Happy New Year from Éric Zmiro's Prehistorik 2! 🥂
Mon Jan 01 05:02:09 +0000 2024Replying to @NerdySnailie
It's a British game by Bullfrog Productions (Peter Molyneux). It's great, but it gets really difficult really quick.
Mon Jan 01 10:40:09 +0000 2024Replying to @NerdySnailie
EA were the publisher, they financed the development. Two Point Hospital was developed by some of the people who used to work at Bullfrog and were on the original Theme Hospital team.
Mon Jan 01 10:46:13 +0000 2024Replying to @NerdySnailie
Oh, I know.
Mon Jan 01 10:48:22 +0000 2024RT @RetroTechChris: That's a wrap for #DOScember2023. My YouTube playlist builder found 174 videos, which is great! Shout out to all of t…
Mon Jan 01 16:53:39 +0000 2024Replying to @j_rohrauer
PCs pretty much have always been Y2K compliant. The game gets a date directly from BIOS.
Mon Jan 01 16:59:10 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Happy New Year from Éric Zmiro's Prehistorik 2! 🥂
Mon Jan 01 17:05:45 +0000 2024RT @SuperFromND: steamboat willie went public domain today so im celebrating in the most Super way possible:
i converted the entire thing…
Mon Jan 01 18:06:26 +0000 2024Stéphane Picq just put up a remastered version of Spice Opera's Sign of the Worm:
https://soundcloud.com/st-phane-picq/sign-of-the-worm-master-flac/s-U6fLX4rjM6L?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1&si=d039360e3ac5424d9eb01d6e4357e988&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Mon Jan 01 18:49:59 +0000 2024Replying to @tanooki84
Whichever one Tim Paterson is holding
Mon Jan 01 18:52:49 +0000 2024These DOS games are turning 30 years old this year!
https://youtu.be/VdObXjDdiO0?si=28dmqXRTOBKrZmeb
Mon Jan 01 19:15:15 +0000 2024Do we have wear out all of Steamboat Willie in just one day?
Mon Jan 01 19:44:48 +0000 2024Code wheels! Woo-oo!
Everyday we're out there spinning
Code wheels! Woo-oo!
Mon Jan 01 20:15:03 +0000 2024Replying to @sskras
You might not know this, but they did fix version 1.10. We're all the way up to MS-DOS 7 now. 🤷♂️
Tue Jan 02 00:53:47 +0000 2024Ok, this shit is pretty awesome. 🎶🕶💿 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1675674617921282048
Tue Jan 02 02:00:23 +0000 2024Replying to @Gamingsubs
Shareware version of Quake was released on June 22nd. Registered on July 23rd. Retail on August 30th. No January involved.
Tue Jan 02 03:15:11 +0000 2024Replying to @GrundislavGames
YO LISTEN UP HERE'S A STORY
Tue Jan 02 15:20:20 +0000 2024RT @GreyAlien: Just bought the latest Allister Brimble album: https://allisterbrimble.bandcamp.com/album/the-retro-works
Tue Jan 02 16:09:14 +0000 2024RT @RibShark: I've been working on a tool to be able to run SafeDisc protected games on modern Windows without the blacklisted driver, and…
Tue Jan 02 19:10:16 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Ok, this shit is pretty awesome. 🎶🕶💿 https://t.co/taHVJTJlbO
Tue Jan 02 19:57:05 +0000 2024Replying to @attack_gav and @ModernVintageG
A concerned parent would be one. Or anyone who wanted to catch someone doing drugs secretly.
Tue Jan 02 21:22:21 +0000 2024The Internet as I used to know it is nearly dead as it is, and this sort of shit is the beginning of the real end.
https://www.404media.co/north-carolina-montana-pornhub-blocked-vpn/
Wed Jan 03 00:15:50 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Behind the Dune #NotDOS
A Flash porn remake of Cryo's Dune.
Wed Jan 03 03:02:01 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
Missing an inspirational sounding, but confusing plaque on a wall.
Wed Jan 03 03:12:39 +0000 2024RT @benjedwards: On a real estate site, I found this room that makes you feel like you've been abducted and put into a human zoo habitat by…
Wed Jan 03 03:21:51 +0000 2024I hope all this attention Steamboat Willie is attracting reminds everyone that Mickey Mouse just loves to torture animals, that prick.
Wed Jan 03 03:47:32 +0000 2024Replying to @lazygamereviews
I almost tweeted this again before I saw the date. 😅
Wed Jan 03 03:48:38 +0000 2024Replying to @CRTC_Nichols
DR-DOS wouldn't exist for another 8 years when this version of 86-DOS was released.
Wed Jan 03 04:05:50 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Honestly it's pretty rare for a Chinese pirate cart to a have custom art by a person who actually played the game. Usuall…
Wed Jan 03 04:15:50 +0000 2024Replying to @raddishprince
Eh, kind of. In reality it was just a ploy of one of the school employees to suddenly shut down the club and "lose" all the cartridges.
Wed Jan 03 05:01:00 +0000 2024Replying to @CRTC_Nichols
That's how I interpreted the "at the time" bit. 🤷
Wed Jan 03 05:49:56 +0000 2024Replying to @CRTC_Nichols
It doesn't make much sense talking about DR-DOS in a QT about a 1980 product that haven't existed for 7 years by the time DR-DOS rolled around either. 🤷
Wed Jan 03 12:54:30 +0000 2024Replying to @DominicTarason
Wed Jan 03 15:16:37 +0000 2024How many people are actually left at 3D Realms at this point?
Wed Jan 03 16:21:52 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
If there are still people, can they grab a 2002 build of Duke Nukem Forever on their seemingly inevitable way out?
Wed Jan 03 16:28:44 +0000 2024Replying to @DominicTarason
Some poor schmuck somewhere is probably still in charge of the upcoming Kingpin update.
Wed Jan 03 16:41:04 +0000 2024Replying to @kehander
It is just a purchased name, but it was still a company with management & employees. The new Apogee is also a band new company with an old name, the only difference is Scott runs it. But Scott was involved in the early days of the new 3D Realms as well.
Wed Jan 03 16:52:33 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
We have known for a while. It's just the first time an actual human managed to reach this point
https://biggieblog.com/celebrating-the-first-nes-tetris-game-crash/
Wed Jan 03 16:58:28 +0000 2024Replying to @ScottApogee and @kehander
"Exact same" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here for a name that got re-registered several times in last 15 years, but I know that you mean.
I just hope the mutuals that are reading this know as well.
Wed Jan 03 17:24:40 +0000 2024Replying to @snakey125
That would be lovely as well
Wed Jan 03 17:59:53 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
There's a breakdown of the bugs in the blog, if you're interested.
Wed Jan 03 18:06:04 +0000 2024Woot! A cult classic Polish sci-fi comedy gets an HD release! https://x.com/VinegarSyndrome/status/1742594767421063446
Wed Jan 03 18:18:40 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
A videogame loosely based on this movie, A.D. 2044, has been on GOG for quite a bit
https://www.gog.com/en/game/ad_2044
Wed Jan 03 18:20:44 +0000 2024Replying to @damgentemp
It definitely has some recognition outside of Poland due to its premise. But there are plenty of great Polish movies.
Wed Jan 03 18:39:38 +0000 2024Replying to @damgentemp
At least watch Kieslowski's Colors Trilogy. It's great.
Wed Jan 03 18:50:23 +0000 2024Replying to @popeyeotaku
What did you think?
Wed Jan 03 19:38:36 +0000 2024Replying to @KSBolshevik, @rotekatzefrak and @posting_forever
Are you sure?
https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOjS
Wed Jan 03 20:32:58 +0000 2024Somebody buy me a Threadripper so I can still just run DOSBox on a single core & laugh every time I open Task Manager.
Wed Jan 03 21:32:20 +0000 2024Replying to @PeterNikolow
Jesus Christ
Wed Jan 03 22:01:21 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
An in-depth look at the freshly discovered version of 86-DOS by @tschak:
https://youtu.be/Zd7T5euID1E?si=SSbc1-QbSnI4vK80
Thu Jan 04 00:42:32 +0000 2024Replying to @IQ_Adventures
Thu Jan 04 02:01:23 +0000 2024Who wrinkled my Randy Travis poster, pissed in my seat, and hid my keys?
Thu Jan 04 03:44:42 +0000 2024RT @ViridianGames: Really happy with what I got done tonight with Ultima VII Revisited! First-floor walls are now drawing and the objects…
Thu Jan 04 11:00:20 +0000 2024RT @slashdot: Niklaus Wirth, Inventor of Pascal, Dies At 89 https://ift.tt/WMRU18o
Thu Jan 04 15:31:57 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Borland Turbo Pascal v2.00B. DOS, 1984.
Thu Jan 04 15:34:00 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Turbo Pascal v4.0. DOS, 1987
Thu Jan 04 15:34:07 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Borland Turbo Pascal v6.0 (DOS, 1990)
Thu Jan 04 15:34:12 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Borland Turbo Pascal for Windows v1.0 (1991)
Thu Jan 04 15:34:17 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Borland Delphi v1.0 (Win3.x, 1994) #NotDOS
Thu Jan 04 15:34:29 +0000 2024And this is how it was eventually discovered that The Dark Eye had multiple revisions. 😅 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1741133687150858608
Thu Jan 04 17:58:04 +0000 2024Replying to @RetroTechChris
I did not know that. 😯 But... is it updated? How to save/load?
Thu Jan 04 19:27:26 +0000 2024RT @Gammitin: I've made a boot process video for my IBM Model 30 (8086), showing a few things:
- 16bit ISA network card running in 8bit mod…
Thu Jan 04 19:55:59 +0000 2024Replying to @gator36b
What the hell do you mean a Peter Pan Peanut Butter Alert?
Thu Jan 04 20:00:53 +0000 2024Oh, boy. Thanks, Samsung. 😠
Thu Jan 04 20:10:03 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
FUCK
Thu Jan 04 20:10:14 +0000 2024Replying to @juppiix
Yep
Thu Jan 04 20:11:15 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
The way I found out is someone asked my get an MD5 of a file I knew I had laying around unchanged & unmoved since the day I got the drive in 2021. I got a read error half way through. This SSD lasted less time than even the crappiest HDD I had.
Thu Jan 04 20:15:34 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Btw, did you know that if you have a file that can't be read, and you ask Windows 10 to compress it, it'll successfully create a zip archive with only the readable part of the file, and NOT PUT UP A SINGLE ERROR MESSAGE?! Now you know.
Thu Jan 04 20:28:05 +0000 2024Replying to @gkaltwasser
Samsung Magician
Thu Jan 04 20:33:35 +0000 2024Replying to @scoobytunes
Samsung apparently has an automated warranty replacement system on the web where you don't even need to interact with anything much, but apparently they send you refurbished drives, and I'm not really sure I want another Samsung drive now anyway.
Thu Jan 04 20:37:26 +0000 2024Replying to @scoobytunes
Yeah, I have pretty much the same model, but different size that I bought 2 after this one at the same place in my other machine, and it's perfectly fine. 🤷
Thu Jan 04 20:47:49 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
EVO
Thu Jan 04 20:48:20 +0000 2024Replying to @thealfest
You're a braver person than me. I would never trust that drive again.
Thu Jan 04 20:53:08 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
Apparently failures in 870 sold in 2021 are quite common. It's all over the internet.
Thu Jan 04 20:54:10 +0000 2024Replying to @thealfest
This just doesn't make sense to me? Did you do anything with it? Replug it or something like that?
Thu Jan 04 20:58:18 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
I have another one I bought 2 days later at the same place in my other machine, and it's perfectly fine. 🤷
Thu Jan 04 21:00:02 +0000 2024Replying to @thealfest
Shit. I only updated the firmware when I got it. Been on this drive for 2.5 years.
Thu Jan 04 21:10:04 +0000 2024Replying to @thealfest
So is mine
Thu Jan 04 21:14:09 +0000 2024Replying to @thealfest
Pre scan
Thu Jan 04 21:17:34 +0000 2024Finally a *real* CAT5 https://x.com/s4rah_dev/status/1742913279905747157
Thu Jan 04 21:23:32 +0000 2024Replying to @ricsip82
So, you might not know this for obvious reasons, but if you have a following that's over several thousands on Twitter it is better to make sure you *never* post anything that even remotely can be interpreted as a technical question. Curse words yield less annoying results.
Thu Jan 04 21:31:33 +0000 2024Replying to @ricsip82
And if you think I'm not being serious or some such shit, I did ask a question and posted my SMART stats over on Mastodon. Twitter, and even more specifically my Twitter isn't a place for this.
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111699081694253280
Thu Jan 04 21:35:46 +0000 2024https://x.com/simoncarless/status/1742983138916393134
Thu Jan 04 21:55:52 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
After a full scan my error count went from 195 to 27855. I might have caught it in time.
Thu Jan 04 22:28:36 +0000 2024It really tied the room together
Fri Jan 05 00:09:29 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement and @hiddenmccoy
I bought mine in May, so could have been.
Fri Jan 05 02:50:58 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement and @hiddenmccoy
I'm replacing mine tomorrow. Because it can't even finish a full scan.
