0000 2020

It's 5:30 in the morning here, so maybe it's time to share a controversial gaming opinion? Well, here it goes:
Contra Force is a good game.

 Fri Aug 07 09:36:40 +0000 2020

And I never said it was "correct" in the first place, even though "correct" is very subjective in this sense, and I could even suggest that the DP probably knows more about the intent than either of us.

 Fri Aug 07 09:46:43 +0000 2020

I never said "as intended".

 Fri Aug 07 09:52:44 +0000 2020

I said it resembled what I saw in the theaters more, which it did. I've seen the matrix projected over two dozen times.

 Fri Aug 07 09:55:33 +0000 2020

I'm not interested because that the best I can get right now, and it's fine for me. Looks good enough at the moment. When there's another version to get, I'll get it. I already own 11 versions of Army of Darkness, and I don't think I need to take the same road for The Matrix.

 Fri Aug 07 09:57:52 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: And now some VGA penis

 Fri Aug 07 10:16:43 +0000 2020

Dreamweb

 Fri Aug 07 10:18:15 +0000 2020

Same

 Fri Aug 07 14:30:19 +0000 2020

La dernière vignette 👍👍👍👍

 Fri Aug 07 17:00:06 +0000 2020

This is still going around, so here's more:
I picked this specific scene because it was one of the scenes that contained the *least* amount of green when originally shown. For some reason it was chosen to have the *most* green in the 2004 version. It's the most extreme example. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1291589288765915136

 Fri Aug 07 17:09:44 +0000 2020

And one more time: yes, the Matrix is green. It is *still* green in the latest remaster. In a subtle way that resembles theatrical presentation a lot more than the 2004 version. Here are some more shots from the 4K

 Fri Aug 07 17:17:17 +0000 2020

I like that the real world is cold blue instead.

 Fri Aug 07 17:19:30 +0000 2020

Also damn, Bill Pope is a great cinematographer. He really should be more recognized.

 Fri Aug 07 17:40:01 +0000 2020

Didn't expect luggables to make a return, but here we are. https://x.com/pcgamer/status/1291766274775822336

 Fri Aug 07 17:47:22 +0000 2020

Holy shit, it's $8,000! They brought back 80s PC pricing too!

 Fri Aug 07 17:49:51 +0000 2020

RT @MrAbandonware: However the VGA version with Ablib / Soundblaster music is great example of DOS era intros and I think it’s still a joy…

 Fri Aug 07 18:12:40 +0000 2020

I just have to say that I do *not* approve of this practice. Those poor vintage boxes. 😨 https://x.com/Bhaal_Spawn/status/1291440645530431489

 Fri Aug 07 18:14:25 +0000 2020

Yeah, sex is cool, but have you ever opened a big box PC game with a thick manual, two types of floppy disks, and a copy protection code wheel inside? 🤔

 Fri Aug 07 18:19:04 +0000 2020

Seems legit https://t.co/3c7XFHUqYI

 Fri Aug 07 18:23:47 +0000 2020

Already? I feel like it's been 100 years since January.

 Fri Aug 07 18:27:39 +0000 2020

... in my pants.

 Fri Aug 07 18:46:16 +0000 2020

There's a LAN party....

 Fri Aug 07 18:46:16 +0000 2020

Not the worst possible scenario.

 Fri Aug 07 18:49:04 +0000 2020

JNCOs, baby!

 Fri Aug 07 18:49:27 +0000 2020

Depends on the company. Some did, and others didn't. Sierra was big on dual format for a while, for example.

 Fri Aug 07 18:55:25 +0000 2020

Rotox (Creative Materials/U.S. Gold, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Fri Aug 07 23:25:50 +0000 2020

@liretro Scared me for a second there 😅

 Sat Aug 08 01:22:05 +0000 2020

Yeeeaaaaah! Join me on Sunday, people of the Internet! https://x.com/Liretro/status/1291907834779664384

 Sat Aug 08 01:24:01 +0000 2020

RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded! https://youtu.be/xTdeJwul5Hk

 Sat Aug 08 14:31:08 +0000 2020

Join me tomorrow (Sunday the 9th) at 12:30 PM EST at http://uplink.liretro.com/ to discover some 3D games from the first decade of IBM PC!

 Sat Aug 08 16:10:49 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: #Caturday

 Sat Aug 08 18:29:16 +0000 2020

As someone who hasn't worn shorts in 25 years because of a skateboarding accident, I wish you the best.

 Sat Aug 08 19:03:22 +0000 2020

The American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation (Tom Snyder Productions/Mindscape, 1986) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sat Aug 08 19:07:55 +0000 2020

And now in composite CGA: #DOSGaming

 Sat Aug 08 19:09:18 +0000 2020

RT @KensLabyrinthII: A little under two hours before the 24 hour fundraiser live stream begins! Join me and special guest Ravenna Munster…

 Sat Aug 08 20:16:23 +0000 2020

Gorgeous baby

 Sat Aug 08 21:36:48 +0000 2020

Still waiting for the Tetris variant called "The Eastern Block"

 Sat Aug 08 21:51:12 +0000 2020

RT @textfiles:

 Sat Aug 08 23:29:37 +0000 2020

It's just a greasy spoon

 Sun Aug 09 02:50:46 +0000 2020

From the depths of Russian FidoNet: TITANIC.MP3
Made with vodka™.

 Sun Aug 09 03:14:11 +0000 2020

🤣Well, you can check out their follow-up. Unfortunately that was the end of their cover career.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1290835768093691906

 Sun Aug 09 03:20:30 +0000 2020

I gotta say, I think that without this particular bunch of drunk Russian guys acts like "Selo N Ludi" wouldn't exist.

 Sun Aug 09 03:24:53 +0000 2020

🤚

 Sun Aug 09 03:27:15 +0000 2020

If you're not familiar with *that* band, then
https://youtu.be/aXvG_Lx0Kp4

 Sun Aug 09 03:27:43 +0000 2020

🤣

 Sun Aug 09 03:35:41 +0000 2020

RT @Liretro: Don't forget - there's still plenty of action tomorrow at #UPLINK! Sign up now for remaining spots in the tournaments + check…

 Sun Aug 09 04:02:34 +0000 2020

I had this file for 20 years, but yes, FidoNet is indeed still around, and in most cases you do not need a dial-up modem to connect.

 Sun Aug 09 09:30:13 +0000 2020

Sunday morning jam:
https://youtu.be/bV-hSgL1R74

 Sun Aug 09 11:34:54 +0000 2020

When you think of Orbital's "Halcyon + on + on" what film comes to your mind first?

 Sun Aug 09 11:36:39 +0000 2020

About the only thing actually good about it.

 Sun Aug 09 11:38:02 +0000 2020

 Sun Aug 09 11:41:42 +0000 2020

RT @Liretro: Plenty to look foward to today!
- Special roundtable with @RetroRGB @Voultar @HDRetrovision
- MK, KI, SF, Halo, and NBA JAM…

 Sun Aug 09 14:34:08 +0000 2020

In two hours! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1292131157384081408

 Sun Aug 09 14:39:24 +0000 2020

There's a Windows one as well!
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1047317524914888704

 Sun Aug 09 14:53:57 +0000 2020

RT @Liretro: Hey get your diskette drives ready because we're talking DOS GAMES with @dosnostalgic at 12:30! Classic PC Gaming abound!
T…

 Sun Aug 09 16:10:31 +0000 2020

RT @gayocats: 1095089311372

 Sun Aug 09 16:11:00 +0000 2020

Larry Vales: Traffic Division (Philip J. Reed, 2000) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Aug 09 18:03:24 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Ending credits music from Amiga CD32 version of Pirates! Gold is still the *most* 90s thing in the history of videogame m…

 Sun Aug 09 18:24:05 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Can't fool me. It's one of them 80s British microcomputers. https://x.com/sovietvisuals/status/855904996671488002

 Sun Aug 09 18:31:14 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: When you think of Orbital's "Halcyon + on + on" what film comes to your mind first?

 Sun Aug 09 20:15:52 +0000 2020

Box art of the day: #DOSGaming

 Sun Aug 09 20:30:37 +0000 2020

You know in Back to the Future when Biff gets a $300 bill for "car damage" in 1955? Looked up the inflation and... $300 of 1995 USD is $2,875 today! 😲

 Sun Aug 09 20:33:24 +0000 2020

Also I'm not the biggest fan of Back to the Future 2, but "Order a Pepsi. Here's a fifty." joke is underrated.

 Sun Aug 09 20:35:41 +0000 2020

It's always 1995 for me. 🤷‍♂️

 Sun Aug 09 20:36:04 +0000 2020

Unlikely, since new color grading was made specifically for the new cut, while other cuts have been restored and available with color timing that resembles the original.

 Sun Aug 09 21:03:23 +0000 2020

💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾👈 https://x.com/banditloaf/status/1292567146824962049

 Sun Aug 09 21:05:13 +0000 2020

If that happened there definitely would be some hate-fucking involved.

 Sun Aug 09 21:07:53 +0000 2020

In that case I don't particularly agree. What makes that change less ethical than others? What about the new matte painting with the pigeon? Digital rain removal? It's a revisionist version in its intent to begin with.

 Sun Aug 09 21:10:00 +0000 2020

👍 https://x.com/Liretro/status/1292568978653683719

 Sun Aug 09 21:11:34 +0000 2020

I'm not a big fan of drenching everything in teal either, but what I like about Blade Runner is options. If I want original color timing, I can just throw that disc in. In most cases you don't get that luxury, and you're stuck with what you have.

 Sun Aug 09 21:21:26 +0000 2020

Thank you for attending!

 Sun Aug 09 21:21:52 +0000 2020

PC gaming box art detective work: https://x.com/Pixelmusement/status/1292571981318172679

 Sun Aug 09 21:23:42 +0000 2020

Pretty sure it's out there. My edition has Final, US theatrical, EU theatrical, DC, and workprint.

 Sun Aug 09 21:25:34 +0000 2020

"Remind me later."

 Sun Aug 09 21:26:14 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: I will never understand people who don't find Leslie Nielsen funny

 Sun Aug 09 22:05:12 +0000 2020

RT @TubeTimeUS: i've created a very handy SBDIAG utility for troubleshooting Snark Barker (or regular ol' Sound Blaster) sound cards. it wi…

 Sun Aug 09 22:30:46 +0000 2020

It's been 22 years, but the train popping out from behind a tree gag still gets me every time. 🤣

 Sun Aug 09 22:37:58 +0000 2020

It's not exactly top tier Nielsen movie, because it goes for slapstick more often than dialogue, but it's really high budget and has some incredibly amusing gags.
https://youtu.be/9DbZLYj_R7E

 Sun Aug 09 22:48:48 +0000 2020

There are people who don't find Bill Murray funny???

 Sun Aug 09 22:50:01 +0000 2020

The American Pickle is a bit of a meh, but it's kind of cute as well. Looks like an episode modern tv show rather than a movie, but I'd rather have more of that than $150+ mil movies that come out of Hollywood studios.

