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RT @DeMickyD: https://t.co/Z1EYvYrcQC

 Fri Sep 01 04:09:01 +0000 2023

Mavis Beacon is still very much a software product.
https://www.broderbund.com/mavis-beacon-teaches-typing-anniversary-edition

 Fri Sep 01 04:14:40 +0000 2023

A very strict DOS game jam (game must be contained in a single COM file) starts today!
https://itch.io/jam/dos-com-game-jam

 Fri Sep 01 12:58:19 +0000 2023

RT @philscomputerlb: The very first Pentium was buggy but set off a new era for the PC: https://youtu.be/d2E-kahf1bM?si=H7ua3g09jm3Le4i5

 Fri Sep 01 13:07:40 +0000 2023

RT @KevEdwardsRetro: This is what official Nintendo floppy disks look like. I love the MARIO. I got this disk whilst visiting Nintendo, Sea…

 Fri Sep 01 13:08:47 +0000 2023

The popularity of DOS/4GW made Windows 95 game compatibility a little easier, but with higher stakes - Raymond Chen's The New Old Thing
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20230829-00/?p=108661

 Fri Sep 01 13:11:41 +0000 2023

 Fri Sep 01 17:35:03 +0000 2023

I was just told I looked like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. .... .... ... Bazinga? 🤷

 Fri Sep 01 17:46:21 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: Full Throttle *fart* easter egg:
#DOSGaming

 Fri Sep 01 18:41:35 +0000 2023

5+ hours into The Making of Karateka, and I only now begin to think that maybe I've seen most of what it has to offer.

 Fri Sep 01 23:43:28 +0000 2023

I wish there was some sort of a checklist of every feature (besides the progress tracker for each chapter, because they don't count the options for some of the stuff). I *almost* missed the commentary track for the Apple II version of the game.

 Fri Sep 01 23:47:29 +0000 2023

Can someone explain to me why HeroQuest II was an Amiga exclusive in the year of our Luigi 1994?

 Fri Sep 01 23:51:07 +0000 2023

HeroQuest (221B Software Development/Gremlin Graphics Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sat Sep 02 00:50:36 +0000 2023

Enter 121462 for the safe combination.

 Sat Sep 02 00:51:18 +0000 2023

RT @remute: My new album DRIVE INTO THE FUTURE is now up for preorder!
It comes for MS-DOS in a big box! :)
(A fully preconfigured DOSBOX v…

 Sat Sep 02 01:02:09 +0000 2023

I think the most common criticism of it at the time was that it was too close to the board game.

 Sat Sep 02 01:03:46 +0000 2023

Yes.

 Sat Sep 02 01:17:26 +0000 2023

It's great. And the new version of Karateka that they've made for it is so much fun to play.

 Sat Sep 02 01:23:16 +0000 2023

Absolutely. I'm really glad that we *finally* getting products like that. It's so much more than just packaging a bunch of games and emulators together.

 Sat Sep 02 01:35:26 +0000 2023

One of the dev's birthday.

 Sat Sep 02 02:03:02 +0000 2023

They didn't. Gremlin was the publisher, not the devs. That was Magnetic Fields.

 Sat Sep 02 02:08:51 +0000 2023

That's too personal, if you ask me.

 Sat Sep 02 02:12:17 +0000 2023

Load your drivers high, and zig-a-zig ah!

 Sat Sep 02 02:16:45 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: A letter to Sierra

 Sat Sep 02 12:33:34 +0000 2023

What happens after September 5th?

 Sat Sep 02 12:55:47 +0000 2023

RT @colinhoad: Ah, bliss

 Sat Sep 02 15:35:28 +0000 2023

In 1995 Full Throttle's electric bunnies accompanied by Ride of the Valkyries was absolutely the funniest gag I've ever seen in a videogame.
#DOSGaming

 Sat Sep 02 15:43:59 +0000 2023

I know which one you mean. I watched it yesterday after making the tweet.

 Sat Sep 02 15:51:43 +0000 2023

That's the one.

 Sat Sep 02 15:56:41 +0000 2023

DREAMM is an emulator for essentially every Lucasfilm/Lucasarts PC game from 80s and 90s, and it's available for Windows, Mac, & Linux:
https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/ https://t.co/O2ADPIsiWc

 Sat Sep 02 17:28:14 +0000 2023

RT @banditloaf: Having an EGA kind of day!

 Sat Sep 02 17:34:17 +0000 2023

That, Rogue Squadron, and Episode 1 Racer I think are the only ones missing right now.

 Sat Sep 02 18:40:29 +0000 2023

Great Courts 2/Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour/Pro Tennis Tour 2/Jimmy Connors Great Courts 2 (Blue Byte Software/Ubi Soft Entertainment Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sat Sep 02 19:01:33 +0000 2023

What?!?!?!

 Sat Sep 02 19:12:49 +0000 2023

It's not Tetris, it's Qix/Xonix.

 Sat Sep 02 19:25:11 +0000 2023

ScummVM has more features and fixes, DREAMM is more accurate.

 Sat Sep 02 19:39:20 +0000 2023

ScummVM consists of re-implementations of engines, it doesn't emulate actual computers. This one is the opposite, it emulates enough of actual hardware *and* OS functions for each of the games to run.

 Sat Sep 02 19:41:45 +0000 2023

Yes. it's mostly timings and such. But also ScummVM fixes things in games at runtime as well, and that can be anything from text colors and typos, to re-enabling missing sounds and other media.

 Sat Sep 02 20:05:00 +0000 2023

Oh my god, someone finally leaked the full pilot episode of the, thankfully, not picked up American remake of Spaced. What a mess. 😬
https://youtu.be/x5w7X86C_dg?si=ruhdqc5bkBRWMy1K

 Sat Sep 02 20:51:10 +0000 2023

It's like there're deliberately trying to ruin every single scene. Holy shit. 😨

 Sat Sep 02 21:03:25 +0000 2023

Forecast for tonight:
Drunk Russians in NYC 🥂🗽

 Sat Sep 02 21:56:27 +0000 2023

RT @ken__mode: Очень плохо.

 Sat Sep 02 22:25:54 +0000 2023

 Sat Sep 02 22:26:23 +0000 2023

Bruh, Maniac Mansion is the first on list.

 Sun Sep 03 01:58:56 +0000 2023

Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like DOS? 🤔

 Sun Sep 03 07:33:26 +0000 2023

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 Sun Sep 03 09:55:03 +0000 2023

An incredibly honest description of SWAT's gameplay. Didn't expect that from an ad. https://t.co/JJoMzrYmUO

 Sun Sep 03 17:22:43 +0000 2023

One Hundred and One Monochrome Mazes for the IBM PC - "In Color" 😂
https://youtu.be/atLG-gyXeSY?si=Tcf8xeX9aSAaUwX-

 Sun Sep 03 17:31:32 +0000 2023

Add this pic to the profile!

 Sun Sep 03 17:34:14 +0000 2023

It's in a bunch of war movies, Full Metal Jacket being one, for example.

 Sun Sep 03 19:56:28 +0000 2023

Also Heartbreak Ridge:

 Sun Sep 03 20:00:22 +0000 2023

DOS
HIGHWAY
➯ https://x.com/TheMedievalNerd/status/1698425630470377882

 Sun Sep 03 20:52:25 +0000 2023

I believe it supports TF CD. XvT is not currently supported.

 Mon Sep 04 01:16:29 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: If you play Dungeon Keeper on a full moon night, you get a two line poem before the game #DOSGaming https://t.co/LxnR9FNl…

 Mon Sep 04 03:00:27 +0000 2023

Blood & Magic review from the point of view of a D&D fan:
https://youtu.be/WdZCaqxkzyM?si=ctP3seg-t5MpFfA7

 Mon Sep 04 12:17:35 +0000 2023

Die Geheimchroniken des Howard Carter (Pirat Art Studio/PC Spiel, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Mon Sep 04 16:10:03 +0000 2023

This obscure short adventure game that was released only on a cover CD of a German gaming magazine PC Spiel in 1995 has actually been translated and remade TWICE recently:
For the C64: https://bolzgramm.itch.io/chaluuls-curse-chapter-1
For Windows, Mac, and Linux: https://brocantygames.itch.io/chaluuls-curse-remake

 Mon Sep 04 16:11:28 +0000 2023

Some spend a lot of time sending others disgusting anonymous emails, but will report you to Twitter for making those emails public. 🤷 Bitch.

 Mon Sep 04 16:15:53 +0000 2023

Yep.

 Mon Sep 04 16:20:27 +0000 2023

Fix for the difficulty bug in Blood for the DOS version! You can now save scum on any difficulty! 😅 https://x.com/THEBaratusII/status/1698680061459570911

 Mon Sep 04 16:24:54 +0000 2023

That's the hard part. First you have to find who owns the rights, and then convince them to sell them to you. Money is secondary. "Where can I buy more?" is what *everyone* wants to know.

 Mon Sep 04 16:31:18 +0000 2023

My car blew up shortly after, so my priorities shifted. I need to get back on it.

 Mon Sep 04 17:02:59 +0000 2023

Windows Update Restored, a community based project aimed at restoring the old Windows Update websites for Windows 95, NT4, 98, Me, 2000 and XP:
windowsupdaterestored(DOT)com - not an HTTPS website, so your modern internet tools will probably complain.
https://shorturl.at/yMVY8

 Mon Sep 04 18:26:33 +0000 2023

 Mon Sep 04 21:58:13 +0000 2023

"- MS-DOS®-based games run better and more reliably."

 Mon Sep 04 22:32:33 +0000 2023

86box

 Mon Sep 04 22:45:36 +0000 2023

Can't really think of any. I guess the handful of DOS games that used 3dfx would fall into this category. 🤷‍♂️

 Mon Sep 04 22:46:20 +0000 2023

Exciting times!

 Mon Sep 04 23:05:28 +0000 2023

My Russian hometown had already reached Starship Troopers-like levels of war propaganda. 🤮

 Mon Sep 04 23:51:55 +0000 2023

 Tue Sep 05 00:00:22 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: From the manual of Sensible Software's Cannon Fodder (1993):

 Tue Sep 05 00:01:55 +0000 2023

Oh yes.

 Tue Sep 05 00:14:42 +0000 2023

Photo taken at 1:25 AM

 Tue Sep 05 00:31:21 +0000 2023

I don't think it's the name. I think it's more the fact that it's deliberately Internet Explorer 5 compliant, so it's missing all modern security features including SSL.

 Tue Sep 05 01:35:37 +0000 2023

Pretty good hustle, kid. Cuatro.

 Tue Sep 05 02:25:50 +0000 2023

You're right. Starfield is great!

 Tue Sep 05 03:31:04 +0000 2023

Is this a PC-98?

 Tue Sep 05 03:37:45 +0000 2023

They didn't run better. Windows introduced a level of abstraction. But "more reliably" could refer to the fact that if a DOS game crashed in Windows, there was a good chance that it wouldn't take an entire computer with it.

 Tue Sep 05 14:32:58 +0000 2023

That's the one!