Fri Jan 05 02:53:29 +0000 2024My god, are all the ads on this app are just porn now? Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy seeing attractive bodies. But I don't need them randomly showing up on my phone screen.
Fri Jan 05 04:39:29 +0000 2024Replying to @Blackdrazon
1.0 English
Fri Jan 05 04:42:31 +0000 2024Replying to @lkarlslund
It could be regional
Fri Jan 05 04:50:01 +0000 2024Replying to @GeeksInPhoenix
Never released? It was very much released. SCP was selling 86-DOS.
Fri Jan 05 13:33:16 +0000 2024RT @philscomputerlb: So you want to build a 386 Retro PC? https://youtu.be/Fy_BuF0yFT8?si=siT-KP1MsjHE1hWV
Fri Jan 05 13:53:11 +0000 2024RT @MStrehovsky: Came back to this out of sheer curiosity. The reason why the Windows NT 3.1 Minesweeper shows up in B&W on Windows 11 is G…
Fri Jan 05 14:00:33 +0000 2024The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me
Fri Jan 05 15:32:11 +0000 2024Replying to @frickerman23
THAT IS WHAT I NORMALLY DO
Fri Jan 05 15:39:48 +0000 2024Replying to @winterion
Correct!
Fri Jan 05 15:40:13 +0000 2024Replying to @tempesttossed
Fri Jan 05 15:46:56 +0000 2024Replying to @frickerman23
Fri Jan 05 15:48:22 +0000 2024Replying to @frickerman23
Fri Jan 05 15:52:22 +0000 2024Replying to @Oscar_Yayo
I keep on top of things
Fri Jan 05 16:41:16 +0000 2024Wanted to see if upcoming Tomb Raider Remastered's assets in "original graphics" mode actually match the original game, and it appears that they more or less do. You can see that the models are still made of separate meshes with independent shading.
Remastered vs original:
Fri Jan 05 17:06:15 +0000 2024My computer still runs seemingly fine, but all official repair tools error out, and attempting a deep CHKDSK puts the machine in a boot loop. Definitely time for a new hard disk. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1743001866751885401
Fri Jan 05 17:50:41 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Definitely not trusting Samsung again. Tell me about brands that you've found to be reliable from personal experience while I'm on my way to a Micro Center.
Fri Jan 05 18:05:53 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
It is model related. I had a 870 EVO that was apparently prone to failure. But still.
Fri Jan 05 18:25:25 +0000 2024Replying to @SwooshyCueb
It wasn't three firmware, it was the NAND. I upgraded my firmware day 1 because I heard of those things happening.
Fri Jan 05 18:26:24 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
Looks like you can choose between modern & classic
Fri Jan 05 19:27:39 +0000 2024RT @ScottApogee: Tim Sweeney sent me this letter in Jan 1991. He was seeking advice on the release of his first game, ZZT. His marketing bu…
Fri Jan 05 20:17:04 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Aaaaand it failed before I could clone it. Amazing. Nothing important, but it was my main system drive, so it's Windows + all the software and games. This is gonna take a bit.
Fri Jan 05 20:55:40 +0000 2024RT @Pixelmusement: Ancient DOS Games is back! The newest episode is now uploaded and ready to watch! https://youtu.be/moxWxAhsyv0
Sat Jan 06 01:06:18 +0000 2024In heaven everything is fine
Sat Jan 06 02:17:52 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Eraserhead is funnier when on a big screen. 🤔
Sat Jan 06 05:13:58 +0000 2024Replying to @getradified
The beginning was always funny. But I never found "Oh you *are* sick." funny until today.
Sat Jan 06 05:22:45 +0000 2024Recently someone told me about Viper CTR, a 1997 PC-98 visual novel that was available on FORTY floppy disks. If anyone has any other candidates (games, not software), I'm all ears. https://x.com/mattbarton/status/1743371694469787913
Sat Jan 06 15:28:46 +0000 2024My stupid ass turned my computer off the last time I managed to boot my dying SSD before getting a replacement, so as a result I'm gonna spend today reinstalling everything. I guess it's nice to have a fresh start in a way. Got the essentials going.
Sat Jan 06 15:31:33 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ok, what the fuck is going on with Steam captcha? Am I a robot?
Sat Jan 06 15:46:22 +0000 2024Replying to @salsacaek
I mean, that's great, but that's not more than 40.
Sat Jan 06 15:52:10 +0000 2024Replying to @_Lovejoy_
Never leave home without it
Sat Jan 06 15:53:11 +0000 2024Replying to @ampyourgrowth
2 and a half years
Sat Jan 06 15:56:31 +0000 2024Replying to @Anusien
Actually, I AM!
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1575639358614315008
Sat Jan 06 15:56:56 +0000 2024Replying to @fedbarbero
And that's why I said games, not software.
Sat Jan 06 15:57:30 +0000 2024Replying to @Frapskillar
I bought a license for Total Commander.
Sat Jan 06 15:58:14 +0000 2024Replying to @grumpytentacle
You're looking at them. Total Commander, Firefox, and IrfanView are my essentials.
Sat Jan 06 16:07:45 +0000 2024Ooh. A BSOD already. Almost a speedrun.
Sat Jan 06 16:09:34 +0000 2024Replying to @samtron5000
That's a big yes
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1729540896725619096?t=RGtJXkQmwAseUz4ed08sdw&s=19
Sat Jan 06 16:19:15 +0000 2024I was just about to tweet the same thing. 😂 How is it 5x the size of 90s Photoshop, but does less? https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/869709475791425539
Sat Jan 06 17:26:35 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
OH MY FUCKING GOD, WHAT?!
Sat Jan 06 17:35:43 +0000 2024Replying to @grumpytentacle
Those are my 100% bare necessities. Can't exist without them. The rest I accumulate as I need.
Sat Jan 06 17:54:47 +0000 2024Now the question is do I revive my 2017 backup of my DOSBox setup, or do I just start anew? 🤔
Sat Jan 06 22:25:33 +0000 2024So it's raining tonight and snowing tomorrow in New York. You now what that means. It's Max Payne 1 & 2 time! 🗽 💦 ❄
Sat Jan 06 22:27:49 +0000 2024Replying to @David_Crayford
I haven't touched the main DOSBox branch in a decade at least.
Sat Jan 06 22:49:14 +0000 2024Replying to @rodneydgilbert
Not really, but DOSBox-x is the one I end up using if I need something customizable and accurate
Sat Jan 06 22:49:59 +0000 2024Replying to @David_Crayford
That is to say, I don't intend to go back to it. In case it wasn't clear.
Sat Jan 06 22:53:28 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
I believe it does, but I don't use shaders.
Sat Jan 06 23:11:43 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
I have a real CRT for when I feel like looking at a CRT
Sat Jan 06 23:22:13 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: There's just something so satisfying about Max Payne's super simple by today's standards core gameplay loop. https://t.co…
Sun Jan 07 00:37:51 +0000 2024Ok, this looks pretty damn awesome! 😄 https://x.com/VinegarSyndrome/status/1743681926014156937
Sun Jan 07 00:42:16 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Decided to go with 2017. Let's see how much my flow changed in 7 years.
Sun Jan 07 01:22:34 +0000 2024Replying to @ShawnDoubleA
I felt it was more Max Payne + Alan Wake.
Sun Jan 07 01:29:04 +0000 2024Holy shit, who moved the slider up on the size of snow flakes in the world renderer? 😮❄
Sun Jan 07 02:22:30 +0000 2024Replying to @sacredbanana
I don't think we're quite there yet
Sun Jan 07 02:26:33 +0000 2024Replying to @sacredbanana
Nice keyboard
Sun Jan 07 02:30:20 +0000 2024There's a showing of Monty Python and the Holy Grail soon, and there's no way I would go to see that. There's absolutely 0% chance that everyone in the audience will manage to resist an impulse to quote the whole thing.
Sun Jan 07 02:57:15 +0000 2024Whoa, when installing DirectX on a clean machine the installer just downloads a DECADE worth of updates by month??? 😂
Sun Jan 07 03:16:18 +0000 2024Replying to @RichDuckKing
Same, although I go for Max Payne 2.
Sun Jan 07 03:32:44 +0000 2024Ugh. 2 BSODs in 2 days. What got fucked up this time?
Sun Jan 07 03:42:44 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Well, shit.
Sun Jan 07 03:45:00 +0000 2024RT @ForateiS: Here is a lifehack for you people playing on a potato.
Did you know you can have a more 'smoother' experience on Quake if yo…
Sun Jan 07 04:10:43 +0000 2024Replying to @gator36b
Haha. No.
Sun Jan 07 04:50:45 +0000 2024RT @SamLakeRMD: Max Payne reunion 22 y later in Alan Wake 2. I invited family and friends to dance in the AW2 short film. @janiniipola (MP1…
Sun Jan 07 05:08:12 +0000 2024RT @Retroldies: It's finally there!
The full review of Loom with ZERO emulator footage: pure CRT screen pixels. Just like back in the day.…
Sun Jan 07 05:29:50 +0000 2024Awake at 6 am on a Sunday morning. I guess it's SFC time. 🤷 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1743841137477976203
Sun Jan 07 11:01:00 +0000 2024Troddlers (Atod Design/The Sales Curve, 1993) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Jan 07 17:31:58 +0000 2024Replying to @horrolivia
And this is how I learned that this video has been deleted from Twitter, so I guess you're right.
https://youtu.be/rDMQMVGHGbw?si=bBnLS6emgKE8s1TN
Sun Jan 07 19:26:43 +0000 2024Box art of the day: #DOSGaming
Sun Jan 07 19:32:39 +0000 2024Replying to @agusberthet
Villa crespo software
Sun Jan 07 19:34:09 +0000 2024Order direct from Peter Norton
($1 from 1988 is about $2.55 today)
Sun Jan 07 20:44:22 +0000 2024This has got to be one of the most iconic images in all of gaming, right? https://x.com/SashaScanlines/status/1743956619648544889
Sun Jan 07 22:59:37 +0000 2024I remember only for an hour
Move right through me, can you feel the power?
I don't know what's going on
It scares me, but it won't be long
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Sun Jan 07 23:55:19 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111717366177505398
Sun Jan 07 23:55:38 +0000 2024Replying to @rfvilarinho
I'm gonna assume probably not.
Mon Jan 08 01:12:32 +0000 2024Found this on my 2017 backup. I don't recall making this.
Mon Jan 08 03:01:44 +0000 2024Replying to @Blackdrazon
And now 1.0.3 as well.
Mon Jan 08 03:48:07 +0000 2024Good night.
Mon Jan 08 04:26:41 +0000 2024Replying to @AKutsune2023
https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/game/3559
Mon Jan 08 05:19:24 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
Never Enough DOS Games: Guess Who
Mon Jan 08 15:22:55 +0000 2024RT @pagb666: https://t.co/z8ZBjlgudx
Mon Jan 08 16:40:42 +0000 2024Replying to @xaositec3
Самый прикол в том что Гейтс никогда не утверждал что именно он "разработал" MS-DOS и всё выше описаное и есть вполне официальная история создания. Присутствует везде, включая официальную литературу от Микрософта.
Mon Jan 08 17:27:55 +0000 2024Replying to @xaositec3
Как я заметил, это печаталось во всей официальной литературе, и в 80-х.
Mon Jan 08 18:24:03 +0000 2024Replying to @xaositec3
Вот, например. Лично держу в руках официальную энциклопедию MS-DOS от издательства Microsoft Press. У меня второе издание, но первое вроде 1988-го года выпуска. Там в начале 45 страниц про то как дос появился, где всё вами сказанное описывается. Прилагаю вступительный параграф:
Mon Jan 08 18:36:18 +0000 2024Replying to @xaositec3
Если сами желаете ознакомиться:
https://archive.org/details/The_MS-DOS_Encyclopedia_Ray_Duncan
Mon Jan 08 18:36:51 +0000 2024Replying to @xaositec3
Да и вообще примеров масса, честно говоря. В книгах, прессе, и вообще везде. И не то что 25-ти, так даже почти 40-ка летней давности теперь. 🤷
Mon Jan 08 18:38:26 +0000 2024Replying to @xaositec3
А кто кроме спецов интересовался тогда что Билл Гейтс заработал? В России в 90-х всем было на это глубоко насрать.
Mon Jan 08 18:40:37 +0000 2024Replying to @preymak and @xaositec3
Это легко и просто может получиться у каждого пока эта сеть ещё жива. 😅
Mon Jan 08 18:42:33 +0000 2024Replying to @damgentemp
Look, man. I gotta get back to the streets where I come from, sucka.
Mon Jan 08 18:51:30 +0000 2024Replying to @TheLeafyBomb
I know. My uncle who works at Nintendo told me.
Mon Jan 08 21:37:41 +0000 2024Replying to @LitGrue
Goldeneye 69!
Mon Jan 08 21:38:00 +0000 2024Replying to @variainayurt and @sovietvisuals
Yours truly
Mon Jan 08 21:39:11 +0000 2024Replying to @Cluster_M
Я тоже долго держался, но потом всё-таки сдался, и у меня появился XP. С 2004-го по 2007-й. Зато потом у меня была только Vista прямо до Десятки. 😅
Tue Jan 09 00:16:59 +0000 2024That's cute. PartitionMagic pretty successfully copies the look of Windows 95, although it's purely a DOS program, despite the confusing "DOS 32-bit Win95 executable" notice in the About screen. I don't even have Windows installed on this machine.