 Sun Aug 09 23:24:47 +0000 2020

I don't particularly understand how it cost $20+ mil to make this, but still. More cheap movies that go for it, even if they fail in the end, please.

 Sun Aug 09 23:26:38 +0000 2020

Belarus. Resist. ✊

 Sun Aug 09 23:43:40 +0000 2020

I'm sorry, where's the "an alcoholic" on this list? https://x.com/TheseDeadPens/status/1292352777822310400

 Sun Aug 09 23:46:09 +0000 2020

RT @engadget: Code compiler pioneer Frances Allen dies at 88 https://engt.co/2XKhUM6

 Sun Aug 09 23:49:43 +0000 2020

An evening FM tune

 Mon Aug 10 00:22:37 +0000 2020

Btw, I don't know about you, but when I was a kid this sequence of Michael Jackson turning into a transformer absolutely was *the* coolest thing.

 Mon Aug 10 03:00:02 +0000 2020

I know of them, but I don't really have any use for them. I'd rather have flash storage instead of a hard drive, but still settle for actual floppies.

 Mon Aug 10 03:07:58 +0000 2020

Play more DOS games, people of Twitter!

 Mon Aug 10 03:24:04 +0000 2020

💰💰💰

 Mon Aug 10 03:24:56 +0000 2020

Currently 138 lbs.

 Mon Aug 10 03:26:19 +0000 2020

RT @RetroRGB: I recently did an interview with one of the last remaining manufacturers of CRT's. It was an interesting conversation and I'…

 Mon Aug 10 13:39:43 +0000 2020

RT @Bhaal_Spawn: It’s Monday, it’s #TillysBigBoxPCTitles 💾

It’s Frontier: Elite 2!

Explore an entire galaxy; smuggling contraband whilst…

 Mon Aug 10 13:52:39 +0000 2020

Multiplatform shmup Sardonic is now available on MS-DOS
http://sardonic.planetaclix.pt/

 Mon Aug 10 13:55:37 +0000 2020

I don't mind, but I also don't remember.

 Mon Aug 10 14:04:06 +0000 2020

Adam Kesher?
Adam Kesher?

 Mon Aug 10 15:23:07 +0000 2020

Bourbon + Pepsi

 Mon Aug 10 15:34:36 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: See Sid Meier work that vintage IBM PC!
Seeing how @FiraxisGames still has access to an early version of Civ 1, it would…

 Mon Aug 10 15:52:38 +0000 2020

That's pretty cool. Sid Meier's Pirates! port for the Amstrad CPC has the dev team's signatures on the title screen.

 Mon Aug 10 16:06:40 +0000 2020

Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing/Powerboat USA: Offshore Superboat Racing (Artech Digital Entertainments/Accolade, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Mon Aug 10 17:33:23 +0000 2020

RT @edoublea: Only THREE DAYS LEFT to help support the Myst Documentary!!! Tick tock.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philipshane/the-myst-documentary

 Mon Aug 10 17:57:44 +0000 2020

Fawn, Faith, Eve, Lefty, a local drunk, a pimp, a sex worker, an angry punk, a cabbie, a store owner, a hobo, a bouncer, a naked guy in a barrel, an unfunny stand up comedian, 3 showgirls, 2 little people in a trench coat, a drunk priest, a cute dog, and, of course, Larry Laffer. https://x.com/AdventurersCap/status/1292477399725211652

 Mon Aug 10 18:19:36 +0000 2020

Oh man, I forgot one:
KEN WILLIAMS!

 Mon Aug 10 18:22:53 +0000 2020

 Mon Aug 10 18:37:33 +0000 2020

RT @ZXSpectrumNext: It's happening. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-2 Sign up to be notified, but we're intending to have go live Tuesday (tomorrow)…

 Mon Aug 10 19:02:37 +0000 2020

This is the kind of questions you want to ask Lynch in an interview. Not what does the lady in the radiator symbolize. https://x.com/Tasnyx/status/1292729142123716615

 Mon Aug 10 19:24:36 +0000 2020

Not in that game.

 Mon Aug 10 19:25:21 +0000 2020

This isn't a midi.

 Mon Aug 10 20:42:32 +0000 2020

No.

 Mon Aug 10 20:43:13 +0000 2020

I wonder if some of these are them

 Mon Aug 10 21:00:17 +0000 2020

Holy hell! Among the terrible quick South Park cash-grabs from the late 90s there's this unreleased Game Boy (Color) game that looks like a totally cool puzzle platformer. With digitized speech, swearing, violence, and poop!
https://youtu.be/ddRPi0v-dqk

 Mon Aug 10 22:10:29 +0000 2020

The game wasn't completely wasted though. After a lot of changes it ended up as "The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley"!
https://youtu.be/q0YEn65Ajpo

 Mon Aug 10 22:12:26 +0000 2020

Whoa! And apparently they redid it *again* to sell in Europe as Maya the Bee & Her Friends!
https://youtu.be/7ZIYsxsQ9zQ

 Mon Aug 10 22:19:34 +0000 2020

 Mon Aug 10 22:20:25 +0000 2020

It's a VGM with YM2612 and Sega PSG data.

 Mon Aug 10 22:25:15 +0000 2020

WinAmp relies entirely on plugins, so it's able to play damn near anything.

 Mon Aug 10 22:29:42 +0000 2020

I've seen a few episodes of the anime series. It was shown all over the world.

 Mon Aug 10 22:43:08 +0000 2020

Graphic design is Ken Williams' passion, apparently. https://x.com/SierraChest/status/1292954254055964672

 Mon Aug 10 22:43:51 +0000 2020

Yep.

 Mon Aug 10 22:45:51 +0000 2020

Ken should hire whoever worked on this book cover for him, because it was adorable.

 Mon Aug 10 22:47:07 +0000 2020

Sierra published Goblins in the States, and also bought that weird French studio, which was called Coktel Vision.

 Mon Aug 10 22:52:13 +0000 2020

I'm look at it in a box on my shelf right now.

 Mon Aug 10 22:53:10 +0000 2020

I mean.... it's an anime series. 🤷‍♂️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_the_Honey_Bee

 Mon Aug 10 23:09:31 +0000 2020

I don't want to imagine being Trump.

 Tue Aug 11 01:12:00 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Go home, Wikipedia, you're drunk.

 Tue Aug 11 01:28:01 +0000 2020

Wow. Went to bed early, and now I'm already up because of a horrifying and very personal nightmare. I'm not even mad though. My subconscious managed to create something very coherent and engaging.

 Tue Aug 11 03:47:03 +0000 2020

I'm just glad that none of that was real tbh.

 Tue Aug 11 03:47:42 +0000 2020

RT @benjedwards: Steve Wozniak and his wife Janet are hosting a huge online 70th birthday bash tomorrow for Woz at 5PM Pacific / 8PM Easter…

 Tue Aug 11 03:55:12 +0000 2020

I had one of those bundled with a Dendy Jr. That was in the 90s. https://t.co/SZN89ztw6g

 Tue Aug 11 04:24:02 +0000 2020

"A look back at memory models in 16-bit MS-DOS" by Raymond Chen
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20200728-00/?p=104012

 Tue Aug 11 04:56:05 +0000 2020

He got screwed out of owning the biggest PC game publishing company. He's probably still bitter.

 Tue Aug 11 05:38:01 +0000 2020

From the source

 Tue Aug 11 05:43:10 +0000 2020

Update!
https://x.com/caboken/status/1292974258004480000?s=19

 Tue Aug 11 05:43:33 +0000 2020

The fact that the book is being proofread by Al Lowe is kind of adorable
https://x.com/caboken/status/1292974757265018880?s=19

 Tue Aug 11 05:44:57 +0000 2020

I always imagined that his take would be more personal. Doesn't cancel any historian's work.

 Tue Aug 11 05:47:38 +0000 2020

Here's Ken on Laine's work:

 Tue Aug 11 05:50:46 +0000 2020

None of this is news to me, but can be a surprise for some people. Ken's Twitter account only follows two other accounts: Trump and O'Reily.

 Tue Aug 11 05:54:08 +0000 2020

No, I was being surrounded by Amigas.

 Tue Aug 11 06:00:40 +0000 2020

It's Ken Williams we're talking about. He can afford hiring a professional. And it appears like he's planning to.

 Tue Aug 11 06:08:34 +0000 2020

Who are all these people who say "there's no such thing as a bad slice of pizza"? Seriously, I got news for you.

 Tue Aug 11 07:10:56 +0000 2020

God, I miss pizza so much. 🍕

 Tue Aug 11 07:13:48 +0000 2020

RT @IQ_Adventures: If you haven't seen this giveaway - @MagicSteve83 made this - a diorama of BabaYaga's Hut from QFG1 and he's giving it a…

 Tue Aug 11 13:41:22 +0000 2020

RT @markaduck: Not sure who to thank for this, but it’s brilliant. Volume up.

 Tue Aug 11 14:00:33 +0000 2020

My town lost its cell phone service during the last storm. It's been a week now.

 Tue Aug 11 14:23:28 +0000 2020

RT @MirrorsoftGames: Our week long Mirrorsoft catalog sale is now live! Save up to 75% off #weareretro #dosgaming #classicgames https://t.c…

 Tue Aug 11 14:25:28 +0000 2020

Hebrew PacMan/פקמן בעברית (Unknown, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Tue Aug 11 17:06:11 +0000 2020

Pacmans on the status bar are facing right to left, obviously.

 Tue Aug 11 17:27:15 +0000 2020

My mother sent me some family document scans. Here's a notice they served my grandmother about her husband being declared MIA during WWII.

 Tue Aug 11 17:37:57 +0000 2020

As much as I love the 90s, I don't see much of a reason to go back to this particular debate.

 Tue Aug 11 18:24:34 +0000 2020

👀 https://x.com/lazygamereviews/status/1293260152343232513

 Tue Aug 11 18:58:05 +0000 2020

Tell me why it was better on the Amiga!

 Tue Aug 11 18:58:38 +0000 2020

A single event can really re-contextualize a lot of things
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/794238896766914561?s=19

 Tue Aug 11 19:01:48 +0000 2020

For the first time ever in my life I'm in *that* position where a cleaners tell me that my clothes are gonna be ready only hours before I'm supposed to be wearing them. Not a cool state to be in at all. 😐

 Tue Aug 11 19:05:25 +0000 2020

That would be an option if I didn't have $20 to my name.

 Tue Aug 11 19:07:09 +0000 2020

Yes, it's very clear when I play all my Eurodance albums backwards. Can't believe nobody noticed.

 Tue Aug 11 19:28:42 +0000 2020

Might wanna adjust your detector.

 Tue Aug 11 19:31:18 +0000 2020

Unfortunate 🤷

 Tue Aug 11 19:33:01 +0000 2020

ZX Spectrum Next round 2 crowfunding has begun: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-2
I don't have a Next, but if I had the money I'd probably get one. Out of all these recent retro tech revivals this is the only one that makes sense to me as far as hardware and extended features.

 Tue Aug 11 20:08:49 +0000 2020

And sure, $400 is a chunk, but honestly if I add all the money I've spent on my +2A to have it working in a state that it's currently in, I don't think it was at all cheaper.

