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RT @JayFriday6: The Steam/GOG-Versions of Little Big Adventure 1+2 have received some updates courtesy of @2point21 that are honestly kind…

 Wed Jun 01 12:14:24 +0000 2022

RT @DosTitleScreens: Microsurgeon-01.png
#dosgaming #retrogaming

 Wed Jun 01 12:14:40 +0000 2022

Slep

 Wed Jun 01 13:14:12 +0000 2022

RT @colossalcave3d: #sundayfunday Here is a photo of fan Jeremy Kitchen with his mom playing Black Cauldron on their family IBM. What games…

 Wed Jun 01 13:56:26 +0000 2022

Q*bert - GDC Classic Game Postmortem
https://youtu.be/FhkLfz0GKYU

 Wed Jun 01 16:18:49 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Platypus (Windows 9x, 2002) #NotDOS

 Wed Jun 01 19:08:10 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Pantos Story (Windows 9x/Mac OS 7.6.1, 2000) #NotDOS

 Wed Jun 01 19:08:11 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Spiceworld The Movie: Interactive CD-ROM (Windows 3.x, 1997) #NotDOS

 Wed Jun 01 19:10:26 +0000 2022

https://x.com/Kotaku/status/1531790388909973504

 Wed Jun 01 20:31:53 +0000 2022

👀

 Wed Jun 01 21:02:55 +0000 2022

What?! Crimes of the Future is in theaters *this weekend*? 👀

 Wed Jun 01 23:01:22 +0000 2022

RT @QueerGameBundle: The Queer Games Bundle 2022 is officially live on itch!

Purchase the bundle of over 500 games/zines and support over…

 Wed Jun 01 23:26:54 +0000 2022

Let me hear you say
This MIDI is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
This MIDI is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Thu Jun 02 00:54:22 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108405145791861142

 Thu Jun 02 00:54:43 +0000 2022

Tbh that's not enough to go on. There are a bunch of 3D fighting games for DOS, some not so good.
This one?
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1228761449784381442

 Thu Jun 02 00:59:11 +0000 2022

I mean, you don't need this program to play MIDI. I just chose it for aesthetics.

 Thu Jun 02 01:04:43 +0000 2022

Well, I'm glad that worked out.

 Thu Jun 02 01:05:10 +0000 2022

I mean, people still make new midis every day. Especially commercial ones you can buy for $5-$12 of pretty much every current song to use as a backing track.

 Thu Jun 02 01:12:43 +0000 2022

Here we go. #1 of last year. Only $10!

 Thu Jun 02 01:24:02 +0000 2022

When is Shane Black making another movie? I miss the guy's writing.

 Thu Jun 02 01:35:36 +0000 2022

RT @TexElecUSA: Jr IDE updated Rev B, Resound jr OPL3 Adlib Clone, TandyMod and more for the PCjr! https://texelec.com/2022/05/29/jr-ide-updated-rev-b-resound-jr-opl3-adlib-clone-tandymod-and-more-for-the-pcjr/

 Thu Jun 02 01:49:23 +0000 2022

 Thu Jun 02 02:20:48 +0000 2022

And now everyone is wondering what horrible thing you've done. 🤔

 Thu Jun 02 02:27:07 +0000 2022

Is your foot still attached to you? 😯

 Thu Jun 02 02:37:28 +0000 2022

Will a 40 pin IDE to CF adapter work on a Jr IDE without additional power?

 Thu Jun 02 02:43:36 +0000 2022

RT @pcgamer: The PC game collecting scene has been rocked by a $100,000+ forgery scandal. https://www.pcgamer.com/pc-game-collecting-community-rocked-by-game-forgery-scandal/

 Thu Jun 02 10:22:57 +0000 2022

There are very few technological things that impress me as much as DALL·E, so this thread is just incredible: https://x.com/HvnsLstAngel/status/1531506455714492416

 Thu Jun 02 11:36:22 +0000 2022

Weirdly, your title screen had Sound Blaster music, while the game had MIDI. Remember, this game predates General MIDI standard, so it expects a Roland MIDI device, otherwise music isn't played right.

 Thu Jun 02 14:17:59 +0000 2022

I have no way of getting to a theater, so don't envy me that much.

 Thu Jun 02 14:19:46 +0000 2022

"Long Island" https://x.com/kasie/status/1532067391915839489

 Thu Jun 02 14:51:44 +0000 2022

I feel like "a director like Sam Raimi" is a tall fucking order. 🤔 https://x.com/CBR/status/1532385505190596611

 Thu Jun 02 19:05:54 +0000 2022

I got to meet a cat today. 😊 He's big & very adorable, but also very scaredy, so he mostly just hid away. But that's okay. Maybe one day I'll befriend him enough to take a picture.

 Thu Jun 02 19:08:30 +0000 2022

This is him

 Thu Jun 02 19:14:54 +0000 2022

A more family friendly Duke Nukem:
(from the Japanese PSX version of "Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown")

 Thu Jun 02 19:48:43 +0000 2022

Scantily clad lady? No.
Triumph of the W̵i̵l̵l̵ Duke? Yes.

 Thu Jun 02 20:12:05 +0000 2022

Yeah, this is a lot more weird than gun porn in Duke 64.

 Thu Jun 02 20:13:24 +0000 2022

A single print ad for PlayStation and Nintendo 64ports of Duke Nukem 3D, Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown and Duke Nukem 64. #NotDOS

 Thu Jun 02 20:28:41 +0000 2022

Probably yes 🤷‍♂️ https://x.com/adribbleofink/status/1532004543243776000

 Thu Jun 02 20:56:23 +0000 2022

Luwnguyland

 Thu Jun 02 21:04:07 +0000 2022

Maddrax, a German PC (and maybe XBox) action game cancelled in 2002 known for having one of its two protagonists completely topless. 👀

 Thu Jun 02 22:00:32 +0000 2022

Probably why they dressed her up a bit in one of the promo screenshots

 Thu Jun 02 22:03:56 +0000 2022

Possibly. She's often (but not always) depicted topless in other media iterations.

 Thu Jun 02 22:07:52 +0000 2022

She's a tribal huntress woman is about as much justification as you get.

 Thu Jun 02 22:13:52 +0000 2022

Better quality
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1531415341510934529

 Thu Jun 02 22:16:04 +0000 2022

RT @theonemule: Here's a single #Docker image that deploys a #DOS game into a #container playable through a #browser. Who said Docker had t…

 Thu Jun 02 22:35:17 +0000 2022

I also feel like the first time they do the effect, they sell it much better than the rest.

 Fri Jun 03 00:26:01 +0000 2022

Do you believe in life after MIDI?

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Fri Jun 03 00:28:04 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108410705052635095

 Fri Jun 03 00:28:22 +0000 2022

RT @Foone: Happy Pride, everyone! For this Pride Month, I've released a new program: VGAPride for MS-DOS!
It's a program that can display…

 Fri Jun 03 00:39:14 +0000 2022

If you never hear anyone talk about it, then you might not know that it's a cover. It's one of those cases where the cover is more well known than the original, and, arguably, better.
Original:
https://youtu.be/XfT3vdZZ17I

 Fri Jun 03 00:53:28 +0000 2022

"Every day, nearly twenty Americans report having near-death experience. In 1996, that number will increase dramatically." #DOSGaming

 Fri Jun 03 01:10:12 +0000 2022

A few promo screenshots for "Angel Devoid".

 Fri Jun 03 01:12:45 +0000 2022

Yep. You could also just delete a file in the US version to get rid of the bra.

 Fri Jun 03 01:21:10 +0000 2022

 Fri Jun 03 02:25:27 +0000 2022

RT @rtsoft: Very early test of virtual boy emulation on a 3d @LKGGlass screen (only the swinging spike is 3d atm)

 Fri Jun 03 02:49:04 +0000 2022

 Fri Jun 03 04:48:34 +0000 2022

It's video interlacing, so yes.

 Fri Jun 03 11:37:38 +0000 2022

Something was wrong even before Dune
https://youtu.be/U8zpZh8UMT4

 Fri Jun 03 12:04:56 +0000 2022

So weird that Sam Raimi had to defend not just The Evil Dead on a variety of British talk shows, but also its incredibly goofy and comedic sequel. https://x.com/TerrorActo_/status/1532402516922597376

 Fri Jun 03 12:16:40 +0000 2022

Critics: How far will you go in Evil Dead 3?
Sam Raimi:

 Fri Jun 03 12:21:57 +0000 2022

This is the entire program, if you want to check it out. It's a rather famous one because right off the bat they bring up the tree rape sequence in the first film. The mood is set instantly.
https://youtu.be/Sd64IqEv9BM

 Fri Jun 03 12:37:32 +0000 2022

Tag yourself

 Fri Jun 03 13:17:40 +0000 2022

His mother never worked for IBM either, dear antisemites.

 Fri Jun 03 13:25:36 +0000 2022

RT @grumpygamer: More Monkey Island questions that trouble me...

 Fri Jun 03 15:37:27 +0000 2022

You might wanna make the other guy aware of that. He's gonna be very glad to find out that jews don't actually exist.

 Fri Jun 03 17:26:49 +0000 2022

I do, but that fact, however, has nothing to do with what I've pointed out about Gates' mother, and therefore not related to the topic on hand.

 Fri Jun 03 17:46:35 +0000 2022

I get it, bro, you vape.

 Fri Jun 03 19:47:17 +0000 2022

What the fuck is going on?

 Fri Jun 03 21:52:55 +0000 2022

Aha aha aha

 Fri Jun 03 23:36:17 +0000 2022

Well, someone is justified and ancient.

 Fri Jun 03 23:53:36 +0000 2022

RT @nimrodserling: Sam Raimi telling the perfect joke circa 1988

 Sat Jun 04 00:22:34 +0000 2022

And then Villaggio's Il signor Robinson made it to the USSR and became a huge hit (with a few Soviet censorship trims).

 Sat Jun 04 09:17:05 +0000 2022

No. Soviet dubs were always incredibly elaborate right down to maximum possible lip synch. One voice thing was for pirate videotapes, and didn't happen till the late 80s.

 Sat Jun 04 09:26:58 +0000 2022

And look at that, here it is
https://youtu.be/WYtaXh4xVbo

 Sat Jun 04 09:28:42 +0000 2022

Yes, although the quality dropped a bit. Then we still had some decent pro dubs in the 90s and early 2000s as well, done by distributors for theatrical releases. I'm fond of the The Matrix one, for example. And then it all went to shit. Now every time I hear a Russian dub, I weep

 Sat Jun 04 09:38:31 +0000 2022

Here's an example of the mid 80s dub. Yes, USSR didn't get Star Wars till Gorby's era. (Don't pay attention to the audio quality too much. This was found on an aged tape copy:)
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1429612654369419269?t=11Vm7DxA_i-NhEx19AuHVw&s=19

 Sat Jun 04 09:41:04 +0000 2022

RT @OldTechAdverts: Compute 1987 December
https://archive.org/details/1987-12-compute-magazine
#retrocomputing #viintagecomputing

 Sat Jun 04 09:51:50 +0000 2022

RT @Pixelmusement: The 300th episode of Ancient DOS Games is online! :D https://youtu.be/OJRq_4TmKjc

 Sat Jun 04 13:51:40 +0000 2022

RT @martijnfrazer: This month we're playing Little Big Adventure with @dosgameclub which is one of my favourite games of all time #DOSGamin…

 Sat Jun 04 14:00:50 +0000 2022

RT @pagb666: Found a really solid candidate for the worst sewer level ever. #pcgaming #retrogaming #dosgaming #cybermage https://t.co/byzwx…

 Sat Jun 04 14:01:15 +0000 2022

RIP Dave Smith, a real hero.

 Sat Jun 04 14:11:33 +0000 2022

Now kiss 💋

 Sat Jun 04 14:32:45 +0000 2022

RT @OldTechAdverts: STart January 1990
https://archive.org/download/startissue03winter1986/STart%20Issue%2029%20%28January%201990%29.pdf
#retrocomputng #AtariSt #vintagecomputing #retrogaming https://t.co/YJVcDB9R…

 Sat Jun 04 14:41:33 +0000 2022

Eggcellent news 👍

 Sat Jun 04 14:47:16 +0000 2022

Apparently this month is the 35th anniversary of this guy's first outing! Happy birthday, Dizzy! 🎈🎉🎂🥂

 Sat Jun 04 14:51:16 +0000 2022

RT @tomshardware: Doom Port Released as BIOS Payload https://trib.al/n8b62NJ

 Sat Jun 04 14:54:56 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: #DOSGaming Dizzy adventure platformers that made it to IBM PC compatibles

 Sat Jun 04 14:58:50 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Non-adventure Dizzy games that made it to PC #DOSGaming

 Sat Jun 04 14:58:54 +0000 2022

Depending on how much you're into British games that are out to get you at every opportunity, they can be.

 Sat Jun 04 15:06:37 +0000 2022

RT @DavidXNewton: Today I’m launching the 2022 edition of RAMP - a Doom project to encourage newcomers to give mapping a try! Take a look a…

 Sat Jun 04 17:23:10 +0000 2022

Formula Karts (Manic Media Productions/SEGA Enterprises, 1997) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sat Jun 04 18:51:59 +0000 2022

Yep.

 Sat Jun 04 18:57:22 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Videogames. 90s. #DOSGaming.

 Sat Jun 04 19:27:08 +0000 2022

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Sat Jun 04 19:50:04 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108420936532970435

 Sat Jun 04 19:50:38 +0000 2022

Your knowledge of the land shall be great.

 Sat Jun 04 20:25:53 +0000 2022

Americans are enduring Dizzy games for the first time right now: https://x.com/itstheshadsy/status/1533185097377230850

 Sat Jun 04 20:48:34 +0000 2022

Well, time to try out some adventure games then! (They are mostly meh. Lots of room for improvement.)

 Sat Jun 04 23:35:01 +0000 2022

If you want to feel either like Neo in The Matrix or a sweaty out of shape potato, I can't recommend Superhot enough.

 Sat Jun 04 23:37:01 +0000 2022

This video makes it look like it does, but if you play the game, it clearly doesn't. It's just a rip off on its own engine.

 Sat Jun 04 23:59:07 +0000 2022

Since people forget how much of Evil Dead 2 is a recap of The Evil Dead ("most of it", "half of it", "first act", etc.) I'm putting actual numbers in here:
-
The title card is at 1:20
Recreation of ED1 ending: 7:08
-
Total recap length: 6 minutes, 12 seconds or 7% of the film

 Sun Jun 05 00:13:42 +0000 2022

Feel free to cite this tweet in all online arguments where it may apply.

