The video doesn't *quite* fit into Twitter's time limit, so here's the full one over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111854391534865688
Thu Feb 01 05:09:57 +0000 2024Replying to @EricSFong
Now that I've also heard his radio commercials for McDonald's, I'm 99% convinced that it's actually the case.
Thu Feb 01 06:00:11 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
HYBRID.XM
Thu Feb 01 12:27:53 +0000 2024Sleeper bots
Thu Feb 01 12:48:30 +0000 2024Replying to @gordoslair
Just sitting there, tweeting random stuff to appear as legitimate accounts with posts & followers at a glance. Until the person running them needs them to start tweeting about a certain topic to skew the discourse. Usually political.
Thu Feb 01 12:55:55 +0000 2024RT @DanielWienerson: 3d urinals
Thu Feb 01 13:07:33 +0000 2024RT @Gammitin: I have a passion for Lunchbox computers, the period between 1988 & 1990, where luggables were turning into the laptop formfac…
Thu Feb 01 13:07:48 +0000 2024RT @dhindes: You wouldn't believe what I had to do to make this work https://t.co/sO4wGDJR8V
Thu Feb 01 13:08:38 +0000 2024RT @oldyzach: Tis but a scratch 🤔😎
Home, sweet home.
#wednesday #OldieButGoldie #retrogames #retrogamer #memories #PC #MSDOS #WingCommand…
Thu Feb 01 13:24:07 +0000 2024RT @BertrandGuegan: Sound ON!
Back in the 90's, the OPL3 soundchip of the famous Soundblaster audio cards was sadly rarely used as its ful…
Thu Feb 01 13:30:47 +0000 2024RT @tamara_kama: Just saying but at one point the MS-DOS CD-ROM version of Mortal Kombat 1 was THE best home version out.. the sound and mu…
Thu Feb 01 14:05:54 +0000 2024Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid (Overdrive Entertainment, Philips P.O.V. Entertainment Group/Interplay Productions, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Feb 01 17:02:59 +0000 2024It's still a bit weird to me that the music video from the end of Shiny's MDK (1997) is a totally real thing that can be seen in proper quality & color:
https://youtu.be/ISFXmukrQO4?si=uP5QhpBa6aTBEoNg
Thu Feb 01 19:25:39 +0000 2024RT @Macaw45: Stream live! I'm going to be playing the English translation the first commercially released Czech DOS game - The Secret of DO…
Fri Feb 02 01:16:36 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
That's how I feel when people watch Twin Peaks for the first time. I begin to live through them.
Fri Feb 02 01:17:23 +0000 2024Replying to @PushinUpRoses
I'm jealous
Fri Feb 02 02:15:59 +0000 2024Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy!
Fri Feb 02 14:28:03 +0000 2024So I knew that Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the most sold 3rd party NES game, coming in at #11 on the top sold NES games list.
But last night I took a look at that list, and apparently the #10 most sold NES game that beat out TMNT by just 10,000 units was... 😯
Fri Feb 02 15:22:02 +0000 2024RT @ScottApogee: The pinball game Balls of Steel was just re-released by @Atari on Steam, but missing the original Duke Nukem table from wh…
Fri Feb 02 15:57:42 +0000 2024RT @zoggins: The bookshelf behind me is probably how my co-worker knew I was into Ultima. I don't turn on my camera much, so he is pretty…
Fri Feb 02 15:58:57 +0000 2024RT @dancingcrab: A few shelves from my collection that I happened to have photos of..! (They might be a teeny bit out of date.)
#bigboxPCg…
Fri Feb 02 16:00:52 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: A BlitzBasic demo using exclusively a Circle command by @joelesko set to Quazar of Sanxion's Hybrid Song aka Funky Stars:…
Fri Feb 02 18:52:46 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: 🎵 And we keep driving into the night...
Fri Feb 02 20:02:38 +0000 2024RT @lad_nerdy: Breaking away from reviewing big smelly movies, now I’m talking about big smelly video games. I’m taking a look at @jmechner…
Fri Feb 02 20:47:17 +0000 2024Me thinking about all the DOS games I haven't played yet.
Fri Feb 02 22:55:15 +0000 2024"The darkness that came from the Mediterranean Sea shrouded the city so detested by the Procurator."
Well, since the film currently doesn't have a Western distributor (dropped by Universal in 2022,) and I kind of want to see it, I guess it's time to look for a CAM. 🤷♂️
Sat Feb 03 00:57:43 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Huh.. This was... not at all what I was expecting. And that turned out to be a good thing. What the fuck? How was this movie so good? But also, I sincerely hope that everyone directly involved with this had already left the country. 😯
Sat Feb 03 04:04:52 +0000 2024Replying to @preymak
Не, я в основном про то что за правительственные деньги сделали антиправительственный фильм.
Sat Feb 03 14:16:47 +0000 2024Replying to @preymak
Я весь фильм с открытым ртом просидел. Совсем не ожидал такой прыти.
Sat Feb 03 14:28:29 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: "We have the exact same briefcase."
Sat Feb 03 16:05:09 +0000 2024Replying to @TitoStudio_
Counterpoint:
Sat Feb 03 16:17:00 +0000 2024Replying to @TitoStudio_
(And also, Alley Cat is originally booter game, so very much an IBM PC game, but *not* a DOS game technically since it didn't need MS-DOS. 😉)
Sat Feb 03 16:19:40 +0000 2024- Wow. Al Pacino!
- It's not Al anymore, it's...