 Tue Aug 11 20:11:40 +0000 2020

That's a bit of different are, but no, not to me.

 Tue Aug 11 20:13:45 +0000 2020

I mean, it's not a revival, it's a hobbyist-targeted machine. It's a fine idea, but I personally have no use for one.

 Tue Aug 11 20:28:58 +0000 2020

As long as you don't find any books bound in human skin in the basement, you're fine.

 Tue Aug 11 20:50:50 +0000 2020

 Wed Aug 12 03:28:46 +0000 2020

As I've mentioned, I don't own one, so I can't remark on it from personal experience. But from what I'm seeing/reading the feedback is overwhelmingly positive.

 Wed Aug 12 03:34:31 +0000 2020

Midnight jam: 🎵

 Wed Aug 12 04:15:56 +0000 2020

Please respect the caviar

 Wed Aug 12 04:35:34 +0000 2020

Can we finally agree that this is the best tweet there ever was, and we can all just go home now? https://x.com/TriciaLockwood/status/1108102037072433153

 Wed Aug 12 04:41:04 +0000 2020

Jesus Christ. I'm deleting my account.

 Wed Aug 12 04:43:28 +0000 2020

I'm sorry, but tweets this good should be fucking illegal
https://x.com/TriciaLockwood/status/289148349003730947

 Wed Aug 12 04:48:24 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: The 80s were cool too

 Wed Aug 12 05:00:28 +0000 2020

Miette
https://x.com/TriciaLockwood/status/1146585493305528326

 Wed Aug 12 06:24:26 +0000 2020

It fucking recommended me a Russian video titled "Feminism destroys videogames" with almost a million views, and just seeing that it exists made me incredibly sad.

 Wed Aug 12 07:11:15 +0000 2020

It's for backwards compatibility with older PC keyboards. 🤷

 Wed Aug 12 08:11:27 +0000 2020

A bit late to this, but all countries did use power + phone line multi prong plugs before rj11 jacks became the standard.
Here are the ones from US, USSR, and UK.

 Wed Aug 12 15:02:13 +0000 2020

RT @Arethrid: Played some 'Eradicator' for DOS (1996). Pretty cool game.
#DOSGaming #RETROGAMING #pcgaming #RetroGames
#oldschoolgaming ht…

 Wed Aug 12 15:32:09 +0000 2020

 Wed Aug 12 16:11:38 +0000 2020

I've said before that I'm not a fan of shouty/sweary game reviews and coming down on games (that were rushed by the publisher), and I'm sorry, but Blood 2 deserves it.
And here Civvie 11 remastered his classic video:
https://youtu.be/jcuBwXFk5lM

 Wed Aug 12 17:30:40 +0000 2020

Happy 39th birthday to the original IBM PC 5150 and PC-DOS 1.0! 🎉🎂🎈🎊🍾

 Wed Aug 12 17:44:54 +0000 2020

Check out the original IBM PC 5150 Guide to Opetations from 39 years ago!
http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/IBM_5150_Guide_to_Operations_6025000_AUG81.pdf

 Wed Aug 12 17:50:37 +0000 2020

Try IBM PC-DOS 1.0 in your browser!
https://www.pcjs.org/machines/pcx86/ibm/5150/cga/

 Wed Aug 12 17:55:14 +0000 2020

A quick guide to running the first ever IBM PC game (co-written by Bill Gates) in DOS 1:
basica
load "donkey.bas"
run

 Wed Aug 12 18:02:23 +0000 2020

There's no actual credit on any of early Microsoft, including Donkey, but we know for a fact Gates programmed a Basic runtime for the Altair.

 Wed Aug 12 18:11:18 +0000 2020

Erm, it's right there.

 Wed Aug 12 18:12:37 +0000 2020

It's not officially Y2K compliant, but DATE works fine through the year 2099.

 Wed Aug 12 18:29:24 +0000 2020

There's a decade between Donkey and Gorillas. That's like the difference between Doom II and Half-Life II

 Wed Aug 12 18:30:59 +0000 2020

This DOOM CD didn't bother with a clever title

 Wed Aug 12 19:48:06 +0000 2020

A few pre-release promotional shots from Phantasmagoria

 Wed Aug 12 21:04:12 +0000 2020

Needless to say nothing looks this good in the actual game

 Wed Aug 12 21:08:24 +0000 2020

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

 Wed Aug 12 21:09:57 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Вий: История, рассказанная заново/Viy: The Story Retold (Windows, 2004) a Russian Phantasmagoria-inspired game based on a…

 Wed Aug 12 21:14:32 +0000 2020

Vangers on Steam got a few updates since I've tweeted this. Multiplayer is back in! Not bad for a 1998 game. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1279874938078445571

 Wed Aug 12 21:19:05 +0000 2020

Not that I know of.

 Wed Aug 12 21:21:36 +0000 2020

Sound on! 🔊

 Wed Aug 12 21:34:25 +0000 2020

And also:

 Wed Aug 12 21:35:02 +0000 2020

Pretty sure it's Bill Roper.

 Wed Aug 12 21:38:13 +0000 2020

That's fairly common is such situations. I had the same happen three times:
- Once when I got kicked off of a wall & ended up upside down in the air
- Once when I was running away from a bunch of angry assholes, tripped, and almost fell
- Once when I slid on ice & fell backwards

 Wed Aug 12 22:12:48 +0000 2020

It's WarCraft 2 and he's not actually in the game.

 Wed Aug 12 22:16:03 +0000 2020

It's from a 2014 Game Informer video where they had him do famous lines from games:
https://youtu.be/3H3xQzQauyY

 Wed Aug 12 22:37:05 +0000 2020

Not just yours. Or maybe it is?
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1202967545617305600?s=19

 Wed Aug 12 23:20:46 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Wed Aug 12 23:26:46 +0000 2020

I love that it's an actual stunt just for this gag https://x.com/edgarwright/status/1293696382822490116

 Thu Aug 13 00:10:25 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Bored? Then check out this bundle of classic Russian time-wasters developed by Gamos, one of the 1st Soviet game companie…

 Thu Aug 13 00:32:26 +0000 2020

RT @TubeTimeUS: is it possible to have three separate ISA graphics cards with three separate monitors on a PC?

why yes, yes it is! https:/…

 Thu Aug 13 01:29:36 +0000 2020

Green screen

 Thu Aug 13 04:11:14 +0000 2020

Discovered "Hoot" which is like MAME of game music players. How am I supposed to go to bed now?

 Thu Aug 13 04:33:20 +0000 2020

RT @felipepepe: I'm currently watching a replay of a dude playing Island of Kesmai, an online RPG from 1984.

The replay is stored as a .R…

 Thu Aug 13 13:34:14 +0000 2020

Here's my father being given 46 Rubles for a ticket home and an additional 6.82 for food after he was released from prison in 1959 after serving 2 years, 9 months, and 25 days for being a co-founder of an anti-Soviet organization.

 Thu Aug 13 14:44:03 +0000 2020

It might be a bit weird, but this is the first time I'm actually seeing all these papers.

 Thu Aug 13 14:45:37 +0000 2020

I have a real MT-32

 Thu Aug 13 14:49:39 +0000 2020

Sure, but you won't find anything about it that you can read. Things were fairly local, they got turned in fairly early on. Just have to be grateful that it was during Khrushchev times. A few years earlier and that shit wouldn't fly under Stalin.

 Thu Aug 13 14:56:52 +0000 2020

I am.

 Thu Aug 13 15:12:48 +0000 2020

 Thu Aug 13 15:17:16 +0000 2020

Really doesn't feel like it's been TEN years since the Scott movie

 Thu Aug 13 16:13:11 +0000 2020

Knives in the movie, Ramona in the books. 🤷

 Thu Aug 13 16:34:33 +0000 2020

Why you gotta play that song so loud?

 Thu Aug 13 16:54:39 +0000 2020

Hello, Syd 👋

 Thu Aug 13 17:17:55 +0000 2020

Advantage Tennis (Infogrames, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Aug 13 18:13:55 +0000 2020

And now a cool AdLib jam courtesy of Charles Callet. #DOSGaming

 Thu Aug 13 18:22:23 +0000 2020

Listen, if we're going to dig up old Channel 101 shit from the creators of Rick & Morty, why not put House of Cosbys back out there? 🤷‍♂️

 Thu Aug 13 18:30:39 +0000 2020

Actually tbh I wish whoever owns Acceptable TV made the episodes available again. I thought it was hilarious, and now it's lost to time.

 Thu Aug 13 18:33:23 +0000 2020

I'm old enough to remember when Rick & Morty was going to get boycotted because they put women on the writing staff.

 Thu Aug 13 18:52:33 +0000 2020

It's a shame. The co-creator is an asshole, but he routinely called out the borderline nazi fans for being such and telling them to fuck off, as well as he spent the last few years being a very vocal Trump critic. Lots of people got butthurt, & now they keep attacking him.

 Thu Aug 13 18:58:39 +0000 2020

I own 11 different editions of the same movie. Do you think I'm gonna be bothered by the fact that Remedy won't give me a free Control update?

 Thu Aug 13 19:01:41 +0000 2020

It's a very cool show if you can handle the protagonist who is absolutely despicable in his smugness. Which is probably why it attracts so many assholes.

 Thu Aug 13 19:18:46 +0000 2020

I'm not joking
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1184309035551604736?s=19

 Thu Aug 13 19:20:13 +0000 2020

All, but one of mine are different masters/transfers.

 Thu Aug 13 19:50:18 +0000 2020

What would make me happy is a 4K remaster of Army of Darkness that was struck from the negative. That would be very nice.

 Thu Aug 13 19:52:45 +0000 2020

It's alright.

 Thu Aug 13 19:53:26 +0000 2020

♫ Another night, another drive, but always you,
It's like a vision of DOS that seems to be true. ♫

 Thu Aug 13 19:58:01 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: And now it's time to ask a very important question

 Thu Aug 13 21:37:56 +0000 2020

Maybe one day, but I don't collect those on purpose. Just kept upgrading through the years.

 Thu Aug 13 21:38:41 +0000 2020

I bought one of those AI generated products once
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1140661008102547456?s=19

 Thu Aug 13 21:41:38 +0000 2020

ANOTHER publisher? Did Javier fuck everything up again?

 Fri Aug 14 00:49:03 +0000 2020

So it looks like yet another publisher (how many is it now?) is taking on Keen Dreams again. I haven't received any confirmation from them yet, but if the previous rights holder is still involved, I'd still encourage you not to buy it
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/commander-keen-in-keen-dreams-definitive-edition-switch/

 Fri Aug 14 01:33:15 +0000 2020

If you're a new follower of mine and not familiar with the story, here are the receipts:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1100934501277016065

 Fri Aug 14 01:34:02 +0000 2020

Oh damn. Duh. There it is. Thank you.

 Fri Aug 14 02:10:01 +0000 2020

Well, there it is. Right at the bottom of the listing. Didn't notice it at first.