 Sun Jun 05 00:13:53 +0000 2022

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, go watch Evil Dead 2. (Watching Evil Dead 1 is not required, but strongly encouraged.)

 Sun Jun 05 00:16:25 +0000 2022

Correct, however, they also intended to just footage of Evil Dead 2 in Army of Darkness recap, but still ended up reshooting a lot of it because old footage didn't fit the tone and timing.

 Sun Jun 05 00:18:51 +0000 2022

In case anyone has a PC with a dual VGA and Hercules set up https://t.co/QxDRyCiK2y

 Sun Jun 05 02:02:28 +0000 2022

Saturday night Italo house jam from 1989
🦙🔊🎵

 Sun Jun 05 02:14:07 +0000 2022

One of the best gags in cinema history, and I won't hear otherwise

 Sun Jun 05 03:41:47 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: RIP Dave Smith, a real hero.

 Sun Jun 05 04:19:21 +0000 2022

Meow

 Sun Jun 05 05:51:38 +0000 2022

RT @gayocats: 1156214062874

 Sun Jun 05 12:42:32 +0000 2022

First Little Big Adventure hates the player so much, you'd think it was a British game.

 Sun Jun 05 14:32:07 +0000 2022

That's just every shitty adventure game ever. No matter where they come from.

 Sun Jun 05 14:35:14 +0000 2022

Yeah, it's kind of the same with Ecstatica. Looks cute, but the game is out to beat the shit out of you.

 Sun Jun 05 14:40:29 +0000 2022

RT @grumpygamer: Fun fact: Monkey Island 1 took hours to recompile. We would do a merge of the day's code, start compiling and go have dinn…

 Sun Jun 05 14:54:26 +0000 2022

Is this the Krusty Krab?

 Sun Jun 05 15:13:31 +0000 2022

I think this is the best Myst game, and also the most accessible one.

 Sun Jun 05 15:17:42 +0000 2022

Man, I'm not a fan of Crash, but it gave us one of the most epic Cannes moments ever. https://t.co/oFLfdGbpKN

 Sun Jun 05 15:36:11 +0000 2022

You don't see the penis when Crash Bandicoot is fucking either 🤷
https://x.com/GRANDDADWHATTHE/status/1533473609372651522?t=sMvJgW5xJbvVzYJqfunW4w&s=19

 Sun Jun 05 15:42:49 +0000 2022

RT @good_faces_bot:

 Sun Jun 05 16:20:16 +0000 2022

RT @poutinesmoothie: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

 Sun Jun 05 16:20:31 +0000 2022

[Unpacks the game archive] *Sigh* There better be some chess titties at the end of this, I swear. https://x.com/damgentemp/status/1533495111983591424

 Sun Jun 05 17:41:32 +0000 2022

One of the reasons I don't watch television anymore.

 Sun Jun 05 17:46:53 +0000 2022

Yo, @Foone, what's that tool for viewing random data as possible images with adjustable parameters? I need it for some cartoon nudity.

 Sun Jun 05 17:49:15 +0000 2022

Much obliged

 Sun Jun 05 17:51:14 +0000 2022

DNF2001 Restoration Project
https://www.moddb.com/mods/dnf2001-restoration-project

 Sun Jun 05 18:50:19 +0000 2022

Miami Vice (Capstone Software, 1989) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Jun 05 19:41:12 +0000 2022

👆 This is legitimately one of the worst commercial games I've ever played. I encourage everyone to try it out, ESPECIALLY with optional mouse controls.

 Sun Jun 05 19:43:49 +0000 2022

"Real life locations"? A grey walled warehouse, inside of a boat, and... a gate in front of a house?

 Sun Jun 05 19:46:54 +0000 2022

The game rather progressively supports VGA and a Roland MT-32, but it's also a Capstone game, so...

 Sun Jun 05 19:55:12 +0000 2022

"Avoid the Awful Thing that Vaguely Resembles a Banana!!" (1987)

 Sun Jun 05 22:02:28 +0000 2022

Are you seriously asking? I thought it was a joke question.

 Sun Jun 05 22:12:04 +0000 2022

It's 25th Anniversary.

 Sun Jun 05 22:15:20 +0000 2022

 Sun Jun 05 23:01:36 +0000 2022

I'm a MIDI
I'm a lover
I'm a child
I'm a mother
I'm a sinner
I'm a saint
And I do not feel ashamed

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Sun Jun 05 23:37:47 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108427496298482059

 Sun Jun 05 23:38:20 +0000 2022

Commander Keen 4 - CGA, Tandy & EGA on a Tandy 1000 TX
https://youtu.be/8A3LulhiC_0

 Mon Jun 06 00:28:29 +0000 2022

RT @OldTechAdverts: Byte Magazine 1987 December
https://archive.org/details/byte-1987-12
#retrocomputing #80scomputing

 Mon Jun 06 11:26:41 +0000 2022

RT @nbajambook: 1996 promo art of Johnny Bazookatone for the 3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and MS-DOS.

 Mon Jun 06 12:01:47 +0000 2022

Is there a browser plugin that will stop certain YouTube channels from showing up in your recommendations and, most importantly, searches. YouTube's been pushing *a lot* of content on me that I don't want to see, despite me never engaging with it.

 Mon Jun 06 13:11:40 +0000 2022

In related news, "cute girls confirming right wing talking points" appears to be a growing popular genre, eh?

 Mon Jun 06 13:14:18 +0000 2022

Yeah, I really doesn't, and I'm more concerned with the second one.

 Mon Jun 06 13:14:50 +0000 2022

Especially considering Virgin kept working with Cryo, and yet 🤷

 Mon Jun 06 15:53:47 +0000 2022

It's multiple people. Some of them were clearly gunning for Candace Owens too.

 Mon Jun 06 16:03:23 +0000 2022

RT @damgentemp: For @ForTheWin I wrote an in-depth feature on the latest scandal to have hit the Big Box collectors community, featuring co…

 Mon Jun 06 17:47:13 +0000 2022

Well, this is a first. 20 minutes into a podcast the hosts admit to not actually having played the games they are reviewing. 🤷

 Mon Jun 06 19:46:29 +0000 2022

I did suspect that earlier when when described Myst's gameplay as "your regular adventure. Use egg to get rope kind of stuff" and said that it "came out for MS-DOS in 1993."

 Mon Jun 06 19:47:40 +0000 2022

I will say that both if both of these were true, I'd enjoy Myst a lot more.

 Mon Jun 06 19:50:14 +0000 2022

Meredith Brooks - Bitch

 Mon Jun 06 19:51:27 +0000 2022

I honestly don't know, and now I can't be bothered to look it up.

 Mon Jun 06 19:53:42 +0000 2022

Sanitarium is free on http://gog.com for a couple of days. If you've never played one of the best adventure games of 1998, now is the time.

 Mon Jun 06 23:13:24 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Robert Zemeckis's movies are pretty amazing. In one a guy narrowly avoids fucking his own mother, in another everyone wan…

 Mon Jun 06 23:23:23 +0000 2022

 Mon Jun 06 23:48:53 +0000 2022

SuperKarts (Manic Media Productions/Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Tue Jun 07 00:17:37 +0000 2022

CD version of SuperKarts contains nearly an hour of CD music that is credited to absolutely NO ONE. 🤷‍♂️

 Tue Jun 07 00:30:17 +0000 2022

 Tue Jun 07 00:32:42 +0000 2022

Aaaaand it turns out that the vintage PC games forgery story also had yet another investigation going, completely separate from the first. Story here:
https://cgwmuseum.org/columns/index.php?id=5&fbclid=IwAR0t1ToRIiGCrJ6sytNnaXkJFxOdf-NCnIk85oq0cox-Qgd2K3AtdoMCH6U

 Tue Jun 07 02:03:55 +0000 2022

RT @agistuff: King's Quest III: To Heir is Human, View 80, Loop 2 #AGI #Sierra

 Tue Jun 07 02:20:03 +0000 2022

Supported by ScummVM, so both of those are kind of irrelevant these days.

 Tue Jun 07 08:36:27 +0000 2022

RT @OldTechAdverts: Byte 1987 April
https://ia902600.us.archive.org/22/items/byte-magazine-1987-04/1987_04_BYTE_12-04_Instruction_Set_Strategies.pdf
#retrocomputing #bytemagazine

 Tue Jun 07 08:38:02 +0000 2022

RT @DosTitleScreens: Sooty & Sweep-01.png
#dosgaming #retrogaming

 Tue Jun 07 09:26:43 +0000 2022

Only at x5 price of the computer itself 🤣

 Tue Jun 07 09:56:00 +0000 2022

I guess it's now safe to assume music was also done by some of the people getting the "designed and written by" credits

 Tue Jun 07 12:08:40 +0000 2022

🎶
I got my first gaming PC
Finally it was all mine
Played it 'til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '99

 Tue Jun 07 12:41:29 +0000 2022

(We all remember what summer of 99 played like, right?)

 Tue Jun 07 12:48:47 +0000 2022

🎶
Me and some guys from school
Had a LAN and we played real hard

 Tue Jun 07 12:50:14 +0000 2022

But not for you

 Tue Jun 07 13:09:27 +0000 2022

Yo, content creators! Where's all the new #DOSGaming stuff on YouTube? I have nothing to watch! Do I have to do everything by myself again?

 Tue Jun 07 15:16:33 +0000 2022

Maybe. Or maybe not quite. 🤔

 Tue Jun 07 15:36:33 +0000 2022

I've been watching ADG since before it was on YouTube.

 Tue Jun 07 15:36:58 +0000 2022

Hell, now that I think about it I make an appearance in one of the episodes 😄

 Tue Jun 07 15:37:38 +0000 2022

RT @GameHistoryOrg: Trilobyte’s 1993 The 7th Guest CD-ROM featured beautiful and eerie rendered 3D backgrounds - but unlike other games of…

 Tue Jun 07 16:01:37 +0000 2022

GDC Classic Game Postmortem: Command & Conquer
Includes a bunch of stories from and about Brett "Брэт Жопа" Sperry.
https://youtu.be/rIXK3fRx4Zo

 Tue Jun 07 16:48:45 +0000 2022

RT @MarioBrothBlog: A quiz from an officially licensed 2002 Burger King/Nintendo activity book reveals that Donkey Kong was born in the UK.…

 Tue Jun 07 17:28:24 +0000 2022

I most certainly have 👍

 Tue Jun 07 20:32:17 +0000 2022

I actually (used to be) friendly with Rudolph Lachinov, so I've seen and played all his old games. 😉

 Tue Jun 07 22:45:35 +0000 2022

RT @DosTitleScreens: Billabong Racers-01.png
#dosgaming #retrogaming

 Tue Jun 07 23:41:24 +0000 2022

💿
💾💾💾💾💾💾💾
💿

 Tue Jun 07 23:42:43 +0000 2022

👆 Follow me for more quality content like this

 Tue Jun 07 23:44:00 +0000 2022

GDC postmortem for Rez is wonderful
https://youtu.be/ZtSaFsMKrkI

 Wed Jun 08 00:19:31 +0000 2022

I do enjoy the podcast and I've been on as a guest on the Alone in the Dark episode.

 Wed Jun 08 00:25:49 +0000 2022

I will concede that Xenon 2: Megablast was better on the Amiga. Because 🔊🎶

 Wed Jun 08 00:47:40 +0000 2022

(It was even better on the CDTV, but that's beside the point)
https://youtu.be/5ZBvtdYdVkM

 Wed Jun 08 00:50:04 +0000 2022

Same can be said about most of beloved Amiga games tbh.

 Wed Jun 08 00:50:46 +0000 2022

Had an idea for shitty #DOSGaming meme, but Photoshop crapped out on me AND apparently didn't save a file with all my work despite me clicking OK in the Save As dialog, so you all lucked out.

 Wed Jun 08 01:21:09 +0000 2022

I mean... a Maxis published game. Full Tilt predates the Cinematronics buyout.

 Wed Jun 08 01:28:44 +0000 2022

Well, sure, but that's like saying Did you know that Klik & Play was a Maxis product?

 Wed Jun 08 01:32:27 +0000 2022

Can't wait to read the story!

 Wed Jun 08 01:44:40 +0000 2022

Publishers putting demos of other games they're publishing on a CD isn't exactly uncommon.

 Wed Jun 08 01:46:12 +0000 2022

Yeah, he seems like a cool and interesting guy. I also love the simple thing of
A) wanting to make a game about music
B) being at a rave for the first time and deciding that *this is gonna be it*.
😄

 Wed Jun 08 02:16:07 +0000 2022

TIL that the "Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?" episode got apparently taken out of rotation two years ago. https://x.com/ArtofSpongebob/status/1534348417526386688

 Wed Jun 08 07:33:20 +0000 2022

It never was. Brian, are you sure you're not thinking of something else? This is a 2d point & click adventure game.

 Wed Jun 08 11:28:59 +0000 2022

Oh, well, I never played Rez until the new PC version came out, but I will say that the VR version is significantly better than the flat one, and that the new Area X level is just a better game all around by a large margin.

 Wed Jun 08 12:07:21 +0000 2022

Yeah, you did the right thing, as opposed to me who interrupted his conversation to jump in and take a photo, blurted out "thank you", and never interacted with him again. 😳

 Wed Jun 08 12:10:31 +0000 2022

I spy a Ron Gilbert 👂!

 Wed Jun 08 12:13:33 +0000 2022

RT @br: Game devs, just putting this on your radar:

 Wed Jun 08 12:36:32 +0000 2022

You can actually pair a whole bunch of vibrating controllers to it just for that purpose. With enough you can make your own makeshift synesthesia suit, if you'd like.

 Wed Jun 08 13:23:44 +0000 2022

Except the robot head programming puzzle that required using different head for each of the tasks on higher difficulties.

 Wed Jun 08 17:44:38 +0000 2022

Deep cuts you can hear 🎶 https://x.com/DosTitleScreens/status/1534611229502849030

 Wed Jun 08 19:20:08 +0000 2022

Commodore 64? Pfft. Wake me up when it's Commodore 69!