Sat Feb 03 16:31:52 +0000 2024Replying to @DarkwyndPT and @TitoStudio_
That's because you had a pirated version that turned into a com file that worked in DOS. That doesn't change the fact that the original IBM release doesn't need DOS. And if your version didn't have a way of quitting the game, now you know why.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1541150208343564290?t=F3xjO9R2S2L1GFiP9wYDFw&s=19
Sat Feb 03 16:35:30 +0000 2024Replying to @darklordoflinux
I'm sorry you had to experience it
Sat Feb 03 16:46:25 +0000 2024Replying to @boy_dumpster
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot?
Sat Feb 03 17:37:28 +0000 2024Replying to @Gamrok and @alescandy
Yes. The two naked ladies have bikinies in the update.
Sat Feb 03 17:41:28 +0000 2024Replying to @Gamrok and @alescandy
Turns out I tweeted pictures of that already. It's nice that I can often rely on myself. 😅
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1655351658694492161?t=_8C0u4V5aDKXuyYacC2ejQ&s=19
Sat Feb 03 17:42:35 +0000 2024Replying to @Gamrok and @alescandy
And also a small correction: the 16 color original version is still VGA, not EGA (you can play it in EGA or CGA, but they clearly didn't spend any time trying to adjust the gfx.)
Sat Feb 03 17:45:11 +0000 2024Replying to @Gamrok and @alescandy
Yeah, original Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS versions all use the same 16 color graphics.
Sat Feb 03 17:50:12 +0000 2024RT @dancingcrab: Newer shot of my #OriginSystems stuff.
#bigboxPCgames #PCgaming #DOSgaming #retrogaming https://t.co/l5REgW7jDK
Sat Feb 03 18:18:58 +0000 2024Replying to @MobyGamer
#ActionJackson trivia for #DOSGaming:
This character portrait in Lords of Doom was traced from the Action Jackson poster:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/656572548579237888?t=P3r0GLsHGdn9ZaXsx8OnBQ&s=19
Sat Feb 03 19:45:11 +0000 2024RT @RibShark: Introducing the first beta release of SafeDiscShim, a tool that allows SafeDisc protected games of all versions to run on mod…
Sat Feb 03 22:25:39 +0000 2024Replying to @MichaelHenry870
The Master and Margarita
Sat Feb 03 22:43:19 +0000 2024Hey, who wants to see some computer ads from 40 years ago? Don't change the channel.
Sun Feb 04 00:49:00 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 00:50:53 +0000 2024Reach out and byte someone!
Sun Feb 04 00:52:22 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 00:53:29 +0000 2024"HEI has a light pen with specs to suit your need, whether you're doing text editing, menu selection, or
more complex graphics system work."
Sun Feb 04 00:55:44 +0000 2024The Apple Macintosh Computer
Mouse-window-desktop technology arrives for under $2500*
* $7525, adjusted for inflation for 2024
Sun Feb 04 00:58:09 +0000 2024SCP are still selling their 8086 computer boards, and they are bundling them with MS-DOS 2.0
Sun Feb 04 01:00:39 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 01:02:17 +0000 2024Encounter REVELATION
Sun Feb 04 01:03:18 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 01:05:21 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Sun Feb 04 01:05:22 +0000 2024#DOSGaming
Sun Feb 04 01:07:25 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 01:09:06 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 01:10:54 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 01:12:22 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 01:13:44 +0000 2024Picture CRT information in full color with the new KODAK INSTAGRAPHIC™ CRT Imaging Outfit.
Sun Feb 04 01:15:06 +0000 2024Replying to @frankcifaldi and @lazygamereviews
👆 This could have possibly been what I was referring to that day.
Sun Feb 04 01:17:00 +0000 2024BASTOC™
A BASIC-To-C Translator
Sun Feb 04 01:18:54 +0000 2024Look at Digital Research piggybacking off IBM's marketing
Sun Feb 04 01:21:14 +0000 2024"Operating Systems: DOS, USCD p-System, CP/M-86"
Sun Feb 04 01:24:57 +0000 2024PC PEACOCK
Sun Feb 04 01:27:00 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 01:29:07 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 04 01:29:48 +0000 2024The personal, portable daisywheel printer.
Sun Feb 04 01:32:07 +0000 2024Genuine hardwood home data center
Sun Feb 04 01:34:25 +0000 2024Available at Toys ”R” Us
Sun Feb 04 01:38:53 +0000 2024The 'Grand' Stand™
Sun Feb 04 01:42:40 +0000 2024Hard disk prices from February of 1984.
$1 then is $3 today.
Sun Feb 04 01:46:32 +0000 2024And that was your one hour of vintage print ads. All materials were from February 1984 issues of Byte, Compute, and Computer Gaming World Magazines. Hope you had fun!
Sun Feb 04 01:48:06 +0000 2024😯😯😯
Sun Feb 04 02:52:50 +0000 2024Replying to @1T0Idu50
Sun Feb 04 16:54:32 +0000 2024RT @qfgbook: I was also working on an Erasmus' House for a bit too, but I backburned it last year. Someday I'll get back to it!! https://t.…
Sun Feb 04 22:43:02 +0000 2024RT @3five9:
Sun Feb 04 22:43:07 +0000 2024RT @qfgbook: What's your favorite location in a Quest for Glory game?
Sun Feb 04 23:33:15 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Someday DOS will find you
Mon Feb 05 00:31:42 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Someday I hope to be as cool as this guy. #DOSGaming
Mon Feb 05 00:48:08 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: @Alblogy
Mon Feb 05 00:50:02 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: In case some of you could also use a little bit of peace today. #DOSGaming
Mon Feb 05 01:28:43 +0000 2024RT @markiemusicpro: lo fi quake beats to hup to
Mon Feb 05 03:45:29 +0000 2024Indeed. To this day I find the sound design in Thief games & System Shock 2 most effective. Even more than in some of the games of today.