 Fri Aug 14 02:10:30 +0000 2020

The dude has audacity to call himself Keen Company? What a joke.

 Fri Aug 14 02:11:16 +0000 2020

Yep

 Fri Aug 14 02:16:07 +0000 2020

I'm going to think that the guy who licensed it to you is a nazi, so nothing new here. 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Aug 14 02:18:54 +0000 2020

RT @lazygamereviews: It's a nice evening for DOS games on a 386.

like Soleau Software's Crusher!

 Fri Aug 14 02:19:07 +0000 2020

Yeah, I bet he won't sell unless he *really* needed the money. This is his only claim to fame, after all.

 Fri Aug 14 02:20:18 +0000 2020

Remember

 Fri Aug 14 02:28:43 +0000 2020

Same

 Fri Aug 14 02:43:15 +0000 2020

He might own a couple more Softdisk titles, but I'm not sure. But as far as Commander Keen goes, yes. Keen Dreams is the only one.

 Fri Aug 14 02:44:35 +0000 2020

A Fleshlight

 Fri Aug 14 02:51:08 +0000 2020

 Fri Aug 14 04:13:14 +0000 2020

Good night

 Fri Aug 14 04:30:20 +0000 2020

If you don't want to take my word for it, here's someone else:
https://x.com/DaveOshry/status/1145791908746153985?s=19

 Fri Aug 14 11:47:16 +0000 2020

Last night on a friend's roof:

 Fri Aug 14 12:54:03 +0000 2020

So if you end up publishing this as a physical release, one will be able to buy Keen Dreams without benefiting Javier financially?

 Fri Aug 14 13:38:15 +0000 2020

RT @lazygamereviews: New LGR episode! It's finally time for a review of Microsoft Flight Simulator... from 31 years ago

https://t.co/gV6QN…

 Fri Aug 14 14:10:36 +0000 2020

He crowfunded $1,500 to buy them. It's all in that thread.

 Fri Aug 14 14:35:09 +0000 2020

Yep
https://github.com/keendreams/keen

 Fri Aug 14 14:38:58 +0000 2020

Today's floppy:

 Fri Aug 14 14:39:20 +0000 2020

About to do an important thing. Wish me luck, play some DOS games, pet your cats, (and if you live in an place where it's drinking hours) have a drink for me.

 Fri Aug 14 14:41:04 +0000 2020

RT @TexTweetz: Albion, Blue Byte Software, 1996 #DOSGaming

 Fri Aug 14 14:57:30 +0000 2020

They both should have gotten Oscars for this movie https://x.com/RealEOC/status/1294023535199911937

 Fri Aug 14 15:43:14 +0000 2020

These guys might wanna rethink their logo idk

 Fri Aug 14 17:32:37 +0000 2020

Someone told me that The Exorcist is only scary to people who believe in god and the devil. No, sorry, that's not how it works. I don't believe in god, ghosts, vampires, or aliens*, but give me a scary story about any of them, and I'm in

(*in the form they are depicted in films)

 Fri Aug 14 18:09:01 +0000 2020

Are there any horror films where the villain is capitalism?

 Fri Aug 14 18:09:33 +0000 2020

Ok, They Live *is* an acceptable answer. Capitalist aliens it is.

 Fri Aug 14 18:14:10 +0000 2020

John Carpenter was never much of a hidden subtext guy anyway
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1221675015512428544

 Fri Aug 14 18:15:26 +0000 2020

Yeah, I'm back in the safety of my home.

 Fri Aug 14 18:15:57 +0000 2020

Yeah, but that's more of in the same line with Jaws.

 Fri Aug 14 18:20:32 +0000 2020

And if you're thinking, well, that's easy for Carpenter to say stuff like this now when the movie is 30+ years old, here he is in 1990 in a discussion with Clive Barker:

 Fri Aug 14 18:33:47 +0000 2020

Idk, I fucking love it. It's one of my favorite films of all time. And throughout the years I've observed many people squirm at it when watching it for the first time, so it's obviously effective.

 Fri Aug 14 18:40:05 +0000 2020

RT @TexTweetz: Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri, Looking Glass Studios, 1996

 Fri Aug 14 18:42:56 +0000 2020

It's because it's pretty divisive.

 Fri Aug 14 18:51:28 +0000 2020

Possibly "Gods". If it's not, try to remember as much details as you can
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1046792933138141184?s=19

 Fri Aug 14 19:09:19 +0000 2020

That is a lot less savage than I expected from the guy who used to shittalk nearly everyone around him on the daily basis https://x.com/nixcraft/status/1293614700505100288

 Fri Aug 14 19:50:49 +0000 2020

How about a cool Roland MT-32 tune by Barry Leitch?
(Real hardware)

 Fri Aug 14 21:57:11 +0000 2020

It's actually a fairly long track, so if you wanna check it out in its entirety, you can do that here:
https://youtu.be/skOUHzyQpmE

 Fri Aug 14 21:57:52 +0000 2020

Sleepy baby ♥

 Fri Aug 14 22:04:58 +0000 2020

And then if you *really* want, you can check out the Amiga rendition
https://youtu.be/0y6r0m3-ZAs

 Fri Aug 14 22:07:25 +0000 2020

I have Lotus 1-2-3 in a palm of my hand

 Fri Aug 14 22:17:18 +0000 2020

RT @_chuckyc: Oh dang, they’re not fighting for 30% of Fortnite sales, they’re fighting for ~12% of everyone elses 😅

Makes more sense why…

 Fri Aug 14 22:18:31 +0000 2020

They both came out at the same time and Leitch prefers the MT-32 version.

 Fri Aug 14 22:20:21 +0000 2020

It is actually a very nice palmtop that is very easy to use (much easier than some others) and it lasts up to 2 MONTHS on just two AA batteries.

 Fri Aug 14 22:34:58 +0000 2020

I also have a Toshiba Libretto, and while the specs and the size considering its age are absolutely *insane* it's also a pain in the ass to use
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1170489529427533825

 Fri Aug 14 22:40:18 +0000 2020

SoftMPU is actually very useful program even when you're using an actual MPU-401 compatible interface (PCMIDI in my case). If you're using the "old" model of MT-32 it will help preventing the buffer overflow error, which I would otherwise be getting here. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1294392823597473792

 Fri Aug 14 22:44:48 +0000 2020

I mean look at how long it takes to send all the sysex messages to load the instruments. Look at the time between me pressing the button and the music actually beginning to play!

 Fri Aug 14 22:45:55 +0000 2020

When you say you like a certain PC game, and someone immediately tells you that it was better on the Amiga

 Fri Aug 14 22:58:38 +0000 2020

The East end boys and West end DOS

 Fri Aug 14 23:08:45 +0000 2020

Yeah, technically it's a "sub-notebook", but it is *tiny*. I mean it as launched in April of 96 and had
Pentium 166 MMX cpu
32 mb ran
2.1 GB hdd
7.1" color display

 Fri Aug 14 23:26:22 +0000 2020

Well, one was $549 in 1994, the other one was $2,500 in 1996 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Aug 14 23:31:41 +0000 2020

That's $4,150 today! Yeah, accessible it was not. Plus like I said it's actually a pain to use. The other one is a nice portable very convenient DOS machine with no backlight and a 80186 and flash memory.

 Fri Aug 14 23:35:36 +0000 2020

I'm not gonna fight you because it... wasn't. 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Aug 14 23:36:15 +0000 2020

Ok, I'm outside.

 Fri Aug 14 23:41:01 +0000 2020

Yeah, but it essentially was a kind of high specs machine for the time in the palm of your hand. I'm impressed that they even managed to miniaturized it that much tbh. I mean Quake launched a couple of months later, and this would run it comfortably.

 Fri Aug 14 23:51:01 +0000 2020

Yeah, but very few people bought them, understandably. The main line was discontinued only 3 years later almost everywhere. Then it was only available in Japan.

 Fri Aug 14 23:56:11 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Gabe Newell talks about the WinG port of DOOM known as WinDoom that he was a project manager on

 Sat Aug 15 00:25:08 +0000 2020

44 years later and Taxi Driver is still such an amazing film. It's just a rollercoaster of emotions. It was Scorsese's third feature and Schrader's second produced script. Scorsese was 34, and Schrader was 30 when the movie came out.

 Sat Aug 15 00:42:22 +0000 2020

Yikes. It's a great ending! I mean, the whole movie is leading up to that ending. The entire damn point is in that damn ending.

 Sat Aug 15 00:46:45 +0000 2020

I hope that some day James Gunn's Super will also be recognized. At least on some sort of a cult classic level. It's a bit of a shame it hasn't happened yet, but at the same time I can see why it didn't. But it is a movie I love that I can not recommend to anyone I know. 🤷‍♂️

 Sat Aug 15 00:48:49 +0000 2020

- What did he just say?
- He said there's a storm coming.
- ...I know.

 Sat Aug 15 01:26:48 +0000 2020

I mean... I like Casino more than any of those.

 Sat Aug 15 02:50:04 +0000 2020

Ummmm... It's like Goodfellas only better. 🤷 De Niro plays a Jewish guy, and Peschi is above him. And Sharon Stone is in it.

 Sat Aug 15 02:54:13 +0000 2020

I mean, it's not better than the Godfather. 🤷

 Sat Aug 15 02:56:15 +0000 2020

RT @gayocats: 1081931960474

 Sat Aug 15 12:54:05 +0000 2020

RT @Foone: where did bill gates get this giant keyboard pillow and can I order one

 Sat Aug 15 13:05:18 +0000 2020

A giant #DOSGaming thread en espanol https://x.com/tokyoretrogames/status/1247098684979826688

 Sat Aug 15 14:11:06 +0000 2020

GT Interactive Game Therapy, eh? https://x.com/textfiles/status/1294681038464208902

 Sat Aug 15 17:50:41 +0000 2020

Remember this ad campaign?
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/799436488937271297?s=19

 Sat Aug 15 17:51:22 +0000 2020

NSFW
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1060313334623494144?s=19

 Sat Aug 15 17:53:06 +0000 2020

Extremely

 Sat Aug 15 18:07:54 +0000 2020

I still think about this comment every now and again https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1028080544737841154

 Sat Aug 15 18:25:24 +0000 2020

If that someone happens to have one of these wonderful guns, they might even like it!

 Sat Aug 15 18:35:59 +0000 2020

 Sat Aug 15 19:01:18 +0000 2020

The Making of FIFA 96. #DOSGaming
https://youtu.be/JJjayP7Z7Gk

 Sat Aug 15 19:03:54 +0000 2020

FIFA 96 had the most 90s aesthetic

 Sat Aug 15 19:09:05 +0000 2020

Remember local 90s commercials that were done by a couple of guys with PCs and 3D Studio Max?

 Sat Aug 15 19:15:35 +0000 2020

It's a pretty great movie

 Sat Aug 15 19:26:10 +0000 2020

Is this somewhere in Long Island?

 Sat Aug 15 19:37:33 +0000 2020

Max was launched in 96, and that when most of those commercials started popping up, precisely because until then 3D rendering of anything longer than a few seconds was inaccessible to most mortals.