 Tue Sep 05 17:48:42 +0000 2023

RT @Macaw45: You bet I need to stream a Taiwanese Virtua Cop clone on DOS that looks awesome https://www.twitch.tv/macaw45

 Wed Sep 06 01:11:01 +0000 2023

It fucking ROCKS

 Wed Sep 06 01:11:24 +0000 2023

As if it was possible for me to love RoboCop any more.
(From "RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop," 2023)

 Wed Sep 06 01:20:49 +0000 2023

I don't think most people understand just how much I love RoboCop. I like a lot of genre films, and a lot of cinema in general, but RoboCop is like if someone made a movie just for me.

 Wed Sep 06 01:24:46 +0000 2023

RT @Thunder_Owl: https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rockstar-just-proved-how-important-piracy-is-for-game-preservation/

 Wed Sep 06 13:17:05 +0000 2023

RT @damsonwastaken: Falcon 3.0 was a great game but we need to remember its dark side too. It required 600K of base memory to run.
Thanks t…

 Wed Sep 06 16:32:13 +0000 2023

RT @pagb666: The Terminator: Rampage, a huge PoS from Bethesda Softworks. Gameplay below / The #Terminator: Rampage, un gran montón de mier…

 Wed Sep 06 16:32:44 +0000 2023

Which is funny because it was always intended for the PCjr.

 Wed Sep 06 16:33:43 +0000 2023

RT @TheMedievalNerd: 💾Street Rod
🗓️1989
🖥️Magic Partners
📢California Dreams
#Daily80sDOSscreenshot
#DOSGaming

 Wed Sep 06 16:34:08 +0000 2023

Relationships between cats & humans pretty much entirely depend on learning to understand emotions of the other. We get to figure out different meows, behavior patterns, etc. They learn how to read when we're happy, angry (at them), or in distress. They know.

 Wed Sep 06 17:37:37 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Wed Sep 06 21:10:48 +0000 2023

This MOV-only implementation of DOOM takes 7 hours to render each frame, but it's still impressive nonetheless. https://x.com/ocornut/status/1699149408938455403

 Thu Sep 07 13:43:11 +0000 2023

Quake 2 multiplayer, so post 97, mouse + keyboard, but not a WASD in sight https://x.com/RetroTechDreams/status/1699408025088389353

 Thu Sep 07 13:46:09 +0000 2023

Not a WASD in sight, despite it being Quake 2.

 Thu Sep 07 13:46:41 +0000 2023

Idk how many people remember this now, but Quake 2 came bundled with a bunch of config files, and one of them was the WASD configuration used by Dennis “Thresh” Fong, the player who won Carmack's Ferrari.

 Thu Sep 07 14:21:02 +0000 2023

Why does Quake 2 on Steam lists November 11th of 1997 as the release date? The files on the original CD are from November 30th, and the "canonical" US release date has been December 9th (although I'm not sure how, seeing how it's only a week away from master)

 Thu Sep 07 15:02:32 +0000 2023

Yeah, but it couldn't have been in shops before the disc was pressed, could it?

 Thu Sep 07 15:11:19 +0000 2023

The very FIRST pressing has files on it dated 11/30/97, and includes this file that has a date on last minute info that couldn't be included in the manual. The announcement for the UK street date wouldn't even come till December 5th.

 Thu Sep 07 15:14:57 +0000 2023

Inside the very first version of PAK0.PAK file are files with dates like 11/26/97.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1699789881449562475

 Thu Sep 07 15:16:17 +0000 2023

The Taking of Beverly Hills (Off The Wall Productions/Capstone Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Sep 07 16:00:16 +0000 2023

 Thu Sep 07 16:00:25 +0000 2023

RT @Philsan69: AtariAge will be acquired by @atari, Albert Yarusso will become an employee and will continue to manage shop and forum http…

 Thu Sep 07 16:02:42 +0000 2023

The non-limited price is now $17.99 🤷‍♂️ https://fpsdoc.com https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1697345325961277446

 Thu Sep 07 16:57:03 +0000 2023

News archive that states that on 11/13 no official release date has been announced yet:
http://www.quake2.com/oldnews/11-8-97_11-14-97.html

 Thu Sep 07 17:16:29 +0000 2023

RT @SlappyCromwell: Speaking of Quake 2, I'm archiving the long lost Quake 2: Authorized Strategy Guide CD-ROM which included 5 exclusive l…

 Thu Sep 07 18:09:49 +0000 2023

Remember these bad boys?

 Thu Sep 07 19:56:27 +0000 2023

I like new games. 😅

 Thu Sep 07 22:06:10 +0000 2023

Big news for fans of classic adventure gaming on the go who have Apple devices! https://x.com/ScummVM/status/1699897168360767491

 Thu Sep 07 22:14:25 +0000 2023

Alright. Fine. I'm gonna watch it.

 Thu Sep 07 22:20:17 +0000 2023

Not 5 minutes in, and there's the same footage being reused within one minute span. 🤷‍♂️

 Thu Sep 07 22:31:39 +0000 2023

1988 date on the bottom for the original Apple II version of Dangerous Dave, but the 1990 DOS version is shown, with its actual date displayed right on the title screen. 🤷‍♂️

 Thu Sep 07 22:50:52 +0000 2023

It's great. I'm 7 hours in, and I'm not even done.

 Thu Sep 07 22:52:19 +0000 2023

Well, it's a lot smaller in scope, obviously, but it's about the same. You have about 14 playable things, which are 2 games in various stages of development, with 2 modern versions of both (not unlike new games in Atari 50), under 2 hrs of video, and lots of stuff to look at/read

 Thu Sep 07 22:58:45 +0000 2023

Apple II, C64, and Atari 800 are the only playable ones (with optional enhancements) as far as the original versions go. Other ports are mentioned in the documentary, and screenshots from most ports are also present. And, of course, there's a brand new 2023 version.

 Thu Sep 07 23:15:17 +0000 2023

Recognition/nostalgia factor.

 Thu Sep 07 23:20:14 +0000 2023

It's great, if you like ROTT. Because I don't, I can only handle it in very small doses. But the remaster is exceptionally well done.

 Thu Sep 07 23:33:32 +0000 2023

An hour in, Warren Spector mentions playing a Terminator game that had mouselook. Footage of Rampage is shown, a game that doesn't have mouselook. 🤷‍♂️ Gonna assume he was talking about Future Shock, a game that had mouselook (& left side keyboard controls as default)

 Thu Sep 07 23:55:17 +0000 2023

Ummmm... What? I'm not done yet, so I have no final opinion. It's 4 and a half hours long.

 Fri Sep 08 00:08:37 +0000 2023

Gonna stop half-way through for now. So far my favorite bits of the doc are the ones with people who I don't see giving on-camera interviews very often. Andrian Carmack, Richard Grey, Robert Atkins, Ken Silverman, Justin Fisher, Thresh, and David Alan Smith.

 Fri Sep 08 01:10:55 +0000 2023

Meanwhile at Dwango Deathmatch '95, Andre "Cranium" is clearly playing with WASD + mouse controls.
https://youtu.be/plERxflYsxM?si=e3kcsAHAR7KFrHg0

 Fri Sep 08 02:51:20 +0000 2023

Sverre Kvernmo went on to work on Master Levels for Doom II, Reneck Rampage, Daikatana, and KISS: Psycho Circus. That's what happens with people used WASD in an fps in 1995.

 Fri Sep 08 02:57:49 +0000 2023

It really depends. I feel like most 90s adventure game protagonists are bottoms. 🤷‍♂️ https://x.com/AGHotspot/status/1699642873828774122

 Fri Sep 08 03:00:38 +0000 2023

RT @jmechner: If you like buying #books online, Barnes & Noble is offering 25% discount on all book preorders using code PREORDER25 (ends t…

 Fri Sep 08 11:47:08 +0000 2023

Seems like a predominately a packet of Windows joy.

 Fri Sep 08 11:49:21 +0000 2023

Waka waka

 Fri Sep 08 18:16:06 +0000 2023

RT @romerogamesltd: [From our Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@romerogames?_t=8fWQy7jDgrR&_r=1]

First episode of Archive Exploration! ✨🤘📦

In this episode, John shows us s…

 Fri Sep 08 19:45:39 +0000 2023

RT @crdudeyoutube: ==== NEW VIDEO ====
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUdtqtIgzQ0

Did you know Creative even made CDROMs? How about the most unusual CDROMs i…

 Fri Sep 08 21:50:13 +0000 2023

Well, that's it. You're now banned from New York. 🤷

 Fri Sep 08 21:52:28 +0000 2023

Cartman's Quest (TopGun Software, 1999) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Fri Sep 08 23:24:37 +0000 2023

NuXT 2.0 Motherboard - A New 8088 Motherboard for your DIY PC Clone - Nerdly Pleasures
http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2023/09/nuxt-20-motherboard-new-8088.html

 Fri Sep 08 23:38:25 +0000 2023

Box art of the day:

 Sat Sep 09 00:49:22 +0000 2023

It is very rare to hear videogame trailblazers mention that someone else most likely would have come up with the same idea eventually. So big props to Levelord here, discussing his work on HIPDM1:

 Sat Sep 09 01:05:35 +0000 2023

https://valvedev.info/tools/virtus-deathmatch-maker/

 Sat Sep 09 02:41:08 +0000 2023

🤔

 Sat Sep 09 03:19:36 +0000 2023

Nerdly Pleasures blog isn't by me. I'm just a fan of it.

 Sat Sep 09 03:31:47 +0000 2023

RT @BatmanAnthology: Concept Art for the Cockpit of the Bat Ski Boat, from the Batman Returns gamefor MS-DOS Published by Konami, art by Iv…

 Sat Sep 09 08:24:32 +0000 2023

If I had a quarter for every time I read/hard "Art imitates life". That's not the saying! It's literally how 90% of all art works.

 Sat Sep 09 13:28:01 +0000 2023

SoftGPU: SW and HW accelerated driver for Windows 9x Virtual Machines
https://github.com/JHRobotics/softgpu

 Sat Sep 09 14:15:01 +0000 2023

SoftGPU in action: 3DMark 2001
https://youtu.be/DyrnMKvaaj8?si=Ln5KO26dgCySyDB-

 Sat Sep 09 14:22:31 +0000 2023

It might not be.

 Sat Sep 09 15:41:08 +0000 2023

It was.

 Sat Sep 09 16:26:28 +0000 2023

Yep. And then they became the Tom Clancy game company.

 Sat Sep 09 16:27:22 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: It is very rare to hear videogame trailblazers mention that someone else most likely would have come up with the same ide…

 Sat Sep 09 16:37:18 +0000 2023

Oh no, the actual context of the quote is when Spector saw functioning 3D mouselook he said "it will never catch on."

 Sat Sep 09 16:43:58 +0000 2023

1997

 Sat Sep 09 17:01:41 +0000 2023

Well, it was pretty close. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1700211424654405973

 Sat Sep 09 18:20:05 +0000 2023

Remember when "Batman Returns" came out, and lots of Americans freaked out that it was too dark? 😂 Don't ever tell me how allegedly unbothered everyone was in the 90s! 🤣

 Sat Sep 09 19:04:19 +0000 2023

Btw, Batman Returns is a great fucking movie. Idk why some people really dislike it. Even if you think it's not a great Batman movie I think we can all agree that it is an exceptionally good Tim Burton movie.