Mon Feb 05 04:32:25 +0000 2024It's almost midnight. Do you know where you floppies are?
Mon Feb 05 04:46:15 +0000 2024Somebody is actually paying for these. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1753037609473826817
Mon Feb 05 14:15:52 +0000 2024RT @NightdiveStudio: If you've yet to explore the gripping space flight sim Space Rogue Classic, be sure to grab a copy at 75% off on @GOGc…
Mon Feb 05 18:51:11 +0000 2024RT @virtuallyfun: Here is a fun fact, Windows/286 can in fact multi-task well behaved MS-DOS applications. In a Window. And you can freel…
Mon Feb 05 18:53:02 +0000 2024Replying to @game_obscure
Mostly because it's a DOS game.
Mon Feb 05 19:16:25 +0000 2024Replying to @LandofObscusion and @game_obscure
Wait. What? They just bundle an iso with it?
Mon Feb 05 19:26:04 +0000 2024Replying to @LandofObscusion and @game_obscure
I'll check myself. I got the Steam version in some bundle a while ago.
Mon Feb 05 19:51:46 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Maniac Mansion model from the cover of Nintendo Power #16
Mon Feb 05 20:31:21 +0000 2024https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1751354551108571480
Mon Feb 05 23:41:19 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
(It wasn't me, I swear.)
Mon Feb 05 23:41:37 +0000 2024Replying to @LandofObscusion and @game_obscure
Ah, I see. It also includes PCSXR emulator to play the PlayStation version in. 😅
Tue Feb 06 00:16:06 +0000 2024░M░Y░ ░H░O░T░ ░P░A░G░E░ ░I░N░ ░D░O░S░
Tue Feb 06 03:43:49 +0000 2024RT @dandouglas: demolishing the Captain Tom spa pool complex, in Duke Nukem 3D
Tue Feb 06 04:15:21 +0000 2024Replying to @PicturesFoIder
Somebody listened to @getplayedpod today, I guess. 🤷
Tue Feb 06 04:40:39 +0000 2024Duke, the situation has deteriorated. It appears they have the President. The Earth Defense Force has been compromised, and I'm afraid you can't trust anyone.
Tue Feb 06 14:15:04 +0000 2024People were right to dunk on that grown ass tech bro for saying he finds movies from before mid-90s boring. But that's also a fairly regular look at videogames a lot of people have. "Ewww, big pixely graphics, and you have to read? Yeah, that's too old for me."
Tue Feb 06 18:41:25 +0000 2024"Disney found us a Voodoo expert, to explain the difference..." And that's how I know Gilbert & Grossman didn't play Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. 🙃 https://x.com/noclipvideo/status/1754924525807141319
Tue Feb 06 19:31:42 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: ░M░Y░ ░H░O░T░ ░P░A░G░E░ ░I░N░ ░D░O░S░
Tue Feb 06 19:36:29 +0000 2024Replying to @RussianMemesLtd
Пурт сан у ахюрдна
Tue Feb 06 19:38:15 +0000 2024Replying to @StochasticOoze
GIVE IN TO ALONE IN THE DARK
Tue Feb 06 20:25:39 +0000 2024RT @fthoztrk: Game Over
Tue Feb 06 20:26:06 +0000 2024Replying to @sandrauniman
Ну, возможно честно говорит. Всё-таки он сам ради еды Улицы Разбитых Фонарей в голодные времена снимал под псевдонимом Худокормов. 🤷
Tue Feb 06 20:34:35 +0000 2024Meow
Tue Feb 06 22:23:24 +0000 2024Replying to @ArjAndInCharj
That's not what I'm referring to.
Tue Feb 06 22:31:32 +0000 2024Replying to @knowbodiez and @SmalltimeJones
That's... not quite it.
Tue Feb 06 22:52:25 +0000 2024Replying to @TravisOwens
I'll have you know that I'm a catMAN
Tue Feb 06 22:55:35 +0000 2024Entity (Loriciel, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay
Wed Feb 07 00:38:06 +0000 2024I am now on the Skies of Blue as well, I guess.🦋
I'm @dosnostalgic.bsky.social, have at it
https://bsky.app/profile/dosnostalgic.bsky.social
Wed Feb 07 00:50:06 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
It's... just not reasonable? What?
Wed Feb 07 01:41:10 +0000 2024Every morning there's a MIDI hanging from the corner
Of my girlfriend's four-post bed
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Wed Feb 07 01:41:55 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111887654051154402
Wed Feb 07 01:42:05 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
No, I don't want them to appreciate games just because some of them might have meaning to me.
Wed Feb 07 03:32:01 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
A) You assumption that I'm talking about "newer generations". I didn't imply that, and the last time I heard this sentiment, it was from the person the same age as me.
B) Your assumption that I want I want young people to play old games I like.
1/
Wed Feb 07 11:19:53 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
2/2
C) And yet, that somehow two things that I didn't say, but you've read into my statement would by unreasonable.
Wed Feb 07 11:21:40 +0000 2024Replying to @Nintenloup_Wolf
Oh boy. Yeah, you're right.
Wed Feb 07 11:39:36 +0000 2024Replying to @hajek_jaromir and @superjude81
None of the original versions (Amiga, Genesis, DOS) have sound effects in the intro.