Tue Jan 09 01:06:21 +0000 2024Replying to @primarylupine and @crdudeyoutube
Take a guess what spurred me on
Tue Jan 09 01:14:42 +0000 2024I grew up on these streets. https://x.com/AgustinCordes/status/1744520028437770343
Tue Jan 09 01:15:03 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Tue Jan 09 01:18:09 +0000 2024Replying to @primarylupine and @crdudeyoutube
Oh, wait. I just to *that* bit now! 😮I got inspired by the earlier bit.
Tue Jan 09 01:19:42 +0000 2024Replying to @rclrcrx64
Tue Jan 09 01:23:16 +0000 2024Awww. That was nice of Pajitnov and Rogers to personally congratulate the kid who crashed NES Tetris.
Tue Jan 09 01:59:00 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Source: https://youtu.be/dS_8CZy8DbI?si=4wrL9HSvoWYh6LUj
Tue Jan 09 01:59:59 +0000 2024Replying to @GingerVariant
He's still around.
https://youtu.be/T8uNCjWVfdI?si=TQvM7AkF75y9X7dO
Tue Jan 09 02:48:39 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
Tue Jan 09 04:26:25 +0000 2024Replying to @rasteri
I feel like any such libraries would have showed up in the About screen.
Tue Jan 09 15:36:10 +0000 2024RT @KevEdwardsRetro: A sales brochure ( PDF ) for Sculptured Software's Super NES DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM. It comprises of the actual dev kit ha…
Tue Jan 09 15:40:19 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Neat!
https://x.com/rasteri/status/1744749149952602510?t=hhA2VGMgkwSk2k4JFJ8mOQ&s=19
Tue Jan 09 16:05:29 +0000 2024Replying to @streetskaterNYC
Gates didn't write MS-DOS. He bought it from Tim Paterson/Seattle Computer Products in 1980.
Tue Jan 09 18:51:08 +0000 2024Replying to @Slipgate0
Yes, it's 640x480.
Tue Jan 09 22:55:03 +0000 2024Replying to @daviskens
Ok, give me 5 more that did that as successfully.
Wed Jan 10 00:04:41 +0000 2024Accidents in Paradise (KELLY-Data, 1997) #DOSGameScreenADay
Wed Jan 10 00:41:27 +0000 2024Replying to @audiosug
This is purely a DOS program that copies the look of Windows, nothing else.
A cli program running in a window in Windows is a completely normal occurrence.
Wed Jan 10 00:49:47 +0000 2024RT @TimRachor: Very happy with my new e-ink picture frame. Doesn't even have to connect to a power source. 🤩 #retrogaming #DOSGaming https:…
Wed Jan 10 02:01:45 +0000 2024Holy shit. ☔😧
Wed Jan 10 05:42:17 +0000 2024A veteran and pioneer of the game industry is gone.
(Medical debt help for Jennell's family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/jennell-jaquays-has-a-long-road-back ) https://x.com/burgerbecky/status/1745019247955181958
Wed Jan 10 15:22:03 +0000 2024Replying to @keen_blaze
The only hole I dealt with recently was your dad's. 🍩
Wed Jan 10 17:55:49 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
I'll probably just get another 1 tb and put them in a raid mirror.
Wed Jan 10 19:42:20 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement and @BeardPapaSmurf
Yeah, it definitely looks like SSDs just have a fairly high failure rate, and you either get one that works beyond its expectancy, or begins failing way before it's due. Not sure how I feel about that.
Wed Jan 10 21:41:11 +0000 2024Replying to @thealfest and @Pixelmusement
Disappointing.
Wed Jan 10 22:24:11 +0000 20244x4 Off-Road Racing (Epyx, 1988) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Jan 11 00:31:34 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
4x4 Off-Road Racing theme by Jennell Jaquays. Commodore 64 version. 🎶
Thu Jan 11 00:32:47 +0000 2024Replying to @drDroid8
Ну вобще-то Сапёр входил в стандартный комплект ещё в Windows 3.1, а не 3.11. А так в оригинале его делали для пака к Windows 3.0 в 90-м году ещё.
Thu Jan 11 13:39:52 +0000 2024RT @shinkoheo: BOMB X - MS DOS
Thu Jan 11 13:41:31 +0000 2024RT @the_broly_arms: The pinnacle of the 90s video game FMV dumpster fire HAS to be Island Peril. The game is absolutely HORRENDOUS but the…
Thu Jan 11 13:44:11 +0000 2024Replying to @StereoDruid and @Noooooovik
В английской версии бабы тоже не голые, т.к. это главная шутка игры. 🐧 Голые бабы в "ГЭГ+: Гарри в Отпуске", но это и не игра в принципе, а просто коллекция голых баб в интерфейсе квартиры из игры, выпущеная отдельно.
Thu Jan 11 14:11:23 +0000 2024Replying to @StereoDruid and @Noooooovik
С Английской версией (которая на самом деле Голландская) есть один прокол - то что есть в сети уже десяток с лишним лет - битое. Вылетает в начале последней заставки в игре. А так вобще-то запускаеться и нормально работает на современных системах. В отличии от ГЭГ+.
Thu Jan 11 14:15:50 +0000 2024Replying to @StereoDruid and @Noooooovik
У меня есть один знакомый иностранец у которого есть коробочное Английское издание. Я его уже который год пытаюсь уговорить снять образ с дисков. Но он Коллекционер с большной буквы. Они упрямые.
Thu Jan 11 14:26:07 +0000 2024Replying to @StereoDruid and @Noooooovik
А так вобще что-б в текущую английскую версию поиграть много не надо. В общем-то только образы скачать (например с http://old-games.ru) и эмулятор CD-ROM привода для этих образов (например Daemon Tools).
Thu Jan 11 14:28:12 +0000 2024Replying to @drDroid8
Нет, не так. Я родился в СССР.
Thu Jan 11 15:54:37 +0000 2024Replying to @drDroid8
А если не на пару лет? Я просто не совсем понял какое это имеет отношение к теме.
Thu Jan 11 16:04:40 +0000 2024Replying to @drDroid8
Ой, я посмотрел вашу ленту. Можете не отвечать. Не беспокойтесь, прохожу. 👋
Thu Jan 11 16:06:28 +0000 2024Replying to @drDroid8
А это уж как получиться. 🤷♂️ Пришлю фото, если удасться.
Thu Jan 11 16:10:44 +0000 2024Crime and Punishment (Graeme Newman, Jack Kress/Imagic, 1984) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Jan 11 17:14:33 +0000 2024When we all give the power
We all give the best
Every minute of an hour
Don't think about a rest
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Thu Jan 11 17:52:43 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111738588917943628
Thu Jan 11 17:52:59 +0000 2024Box art of the day:
(I always wondered why the cigar had to be so fake.)
#DOSGaming
Thu Jan 11 19:47:20 +0000 2024Replying to @winterandwolf
Anything else? What was the perspective? First person, side views, etc. Try to remember as many details as possible. Describe the frames stored in your mind in detail.
Thu Jan 11 19:53:55 +0000 2024Testing, testing. 1, 2, 3.
Thu Jan 11 20:59:11 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Version 1.0 is completable. 👍
Fri Jan 12 01:56:06 +0000 2024RT @RetroTechChris: Ok, time to inventory the final 4 PCs. And they are set up on display in the basement! A custom build, a Packard Bell…
Fri Jan 12 04:05:38 +0000 2024RT @Bhaal_Spawn: Resident Evil 4 (2005) is now as old as the Legend of Zelda (1986) was when Resident Evil 4 came out. https://t.co/lSuGl75…
Fri Jan 12 10:53:33 +0000 2024Holy shit, just had a nightmare about my previous field of work. Funniest thing is there was nothing weird about it, literally just an amalgamation of my previous 3 jobs. Woke up from stressing too much. Boy am I glad I don't do that anymore. 😅
Fri Jan 12 10:58:42 +0000 2024Replying to @damgentemp
It's still not very accurate. It's getting there though.
Fri Jan 12 11:13:44 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: If you ever wondered what Link does when Zelda isn't in trouble.
Fri Jan 12 15:48:20 +0000 2024When you copy a game, but it isn't cracked. #DOSGaming
Fri Jan 12 15:50:07 +0000 2024- : h o r s e : -
Fri Jan 12 16:07:30 +0000 2024Sam Raimi's forgotten 1998 drama "A Simple Plan" starring Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, and Bridget Fonda is free on YouTube (in the US): https://youtu.be/0z8jSXmO8KU?si=j1BlwTmpDBl90S10
Fri Jan 12 16:15:37 +0000 2024Replying to @MrMuncherToYou
Indeed it is
Fri Jan 12 16:25:45 +0000 2024Are you this old?
Fri Jan 12 17:40:08 +0000 2024RT @eagle_epsilon: My take on the Emulation discourse 🧎
Fri Jan 12 17:43:35 +0000 2024I can't even play through this game ONCE. 😯 https://x.com/JikissGamer/status/1745845621926367567
Fri Jan 12 18:29:58 +0000 2024WWIII? Pfft. Wake me up when it's WWLXIX!
(Actually, please don't.)
Fri Jan 12 19:45:18 +0000 2024
Fri Jan 12 20:53:00 +0000 2024Turns out I forgot to back up my $10 MIDI. 😥 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1470444442935087130
Fri Jan 12 21:21:38 +0000 2024RT @mxb03523: IBM PC(CGA)版 Bootskell
http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/bootskell/#cga
Fri Jan 12 21:57:56 +0000 2024Replying to @winterandwolf
Hmmmm... The only one that comes to mind is Infiltrator (1986):
https://www.mobygames.com/game/7710/infiltrator/screenshots/dos/
Sat Jan 13 00:38:36 +0000 2024As much as I liked The Raid 2 I only ever saw it once, in theater when it came out. The Raid: Redemption I've seen a good dozen times. Something about it. The Raid 2 is bigger and crazier, but something about how lean the first movie is makes it a lot more appealing to me.
Sat Jan 13 01:33:02 +0000 2024I've just played through a 1995 Macromedia Director game on a modern system, and nothing prepares you for this. I cheered, I shouted, I fist-pumped the air, I cried, I stood and cheered. It's absolutely everything that you would hope it was gonna be. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1745625669092942064
Sat Jan 13 15:37:29 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
Pretty much every pre-2006 top 10 hit of theirs is more popular than either.
Sat Jan 13 19:41:58 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
I mean, come on, How Much is the Fish was EVERYWHERE for like two entire years, 98 - 2000. It was crazy.
Sat Jan 13 19:47:48 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
Logical Song's popularity was boosted a bit because it was on a couple of movie soundtracks, like Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno.
Sat Jan 13 19:49:00 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
I am, unfortunately, almost a lifelong Scooter fan. I keep buying all their shitty albums. Gonna buy the one that's coming out in a couple of months too. 🤷
Sat Jan 13 19:54:30 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
Last album had a second disc of remixes of old club songs that weren't theirs. That was actually the good stuff! No doubt done by that young guy who was only in the band for 2 years & quit in December of 2022 along with the other guy.
Sat Jan 13 19:58:14 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
I'm still hoping for something good on the new album, seeing how the previous 2 guys quit, but Jay Frog came back after 16 years.
Sat Jan 13 20:00:50 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
Mostly because last year H.P. put out the most creatively bankrupt single, even for himself. I feel like one can only go up from here.
https://youtu.be/fp-7-XsDIp8?si=_L6J4SLept91WdxK
Sat Jan 13 20:02:38 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
HP is really losing it at his old age. His lyrics don't have the same punch anymore, and he's reusing a lot of them in bulk. It's kind of sad. But I'm holding on till the end, I guess. 🤷
Sat Jan 13 20:04:19 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
The documentary that came out right before the two other guys quit didn't do them any favors either. HP came off like a big douche, even though they clearly wanted to soften it for the doc.
Sat Jan 13 20:06:46 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
When the pandemic hit they streamed a great live show full of energy. It looked like things were good. Apparently not what was going on behind the scenes.
https://www.youtube.com/live/d1pj9Vmn-q4?si=8TF5XgsB9EysnARN
Sat Jan 13 20:08:09 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Them: what were some of the best years for videogames?
Me:
Sat Jan 13 20:16:12 +0000 2024Replying to @Backstop5
Depends
Sat Jan 13 20:34:03 +0000 2024Replying to @Backstop5
Did you think the song was about going to a restaurant?
Sat Jan 13 21:28:10 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Them: What are you thinking about?
Me: Oh, nothing...
My brain:
Sat Jan 13 21:29:21 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Where did 1996 go?
Sat Jan 13 21:39:25 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: It is a shame that when electronic dance music-style soundtracks became popular in videogames we already were firmly in t…
Sat Jan 13 22:03:37 +0000 2024Replying to @OtroShorshMas
Flashpoint can't play Director programs, so not really.
Sat Jan 13 22:07:38 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: It's Saturday night! Dance like it's the 90s! 🎶
Sat Jan 13 23:31:35 +0000 2024Replying to @OtroShorshMas
Shockwave is Shockwave. Shockwave isn't Director. Director wasn't made for Internet things. The Dark Eye is a 600 meg CD-ROM for Windows/Mac. It consists of 240 video, audio, and data files.