 Sat Sep 09 19:07:12 +0000 2023

 Sat Sep 09 19:09:32 +0000 2023

I mean, you can give a little money and pick up a copy on eBay.

 Sat Sep 09 19:27:11 +0000 2023

GOG is giving away an underrated 1999 fps Requiem: Avenging Angel.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/requiem_avenging_angel?fbclid=IwAR1rruZf7EXPpAvEijb60_aaY9uvtTRLIyxJ31KVHGZLdLer702ym4I9sho

 Sat Sep 09 20:28:42 +0000 2023

Could be

 Sat Sep 09 20:46:03 +0000 2023

It's called artistic liberty.

 Sat Sep 09 21:00:33 +0000 2023

Most certainly

 Sat Sep 09 21:08:04 +0000 2023

- What garbage! 😠
- Well, what do you expect? They're Canadian. 🤷‍♂️

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Sat Sep 09 23:43:13 +0000 2023

 Sat Sep 09 23:46:40 +0000 2023

RT @oleivarrudi: i once found a counterstrike map of the building where i go to the dentist

 Sat Sep 09 23:49:07 +0000 2023

RT @banditloaf: Remember the specific point in 1995 where game installers all got hot?

 Sun Sep 10 00:12:04 +0000 2023

As if that's the first time that happened. 😄

 Sun Sep 10 01:02:13 +0000 2023

Have you played Return to Monkey Island?

 Sun Sep 10 15:17:37 +0000 2023

You need to play the 2nd one. And then Return. That'll make you weep.

 Sun Sep 10 15:41:02 +0000 2023

A tweet about MS-DOS

 Sun Sep 10 16:06:40 +0000 2023

I know TD3 has many issues, but this was the first open world 3D driving game I've played, and man, I don't think it's possible to describe how incredible it felt that you can just drive off a road, drive through a barn and run over an animated chicken. It felt REAL. https://x.com/TheMedievalNerd/status/1700599959463297440

 Sun Sep 10 16:10:57 +0000 2023

The promise of possibilities via interactivity had always been more important than graphics. Interactions are what is selling the world.

 Sun Sep 10 16:14:05 +0000 2023

It is still the same. Yeah, there are really good looking VR games. But if a VR game looks like a cartoon, but you can grab a bottle with one hand wile opening it with another, it doesn't matter what it looks like - you're there.

 Sun Sep 10 16:14:48 +0000 2023

It's The Passion™
#DOSGaming

 Sun Sep 10 16:21:13 +0000 2023

Just wish it didn't have this James Woods-looking motherfucker on the cover.

 Sun Sep 10 16:22:58 +0000 2023

You're talking to a professional here.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1184198813252308992?t=qasQ7WvgXUUZyhSBNVeMlw&s=19

 Sun Sep 10 16:46:48 +0000 2023

It's a neat concept. The execution is lacking in many areas, but it was a fairly unique experience back in the day.

 Sun Sep 10 17:33:27 +0000 2023

RT @yeokm1: Now vintage PCs can have a native connection to modern HDMI monitors without any additional adapter.

Thanks to giants like @Tu…

 Sun Sep 10 21:48:33 +0000 2023

Hey, sorry to dig this up, but do you by any chance remember how and where you came across this game for the first time, and what language it was in?

 Sun Sep 10 21:59:13 +0000 2023

Wow. You wouldn't have a link to the CD image, would you?

 Sun Sep 10 22:26:13 +0000 2023

Damn. This turned out to be surprisingly easier than what I was mentally preparing for.

 Sun Sep 10 22:29:41 +0000 2023

Well, the English version of "Russian Roulette 2" that barely made it out of Russia was found! https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1423016781669703682

 Sun Sep 10 23:16:51 +0000 2023

A full official English version of Russian Roulette 2 was discovered on a coverdisc of a Polish gaming magazine, and the CD image is now available for download here:
https://archive.org/details/Russian-Roulette-2-English

 Mon Sep 11 00:18:08 +0000 2023

RT @DominicTarason: On a whim I decided to check if the Overload community were up to anything. Turns out that just two weeks ago, the bigg…

 Mon Sep 11 00:30:19 +0000 2023

It is so weird to see a super obscure version of an already obscure game. Feels pretty surreal. Clearly the translation was quickly done in-house & was never meant to be seen like that. It is terrible, but often funny.
Here's (most of) the introduction for the 2nd level:

 Mon Sep 11 00:58:35 +0000 2023

Did you think I wouldn't notice? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

 Mon Sep 11 00:59:50 +0000 2023

The intro uses the in-game assets. It actually runs on the first map. The graphics are fairly low poly because the game loads each worlds map in its entirety every time. It took forever back in the day. Having more than 2 enemies on screen at once meat single digit fps.

 Mon Sep 11 02:39:18 +0000 2023

But do animated chickens show up on the lowest detail level?

 Mon Sep 11 10:29:01 +0000 2023

RT @fgasking: A big surprise to kick off the week at Games That Weren't, with recovery of a long lost and complete #PC #DOS conversion of F…

 Mon Sep 11 12:14:15 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: Me every time a lost game is found:

 Mon Sep 11 14:12:15 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: A full official English version of Russian Roulette 2 was discovered on a coverdisc of a Polish gaming magazine, and the…

 Mon Sep 11 14:12:27 +0000 2023

Oh, trust me, I know. 😄
https://youtu.be/cWX1bXLeqdw?si=BRJvXhZy-ovxNZPJ

 Mon Sep 11 14:35:16 +0000 2023

Not for me, no.

 Mon Sep 11 15:36:39 +0000 2023

Also I finally finished it yesterday. And the only reason I haven't said anything about it is because I have to figure out how to avoid sounding too mean.

 Mon Sep 11 15:43:48 +0000 2023

Yeah, MS-DOS. Famous for crashing and having to be removed to reinstall. 🤷

 Mon Sep 11 21:07:48 +0000 2023

DR DOS

 Mon Sep 11 21:09:51 +0000 2023

I'm beginning to suspect that I was there a lot more than the guy who wrote this.

 Mon Sep 11 21:10:35 +0000 2023

It's Digital Research's (CP/M) MS-DOS competitor. Didn't do too well despite some cool features for several reasons:
- Released too late (1988)
- More expensive than MS-DOS
- Microsoft had their OEM deal with most PC manufactures
- Windows made secretly made to not install on it

 Mon Sep 11 21:14:13 +0000 2023

Of course it's weirdly written. It's total bullshit is what it is.

 Mon Sep 11 21:31:06 +0000 2023

Nope

 Mon Sep 11 22:39:32 +0000 2023

Funny thing about "Russian Roulette 2", a game that no one knows exists, is that somehow Nvidia Control panel has a profile for it, & it's automatically assigned to NW.EXE. So most mentions of the game in recent years is people wondering why their NW.EXE process is called that 😂

 Mon Sep 11 23:07:56 +0000 2023

RT @banditloaf: Listen: Wing Commander does not print “thank you for playing Wing Commander” when you quit. It never has. No port says it.…

 Mon Sep 11 23:17:15 +0000 2023

The *best* Cinemaware-style game is the one Cinemaware didn't make. 👇 https://x.com/TheMedievalNerd/status/1701324738864546087

 Mon Sep 11 23:22:17 +0000 2023

Videogames *can* be educational.
https://x.com/MiklCraw4d/status/1701379234466607199?t=pMyosKT-fEa5jbS5Qd_ESA&s=19

 Mon Sep 11 23:39:04 +0000 2023

 Tue Sep 12 00:32:40 +0000 2023

RT @POStudios: Lure of the Temptress, 1992. Revolution Software.

 Tue Sep 12 01:27:40 +0000 2023

Haha. I have never touched ExoDos collection, but I'm happy to see the person behind it knows what they are doing.

 Tue Sep 12 03:05:13 +0000 2023

RT @jmechner: Who remembers the ending of Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (1993)?💾
My new #retrogaming #art print, "Cliffhange…

 Tue Sep 12 15:40:22 +0000 2023

RT @unormal: oh MY GOD HAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/vXXsnfJSQG

 Tue Sep 12 19:40:49 +0000 2023

Is this the first industry-wide rug pull of this magnitude?

 Tue Sep 12 21:53:08 +0000 2023

Unity policy change

 Tue Sep 12 22:02:16 +0000 2023

RT @TafferKing451:

 Tue Sep 12 22:04:15 +0000 2023

I have just learned that Windows has a built-in LinkedIn keyboard shortcut that is CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+WIN+L, and now I'm just sitting here staring at a wall.

 Wed Sep 13 01:19:37 +0000 2023

Weird to see all the "oh well, Unreal is the better engine anyway" posts. As if Epic is your buddy from down the block, and not a huge corporation with its own questionable business practices.

 Wed Sep 13 13:09:41 +0000 2023

May I suggest an engine for your next project? https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/826492119560908800

 Wed Sep 13 15:54:58 +0000 2023

"I used to know how to boot computer in MS-DOS." Oh man, me too. It was also known as "turning it on."

 Wed Sep 13 17:14:09 +0000 2023

Rookie mistake: your tweet didn't have any pictures attached.

 Wed Sep 13 17:19:37 +0000 2023

Correct

 Wed Sep 13 17:22:12 +0000 2023

Finally

 Wed Sep 13 17:30:16 +0000 2023

*Myst is a registered trademark of Cyan Inc.

 Wed Sep 13 17:33:39 +0000 2023

Feeling bummed out today because of some stupid material things, something I'm usually pretty good at not letting myself get upset about.
Tell me something about your recent DOS gaming experience, or just DOS gaming in general. I could use a distraction.

 Wed Sep 13 17:40:43 +0000 2023

That's a beauty.

 Wed Sep 13 17:43:19 +0000 2023

 Wed Sep 13 17:44:02 +0000 2023

Idk. I both feel like that situation is so different to what actually happened that it is nearly impossible to theorize on alternate paths. At the same time I don't think games played an important part in PC's early days & eventual market dominance, so that's a really tough one.

 Wed Sep 13 17:49:20 +0000 2023

How long did it take you. The game's actually on my list to revisit for one of my upcoming videos.

 Wed Sep 13 17:55:45 +0000 2023

DOS ist gut.

 Wed Sep 13 17:56:35 +0000 2023

Huh. It really looks like I waited 3 entire years before I made my first purchase through Steam.

 Wed Sep 13 18:00:22 +0000 2023

That is an excellent story, and it took my entire will power to not tag Jordan Mechner in this tweet.

 Wed Sep 13 18:10:03 +0000 2023

Hey, remember how in the 2000s we all made dozens of engines, and never made any games with them? Good times. Just reminiscing for no reason.

 Wed Sep 13 19:12:21 +0000 2023

As someone who had made more engines than games, I can tell you that it is a *very* satisfying thing to do.

 Wed Sep 13 19:16:35 +0000 2023

This is a porn parody. All teenagers are automatically 100% in, no matter what the title or the tagline are.

 Wed Sep 13 19:25:46 +0000 2023

Not sold, installed. A pretty big difference.