Flashback runs in a 256x224 resolution since Sega Genesis was its intended target platform. A monitor would display it pillarboxed when filling a screen, the game doesn't draw the borders itself.
Wed Feb 07 12:19:54 +0000 2024I'd never buy any piece of tech this person is pitching. To me this kind of attitude means that a person created a very rigid box of what they accept, & are unable to connect with things outside of it emotionally. That means this person is incapable of thinking outside the box. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1754938362551566431
Wed Feb 07 14:14:08 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I just had to look this up and Andrej Karpathy, the autonomous vehicle scientist in question, and I are the same age. 🤷
Wed Feb 07 14:17:30 +0000 2024Replying to @ArjAndInCharj
I don't understand what this sentence means
Wed Feb 07 14:55:59 +0000 2024Replying to @ArjAndInCharj
And? My point wasn't about a particular demographic, but how a similar outlook on videogames is shared by a lot of people.
Wed Feb 07 15:32:38 +0000 2024Replying to @ArjAndInCharj
This is actually why I had to go and look him up. A few people took my statement as being an old guy bitching about younger people, and that was never my intention, and it is confirmed because Karpathy and I are the same age.
Wed Feb 07 15:35:32 +0000 2024Replying to @ArjAndInCharj
What's the demographic in question, and what is the question in the first place?
Wed Feb 07 15:52:45 +0000 2024I can easily see a re-release on PC, but a remaster? I doubt anyone is gonna commit resources to redrawing that much art for a niche market like that. https://x.com/GalexQuest/status/1755240206117024106
Wed Feb 07 18:21:12 +0000 2024Replying to @hardistymark
Or the Simon the Sorcerer "remaster" situation.
Wed Feb 07 18:25:13 +0000 2024RT @mattbarton: Let me tell you about how awesome the late Jennell was. After interviewing her wife, Becky, I sent my Dragon Wars box for a…
Wed Feb 07 18:33:41 +0000 2024Replying to @Laserschwert_
I mean, sure, but what are the chances? Unless Nick Pratt took them all home or something. 🤷
Wed Feb 07 19:11:48 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour and @Nintenloup_Wolf
It's just not reasonable.
Wed Feb 07 19:26:34 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
Yes, that was indeed my intention. You made something up that I didn't mean, and then processed to call it unreasonable. So I'm here to tell you that
A) your interpretation of my tweet was wrong,...
B) ... but what you've made up is not unreasonable either.
🤷
Wed Feb 07 19:32:48 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour and @Nintenloup_Wolf
Bud, I don't owe you an explanation of why I think it's a shit stance. The fact that you posted it in the first place lets me know that you do understand everything already. Spare me the bait.
Wed Feb 07 19:36:44 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
I've already repeated myself twice. Not sure how many more times I can say that I disagree with both your assumption, and your conclusion to the said assumption.
Wed Feb 07 19:39:47 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
Great. What do you want, a medal?
Wed Feb 07 19:41:10 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
Idk how much more clear I cold have been. I gave you a 3 part breakdown.
Wed Feb 07 19:45:21 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
You tagged me in a tweet that had a question, then told me not to forget about my own earlier tweet, and now somehow it's not directly asked to me? Are you 12?
Wed Feb 07 19:47:27 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
Yes, younger people playing older games is indeed not unreasonable, unlike you suggest. 🤷
Wed Feb 07 19:51:12 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
At least you don't need to do any pretending. 🤷
Wed Feb 07 19:52:45 +0000 2024Replying to @buzzworddujour
Ok, I'm bored, but I'm not THAT bored. I sincerely hope you'll figure it out.
Wed Feb 07 20:02:26 +0000 2024Replying to @maxkur67 and @hardistymark
Wed Feb 07 23:55:52 +0000 2024Replying to @DominicTarason
Welcome, and have fun. I guess. 😅
Thu Feb 08 00:01:38 +0000 2024Where are my educated people at? https://x.com/banditloaf/status/1755391562136051712
Thu Feb 08 01:28:33 +0000 2024Replying to @bernielomax
No, we know the game. Inquiring minds need to know who the model was in the original pinup, since it's clearly a head drawn on top of a retouched photo.
Thu Feb 08 02:03:58 +0000 2024RIP Mojo Nixon. 🎸
Thu Feb 08 02:30:32 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ain't got no water anywhere
Food's bad, so's the air
Got no resources, in a great big stupor
All because of the evil King Koopa!
Thu Feb 08 02:31:30 +0000 2024Replying to @KiibouRanger
I actually like a lot about Redneck Rampage. If the controls & enemy balance wasn't so bad, the rest would be easy for me to forgive.
Thu Feb 08 02:45:46 +0000 2024RT @NicolasT_AT: https://t.co/RSCw1jyxEo
Thu Feb 08 13:11:32 +0000 2024Replying to @Rabbit_FooFoo and @WorldCinemania
Edgar Wright used up all the transition budget for decades ahead, I guess.
Thu Feb 08 13:26:00 +0000 2024Entering the world of DOS gaming
Thu Feb 08 15:36:56 +0000 2024Replying to @Andru109
А мне кажеться полно их. Форрест Гамп, Бегущий по Лезвию, Вспомить Всё, Челюсти, Нефть, Др. Стрейнджлав, и вобще куча ещё есть если подумать. Очень часто просто люди не знакомы с первоисточником.