Sun Jan 14 00:40:27 +0000 2024Replying to @OtroShorshMas
No biggie. One would actually make Shockwave media *in* Director, but it had to conform to certain limitations. Director started out in the 80s, so by the time Shockwave rolled around, it went through quite a few versions. The Dark Eye was made with Director 4.
Sun Jan 14 00:59:04 +0000 2024Replying to @GameMagPrintAds
Jesus Christ.
Sun Jan 14 01:03:05 +0000 2024If you're retro PC gaming enthusiast who runs old games on a modern system, you shouldn't be without these:
Sun Jan 14 01:17:25 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Microsoft took away the ability to switch your MIDI device in modern Windows. This is where CoolSoft MIDIMapper comes in:
https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/midimapper
Sun Jan 14 01:19:01 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
VirtualMIDISynth will create a MIDI device on your system that'll play your MIDI stuff in software using soundfonts you provide:
https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth
Sun Jan 14 01:20:27 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
This is the soundfont I mainly use. It's over 300 megabytes. I bet it's gonna cover most of your GM MIDI needs: https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/855
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1443009474667728903
Sun Jan 14 01:22:33 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
If you're in the mood for something a bit more retro-authentic, the legendary Roland Sound Canvas 55 had this soundfont extracted right from it, and is ready for your maximum 90s nostalgia:
https://github.com/trevor0402/SC55Soundfont
Sun Jan 14 01:24:53 +0000 2024Replying to @sgeocomet
Sun Jan 14 01:25:44 +0000 2024Replying to @BardsTale
Not in this Twitter video though, that's for sure. 😂
Sun Jan 14 01:28:37 +0000 2024The previous thread was brought to you by my dead Samsung 870 EVO, and the fact that I'm still rebuilding my normal workflow after a system loss as I go. 😅
Sun Jan 14 01:31:39 +0000 2024Replying to @RetroTechChris
ALL data loss. Thankfully I don't store anything important on my OS system drives.
Sun Jan 14 01:59:58 +0000 2024Replying to @Geenimetsuri
What if you're playing a Windows game though?
Sun Jan 14 02:28:15 +0000 2024RT @anne_engineer: She's a fun drive. A fair number of bells AND whistles. IBM PC/AT 5170, 80286+80287, XT-IDE CF 12MB HD, 1.2M+1.44M flop…
Sun Jan 14 03:02:13 +0000 2024
Sun Jan 14 03:38:47 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Good night.
Sun Jan 14 03:41:25 +0000 2024RT @JikissGamer: Steam will stop running on Windows XP in 0 days.
Sun Jan 14 12:50:09 +0000 2024RT @RealYouTubeKids:
Sun Jan 14 13:49:19 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Playing MIDI music on a Covox Speech Thing clone (Serdaco CVX4) using a GUS wavetable: 🔊🎵
Sun Jan 14 14:39:33 +0000 2024RT @d0cTB: Just chillin’…🎵 Tks @dosnostalgic !
Sun Jan 14 15:00:16 +0000 2024DOS games on AGDQ 2024: (EST time)
---------
Sun 14th:
8:55 PM - Ultimate Doom
Wed 17th:
10:51 AM - Monkey Island 1 vs Monkey Island 2
Thu 18th:
4:05 AM - Fort Boyard: The Challenge
https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule/46
Sun Jan 14 15:32:32 +0000 2024Replying to @poik007
Two DOS games even
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1544833145475850242
Sun Jan 14 15:35:53 +0000 2024Whoa. For 30th anniversary of the Russian cult classic ZX Spectrum game "The Adventures of Buratino" its creator Vyacheslav "Copper Feet" Mednonogov released a Windows remake of it & extended it with new material 2x the size of the original!
https://copperfeetgames.itch.io/the-new-secret-of-pinocchio
Sun Jan 14 15:57:30 +0000 2024Replying to @focalsean and @Noga_Navon
Probably the last thing in the list is key: suspicious activity (connecting from different sides of the planet) on a recently created account.
Sun Jan 14 16:09:13 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Game footage (since there's barely anything on the game description page):
https://youtu.be/DL96XclFezI?si=ERg_kLk5bxeFH_CZ
Sun Jan 14 16:13:55 +0000 2024Replying to @Criterion
Blu-ray, please. 🥺👉👈
Sun Jan 14 16:21:24 +0000 2024Replying to @marcellus00
Эххх. А у меня в детсве у всех знакомых со спекрумами играла шарманка Папы Карло.
Sun Jan 14 16:22:14 +0000 2024RT @oldyzach: I always thought it is Jürgen Prochnow 🤔
#weekend #retrogames #retrogaming #retrogamer #memories #msdos #StarControl2 #cover…
Sun Jan 14 18:38:11 +0000 2024RT @PointThenClick: Interviewer: What kind of finance and management experience do you have?
Me: I played DinoPark Tycoon as a kid and did…
Sun Jan 14 18:38:43 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Oh that MIDI. #NotDOS
Sun Jan 14 19:19:15 +0000 2024Replying to @JikissGamer
If an application can output MIDI to a Windows MIDI device, then it can work with these.
Sun Jan 14 21:36:58 +0000 2024Abmis the Lion (Button Software, 1996) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Jan 14 22:42:37 +0000 2024RT @ScummVM: Testing for Orion Burger is announced.
https://www.scummvm.org/news/20240113/
Sun Jan 14 22:48:04 +0000 2024RT @GameHistoryOrg: Not much-discussed nowadays, Silmarils' Robinson's Requiem for PC is a first-person alien survival game with voxel land…
Sun Jan 14 23:47:47 +0000 2024@SamsungSupport Can't upload a receipt to validate warranty. Tried 3 different browsers, same result.
Mon Jan 15 01:14:32 +0000 2024Replying to @100PercentRobot
Who are these people? 😂
Mon Jan 15 01:48:23 +0000 2024
Mon Jan 15 04:05:49 +0000 2024What are extra days off for if not for dicking around with 1980 software at 8 in the morning?
Mon Jan 15 13:34:08 +0000 2024Tim Paterson - The First DOS Machine
http://dosmandrivel.blogspot.com/2007/11/first-dos-machine.html
Mon Jan 15 14:49:26 +0000 2024Chess (Seattle Computer Products, 1980) #DOSGameScreenADay
Mon Jan 15 17:15:00 +0000 2024RT @SamuraiStyleTV: Want to own a piece of Apogee Software/3D Realms? Martha Hornback, wife of the late Stephen Hornback, is in a very diff…
Mon Jan 15 20:00:28 +0000 2024
Mon Jan 15 20:26:25 +0000 2024Replying to @theschwasound
Rise of the Robots TWO!
Mon Jan 15 20:27:35 +0000 2024"Minor hand correction and optimization.
(A recent 19K Z80 program translation took us about four hours to fix up. Even without optimization, it ran twice as fast as the original!)" https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1595801260241915904
Mon Jan 15 20:35:25 +0000 2024https://x.com/Mr_Rebs_/status/1746175698786451839
Mon Jan 15 22:08:22 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
(Yes, I know that RoboCop takes his helmet off later in the film. It absolutely make the film better, as it is built up and earned. But still, one of the most emotional moments in the film is pulled off without character's eyes.)
Mon Jan 15 22:09:57 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
If I ever meet a person who tells me that RoboCop is a bad movie, I will never speak to them again. Because that means mine & this person's sensibilities are *so incredibly different*, we will never find common ground. We're probably better off not interacting, as humans.
Mon Jan 15 22:16:28 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
And if you tell me that "RoboCop is okay, I guess" or something to that effect, you WILL NEVER hear the end of me.
Mon Jan 15 22:20:58 +0000 2024Replying to @MatWBT and @ShaggE21
Weller is a very unique performer. It's too bad the managed to ruin his career by both being difficult and picking a few shitty projects too many.
Mon Jan 15 22:22:09 +0000 2024Replying to @3SwordStyle83
I played the demo. I don't really have a machine that can run it well, but also I wasn't feeling it. But they definitely took time to have the look feel very much in line with both first and second film somehow.
Mon Jan 15 22:23:28 +0000 2024Replying to @MatWBT and @ShaggE21
Yeah, that was a nice surprise. I didn't know when I showed up, but saw it on the poster going in and got very excited.
Mon Jan 15 22:24:17 +0000 2024Replying to @KarloTakki
Watch any movie with the sound off.
Mon Jan 15 22:24:47 +0000 2024Replying to @TooOldTooCold
Basically any anti-Reagan era satire still very much works today, only it isn't funny anymore.
Mon Jan 15 22:25:53 +0000 2024Replying to @AliMirjamali
I only acknowledge existence of ONE piece of RoboCop media - RoboCop (1987). Anything else might as well not exist for me.
Mon Jan 15 22:28:04 +0000 2024Replying to @KarloTakki
I'm sorry, while RoboCop 2 is can be good trashy fun at times, I do not acknowledge its existence.
Mon Jan 15 22:28:57 +0000 2024Replying to @IQ_Adventures, @MatWBT and @ShaggE21
No, Peter. It's just you and me now. If Peter wants an Oreo, Peter can have an Oreo.
Mon Jan 15 22:29:40 +0000 2024Replying to @GrundislavGames
42! Pffft. Wake me up when you're.... Actually, don't.
Mon Jan 15 22:31:34 +0000 2024Replying to @jmtd
Mon Jan 15 22:36:43 +0000 2024Replying to @mdscntstmgm
I'm an American. I'm basically living them.
Mon Jan 15 22:42:12 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
86-DOS Chess on
- Book 8088 (NEC V20, MS-DOS 6.22)
- HP 200lx (Intel 80186, MS-DOS 5.0)
- IBM PS/30 Model 30 (Intel 8086, MS-DOS 6.22)
Tue Jan 16 00:34:50 +0000 2024Replying to @RichDuckKing
I didn't buy the Arrow edition because I think it used the same transfer that was already on blu in the US. But it is sure loaded with extras.
Tue Jan 16 00:38:32 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I know some people think it's against the law for a Russian like myself not to know how to play chess, but I can assure you Russia has the same ratio of people who don't how to play chess as any other country.
Tue Jan 16 00:40:49 +0000 2024Do you think there are outtakes of Brian Cox doing the Tekken 8 commercial, Orson Welles-style?
Tue Jan 16 01:18:10 +0000 2024Replying to @rkurbatov
Correct!
Tue Jan 16 01:55:12 +0000 2024So we now have to acknowledge that this is technically the first officially released DOS game, right? Sure, it predates both PC DOS and MS-DOS, & IBM PC in general, but it is a part of an official commercial release, and it runs natively on platforms that succeeded its own. 🤔 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1746944080892903820
Tue Jan 16 15:16:09 +0000 2024RT @philscomputerlb: 86Box Setup guide with all resources. Windows 98, Pentium II and Voodoo 3 https://youtu.be/xghrSaKn7yM
Tue Jan 16 15:18:01 +0000 2024The words have already left your mouth... "I want to have fuck with you."
Tue Jan 16 17:32:12 +0000 2024Replying to @brassicGamer
And graphics
Tue Jan 16 19:55:51 +0000 2024Replying to @remove_huilo
Тут не совсем моя, как говориться, area of expertise, и машина под CP/M у меня всего одна, но теоретически все программы под один проц под CP/M должны были быть совместимы. У CP/M была другая большая проблема - формат хранения данных. Не было стандартов. (1/2)
Tue Jan 16 20:00:08 +0000 2024Replying to @remove_huilo
(2/2) Так что шансы перенести прогу с одной такой "платформы" на другую были очень малы. Ну, это я так понимаю. Опять-же личного опыта очень мало.
Tue Jan 16 20:01:26 +0000 2024Replying to @remove_huilo
Да, и не только. :)
Да, но вроде не совсем. Ну для того времени наверное да. Просто 70-е же. Примитивно всё. Писали в одну память, всё целиком на проце. В досе тоже осталось. Те-же com файлы. Вот я вчера запускал шахматы из 86-dos v0.11 на разных ibm пк. Всё работает без проблем
Tue Jan 16 20:20:05 +0000 2024Replying to @remove_huilo
Вот, никаких биосов, один сегмент памяти. Совместимость 100% 😂
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1747054771347853443?t=HhrMc4WEvjhQB8WXbBY9aA&s=19
Tue Jan 16 20:26:03 +0000 2024Replying to @remove_huilo
Я вот сейчас вспомнил что у меня у знакомого есть Коммодор, та модель которая с Z80 картриджем запускает CP/M. А у меня Спектрум +2а. Надо провести эксперимент по запуску одного софта не обоих. Правда, как это сделать пока хз.
Tue Jan 16 20:52:03 +0000 2024Replying to @StRiCeK_SaM
Can I get a citation on Gates saying he invented MS-DOS even once?