 Sat Aug 15 19:39:40 +0000 2020

Yes.

 Sat Aug 15 19:47:59 +0000 2020

"Faces ...tris 3" game incoming! 😅 https://x.com/itstheshadsy/status/1294726687809245185

 Sat Aug 15 20:08:29 +0000 2020

Played about half of what you've listed.

 Sat Aug 15 20:27:17 +0000 2020

No, I don't take requests for anything.

 Sat Aug 15 21:14:52 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/744330400055631872

 Sat Aug 15 21:27:49 +0000 2020

The biggest cinematic crime of 2020 is the new Wes Anderson movie getting delayed.

 Sat Aug 15 21:58:53 +0000 2020

 Sat Aug 15 23:54:17 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/706294384883605504

 Sun Aug 16 00:32:22 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Always remember...

 Sun Aug 16 00:33:35 +0000 2020

Meow

 Sun Aug 16 00:38:52 +0000 2020

He licenses the game to these companies and collects royalties. And yes, that includes both Switch releases.

 Sun Aug 16 03:15:49 +0000 2020

Sleepy baby ♥

 Sun Aug 16 04:50:56 +0000 2020

They never had the rights to Keen Dreams. It was owned by Softdisk.

 Sun Aug 16 15:01:18 +0000 2020

RT @SQHistorian: A father/son moment that I'll cherish and he won't remember.

 Sun Aug 16 15:02:30 +0000 2020

Yeah, you just have to make it to that point. Alternatively you can just start the Crew Expendable DLC and that essentially puts you towards the end of the original movie.

 Sun Aug 16 15:03:55 +0000 2020

Isolation is really good, but you don't see any aliens for like the first 3 hours.

 Sun Aug 16 15:08:05 +0000 2020

RT @TexTweetz: Oh man this game is actually kind of fun!

Hardline, Cryo Interactive Intertainment, 1996 #DOSGaming

 Sun Aug 16 17:20:44 +0000 2020

I'm sure lots of Long Islanders are jealous. Most people here seem to measure houses exclusively in bathrooms. https://x.com/theLDNstandard/status/1294938730625740801

 Sun Aug 16 17:27:26 +0000 2020

A modern version of Transarctica would be great. https://x.com/videogamedeals/status/1294712975870382080

 Sun Aug 16 19:29:42 +0000 2020

It's pretty great in concept and ideas, not so much in execution. To me these are the games that need remakes the most. Take something flawed, but unique & promising and try to improve it.
https://x.com/StochasticOoze/status/1295081009151488001

 Sun Aug 16 19:34:28 +0000 2020

It's weird to actually see this. This script for what eventually became "Army of Darkness" predates both Evil Dead sequels, and was written a year after The Evil Dead got theatrical distribution. https://x.com/horrormuseum/status/1294684623666995201

 Sun Aug 16 19:48:49 +0000 2020

On it. 📞

 Sun Aug 16 20:20:46 +0000 2020

Lol, did I do this?!?! 🤣 I have absolutely no recollection of this.

 Sun Aug 16 21:00:13 +0000 2020

Is there anybody going to listen to my story
All about the DOS that came to stay

 Sun Aug 16 21:02:12 +0000 2020

Lol. Now *I'm* the lazy drunkard who apparently can't remember shit.

 Sun Aug 16 21:09:45 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: I love late Soviet animation

 Mon Aug 17 01:22:11 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: I little more late Soviet animation. A segment from "Lift" by Pilot Studios from 1989.

 Mon Aug 17 01:22:46 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Now check out this post-Soviet animated... thing 😂🤣

 Mon Aug 17 01:22:56 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: I feel a bit bad about posting Russian animated trash, so here's something from the opposite end of the spectrum:
A clip…

 Mon Aug 17 01:23:13 +0000 2020

DOS games this GDQ:
Tue 5:31 AM - Alone in the Dark
Thu 5:40 AM - Homey D. Clown
6:02 AM - Little Big Adventure 2
1:26 PM - Blood
Fri 7:09 AM - Terminator: SkyNET
8:01 AM - Quest for Glory

 Mon Aug 17 01:36:31 +0000 2020

Actually, if you're in the mood for some zany Soviet animation, here's Under the Yesteryear's Snowfall, one of my favorites. Someone did a great job with the English subtitles:
https://youtu.be/DwJznO6SqyM

 Mon Aug 17 01:44:24 +0000 2020

 Mon Aug 17 02:00:48 +0000 2020

LEANON~1.MID 🎵

 Mon Aug 17 02:36:40 +0000 2020

I blows my mind that Barry Leitch apparently hates most of the work he did for Gremlin, because this stuff is *really* good. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1294392650083250181

 Mon Aug 17 03:02:10 +0000 2020

Another one of his MT-32 tunes is the long track from Hero Quest with freaking GOLDEN BROWN in the middle of it 😄
https://youtu.be/rS1CC0r3P8E

 Mon Aug 17 03:05:52 +0000 2020

This could have something to do with it 🤔

 Mon Aug 17 03:08:27 +0000 2020

You know what's one game that was released "unfinished" that I'd really like to see a remake of? Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. There's so much good stuff there buried under lots of unpolished stuff, and a direction change mandated by a switching to a new publisher.

 Mon Aug 17 04:32:51 +0000 2020

It's one of those games where you can *see* the cracks. I enjoy it, and I think it does a lot of things right as a Lovecraft adaptation, but god the bad parts are *bad*.

 Mon Aug 17 04:34:59 +0000 2020

Yep.

 Mon Aug 17 04:36:47 +0000 2020

Yeah, that's when it's all goes to hell, and it's not even a third of the game in.

 Mon Aug 17 05:01:01 +0000 2020

I remember sweating as I've played it. Probably the most successful but in the game, although I'm sure it wouldn't be as terrifying to play 15 years later.

 Mon Aug 17 05:08:26 +0000 2020

Not a fan at all.

 Mon Aug 17 05:08:37 +0000 2020

"Possibilities are amazing with this property."

 Mon Aug 17 05:50:40 +0000 2020

 Mon Aug 17 07:33:02 +0000 2020

RT @dosgameclub: Z is the 90iest of 90s games 💿🔥 #DOSGaming http://dosgameclub.com

 Mon Aug 17 13:49:19 +0000 2020

RT @good_faces_bot:

 Mon Aug 17 14:45:56 +0000 2020

 Mon Aug 17 15:53:36 +0000 2020

#CurrentMood

 Mon Aug 17 16:02:46 +0000 2020

Conan: The Cimmerian (Synergistic Software/Virgin Games, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Mon Aug 17 16:21:13 +0000 2020

Remember that time Accolade hired Boris Vallejo to redo the box art for the Genesis version of Star Control and had him paint... the exactly same thing?

 Mon Aug 17 16:25:59 +0000 2020

Vallejo was also responsible for the cover art of Ecco the Dolphin, in case you didn't know.

 Mon Aug 17 16:29:54 +0000 2020

Here's a fun one:
An official 1989 request by one of the other people arrested along with my father to wipe the criminal record clean. The reasoning? "Currently a lot of candidates' platforms r much more radical than ours from 1956, and it isn't seen as destruction of socialism"

 Mon Aug 17 17:53:23 +0000 2020

The request was denied. Russia passed a law of "rehabilitation of victims of political repressions" on October 18th 1991, and my father & his friends were officially "rehabilitated" in 1995, 38 years after the arrest.

 Mon Aug 17 17:59:02 +0000 2020

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (Windows 9x, 1997) #NotDOS

 Mon Aug 17 18:25:58 +0000 2020

"Indulge your morbid fantasies... you sick bastard." By 90s ads standards that's almost adorable.

 Mon Aug 17 18:28:15 +0000 2020

The 90s. When we were proud of just about *any* 3D render, and displayed it as prominently as we could.

 Mon Aug 17 18:29:34 +0000 2020

Literally just played it on Windows 10 64 bit to take these shots

 Mon Aug 17 18:33:38 +0000 2020

There are also multiple fan patches.

 Mon Aug 17 18:35:03 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Russian voxel first person shooter Z.A.R. (1997) #DOSGaming

 Mon Aug 17 20:25:31 +0000 2020

Every once in a while I remember that Jesper Kyd reused the same melody three times in completely different styles, and just 😀 because that's freaking awesome.
Here it is an FM synthesis Sega Genesis tune from Red Zone (1994):
https://youtu.be/p9iWKzBe_zs

 Mon Aug 17 20:37:23 +0000 2020

And here it is as a CD audio track made with studio synthesizers in AMOK (1996): #DOSGaming
https://youtu.be/UY1T2JhvZhY

 Mon Aug 17 20:39:24 +0000 2020

And here it is as an orchestral arrangement with a choir in Hitman: Blood Money (2006):
https://youtu.be/xK5nFTQXbfY

 Mon Aug 17 20:40:59 +0000 2020

Mostly because they were boring. And eventually hardware accelerated polygons caught up, and if anyone wanted to combine open spaces with building structures (Project IGI), they could.

 Mon Aug 17 20:50:45 +0000 2020

I feel like a lot of the excitement people are having over the new Microsoft Flight Simulator I have already personally experienced when Google Earth was introduced. 🤷‍♂️

 Mon Aug 17 20:53:48 +0000 2020

Not knocking MSFS, it looks incredible, but Google Earth was a lot more amazing to me because it's been available for like over a decade and a half, and seeing a 3D Manhattan was a lot more impressive in the mid-2000s than in 2020.

 Mon Aug 17 21:01:29 +0000 2020

And for over a decade you also got the entirety of the oceans, Moon, and Mars. It's cool as fuck.

 Mon Aug 17 21:03:13 +0000 2020

Marks works in the latest Earth build

 Mon Aug 17 21:19:52 +0000 2020

Yes, weather effects are much more impressive than streamed in satellite data, I agree.

 Mon Aug 17 21:20:53 +0000 2020

Microsoft Train Simulator 202X with accurate and photo-realistic environments and passengers when?

 Mon Aug 17 21:22:58 +0000 2020

I don't particularly care for that one, maybe because it wasn't finished or something. Like the Rogue track sounds like 5 different Batman & Robin tunes stuck together.

 Mon Aug 17 21:32:14 +0000 2020

2020 anthem:
https://youtu.be/Ep9Vzb6R_58

 Mon Aug 17 23:09:49 +0000 2020

Baby! 😍

 Tue Aug 18 00:20:19 +0000 2020

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1295080313580707840?s=19

 Tue Aug 18 00:23:38 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Check out Westwood Movie Collection 1985 - 1995!
A selection of internal photos and videos, along with a doze of game foo…

 Tue Aug 18 00:25:47 +0000 2020

Hang in there, man. ♥

 Tue Aug 18 01:09:07 +0000 2020

Solo Flight, but modern.

 Tue Aug 18 01:11:13 +0000 2020

Indeed what *is* next? 🤔😂

 Tue Aug 18 01:19:30 +0000 2020

What are the chances of someone in a commie hat putting on an SS uniform next, honestly? I don't think these venn diagrams have much of an overlap tbh. 🤷‍♂️

 Tue Aug 18 01:21:24 +0000 2020

I especially love the "Hitler was in a national socialist party, don't know you know?" people.