Thu Feb 08 15:53:53 +0000 2024Maximum Roadkill (Bits Corporation/Take-Two Interactive Software, 1996) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Feb 08 17:05:42 +0000 2024How game music was written in the 80s: https://x.com/KevEdwardsRetro/status/1755641177590669762
Thu Feb 08 17:27:39 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Those guys were hardcore
Thu Feb 08 17:29:35 +0000 2024Replying to @fluddsskark and @hikari_no_yume
Cool, but Hercules wasn't first graphics card for PC, that would be the CGA card from IBM themselves. And while Hercules could do graphics, it was just a 1 bit monochrome that could fill the memory, so calling it a "graphics" card is a bit excessive. It was very much a text card.
Fri Feb 09 01:04:30 +0000 2024For a divisive film Saltburn didn't actually have that much of an effect on me. It was fine. Couldn't really predict where it was going most of the time, so that was good.
Fri Feb 09 01:28:45 +0000 2024Replying to @hikari_no_yume and @fluddsskark
Sure, just like CGA is famous for its 4 color palettes in graphical mode. But even then it was sort of an afterthought. Even more so with Hercules. But yes, I guess it is a "graphics card" because what else would it be? 🤷♂️ Point taken.
Fri Feb 09 01:34:19 +0000 2024Replying to @cybreco
All those things are up my alley, but none of them were developed enough. I only had a strong emotional reaction to the bathtub scene.
Fri Feb 09 01:35:33 +0000 2024Replying to @Velocir35149743
Most of it is played like a black/cringe comedy.
Fri Feb 09 01:35:48 +0000 2024Replying to @hikari_no_yume and @fluddsskark
Most software supports in text mode. 90% of games that support Hercules just plop their CGA graphics converted to 1 bit without even bothering resizing them to actually fit the resolution, leaving a chunk of the screen empty.
Fri Feb 09 01:41:21 +0000 2024Replying to @hikari_no_yume and @fluddsskark
Hmmm. Alright, all those I do agree with.
Fri Feb 09 01:48:01 +0000 2024Replying to @hikari_no_yume and @fluddsskark
SimCity had pretty great Hercules support though. Highest resolution possible in the original game. 😅
Fri Feb 09 01:48:58 +0000 2024Well, timing is everything.
Fri Feb 09 02:22:30 +0000 2024Replying to @_Adoru_
This is from an assembler source file
Fri Feb 09 07:40:32 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
There was this one time....
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1108126255650668545?t=rQ01kKmLv_ARKDsdWjYkSQ&s=19
Fri Feb 09 12:47:45 +0000 2024Replying to @etienne_cella
Variables set up to be processed by a player written in Assembly. All the code is here:
https://github.com/breakintoprogram/archive-follin/tree/main
Fri Feb 09 13:47:35 +0000 2024Here's a somewhat unethical LLM project for someone:
Use machine learning to turn all Indiana Jones v.o. in the talkie version of Fate of Atlantis to actually being Harrison Ford.
Fri Feb 09 17:19:10 +0000 2024Replying to @GrundislavGames
Ouch. I see. They are converting it using text to speech. I would propose using one of those LLMs that change the voice from one into another, and feed it the v.o. from the game to preserve the actual acting.
Fri Feb 09 17:47:55 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic:
Fri Feb 09 19:18:42 +0000 2024RT @mrtnkl: "Rogue-like". As a gamer, you know the term. But did you ever play the original Rogue? No? Now it's only one click away...
ht…
Fri Feb 09 20:06:51 +0000 2024Replying to @shahidkamal and @Tan_Alpha_Music
Fri Feb 09 20:08:34 +0000 2024RT @banditloaf: This question inspired me to do a little checking. Here's the quit message from every Wing Commander game for MS-DOS. WC1 t…
Fri Feb 09 20:15:07 +0000 2024RT @qfgbook: "Are you ready for the Big Game™️?"
The Big Game:
Fri Feb 09 20:16:22 +0000 2024░P░L░A░Y░ ░M░O░R░E░ ░D░O░S░ ░G░A░M░E░S░
Fri Feb 09 21:56:47 +0000 2024RT @Foone: I've no longer got a job, and I'm also kinda completely broke.
So if anyone has a few extra dollars they can donate to help me…
Fri Feb 09 22:36:11 +0000 2024It's MIDI on the dance floor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey-hey, hey-hey
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Sat Feb 10 00:03:19 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111904253427416168
Sat Feb 10 00:03:36 +0000 2024Still EPIC. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1754871335287738625
Sat Feb 10 01:01:00 +0000 2024Replying to @vegathechosen and @benjedwards
I was thinking of the PC version
Sat Feb 10 14:26:04 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
В начале XX века в лабораториях 1-го рейсмахта был построен суперсекретный боевой танк, обладавший боевой мощью и сверхоружием, которые надолго опередили своё время. Для того, чтобы испытать танк, и при этом раньше времени не разрушить Европу, он был заброшен в Центральную Африку
Sat Feb 10 16:07:22 +0000 2024Replying to @unBEARable76
Is there a better version out there, or is it still the same camrip that everyone is watching?
Sat Feb 10 18:28:20 +0000 2024Replying to @Abuzubayralfrns, @misterfitzie and @realRetroPC
That is largely a misunderstanding. Especially when it comes to Windows 9x. Once 9x kernel was loaded, DOS was unloaded, & execution of all the 16 bit stuff, & DOS especially was handled by Windows' kernel. At that point DOS was used pretty much only as a bootloader.
Sat Feb 10 19:34:03 +0000 2024Replying to @Abuzubayralfrns, @misterfitzie and @realRetroPC
This was already the case when with Windows 3.11, but not 3.1 or 3.0, so those get a pass. But you can't say "DOS was the real OS" when it comes to Windows 9x.