 Wed Sep 13 21:33:03 +0000 2023

Right. What about the other way, I, only one buyer, have bought a game, and went to install it on several machines? Or maybe I uninstalled it, and reinstalled it later?
And while they said pirated copies or demos won't count ("mostly") they released no info on how it's determined

 Wed Sep 13 21:37:12 +0000 2023

Sky is falling hysteria is because a trusted product accessible and used to tens of thousands of customers had *drastically* changed their pay model & terms without any warning.

 Wed Sep 13 21:42:48 +0000 2023

Lots of people used this. And still do in its current iteration as Clickteam Fusion.

 Wed Sep 13 22:29:07 +0000 2023

Correct, although they use the xLua plugin extensively.

 Wed Sep 13 22:45:59 +0000 2023

Nah, I've seen him code. Leans *heavily* into Lua. And for a good reason too. Clickteam really should have integrated scripting into their products a long time ago.

 Wed Sep 13 22:55:12 +0000 2023

That was always my dowfall. Researching new things, making tools was fun. It's problem solving. But then you have to put in more, often very tedious work into making the actual game. In most cases I got bored/distracted before I finished. Making games is hard.

 Wed Sep 13 23:44:32 +0000 2023

Snow & Fire (Ediciones Mago, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Sep 14 00:10:45 +0000 2023

What was wrong with using File Manager?

 Thu Sep 14 00:16:51 +0000 2023

So I took a look at the English-language demo version of Russian Roulette 2, and the translation has clearly been properly corrected & edited. Also saw a few mentions of the game being published at least in Europe by a Canadian company Microforum, including an Italian translation

 Thu Sep 14 00:40:12 +0000 2023

Hmmmm... Original is the one I played the most because it was the only one available to me. But 2000 has a really cool aesthetic, and its presentation is so chill. So idk. Heck, maybe I'd even pick SimCity Classic for its delightfully corny FMV.

 Thu Sep 14 03:34:00 +0000 2023

That's a miss

 Thu Sep 14 07:44:15 +0000 2023

What malicious intent? Brain was deliberately non-destructive.

 Thu Sep 14 13:51:49 +0000 2023

As someone who had run hundreds of Windows 3.x programs and dozens of Windows 3.x games, I can assure you that isn't true.

 Thu Sep 14 13:55:37 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: #DOSGaming

 Thu Sep 14 14:21:15 +0000 2023

Timberwolf - Revisiting the streets of my youth via Sierra's Police Quest
https://youtu.be/DGCr1MdMvXY?si=yeAohvPgmWJrGfNq

 Thu Sep 14 14:33:03 +0000 2023

The disk was *not* rendered inoperable unless it was a booter that actually had a program in the boot sector. So if you a DOS floppy with actual files on it, everything would still work as expected. (Your disk label would change though.)

 Thu Sep 14 14:39:39 +0000 2023

Here's a guy infecting his DOS 3 boot floppy. As you can see, all the files and the functionality of Command(dot)com are still intact:
https://youtu.be/nuzrxQgvJS0?si=LnPabzbokdbc87qc

 Thu Sep 14 14:41:15 +0000 2023

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - Volume II original tapes have been found at a garage sale. Watch all the raw footage in this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3eMpGbSBzjg44zwxQr0WL2msnGQ3R6Mv

 Thu Sep 14 14:55:37 +0000 2023

Nacah (Windows 9x, 2001) #NotDOS
A game that asks an important question: "What if Myst was bad, and all puzzles relied exclusively on looking stuff up in the Bible?" 🤔

 Thu Sep 14 15:57:46 +0000 2023

This isn't an exaggeration. At the start the game tells you to keep the Bible handy, and then just proceeds to throw verses at you instead of puzzle hints.

 Thu Sep 14 16:00:17 +0000 2023

Yes, it absolutely would. Very noticeably too back in the day.

 Thu Sep 14 17:39:14 +0000 2023

Box art of the day: #DOSGaming

 Fri Sep 15 00:25:56 +0000 2023

Hell yeah, Windows 95. Let me have *real* MS-DOS, and not some fancy DOS 7 stuff.

 Fri Sep 15 00:47:16 +0000 2023

A standard feature of Windows 95 that everyone forgets about. (I believe it was also broken in OSR2, and never got fixed.)

 Fri Sep 15 00:51:50 +0000 2023

Hmmmm... You know what? I don't know. Feels like you shouldn't be able to. And I don't currently have the right conditions to test.

 Fri Sep 15 01:25:07 +0000 2023

... i don't get it.

 Fri Sep 15 02:03:40 +0000 2023

Ah, I see now.

 Fri Sep 15 02:11:40 +0000 2023

The best thing about this box
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1539993488183394305?t=6-8vVz1jDySnb4zISqNMYg&s=19

 Fri Sep 15 13:09:16 +0000 2023

Well, this is unexpected. 😯 https://x.com/DigitalEclipse/status/1702670424872747304

 Fri Sep 15 13:28:05 +0000 2023

The fact that it's built off the original Apple II code is just great.
https://www.digitaleclipse.com/media/wizardry-faq

 Fri Sep 15 14:12:32 +0000 2023

Over on a different social network someone had just explained to me that DOSBox is a very useful thing that exists. Amazing things we can do with computers these days.

 Fri Sep 15 14:42:36 +0000 2023

Character mods/trainers were popular with Wizardry back in the day. Any plans to include a built-in "cheat" mode?

 Fri Sep 15 16:15:57 +0000 2023

I mean, this also has real puzzles, but hint numbers and key words are all replaced by Bible references.

 Fri Sep 15 17:32:16 +0000 2023

 Fri Sep 15 17:48:20 +0000 2023

RT @mattzollerseitz: This is what it comes down to: if you look at art like a consumer demanding a burger with certain ingredients, everyth…

 Fri Sep 15 19:42:22 +0000 2023

Box art of the day: #DOSGaming

 Sat Sep 16 01:22:54 +0000 2023

RT @Pixelmusement: New episode of Ancient DOS Games uploaded and ready to watch! https://youtu.be/DFxRy02QvL0

 Sat Sep 16 01:43:20 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: Are you this old?

 Sat Sep 16 17:28:45 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: MS-DOS Batman #DOSGaming

 Sat Sep 16 20:48:56 +0000 2023

RT @timeextension64: "Rick was certainly the aesthetic soul of Westwood. We were all a bit in awe of his artistic capacities" https://t.co/…

 Sat Sep 16 21:51:31 +0000 2023

Funny thing is there was only 13 months between the releases of Millennium and XP.

 Sat Sep 16 23:51:54 +0000 2023

Nobody played it because its existence was only discovered a week or so ago.

 Sat Sep 16 23:55:55 +0000 2023

RT @ocornut: “But does your bicycle plays Doom?”

 Sun Sep 17 11:20:33 +0000 2023

 Sun Sep 17 15:59:40 +0000 2023

Excuse me, but 1998 exists.

 Sun Sep 17 16:09:10 +0000 2023

 Sun Sep 17 16:10:16 +0000 2023

Armorik the Viking: The Eight Conquests/Les Huit Conquêtes d'Armorik le Viking (Infogrames, 1988) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Sep 17 16:17:18 +0000 2023

AzorDash - Operation Neptune Retrospective
#DOSGaming
https://youtu.be/k3JVMe6uYn8

 Sun Sep 17 16:28:32 +0000 2023

So, FPS: the documentary. It's okay. It's not so much a documentary as it is a list. You get a list of games in semi-release order, and for each you either get a dev story if devs were interviewed or random people saying how great the game is when no one involved was interviewed.

 Sun Sep 17 16:57:44 +0000 2023

Sometimes you get a long story, sometimes a very short one. Of course the "definitive" in the tagline of the doc means absolutely nothing, as it is not definitive in any sense. In fact half-way through it becomes quite unfocused. Half of the doc (2 hrs) is dedicated to the 90s.

 Sun Sep 17 16:59:29 +0000 2023

Overall I guess it is just not for me, a person who had played a lot of FPS games and is familiar with a lot of the genre history. I have learned nothing new. Who is it for then? Would a person who doesn't play games sit down and watch a 4 and half hour doc? Idk.

 Sun Sep 17 17:00:54 +0000 2023

It was nice to occasionally see faces of devs who don't give many interviews, even if they sometimes appeared just to say one sentence. Your mileage may vary, of course. A good comparison would be the horror doc "In Search Of Darkness", to which I had a very similar 🤷‍♂️ reaction.

 Sun Sep 17 17:03:17 +0000 2023

https://fpsdoc.com/pages/teksyndicate#erid20756106

 Sun Sep 17 17:03:32 +0000 2023

I don't like number based scores, but I guess I could give it a 6/10. ⭐⭐

 Sun Sep 17 17:10:02 +0000 2023

Why yes, I AM excited about all the new games coming out! Why do you ask? https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1699906933988401276

 Sun Sep 17 17:17:37 +0000 2023

RT @mizabitha: Today I learned the licensed MS-DOS port of Street Fighter 2 by Ocean was mostly ignored in favor of a pirate version made b…

 Sun Sep 17 18:05:51 +0000 2023

A bit excessive, but very admirable. 👍
I've combined all 3 adventures into an easy to run package here: https://archive.org/details/wcadvent

 Sun Sep 17 18:09:51 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: Now you can get yourself an official DOS Nostalgia t-shirt to show your support, & also look cool among your fellow DOS e…

 Sun Sep 17 18:27:07 +0000 2023

Register Shareware Guy sticker
https://www.teepublic.com/sticker/14765404-register-shareware-guy

 Sun Sep 17 18:32:48 +0000 2023

Oh yeah, and also 90% footage of older games is recorded using modern ports that aren't credited anywhere, and sometimes differ drastically from originals. Half-Life footage, for example, is recorded from Half-Life: Source with Blue Shift models.

 Sun Sep 17 19:53:50 +0000 2023

Richard Joseph's completely copyright non-infringing title theme from James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod.
#DOSGaming

 Sun Sep 17 20:41:56 +0000 2023

RT @DickWhitehouse: BigPEmu version 1.09 is out now! The new feature list is vast, but perhaps the most insane entry is a new script which…

 Sun Sep 17 20:44:50 +0000 2023

Weirdly the DOS version of RoboCod still stores music in the traditional Amiga tracker format, but the music has been drastically simplified from Amiga originals, and yet the DOS title theme file is nearly x3 times the size of the Amiga one.

 Sun Sep 17 20:58:14 +0000 2023

Amiga version of the song for comparison:
https://youtu.be/rHYk10O26dk?si=tbYmBYtCmwJmW2ea

 Sun Sep 17 21:01:41 +0000 2023

"I admire what he did, and I hate it." - Roger Ebert on Cronenberg's Naked Lunch.

 Sun Sep 17 23:12:18 +0000 2023

Some people managed to do so much with so little back in the day.

 Mon Sep 18 00:07:45 +0000 2023

 Mon Sep 18 01:36:05 +0000 2023

Oh wow. Check out the Sega CD version (1994): https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/835529717793062912

 Mon Sep 18 02:32:15 +0000 2023

This is old school SIDPlay. From the time when just a SID file wasn't enough.

 Mon Sep 18 13:06:29 +0000 2023

It's by Nightdive. It's gonna be in Kex.