 Wed Jun 08 19:21:24 +0000 2022

RT @dosgameclub: 💾NEW PODCAST💾 Back in April we played MechWarrior 2, the 3D mech piloting simulator based on the BattleTech universe, deve…

 Wed Jun 08 21:40:03 +0000 2022

RT @gordoslair: MSDOS games never let me down. #MSDOSgaming @dosnostalgic #VGA #EGA #Adlib #MT32

 Thu Jun 09 01:16:40 +0000 2022

You're welcome then
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1258872314600525826?t=JzVobaJbYhdDJJTv2jyQXg&s=19

 Thu Jun 09 10:23:51 +0000 2022

RT @OldTechAdverts: Compute 1991 January
https://archive.org/details/1991-01-compute-magazine
#retrocomputing #viintagecomputing

 Thu Jun 09 10:25:52 +0000 2022

RT @YogurtBuns: I found a super old postcard from my grandfather that just says “Hi hope you are ok!” and a list of level codes for Star Wa…

 Thu Jun 09 10:41:14 +0000 2022

He did meet with IBM, but didn't like their strict NDA (same reason Gates couldn't tell him why IBM was coming to see him)
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1528729501546446848?t=AufXof7aih8HDPmLfnWIrw&s=19

 Thu Jun 09 11:48:46 +0000 2022

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho
It's to an Urgent Care I go
😒

 Thu Jun 09 12:45:38 +0000 2022

RT @forestillusion: Today we have preserved a cancelled Quake port for the GBA! It was originally being developed by @RandalLinden. If that…

 Thu Jun 09 13:21:29 +0000 2022

And yet somehow it is a more fun film than the 2021 one.

 Thu Jun 09 13:25:28 +0000 2022

Puppet Goro was absolutely fine. CGI Reptile was the bad one.

 Thu Jun 09 13:26:45 +0000 2022

While I'm at a doctor's waiting for what hopefully is simple and inexpensive (🙏) procedure, tell me about your recent adventures in the world of #DOSGaming!

 Thu Jun 09 13:51:00 +0000 2022

Yeah, people always harp on the second episode, but honestly it is perfectly fine. And a couple of annoying bits can be skipped with a jetpack.

 Thu Jun 09 13:54:30 +0000 2022

Yeah, they hide things too much, and the bouncy coconut shooting enemies are really annoying, but I still think it's a great expansion.

 Thu Jun 09 13:58:14 +0000 2022

I also often wonder how new generations will adapt to the constant barrage of bullshit that press pours onto everyone out of every possible outlet. https://x.com/benjedwards/status/1534898692469186560

 Thu Jun 09 14:05:05 +0000 2022

Like, you usually need to fuck up once or twice before you learn. Will this instill a near total distrust of people at an early age?

 Thu Jun 09 14:06:33 +0000 2022

Or maybe I'm just getting old and talking out of my ass. Each generation always adjusted to their own new challenges. 🤷

 Thu Jun 09 14:07:51 +0000 2022

I think IT SUCKS. But yes, it has a certain appeal. For people who love things that SUCK.

 Thu Jun 09 14:24:45 +0000 2022

I have a CD quality MP3 of that on every playlist. And my phone.

 Thu Jun 09 14:54:21 +0000 2022

Ooh. Looks like a surgeon consultation is in my immediate future. 🤞

 Thu Jun 09 14:58:45 +0000 2022

At least we have the two most important songs

 Thu Jun 09 15:01:14 +0000 2022

 Thu Jun 09 15:23:02 +0000 2022

Disk Crash (Gary Quiring/PC-SIG, 1985) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Jun 09 16:00:37 +0000 2022

👀

 Thu Jun 09 16:11:12 +0000 2022

Oh, is this what a porn director looks like? Good to know.

 Thu Jun 09 16:16:13 +0000 2022

Girl Sightseeing (Windows 3.x, 1994) #NotDOS

 Thu Jun 09 16:38:19 +0000 2022

RT @ComputerHistory: CHM has released never-before-seen video recordings of a 1976 conference of computing’s top engineers, scientists & so…

 Thu Jun 09 17:05:17 +0000 2022

Related:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/823708264869281792

 Thu Jun 09 17:05:57 +0000 2022

https://archive.org/details/GirlSightseeing

 Thu Jun 09 17:55:13 +0000 2022

DOS versions of Blupi games from the Swiss company Epsitec (known for Colobot) from 1994 - 1995. #DOSGaming
All are ports from the Swiss computer Smaky (going back as far as 1988).

 Thu Jun 09 18:26:11 +0000 2022

What are Smaky computers? Well, I personally know very little about them.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1509570202995994629

 Thu Jun 09 18:26:48 +0000 2022

A decade+ of Blupi games have been made free, and all downloads are available at https://www.blupi.org/. Colobot/Ceebot is not only free, but is also open source now.

 Thu Jun 09 18:32:14 +0000 2022

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1534937948302581761

 Thu Jun 09 18:52:25 +0000 2022

 Thu Jun 09 19:22:03 +0000 2022

So I was today years old when I learned that VGA and SVGA versions of Battle Chess 4000 were actually separate physical releases. 😮 #DOSGaming

 Thu Jun 09 21:50:05 +0000 2022

They were released and advertised simultaneously.

 Thu Jun 09 21:50:32 +0000 2022

There are a couple of games that were simultaneous floppy and CD releases with SVGA version on a CD, and VGA on a floppy, but I'm struggling to think of another floppy disk only example.

 Thu Jun 09 21:54:42 +0000 2022

Intro sequence from "Огородное Ремесло" (Garden Craft), a 1998 real time strategy by a 17 year old Rudolf Lachinov, a Russian emigrant to Latvia, written in Turbo Pascal. #DOSGaming #RussianVideogames

 Thu Jun 09 23:10:15 +0000 2022

Promo screenshots from MicroProse's PC version of Magic: The Gathering from January of 1995, two whole years before the game's release.

 Thu Jun 09 23:51:31 +0000 2022

MicroProse even ran "Coming Soon" print ads for it in March, April, and May of 1995, and even a "Now on CD-ROM" one in July. 😯

 Thu Jun 09 23:58:04 +0000 2022

👆 The "Now on CD-ROM" ad implies online multiplayer mode, which wasn't even a part of the final 1997 release (something the game was heavily criticized for.)

 Fri Jun 10 00:03:31 +0000 2022

RT @Foone: TIL that Apple sued over Video for Windows, because a third-party helped optimize it and possibly used quicktime sourcecode to d…

 Fri Jun 10 01:58:00 +0000 2022

Ummmm... WOW 😯

 Fri Jun 10 02:21:48 +0000 2022

RT @OldTechAdverts: Byte 1987 April
https://ia902600.us.archive.org/22/items/byte-magazine-1987-04/1987_04_BYTE_12-04_Instruction_Set_Strategies.pdf
#retrocomputing #bytemagazine

 Fri Jun 10 06:29:13 +0000 2022

RIP Julee Cruise https://x.com/Name112a7/status/1535130858360741888

 Fri Jun 10 12:08:01 +0000 2022

RT @SierraOnLineUni: 📖💡

Sierra On-Line Hint Books

Adventure Window

#Hintbook #AdventureWindow #SierraOnLine #SierraGames #Sierra #Advent…

 Fri Jun 10 12:23:22 +0000 2022

RT @benjedwards: 45 years ago (June 1977), Apple released the Apple II computer, which pioneered appliance-like home PCs for everyone

I sp…

 Fri Jun 10 13:25:31 +0000 2022

I think it's the same box, different sticker.

 Fri Jun 10 16:25:33 +0000 2022

RT @banditloaf: Desktop publishing friends! Can anyone put there read/convert early ‘90s PageMaker files? There MAY be a 1992 internal Ulti…

 Fri Jun 10 17:39:52 +0000 2022

RT @jmechner: My first computer was a 1978 Apple II like this one, with 16K of memory. (In Apple Muzeum Warsaw)

 Fri Jun 10 19:16:46 +0000 2022

RT @DosTitleScreens: The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100-01.png
#dosgaming #retrogaming

 Fri Jun 10 19:34:11 +0000 2022

RT @Pixelengineer_: #DOSgaming ❤️

 Fri Jun 10 19:34:15 +0000 2022

What *really* put the final nail in AdLib's coffin

 Fri Jun 10 19:49:37 +0000 2022

Funny listening to this right after a doctor's visit. They literally asked me what kind of insurance I had before suggesting that I need to see a surgeon asap. 🇺🇸💉 💰 https://x.com/GC9X/status/1534832106559397890

 Fri Jun 10 20:24:36 +0000 2022

https://x.com/meta_Robotics/status/1519146487573188608

 Fri Jun 10 20:31:18 +0000 2022

DEFINITELY not then.

 Fri Jun 10 20:45:42 +0000 2022

Again? https://x.com/THR/status/1535360824147075072

 Fri Jun 10 21:28:07 +0000 2022

Randy loves a good joke. I mean, for fuck's sake, he owns the Duke Nukem franchise.

 Fri Jun 10 21:31:24 +0000 2022

TIL that Maniac Mansion had in-game graphics mode switching via keyboard shortcuts. 😮 #DOSGaming

 Sat Jun 11 00:18:04 +0000 2022

It's all right here on the reference card. 🤷‍♂️

 Sat Jun 11 00:18:41 +0000 2022

A bunch do, but not that many. Dangerous Dave had that as a pretty prominent feature.

 Sat Jun 11 00:19:17 +0000 2022

But isn't that CGA only?

 Sat Jun 11 00:24:33 +0000 2022

Actually it is for PCjr

 Sat Jun 11 00:34:47 +0000 2022

Then I saw your face
Then I saw your smile

🔊🎵🏔️🏔️ #OPL3MIDI

 Sat Jun 11 01:18:11 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108456200617337168

 Sat Jun 11 01:18:35 +0000 2022

RT @jmechner: A rare 1976 Apple I on display at Apple Muzeum in Warsaw gives @EricChahi and me an excuse to act silly. #PixelHeaven2022 htt…

 Sat Jun 11 07:01:11 +0000 2022

Good morning, Twitter!
https://youtu.be/K7XIkFb86zQ

 Sat Jun 11 11:22:25 +0000 2022

So are we ever going to discuss the canonical lore of there being 48 years between the events of Flashback and Fade to Black? 🤔

 Sat Jun 11 12:15:40 +0000 2022

Most likely, but I haven't checked.

 Sat Jun 11 12:23:47 +0000 2022

Yep, James Cameron logic.

 Sat Jun 11 12:39:16 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Always a good time to bring up that Flashback began life as a Godfather licensed game. That's what happens when you ask a…

 Sat Jun 11 12:47:38 +0000 2022

Also how did I not know about the original Flashback 3, Flashback Legends, a cancelled GBA game?
https://youtu.be/P8fUC9BSKkw

 Sat Jun 11 12:52:59 +0000 2022

RT @WadjetEyeGames: Oops my finger slipped and I made the Old Skies steam demo live two days early! Oh well. Guess you may as well play it.…

 Sat Jun 11 15:11:58 +0000 2022

Reading comments under any Facebook advertisement for The Northman almost physically hurts. Last 20 years of Hollywood bullshit completely made the audiences detest *anything* different.

 Sat Jun 11 15:34:06 +0000 2022

Turns out it's because Ke Huy Quan couldn't find any acting jobs in Hollywood, so he became a stunt coordinator and an AD. What a fucking shame. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1527488524190097420

 Sat Jun 11 16:32:48 +0000 2022

Now that I'm watching other people experience Everything Everywhere All at Once, I see his performance move people to tears.

 Sat Jun 11 16:34:08 +0000 2022

There are thousands of DOS games out there, so it really shouldn't be all that shocking. If you'd like to shock yourself some more, check out this hashtag, and I guarantee there'll be at least a hundred titles you're not gonna be familiar with:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1531797751486418944?t=3x8IjG1AJhrZvSN3jwjxxg&s=19

 Sat Jun 11 16:51:22 +0000 2022

RT @DosTitleScreens: Moraff_s Dungeons of the Unforgiven-01.png
#dosgaming #retrogaming

 Sat Jun 11 19:08:00 +0000 2022

Yeah, in a GREAT way.

 Sat Jun 11 19:17:51 +0000 2022

RT @TheOtherTravGuy: DUKE NUKEM. 💪
NUKE DUKEM. 🦿

NEW VID. CHECK IT OUT.
LINK ► https://youtu.be/S39rJqf7H_0

RTs Appreciated! ✨ https://t.co/D5…

 Sat Jun 11 21:47:39 +0000 2022

100% success rate

 Sun Jun 12 00:00:19 +0000 2022

Y'all ready for this? 🔊🎵

 Sun Jun 12 01:16:17 +0000 2022

Yes

 Sun Jun 12 07:07:52 +0000 2022

RT @ikubex: Mail call! Loved Elephant Memory Systems as a kid. My favorite floppies. Produced by Leading Edge in the 80s. The logo was…

 Sun Jun 12 11:18:59 +0000 2022

Cake for breakfast on a Sunday? Don't mind if I do! 🍰

 Sun Jun 12 12:30:44 +0000 2022

Fuck you, Mattel!

 Sun Jun 12 12:33:25 +0000 2022

Very nice 👍
https://youtube.com/shorts/-1Nhkep56CA?feature=share

 Sun Jun 12 12:38:54 +0000 2022

I remember the exact moment this became to me. In my youth I've only read Lovecraft translated, so it didn't really stand out. But after moving to America I've been revisiting his works, and got to The Terrible Old Man, and then read the last names of the robbers, and 😨

 Sun Jun 12 14:39:06 +0000 2022

I remembered it being an unusually lighthearted horror story for Lovecraft, and it is, but it really puts it on the front street right in the opening paragraph.

 Sun Jun 12 14:45:35 +0000 2022

I miss mid 2000s downloadable PC gaming when someone would make a (sometimes loose) freeware remake of a classic game, and call it something like GoldenGuy 69, and everyone would be excited about it.

 Sun Jun 12 15:10:48 +0000 2022

Highway Patrol II (Microïds/Titus Software, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Jun 12 17:18:35 +0000 2022

RT @BuildEnginePics: Game: Witchaven
By: Capstone, The Pinnacle of Entertainment Software

 Sun Jun 12 17:21:32 +0000 2022

Eh, it's pretty playable (especially considering Capstone's other games), it's just not very good. And the hands are digitized actual hands, not pre-rendered.

 Sun Jun 12 17:31:26 +0000 2022

It's a 4 channel MOD file.

 Sun Jun 12 17:33:12 +0000 2022

Everybody dance now!

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Sun Jun 12 18:03:42 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108465816807007491

 Sun Jun 12 18:04:02 +0000 2022

Two hours of ZX Spectrum AY music:
https://youtu.be/FKfnpcOoJZk

 Sun Jun 12 18:09:12 +0000 2022

DREAMM, a new x86 (Windows only) emulator by @aaronsgiles specifically for SCUMM games
https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/

 Sun Jun 12 18:22:56 +0000 2022

RT @Foone: OKAY SKIFREE
This is a game originally from 1991, developed by Chris Pirih, and included on one of the Windows Entertainment Pac…

 Sun Jun 12 18:41:04 +0000 2022

Flashback on Macintosh was released two years after the original (1995), and has some of the tiles and all the sprites redrawn at higher resolution, as well as higher res rendering for its vector-based cutscenes.