Sat Feb 10 19:35:35 +0000 2024Replying to @Abuzubayralfrns, @misterfitzie and @realRetroPC
Here's what Raymond Chen, the man in charge of DOS support in Windows, had to say on the topic:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20071224-00/?p=24063
Sat Feb 10 19:40:21 +0000 2024Replying to @SandCastlesSt and @Apogee_Ent
"You don't look 18. 🤔"
Sat Feb 10 21:23:16 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: LEGO Chess (Windows 9x, 1998) #NotDOS
3D chess by Krisalis Software aimed at children with 2 board & piece LEGO styles (W…
Sat Feb 10 22:28:51 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: CHESS.BMP
Sat Feb 10 22:31:43 +0000 2024RT @1upRestorations: I had a nice relaxing afternoon testing and backing up these Windows 98 PCs for @Liretro. We have at least 30 more of…
Sun Feb 11 00:37:48 +0000 2024RT @mdscntstmgm: Been a few decades since I've been confronted with this...
I just wanted to install my SB32 PnP 😩
Sun Feb 11 02:09:53 +0000 2024RT @PointThenClick: Ronald McDonald when Grimace gets more attention than him:
Sun Feb 11 02:10:52 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: My very cool full-page ad which appeared in the magazine Computer Gaming World August 1993!
#illustration #popculture…
Sun Feb 11 08:49:08 +0000 2024Replying to @MtnPatti, @CastiglioneFrnk and @cantpretendtoo
Not sure what computers these days don't have a way to get to command lines, but modern day Windows has at least 5 different ways one can launch the command prompt with.
Sun Feb 11 15:17:18 +0000 2024RT @gamepresintl: Check out the "extended edition" of our History of Japanese Erotic Games article, kindly hosted by @timeextension64
htt…
Sun Feb 11 15:19:57 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: The *only* Superb Owl.
Sun Feb 11 20:22:20 +0000 2024Replying to @pripyatbeast
iz babby?
Sun Feb 11 20:45:00 +0000 2024Quarterback Attack (Digital Pictures, 1996) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Feb 11 21:23:03 +0000 2024
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Mon Feb 12 11:02:45 +0000 2024RT @gnomeslair: DreamWeb was a far from perfect, yet definitely ambitious and unique cyberpunk, horror (adventure?) game. It's one of those…
Mon Feb 12 12:19:21 +0000 2024Replying to @arknumbernine and @HarshalHmn
Bill Gates didn't write DOS, Tim Paterson did. And the year before Gates bought DOS from Paterson, Microsoft already had 40 employees and $8,000,000 in revenue.
Mon Feb 12 12:33:15 +0000 2024RT @GalexQuest: Show your support for the Adventure Game Fan Fair this July in Tacoma, WA. Be there with us for this first-ever event, meet…
Mon Feb 12 14:30:05 +0000 2024Replying to @halcyon_hazel and @thiagovscoelho
There was never any DOS stuff in the NT line which is what we use now, unless you count the command line interface. 32 bit versions of Windows NT include NTVDM, a 16 bit emulator, to run 16 bit DOS & Windows programs, but on current 64 bit systems even that isn't the case.
Mon Feb 12 14:53:19 +0000 2024Replying to @halcyon_hazel and @thiagovscoelho
Source code for NT4, 2000 SP1, XP SP1, and Server 2003 was leaked. In case anyone wants to take a closer look & confirm it for themselves.
Mon Feb 12 14:54:34 +0000 2024RT @gordoslair: When ATI made sound cards. ATI Stereo F/X CD (1992) with a Yamaha OPL3. #soundcards #MSDOS #ATI
Mon Feb 12 14:58:53 +0000 2024Headline Harry and The Great Paper Race (Davidson & Associates, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay
Mon Feb 12 17:07:44 +0000 2024February 12th 2009 this guy put up his first video review on YouTube. Happy 15th, DOS Nostalgia! 🎉🎂🍾🥂💾
Mon Feb 12 18:00:13 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Here's to 15 more years! 🥂
Mon Feb 12 18:35:18 +0000 2024RT @Finselbix: Heute ist mein offizieller #dosgaming Tag... und habt ihr noch ein paar Spieletipps?
🇬🇧 Today is my official dosgaming day.…
Mon Feb 12 19:47:44 +0000 2024Where I am mentally
Mon Feb 12 20:59:00 +0000 2024You know what to do. 🗽🌨
Mon Feb 12 22:20:40 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Btw, last year someone finally (after 22 years!) made a patch to disable the broken adaptive scaling algorithm from Max Payne's starting difficulty setting.
https://www.moddb.com/games/max-payne/downloads/mpadaptivedifficultyremover
Mon Feb 12 23:08:13 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
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Mon Feb 12 23:15:11 +0000 2024Replying to @MoviusC
You know what not to do.
Mon Feb 12 23:21:21 +0000 2024Replying to @PointlessWarp
Well, for a fan it's worth wasting their time because it includes additional material not see in the theatrical cut.
Mon Feb 12 23:31:58 +0000 2024Going through my 2003 backups. Found DOSBox and ScummVM versions I was using back then.
Tue Feb 13 01:56:31 +0000 2024MP3 list from a local BBS, year 2000.