 Tue Aug 18 01:24:01 +0000 2020

GO_WEST2.MID

 Tue Aug 18 01:42:48 +0000 2020

Check out this panel I did for @Liretro where I showed off a whole bunch of cool 3D games from the first decade of IBM PC! #DOSGaming
Join me on this journey into the third dimension!
https://youtu.be/BGngSaQ_ahY

 Tue Aug 18 01:46:15 +0000 2020

 Tue Aug 18 03:26:16 +0000 2020

Nope. That's a Russian point & click adventure game "GAG: The Impotent Mystery".

 Tue Aug 18 03:32:12 +0000 2020

 Tue Aug 18 03:36:59 +0000 2020

Unpacked the resources from one of my favorite Russian games "GAG: The Impotent Mystery". Man, everything is very simple. First person adventure games are not demanding.

 Tue Aug 18 03:39:37 +0000 2020

I wish someone would implement both English and Russian versions into @ScummVM.

 Tue Aug 18 03:40:24 +0000 2020

GAG has a much better quality Myst parody moments

 Tue Aug 18 03:41:50 +0000 2020

My favorite CD change screen of all time

 Tue Aug 18 03:45:50 +0000 2020

This game is pretty bonkers, and deserves to be digitally available. (Ahem, @pripyatbeast)

 Tue Aug 18 03:53:31 +0000 2020

Full trailer here:
https://youtu.be/bO5Z6k7e1m0

 Tue Aug 18 03:54:07 +0000 2020

RT @cuddigan: Not sure who needs to see this right now, but did you know that you can lower the volume for specific apps, especially ones t…

 Tue Aug 18 04:45:09 +0000 2020

A new Wizardry game also came out this year (pc port), so that puts it ahead of MSFS by a bit. Unless we also count pre-Microsoft flight simulator entries.

 Tue Aug 18 13:06:57 +0000 2020

RT @gnomeslair: Brilliant Psygnosis boxes of games starting with "B".

 Tue Aug 18 13:07:40 +0000 2020

I honestly don't know, but it probably helps that both westerners and Japanese love the series, although apparently for very different things. 🤷

 Tue Aug 18 13:13:59 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: My favorite CD change screen of all time

 Tue Aug 18 13:52:37 +0000 2020

Space Dude maybe?

 Tue Aug 18 14:01:27 +0000 2020

New version of BuildGDX is out. Now with NAM support!
https://m210.duke4.net

 Tue Aug 18 14:03:20 +0000 2020

Of course it does. Early versions were made by the guy who made NAM.

 Tue Aug 18 14:04:59 +0000 2020

Before the release of Duke 3D's source code, Eduke was based off Matt Saettler's WW2GI code.

 Tue Aug 18 14:07:07 +0000 2020

Hated it

 Tue Aug 18 14:22:21 +0000 2020

Now that 3D graphics on PCs are being pushed to new extremes with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, check out where it all began! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1295537460651479041

 Tue Aug 18 15:59:08 +0000 2020

Heh. Didn't realize that Valve has already parodied Apple's 1984 commercial 10 years ago when they launched Half-Life 2 on OS X
https://youtu.be/2zkLh_QMFdQ

 Tue Aug 18 17:35:00 +0000 2020

Not exactly surprising, obviously. Still shitty, but expected. https://x.com/MetaQuestVR/status/1295769244894785538

 Tue Aug 18 18:17:08 +0000 2020

And I do own one of their devices, so 🤷

 Tue Aug 18 18:17:27 +0000 2020

Yep. My Oculus purchase had my street address (couldn't use a po box), my card, AND my phone number. All three things that I refused to give Facebook for the longest time.
https://x.com/mcclure111/status/1295786350071947270?s=19

 Tue Aug 18 18:20:57 +0000 2020

Meanwhile, Zuckerberg's wealth nearly *doubled* since March.

 Tue Aug 18 18:22:40 +0000 2020

Six years is all it took
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/448576408122834944?s=19

 Tue Aug 18 18:23:49 +0000 2020

Yeah, it probably would have been a deal breaker for me as well if I didn't already own one. Sadly, we're in the minority.

 Tue Aug 18 18:24:56 +0000 2020

And after all of this there *still* isn't a Virtual Boy emulator that supports Oculus Touch controllers as inputs! 😡

 Tue Aug 18 18:27:19 +0000 2020

Honestly, we should be living in a VR boom right now! And shit like this is why VR isn't developing further. Major players aren't interested in VR adoption. They'd rather make data harvesting their priority, since that's where their money is.

 Tue Aug 18 18:30:59 +0000 2020

And I really don't want to hear shit about market shares, availability, niches, or games. These are problems we have experienced before. And HALF of them are because these tech giants keep banking on the wrong things.

 Tue Aug 18 18:33:11 +0000 2020

We have a tech that finally works, but we're still trying to resolve many issues with usability and application, but the corps in charge are trying so hard to monetize it before we even figured out what can be done with it. If anything is gonna kill it, it's this.

 Tue Aug 18 18:35:28 +0000 2020

Dink Smallwood (Windows 9x, 1998) #NotDOS

 Tue Aug 18 19:38:50 +0000 2020

Dink Smallwood is an absolute classic for me, and if you haven't experienced it, it's been freeware since 1999. These days it's also open source, available on iOS and Android, and has many cool updates. Go punch some ducks! 🦆
https://www.rtsoft.com/pages/dink.php

 Tue Aug 18 19:41:48 +0000 2020

It's also a game with comprehensive modding tools. One of the first ones being The Search for Milli Vanilli

 Tue Aug 18 19:44:57 +0000 2020

(Actually that might be the first ever mod for it, since it was made in 1997 before the game's commercial release and works with the demo.)

 Tue Aug 18 19:48:36 +0000 2020

I don't understand the whole "the shark looks fake" thing about Jaws. Yeah, occasionally the mouth is a bit janky, but most of the time it looks perfectly fine.

 Tue Aug 18 20:14:18 +0000 2020

Yeah, and I don't even think the final mod format even matches.

 Tue Aug 18 20:16:23 +0000 2020

There was a period of my life where I had Burger King for breakfast *and* lunch for many months. Then after that I had a phase where I drank at least one Full Throttle energy drink a day. I'm basically a walking corpse. https://t.co/AO0gRnpjcW

 Tue Aug 18 20:23:45 +0000 2020

It was programmed by one guy, but there were several people involved.

 Tue Aug 18 20:25:23 +0000 2020

Btw, Full Throttle is delicious. Why can't there be a regular soda that tastes like that?

 Tue Aug 18 20:26:03 +0000 2020

You heard what I said. Full Throttle *is* delicious!

 Tue Aug 18 20:35:10 +0000 2020

$1 to play MSFS for a month doesn't sound too bad https://t.co/6v5rrPglvG

 Tue Aug 18 21:05:53 +0000 2020

Dear lord

 Tue Aug 18 21:07:44 +0000 2020

That data is still loaded remotely. AI doesn't create the 2 petabytes of data that's being advertised on the fly.

 Tue Aug 18 21:10:36 +0000 2020

That's covered by "we're still trying to resolve many issues with usability" part.

 Tue Aug 18 21:57:21 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: And now a message from our sponsors

 Tue Aug 18 22:05:52 +0000 2020

If it has a capability to completely block out my field of vision, and has 6 dof tracking for both the appliance and some kind of controllers, then that's good enough for me and I don't care what acronym to use. Being reminded of one's small apartment is not escapist enough.

 Tue Aug 18 22:17:11 +0000 2020

RT @martijnfrazer: #DOSGaming

 Tue Aug 18 22:50:15 +0000 2020

RT @archaeoliz: Someone scanned the physical MS-DOS diskette and just stuck it at the end of this technical report instead of inserting the…

 Tue Aug 18 22:52:34 +0000 2020

3-Demon (PC Research, 1983) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Tue Aug 18 23:00:00 +0000 2020

Ok, I'm watching that silly celebrity home remake of The Princess Bride for phones, and so far my favorite is Diego Luna as Indigo Montoya. He's legitimately great.

 Tue Aug 18 23:57:45 +0000 2020

If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, it's a show on (jfc) Quibi:
https://youtu.be/UYfqgI2fwdw

 Tue Aug 18 23:59:13 +0000 2020

Oh my god. Anything that has Sam Rockwell in it automatically gets an extra ⭐ from me.

 Wed Aug 19 00:06:55 +0000 2020

They've changed it because of that today. It was a gaming news story.

 Wed Aug 19 00:14:21 +0000 2020

RT @toptensoftware: Shot on **70mm** film.
In **1902**.
From a **flying train**.
Wow. https://x.com/marinamaral2/status/1295792168678961153

 Wed Aug 19 00:58:10 +0000 2020

Evening crew! Have you seen my presentation on the pre-1992 3D games on PC? You might wanna check it out!
https://youtu.be/BGngSaQ_ahY

 Wed Aug 19 00:59:45 +0000 2020

That's a... surprisingly good headline. https://x.com/Gizmodo/status/1295820690441068544

 Wed Aug 19 01:01:25 +0000 2020

I just watched it on repeat 10 times! Amazing stuff. To whoever thought it was worth the effort to shoot it this way - 👍.

 Wed Aug 19 01:08:13 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: #CurrentMood

 Wed Aug 19 01:35:30 +0000 2020

Every time I watch Aliens I'm like how did people even think they even could pull all of this off to begin with, and then they actually pulled all of it off?

 Wed Aug 19 02:10:12 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: - Who do you want to play more DOS games?
- Everyone
- What do you mean "everyone"?
-

 Wed Aug 19 02:52:19 +0000 2020

My hometown doesn't have 3D data on Google Earth, so I'd love to see what it looks like in MSFS. Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

 Wed Aug 19 03:52:57 +0000 2020

Bing has even less.

 Wed Aug 19 04:08:37 +0000 2020

Ok, I'm *very* familiar with this intersection, as I lived in walking distance from it, and even though I haven't been there for 17 years, it looks nothing like this. BUT at the same time as something that generated from GPS data, this is pretty damn impressive

 Wed Aug 19 04:26:09 +0000 2020

For reference:
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.3226699,44.0343616,3a,75y,91.86h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZiUM5FJcYGF8Cfb3DBhabg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DZiUM5FJcYGF8Cfb3DBhabg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D115.59242%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

 Wed Aug 19 04:27:24 +0000 2020

I mean, it looks authentically like my city would look while flying over it, even though it's not exact. Great stuff.

 Wed Aug 19 04:30:17 +0000 2020

I'd recommend watching both versions of Exorcist 4, just for educational purposes.

 Wed Aug 19 04:32:00 +0000 2020

Tonight's 90s dance hit:
Bellini - Samba de Janeiro https://youtu.be/ftWAgzb6wyw
Year 1997.
Charts: Top 10 pretty much all over Europe. UK Singles #8, UK Dance #12.
God, this song was EVERYWHERE for years.