 Sun Jun 12 21:57:03 +0000 2022

Mac Flashback footage. #NotDOS
ᵉᵐᵘˡᵃᵗᵉᵈ

 Sun Jun 12 22:37:05 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: If you enjoy my tweets and other content, and would like to buy me a drink or a sandwich ☕🥪
https://ko-fi.com/dosnostalgic

 Sun Jun 12 22:45:15 +0000 2022

VGA graded Slash reseal? lol 🤣

 Sun Jun 12 23:14:45 +0000 2022

RT @LucasArtsMemory: Ron Howard & Full Throttle (in fact, a @LucasfilmMag issue)

 Mon Jun 13 00:04:16 +0000 2022

RT @Todd_Spence: Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum are perfect

 Mon Jun 13 02:32:57 +0000 2022

The living room. The *only* room my Soviet apartment had that wasn't kitchen, bathroom, or a toilet, duh. https://x.com/Katey_Lovell/status/1535746338465402881

 Mon Jun 13 10:53:39 +0000 2022

18 square meters, baby!

 Mon Jun 13 11:01:39 +0000 2022

Only two in mine, thankfully.

 Mon Jun 13 11:02:42 +0000 2022

It's more room than an average cheapest studio in New York as well.

 Mon Jun 13 11:23:51 +0000 2022

Listen, I've been living in NY for 19 years, I know how you feel.

 Mon Jun 13 11:37:43 +0000 2022

How many are "I can't play the demo because I don't want to spoil the whole game."? Because that's the category I fall under.

 Mon Jun 13 12:47:09 +0000 2022

RT @Marsupial_Gamer: The wall of maps grows!
#DOSGaming

 Mon Jun 13 13:01:08 +0000 2022

A) Depends on what you define as "proper"
B) Depends on a platform. Apple II, NES, IBM PC, etc. all have different graphics rendering and signal output methods.
C) I your PoP example, and there are emulators that give users options for a more accurate representation

 Mon Jun 13 13:14:26 +0000 2022

Like here, "TV or a computer monitor". That covers a huge amount of ground. Sometimes *vastly* different. So there is no certain answer everyone will agree on. Just certain approaches are, I guess, more authentic than others. But again, it depends.
https://x.com/HeilmannTill/status/1536291251099672579?t=Ox_d_2fWVUseNyjxvtaHiQ&s=19

 Mon Jun 13 13:19:21 +0000 2022

I just played Mac Dark Forces last night, and it certainly doesn't have better music, since music in DF is just MIDI, so you could get better music out of it than anything Mac could. What it surprisingly does have is a fully featured OPL emulator to match basic AdLib PC music.

 Mon Jun 13 13:22:16 +0000 2022

Also, I really dislike the ports of Wolfenstein and DOOM that make enemies always face you. Really takes me out of the game. Technically impressive, yes.

 Mon Jun 13 13:23:19 +0000 2022

Good morning. I'm your friendly neighbourhood MS-DOS enthusiast/bum.

 Mon Jun 13 13:28:53 +0000 2022

Again, DOS version is as good as your MIDI device.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/811309856007344129?t=dYtn8I7MLr7B7Ddx7XLd7A&s=19

 Mon Jun 13 14:02:13 +0000 2022

 Mon Jun 13 14:07:51 +0000 2022

Yes, this is an external synthesizer. In the 90s the Sound Canvas was the standard.

 Mon Jun 13 14:31:17 +0000 2022

"General MIDI" is a data storage/transmitting protocol. It's not a device. What you've heard in the clip in also General MIDI. My point was that music in PC version isn't any one thing (apart from the OPL2/3 Sound Blaster player), it highly depends on the device.

 Mon Jun 13 14:44:19 +0000 2022

This has been debated since post-CRT era began. Personally, I just think noting the method of a screenshot/video capture is important. The rest is on a case by case basis. If the topic relates to art pipelines, display methods, etc. then it becomes more important.

 Mon Jun 13 15:28:28 +0000 2022

I have my share of DOS t-shirts. I'm just not gonna wear them while running around town doing errands in the morning.

 Mon Jun 13 15:30:04 +0000 2022

Debated by enthusiasts in the field. Because I'm just a regular person on the internet, and deal with other regular people in a niche field, I can't give you anything more than I stumble over this *all the time* mostly because I have to defend RGB pictures against... (1/2)

 Mon Jun 13 15:37:09 +0000 2022

... (2/2) a lot of the public because over the past few years people just started assuming that everything is a Nintendo, and everything should look blurred. I have to explain that computer monitors aren't TVs and PCs aren't Nintendos fairly often. I have pics always ready to go.

 Mon Jun 13 15:38:38 +0000 2022

As far as are there articles, I guess, depending on what you're looking for. Just do a search from "what games looked like on a CRT" and you'll see plenty of people writing about it. "Composite video" helps too. These are the articles I often have to "fight off" in way.

 Mon Jun 13 15:40:12 +0000 2022

Cadaver: The Payoff (The Bitmap Brothers/Renegade Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Mon Jun 13 16:15:33 +0000 2022

lol? 🤔

 Mon Jun 13 16:17:03 +0000 2022

I don't think the game supports any music beyond an OPL2. The ad is a misprint. Pretty sure a whole bunch of games did actually support AdLib Gold in a sense that you could select it in a setup program, but they wouldn't do anything special with it beyond regular OPL2/3 stuff.

 Mon Jun 13 16:31:40 +0000 2022

This is a genre I wish would come back, BUT with some major refinements. Surely someone can make an isometric exploration adventure that *doesn't* attempt to kill the player on every screen. And with puzzles that don't amount to using everything on everything to figure out. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1536381770521841664

 Mon Jun 13 16:41:42 +0000 2022

Cadaver is actually a pretty egregious example of just that. Despite propelling the presentation into the 16-bit era, the game still feels like Fairlight on the ZX Spectrum. Lovely art though. Oh those darn Bitmap Bros.

 Mon Jun 13 16:47:17 +0000 2022

The Payoff expansion is like much harder than original Cadaver, btw. I feel like to take this screenshot, with is in about 6th room of the game, I had to put an hour in.

 Mon Jun 13 16:50:06 +0000 2022

I feel like Mystic Towers is actually one of the few games that actually attempted to push the genre towards better accessibility.

 Mon Jun 13 16:51:36 +0000 2022

Tbh honest I never really liked Batman. As far as Jon Ritman/Bernie Drummond isometric games it doesn't get much better than Head Over Heels.

 Mon Jun 13 16:57:16 +0000 2022

I've got some time to kill before a doctor's appointment, so AMA!
(Quality of replies may vary, as I'm also walking a couple of miles.)

 Mon Jun 13 17:33:51 +0000 2022

Undoubtedly 4, but 1 is my personal favorite. https://x.com/zygoon/status/1536402297806278656

 Mon Jun 13 17:39:07 +0000 2022

Thief 🤷 https://x.com/zygoon/status/1536402891908567040

 Mon Jun 13 17:44:36 +0000 2022

Ivan "Корошо, я буду работать на тебя, проклятый капиталист" Dolvich https://x.com/zygoon/status/1536403218753851392

 Mon Jun 13 17:45:50 +0000 2022

Not really. I just Google stuff. If it's something people are interested in, there's usually a Vogons thread about it https://x.com/zarikov_/status/1536403228526579712

 Mon Jun 13 17:46:41 +0000 2022

Yep. It's definitely one of the buggiest Sierra adventures, if not *the* one.

 Mon Jun 13 17:47:35 +0000 2022

When you find out, please let me know. https://x.com/passwordhelpme/status/1536404244328325122

 Mon Jun 13 17:48:13 +0000 2022

Yep

 Mon Jun 13 17:48:30 +0000 2022

Day of the Tentacle https://t.co/h4DqTTeoWt

 Mon Jun 13 17:49:26 +0000 2022

Probably not, but also could have been. 🤷 https://x.com/high_voltage_cz/status/1536405370008064000

 Mon Jun 13 17:50:18 +0000 2022

It favorite Bullfrog game is probably... Either Dungeon Keeper or Theme Hospital. Syndicate always felt like a bunch of cool stuff that never really comes together into something engaging, like most Bullfrog games really. https://x.com/3DBigBoxGames/status/1536407100049477634

 Mon Jun 13 17:58:12 +0000 2022

Cryo's Dune https://x.com/TheNamesIanBro/status/1536407378060533766

 Mon Jun 13 17:58:26 +0000 2022

I'm sure I'm yet to discover it. https://t.co/HwLZcJ0MaS

 Mon Jun 13 17:59:04 +0000 2022

Aladdin 100% https://x.com/3DBigBoxGames/status/1536411282676514817

 Mon Jun 13 18:16:46 +0000 2022

Jesus fucking Christ, man

 Mon Jun 13 18:17:12 +0000 2022

That's a tough one because it first instinct is to say something really obscure like 20th Century Frog or Marshmallow Duel, but in reality neither are my "favorites" exactly. I'd really dave to think hard about it https://t.co/9pCA1m4rOG

 Mon Jun 13 18:22:41 +0000 2022

Captain Blood, but the original European one, the one with the batshit crazy backstory in it. https://x.com/axleblazeSA/status/1536412954933006336

 Mon Jun 13 18:23:37 +0000 2022

Is this supposed to confuse me or something? https://t.co/bauE6Wynqh

 Mon Jun 13 18:24:47 +0000 2022

Depends on which entries. Both series have games in them I don't care for all that much. https://x.com/falselogic/status/1536414396309639168

 Mon Jun 13 18:26:05 +0000 2022

All the crazy multimedia shit people made in Macromedia Director in the 90s, but in VR. https://x.com/TravisOwens/status/1536414800091262976

 Mon Jun 13 18:29:08 +0000 2022

No, I love point & click adventures.

 Mon Jun 13 18:29:44 +0000 2022

Best? I don't know. Biggest? Undoubtedly. https://x.com/iliaznk/status/1536416269196480512

 Mon Jun 13 18:39:34 +0000 2022

Eternam is a pretty good game, as far as French DOS games are concerned.

 Mon Jun 13 18:40:25 +0000 2022

I like 5 a bunch.

 Mon Jun 13 18:42:09 +0000 2022

That's it, I'm at the doctor's. AMA is over, and wish me luck! 🤞

 Mon Jun 13 18:42:48 +0000 2022

I mainly play old games. Just random stuff. New stuff I play is mostly indie games, especially adventure games, but also retro themed games, and an occasional big game like Psychonauts 2. And a VR game here and there. https://x.com/cosmoschtroumpf/status/1536418369049591808

 Mon Jun 13 18:50:53 +0000 2022

OPL3? Pfft. Wake me up when it's OPL69!

 Mon Jun 13 18:55:15 +0000 2022

Excuse me, what?!

 Mon Jun 13 19:24:46 +0000 2022

That ONE song is very good, I'll give it that.

 Mon Jun 13 19:26:16 +0000 2022

RT @Huxley_D: Just doing my morning computering while having a nice cafe breakfast. Shout-out to @Level29_BBS for being awesome, and to @th…

 Mon Jun 13 19:27:15 +0000 2022

The puzzles are incredibly obtuse, and the expansion is even worse.

 Mon Jun 13 19:29:59 +0000 2022

Update: Doing great. Had a surprise surgery done, lost a bit of tissue. No big deal. 😄👍

 Mon Jun 13 20:36:02 +0000 2022

You bring shame to New York

 Mon Jun 13 20:42:20 +0000 2022

I know, man, that's why I said it. If you weren't a New Yorker, at least you'd have an excuse.

 Mon Jun 13 21:04:50 +0000 2022

ScummVM takes care of most of the technical issues these days.

 Mon Jun 13 21:12:58 +0000 2022

How many times is it for you now?

 Mon Jun 13 21:15:58 +0000 2022

Oof. Feel better.

 Mon Jun 13 21:17:52 +0000 2022

 Mon Jun 13 21:42:45 +0000 2022

Ouch. The anaesthetic wore off. 😬

 Mon Jun 13 23:15:48 +0000 2022

✔ fencing
✔ fighting
✔ torture
✔ revenge
✔ giants
✔ monsters
✔ chases
✔ escapes
✔ true love
✔ miracles

 Mon Jun 13 23:19:34 +0000 2022

Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.

 Mon Jun 13 23:23:34 +0000 2022

Yep. Played that as well.

 Mon Jun 13 23:33:45 +0000 2022

This is the first non-dental surgery I've ever got. I hate this.

 Mon Jun 13 23:34:34 +0000 2022

RT @123456: Yo!

We reverse engineered AOL 3.0.
— and put it back online.

Do any of you want to Sign On and check it out?

@JoannaStern @m…

 Tue Jun 14 00:22:43 +0000 2022

Bruh, wtf? 🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/lHhsXZUhr8

 Tue Jun 14 00:24:25 +0000 2022

Can someone with an ability to remember past events of similar context refer me to an event within this person's lifetime when millions of people died in just a couple of years please?

 Tue Jun 14 00:27:50 +0000 2022

RT @OldTechAdverts: Electronic Games 1993 January
https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-01
#retrogaming #retrogames

 Tue Jun 14 00:41:51 +0000 2022

RT @Macaw45: I'm streaming Ultima Underworld! First time playing it... https://www.twitch.tv/macaw45

 Tue Jun 14 00:41:58 +0000 2022

RT @grumpygamer: It's fun going into the studio with actors who have been in 5 Monkey Island games and I've never met them because voice ba…

 Tue Jun 14 00:42:09 +0000 2022

This is how every game should open https://t.co/wQzfVoX0H6

 Tue Jun 14 01:32:52 +0000 2022

RT @qfgbook: On the list of Most Iconic Moments in Video Games, this is definitely near the top

 Tue Jun 14 10:58:38 +0000 2022

Well, maybe some echoes of that time are still here a little bit
https://x.com/Agent64game/status/1536089072493637637?t=iW0NT9c6OPTUMrTCTOdTVQ&s=19

 Tue Jun 14 12:23:15 +0000 2022

Yep

 Tue Jun 14 12:50:53 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Intro sequence from "Огородное Ремесло" (Garden Craft), a 1998 real time strategy by a 17 year old Rudolf Lachinov, a Rus…

 Tue Jun 14 17:50:23 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: A more family friendly Duke Nukem:
(from the Japanese PSX version of "Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown")

 Tue Jun 14 17:52:49 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: You may have noticed that the CD version of Alone in the Dark 2 has additional 3D animations not present in the floppy ve…

 Tue Jun 14 19:15:49 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Tue Jun 14 19:25:43 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Them: what were some of the best years for videogames?
Me:

 Tue Jun 14 19:27:26 +0000 2022

RT @TheOfficialACM: 200 years ago on this day, Charles Babbage, a founding visionary of modern computing, submitted a one-page paper on his…

 Tue Jun 14 19:47:36 +0000 2022

August 1981 https://x.com/OldTechAdverts/status/1536841154401996800

 Tue Jun 14 22:56:30 +0000 2022

The new and improved Floppotron is quite impressive
https://youtu.be/kCCXRerqaJI

 Tue Jun 14 23:09:18 +0000 2022

Noctis (Home Sweet Pixel, 2000) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Wed Jun 15 00:23:11 +0000 2022

RT @benjedwards: Television supermen cannot take the place of friends who died at your side

 Wed Jun 15 00:45:08 +0000 2022

RT @lazygamereviews: computers

 Wed Jun 15 01:15:49 +0000 2022

RT @zanieon: So, i picked up some Doom maps and made them into those dream pools, because why not?