Tue Feb 13 03:02:30 +0000 2024RT @Gammitin: Happy Monday folks, I'm putting my repaired gamepad through its paces on a game that makes Dark Souls seem easy -
Gods [1991]…
Tue Feb 13 10:23:15 +0000 2024Good morning from New York. 🗽
Tue Feb 13 14:59:29 +0000 2024Replying to @Scalibq
I know
Tue Feb 13 15:03:48 +0000 2024RT @jmechner: My 1997 point-n-click adventure The Last Express is -71% off today on GOG! http://bit.ly/48lcGYq
NOTE, this is the ORIGINAL…
Tue Feb 13 15:23:06 +0000 2024"The weird piece of paper looked dangerous."
Tue Feb 13 16:57:27 +0000 2024Aaand that's it. And now it's time to go shovel snow. 🗽🌨
Tue Feb 13 18:38:44 +0000 2024Still going through shit I downloaded from the Internet in the early 2000s, and.... what the fuck?!
Tue Feb 13 21:40:34 +0000 2024Much better performance than on my old Pentium 75
Tue Feb 13 22:05:25 +0000 2024Time to play something relaxing...
Tue Feb 13 23:47:09 +0000 2024RT @Macaw45: Stream live, I'm going to be exploring unreleased DOS games https://www.twitch.tv/macaw45
Wed Feb 14 01:01:39 +0000 2024Tears, an unreleased Czech RPG.
#DOSGaming
Wed Feb 14 02:27:08 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Right now an alpha is being played by @Macaw45:
https://www.twitch.tv/macaw45
Wed Feb 14 02:27:40 +0000 2024RT @SierraChest: The game page of Pepper's Adventures in Time has been upgraded with loss-less screenshots, a massive 80+ song MUNT soundtr…
Wed Feb 14 04:25:43 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion and @SierraChest
300x200 VGA games get aspect 4:3 ratio corrected on a CRT monitor, so 1600x1200 would be correct & preserve intented ratio.
Wed Feb 14 04:45:58 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion and @SierraChest
Also "lossless" never refers to the resolution, but rather a compression algorithm.
Wed Feb 14 04:47:07 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion and @SierraChest
If you see the ratio between 320x200 and 1600x1200, you'll see that it is exactly the right amount to correct to 4:3 & have all enlarged pixels be exactly that size.
Wed Feb 14 04:52:52 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion and @SierraChest
5 and 6 are integers btw
Wed Feb 14 04:56:29 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
I see. First we learn that you don't know of what lossless means, but now it's apparent you don't know what integer scaling is either. Trust me, both of those terms apply to these images. Feel free to point out which exact details got lost in the process.
Wed Feb 14 05:21:48 +0000 2024RT @damgentemp: Some (never before seen?) pictures from the making of Sierra's Phantasmagoria shared by Craig Denny
Wed Feb 14 12:00:28 +0000 2024Wow. That's *a lot* of cool new features. https://x.com/philscomputerlb/status/1757685645382910168
Wed Feb 14 12:17:52 +0000 2024Replying to @dsobeski
You needed your drives repartitioned every three months?
Wed Feb 14 12:21:32 +0000 2024RT @mdf200: Happy 33rd Birthday #Lemmings!!
Want to see the original lemmings editors in action?
Head to @RMCRetro's @youtube channel and…
Wed Feb 14 12:26:02 +0000 2024Replying to @winterandwolf
Yes, I'm the one who flagged it.
Wed Feb 14 13:50:45 +0000 2024М ож но
купи ть
са п оги
и уши
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Wed Feb 14 14:00:28 +0000 2024Replying to @dsobeski
What kind of crazy environment were you in that you got bit rot every 3 months? 😅 I had an MFM Seagate run for nearly 40 years, and it only died a few years ago, and I only repartitioned it maybe 3 times.
Wed Feb 14 15:35:28 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Happy Valentine's Day to this cute couple ❤️
Wed Feb 14 16:14:41 +0000 2024@ScottApogee Scott, I'd be very interested to find out how did The Legend of the Seven Paladins deal come to be. It's very unusual for a Taiwanese developer to license American tech. What was the agreement, and when did you find out that they ended up actually releasing the game?
Wed Feb 14 16:28:56 +0000 2024Replying to @Tsvetochkin
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Wed Feb 14 17:05:11 +0000 2024Playing Max Payne with this patch is like playing it for the first time. Final levels are no longer an exercise in patience and savescumming. I recommend it highly. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1757179830422966362
Wed Feb 14 17:44:12 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
You're missing reading the manual.
Wed Feb 14 17:44:28 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
For those who don't know: Max Payne's initial difficulty has 7 different levels that affect enemy & your damage factor, enemy hit points, ammo pickups, etc. You start in the middle (level 4), & if you're doing good the game ups the level. If you die quickly, it drops it, BUT...
Wed Feb 14 17:47:09 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
... in order for the game to determine that you died the entire slow mo death animation has to play out. That never happens. So by the mid point one usually ends up with difficulty higher than the highest manually selectable one. That can be extremely annoying.
Wed Feb 14 17:48:54 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Less so now, but it was a lot more annoying back in the day when loading such a resource heavy game could take minutes.
Wed Feb 14 17:49:50 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
I mean, if you don't want to time travel back to the 20th century, DOS might not be for you.
Wed Feb 14 17:50:45 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
And look, if you'd read the manual we could have avoided yesterday discussion. 😅
Wed Feb 14 17:58:06 +0000 2024RT @_ms0g: This is my re-implementation of Atari Breakout for DOS.
🔗https://github.com/ms0g/breakout
#cpp #retrogames #gamedevs #arcade https://t.c…
Wed Feb 14 19:00:19 +0000 2024Computers are pretty awesome when they work.