 Mon Sep 18 13:09:57 +0000 2023

How the hell does this keep getting worse? https://x.com/Toadsanime/status/1703714817830211845

 Mon Sep 18 13:14:05 +0000 2023

Uh oh!
- ICQ

 Mon Sep 18 17:22:38 +0000 2023

This is pretty crazy. First, this is a collection of games of various degrees of meh. But that's not the interesting part. This must have required license renegotiation between more than 2 entities, right? That's a major accomplishment for a retro re-release. https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1703816480373010449

 Mon Sep 18 17:31:55 +0000 2023

I don't think a EA had ever approved a single re-release.

 Mon Sep 18 17:47:12 +0000 2023

Excuse me?! Please turn in your nerd cards right now.

 Mon Sep 18 18:19:31 +0000 2023

The amount of people replying "mother" is shocking. Time to replay LOOM™, everyone.

 Mon Sep 18 18:21:10 +0000 2023

Turn in both cards.

 Mon Sep 18 18:21:28 +0000 2023

😄 Time to replay LOOM. That's not Bobbin's mother.

 Mon Sep 18 18:25:12 +0000 2023

No he doesn't.

 Mon Sep 18 18:26:06 +0000 2023

It's an honorary title. The same as the dudes being called Elders.

 Mon Sep 18 18:28:19 +0000 2023

But anyway, in the story Hetchel isn't Bobbin's mother.

 Mon Sep 18 18:30:03 +0000 2023

 Mon Sep 18 18:33:54 +0000 2023

Hurt my back putting on shoes. That's a new one. 👀

 Mon Sep 18 18:48:30 +0000 2023

RT @thewaybackplybk: @dosnostalgic @SierraOnLineUni Abso-frickin-lutely 🔥

 Mon Sep 18 19:53:59 +0000 2023

If this website becomes paid only, you know where to find me:
Just say "MS-DOS" three times in front of a mirror in the dark, then turn around. 👀

 Mon Sep 18 21:56:21 +0000 2023

You know it, babe. ❤

 Mon Sep 18 22:51:33 +0000 2023

Article that gets to the bottom of the "Thank you for playing Wing Commander" myth. https://x.com/wccic/status/1703908273101865410

 Mon Sep 18 23:24:25 +0000 2023

Oh boy, it's that 90s edgy internet humor aka antisemitism. A 1998 warez release of a 1993 DOS game accompanied by this nfo:

 Mon Sep 18 23:43:56 +0000 2023

I'm sure a bunch of teenagers who did this thought it was hilarious.

 Mon Sep 18 23:45:15 +0000 2023

RT @ManuelaXibanya: If you're dumb enough to buy a new engine this weekend, you're a big enough schmuck to come to Unity! https://t.co/oIhu…

 Mon Sep 18 23:52:50 +0000 2023

Me to Elon:

 Tue Sep 19 00:43:31 +0000 2023

This is your regular reminder to read the amazingly titled Sid Meier's Memoir, if you haven't already.

 Tue Sep 19 00:53:27 +0000 2023

It's Home Movies.

 Tue Sep 19 01:00:28 +0000 2023

Btw, is it just me or does it feel weird knowing that Meier programmed the entirety of the original Civilization himself? I knew that already, because that's what the game credits say, but for some reason Civ just didn't feel like a work of single programmer to me.

 Tue Sep 19 01:10:09 +0000 2023

No, it can't be. Pretty sure he wasn't directly involved with Pirates! Gold. Are you sure you're not thinking of the original version? And even then he only programmed the Apple II and C64 version.

 Tue Sep 19 01:21:40 +0000 2023

Yeah, it's referencing the original. This is actually the port with the most programmers (4?). I've checked DOS and CD32 versions, and they had a dedicated programmer each.

 Tue Sep 19 01:28:17 +0000 2023

Did... I say something about them not being able to say something? Don't recall that tbh.

 Tue Sep 19 01:50:50 +0000 2023

Oh wait, just saw your timeline. Don't even bother answering.

 Tue Sep 19 01:56:28 +0000 2023

RT @arcadecyborg: My Highscreen 486DX100 build for MS-DOS. Thanks to @Gammitin for inspiring me to bring this bad boy back from storage and…

 Tue Sep 19 02:23:31 +0000 2023

What a time to be alive!

 Tue Sep 19 02:28:31 +0000 2023

 Tue Sep 19 02:32:26 +0000 2023

"This man isn't buying a candy bar..."

 Tue Sep 19 02:34:42 +0000 2023

Well there's a fucking surprise

 Tue Sep 19 11:39:19 +0000 2023

RT @harrymccracken: For you computer magazine history junkies, here's a fun article on PC World vs. PC Magazine, a few months after the for…

 Tue Sep 19 11:44:22 +0000 2023

I can tell a Finnish 90s DOS game when I see one https://x.com/damgentemp/status/1704118204648374351

 Tue Sep 19 13:22:16 +0000 2023

"Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game."
#TalkLikeAPirateDay

 Tue Sep 19 17:31:16 +0000 2023

More like I.M. Meme, amirite?

 Tue Sep 19 19:15:47 +0000 2023

An hour long interview with Warren Davis (Q*bert, Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam) that barely has any views:
https://youtu.be/77lfAsj3qec?si=2hk34Ip-QAxZ0H-Y

 Tue Sep 19 21:16:20 +0000 2023

If this isn't a sign that the asymmetrical multiplayer genre isn't sustainable, idk what is. https://x.com/EvilDeadTheGame/status/1704239249761906859

 Tue Sep 19 22:43:31 +0000 2023

Will this affect the development of the Killer Klowns game?

 Tue Sep 19 22:44:11 +0000 2023

Yeah, and wasn't that like last year?

 Tue Sep 19 23:16:48 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: "This man isn't buying a candy bar..."

 Tue Sep 19 23:54:50 +0000 2023

Well, just tried the game and... this is another example of 90s edgelord humor:
You play as a taxi driver picking up disabled people. The game plays voice samples, and you're supposed to decipher where your passenger wants to go, and click on it on the map.

 Wed Sep 20 00:13:49 +0000 2023

I'm sure the teenagers who made this and recorded all the sound clips thought it was incredibly hilarious.

 Wed Sep 20 00:14:25 +0000 2023

There are a lot of 90s Finnish games like that. Seemingly made with similar tools, often with similar art styles. Someone needs to write an English language article about this phenomenon. Come on, writers who know DOS gaming from Finland!

 Wed Sep 20 00:18:43 +0000 2023

Ooh-ah ooh-ah ooh-ah

 Wed Sep 20 00:19:57 +0000 2023

Don't we all

 Wed Sep 20 13:10:09 +0000 2023

That's like saying Linux would be illegal today because it's a reimplementation of Unix.

 Wed Sep 20 13:12:31 +0000 2023

RT @ThatTomHall: Happy anniversary, Spear of Destiny!

 Wed Sep 20 13:25:01 +0000 2023

Also this is an interesting article you've posted. The author does answer the headline's question. You might wanna actually read it.
https://x.com/X_O_O_A_A/status/1704257526475419946?t=NkoI7_9mKtT-6Jyhh7vI9Q&s=19

 Wed Sep 20 13:27:52 +0000 2023

✊💾 https://x.com/Khatoblepas/status/1704496594333184467

 Wed Sep 20 14:05:25 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: And I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let MIDI linger?…

 Wed Sep 20 15:07:05 +0000 2023

Sinister Six is officially supported by ScummVM. Makes it easy to run on just about anything.
https://www.scummvm.org/

 Wed Sep 20 15:51:33 +0000 2023

RT @gav_clayton: #DaggerfallUnity 0.16.0 Release Candidate is now available for download! This is the final phase in the lead-up to 1.0. Mo…

 Wed Sep 20 16:32:54 +0000 2023

Does Daggerfall Unity have more than 200,000 installs already? 🤔

 Wed Sep 20 16:34:20 +0000 2023

I bet Bethesda's current gen Doom port does.

 Wed Sep 20 16:35:06 +0000 2023

https://x.com/banditloaf/status/1704548622707085795

 Wed Sep 20 17:35:45 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: First four levels (floors) of the first episode of Wolfenstein 3D.
#DOSGaming

 Wed Sep 20 18:09:28 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: "Dude, I once caught a rotfish *this* big!"

 Wed Sep 20 18:58:56 +0000 2023

Apogee doesn't only mean action now https://x.com/MateriaMusic/status/1703832472323334496

 Wed Sep 20 19:02:00 +0000 2023

Bobby Price actually owns most of the music from those days, so I'm expecting exactly the opposite.

 Wed Sep 20 19:36:55 +0000 2023

They'll probably copyright flag all the videos in the not too distant future.

 Wed Sep 20 19:39:36 +0000 2023

Me watching Cronenberg's The Fly: where the hell does he keep getting all the baboons?

 Wed Sep 20 19:43:46 +0000 2023

Meow

 Wed Sep 20 19:51:40 +0000 2023

Where was the mainframe then?

 Wed Sep 20 21:05:05 +0000 2023

He'll get you a baboon with nail polish before 3 o'clock?

 Wed Sep 20 21:16:28 +0000 2023

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop was a lot of fun. I had a blast. If you followed me for a while you might have noticed that I already knew a thing or two about RoboCop, and yet I was surprised by how little overlap with existing materials there was in the first 2 episodes. 👍

 Wed Sep 20 23:00:25 +0000 2023

Last 2 episodes touch on familiar subjects, but the fact that they get just about everyone involved with the production help to give it more perspective. At times it's a bit overedited, but I didn't mind. High energy & pace was sustained throughout the whole 4 hours.

 Wed Sep 20 23:03:07 +0000 2023

RT @voxel: *emerges from the deep*
I made an #MSDOS gamejam entry. 24KB CGA single file COM format

Also playable in web browsers
https://…

 Wed Sep 20 23:13:35 +0000 2023

What's the game?

 Wed Sep 20 23:16:31 +0000 2023

It's a classic! 👍

 Wed Sep 20 23:28:45 +0000 2023

Decker, a Hypercard-inspired multimedia platform for Windows, macOS, and Linux
https://internet-janitor.itch.io/decker

 Wed Sep 20 23:30:03 +0000 2023

RT @GameResearch_E: The first Game Developer's Conference, at the Sunnyvale Marriott. Circa 1988.

 Wed Sep 20 23:34:13 +0000 2023

"What's with the knife? Are we having cake or something?"

 Wed Sep 20 23:48:57 +0000 2023

Wait. Holy shit. 😮

 Wed Sep 20 23:52:44 +0000 2023

Americans. Who are cursed to live in areas with no public services, and are convinced that it's absolutely normal. *Deep sigh*

 Thu Sep 21 10:09:46 +0000 2023

Whoa, just had a dream that featured a music track from MyHouse.wad. 😯
https://youtu.be/ruQVkh2MUP8?si=GK-hfi0JgPNU53GO

 Thu Sep 21 11:59:27 +0000 2023

RT @Huxley_D: Really happy with how my "Millennium Era" gaming PC build came together!

@PcPhilanthropy #gaming #pcgaming https://t.co/lUPS…

 Thu Sep 21 12:40:06 +0000 2023

FALLOUT ET TU, a project that brings FALLOUT 1 into the engine of FALLOUT 2 almost 1:1, but with lots of improvements
https://github.com/rotators/Fo1in2

 Thu Sep 21 14:06:33 +0000 2023

Grab the Total DOS Collection, do a file search for (Fn) and stuff to find non-English games.