#liminalspace #doom https://t.co/kcczpS…

 Wed Jun 15 01:19:10 +0000 2022

My love has got no money
He's got his strong beliefs
My love has got no power
He's got his strong beliefs
My love has got no fame
He's got his strong beliefs
My love has got no money
He's got his strong beliefs

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Wed Jun 15 01:38:28 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108478929682681795

 Wed Jun 15 01:38:47 +0000 2022

RT @solutionxero: #Nostalgia #90sPC #TankWars3D
#DOSgaming #BackIn1992 #PCgaming

yo i just found my childhood after 2½ decades of sporadic…

 Wed Jun 15 12:19:56 +0000 2022

RT @brassicGamer: For those who haven't tried it yet, one of the most impressive projects on the DOS gaming scene is 486quake, which is opt…

 Wed Jun 15 12:20:57 +0000 2022

Awww, babbys ❤

 Wed Jun 15 12:29:57 +0000 2022

Tank Wars was an inspiration for Scorched Earth.

 Wed Jun 15 14:12:13 +0000 2022

RT @Wario64: Daggerfall Unity - GOG Cut is free on GOG https://bit.ly/3OlOb3X

 Wed Jun 15 15:39:23 +0000 2022

RT @Civvie11: While I'm working on a roundup and a Postal: Brain Damaged video, please enjoy this trip into DOS platforming and, occasional…

 Wed Jun 15 16:02:26 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Did you know that Tim Sweeney tuned Jill of the Jungle into a Bible game? #DOSGaming

 Wed Jun 15 16:06:53 +0000 2022

RT @Liretro: Wait until you see what we have in store for our classic PC gaming setups at this coming #LIRetro this August 12-14, curated b…

 Wed Jun 15 16:07:25 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Jill of the Jungle in VGA, EGA, and CGA #DOSGaming

 Wed Jun 15 17:36:19 +0000 2022

Caesar (Impressions, 1992) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Wed Jun 15 23:52:10 +0000 2022

RT @Microsoft: A trip down memory lane -- Microsoft Word 1.0

 Thu Jun 16 01:42:19 +0000 2022

I most certainly do, and I guess I have to listen to the album again now.

 Thu Jun 16 12:17:50 +0000 2022

TIL that there's a modern OS port for Bungie's Pathways Into Darkness https://x.com/Lord_Mandalore/status/1537420703682658309

 Thu Jun 16 13:19:57 +0000 2022

which eliminates one of its biggest shortcomings: a UI that made it look like an early Windows game

 Thu Jun 16 13:21:22 +0000 2022

Having now played LEGO Chess, I can tell you that its piece capture animations aren't FMV, but real time 3D rendered animations.

 Thu Jun 16 14:40:30 +0000 2022

How many copies did it take to become CDTV's best seller? 10?

 Thu Jun 16 14:48:49 +0000 2022

Short version? A single programmer (Rebecca "Burger Becky" Heineman) had to create the port in 10 weeks with no support of any kind from Art Data.

 Thu Jun 16 15:12:19 +0000 2022

LEGO Chess (Windows 9x, 1998) #NotDOS
3D chess by Krisalis Software aimed at children with 2 board & piece LEGO styles (Western and Pirate) and 72 real time animations for piece capturing, in addition to 20 pre-rendered story FMVs.

 Thu Jun 16 15:16:23 +0000 2022

It's a Windows 95 CD game. Can't easily play it online. Or offline for that matter.

 Thu Jun 16 15:37:45 +0000 2022

CPU vs CPU game on a Pirate board in LEGO Chess:

 Thu Jun 16 15:51:56 +0000 2022

Because Twitter is stupid, and wouldn't let me post this video as a reply to the screenshots tweet:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1537462991532265472

 Thu Jun 16 15:52:37 +0000 2022

Windoze (Lenny Boreal, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Jun 16 17:30:00 +0000 2022

Today in "Imaginary Snowflakes in Gaming"

 Thu Jun 16 17:38:45 +0000 2022

Meanwhile actual videogames today:

 Thu Jun 16 17:39:24 +0000 2022

It's Puyo Puyo.

 Thu Jun 16 17:39:57 +0000 2022

It's not Tetris, it's Puyo Puyo.

 Thu Jun 16 17:41:00 +0000 2022

Yep. Open source too.

 Thu Jun 16 17:41:17 +0000 2022

Play a DOS game today! 💾

 Thu Jun 16 19:33:22 +0000 2022

Even weirder the fact that it's written in XPL0

 Thu Jun 16 20:35:53 +0000 2022

ScummVM adds support for mTropolis engine (Obsidian, SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour, Muppet Treasure Island, MindGym, and others)
Full list of games: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=MTropolis%2FGames
https://www.facebook.com/ScummVM/posts/pfbid0CFw1MdLvAWqSu52nSHDpq7s8ALNAbh9NhLyfyV48ARJ4pL94NiN1273qc1k8UErSl

 Fri Jun 17 00:23:24 +0000 2022

One thing that is pretty impressive about "Queen: The eYe" (MS-DOS, 1998) is its motion captured facial animation on real time 3D models. #DOSGaming

 Fri Jun 17 00:28:40 +0000 2022

And yes, I said motion captured. Here's a behind the scenes photo:

 Fri Jun 17 00:29:12 +0000 2022

Yeah, it's for DOS. The game spent *years* in troubled development.

 Fri Jun 17 00:37:40 +0000 2022

It's just
a MIDI Crush
Not like I faint every time we touch

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Fri Jun 17 01:01:12 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108490107504560804

 Fri Jun 17 01:01:38 +0000 2022

What is so traumatizing about Death Becomes Her? 😯

 Fri Jun 17 01:09:19 +0000 2022

Goodness, you're really impressionable. I saw it at around the same age, and couldn't stop laughing.

 Fri Jun 17 01:12:25 +0000 2022

See, that's just different with me. The Babadook might as well be a biopic about my childhood with my mother, and yet I love it more because of that, couldn't look away.

 Fri Jun 17 01:15:53 +0000 2022

At least it wasn't a leg, like in this documentary https://x.com/jenbegakis/status/1537568738861531136

 Fri Jun 17 03:18:08 +0000 2022

I thought everyone already assumed this wasn't real. But just in case, here's more evidence: https://x.com/DukeAtomicTimes/status/1537688777887469568

 Fri Jun 17 10:56:36 +0000 2022

RT @ben_304: Me as a kid: can I even finish the first Constructor scenario?

Me as an adult: can I finish the first Constructor scenario in…

 Fri Jun 17 10:59:43 +0000 2022

RT @tegiminis: i can't believe russians invented the strand game genre with the hit 1998 masterpiece Vangers

 Fri Jun 17 11:01:43 +0000 2022

DOS 2.11 From Scratch
https://www.os2museum.com/wp/dos-2-11-from-scratch/

 Fri Jun 17 12:08:23 +0000 2022

Ahhhhh. These are the YouTube comments I need. ❤

 Fri Jun 17 12:29:16 +0000 2022

Don't do this. 🤦

 Fri Jun 17 12:39:51 +0000 2022

It is so easily fixed to. "Elder Scrolls Daggerfall Gloriously Remade In Unity, Go Get It Free For PC on GOG."

 Fri Jun 17 12:41:45 +0000 2022

Awwww. Adorable.

 Fri Jun 17 15:09:23 +0000 2022

RT @lazygamereviews: A pair of Packard Bells today on LGR!

https://youtu.be/su_n2u2pERo

Unboxing, inspecting, and testing these VX88 and PB500…

 Fri Jun 17 15:42:14 +0000 2022

RT @ben_304: And finished a medium difficulty game of Constructor. Funny to compare the idyllic suburbs of my neighbourhood to the havoc I…

 Fri Jun 17 15:42:25 +0000 2022

RT @SierraOnLineUni: 📖💡

Sierra On-Line Hint Books

Adventure Window

#Hintbook #AdventureWindow #SierraOnLine #SierraGames #Sierra #Advent…

 Fri Jun 17 15:44:12 +0000 2022

RT @jomc: Amnesia, the 1986 text game built from a 436-page script by Tom Disch was part of a wave of “electronic novels” from Douglas Adam…

 Fri Jun 17 15:49:06 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Play a DOS game today! 💾

 Fri Jun 17 16:04:12 +0000 2022

As we say in New York, that's a great cat right there.

 Fri Jun 17 17:35:33 +0000 2022

GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!

 Fri Jun 17 21:48:58 +0000 2022

TIL that Florida will lock your ass up for a long time if they decide that you had intent to sell drugs within 1,000 feet of a CHURCH.

 Fri Jun 17 23:13:08 +0000 2022

One's pretty much tripping over churches in America. This is really fucked up.

 Fri Jun 17 23:15:00 +0000 2022

Apparently it's the same law. But also churches.

 Fri Jun 17 23:16:49 +0000 2022

I bet private prisons love it.

 Fri Jun 17 23:18:51 +0000 2022

I'm in Suburban New York. There's nothing but churches here.

 Fri Jun 17 23:19:37 +0000 2022

Man Enough (Tsunami Media, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Fri Jun 17 23:52:28 +0000 2022

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
🚩 RED FLAG! 🚩
🚩 RED FLAG! 🚩
🚩 RED FLAG! 🚩
🚩 RED FLAG! 🚩
🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

 Fri Jun 17 23:53:22 +0000 2022

So this was originally a Macromedia Director 6 game. I wonder if its rebuilt from scratch in something else (like Unity) for this localization. In any case, I think this is a first modern commercial re-release of a Director game. https://x.com/DominicTarason/status/1537945372160450560

 Sat Jun 18 00:00:25 +0000 2022

Well, there it is. Until ScummVM adds functioning Director support, there's still no easy way to re-release Director games. You *have to* remake the entire thing from scratch.
https://x.com/DominicTarason/status/1537948610360356866

 Sat Jun 18 00:04:09 +0000 2022

DEVTEAM.PCX

 Sat Jun 18 01:11:15 +0000 2022

"That was the dumbest question I ever asked"

 Sat Jun 18 01:50:05 +0000 2022

I've been thinking about MIDI
I've been thinking about MIDI
I've been thinking about MIDI
I've been thinking about MIDI
I got MIDI on my mind
𝒸𝒽𝒾 𝓅𝑜𝓌 𝓅𝑜𝓌

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Sat Jun 18 02:21:12 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108496084645262745

 Sat Jun 18 02:21:37 +0000 2022

 Sat Jun 18 11:46:18 +0000 2022

Australia is *scary* 😨

 Sat Jun 18 14:03:54 +0000 2022

What else boring mornings at work are for?

 Sat Jun 18 14:04:43 +0000 2022

Time to set the clock to DIESEL POWER

 Sat Jun 18 14:22:35 +0000 2022

Deep Space Nine? Pfft. Wake me up when it's Deep Space SIXTY NINE!

 Sat Jun 18 15:24:58 +0000 2022

So I've got to play this last night. Despite being reasonably fully functioning it's just so far away from having any kind of tuning and polish. Weapons, enemies, and levels are just so... boring. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1021470139068440578

 Sat Jun 18 15:28:00 +0000 2022

Which once again made me think of Duke Nukem Forever 2001. Despite also being mostly unfinished and not polished, it plays incredibly well for something that's like 40% work in progress of a full game.

 Sat Jun 18 15:30:21 +0000 2022

(And yes, that's what killed the game. Too much effort was put into things that had no business being this polished until later stages of development, but hey, at least we can appreciate all the work 20 years later.)

 Sat Jun 18 15:32:10 +0000 2022

RT @GameHistoryOrg: The undiscussed history of Duster, "yet another title caught up in the collapse of Mirrorsoft in late 1991. A [Commodor…

 Sat Jun 18 16:01:31 +0000 2022

RT @SkeletonsinVGs: Dune (MS-DOS, 1992)

 Sat Jun 18 17:00:27 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Hocus Pocus. Beta vs Final. #DOSGaming

 Sat Jun 18 17:06:11 +0000 2022

But what if the dinosaurs weren't all destroyed? What if the impact of that meteor created a parallel dimension where the dinosaurs continued to thrive and evolve into intelligent, vicious, and aggressive beings... just like us?

 Sat Jun 18 17:54:00 +0000 2022

Where's my pizza?

 Sat Jun 18 17:56:24 +0000 2022

If only

 Sat Jun 18 18:01:55 +0000 2022

RT @DosTitleScreens: Dinosaur Detective Agency-01.png
#dosgaming #retrogaming

 Sat Jun 18 19:21:20 +0000 2022

That's correct

 Sat Jun 18 19:36:40 +0000 2022

Someone let me know if the end is FMV of the player waking up and pissing in a jar.

 Sat Jun 18 21:27:31 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Kai's Power Goo (Windows 9x/MacOS System 7, 1996) #NotDOS

 Sat Jun 18 23:01:56 +0000 2022

Darwin's Arena (Matthew Kowalski, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sat Jun 18 23:48:13 +0000 2022

Wtf? There's a AAA game out there with digitized 3D versions of Ted Raimi, Grace Zabriskie, Lance Henriksen, & Lin Shaye? What a time to be alive.

 Sun Jun 19 00:32:47 +0000 2022

RT @Dalle2Pics: Jesus got the whole squad #dalle2 #dalle

 Sun Jun 19 12:11:08 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Happy Father's Day!

 Sun Jun 19 14:07:52 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Happy Father's Day!

 Sun Jun 19 15:27:19 +0000 2022

The Thor Trilogy (Scenerio Software/Apogee Software Productions, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Jun 19 16:14:18 +0000 2022

ZZT came after, and is a bit different in many aspects.