Tue Jan 16 22:23:49 +0000 2024..... Ouch https://x.com/GameHistoryOrg/status/1747383280444281222
Tue Jan 16 22:26:50 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Would it be too brave for me to assume that the platform SimCity sold the most units on was IBM PC, and that the margin with other platforms was pretty large? 🤔
Tue Jan 16 22:28:20 +0000 2024Replying to @zd_willy and @GameHistoryOrg
Me, looking at the system requirements sticker: "Enhance, enhance,...." 👀
Tue Jan 16 22:31:56 +0000 2024Replying to @jwestonharvey
It's probably IBM PC's terrible architecture. Let's face it, it was pretty bad. You couldn't "create" as easily as on something like C64 or the Amiga because a lot of stupid stuff was in the way. I'm assuming that's what he meant because I can't really think of anything else.
Tue Jan 16 22:39:04 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
TIL that SimCity was *very* popular on the SNES. 😯
https://x.com/christopherdrum/status/1747390813376831514?t=c-_GPd2XJZVfroTvX2QBew&s=19
Tue Jan 16 23:02:41 +0000 2024Replying to @KeeperGarrett, @zd_willy and @GameHistoryOrg
Having only seen the Amiga version, and not played it personally, I'd like to find out what was so vastly superior about it, besides the Amiga version running in a lower resolution of course?
Wed Jan 17 00:11:33 +0000 2024Replying to @KeeperGarrett and @zd_willy
Yes, that's the version I'm talking about too. I'm sure it sounds better, but the Amiga version is limited to its 320x200 resolution, while on PC most people ran it in 640x350 EGA.
Wed Jan 17 00:20:07 +0000 2024Replying to @KeeperGarrett
It is subjective, of course. I don't even think the Amiga uses that many colors beyond 16, it's just more of the fact that it can *choose* colors that are more pleasant. EGA palette is not great.
But I think it's just easier to play in higher resolution because you can see more.
Wed Jan 17 01:33:17 +0000 2024Replying to @KeeperGarrett
But also, if we're not limiting ourselves to to the first release of the game, on PC you could get THIS. 🤣
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/757599746898923520
Wed Jan 17 01:38:55 +0000 2024Replying to @KeeperGarrett
"Ancient Cities"? Those were for the original.
Wed Jan 17 01:44:25 +0000 2024Replying to @StRiCeK_SaM
Gates has never actually written an autobiography.
Wed Jan 17 01:51:30 +0000 2024PC emulation on Quest 3. Locally. Well, if you bought one, it's time to play some DOS games! https://x.com/josethevrtech/status/1747371019323560011
Wed Jan 17 04:03:36 +0000 2024Replying to @Talkingfrog1570
What was MS-DOS if not a success?
Wed Jan 17 12:41:28 +0000 2024Replying to @StRiCeK_SaM
Amazing. I guess it's just this easy to say made up bullshit on the internet. I don't know what I was expecting. 🤷
Wed Jan 17 14:13:46 +0000 2024Replying to @mattbarton
I don't think this is "actual hardware" to begin with.
Wed Jan 17 14:26:27 +0000 2024Replying to @gordoslair and @mattbarton
Probably the same as the C64 and Amiga mini. An ARM SoC.
Wed Jan 17 14:46:45 +0000 2024RT @Bhaal_Spawn: Post a gaming picture that gives you anxiety.
(iykyk...) https://t.co/kIPR8O14S0
Wed Jan 17 15:38:59 +0000 2024Replying to @StRiCeK_SaM
Yeah, except that I've done my research, while you just made shit up. "Ppl these days" my ass.
Wed Jan 17 16:10:54 +0000 2024Replying to @Bhaal_Spawn
I did it in three sittings. 😅 I wonder if I would find it as effective today, 20 years later.
Wed Jan 17 16:46:39 +0000 2024Unlike most non-British people I didn't have to look up what "The Magic Roundabout" theme is because I was familiarized with it via "Spaced" (1999). 👍 https://x.com/SecondWindGroup/status/1747665296238760291
Wed Jan 17 17:29:07 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ooh, like a little flower.
Wed Jan 17 17:30:58 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Although seriously wounded, Officer Frank Frederickson escaped and identified this man: Clarence Boddicker, unofficial cr…
Wed Jan 17 18:22:42 +0000 2024When I showed my friend my CV1, I put him straight into the robot part of the Face Your Fears. He got so freaked out, he got on his knees in the middle of my room. He bought his own CV1 within less than a month. 🤷 https://x.com/benz145/status/1747652306621857821
Wed Jan 17 23:42:33 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Putting a large thing on your face that cuts you off from the world is already a strike against any kind of VR. People who got dizzy from an old demo aren't your target audience to begin with, imo.
Wed Jan 17 23:44:40 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Honestly, maybe it's statements like this why VR today is so goddamn boring. Idk.
Wed Jan 17 23:45:19 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
"iPhone didn't get popular by making people sick." VR IS NOT AN IPHONE. Nor is it ever going to be. Stop it.
Wed Jan 17 23:54:11 +0000 2024Sorry. Long day at work. 😅
Wed Jan 17 23:54:44 +0000 2024https://x.com/pcgamer/status/1747427246820773918
Thu Jan 18 00:28:51 +0000 2024Replying to @GmanLives
Thu Jan 18 00:40:43 +0000 2024Tonight's relaxing jam:
Tetris CD-i soundtrack:
https://soundcloud.com/user-391016128/only-you?in=user-391016128/sets/phillips-cdi&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Thu Jan 18 01:45:30 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
A synthesizer can truly reproduce the sound of any instrument except perhaps for the bassoon.
Thu Jan 18 01:57:14 +0000 2024RT @hardistymark: ‘I saw the possibility of what could be done – so I did it’: revolutionary video game The Hobbit turns 40 https://t.co/uy…
Thu Jan 18 13:43:05 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: My cool painting for the PC game Spaceward Ho 1993
#illustration #popculture #boxart #retrogames #spacewardho https://…
Thu Jan 18 13:43:17 +0000 2024RT @fgasking: Tantalus was a complex 3D space sim for #Amiga, #AtariST + #PC in 1991, where you could play solo or via multiplayer. Due for…
Thu Jan 18 13:43:57 +0000 2024RT @oysterFAKE: its for this ? https://t.co/vswdGpjOMg
Thu Jan 18 14:07:05 +0000 2024RT @Katy_Mayy: So apparently if you crash the GBA, after an hour and a half it’ll start leeching cartridge data through the speakers and yo…
Thu Jan 18 14:08:59 +0000 2024Replying to @DotMatrixSpook
Easy money 💵
Thu Jan 18 14:11:00 +0000 2024The Surprising Origins of Duke 3D's Sound Effects - Revenant Evil
https://youtu.be/Y_lQDLfigKM
Thu Jan 18 15:47:00 +0000 2024Nerdly Pleasures: King's Quest IV - The First True PC Game
http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2024/01/kings-quest-iv-first-true-pc-game.html
Thu Jan 18 15:56:39 +0000 2024DOOM's OPL MIDI playing library (It was called DMX, I think) is kind of crappy, yeah. But it does give its OPL music a certain farty character. https://x.com/BertrandGuegan/status/1747991201008033941
Thu Jan 18 16:00:48 +0000 2024RT @edu_arana: A new preorder of Pi-Midi's is now available here: https://shorturl.at/aehjQ in case someone is interested.
#mt32 #amiga #rol…
Thu Jan 18 16:02:04 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Pretty much every OPL implementation of a MIDI player is gonna be different. There's nothing that connects the two. So everyone picks their own FM representation of all the instruments, and how MIDI data is handled. Here it is using Creative's SB16 OPL library that I favor:
Thu Jan 18 16:12:03 +0000 2024Replying to @rosagi_99
I'm talking about playing MIDI through OPL2/3 chip specifically. Roland doesn't figure into this conversation.
Thu Jan 18 17:48:52 +0000 2024Replying to @rosagi_99
You're misunderstanding what I'm talking about.
Thu Jan 18 17:49:26 +0000 2024Replying to @rosagi_99
There's nothing to override because OPL doesn't have MIDI instruments. OPL doesn't accept MIDI data. Hence when one wants to play a MIDI using an OPL they have to implement the actual player in software. That goes for *everything*. Timing, instruments, commands, whatever.
Thu Jan 18 17:57:21 +0000 2024Replying to @rosagi_99
Roland devices don't have OPL chips. They are full blown MIDI synthesizers that accept MIDI protocol natively.
Thu Jan 18 17:58:15 +0000 2024Replying to @EDarkav, @approfre and @govt_corrupt
He couldn't have mentioned it because he was under an NDA from IBM, the same one Gary Kildall refused to sign (and I'm sure later regretted it many times.)
Thu Jan 18 18:09:04 +0000 2024👇 Follow the developments around Stéphane Picq's Dune: Spice Opera Remastered 👇 https://x.com/DuneSpiceOpera/status/1747569757979562121
Fri Jan 19 00:30:07 +0000 2024Replying to @badjano
No. But you can get a pak for it that consists of pre-recorded version.
Fri Jan 19 01:08:53 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: In Command & Conquer: Red Alert the book spines in Soviet briefings nonsensically read "BRET ASS" ("БРЭТ ЖОПА"), possibly…
Fri Jan 19 15:06:29 +0000 2024Replying to @damgentemp
..... what
Fri Jan 19 15:16:42 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: So what's the earliest videogame with an X-Files reference? Not sure, but here's a contender:
Mulder talking a dump in Wi…
Fri Jan 19 15:31:20 +0000 2024Replying to @damgentemp
🤷 I don't use this system. I have a virtual drive D on my system via Daemon Tools, and it's permanently mounted as D: in my DOSBox, and others. Unifies everything for me. At the same time I also don't really use DOSBox for Windows 95, but stick to 86Box instead.
Fri Jan 19 15:40:33 +0000 2024Wait.... Kids on Site got re-released on modern platforms in 2022???? 😯
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1955700/Kids_On_Site__Hard_Hat_Edition/
Fri Jan 19 16:15:38 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Are you telling me that for $15 I can get this masterpiece in HD?
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1063994239972007936?t=zvwRxQqI6wKFH7IYu9R6vg&s=19
Fri Jan 19 16:18:34 +0000 2024Jfc. Why?
Fri Jan 19 16:40:54 +0000 2024Replying to @Glenthefossa
App
Fri Jan 19 16:45:58 +0000 2024Replying to @hmemcpy
Trust me, it was the first thing I did right after I saw the message.
Fri Jan 19 17:07:11 +0000 2024Бля, так это-ж Воронеж!
Fri Jan 19 17:15:07 +0000 2024RT @SFUalumni: Classes in session in 1992. Look at the size of those computers! Who remembers the days of MS-DOS? 🙋 #FlashbackFriday
Than…
Fri Jan 19 17:30:32 +0000 2024Replying to @LitGrue
Twitter app
Fri Jan 19 18:16:14 +0000 2024Replying to @GrundislavGames
Happy Oldsday! 🎉🎂🍾🥂
Fri Jan 19 19:30:08 +0000 2024Never expected to get 30,000 followers before this website crashed & burned. Thank you! You like DOS! You *really* like DOS!
Fri Jan 19 19:38:37 +0000 2024Replying to @TrentonReid4, @gamepenguin21 and @phantom_kaiju
This "fun fact" is absolutely not true. Microsoft had nothing to do with DOOM until they decided to develop their own Windows port of it (cancelled WinDoom led by Gabe Newell, and eventual Doom95 led by Alex St John,) but that was years after the original DOS version came out.
Fri Jan 19 20:05:50 +0000 2024RT @FOmmetje: Hex edit cheats for Nightmare on Elm Street Dream Warriors V. 2.00
DREAMS.EXE
Infinite ammo
Offset 8ae4, change 29 06 e5 65…
Fri Jan 19 20:20:47 +0000 2024Replying to @russkysam
I have no idea what's that supposed to mean. 🤷
Fri Jan 19 20:36:14 +0000 2024Replying to @GKDonny
420,000
Fri Jan 19 20:47:26 +0000 2024Probably some local fisherman out for a pleasure cruise at night through eel-infested waters.
Sat Jan 20 02:34:14 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Hell yeah!
https://youtu.be/4Uf1apBXT5Q?si=yuQXM7T4cPS6mjei
Sat Jan 20 02:47:59 +0000 2024Replying to @EightBitVic
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Sat Jan 20 12:24:57 +0000 2024RT @Pixelmusement: New episode of Ancient DOS Games uploaded and ready to watch! https://youtu.be/iWJBshIFOTE
Sat Jan 20 12:59:32 +0000 2024RT @Techmeme: Dave Mills, who created the Network Time Protocol in 1985 to synchronize time across different computer systems and networks,…
Sat Jan 20 13:22:04 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
Did you use the main DOSBox branch to emulate AdLib in this? It can't emulate the rate correctly, so when AdLib is used in such a way it comes out sounding like what you have here. It's not how it sounds on the hardware.
Sat Jan 20 13:43:44 +0000 2024RT @openbioforge: Testing OpenBioForge compatibility with all of the #BioForge releases I can find (four so far: b1.14, b1.83, f1.01, f1.02…
Sat Jan 20 13:57:24 +0000 2024Replying to @KainXVIII and @Pixelmusement
X and Staging work. They both support pepper rates as well as integrate more accurate AdLib emulators like Nuked.