 Wed Aug 19 04:47:22 +0000 2020

Fine. I guess it's worth ONE buck.

 Wed Aug 19 04:49:06 +0000 2020

Yeah, that's pretty good.

 Wed Aug 19 04:49:40 +0000 2020

Ok, so the installer itself, the one that downloads 90+ gigs compressed is a *gig* in size, huh?

 Wed Aug 19 04:57:05 +0000 2020

Well... good night, I guess. 🤷‍♂️

 Wed Aug 19 04:59:10 +0000 2020

That what I said.

 Wed Aug 19 04:59:39 +0000 2020

Oh, it's gonna be a lot longer for me. But I don't care. I'm gonna be sleeping.

 Wed Aug 19 05:02:29 +0000 2020

We still don't know shit about cats. Including how they purr, apparently. Every few years the current common understanding of it gets disproven. https://t.co/Fo9Bn1MYo6

 Wed Aug 19 06:32:56 +0000 2020

Is it gonna have my house in Russia on the ground?

 Wed Aug 19 11:25:28 +0000 2020

More words: the rest of the crew.
Cameron didn't personally create that entire thing.

 Wed Aug 19 11:47:40 +0000 2020

T2 was made for the amount that's equals around $200 mil in today's money, which makes me a lot less impressed.

 Wed Aug 19 11:49:17 +0000 2020

Ok, I'm up. Let's see how far along I am with my suburban New York internet...

 Wed Aug 19 11:53:47 +0000 2020

Hmmm.

 Wed Aug 19 11:55:13 +0000 2020

That's a no then, because my city doesn't provide that data.

 Wed Aug 19 12:36:58 +0000 2020

And now an Esports club named... https://t.co/ryGRImcVHt

 Wed Aug 19 13:09:07 +0000 2020

Whoa. Videogames, even unfinished ones, are getting too powerful! https://x.com/pcgamer/status/1296119758992150530

 Wed Aug 19 16:24:36 +0000 2020

https://t.co/sKJfTUhESD

 Wed Aug 19 17:12:49 +0000 2020

Corporation (Core Design, Dementia, Dimension Creative Designs/Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Wed Aug 19 17:24:02 +0000 2020

Is this an early 2000s video card? https://x.com/pcgamer/status/1296074477143568384

 Wed Aug 19 17:35:02 +0000 2020

So close. Tbh I haven't even checked if my machine matches the specs 🤷‍♂️

 Wed Aug 19 17:38:16 +0000 2020

Windows Volume Mixer.

 Wed Aug 19 17:41:07 +0000 2020

Geez. Yeah, it's eating 40% of mine. Some kind of a decoding maybe?

 Wed Aug 19 17:42:42 +0000 2020

Oh yeah. I also need to download an updated graphics card driver that's half a gig in size to play a new game. I almost forgot that's how things worked these days.

 Wed Aug 19 17:45:31 +0000 2020

 Wed Aug 19 17:47:30 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: Today it's gigabytes per texture
Try really hard and you just might
Remember when a whole adventure
Would fit inside a me…

 Wed Aug 19 17:51:32 +0000 2020

Listen, Microsoft. You already own the best waiting-for-installer-to-finish music, you have for 24 years. If you knew the installer would take hours, at least use a longer tune
https://soundcloud.com/stanlepard/1996-internet-starter-kit-velkommen-original-mix

 Wed Aug 19 17:56:26 +0000 2020

 Wed Aug 19 17:59:42 +0000 2020

RT @Chrontendo: A piece of trivia, Will Hare, the actor from the iconic cover art of the Chessmaster games is also the old guy who thinks M…

 Wed Aug 19 18:24:01 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: If you say "Chessmaster" three times in front of a mirror...

 Wed Aug 19 18:24:44 +0000 2020

So is MSFS2020 installer use GPU to decrypt data or something? Because it's pretty intense for a program that displays a static image.

 Wed Aug 19 18:46:53 +0000 2020

It's weird that it went out to release that way. Seem like fairly trivial issues to address.

 Wed Aug 19 18:57:13 +0000 2020

An in-game installer is absolutely fine by me, it's the fact that's eating so much resources that's so unfortunate.

 Wed Aug 19 19:02:43 +0000 2020

It's totally this
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1059476978561155073?s=19

 Wed Aug 19 19:30:10 +0000 2020

RT @dosnostalgic: The population is greatly decreased
And now the odds are greatly increased
That I may someday get a chance to kiss your l…

 Wed Aug 19 19:36:50 +0000 2020

Did expect this, but okay. If you say so.

 Wed Aug 19 19:59:20 +0000 2020

So 13 hours total for the install. I'm gonna go with this being the longest install of my life.

 Wed Aug 19 20:05:10 +0000 2020

Speaking of installs, here's me installing the #DOSGaming classic "Syndicate" from floppy disks!
https://youtu.be/E4NAOrXLRy0

 Wed Aug 19 20:10:37 +0000 2020

Jesus Christ. Last time I waited *this* long for the game to just load the main menu was in 2001 with Max Payne.

 Wed Aug 19 20:16:13 +0000 2020

Ok, as someone who can barely handle driving a car I can say that flying a plane with this kind of realism is pretty terrifying.

 Wed Aug 19 20:35:04 +0000 2020

In Soviet Russia butterfly catch *you*! https://x.com/EasternOoC/status/1296166543470948352

 Wed Aug 19 20:38:38 +0000 2020

Well, this was fun. Everything looks like it should from up high, but it all falls apart when getting closer to the ground. Part of my hometown where I grew up now looks like it was built in the 50s. The scale is off, and everything is much smaller.

 Wed Aug 19 21:53:14 +0000 2020

Oh, and the AI-generated kremlin in my city looks more like a prison 😂

 Wed Aug 19 21:58:50 +0000 2020

It uses the same data as Bing maps 🤷‍♂️

 Wed Aug 19 21:59:15 +0000 2020

Don't get me wrong, I *am* impressed.

 Wed Aug 19 22:00:29 +0000 2020

Medium

 Wed Aug 19 22:00:49 +0000 2020

I mean it's cool that it detected the towers and the walls, and constructed something that even resembles the structure. But it's just so clearly an algorithm interpreting the data, that it's funny to me.

 Wed Aug 19 22:03:20 +0000 2020

Yep

 Wed Aug 19 22:11:32 +0000 2020

It happens. I do mention it from time to time though, I think.

 Wed Aug 19 22:15:50 +0000 2020

Truly

 Wed Aug 19 22:17:27 +0000 2020

Yo, where's the airport in fucking Ronkonkoma? That's it. 1/10. I want my $1.08 back.

 Wed Aug 19 22:29:07 +0000 2020

Ok, I love it. *Everything* is delightfully imperfect.

 Wed Aug 19 23:16:38 +0000 2020

I remember cars flying over bridges in Test Drive III: The Passion. And here were are 30 years later.

 Wed Aug 19 23:17:25 +0000 2020

Not really

 Wed Aug 19 23:27:52 +0000 2020

Alone in the Dark by PlasticRainbow in 9:57 - Summer Games Done Quick 2020:
https://youtu.be/TsMx-Kegqn0

 Thu Aug 20 01:35:45 +0000 2020

That's the plan!

 Thu Aug 20 01:37:19 +0000 2020

Why are people freaking out about a coming of age movie? Stand by Me, Boyhood, Almost Famous, The Breakfast Club and many more were rated R. Just because it's about children, doesn't mean it's *for* children & can't handle mature topics. 🤷‍♂️

 Thu Aug 20 02:01:26 +0000 2020

Now, if you want a movie about kids that's guaranteed to freak you out, there's always this

 Thu Aug 20 02:03:50 +0000 2020

Cuties is listed specifically as movie *against* it. It's literally the premise.

 Thu Aug 20 02:05:45 +0000 2020

From the Hollywood Reporter review: "film establishes its critical view of a culture that steers impressionable young girls toward the hypersexualization of their bodies". There's also the trailer.

 Thu Aug 20 02:08:31 +0000 2020

☝ The entirety of "Kids" is one big fucking yikes. The older I get the more I question if its was ethical to make it. And it was released unrated. I can't imagine a movie like that being made today, but I honestly couldn't imagine that movie being made in 1995 either. 👀

 Thu Aug 20 02:16:10 +0000 2020

If I only saw Kids, I might have agreed, but having seen his other stuff I'm really not so sure anymore. Of course it's valid as a work of art, the question is was it worth it?

 Thu Aug 20 02:20:39 +0000 2020

I mean, I know people are into different stuff, but I really can't imagine anyone getting off to this movie. It's a bit too grim to say the least.

 Thu Aug 20 02:21:45 +0000 2020

That's putting it lightly.

 Thu Aug 20 02:23:05 +0000 2020

Wait, so P.T. can't be completed without a microphone? That's... interesting.

 Thu Aug 20 02:50:21 +0000 2020

@demodulated Thank you for the gift, sir.

 Thu Aug 20 02:55:46 +0000 2020

Some French movie Netflix picked up.

 Thu Aug 20 03:17:36 +0000 2020

Underage kids nudity, touching, etc as far as acting goes. As well as overall theme of neglect, poverty, drugs, sexuality, and AIDS with grimy 90s NYC as a backdrop.

 Thu Aug 20 05:00:55 +0000 2020

Actual kids.

 Thu Aug 20 05:02:15 +0000 2020

It was in theaters. It's an ultra indie. It *is* actually a good movie, just... well, it's not easy to watch, but that's the point. Lots people were picked up right off a street to act in it. Chloe Sevigny and Rosario Dawson among them.

 Thu Aug 20 05:08:48 +0000 2020

Mind you when I say "nudity" I don't mean the movie is explicit in that particular way, but the actors definitely had to undress to play these scenes.

 Thu Aug 20 05:09:40 +0000 2020

RT @SierraChest: For updates on Ken Williams' book, subscibe at https://kensbook.com/. It will also give Ken an idea of how many people a…

 Thu Aug 20 12:27:22 +0000 2020

PlayStation adventure game Blazing Dragons is now supported in the daily build of ScummVM:
https://buildbot.scummvm.org/builds.html

 Thu Aug 20 13:49:44 +0000 2020

ScummVM is getting Macromedia Shockwave support in addition to Director
https://djsrv.github.io/scummvm/shockwave/

 Thu Aug 20 13:59:13 +0000 2020

Waiting for the day I'll be able to play that Shockwave The Matrix lobby shootout game I've downloaded from the movie's official website in 1999 on any device of my choosing. 😌

 Thu Aug 20 14:01:03 +0000 2020

Sort of. It was a single static screen with about four enemies repeating over and over.

 Thu Aug 20 14:02:40 +0000 2020

It didn't yet. It's in progress.