 Sun Jun 19 16:19:53 +0000 2022

If anyone is interested, here's an hour of footage from the cancelled Warhammer 40,000 FPS "Dark Crusaders", version from 03/15/96: https://youtu.be/E8QmPTHOAQY https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1538181745501036546

 Sun Jun 19 16:38:04 +0000 2022

PC Gamer online review of a build probably pretty close to this one from July 1996:
https://web.archive.org/web/20000407205411/http://pcgamer.ign.com/reviews/1152.html

 Sun Jun 19 16:47:38 +0000 2022

 Sun Jun 19 16:50:41 +0000 2022

It can be turned off.

 Sun Jun 19 16:51:57 +0000 2022

😄💉 https://x.com/therealzomg/status/1538569296099610627

 Sun Jun 19 17:16:35 +0000 2022

Future Shock uses XnGine, Bethesda's in-house 3D engine. This isn't it, and a lot less complex.

 Sun Jun 19 18:31:10 +0000 2022

RT @DosTitleScreens: Portal-01.gif
#dosgaming #retrogaming

 Sun Jun 19 19:07:50 +0000 2022

RT @sovietvisuals: Excerpt from "Kitty" animated film created in 1968 using the BESM-4 Soviet computer. One of the first examples of comput…

 Sun Jun 19 20:18:49 +0000 2022

RT @SQHistorian: Tried to teach my boy to catch a ball earlier today, and caught myself repeatedly saying, "Here, catch!" in a gravelly voi…

 Sun Jun 19 21:05:31 +0000 2022

Babby slep

 Sun Jun 19 22:43:22 +0000 2022

Because I mostly care about DOS titles, my main vintage machine is a Pentium 2 (not sure which one, because I don't really care), 64 mb ram, 4 mb SVGA, ISA MPU-401. I switch out audio hardware depending on what I need,

 Mon Jun 20 02:54:18 +0000 2022

RT @kyraocean: tfw you’re #LaraCroft and you escape a tomb by sliding on your feet while sled-dogs pull you and you jam to @ChemBros ♡彡 htt…

 Mon Jun 20 09:35:39 +0000 2022

RT @damgentemp: Rarely before seen Little Big Adventure in its big box Hebrew edition.

 Mon Jun 20 09:46:02 +0000 2022

RT @ctflr: Micro Machines is a top-down racing game done by the Codemasters in 1994. It's a licensed game based on the miniature toy vehicl…

 Mon Jun 20 13:19:21 +0000 2022

RT @RetroTechChris: Anyone else ever try to burn a CD in MS-DOS? :) See it in action in my latest video! https://youtu.be/VrhtgcRvJIs

 Mon Jun 20 13:19:59 +0000 2022

RT @damgentemp: Speaking of, Flashback is now available for free download (for the next 72h) from GOG https://www.gog.com/en/game/flashback

 Mon Jun 20 14:22:50 +0000 2022

RT @crdudeyoutube: ==== NEW VIDEO ====
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRuhRfvIkn0

I spent the late 90s and early 2000s furious at how often I had to change C…

 Mon Jun 20 16:33:04 +0000 2022

 Mon Jun 20 17:08:22 +0000 2022

 Mon Jun 20 17:25:10 +0000 2022

It's from 3D Realms catalog program circa June 1995.

 Mon Jun 20 17:36:22 +0000 2022

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/597137979132551168

 Mon Jun 20 17:37:10 +0000 2022

I second this

 Mon Jun 20 19:06:10 +0000 2022

RT @Bhaal_Spawn: The Blu-ray disc (2006) is now as old as the Super Nintendo and Windows 3.0 (1990) were when the Blu-ray was released. htt…

 Mon Jun 20 19:53:26 +0000 2022

No

 Mon Jun 20 20:17:17 +0000 2022

anubis

 Mon Jun 20 20:55:31 +0000 2022

From today's Liero match with @obsurveyor_ 😂☢💥
#DOSGaming

 Mon Jun 20 22:10:28 +0000 2022

Back in the day it used to slow down my Pentium 90 quite a lot during no reload matches.

 Mon Jun 20 22:14:25 +0000 2022

No, it's post-Worms.

 Mon Jun 20 22:14:50 +0000 2022

RT @spacegamejunkie: So I got this Unicomp keyboard a year or so ago primarily for Star Fleet II. I had no IDEA one of the keyboard overlay…

 Mon Jun 20 23:20:07 +0000 2022

I guess Titus platformers *were* better on the Amiga just because the playfield actually scrolled with the player movement, instead of when the edge of the screen was approaching. 🤷‍♂️

 Tue Jun 21 00:55:47 +0000 2022

And now on DOS! #DOSGaming

 Tue Jun 21 01:00:36 +0000 2022

Well, I think it's time for me to check out Phil Tippett's Mad God.

 Tue Jun 21 02:28:35 +0000 2022

Well, that was... pretty freaking great. Most of the film I tried not to blink because I didn't want to miss the next meticulously crafted weird and gross thing.

 Tue Jun 21 03:54:12 +0000 2022

Made me think of Little Nightmares a bit, but if Little Nightmares was like a 5 on weird & creepy scale, Mad God is a 20.

 Tue Jun 21 03:55:24 +0000 2022

Shudder

 Tue Jun 21 05:23:07 +0000 2022

Sounds a lot like Skunny
https://youtu.be/-HVaxl4yh4k

 Tue Jun 21 12:04:30 +0000 2022

If you actually do that, you'll see that they so not, in fact, add up to that.

 Tue Jun 21 12:11:51 +0000 2022

RT @astralbodies: I’m fairly certain I can let this book go on MS-DOS 6 that I found in a box of my things at my mom’s house. https://t.co/…

 Tue Jun 21 12:15:22 +0000 2022

RT @AarnoMalin: Good news for #Harvester fans and video game enthusiasts & historians:

I've published the script of Harvester. It's dated…

 Tue Jun 21 12:39:40 +0000 2022

The best videogame tv commercial https://x.com/BenIsLoyal/status/1539239240172818432

 Tue Jun 21 15:10:15 +0000 2022

RT @gayocats: 1087824377641

 Tue Jun 21 15:11:07 +0000 2022

My hot take: Pacman 2 is a fun concept, and a *brave* game in general.

 Tue Jun 21 15:22:28 +0000 2022

Videogames would be a lot more developed as a medium if there were more Pacman 2s in this world.

 Tue Jun 21 15:29:36 +0000 2022

Honestly the best depiction of flipping between constant existential crisis and panic attacks that is real life.

 Tue Jun 21 16:27:38 +0000 2022

Flashback 2, Fury of the Furries 2... Any other unexpected sequels to old French games coming out this year?

 Tue Jun 21 16:54:39 +0000 2022

Little Big Adventure 3 turned into a Little Big Adventure Remake, so that doesn't count anymore.

 Tue Jun 21 16:59:09 +0000 2022

Oh wait. Whatever happened to Beyond Good & Evil 2?

 Tue Jun 21 16:59:57 +0000 2022

Yep
https://youtu.be/mZvs4WfhmrI

 Tue Jun 21 17:00:50 +0000 2022

People still being surprised at there being Fury of the Furries 2 after two years of development tells me their marketing guys need to really get on that.
https://youtu.be/mZvs4WfhmrI

 Tue Jun 21 17:02:19 +0000 2022

Oh yeah, Gobliiins 5 is happening, allegedly. I remember backing that.

 Tue Jun 21 17:03:21 +0000 2022

I honestly thought it came out already.

 Tue Jun 21 17:07:32 +0000 2022

Sort of
https://youtu.be/PuIUGE-fNC8

 Tue Jun 21 17:08:18 +0000 2022

Gilhodes is making it completely by himself, I guess, but yeah, the amount is very questionable.

 Tue Jun 21 17:15:36 +0000 2022

Is it French?

 Tue Jun 21 17:31:38 +0000 2022

I mean... get a VM and install DOS on it. Not sure what the issue is.

 Tue Jun 21 18:36:42 +0000 2022

DOS games were 10 years old in 2006? 🤔

 Tue Jun 21 19:57:25 +0000 2022

RT @GriffyBones: My pick for the actual worst fighting game I have played is Creep Clash for the MS-DOS

One attack button and you can sort…

 Tue Jun 21 21:36:09 +0000 2022

It it, quite obviously, Linux.

 Tue Jun 21 21:37:44 +0000 2022

It's not great, but it's far from the worst, especially if you consider how early of a fighting game it was.

 Tue Jun 21 21:51:48 +0000 2022

RT @mogwaay: Well DIZZY.EXE is now patched and on DOSBOX-X set to 8086 mode, it works! Patch changes the conditional JNZ into a un-conditio…

 Tue Jun 21 21:52:39 +0000 2022

RT @Foone: Have you ever wanted an IBM PC clone that looks like an Apple IIc?
Sure, we all do.

Introducing the Laser Compact XT! https://…

 Tue Jun 21 22:02:09 +0000 2022

Another World is very French, however the sequel was developed in America, it was released not on the Dreamcast, but on Sega CD, and is terrible.

 Tue Jun 21 22:23:44 +0000 2022

So I guess they gave up on the idea of updating the models. Kind of a shame.

 Tue Jun 21 23:04:10 +0000 2022

It's been on GOG and Steam since Alcon got the rights to everything Blade Runner, and the game got ScummVM support.

 Tue Jun 21 23:07:50 +0000 2022

It's cool that Blade Runner is getting another re-release, this time on more than one platform, but I was expecting a few more enhancements than just upscaled videos and new controls.

 Tue Jun 21 23:12:21 +0000 2022

Yep

 Tue Jun 21 23:16:23 +0000 2022

Alright, Mr. Sam Raimi. Let's finally see what you got.

 Wed Jun 22 00:34:23 +0000 2022

Sam Rami's storyboards for Evil Dead 2

 Wed Jun 22 00:40:16 +0000 2022

I mean half of it was flat out a remake of Army of Darkness. Not like that made it any better.

 Wed Jun 22 01:48:46 +0000 2022

Ok, is anything fun gonna happen in this movie? I'm bored. Fuckin' Marvel.

 Wed Jun 22 01:50:34 +0000 2022

I meant Oz the Great and Powerful. I'm still in progress on this one.

 Wed Jun 22 01:52:22 +0000 2022

Lol. At least there's always Bruce Campbell to liven up the action. 🤣

 Wed Jun 22 02:05:22 +0000 2022

Yeah, this movie sucked. There's an occasional fun scene here and there, but overall it was just zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Maybe if I was 10 years old I would have enjoyed it.

 Wed Jun 22 03:45:32 +0000 2022

Someone please get Sam Raimi a real movie. Not a franchise, or a wannabe franchise. Jesus freaking Christ.

 Wed Jun 22 03:48:15 +0000 2022

Yep

 Wed Jun 22 11:32:28 +0000 2022

Not a lot of time because they went into production without a finished script.

 Wed Jun 22 11:33:58 +0000 2022

I haven't used a VM since VirtualPC days because I have no need for one anymore. Between DOSBox and actual vintage machines, I have all my needs covered. I guess there's always PCem in a jam. 🤷

 Wed Jun 22 12:05:43 +0000 2022

RT @PointThenClick: It’s 4am, and I’m laying in bed thinking about the DOS game BassTour from 1992. I remember tons of options for lures, t…

 Wed Jun 22 14:48:16 +0000 2022

RT @DosTitleScreens: Tom Landry Strategy Football-01.png
#dosgaming #retrogaming

 Wed Jun 22 14:48:25 +0000 2022

RT @qfgbook: From the book: a full shot of Kenn Nishiuye's original painting of the Hero's Quest box art!

 Wed Jun 22 19:36:24 +0000 2022

It's either DOSBox or PCem for their PC packages. They are nice though.

 Wed Jun 22 20:56:55 +0000 2022

RT @romero: Happy 26th Birthday, Quake! It's been a wild ride, and I still love ya! @ID_AA_Carmack @ThatTomHall @SandyofCthulhu @americanmc…

 Wed Jun 22 22:26:06 +0000 2022

A bit of a weird thing happened. A coworker found out I had a YouTube channel, and when I told him the name, it turned out he was already subscribed. He showed me his YouTube app, and there it was. 😅

 Wed Jun 22 22:29:43 +0000 2022

Naturally I was like, did you not recognize me? And apparently... I look *a lot* younger in person. 😂

 Wed Jun 22 22:30:49 +0000 2022

Here's a photo of my apparently youthful face, in case you also don't know what I look like.

 Wed Jun 22 22:58:15 +0000 2022

RT @eviltrout: I remastered my 30 year-old DOS game!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08RveywBXl4

 Wed Jun 22 23:02:55 +0000 2022

What's the dog's name? https://x.com/JanNWolfe/status/1539741257337118720

 Wed Jun 22 23:58:21 +0000 2022

EA*Kids "Creative Reader" series of interactive storybook games developed by Hungarian company Novotrade Software (of "Ecco the Dolphin".) #DOSGaming

Peter Pan: A Story Painting Adventure (1993)
Around the World in 80 Days (1994)
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1995)

 Thu Jun 23 00:43:31 +0000 2022

Alright, Mr. Cronenberg. Let's see what you got.

 Thu Jun 23 00:54:17 +0000 2022

This is the only reason I'd consider burial instead of cremation. So a chonky babby would have a delightful time on top of my final resting place.

 Thu Jun 23 00:56:39 +0000 2022

Ummmmmmmmmmmm...... ...... ........ .... Shit. There's not gonna be a review because I need time to process this.

 Thu Jun 23 02:59:20 +0000 2022

I think this might be the quintessential body horror. Because it's not only the genre of the film, but also its topic in both literal and metaphorical senses.

 Thu Jun 23 03:03:07 +0000 2022

Definitely the best film Cronenberg made in 15 years.

 Thu Jun 23 03:04:13 +0000 2022

RT @mindthreat: The Atari PC4 pet project is all cleaned up and ready to fly. Atari did a really nice job on this machine for it being just…

 Thu Jun 23 12:00:03 +0000 2022

RT @Pixelengineer_: #DOSgaming

 Thu Jun 23 13:18:53 +0000 2022

So having now seen footage from The Quarry it looks to me that it's just a return to shitty FMV games without actual FMV. Like, all the elements are in place.
- Barely any gameplay
- Terrible writing
- Actors aren't given any context for performances https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1538318843600306179

 Thu Jun 23 14:23:11 +0000 2022

Also it doesn't solve the vintage FMV issue of nuances being lost in tiny resolution, low frame rates, and video compression. Now we have uncanny valley 3D with an entirely different set of issues, but kind of the same result.