Sat Jan 20 13:59:28 +0000 2024Replying to @KainXVIII and @Pixelmusement
Proper rates*
Sat Jan 20 14:01:43 +0000 2024I didn't even need to look the composer up to know it's Patrick Phelan. Sure, the music is from Zool, but it would fit just as perfectly in any of the Lotus games. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1428097501102440450
Sat Jan 20 15:07:40 +0000 2024Replying to @hardistymark
Sat Jan 20 15:21:43 +0000 2024Replying to @scottmonaghan
Probably because it originates from the Amiga
https://youtu.be/g3Q6RRbxXoo?si=Ymz94xs5tyr3fI4m
Sat Jan 20 15:43:39 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
Is there a particular reason why you're sticking to the version of DOSBox that hasn't been updated in forever?
Sat Jan 20 17:21:40 +0000 2024RT @RetroTechChris: Once again, THANK YOU community for the HDD configuration suggestions. As promised, I did some benchmarking! This is…
Sat Jan 20 18:30:44 +0000 2024Yeah, I'll take "Things That Didn't Happen for $500," Alex.
Sat Jan 20 21:50:18 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Meanwhile in the real world:
Sat Jan 20 21:51:14 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
No
Sat Jan 20 21:57:06 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
(That's $80 today)
Sat Jan 20 21:58:51 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Subscribe to my OnlyFans
Sat Jan 20 22:16:34 +0000 2024Replying to @GrundislavGames
😢
Sat Jan 20 23:49:15 +0000 2024RT @RocketFry: I've made some progress on my ScummVM Darkseed engine. Some room transitions now work and the player is positioned and scal…
Sat Jan 20 23:50:25 +0000 2024Alcatraz (221B Software Development/Infogrames, 1992) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Jan 21 00:28:03 +0000 2024RT @damgentemp: Oh finally! A box that comes with instructions in Italian.
Sun Jan 21 13:33:28 +0000 2024It seems that very often these days people use "early internet" to describe the era when broadband started entering American homes, and things like video started becoming the norm. This video is from 2003. https://x.com/airbagged/status/1748761548867129697
Sun Jan 21 14:39:29 +0000 2024Replying to @RobotOnVacation
Nah, even WWW has been around for 35 years already. Movies from 1930 are called the "Golden Era" in Hollywood, not "early cinema".
Sun Jan 21 15:45:19 +0000 2024Replying to @RobotOnVacation
I mean, we have already lived through several eras of the internet. Internet usage today is not the same as it was in the early 2000s, and that isn't the same as pre-WWW.
Sun Jan 21 16:53:03 +0000 2024Moraff's Entrap/Moraff's Super Entrap (Moraffware, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Jan 21 17:05:00 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Fort Boyard: The Challenge by tbcr in 34:22 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2024
#DOSGaming
https://youtu.be/2aAxNNl-fS8?si=dzusBdd1sCMDeNs9
Sun Jan 21 17:24:57 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
The Secret of Monkey Island by thewoofs in 29:30 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2024
#DOSGaming
https://youtu.be/1hGCo2nLkFM?si=KkOmO77j3wzevoV3
Sun Jan 21 17:24:57 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ultimate Doom by ZELLLOOO in 23:21 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2024
#DOSGaming
https://youtu.be/n3gHzGKcZh4?si=GOBeHWCZTXZ9g-Lk
Sun Jan 21 17:24:57 +0000 2024Story by HOLY SHIT, WHAT?!?!? 😮
Sun Jan 21 17:41:15 +0000 2024I learned recently that Cosmology of Kyoto apparently had a sequel, which was considered lost, but recently surfaced
https://youtu.be/nyNu15DkZTQ
Sun Jan 21 18:48:02 +0000 2024You say I only hear what I want to
You say I talk so all the time
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Mon Jan 22 03:18:02 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111797435004583731
Mon Jan 22 03:18:12 +0000 2024Replying to @clintpup
It's pretty much what you see here. I play MIDI files I find on the internet in my Windows 3.11 virtual machine with Sound Blaster 16 Windows 3.x drivers, and get a screen capture.
Mon Jan 22 03:21:49 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
Mon Jan 22 03:44:41 +0000 2024RT @MobyGamer: Need more space on my 30MB IBM PS/2 Model 30-286.
Mon Jan 22 05:47:35 +0000 2024Whichever one of you gets this TekWar pin, I hope you proudly wear it *everywhere*.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186250940800?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=4N2LAmK0RhW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=JOKd93rHQH2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Mon Jan 22 15:00:49 +0000 202430 years old? Pfft. Wake me up when it's 37 years old! https://x.com/ThatKevinSmith/status/1749446677465878695
Mon Jan 22 15:19:46 +0000 2024Did it though?
Mon Jan 22 15:47:00 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
It's actually a bit shocking to learn that Bloodlines sold half of what The Temple of Elemental Evil, a game basically only people who subscribe to Tim Cain's YouTube channel remember, did.
Mon Jan 22 15:50:57 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Anyway, people who are saying that tits & ass ads sold games at the time when they were only old enough to beg their parents for money are just lying to themselves now.
Mon Jan 22 15:53:58 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Also if you're into gamedev and are not subscribed to Tim Cain's YouTube channel, what are you even doing? You get a daily industry talk from Uncle Tim. It's great.
Mon Jan 22 15:55:51 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
And also, very much in line with what I said earlier, I own a physical copy of The Temple of Elemental Evil. So don't @ me.
Mon Jan 22 15:57:09 +0000 2024Replying to @ben_304
I know, right? I guess Sierra's aggressive marketing worked somewhat. 🤷
Mon Jan 22 15:58:29 +0000 2024Replying to @228Lampmaster
Who's complaining? Also the industry is more alive today than ever before, at least financially speaking.
Mon Jan 22 16:15:03 +0000 2024Replying to @zilognmotohost
Tempe is a cult classic game with hardcore fan following to this day, but it is definitely not same magnitude of a "cult hit" as Bloodlines, a game that is probably more alive today than it's been 20 years ago.
Mon Jan 22 16:24:38 +0000 2024Replying to @228Lampmaster
The things are very shit at AAA corpos for multiple reasons, but overall the industry keeps taking in more $$$ every year, increasingly.
Mon Jan 22 16:34:07 +0000 2024Replying to @zilognmotohost
Tim Cain discusses some of the mistakes he thinks were made with Temple on his YouTube channel.
Mon Jan 22 17:37:42 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
Everything is a shitpost, including this thread.
Mon Jan 22 17:38:39 +0000 2024Replying to @mdvhimself
Until we do I'm posing a theory that tits had no impact on sales of this game.
Mon Jan 22 19:09:41 +0000 2024I can't tell you how different my YouTube experience is now between desktop and app. It's like two separate worlds now. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1740738384945946770
Mon Jan 22 19:25:23 +0000 2024It appears that a new revision of Book 8088 has been selling on Aliexpress. And it's quite a bit more useful because it adds serial and parallel ports, as well as a VGA graphics option.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805347831866.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt
Mon Jan 22 19:37:21 +0000 2024Replying to @cyningstandos
I mean, a bunch of stuff would run. Especially considering that you can switch into turbo 8mhz mode.
Mon Jan 22 21:10:08 +0000 2024Replying to @Eviltrkeyslice
No idea. Considering that Sergey added Book support to his BIOS officially, maybe not anymore. 🤷
Mon Jan 22 21:11:25 +0000 2024Replying to @PomroyTrevor and @anne_engineer
Personally I think HP200lx is much more pleasant to actually use. It is such a neat device.
Mon Jan 22 22:20:19 +0000 2024Replying to @PomroyTrevor and @anne_engineer
Yes. It is actually amazing how little power it requires.
Mon Jan 22 22:25:34 +0000 2024Replying to @anne_engineer and @cyningstandos
I have a PS/2 model 30 with an 8086 and MCGA. So my VGA experience is somewhat extensive.
Mon Jan 22 23:41:59 +0000 2024Replying to @Prius_Patrol
No monitor out port
Mon Jan 22 23:57:01 +0000 2024
Tue Jan 23 01:12:21 +0000 2024Replying to @STerminated
Tue Jan 23 02:06:12 +0000 2024Replying to @DavidXNewton
Oof. Sorry to hear. I hope everything works out.
Tue Jan 23 02:08:35 +0000 2024Replying to @MikeSchnier
Tue Jan 23 02:10:33 +0000 2024RT @internetarchive: After months offline, DISCMASTER rises again! 💿 The site, which is not run by the Internet Archive, offers users the a…
Tue Jan 23 03:28:52 +0000 2024Replying to @mainlyretro
What does having a composite out have to do with it running? It can run it, although both not accurately (NEC v20 CPU is actually faster than an Intel), and it won't display correctly. But it'll run. Area 5150 comes pre-installed with it.
Tue Jan 23 14:14:21 +0000 2024Replying to @mainlyretro
Well, yeah, that obviously won't happen. In fact, this thing isn't a 100% accurate even if you swap out the CPU for a real 8088 because of how its memory works.
Tue Jan 23 14:17:22 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
All flash memory is going up due to I don't remember what. But it's happening.
Tue Jan 23 14:34:53 +0000 2024RT @Lawnie10: DOS games certainly gave you interesting options... #DOSgaming
Tue Jan 23 14:36:42 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic:
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Tue Jan 23 18:58:14 +0000 2024Replying to @PostalTheDude, @Kupiperx and @Bhaal_Spawn
64 soundtrack is different. Only the theme song is the same.
Tue Jan 23 20:30:50 +0000 2024RT @ryanttb: #VideoGameBacklog "Star Control II" (PC, 1992) is often billed as "one of the greatest PC games of all time," and for good rea…
Wed Jan 24 00:46:03 +0000 2024Did they put a bicycle in Liu Kang's room in Mortal Kombat (1995) to "explain" his signature kick, or am I reading too much into this?
Wed Jan 24 00:50:03 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Checked two drafts of the script. Bicycle is not mentioned. Hmmmm.....
Wed Jan 24 00:53:33 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
It's set up that he lives in America.
Wed Jan 24 00:59:02 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Yeah, and that's really sad. Because a good movie it is not. But at least it's *fun*, unlike the 2021 piece of garbage.
Wed Jan 24 01:01:21 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Btw, unrelated to all of this, but I see you have a Russian flag in your name, so as a Russian I consider it my duty to tell you: supporting Russian politics of today is some of the dumbest shit you can be doing right now.
Wed Jan 24 01:04:25 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
"Peace" is exactly what Putin doesn't stand for. See ya. 👋
Wed Jan 24 02:01:55 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Those are not self exclusive. It's terrible what America has done/is doing, but that doesn't mean one needs to support Putin's awful actions just because they happen to be defacto enemies today.
Wed Jan 24 12:22:15 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Oh, nevermind, you're just a fucking hater. Like I said before, there's a difference between condemning Israel's actions, and, well, this kind of antisemitic shit.
Wed Jan 24 12:34:48 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Again, what does THAT have to do with this sort of thing? Say "Netanyahu is a piece of shit!", go to a protest, give money to Gaza, whatever. What is approving a generic antisemitic caricature is supposed to accomplish?
Wed Jan 24 12:43:28 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
And btw, Putin starves as many of his own citizens to death on a regular basis, and yet that doesn't seem to affect your opinion of Russia one bit. So you obviously are capable of ignoring it.
Wed Jan 24 12:44:50 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Again, who said you are? I certainly didn't. Putin is not your friend though, and he won't help your family or your friends.
Wed Jan 24 12:46:17 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
What virtue signaling? What the fuck are you talking about? Jesus fucking Christ, man.
Wed Jan 24 12:50:12 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Hopefully this will be *the* stupidest tweet I get to read today.
Wed Jan 24 12:52:32 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Brosky, I lived through Gorby, Yeltsin, and Putin. You don't get to tell me "go live in a blah blah blah," I've done it.
Wed Jan 24 12:54:01 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Yeah. *I* don't know what I'm talking about. Not a guy trying to convince a Russian how great Russia is. Got it.
Wed Jan 24 12:56:37 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Please point to a tweet of mine where I apparently praised either NATO or America? I'll wait.
Wed Jan 24 12:58:34 +0000 2024Replying to @faerun4lyf
Well, when you assume... 🤷
Wed Jan 24 13:01:58 +0000 2024What's the consensus on the PC version of Fighting Force? That's the only platform I played it on. Should I be checking out the others?
Wed Jan 24 15:16:57 +0000 2024Replying to @St1ka
I have a hard time believing that it's a Portuguese exclusive. More likely that it's just the only version that was preserved. The brand is Swiss, the commercial the game is based on I think is French
Wed Jan 24 16:23:25 +0000 2024Did ChatGPT write this Guardian article?
Wed Jan 24 16:26:03 +0000 2024Replying to @St1ka
All the copies are from the same source. I remember when it was dumped.
Wed Jan 24 16:26:47 +0000 2024Replying to @St1ka
Yes. The commercial the game is based on is available in several languages. French:
https://youtu.be/i4Ou23jpuco?si=TR9smW4YmPNhPEFw
Wed Jan 24 16:29:37 +0000 2024Replying to @St1ka
Do we have marketing materials for the Portuguese version?
Wed Jan 24 16:36:51 +0000 2024Replying to @St1ka
I see. Well, guess it's time for me to go on a deep dive whenever I get some free time.