 Thu Sep 21 15:28:42 +0000 2023

 Thu Sep 21 15:30:57 +0000 2023

Work in progress version got leaked last year. You can play it.

 Thu Sep 21 15:32:34 +0000 2023

Legend Entertainment's legal agreement

 Thu Sep 21 15:45:17 +0000 2023

RT @DosGamesCOM: There's now over 1,900 free DOS games for your playing / downloading pleasure on http://DOSGames.com. I was hoping to…

 Thu Sep 21 15:58:06 +0000 2023

RT @SierraOnLineUni: 🔧🚰🪠

🧑‍🔧

Phantasmagoria (1995)

#Phantasmagoria #SierraOnLine #SierraGames #Sierra #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #Ret…

 Thu Sep 21 15:58:14 +0000 2023

If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see MIDI tonight

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Thu Sep 21 16:20:37 +0000 2023

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111104048190555766

 Thu Sep 21 16:20:53 +0000 2023

Kojima in the Criterion closet: says old Japanese films are not available on Blu-ray in Japan, and then grabs a good dozen titles. 😄
https://youtu.be/YUou0rghddc?si=HQaR9FAtefCI-yDd

 Thu Sep 21 16:44:21 +0000 2023

Mood

 Thu Sep 21 16:44:38 +0000 2023

There were Zool novels?!?!?!?! 😯

 Thu Sep 21 16:58:27 +0000 2023

 Thu Sep 21 18:09:38 +0000 2023

The lawyer joke at the end of the introductory paragraph changes from game to game

 Thu Sep 21 18:41:37 +0000 2023

Promotional render for Russian Roulette
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/674798748896264192

 Thu Sep 21 19:42:20 +0000 2023

Where's Noah? (SONsoft, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Sep 21 19:58:50 +0000 2023

Obviously a Biblically-accurate depiction of the event.

 Thu Sep 21 20:00:50 +0000 2023

Oh man, I love Pisser! ❤

 Thu Sep 21 20:51:10 +0000 2023

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1178698413598224384

 Thu Sep 21 21:14:41 +0000 2023

It's pretty much a 1:1, but what if Virtua Cop had a graphics of Doom.

 Thu Sep 21 21:20:56 +0000 2023

665 was also used in the first Max Payne game.

 Thu Sep 21 21:44:39 +0000 2023

It's much better presented in 2. I love that little cutscene with the janitor.

 Thu Sep 21 21:49:27 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: Linux to left of me, Windows to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with DOS. ♫

 Thu Sep 21 23:28:21 +0000 2023

RT @palmerj3: I had a fun idea to program something simple using tech from each year since I was born (1983).

Today I made a prime number…

 Fri Sep 22 00:55:36 +0000 2023

Reading an interview with an old school Russian (even Soviet) gamedev Nikita Skripkin, and once again encountering dev claims about doing something first which are obviously wrong.
- Digitized sound on PC Speaker (Perestroika, 1990)
- Branching story (Parkan, 1997)

 Fri Sep 22 02:16:20 +0000 2023

RT @3DBigBoxGames: Happy Birthday #Daggerfall 😍 https://t.co/0KhZRxi8c5

 Fri Sep 22 03:19:45 +0000 2023

RT @shockdesign: @dosnostalgic Woah I'm wondering if I can find them anyway local now. In other game related novels, I found this 7th Guest…

 Fri Sep 22 05:39:35 +0000 2023

 Fri Sep 22 12:48:49 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: Oh man, I love Pisser! ❤

 Fri Sep 22 14:06:13 +0000 2023

RT @PushinUpRoses: Don’t copy that floppy

 Fri Sep 22 15:50:47 +0000 2023

Everyone and their mother already talked about this, so I'm gonna chime in with my professional opinion:
Yes, this is total bullshit.
Signed, a person who deals with old software *daily*. https://x.com/LukePlunkett/status/1704844388931871157

 Fri Sep 22 17:27:56 +0000 2023

Manual configuration, hardware incompatibilities, and your while machines becoming obsolete in under two years were the absolute thing for everyone for TWO DECADES.

 Fri Sep 22 17:29:34 +0000 2023

But also CPU sensitivity. Your game played like shit if your CPU was slow, but would also completely break if your machine was too fast. This issue wasn't limited to the early days, but persisted from early 80s all the way into the early *2000s*!

 Fri Sep 22 17:32:32 +0000 2023

Oh, the multi-million selling award winning Sierra game became unbeatable because you upgraded? Well, sucks to be you, I guess. 🤷

 Fri Sep 22 17:33:40 +0000 2023

Nostalgia fucking ruins people, I swear.

 Fri Sep 22 17:35:19 +0000 2023

RT @damgentemp: To end this terrible week, is there anything better than a 3+ hour stream to look at random Scandinavian DOS games from the…

 Fri Sep 22 17:48:55 +0000 2023

"Write once, run everywhere." - the famous Assembly motto.

 Fri Sep 22 17:52:25 +0000 2023

I don't think anyone is arguing for the always online thing, you know, the only thing this meme got right.

Lots of people wrote assembly at the time. I assume you mean Chris Sawyer. As with everything, doing pure assembly on an x86 has its advantages and disadvantages.

 Fri Sep 22 17:56:28 +0000 2023

Kkriegger is actually gonna be 20 years old in half a year, but I think most people haven't actually played it, because despite being a cool technical achievement, it's actually a shit game that no one in entire right mind would play if it wasn't for its size.

 Fri Sep 22 19:35:52 +0000 2023

The game that took 2nd place in the same demo competition is infinitely more playable
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1466551349970092039?t=gkN-mbFVTeyQ2_xftPonlg&s=19

 Fri Sep 22 19:37:08 +0000 2023

RT @VEsoterica: The kitten distribution system picked our number today. My wife found this little guy outside her work. One vet visit later…

 Fri Sep 22 21:55:26 +0000 2023

https://x.com/Gothamist/status/1705296411888161200

 Fri Sep 22 23:27:24 +0000 2023

How long before this thing falls down the stairs? 🤔

 Fri Sep 22 23:34:00 +0000 2023

 Fri Sep 22 23:39:02 +0000 2023

Even in that case, it's not "oh well" now. These days you can return your game without even getting out of the chair. Good luck trying to do that 30 years ago.

 Sat Sep 23 02:32:30 +0000 2023

Every day ends with a Tums festival.

 Sat Sep 23 03:24:06 +0000 2023

Calcium Rich

 Sat Sep 23 03:41:13 +0000 2023

Quake.
Japanese and Chinese boxes.

 Sat Sep 23 03:49:35 +0000 2023

I'm a Cameron Mitchell account.

 Sat Sep 23 03:52:07 +0000 2023

I think they saw a video about Chris Sawyer programming all his games exclusively in assembly, and that's what they're referring to. Low system requirements. But it's worded poorly.

 Sat Sep 23 12:23:55 +0000 2023

RT @DungeonChill: Think educational games are just for kids?
🚫WRONG!🚫
Exhibit A: Cosmology of Kyoto - one part horror game, one part Japan…

 Sat Sep 23 19:12:51 +0000 2023

RT @ModernVintageG: If you know, you know

 Sat Sep 23 21:53:56 +0000 2023

 Sat Sep 23 21:58:50 +0000 2023

Box art of the day: #DOSGaming

 Sat Sep 23 23:46:55 +0000 2023

Aldo Again/Aldo II Adventure (Ben and Dave Ibach, 1989) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Sep 24 00:08:36 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic:

 Sun Sep 24 00:20:29 +0000 2023

Yep. Matt Furniss

 Sun Sep 24 00:50:31 +0000 2023

After all is said and done
One and one still is one
When we cry, when we laugh
I am half, you are half

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Sun Sep 24 01:00:16 +0000 2023

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111117378487223922

 Sun Sep 24 01:00:38 +0000 2023

RT @TSqRiffRaff: HOW DID I DO THIS?! (I may have had some hints, but NO GUIDE) CC: @dosnostalgic @JikissGamer

 Sun Sep 24 01:22:43 +0000 2023

A remake of the Sid Meier's Pirates!-inspired Russia hit from the year 2000 "Sea Dogs" (Corsairs) is coming, and as usual for the series it's once again has a brand new English title:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2230980/Caribbean_Legend__Open_World_RPG/

 Sun Sep 24 13:19:42 +0000 2023

If you're not familiar with the series, it might be because of the titles. So far we had:
- Sea Dogs
- Pirates of the Caribbean (yep, that was Sea Dogs 2)
- Age of Pirates (yep, Age of Pirates 2 was actually Sea Dogs 4)
- Pirates of the Burning Sea (Sea Dogs Online)
🤷

 Sun Sep 24 13:23:20 +0000 2023

By 1993 Microsoft sold 100 MILLION copies of MS-DOS and 25 million copies of Windows. For a comparison, a total of 5 million of Amigas (the entire line) was sold during its entire lifetime. So yeah, DOS and Windows were both *quite a bit* more common.

 Sun Sep 24 14:03:56 +0000 2023

Happy 30th birthday to the original Macintosh version of MYST! 🎂🎉🎈🍾🥂 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1276559722200666113

 Sun Sep 24 16:37:24 +0000 2023

Well, tracked down the official Italian version now, with the most generic title possible - "Mondo Futuro". Hello, @damgentemp 👋

 Sun Sep 24 16:47:31 +0000 2023

Yeah, I got it already. So surreal to find that the obscure Russian title had an even more obscure life outside of Russia.

 Sun Sep 24 16:52:31 +0000 2023

Figlio mio, è giunto il momento di discutere molte cose.

 Sun Sep 24 17:11:20 +0000 2023

Level 5 of Russian Roulette II:

 Sun Sep 24 20:38:43 +0000 2023

Mimi & The Mites (The Unobstructed Reason Corporation/FormGen, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Sun Sep 24 23:01:13 +0000 2023

RT @ScottApogee: Legendary Id founder Tom Hall gave this to me early in 1991, in an entirely different era of game design.

What are the qu…

 Sun Sep 24 23:08:12 +0000 2023

 Sun Sep 24 23:16:21 +0000 2023

Make your own damn Covox

 Sun Sep 24 23:53:19 +0000 2023

https://x.com/DUSKdev/status/1706060646939247022

 Sun Sep 24 23:57:44 +0000 2023

Pretty sure it is third-party though.

 Mon Sep 25 00:08:14 +0000 2023

Yeah, it absolutely was, and it was warranty-breaking

 Mon Sep 25 00:11:52 +0000 2023

Good night.

 Mon Sep 25 01:42:40 +0000 2023

If you're gonna rip off Yellow Submarine then you gotta rip it off well: https://x.com/sovietvisuals/status/1706151928374153336

 Mon Sep 25 03:46:56 +0000 2023

RT @Macaw45: The first computer game developed and sold in mainland China, Condor Assault - Magic Eagle. Released in 1994, you control an A…

 Mon Sep 25 11:39:30 +0000 2023

RT @ultrabrilliant: I was watching David Fincher's 'The Game' the other night and I thought the guy playing Michael Douglas' dad in the fla…

 Mon Sep 25 11:40:00 +0000 2023

RT @ScummVM: Come to the Dark Side, we have jetpacks!