 Thu Jun 23 14:24:52 +0000 2022

All I'm saying is time is right for a SEWER SHARK SEQUEL, and it better have acting talent able to measure up to Robert Costanzo's legendary performance:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1368366828188270592

 Thu Jun 23 14:28:39 +0000 2022

A lot of people seem to think that of Digital Pictures games, but that's not the case for most of their catalog

 Thu Jun 23 14:32:03 +0000 2022

Peter Pan: A Story Painting Adventure print ad from December 1993. #DOSGaming

 Thu Jun 23 14:41:28 +0000 2022

You'd think after years of being on Twitter, I'd learn not to talk shit about people's games.

 Thu Jun 23 15:00:00 +0000 2022

Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (MS-DOS) - Super Adventures in Gaming
http://superadventuresingaming.blogspot.com/2022/06/wing-commander-ii-vengeance-of-kilrathi.html

 Thu Jun 23 15:15:13 +0000 2022

Box art of the day: #DOSGaming

 Thu Jun 23 15:26:46 +0000 2022

Maybe not the most exciting box art, buuut....

 Thu Jun 23 15:27:13 +0000 2022

A wagon was built on top of its chassis in that one.

 Thu Jun 23 15:49:52 +0000 2022

He had it taken apart and pieces of it are in a a scene in a movie
https://youtu.be/JehRfK4bqRo

 Thu Jun 23 15:50:58 +0000 2022

Swigridova Kletba [Swigrid's Curse] (Agawa/JRC Interactive, 1996) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Jun 23 16:23:05 +0000 2022

RT @NightdiveStudio: Blade Runner Enhanced Edition is here at last!

Join Ray McCoy hunting down a gang of replicants on:

Steam https://t.…

 Thu Jun 23 17:33:53 +0000 2022

RT @mcnees: Mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing, who established the theoretical foundation for just about every modern comput…

 Thu Jun 23 18:06:22 +0000 2022

Czech*

 Thu Jun 23 18:30:19 +0000 2022

While he does say that, earlier in the same segment he explains why he's concerned with Dice's jokes.

 Fri Jun 24 00:48:17 +0000 2022

Don't think so, especially if they read his autobiography.

 Fri Jun 24 03:13:51 +0000 2022

Now leaving NYC

 Fri Jun 24 03:20:24 +0000 2022

Abandonware is not a legal term, and anything produced by EA definitely still has a rights holder. If you want to pirate it, it's up to you.

 Fri Jun 24 03:48:59 +0000 2022

Prefect soundtrack for leaving NYC

 Fri Jun 24 03:50:35 +0000 2022

No, you can't purchase it anywhere currently, just like you can't purchase *thousands* of PC games.

 Fri Jun 24 03:52:27 +0000 2022

I don't get to wear too often. It is a rare collectable.

 Fri Jun 24 04:01:56 +0000 2022

Happy birthdays to *both* Peter Weller and Nancy Allen!

 Fri Jun 24 13:28:08 +0000 2022

RT @stus_reviews: I recently interviewed Stephane Racle, one of the hardcore PC game collectors who helped to expose alleged forgery and co…

 Fri Jun 24 17:38:57 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Evergreen mood

 Fri Jun 24 17:49:03 +0000 2022

Well now you have to do it. #TooMuchSuspense

 Fri Jun 24 20:54:37 +0000 2022

I think one benefit of the age of information and social media is that America lost a lot of its (manufactured) appeal for many. I honestly wish it existed before I moved here.

 Fri Jun 24 22:01:59 +0000 2022

RT @Foone: my cool crab pride flag flaps proudly in the breeze of... my living room

 Sat Jun 25 02:02:11 +0000 2022

And that's a block

 Sat Jun 25 10:07:26 +0000 2022

There's a bird living on my street that's apparently been attacking everyone it sees for a at least a week now. I guess today it was my turn to be its target for the first time. 😕

 Sat Jun 25 11:57:34 +0000 2022

It is not quite that dramatic. I even think it's kind of funny. But some of it neighbours seem to be extremely annoyed.

 Sat Jun 25 12:07:51 +0000 2022

I assumed as much, since the photo above is also Sierra employees.

 Sat Jun 25 12:21:04 +0000 2022

Ah, yes. Medical bills. You can always count on America kicking you while you're down. 🇺🇸

 Sat Jun 25 12:33:11 +0000 2022

Yep

 Sat Jun 25 12:39:05 +0000 2022

An investigation into the details of these promo shots by @danielalbu and @ConvosCurtis:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=1302&v=egSE7TXuQZ8 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1009559044850376705

 Sat Jun 25 15:07:55 +0000 2022

The new Beavis & Butt-head movie. I was actually surprised by how well the old shtick still works. It's not better than the first movie, and maybe even sticks too closely to its template, but I was thoroughly entertained. 😄

 Sat Jun 25 16:55:46 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity (Windows 9x, 1995) #NotDOS

 Sat Jun 25 16:56:59 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: Do U (Windows 9x, 1998) #NotDOS

 Sat Jun 25 16:57:01 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Oh, the 90s!

 Sat Jun 25 16:58:34 +0000 2022

I've never even seen the trailer! 😄

 Sat Jun 25 17:14:00 +0000 2022

40 years ago today we got one of the best character instructions in a movie ever. Happy 40th to John Carpenter's The Thing! 🎂🥂

 Sat Jun 25 17:40:11 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: John Carpenter was really ahead of his time with his 1982 film "The Thing". Among other things it also predicted both Mac…

 Sat Jun 25 17:40:27 +0000 2022

On its 40th anniversary, let us not forget how one of the most accomplished Hollywood horror films was treated when originally released. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1226376478167879683

 Sat Jun 25 17:42:32 +0000 2022

Critical response to John Carpenter's films should be studied alongside his many accomplishments as a filmmaker.

 Sat Jun 25 17:45:09 +0000 2022

RT @lucasartsfans: Happy 29th Birthday to Day of the Tentacle, released June 25th, 1993! #DOTT #DayoftheTentacle #LucasArts https://t.co/kP…

 Sat Jun 25 18:06:06 +0000 2022

RT @Human_Interact: 1/2🎂We are celebrating Quake's 26th birthday🎂 by playing Deathmatch and Threewave CTF with @dosnostalgic. Everybody is…

 Sat Jun 25 19:01:26 +0000 2022

Along with John Carpenter's The Thing let us remember another film that was released 40 years ago today, and also got rejected.

 Sat Jun 25 19:48:24 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: Roger Ebert on the story in Blade Runner

 Sat Jun 25 19:50:01 +0000 2022

RT @gstdaisuki: NEW MIX! today, we're looking through Howard Drossin's career as a game musician... and guitarist.
video premieres in 15 m…

 Sat Jun 25 21:00:39 +0000 2022

Teresa May, a British glamour model, not to be confused with Theresa May, a former British PM. https://x.com/DosTitleScreens/status/1540771822635040770

 Sat Jun 25 21:37:16 +0000 2022

RT @BuildEnginePics: Caution: Quake incoming

 Sat Jun 25 21:38:10 +0000 2022

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1328918353256321024?t=K5ARh-AChnERWRbP10Hk0Q&s=19

 Sat Jun 25 21:51:59 +0000 2022

I think part of the resentment from the sci-fi community was the fact that it was a remake of a recognized classic.

 Sat Jun 25 21:55:49 +0000 2022

I don't think I've ever been this excited to buy any software, nevermind an OS. https://x.com/JonErlichman/status/1276186453656121353

 Sun Jun 26 13:12:05 +0000 2022

FAT32? Pfft. Wake me up when it's FAT69! https://x.com/BigGerms16bit/status/1541048106942349313

 Sun Jun 26 13:39:33 +0000 2022

RT @GalexQuest: When I'm on the road, I'm indestructible. No one can stop me... But they try.

 Sun Jun 26 13:57:07 +0000 2022

RT @fabynou: Remi Leonard (@LEONARDRmi1) used libRealSpace to flight his SGI Visual Workstation through Strike Commander maps https://t.co/…

 Sun Jun 26 14:14:07 +0000 2022

RT @Gamrok: One of my favorite games turns 25 today! 🎂

Happy Anniversary Dungeon Keeper! 😈🔥

#DungeonKeeper #Bullfrog #PeterMolyneux #Retr…

 Sun Jun 26 14:32:22 +0000 2022

As someone who has used Windows 98 longer than any other version of Windows, I'm aware. But I still didn't RUN to a store on its release day.

 Sun Jun 26 15:03:08 +0000 2022

RT @gayocats: 1217984001374

 Sun Jun 26 15:15:56 +0000 2022

RT @Foone: bad idea:
a mod like brutal doom, but for Nitemare 3D

 Sun Jun 26 15:16:12 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: DOS games on #SGDQ2022:
Mon 27th
5:46 AM - Alien Cabal
Thu 30th
8:27 AM - King's Quest 5

 Sun Jun 26 15:34:02 +0000 2022

You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Sun Jun 26 16:00:50 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108544572490983604

 Sun Jun 26 16:01:12 +0000 2022

Two pages from the original IBM 5150 Guide to Operations (August 1981) with *all* the DOS commands available at the time.

 Sun Jun 26 16:12:35 +0000 2022

Couldn't even make a directory until DOS 2.

 Sun Jun 26 16:16:00 +0000 2022

The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=68265

 Sun Jun 26 17:30:09 +0000 2022

Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls Complete MT-32 Soundtrack by Michael Lindner
"Soundtrack that many people do not even know about, since it is activated by running the game with a command line parameter rather than within a SETUP program"
https://youtu.be/423OJ54XZjc

 Sun Jun 26 17:38:00 +0000 2022

The Humans (Imagitec Design/GameTek, 1992) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Jun 26 18:03:30 +0000 2022

 Sun Jun 26 18:11:30 +0000 2022

My collection of pirated versions of Alley Cat.
Originally a PC booter game, all these made it possible to run in DOS. Some even added features such as key combo to exit the game, glitch fixes, cheats, and translations.

 Sun Jun 26 20:03:37 +0000 2022

Good command or file name

 Sun Jun 26 20:57:54 +0000 2022

https://t.co/hyXBr33DZf

 Sun Jun 26 21:16:26 +0000 2022

Yes

 Sun Jun 26 21:29:59 +0000 2022

From the Maniac Mansion proposal document (Feb 7th 1986)

 Sun Jun 26 23:12:00 +0000 2022

RT @BuildEnginePics: Lameduke (Duke Nukem 3D 1994 prototype)

 Sun Jun 26 23:50:15 +0000 2022

RT @MikeJMika: 90s fashion is back.

 Mon Jun 27 00:03:47 +0000 2022

I already been doing 90% that for the last 3 years anyway. I could be a multi millionaire easily under those circumstances.

 Mon Jun 27 00:37:55 +0000 2022

And also $500K? Man, even if I was a super extravert, I'd just force myself to do this for as many months as I could handle, as a job.

 Mon Jun 27 00:41:50 +0000 2022

US theatrical cut of The Devils is on Shudder?!?! 😯 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1472964611779739648

 Mon Jun 27 01:07:12 +0000 2022

Oh, it's in absolute garbage quality, and encoded in a letterboxed 4x3 😥

 Mon Jun 27 01:10:46 +0000 2022

Probably the only thing they could pry away from Warner Bros, who aren't making it available. Similar situation with Cameron's films that don't have approved HD transfers. Amazon had The Abyss in pan & scan SD
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1319793901616713728

 Mon Jun 27 01:13:41 +0000 2022

RT @politicalmath: my favorite morality choice game is Wing Commander 4 where I spent 30 hours as a kid in outer space dogfights making har…

 Mon Jun 27 01:16:55 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: The Computerized Coloring Book – Home Alone (MS-DOS, 1992)

 Mon Jun 27 02:46:17 +0000 2022

RT @martijnfrazer: Here's a clip from one of my favourite* sections of LBA #DOSGaming

* not favourite https://t.co/nNj1Lpgc1W

 Mon Jun 27 11:25:55 +0000 2022

No context Bruce Campbell + no context Scott Spiegel + no context Sam Raimi (+ no context Josh Becker behind the camera) https://x.com/BenIsLoyal/status/1541406580993916930

 Mon Jun 27 13:11:35 +0000 2022

All three were involved in the latest Marvel $200 mil flick. Isn't it crazy?

 Mon Jun 27 13:13:35 +0000 2022

It's also great that these friends continued making these silly shorts even after their big feature venture. This is POST-Evil Dead Bruce Campbell 😂
https://x.com/dailyshemp/status/1541071649520455683?t=O35sK-tZBIq11GbTJmw5Hg&s=19

 Mon Jun 27 13:17:40 +0000 2022

RT @Lucyddreams: Taika being too real about writing here 🥲

 Mon Jun 27 17:47:45 +0000 2022

RT @gifs_bot:

 Mon Jun 27 17:49:04 +0000 2022

RT @Foone: @DOSscreens WHAT THE FUCK ARE PALETTES https://t.co/2RW4vM9rKJ

 Mon Jun 27 17:49:42 +0000 2022

Ummmm.... Shake it, baby? 🤔

 Mon Jun 27 22:43:52 +0000 2022

Ok, this is great 😄
https://mikeyeldey.itch.io/mikeyeldey95

 Mon Jun 27 23:01:53 +0000 2022

 Tue Jun 28 00:56:03 +0000 2022

"From the same brilliant minds that brought you Deer Avenger™"

 Tue Jun 28 01:48:18 +0000 2022

When Eric Chahi was looking for a publisher for Another World one of the companies he considered was Virgin. They suggested Eric changed the game into a point & click adventure.

 Tue Jun 28 02:05:01 +0000 2022

RT @Lord_Arse: Such awful, awful news. My thoughts are with both Roger and Oli ❤️

 Tue Jun 28 02:32:13 +0000 2022

One of the most tense things on the internet

 Tue Jun 28 02:55:22 +0000 2022

FUCK

 Tue Jun 28 03:07:51 +0000 2022

Powerslave came out after Duke 3D though.

 Tue Jun 28 04:13:44 +0000 2022

This is direct from Eric himself.
https://youtu.be/JFaOYYSxSEA

 Tue Jun 28 06:44:40 +0000 2022

And hey, look, it's in Eric's book as well. So maybe not so fast with "Not true at all".

 Tue Jun 28 06:50:41 +0000 2022

Amazing 🙄

 Tue Jun 28 06:54:39 +0000 2022

Yeah, that one is also mentioned.

 Tue Jun 28 07:02:20 +0000 2022

You and Eric might have something to discuss.

 Tue Jun 28 07:04:44 +0000 2022

Woke up in the middle of the night for no reason. Turns out I was being challenged on Twitter. Coincidence? Surely. But still weird. Also FML.

 Tue Jun 28 07:29:38 +0000 2022

I mean, it was originally an Apogee game. I don't think I've seen the leaked beta. Gotta check that one out.