Wed Jan 24 16:42:28 +0000 2024Replying to @St1ka
Maybe be we can @AbandonwareFr in on this too.
Wed Jan 24 17:21:06 +0000 2024Replying to @ArcOnInternet
Or it could be intentional. Requested by the director or production designer.
Wed Jan 24 18:17:47 +0000 2024RT @ScottApogee: The first mug to ever have a dopefish, back around 1994, I think. Dopefish is still used as an easter egg in all recently…
Wed Jan 24 20:52:23 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic:
Thu Jan 25 01:11:05 +0000 2024RT @JikissGamer: Descent is a hard-ass game. This was just level 3.
Thu Jan 25 01:59:37 +0000 2024Replying to @hazyj28 and @JikissGamer
Descent 1 & 2 have been playable in VR via a source port for a few years now. Descent's spiritual successor by the same devs - Overload (2018) has native VR support as well.
Thu Jan 25 02:03:08 +0000 2024Replying to @setuprepairllc and @JikissGamer
Magic Carpet is also harder. 😅
Thu Jan 25 02:04:16 +0000 2024You know, I feel like normally I'd be against mixing two very distinct versions of a game soundtrack together, but... this actually kind of works for Dune, right? 🤷♂️ https://x.com/DuneSpiceOpera/status/1747569757979562121
Thu Jan 25 03:28:21 +0000 2024I've thought of Jesper Kyd's soundtrack for the Genesis version The Adventures of Batman & Robin on a regular basis ever since I first heard it in the 90s. So then I open a page, see a comment like this, and I close the tab instantly.
Thu Jan 25 03:46:54 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I don't know how else to put it, but if you ever heard your Genesis make music like this in the 90s, I honestly don't think you could easily ever forget the moment when that first happened.
https://youtu.be/ntOA5PTSATE?si=WdcRExQ49sj5d_Yx
Thu Jan 25 03:48:47 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Oh shit, the video is only 2 minutes & shows the intro twice. This damn music track is NINE minutes long. Jeez, Jesper. Relax.
Thu Jan 25 03:50:26 +0000 2024Replying to @chirinea
Wait... Jeroen Tel's Alien 3 music?!?!?!
Thu Jan 25 04:00:00 +0000 2024Replying to @chirinea
I have never actually heard Matt Furniss' Alien 3 music! And I shall correct this sad fact right now.
Thu Jan 25 04:03:05 +0000 2024Replying to @chirinea
Oh, this is some classic Furniss shit right there! 🔊🎶❤
Thu Jan 25 04:06:18 +0000 2024Replying to @chirinea
Oh wait, I'm listening to the Genesis one. Well, SMS goes on afterwards then.
Thu Jan 25 04:10:23 +0000 2024Replying to @CopyToPage2, @hazyj28 and @JikissGamer
I mean *modern* VR. Also I set up a vintage station with Descent 2 and 3D glasses every year at @Liretro.
Thu Jan 25 06:54:44 +0000 2024Replying to @CopyToPage2, @hazyj28, @JikissGamer and @Liretro
Also why single out just VFX-1? 😉
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1007112224278802432?t=Nfp5yYqPsky3zZe0EUHRhQ&s=19
Thu Jan 25 06:56:43 +0000 2024RT @Laserschwert_: One of the most enjoyable (and nerdy) aspects of my #LucasArtsPosters project is re-building all the logos in high-resol…
Thu Jan 25 14:48:54 +0000 2024
Thu Jan 25 16:15:26 +0000 2024Tun Town/阿貓阿狗 (DOMO Production/Softstar Entertainment, 1998) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Jan 25 18:55:50 +0000 2024Replying to @Monquit3st
No. That would be Drascula
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1541942421889638401
Thu Jan 25 18:58:12 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
A few more Tun Town screenshots. All of this is even before the first battle sequence. #DOSGaming
Thu Jan 25 19:06:30 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
A full playthrough is here. Feels like the kind of a game that could use a fan translation.
https://youtu.be/6DqwYglskSM?si=KYXokv7x8qXCBBiO
Thu Jan 25 19:09:28 +0000 2024Replying to @StochasticOoze
Meh. It's more about the quote than the person or even context. I mean, the original quote had nothing to do with lawsuits. It was about getting paid, and selling out to the highest bidder.
Thu Jan 25 19:30:09 +0000 2024"Cosmology of Kyoto" starts up & runs in the latest build of ScummVM.
Thu Jan 25 20:17:43 +0000 2024Replying to @LorenzaPat16431
What list? What comment? Is this a bot?
Thu Jan 25 21:05:10 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: OMG I'm dead.
Fri Jan 26 00:08:01 +0000 2024Replying to @mendelpalace87
No
Fri Jan 26 00:51:13 +0000 2024Replying to @RobotOnVacation
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
Fri Jan 26 04:18:16 +0000 2024RT @GalexQuest: "I have a feeling something's coming our way. Something big."
-Ben, Full Throttle
Fri Jan 26 14:12:43 +0000 2024RT @philscomputerlb: PicoGUS video! Experience the legendary Gravis Ultrasound and so much more: https://youtu.be/oEHVB0FITqU
Fri Jan 26 14:12:48 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
👆 Because this tweet is making the rounds a bit I just have to add that I have no idea about the stability of the game in its current state. If you're contemplating a serious playthrough of Cosmology of Kyoto, I'd suggest you wait for an official ScummVM support announcement.
Fri Jan 26 15:27:11 +0000 2024Replying to @Pizza_Pizza_X
My beef with The Dark Eye currently is that the sound doesn't work correctly, so I wouldn't call the support "great" right now, but yeah, one can play and finish at least 3 versions of the game, so that's good.
Fri Jan 26 15:42:44 +0000 2024Sure, Apple's new policy is bad, but wait till you see everyone else's new policies in the next 5 years.
Fri Jan 26 16:40:47 +0000 2024Myst has been reissued many times, and is currently available on several modern platforms, BUT it's never in its original 1993 Hypercard form. That one is still relegated to ancient MacOS System 7. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1276559722200666113
Fri Jan 26 20:03:15 +0000 2024Replying to @kehander
I'm certain that these clones don't actually interpret Hypercard stacks.
Fri Jan 26 20:52:31 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard#:~:text=HyperCard%20is%20based%20on%20the,user%20interface%20(GUI)%20elements.
Fri Jan 26 22:57:25 +0000 2024They do move in herds
Sat Jan 27 01:46:01 +0000 2024Replying to @DavidSharp84
Retail DOS games were not really cheaper than SNES games, BUT
- easy(ish) piracy. Not to be overlooked.
- in the 90s, shareware. Some people never played shareware games beyond their free episode. Hey, often it was hours of absolutely free & legal entertainment. 🤷♂️
Sat Jan 27 03:14:17 +0000 2024Replying to @nihsuyhp, @Bhaal_Spawn and @HouseAtRlyeh
This is the hell vision montage as it appears in the film, just slowed down by half.
Sat Jan 27 03:18:55 +0000 2024RT @konkretor: You have MS DOS and Windows 3.11 skills?
I have a job for you
https://www.gulp.de/gulp2/g/projekte/agentur/C00929028
between you and me, we are talking abo…
Sat Jan 27 14:16:32 +0000 2024A linear sequence of scares https://x.com/cozygamingvibes/status/1748088473209188446
Sat Jan 27 16:10:26 +0000 2024Stéphane Picq's remaster of "Spice Opera" album version of his Cryo's Dune soundtrack is OUT NOW.
Also includes a remastered version of the game's soundtrack that consists of mixing AdLib Gold and MT-32 versions together.
https://stphanepicq.bandcamp.com/album/dune-spice-opera-2024-remaster
Sat Jan 27 21:20:38 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Here are some more DOS turtles for all of you: 🐢
Sat Jan 27 22:34:54 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: No one's gonna drag you up
To get into the light where you belong
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Sat Jan 27 22:36:58 +0000 2024RT @MarcosValverde: Quem aqui já jogou este clone, obviamente não licenciado, de Super Mario para o MS-DOS (1994)?
Sun Jan 28 02:48:10 +0000 2024There's just something about the Sega CD version of Cryo's Dune that makes it even more weird to me than the Amiga version.
Sun Jan 28 03:16:58 +0000 2024Replying to @RealLordDalek and @lazygamereviews
Sun Jan 28 04:00:59 +0000 2024Replying to @matteusbeus
Just like in the computer versions the character backgrounds are zoomed in versions of the backgrounds they appear on.
Sun Jan 28 11:44:49 +0000 2024Replying to @Stekahedron
No version can be purchased anywhere
Sun Jan 28 11:45:33 +0000 2024Replying to @matteusbeus
Sun Jan 28 12:02:28 +0000 2024Replying to @fluddsskark
Sun Jan 28 12:54:09 +0000 2024RT @banditloaf: Retro gaming pals! Is there a Cryo Interactive community out there? I'm pretty curious about this credit I noticed in the W…
Sun Jan 28 14:24:56 +0000 2024RT @66mhzBrain: The joy of installing win 3.11 from floppy
Sun Jan 28 14:25:31 +0000 2024RT @benjedwards: On Nov 27, 1994, my brother went to the mall, and I asked him to stop by Babbage’s and buy Ultima 7 for me. He called from…
Sun Jan 28 14:38:30 +0000 2024RT @doctorow: Wing Commander: End Run - art by David Mattingly (1993) https://atomic-chronoscaph.tumblr.com/post/740640290370617344/wing-commander-end-run-art-by-david-mattingly
Sun Jan 28 14:43:42 +0000 2024😔🫗 https://x.com/TheBobPony/status/1751458990465204647
Sun Jan 28 14:46:08 +0000 2024What's the citation of thia date? Wasteland was announced at January CES 1987, so I doubt it actually came out 2 weeks after. 🤔 https://x.com/Nukapedia/status/1751369738763301299
Sun Jan 28 19:09:37 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
1988 is the date on the disks of all 3 platforms. 🤷
Sun Jan 28 19:12:28 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Yeah, I think it's safe to rule 1987 out.
https://x.com/damgentemp/status/1751688247841800579?t=mjNjumkZPHkgK-Dy4fpmKg&s=19
Sun Jan 28 19:46:20 +0000 2024Replying to @ArjAndInCharj
Yes. If it's voices you want, go for the DOS CD. Personally I prefer the original floppy DOS version. It just feels more pure. If you're emulating any of the DOS versions get yourself an emulator that can handle AdLib Gold for the music. You won't get better than that.
Sun Jan 28 20:59:30 +0000 2024Replying to @ArjAndInCharj
Colors reduced (256 vs 32), zoom-in effects & transitions are gone, other small things everywhere, etc.
The music was composed for an OPL3 (AdLib Gold in that particular case) and the conversion for the OPN is... well, sometimes it's okay, other times not so much.
Sun Jan 28 22:31:35 +0000 2024Replying to @ArjAndInCharj
(Offtopic, conversions from floppy to CD vary on a case by case basis. In case of Dune one can easily argue that because no cuts have been made, & additions only enhance the experience, the CD version is the superior one. That's not the case for every game though.)
Sun Jan 28 22:34:21 +0000 2024Replying to @ArjAndInCharj
Another thing to keep in mind is that Dune was always made to be controlled with a mouse. It can be awkward with a gamepad. There's also an issue of the Sega CD version using almost entirety of the memory when saving, but if you're emulating that's obviously not a concern.
Sun Jan 28 22:38:26 +0000 2024Replying to @AdrianMNeville
Yep. I prefer the floppy version over the CD, even though I really do like the voices.
Mon Jan 29 00:29:59 +0000 2024Replying to @thundard and @ArjAndInCharj
You can disable voices in every LucasArts adventure, and original release of DOTT doesn't have any voices after the intro, but even the intro is optional.
As far as music for the Amiga, it is of course subjective. But Amiga only 11 min of music for the *entirety* of the game.
Mon Jan 29 01:18:20 +0000 2024RT @RetroTechChris: We are getting down to the wire for #RetroJanuary, but I would be remiss if I didn't nominate @Jameshhoward! This morn…
Mon Jan 29 14:13:10 +0000 2024Replying to @rpayne1956 and @american_timber
Microsoft developed both PC DOS and MS-DOS for like the first decade. They were the same product by the same company.
Mon Jan 29 14:18:58 +0000 2024Replying to @rpayne1956 and @american_timber
You're thinking of CPM-86, not PC DOS.
Mon Jan 29 14:46:13 +0000 2024Replying to @rpayne1956 and @american_timber
CP/M-86 was Digital Research's competitor to Microsoft's PC DOS/MS-DOS, and both were available for IBM PC 5150. This is not just a simple fact, but it's an easily verifiable one.
Mon Jan 29 14:53:13 +0000 2024Replying to @rpayne1956 and @american_timber
I doubt you ever were anywhere near that office. "That is when Microsoft and Bill Gates were born."? Please. The year before the deal Microsoft had 40 employees & $4 mil in revenue. IBM didn't make a deal with DR not because of some meeting, but because Gary refused their contact
Mon Jan 29 15:29:49 +0000 2024RT @JoeSiegler: So, 28 years ago (29 Jan 1996) this happened.