Dark Side, the exciting sequel of the groundbreaking Driller, is ready for public t…

 Mon Sep 25 13:04:49 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: My favorite part of The Godfather is when the ladies discuss sizes of floppy disks.

 Mon Sep 25 13:15:59 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: Hail to the King, m'lady.

 Mon Sep 25 13:20:25 +0000 2023

Yes. The link is in the alt text.

 Mon Sep 25 14:58:10 +0000 2023

No. That's a myth the internet made up because people don't like to accept randomness. There's an interview with the puppeteer about what really happened, and it has nothing to do with that story.

 Mon Sep 25 15:00:33 +0000 2023

Idk, this was partly dependent on the discovery of essentially a brand new market and distribution system. This wouldn't really apply to many cases today.

 Mon Sep 25 17:40:45 +0000 2023

Well, yes, sure. That's a good advice. I remember reading Sid Meier's book and it has plenty of cool advice, but some of it only applies if you're Sid Meier. 😄

 Mon Sep 25 17:52:23 +0000 2023

Did I ever tell you how much I hate writing? I hate so fucking much! Oh god, I fucking hate it. Fuck writing.

 Mon Sep 25 19:49:33 +0000 2023

This tweet had been brought to you by an empty Word page.

 Mon Sep 25 19:50:02 +0000 2023

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN

 Mon Sep 25 19:52:48 +0000 2023

Do you want ChatGPT telling you about its nostalgic connection to DOS games?

 Mon Sep 25 20:58:21 +0000 2023

 Mon Sep 25 21:40:27 +0000 2023

No. I reject this approach on principle.

 Mon Sep 25 22:01:05 +0000 2023

Sooooo.... I've never played Silent Hill 2. What's the best version to play? (*Not* which version is the easiest to access on modern platforms.)

 Mon Sep 25 23:00:03 +0000 2023

Sokoban 3D (Logos, 1997) #DOSGameScreenADay #RussianVideogames

 Mon Sep 25 23:37:58 +0000 2023

RT @phoboslab: Now running with buttery smooth 3800 fps. Still lot's of room for improvement, but I think I'll leave it at that. https://t.…

 Mon Sep 25 23:42:53 +0000 2023

Awful. There's an overhead map you can switch to, but you can't move in that mode.

 Tue Sep 26 00:35:46 +0000 2023

Эххх... Не по теме, но вдруг вспомнил что я ушёл с Дум форумов 20 лет назад.

 Tue Sep 26 01:12:55 +0000 2023

Я пару лет назад подумывал записать новые версии моих пародийных песен на 20-ти летие (одну из которых не выложили на сайт) и сделать к ним смешные клипы, но к сожалению в связи с последними событиями эти идеи отпали.

 Tue Sep 26 01:17:54 +0000 2023

Так я для этого здесь и сижу.

 Tue Sep 26 01:27:06 +0000 2023

It's not a repackage, it the *original*.

 Tue Sep 26 02:16:30 +0000 2023

Mastodon is cool, man. Just lets you upload MP3 files and has a neat-looking player for them with a download option. Easy.
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111128532554987044

 Tue Sep 26 02:35:23 +0000 2023

Good night.

 Tue Sep 26 03:15:51 +0000 2023

Yep. The whole reason King's Quest exists is because IBM contacted Sierra to make a graphic adventure for their then-upcoming PCjr.

 Tue Sep 26 09:25:01 +0000 2023

Either Xonix or some other clone of the Qix arcade game
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1544470205283303424

 Tue Sep 26 11:51:24 +0000 2023

RT @ben_304: All this talk about the Roman Empire has me back to this section of my games collection...

 Tue Sep 26 15:05:52 +0000 2023

Microsoft was founded SIX years before this happened.

 Tue Sep 26 15:17:55 +0000 2023

Maybe you should look them up, because MS made a popular variant of Basic that went on to be used on almost every home platform.
The year before DOS Microsoft already had 40 employees, and $8 million in revenue.

 Tue Sep 26 16:19:37 +0000 2023

Probably because it's fairly easy to implement. Here's Sokoban in a Windows batch file, for example:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1398751601091919878?t=KbXnExiYShqcTqO8cnMXFg&s=19

 Tue Sep 26 16:27:52 +0000 2023

RT @banditloaf: Happy birthday to Wing Commander I, which was released 33 years ago today! It marked an epochal shift in how computer games…

 Tue Sep 26 16:56:34 +0000 2023

My Twitter block policy in action:

 Tue Sep 26 17:40:17 +0000 2023

(Actually, according to the block.js file in my latest Twitter archive, in 14 years of being here I've blocked less than 3,000 accounts, so in a way I'm a lot more lenient than I think.)

 Tue Sep 26 17:43:54 +0000 2023

RT @Pixelengineer_: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988) #DOSgaming #ZakMcKracken #LucasfilmGames

 Tue Sep 26 17:51:54 +0000 2023

Playing Rogue (1983) on a 386 Portable PC - DS08
https://youtu.be/JPGNUOyLt2A

 Tue Sep 26 17:53:53 +0000 2023

Many years ago, in the late USSR, people lined up in front of computers in science research universities all over the country just to play Dynamix's Abrams Battle Tank https://x.com/thehill/status/1706696245463437640

 Tue Sep 26 18:12:48 +0000 2023

M1 Tank Platoon was a MicroProse game. Unrelated.

 Tue Sep 26 18:55:46 +0000 2023

In my experience most games did support the 3 channel audio, they just didn't refer to it as PCjr, but rather Tandy audio, since PCjr crashed and burned & Radioshack picked it up in a successful rebrand.

 Tue Sep 26 19:01:28 +0000 2023

No, it had a regular keyboard very specifically because PCjr's keyboard was seen as a drawback (not so much because of infra-red, but chiclet keys)

 Tue Sep 26 19:24:46 +0000 2023

Volfied (Taito/Empire Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Tue Sep 26 19:30:42 +0000 2023

All of them can go. 🤷‍♂️

 Tue Sep 26 19:41:54 +0000 2023

RT @VinciusMedeiro6: THIS IS NOT A DRILL:

The Japanese Playstation 1 version of Ultima Underworld has finally received an english translat…

 Tue Sep 26 19:42:39 +0000 2023

RT @jmechner: State-of-the-art rotoscoping, 1983: From Super 8 to Apple II.📽️Starring my dad, with cameos by my sister Emily and me.
💾Go be…

 Tue Sep 26 19:59:40 +0000 2023

In Quake console command "showturtle 1" will show a little turtle icon in the top left corner of the screen when frame rate drops below 10 fps.

 Tue Sep 26 20:52:07 +0000 2023

Just checked, and yep.
https://x.com/taut0nym/status/1706773857154257094

 Tue Sep 26 20:55:28 +0000 2023

If you'd like to find out how awful it would be to play Sokoban in first person, you can play the single-level demo of Sokoban 3D right in your browser:
https://archive.org/details/soko3de https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1706453018302910660

 Tue Sep 26 22:00:45 +0000 2023

RT @Wario64: Wing Commander 1+2 is $1.49 on GOG http://bit.ly/3yf37Iu
Wing Commander 3 Heart of the Tiger $1.49 http://bit.ly/3DflVv6…

 Tue Sep 26 23:08:50 +0000 2023

Hmmm... I tried in Q2DOS, and it wasn't a recognized cvar

 Tue Sep 26 23:29:28 +0000 2023

Hmmm... The turtle graphic *is* the Quake 2 pak0.pak file, this time as a PCX. Plot thickens. 🤔

 Tue Sep 26 23:51:56 +0000 2023

Yeah, it is. The variable is scr_showturtle now. Just been trying to figure out how to run Quake 2 with under 10 fps on my current day machine. 😅

 Wed Sep 27 00:21:52 +0000 2023

It isn't. Here's the original shareware with the default config:

 Wed Sep 27 00:40:57 +0000 2023

Tried with Q2DOS, which is based on version 3.21, and it doesn't show. Tried it in the original v3.05 and overloaded the CPU, still nothing. 🤷‍♂️

 Wed Sep 27 01:59:51 +0000 2023

God, I can't stand angry videogame reviews anymore. It's not 2006! Give me a thoughtful essay. That'd be great.

 Wed Sep 27 03:24:44 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: Stay awhile and listen. 🎶
(Matt Uelmen - Tristram Village)

 Wed Sep 27 03:45:23 +0000 2023

Yes. It's when AVGN put up his videos on YouTube.

 Wed Sep 27 04:13:38 +0000 2023

Only in the very first release though
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1075487846318911502?t=x-F_fZtntj9T0Tki8hXL4g&s=19

 Wed Sep 27 11:25:42 +0000 2023

I could argue that nobody should be *paying* for Russian games, but playing a 25 year old DOS game won't help Putin in any way, so it's probably fine. 🤷 https://t.co/2XvGnE6viI

 Wed Sep 27 11:29:46 +0000 2023

Yes, very familiar with Ross.

 Wed Sep 27 11:30:39 +0000 2023

It's a comedy act that was great for the time and place, and inspired many to start their own retro gaming video series, myself included. But sticking to replicating that style so many years later is unnecessary.

 Wed Sep 27 11:34:02 +0000 2023

(Even if the game in question was made by a company that was a Ministry of Defense contractor and besides their only 3 games made high quality training simulators for the Russian military, like Sokoban 3D ironically happens to be. 😯)

 Wed Sep 27 11:40:00 +0000 2023

But just in case, one more time for the people in the back.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1509681192131518472?t=gAoKV2XJnru20xahNA9Nmg&s=19

 Wed Sep 27 11:43:37 +0000 2023

I mean, I would. Never cared for the guy. 🤷 But I draw the line at Russian salad.

 Wed Sep 27 11:47:18 +0000 2023

Joking aside, even paying for Tetris is fine, imo, because
A) Both Pajitnov and Rogers are against the war.
B) None of the current versions are developed in Russia, so the money won't be going there.

 Wed Sep 27 11:48:53 +0000 2023

No need to be sorry. It's a worthy suggestion.

 Wed Sep 27 11:55:29 +0000 2023

Will check out

 Wed Sep 27 12:01:23 +0000 2023

I've been thinning of doing one this upcoming Sunday. Just hoping my ISP won't screw me over again.

 Wed Sep 27 12:30:24 +0000 2023

RT @Mr_MilesP: Why did they made the HD sprites of the Pac-Man ghosts in Wolfenstein 3d look like this bruh

 Wed Sep 27 12:36:37 +0000 2023

That reminds me: time to rewatch Requiem for a Dream again.

 Wed Sep 27 12:56:00 +0000 2023

Well, I obviously need to try this out. https://x.com/game_obscure/status/1706823254500123055

 Wed Sep 27 13:03:40 +0000 2023

RT @JohnPassfield: I found my first game business card with Halloween Harry / Alien Carnage floppies to go with it!

 Wed Sep 27 13:04:53 +0000 2023

Ummmm... No he didn't.
https://youtu.be/KxthHN8GapA?si=cVTq6b-vXlnXzj_N

 Wed Sep 27 13:48:57 +0000 2023

I wasn't really thinking of AVGN when I wrote the tweet. He's sort of exempt.