 Tue Jun 28 07:33:43 +0000 2022

RT @StirringDragon: My 6 y/o son found one of these in my office and asked me what it was and if I could show him how to use it...
#Proud…

 Tue Jun 28 07:34:31 +0000 2022

RT @LuigiThirty:

 Tue Jun 28 07:44:05 +0000 2022

I went and looked it up. I fell for this. 😂

 Tue Jun 28 11:34:02 +0000 2022

One modeler and one animator from the Deer Avenger 4 (which was in 3D) team did that. But not *this* game.

 Tue Jun 28 11:46:46 +0000 2022

Oh, I see. Well, that's still post both shareware and retail Duke 3D.

 Tue Jun 28 11:54:36 +0000 2022

I don't see it

 Tue Jun 28 11:59:43 +0000 2022

The poster is from 1982 though.

 Tue Jun 28 12:06:07 +0000 2022

The Evil Dead release dates are always kind of weird.
- The movie was finished in 1981 (and shown once as "The Book of the Dead")
- This poster is post-Cannes of 1982
- It was picked up, and disturbed theatrically in 1983 (in the U.S. by New Line Cinema.) https://x.com/1carolinagirl/status/1541364702499987457

 Tue Jun 28 12:12:31 +0000 2022

Stephen King's review of The Evil Dead in the Twilight Zone Magazine urging distributors to pick it up:

 Tue Jun 28 12:18:42 +0000 2022

TekWar BUILD editor. Wait, I didn't know TekWar had throwable objects and glass shattering!
https://youtu.be/JGZJkZBkjO0

 Tue Jun 28 12:22:25 +0000 2022

This wasn't at the beginning, he already put in nearly 2 years of work into it at that point according to both GDC presentation and the book.

 Tue Jun 28 12:25:12 +0000 2022

He does mention that he already went to Delphine at that point (why wouldn't he?), but I guess he was still shopping it around afterwards. In the end he signed with Delphine because, he says, they gave him a complete creative freedom as long as he could make the release date.

 Tue Jun 28 12:28:58 +0000 2022

(The screenshots in the GDC presentation are obviously a joke made for the presentation.)

 Tue Jun 28 12:32:14 +0000 2022

Listen, it's 8 in the morning, and I'm on my phone while on a train going to work. I don't need...
A) to proofread my tweets
B) this shit

 Tue Jun 28 12:37:44 +0000 2022

I'm never grumpy. 😄

 Tue Jun 28 12:47:47 +0000 2022

Whoa, it's a literal return to Monkey Island 😯 https://x.com/geoffkeighley/status/1541769948242055169

 Tue Jun 28 13:15:24 +0000 2022

OMG I love it 😍
https://youtu.be/p3mxq44HhnU

 Tue Jun 28 13:19:23 +0000 2022

If you're a patron of DOS Nostalgia, right now you can watch a forbidden copyright stricken cut of my next video. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1541619359679905795

 Tue Jun 28 14:26:53 +0000 2022

Well that's just goes without saying

 Tue Jun 28 14:27:16 +0000 2022

Been enjoying this playlist of videos where @Lawnie10 subjects his non-gamer friend Croina to DOS first person shooters, seemingly in release order, including several Capstone games:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIRWjJorhE2mZmJ_SRHowwP0S0Bzzu2fP

 Tue Jun 28 14:41:17 +0000 2022

Serious question: do you tag your videos? I do regular searches for DOS gaming videos, and *never* have seen yours pop up. You might wanna investigate.

 Tue Jun 28 14:42:47 +0000 2022

RT @ylitvinenko: New: a court in Russia fined @internetarchive 800k rubles (~$15k) for refusing to delete an assortment of materials deemed…

 Tue Jun 28 15:26:16 +0000 2022

My intro has been claimed by Madonna

 Tue Jun 28 15:28:38 +0000 2022

Thank you. Wrote a program for the first time in years to generate them.

 Tue Jun 28 16:27:31 +0000 2022

Not what Ron said.

 Tue Jun 28 16:38:53 +0000 2022

Yep 👍

 Tue Jun 28 17:17:53 +0000 2022

No, all the Tim Philo posters are from post-Cannes 82, because the Stephen King quote didn't exist until then.

 Tue Jun 28 17:44:41 +0000 2022

Yeah, the quote is from the November issue, so it would have been available around October. Palace seemed to have picked it up earlier for the UK distribution, because they put it out in January with their own amazing posters.

 Tue Jun 28 17:58:59 +0000 2022

Alien Cabal in 6:09 by tbcr
#SGDQ2022 #DOSGaming
https://youtu.be/gW1DROeQXkg

 Tue Jun 28 21:38:51 +0000 2022

"We have to be careful. This is an emergency area." https://x.com/alescandy/status/1541907271093026819

 Tue Jun 28 22:23:54 +0000 2022

It has several boxes, but this one is a brand new release.

 Tue Jun 28 22:30:31 +0000 2022

RT @BuildEnginePics: Blood pre-alpha screenshots (dated 1995)

 Tue Jun 28 23:08:37 +0000 2022

RT @DNF2001RP: I hope you are all having a great day! It is *finally* time to reveal what we've been working on this month, in one big upda…

 Wed Jun 29 00:07:28 +0000 2022

Dráscula: The Vampire Strikes Back/Dráscula: El Vampiro (Alcachofa Soft/Digital Dreams Multimedia, 1996) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Wed Jun 29 00:31:35 +0000 2022

 Wed Jun 29 00:49:21 +0000 2022

Кубрик на большом экране это просто

 Wed Jun 29 00:56:16 +0000 2022

It's a trick. Get an axe.

 Wed Jun 29 02:57:23 +0000 2022

RT @ben_304: I've been told that my signs in my Sim city are 'unusual'.

 Wed Jun 29 10:57:36 +0000 2022

RT @kinsie: The mobile Doom RPG game has been reverse-engineered and ported to PC by fans, complete with the additional graphics and sounds…

 Wed Jun 29 11:10:35 +0000 2022

For some reason I'm having a hard time accepting the fact that it's the year 2022 this morning.

 Wed Jun 29 11:26:49 +0000 2022

You been thinking of putin? 🤔

 Wed Jun 29 12:24:31 +0000 2022

Meow

 Wed Jun 29 13:14:52 +0000 2022

Majestic

 Wed Jun 29 13:20:23 +0000 2022

😍

 Wed Jun 29 13:54:13 +0000 2022

People are like "DOS gaming was already considered 'retro' in the year 2000." No. DOS gaming was considered *OLD*.

 Wed Jun 29 14:56:42 +0000 2022

 Wed Jun 29 15:04:37 +0000 2022

🔘 Restart (my life) in MS-DOS mode

 Wed Jun 29 15:17:55 +0000 2022

You're saying that like I wasn't one of those people.

 Wed Jun 29 15:48:10 +0000 2022

Thank goodness

 Wed Jun 29 16:17:00 +0000 2022

It's a babby ❤

 Wed Jun 29 16:17:23 +0000 2022

Awww

 Wed Jun 29 16:52:47 +0000 2022

RT @JenMsft: @SwiftOnSecurity 😆

 Wed Jun 29 16:58:37 +0000 2022

I am not old. I'm vintage and classic.

 Wed Jun 29 17:27:38 +0000 2022

"You can shoot everything, but perhaps you should not." https://t.co/gMqIcx9MeE

 Wed Jun 29 17:28:57 +0000 2022

 Wed Jun 29 17:55:20 +0000 2022

RT @BuildEnginePics: The Build Engine Holy Trinity

 Wed Jun 29 17:57:45 +0000 2022

Just slav squatting while waiting for my train. Tired, but there will be a new DOS Nostalgia video for you all when I finally make it home.

 Wed Jun 29 22:26:45 +0000 2022

(Slav squatting because suburban America doesn't believe in providing sitting spaces in public waiting areas, because god forbid homeless people might sleep on them.)

 Wed Jun 29 22:28:06 +0000 2022

Year 1998 was arguably one of the best years in videogame history. But what about DOS games? Sadly, it was the final year when more than a couple of DOS games could still be found of store shelves. So let's take a look at the end of big #DOSGaming era:
https://youtu.be/_ZshimNwqcA

 Thu Jun 30 00:10:45 +0000 2022

Please don't post any gratuitous pictures of penises.

 Thu Jun 30 12:45:45 +0000 2022

This is fucking shameful. At this very moment I see people in adventure game groups on Facebook laughing about this, saying stuff like "the guy who calls himself grumpy gamer can't handle criticism," and bringing up the Ugly Sonic situation. Social media has ruined us. https://x.com/VGC_News/status/1542431666588762112

 Thu Jun 30 12:49:03 +0000 2022

I just left a bunch of them. If admins allow this kind of thing to fester, the groups aren't for me.

 Thu Jun 30 13:09:23 +0000 2022

I couldn't figure out where this mockingbird's nest is, so I could avoid it, and because I have to leave and come back to my house multiple times throughout today, I'm going to be the subject of a series of vicious attacks.😂 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1540665500874817536

 Thu Jun 30 14:53:43 +0000 2022

I see people still going "well, it is fine for people to dislike something and voice their opinion" yeah, sure, THAT'S okay, but that's not what it was. In the past 24 hours I've read so much awful shit. FB groups are full of it, and Ron's *personal* website was full of these:

 Thu Jun 30 15:18:59 +0000 2022

👆 This is the kind of shit that'll make a person give up any kind of creative work forever. There's no excuse for this, and there are no circumstances under which this so called "feedback" on a creative work is okay.

 Thu Jun 30 15:20:39 +0000 2022

Sure, you can suggest that all you want, but it's still sucks when it's a major part of the flow. Negative stuff registers emotionally no matter how rational one knows they have to be about it.

 Thu Jun 30 15:33:02 +0000 2022

RT @GameHistoryOrg: "While the 4-color CGA was hideous compared to other machines of the time it’s a lovely memory of a forgotten time, now…

 Thu Jun 30 16:01:17 +0000 2022

Clax (Dmitry Pavlovsky, 1985) #DOSGameScreenADay #RussianVideogames #SovietVideogames

 Thu Jun 30 16:31:01 +0000 2022

You can grab the 1985 Soviet game "Clax" by Dmitry Pavlovsky, an engineer, psychologist, and Alexei Pajitnov collaborator, from the Internet Archive:
#DOSGaming
https://archive.org/details/ClaxPavlovsky

 Thu Jun 30 16:34:03 +0000 2022

He-hey, daytime people! Have you seen my video about MS-DOS games from the year 1998? Some people didn't even know there still were DOS games in 1998!
https://youtu.be/_ZshimNwqcA

 Thu Jun 30 17:25:58 +0000 2022

Most are DOS exclusives, but not all of them. It's not *all* DOS games from 1998, just a bunch.

 Thu Jun 30 17:50:35 +0000 2022

Another surgeon appointment. Watch my goddamn video before I die!

 Thu Jun 30 18:01:12 +0000 2022

Yep. I left all these groups today. If admins allow this sort out garbage to fester, these groups are not for me.

 Thu Jun 30 18:06:04 +0000 2022

 Thu Jun 30 18:08:29 +0000 2022

I honestly don't even remember. It was a bunch of groups I never really posted anything in before. All of sudden they got full of Monkey Island hate, and FB started pushing them on me. I left a few replies here and there, but eventually just looked for the LEAVE button.

 Thu Jun 30 18:11:02 +0000 2022

 Thu Jun 30 18:16:40 +0000 2022

It bugs the fuck out of me when people bring up the art in the first two games because *they are nothing alike stylistically*. They just both happen to be in 320x200, a standard resolution for the time, but that's hardly a "style".

 Thu Jun 30 18:41:18 +0000 2022

They are actually already complaining about that.

 Thu Jun 30 18:48:44 +0000 2022

Where do floppies go?

 Thu Jun 30 19:55:33 +0000 2022

System Shock 2 is neither a DOS game, nor did it come out in 1998.

 Thu Jun 30 19:57:54 +0000 2022

It came out in August of 1999, and it was a Windows game.

 Thu Jun 30 20:02:31 +0000 2022

I don't own a single one. Will you take entire John Carpenter's filmography in release order instead?

 Thu Jun 30 20:06:33 +0000 2022

Bruh, I don't know what Nokia or '79 have to do with DOS gaming to begin with.

 Thu Jun 30 20:11:42 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: "Look! Over there!" #DOSGaming

 Thu Jun 30 21:13:50 +0000 2022

😄

 Thu Jun 30 21:18:15 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
🚩 RED FLAG! 🚩
🚩 RED FLAG! 🚩
🚩 RED FLAG! 🚩
🚩 RED FLAG! 🚩
🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

 Thu Jun 30 21:33:39 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: LEGO Chess (Windows 9x, 1998) #NotDOS
3D chess by Krisalis Software aimed at children with 2 board & piece LEGO styles (W…

 Thu Jun 30 21:34:11 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: People often forget about the most essential Microsoft products.

 Thu Jun 30 21:34:42 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: The complete account of my evening of January 28th 2016

 Thu Jun 30 23:23:02 +0000 2022

It is now, but around 11:30 pm that night I could tell you that I did have an existential crisis of sorts, all joking aside.

 Thu Jun 30 23:28:57 +0000 2022

It is crazy how a little piece of information you're not aware of might just turn your perception of the world upside down in just the right circumstances. It really was a lesson in how human behavior works. I know these tweets look silly, but I *did* actually freak out.

 Thu Jun 30 23:32:00 +0000 2022

I'm comin' up, so you better get this MIDI started
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Thu Jun 30 23:48:04 +0000 2022

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/web/@dosnostalgic/108569092988230254

 Thu Jun 30 23:48:28 +0000 2022

RT @SyamaMishra: I can't help but. feel all the AI image generators are just exploiting how little of the world's created art is actually…

 Thu Jun 30 23:56:08 +0000 2022

That's it, I'm moving.

 Thu Jun 30 23:56:52 +0000 2022

Me when I overhear someone talking about a DOS game

 Fri Jul 01 00:20:49 +0000 2022

If you know what movie I'm watching in the beginning (without cheating) then you win absolutely nothing, but you're cool. 👍
https://youtu.be/_ZshimNwqcA

 Fri Jul 01 01:33:29 +0000 2022

RT @dosnostalgic: I *live* for videos that contains narration like this

 Fri Jul 01 02:17:22 +0000 2022

No, as it predates it by 5 years.

 Fri Jul 01 02:32:01 +0000 2022

Good night. 👧👧🥤🔊🦙

 Fri Jul 01 02:39:14 +0000 2022

RT @weirdlilguys:

 Fri Jul 01 03:19:50 +0000 2022