This is George Broussard pointing at my computer that is uploading the share…
Mon Jan 29 16:05:56 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
Sid Meier Teaches Typing
Mon Jan 29 18:48:33 +0000 2024Replying to @LewisJFC
Was there a shareware version of it? Because it's an example game that was packaged with Clickteam's The Games Factory.
Mon Jan 29 19:26:30 +0000 2024Replying to @LewisJFC
That makes sense because Europress were the publisher of the physical version of TGF in Europe.
Mon Jan 29 19:30:47 +0000 2024RT @TheTripHawkins: The first computer football game I created in 1973 while at Harvard, a big step toward Madden. Printed by a KSR-33 Tele…
Mon Jan 29 19:46:10 +0000 2024Replying to @GamewithDave
A bit of a cheat, but here's FIFTY
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1496587991938179082?t=gYB78yAx9sKbGxkBWXXUORyNL63fENhO6dO2Mf01dQ0&s=19
Mon Jan 29 19:56:44 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: TIL about "Imp", a 2001 fighting game by Idol FX (Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi, Drake of the 99 Dragons) which apparen…
Mon Jan 29 19:58:52 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Sing us a song, you're the MIDI man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us fee…
Mon Jan 29 20:11:04 +0000 2024https://x.com/QandAvenue/status/1746595590979326023
Mon Jan 29 20:14:57 +0000 2024Replying to @boggodan
Late 80s
Mon Jan 29 20:18:31 +0000 2024Replying to @boggodan
Not like Russian stores looked very different in the 90s either. They just got new names and had actual product on shelves and displays.
Mon Jan 29 20:20:41 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
👆 Btw, at this point I pretty much have mostly fond memories of my childhood. Despite the fact that many things in late USSR & 90s Russia being all kinds of awful. Nostalgia is not objective. It is dangerous to project one's own youthful naivete onto a time period.
Mon Jan 29 20:29:19 +0000 2024Replying to @ComChia430
Haha. In the 90s Russia was the 2nd leading county in homicides *in the world*.
Mon Jan 29 20:38:24 +0000 2024RT @georgebsocial: This LEGO Secret of Monkey Island build needs to happen! Needs 10k votes. Has 438. Come on internet - do something posit…
Mon Jan 29 22:12:15 +0000 2024RT @iFixRetro: I'm so excited that I've built very own little Dos PC! The whole thing was 3d printed and fitted with a raspberry pi running…
Mon Jan 29 22:22:47 +0000 2024@DavidXNewton Looks like we have interacted in the pre-Twitter era. 😅
Tue Jan 30 00:00:11 +0000 2024The Smurfs: The Teletransportsmurf/Les Schtroumpfs: Le Téléportaschtroumpf/Die Schlümpfe: Der Teletransportierschlumpf (Infogrames Multimedia/EMME Interactive, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay
Tue Jan 30 00:17:43 +0000 2024Replying to @mircoxi
Technically you'll never find one precisely because it's PCI. All PCI sound cards that "support" DOS in reality just have a DOS resident driver that captures Sound Blaster IRQ and DMA output, & routes it to your PCI card. This does work though.
Tue Jan 30 00:29:07 +0000 2024Replying to @antonkudin and @boggodan
🥂
Tue Jan 30 00:30:44 +0000 2024Why you gotta play that MIDI so loud?
Because we want to
Because we want to
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Tue Jan 30 01:55:16 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111842407014223379
Tue Jan 30 01:55:33 +0000 2024I wanted to like it. It seemed to have all the elements for it. Sometimes its cheapness would betray it. Often bad acting got in the way of the drama. Some of the changes to Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep made it less impactful. Still, a few fun moments here & there.
Tue Jan 30 15:35:46 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Giana Sisters mod for Quake (1997)
Tue Jan 30 16:02:42 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Why you gotta play that MIDI so loud?
Because we want to
Because we want to
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Tue Jan 30 16:42:08 +0000 2024RT @Toadsanime: Science students have managed to get DOOM running on human E. coli gut bacteria:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/you-can-play-doom-using-gut-bacteria-but-the-framerate-is-atrocious https://t.co/pMzI…
Tue Jan 30 17:46:58 +0000 2024Herzog's memoir was pretty cool. The structure is him recounting his life, mostly in order, and pointing out events throughout that influenced his films many years later. I decided to go for the audio book instead of print because why would I deprive myself of this man's voice?
Tue Jan 30 17:57:17 +0000 2024Me when I see a cat
Tue Jan 30 18:07:42 +0000 2024Unexpected surprise! ⚫⚫ https://x.com/atari/status/1752368434040488242
Tue Jan 30 18:45:25 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Idk why this tweet began spreading all of sudden, but please, for the love of Muad'dib, play the DOS version!
Tue Jan 30 18:47:17 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Expected surprise: NO DUKE NUKEM TABLE! 😔
Tue Jan 30 18:55:08 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Tue Jan 30 18:58:33 +0000 2024Hello, new followers! 👋
If you don't care about DOS games, you might as well leave now. You've been warned. 🫵
Tue Jan 30 19:55:49 +0000 2024Replying to @mdscntstmgm
Gearbox owns the Duke Nukem rights, so 🤷
Tue Jan 30 20:40:32 +0000 2024Replying to @mdscntstmgm
The table is now an official DLC for Pinball M
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2660520/Pinball_M__Duke_Nukems_Big_Shot_Pinball/
Tue Jan 30 20:52:35 +0000 2024Replying to @tschak
You and me both
Tue Jan 30 21:57:39 +0000 2024RT @tschak: I _WISH_ I could get a message as mainstream and persistent as "MS-DOS STOLE CP/M CODE" out into the aether. Jesus christ, it's…
Tue Jan 30 22:04:02 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic:
Tue Jan 30 22:13:35 +0000 2024Dune III (Sergei Bobrovsky, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay #RussianVideogames
Wed Jan 31 00:31:31 +0000 2024Replying to @MatWBT
Nope. It's not really worth it though.
Wed Jan 31 00:37:23 +0000 2024Replying to @MrAbandonware
US Navy Fighters Gold manuals here:
https://www.old-games.ru/game/download/5588.html
Wed Jan 31 00:50:45 +0000 2024Replying to @MatWBT
Yes
Wed Jan 31 00:52:19 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: 1983 was an exciting time.
Wed Jan 31 01:14:27 +0000 2024I'm a couple of years late to this one, but I have to confirm that it's a lot of fun. A really well made horror flick with lots of surprises. The only thing is I kept yelling at the screen throughout because characters kept doing the dumbest things a normal person wouldn't do.
Wed Jan 31 02:36:52 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Good night
Wed Jan 31 03:30:25 +0000 2024Replying to @TVDadsdotcom and @stevenmarkryan
That's a popular myth. In reality Gary's meeting did happen, but he didn't want to agree to IBM's terms.
Wed Jan 31 03:43:20 +0000 2024Replying to @Tim_H and @yacobg42
But not on the MT-32 though, for sure. AdLib Gold is where it's at.
https://youtu.be/gUfGyfbzl9k?si=SbPyf8ZhlX0SpHzN
Wed Jan 31 14:07:36 +0000 2024Replying to @DominicTarason
Btw, is there a list of worthwhile VR games that were released in 2022/2023? I kind of stopped caring, but would like to catch up.
Wed Jan 31 14:13:45 +0000 2024Replying to @Tim_H and @yacobg42
The CD version still gives you the same sound options. And unless you had a $500 Roland device you most likely used the Sound Blaster/AdLib option, which is largely the same as AdLib Gold, but not in stereo & without the fancy reverb.
Wed Jan 31 14:19:42 +0000 2024Replying to @wraithlands
AdLib Gold version is even better (adds stereo + custom reverb)
https://youtu.be/gUfGyfbzl9k?si=A-WbajxkE-YPpSyd
Wed Jan 31 15:04:50 +0000 2024Replying to @wraithlands
Officially remastered just 4 days ago:
https://stphanepicq.bandcamp.com/album/dune-spice-opera-2024-remaster
Wed Jan 31 15:05:59 +0000 2024Huh. So maybe there's hope for the newest movie version of The Master and Margarita. I didn't like the trailer, but now I'm cautiously optimistic. At least because I didn't think one could still make a film that critiques a former Russian regime using Russian government financing https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1737906114229076321
Wed Jan 31 15:24:21 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
The best recent The Master and Margarita surprise appearance is still in the World Tour version of Duke Nukem 3D. Yes, the Randy version.
Wed Jan 31 15:25:30 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
Is it really? I've always skipped it because I didn't think one could truncate the novel into 95 minutes. I guess I'll have to check it out.
Wed Jan 31 15:45:33 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
Oh please. The Russians couldn't make a particularly good adaptation after 3 tries. What possible hope can I hold for Yugoslavia? 🙃 At least the Polish version is 6 hours long, not that I'm fond of that one either. 🤷
Wed Jan 31 15:54:32 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
I have no idea what's that supposed to mean.
Wed Jan 31 15:56:21 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
.... me personally?
Wed Jan 31 15:57:50 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
I have no idea how it got to this, but all I'm saying is that as a Soviet person I've seen plenty of Yugoslavian films, some good, others not so good. And a 95 min M&M adaptation looks sus to me. But hey, if I won't like it I won't feel like it wasted too much of my time 🤷
Wed Jan 31 16:01:28 +0000 2024Replying to @MakeAugusta
I yelled at the screen WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!?!
Wed Jan 31 16:24:03 +0000 2024Replying to @tedtropy
Even better when he just showed up on a skateboarding podcast
https://youtu.be/EQLInlnfWUc?si=_UlHOOVjw-o2SMyT
Wed Jan 31 16:25:21 +0000 2024Replying to @rclrcrx64
Years spent living in Moscow obviously affected Levelord's sense of humor.
Wed Jan 31 16:32:45 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
What the fuck again?
Wed Jan 31 16:49:13 +0000 2024Ability to pick up on social cues? THIS IS TWITTER, MOTHERFUCKER! https://x.com/SantorioG/status/1752735403780485140
Wed Jan 31 16:50:53 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Me [Looking straight in your eyes]: Do you understand my "[social cues]"?
Wed Jan 31 16:53:00 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
Is this gif a social cue? Because I definitely don't understand it.
Wed Jan 31 16:54:02 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
That's too new.
Wed Jan 31 16:57:03 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
Yes. But also: videogame references ≠ social cues.
Wed Jan 31 16:59:39 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Time to start a networked game of DOOM on these babies!
Wed Jan 31 17:02:08 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
It's more a case of a reference I'm not familiar with. How is what I'm doing dyslexic?
Wed Jan 31 17:04:18 +0000 2024RT @ocornut: The stylish, unknown & extremely rare SEGA AI COMPUTER (1986) promised natural language processing via its Prolog interpreter.…
Wed Jan 31 17:15:34 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
Awwwww. It's alright. I'll make sure you'll never get bored by my tweets ever again.
Wed Jan 31 17:31:55 +0000 2024Replying to @SantorioG
(I'm talking about a block, in case you're missing my social cues.)
Wed Jan 31 17:32:59 +0000 2024RT @mathewkumar: As the international community have recently decided that it’s fine to use white phosphorous on civilians this game no lon…
Wed Jan 31 18:51:58 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Reading this 1993 review of Seal Team, and nearly spit my drink out when I read this sentence.
Wed Jan 31 18:52:38 +0000 2024Replying to @pup_entropy
It's like what you see above, but better. Better graphics, better music, better controls. Everything had to be scaled down in order to get it running on the Sega CD.
Wed Jan 31 19:57:28 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Oh yes, I forgot to tell you. Fun exists on only one system in the entire Universe. The system is IBM PC. Also known as D…
Wed Jan 31 19:59:19 +0000 2024Replying to @LorenzaPat16431
Recently a Mac user told me they didn't know how to make a folder. I now feel bad for you all.
Wed Jan 31 21:12:17 +0000 2024My ❤ forever
Wed Jan 31 21:13:45 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
What's in the box?
Wed Jan 31 21:14:39 +0000 2024Replying to @albertocasanova
Same. Been using it since it was called Windows Commander.
Wed Jan 31 21:30:37 +0000 2024Replying to @jonkristinsson
It's what I now call "The Dragon Ball effect". I got acquainted with it by just putting a red star stamp on an orange. My phone was unusable for two days.
Wed Jan 31 21:41:34 +0000 2024Replying to @scoobytunes
... What?
Wed Jan 31 21:42:54 +0000 2024Replying to @PeterNikolow
Seems ok
Wed Jan 31 21:43:11 +0000 2024Replying to @scoobytunes
He had nothing to do with that. Peter Norton sold the company to Symantec in 1990.
Wed Jan 31 22:05:03 +0000 2024Replying to @scoobytunes
Don't apologize to me, apologize to Peter Norton.
Wed Jan 31 22:12:03 +0000 2024Replying to @Shmbler
I legitimately feel bad for anyone who isn't using an orthodox file manager. Back in the DOS years or now.
Wed Jan 31 22:34:52 +0000 2024Where is he when we need him?
Thu Feb 01 02:09:15 +0000 2024A BlitzBasic demo using exclusively a Circle command by @joelesko set to Quazar of Sanxion's Hybrid Song aka Funky Stars:
Thu Feb 01 04:41:30 +0000 2024