 Wed Sep 27 14:19:51 +0000 2023

He always sort of have. Monster Madness, home movies, interviews all go waaaay back. But yes, he toned down the style and release schedule. Still, he's not the issue. As an originator of the style he gets a pass from me.

 Wed Sep 27 14:22:02 +0000 2023

I think you might have misread their tweet.

 Wed Sep 27 14:26:27 +0000 2023

The turtle icon is present in Quake 2's PAK0.PAK file, this time in PCX format. The game has a scr_showturtle CVAR that defaults to 0. But there's no source code associated with it other than checking its value. Retail release (original 3.05 or latest 3.21) don't draw a turtle.

 Wed Sep 27 14:55:58 +0000 2023

Looked at the source code, and that's a definite no, at least for the retail releases:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1707046428395049323

 Wed Sep 27 14:58:32 +0000 2023

 Wed Sep 27 16:09:44 +0000 2023

If you know which game is being discussed, you're in the Cool Club! 👍

 Wed Sep 27 16:10:41 +0000 2023

 Wed Sep 27 16:20:34 +0000 2023

 Wed Sep 27 18:10:40 +0000 2023

Tokki-wa Geobuk [Hare & Turtle] (Mirinae Software, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Wed Sep 27 18:26:26 +0000 2023

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1706774513323831325

 Wed Sep 27 20:23:19 +0000 2023

RT @dosnostalgic: Them: How old are you?
Me:

 Wed Sep 27 23:21:06 +0000 2023

And now an annual tradition of downloading my Twitter archive.

 Wed Sep 27 23:47:38 +0000 2023

Box art of the day: #DOSGaming

 Thu Sep 28 02:03:46 +0000 2023

Man, I didn't care for the first Alan Wake game, and probably don't have a machine good enough to run the second one, but it's great to see a familiar face accompanied by a familiar voice.

 Thu Sep 28 02:42:28 +0000 2023

 Thu Sep 28 12:28:08 +0000 2023

Russian companies pay taxes in Russia, and that money goes directly to financing the war. What amount of sleep one loses over participating in this process in personal, obviously, but everyone's mileage varies.

 Thu Sep 28 12:49:20 +0000 2023

Last one is incorrect. MS-DOS was always developed and owned by Microsoft (after they bought it from Seattle Computer Products), but it was developed *for* IBM (and originally known as PC DOS) who licensed it from Microsoft.

 Thu Sep 28 12:55:06 +0000 2023

RT @tonywarriner: Made game in 1993, got tee in 2023 😅#gamedev #adventuregames

 Thu Sep 28 13:10:41 +0000 2023

Bruh, I *am* Russian.

 Thu Sep 28 13:17:41 +0000 2023

Yes, there are very traditional Sierra and Police Quest elements in it. Mostly if you don't do something exactly right, you die almost instantly, and it's pretty hard to figure out what is required from you in most situations unless you already know.

 Thu Sep 28 13:24:55 +0000 2023

I got excited for a second. 👀

 Thu Sep 28 14:07:20 +0000 2023

RT @RetroXTPC: #midi #gameport #midistick #sam2695 #midisound #pcsound #retropc #dosgaming

https://github.com/hkzlab/MIDI-Stick

Midi-Stick :
small Gen…

 Thu Sep 28 14:08:02 +0000 2023

Right. And I said how one feels about supporting Russian economy is personal. But you would be funding the war, at least in part.

 Thu Sep 28 14:11:03 +0000 2023

Hello, new followers who followed me because of the turtle tweet. 👋 Are you turtley enough for the Turtle Club? 🐢

 Thu Sep 28 14:44:23 +0000 2023

Here are some more DOS turtles for all of you: 🐢

 Thu Sep 28 15:43:49 +0000 2023

European Racers/Build & Race: Motor Stars (FLOYDESIGN/Revell, 1993) #DOSGameScreenADay

 Thu Sep 28 16:15:10 +0000 2023

Oh. Oh no. It's happening! 😱😱😱

 Thu Sep 28 16:21:13 +0000 2023

Okay-ish.

 Thu Sep 28 16:43:53 +0000 2023

Tag Team, back again
Check it to wreck it, let's begin
Party on, party people, let me hear some noise
MIDI's in the house, jump, jump, rejoice

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Thu Sep 28 17:55:16 +0000 2023

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111144055032580262

 Thu Sep 28 17:55:27 +0000 2023

More suggestions of games Harlan Ellison might have enjoyed (but probably not): https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1350909291377602561

 Thu Sep 28 18:14:21 +0000 2023

Yep

 Thu Sep 28 18:15:40 +0000 2023

Thanks for posting a chunk of a video off my channel. 😉

 Thu Sep 28 20:54:02 +0000 2023

I bet. Are you gonna share the acid or no?

 Thu Sep 28 21:44:43 +0000 2023

Reading an article about pharma research, and this quote from an expert is just 🤌

 Thu Sep 28 22:34:02 +0000 2023

Well, I have long waited for a moment to counter-act "Windows 9x needed DOS to boot, so it's not an OS" with "Have you heard of LOADLIN and booting Linux from DOS?" and... found a person that is *very* exact & strict with their definitions.

 Thu Sep 28 23:54:24 +0000 2023

And hey, THAT's great. I can't argue with that. If your definition of an OS includes a part where Linux can be NOT an OS, then that is it. No more debates.🤷‍♂️

 Thu Sep 28 23:57:32 +0000 2023

It's like hey, if Home Alone is a Christmas film, so is Die Hard. But if you think that Home Alone isn't a Christmas film, then Die Hard definitely isn't one either. 🤷‍♂️

 Fri Sep 29 00:01:26 +0000 2023

Oh my god, I almost want to troll that person now.

 Fri Sep 29 00:02:34 +0000 2023

That's because it *is*.

 Fri Sep 29 01:03:41 +0000 2023

Mr. Stallman, this is a Wendy's.

 Fri Sep 29 01:47:40 +0000 2023

Don't talk shit about Total®.

 Fri Sep 29 03:22:43 +0000 2023

You mean Mike Wiering's Mario & Luigi?

 Fri Sep 29 13:04:02 +0000 2023

It's been raining for so long in New York now that I feel like I should be installing Max Payne 2 again.

 Fri Sep 29 13:13:32 +0000 2023

When are those damn remakes are gonna be revealed?

 Fri Sep 29 13:14:00 +0000 2023

But.... Dreamweb takes place in London. 🇬🇧

 Fri Sep 29 13:48:19 +0000 2023

It was somewhat popular everywhere. There's famous news report footage of Tiger Woods playing it.

 Fri Sep 29 14:43:20 +0000 2023

Hey look, someone finally made a video review of The Dark Eye!
https://youtu.be/lUfRnJUZavc?si=hMj9KSBtr7UuMJFD

 Fri Sep 29 14:53:20 +0000 2023

This is a ready to go solution, if you're on a Windows machine:
https://collectionchamber.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-dark-eye.html

 Fri Sep 29 15:12:52 +0000 2023

RT @bigludinski: When I was a kid, my mom bought an 8086 clone. A copy of the MS-DOS manual was also provided and I decided to try every si…

 Fri Sep 29 15:33:58 +0000 2023

I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this
https://youtu.be/0R0JN2VrXM4?si=CyzxgSzwBa5qKe90

 Fri Sep 29 16:24:28 +0000 2023

No, it wasn't. He made the Mario game first, and then he made Charlie the Duck in a couple of years.
https://youtu.be/gKL3KPU1czM?si=wiPxkd81EdowaBhy

 Fri Sep 29 17:10:24 +0000 2023

RT @KevEdwardsRetro: NES Wolverine source code being assembled using Software Creations' Editor/Assembler ( 1991 ). This simple DOS-based I…

 Fri Sep 29 20:08:55 +0000 2023

RT @NightdiveStudio: 💥 Get ready to EAT LEAD with Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition out NOW on all platforms including PC, Nintendo Swit…

 Fri Sep 29 20:09:07 +0000 2023

Well, it's a bit beyond the usual now, I think. I hope my fellow New Yorkers are staying dry today, if you can. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1707745426764419230

 Fri Sep 29 20:20:54 +0000 2023

https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1707745542527131747?t=kj2mrWi-UQeETxOqovahWw&s=19

 Fri Sep 29 20:24:12 +0000 2023

Yeah, normally rainy days are cozy. But we're having a bit of a situation here now.

 Fri Sep 29 20:46:49 +0000 2023

My house has an automated 2 pump drainage system. But I don't get to find out if it managed until about 2 hours from now. 😬

 Fri Sep 29 21:20:47 +0000 2023

It deepends on what you consider "best". Original EGA floppy version is what the original team made. VGA floppy update is pretty good, depending on how you feel about the new art. And then the CD version changes a lot, like reducing number of verbs & adding inventory icons.

 Fri Sep 29 23:11:14 +0000 2023

I would go with EGA because that's the original with all the gags intact. And then at a later point I'd check out the other version just to see the differences.

 Fri Sep 29 23:20:28 +0000 2023

RT @DoubleFine: Way back in 2015 we recorded a Devs Play episode of Super Mario 64 with Giles Goddard.

We considered releasing it straigh…

 Fri Sep 29 23:32:58 +0000 2023

See for yourself: https://x.com/search?q=Manhattan&src=trend_click&vertical=trends

 Fri Sep 29 23:33:37 +0000 2023

Emulate an MT-32. It's what it's meant for.

 Fri Sep 29 23:39:26 +0000 2023

RT @jrronimo: If you've at all been eyeing the awesome @Windows MS-DOS sweater for this holiday, you might want to get your order in ASAP.…

 Sat Sep 30 03:34:04 +0000 2023

Wow. Didn't expect a Disney game ad to go this far into its weapon lore. https://t.co/0xdTB9y3R9

 Sat Sep 30 13:18:26 +0000 2023

RT @ChronixMakes: The Derby Computer Museum had an ond Laptop with #DukeNukem 2 running. So I then lost 20 minutes of my day playing it. Go…

 Sat Sep 30 15:49:11 +0000 2023

RT @JohnAndersen21: Amazing 1986 Japanese news footage of Nintendo production staff at work in Kyoto. It gives great insight into some unus…

 Sat Sep 30 17:30:06 +0000 2023

What really makes no sense is calling for eradication of entire nations. Usually people who do that are referred to by a certain term, you might even know what it is.

 Sat Sep 30 19:37:33 +0000 2023

https://x.com/AdventurersCap/status/1708165830796587487

 Sat Sep 30 20:51:36 +0000 2023

I said, ooh, I’m blinded by the lights
No, I can’t sleep until I hear MIDI sound
I said, ooh, I’m drowning in the night
Oh, when I’m like this, MIDI's the one I trust

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

 Sat Sep 30 23:09:51 +0000 2023

Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111156618456898795

 Sat Sep 30 23:10:07 +0000 2023

Wow. I wasn't aware of a videogame composer that has been around for so long and worked in pretty much exclusively one musical style. https://x.com/gstdaisuki/status/1708225147004449149

 Sun Oct 01 01:22:00 +0000 2023