 Thu Aug 20 14:05:19 +0000 2020

RT @TheRetroManCave: What was pre/post Soviet gaming like in Estonia? https://youtu.be/9O6EvmQvUSk - Let's take a Retro Road Trip to find out!
O…

 Thu Aug 20 14:07:26 +0000 2020

Btw, Illusions Gaming Company also developed a point & click Scooby Doo game for the Sega Genesis. Would be nice to eventually get support for that as well. I think I've seen someone mention that they wanted to work on that. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1296444308569174018

 Thu Aug 20 14:10:22 +0000 2020

And I can't mention Illusions without showing off their amazing animated logo
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1184226021308063750?s=19

 Thu Aug 20 14:11:44 +0000 2020

It's not its merit as a work of art that I'm questioning, it's the filmmaking. Yes, it is also an extremely successful social realist drama exactly because of filmmaking, but it does feel exploitative at times. And I know everyone consented to what they did, but they were kids 🤷

 Thu Aug 20 15:19:32 +0000 2020

RT @eltripol: Everyday my collection grows

 Thu Aug 20 15:20:25 +0000 2020

Most importantly my opinion is also informed by seeing some of Larry Clark's subsequent work.

 Thu Aug 20 15:23:13 +0000 2020

I mean, you can just watch the movie.

 Thu Aug 20 15:28:05 +0000 2020

Maybe I'm just cynical, but while THAT thread was very well done and entertaining, come on, you all should have known at least by the middle of it that it was going to be a joke. Certainly made me laugh. 😄

 Thu Aug 20 20:35:44 +0000 2020

Ah, that's much better. Register here to give Ken an idea of how many books to print:
https://kensbook.com/

 Thu Aug 20 21:58:29 +0000 2020

Because you know at least this one might be interesting 🤷‍♂️

 Thu Aug 20 22:01:03 +0000 2020

Unless he got talked out of it, most likely. Most people aren't aware of Ken's political leanings, but let's just say a hippy he is not.

 Thu Aug 20 22:03:09 +0000 2020

He might not though. Ken is a smart guy, and has a lot of people with different political opinions than his own around him. And he's a rather private person. So he just might decided that this particular angle isn't worth mentioning. Or maybe he change his opinion, who knows?

 Thu Aug 20 22:13:38 +0000 2020

Like he did openly say a few years ago that he was overworking people, and he regrets it, and would have it done differently if given the chance. Time can put many things in perspective.

 Thu Aug 20 22:14:35 +0000 2020

Baby ❤

 Thu Aug 20 22:34:03 +0000 2020

Hey look, my copy of @ShawnMills77's book has arrived!

 Thu Aug 20 23:47:11 +0000 2020

 Thu Aug 20 23:47:52 +0000 2020

This is who I want to be when I grow up.

 Fri Aug 21 00:10:53 +0000 2020

Ok, let's see what new in the world of ZX Spectrum.... [sees a Russian-made anti-LGBT demo] ... well, there's that.

 Fri Aug 21 01:16:04 +0000 2020

Honestly though, an occasional shitty demo aside, it's really cool to see just how much new Spectrum stuff still appears on a regular basis
https://youtu.be/YpSnmR1QxDA

 Fri Aug 21 01:17:55 +0000 2020

Here's some late-Soviet (1988) steampunk. For children.

 Fri Aug 21 02:03:12 +0000 2020

I saw this film in a theater. In fact, it was this little Soviet theater called "Little Eagle" which was originally built in 1913.

 Fri Aug 21 02:10:02 +0000 2020

At the time I used to live in walking distance from this theater, and a lot of my love for cinema was developed in this tiny Soviet place.

 Fri Aug 21 02:14:37 +0000 2020

I'm about to post a clip. This is AMAZING!

 Fri Aug 21 02:53:37 +0000 2020

VR speedruns get PHYSICAL 😮 #SGDQ2020 #HalfLifeAlyx

 Fri Aug 21 03:07:03 +0000 2020

 Fri Aug 21 03:13:24 +0000 2020

So is it fair to say that the scale is off by about a 1/3rd for the entirety of the world in MSFS2020? It certainly appears this way whenever I go to a familiar place on any continent.

 Fri Aug 21 03:15:04 +0000 2020

I mean, just by looking at the AI generated stuff. The house I used to live in is 4 floors in the game, while it's 9 floors in reality. The house I live in now is 1 story instead of 2. Same with schools, stores, etc.

 Fri Aug 21 03:19:44 +0000 2020

No, it's not.

 Fri Aug 21 03:22:01 +0000 2020

Distances are fine since they are actual geo data. It's the AI stuff that's wonky.

 Fri Aug 21 03:22:51 +0000 2020

I'm one of those people. Half way through the movie I just started laughing, and I had a great time overall. 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Aug 21 03:26:46 +0000 2020

Tonight's 90s dance hit:
Fragma - Toca Me https://youtu.be/XAi4d5YacY8
Year 1999.
Charts: UK Singles #11, Scotland #9, Ireland # 20, Netherlands #49.
Not much of a hit, but this trance track ended up as a part of (a pirate) mashup "Toca's Miracle" that charted everywhere 1 year later

 Fri Aug 21 04:31:47 +0000 2020

Eventually they ended up officially releasing it in 2001 on their first album. But it did take some time to get there.

 Fri Aug 21 05:05:37 +0000 2020

Speaking of Bill Pope,
"Bill Pope Is a Revolutionary Cinematographer — Here Are 10 Reasons Why": https://collider.com/best-bill-pope-movies/ https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1291791217739599877

 Fri Aug 21 05:27:34 +0000 2020

Battletoads is very much a British 8 bit game in a sense that it just sets out to fuck you over as often as possible. That's like 90% of ZX Spectrum games.

 Fri Aug 21 06:13:47 +0000 2020

And just like in 90% of British 8 bit games, the music is freaking awesome

 Fri Aug 21 06:19:13 +0000 2020

Back in the day we didn't just switch from one game to another even if we owned a bunch of (pirated) games simply because it took like FIVE minutes just to load a game. 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Aug 21 06:40:08 +0000 2020

Oh yeah, because PCs are so much different.

 Fri Aug 21 07:17:13 +0000 2020

Depends on the game.

 Fri Aug 21 07:22:58 +0000 2020

Here's me two days ago with MSFS2020
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1296179182758756354

 Fri Aug 21 07:24:11 +0000 2020

RT @sovietvisuals: "DON'T KISS! Kissing spreads the most widespread disease of this year - the flu" Cover of "Ogonyok" Soviet magazine, 192…

 Fri Aug 21 07:31:09 +0000 2020

Cause this is thriller! https://x.com/gayocats/status/1296766505221160960

 Fri Aug 21 11:44:43 +0000 2020

 Fri Aug 21 12:01:40 +0000 2020

Homey D. Clown by corndan in 9:51 - Summer Games Done Quick 2020 
https://youtu.be/Fuxi_RZGOxo

 Fri Aug 21 12:10:40 +0000 2020

Little Big Adventure 2 by janglestorm in 29:18 - Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Online
https://youtu.be/JUfMhfJrL8I

 Fri Aug 21 12:23:20 +0000 2020

RT @agistuff: Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter, Room 071 #slowmotion #AGI #Sierra

 Fri Aug 21 12:24:43 +0000 2020

RT @ben_304: A *brand new* game guide for an Interplay title from 1990? Oh, yes, please. And thank you. The internet is still an excellent…

 Fri Aug 21 13:07:40 +0000 2020

Blood by Psych0sis in 20:21 - Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Online
https://youtu.be/9rcrt1UCbvw

 Fri Aug 21 17:27:35 +0000 2020

https://x.com/kingki1515/status/1296539695053189120

 Fri Aug 21 19:10:47 +0000 2020

I've seen it on TV, but it never clicked for me.

 Fri Aug 21 19:54:01 +0000 2020

One of the most emotional moments in games focused on just pure shooting mechanics.

 Fri Aug 21 20:33:41 +0000 2020

badday.mpg

 Fri Aug 21 20:57:37 +0000 2020

An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (Bethesda Softworks, 1997) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Fri Aug 21 22:10:42 +0000 2020

Как в Майнкрафте

 Fri Aug 21 23:34:25 +0000 2020

Super Adventures in Gaming: Amulets & Armor (MS-DOS)
http://superadventuresingaming.blogspot.com/2020/07/amulets-armor-ms-dos-guest-post.html

 Fri Aug 21 23:43:26 +0000 2020

And that's coming from Police Quest 4 of all places! https://x.com/VGAdvisor/status/1296960656306913281

 Sat Aug 22 00:27:30 +0000 2020

This guy certainly knows a thing or two about questionable ethics

 Sat Aug 22 00:29:54 +0000 2020

It's Friday night. I feel like turning my ZX Spectrum on. 🤔

 Sat Aug 22 00:33:24 +0000 2020

 Sat Aug 22 00:38:26 +0000 2020

Always fun

 Sat Aug 22 00:46:30 +0000 2020

Moar

 Sat Aug 22 00:59:30 +0000 2020

Oh no, it's giant.

 Sat Aug 22 01:00:22 +0000 2020

And now it's time for some games. How about PUSSY: Love Story From Titanic? 😂

 Sat Aug 22 01:13:44 +0000 2020

Honestly "Get Played!" might be better than "Get Psyched!" in my book!

 Sat Aug 22 01:17:56 +0000 2020

Ok, now I'm seriously impressed. This game manages to bitbang the AY-3-8910 music chip to get multi-channel sampled audio! And if you have a stereo mod (like I do) it's appropriately in stereo. ON THE SPECTRUM!

 Sat Aug 22 01:33:30 +0000 2020

I've seen Covox implementations for the Spectrum, seen the beeper getting bitbanged a ton of times, but this is a first for me. If any of you know of more titles that used this particular technique, I'm all ears.

 Sat Aug 22 01:36:48 +0000 2020

Or how about a bitbanged dance tune on your regular humble Spectrum beeper? Yep, this is 1 bit music!

 Sat Aug 22 02:00:42 +0000 2020

It's almost Amiga quality. I'm SHOCKED.

 Sat Aug 22 02:04:19 +0000 2020

Yes, I have an Amstrad +2A model.

 Sat Aug 22 02:12:13 +0000 2020

RT @Macaw45: Time to finally try to finish THE GOLDEN FLUTE IV then probably play other DOS games! https://www.twitch.tv/macaw45

 Sat Aug 22 02:20:18 +0000 2020

The beeper stuff isn't uncommon, I was just sharing a cool tune. It's the AY-3-8912 stuff that blew my mind.

 Sat Aug 22 06:42:47 +0000 2020

 Sat Aug 22 06:44:21 +0000 2020

Terminator: SkyNET by tbcr in 17:56 - Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Online
https://youtu.be/T-jb_qJ43SE

 Sat Aug 22 14:56:20 +0000 2020

Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero by davidtki in 25:20 - Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Online
https://youtu.be/EECGMFto-vw

 Sat Aug 22 14:57:34 +0000 2020

This a Half-Life: Alyx speedrun is absolutely WILD. I hope to see more VR runs in the future.
https://youtu.be/LPCMGHkR5x0

 Sat Aug 22 15:00:09 +0000 2020

@Macaw45 So yeah, upon further research, saving and loading in Sanka only works in real DOS. Here's me booting up a HDD image with real DOS inside DosBox. Saves made in just DosBox refuse to be loaded no matter what.

 Sat Aug 22 16:32:28 +0000 2020