Wed Feb 14 19:56:01 +0000 2024Perverts https://x.com/atari/status/1757837384236859564
Wed Feb 14 20:06:45 +0000 2024Meow
Wed Feb 14 21:27:36 +0000 2024Well, that's my Valentine's night plans sorted out. 🤷
Wed Feb 14 21:40:35 +0000 2024Replying to @reicatfish
Thu Feb 15 02:44:40 +0000 2024Words she wants to hear
Thu Feb 15 03:44:16 +0000 2024Replying to @bernielomax
It's an in-game font.
Thu Feb 15 03:48:22 +0000 2024Ooh, I need a dirty MIDI
Ooh, I need a dirty song
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Thu Feb 15 16:05:34 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/111936348119769172
Thu Feb 15 16:05:45 +0000 2024RT @Gamrok: So happy to own the vinyl record of The Quest for the Time Bird 🤩 (La Quête de l'Oiseau du Temps in French)
I've digitized th…
Thu Feb 15 17:52:00 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Westwood Studio's intro sequences.
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (MS-DOS, 1992) vs Dune 2000: Long Live the Fighters…
Thu Feb 15 18:01:40 +0000 2024👀 https://x.com/ArtDikaya/status/1745419341808517585
Thu Feb 15 18:24:44 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
It's a Russian 1995 MS-DOS 6.2 book by Boris Bogumirsky.
That's why I'm here. To answer most important questions.
Thu Feb 15 18:32:38 +0000 2024
Thu Feb 15 19:05:00 +0000 2024Replying to @JikissGamer
Hers is Russian 😉
Thu Feb 15 22:25:58 +0000 2024Replying to @JikissGamer
You can
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1758197644344668275
Thu Feb 15 22:27:43 +0000 2024Pray for Death (Light Shock Software/Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay
Fri Feb 16 00:18:52 +0000 2024Replying to @GilsonDavid5 and @Star_Knight12
Technically MS-DOS (and other 16 bit applications) in Windows XP was already handled by an emulator, NTVDM, only it was already included with the OS.
Fri Feb 16 00:33:58 +0000 2024Replying to @Macaw45
Oh no. I know this one.
Fri Feb 16 01:35:15 +0000 2024This was wonderful. It's been a bit since I've seen a movie with acting this good.
Fri Feb 16 03:08:29 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
This was a bit weird. Because while the movie has very convincing grain effects & such, not for a second does it actually look like a 70s movie because it's not lit, shot, or staged like one. But it still feels like a it might have been a drama made during that period.
Fri Feb 16 03:26:37 +0000 2024RT @benjedwards: If you see one screenshot today, let it be this one of Super Noah's Ark 3-D. Noah hangs huge portraits of himself all over…
Fri Feb 16 14:25:10 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
Twitter's broken. Can't see the first two images.
Fri Feb 16 16:07:59 +0000 2024I wonder what's the Tomb Raider remaster discourse is like. 🤔 I'd like to see art comparisons, discussions of new features, see fan reactions....
*opens Steam*
👀....
*closes Steam*
Fri Feb 16 16:16:10 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I'm so fucking tired already.
Fri Feb 16 16:17:33 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Oh no, the game has a sensitivity warning? 😱 Just roll your eyes and move on, like a normal person! 🙄 How do people find time to write 40 page threads about how Tomb Raider is woke now? Jesus Christ.
Fri Feb 16 16:20:54 +0000 2024Replying to @PotateJello
Why would anyone get upset at a warning? It's a paragraph of text. A disclaimer isn't a reason to actually be *upset*. Make an audible sigh and move on.
Fri Feb 16 17:34:55 +0000 2024Replying to @PotateJello
WHAT? There's a parameter?! 😂
Fri Feb 16 17:41:41 +0000 2024Replying to @CH4L1T0
Pretty sure PC Prince supported Hercules natively, so you wouldn't need SimCGA in that particular case.
Fri Feb 16 17:45:52 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: 👀 https://t.co/UxeETt4QE1
Fri Feb 16 17:46:27 +0000 2024Replying to @CostanzaBrah
I just looked at your feed, and it looks like you're the last person who should be saying this. 😉
Fri Feb 16 18:08:18 +0000 2024I'm tired of being a human. Why can't I be a cat? Where's this guy when you actually need him?
Fri Feb 16 18:14:56 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
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Manananan
Do doo do-do-do
Manananan
Do do-do do
Fri Feb 16 18:18:22 +0000 2024Replying to @CostanzaBrah
Oh please, George. You gotta try harder than that. 😂
Fri Feb 16 18:40:25 +0000 2024Replying to @CostanzaBrah
If you think that somehow I'm the person who was unaware of my own hairline until your comment, I might have news for you.
Fri Feb 16 18:46:22 +0000 2024Replying to @CostanzaBrah
Oh NOW they are aware, eh? Also who's this "everyone else"? Are they in the room with you right now?
Fri Feb 16 18:52:16 +0000 2024Replying to @TonyGearSolid and @DominicTarason
I've also just learned that apparently you can start the game with a parameter that skips it entirely.
Fri Feb 16 18:57:03 +0000 2024Replying to @CostanzaBrah
I... I don't understand this tweet. Honestly I expected better insults from someone who put "based" in their name. Disappointed.
Fri Feb 16 18:58:20 +0000 2024Replying to @CostanzaBrah
I mean, I am. 🤷
Fri Feb 16 19:01:58 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Current jam: 🦙🔊🎵 #DOSGaming #BitmapBros #JohnFoxx #Nation12 #GODS
Fri Feb 16 19:44:57 +0000 2024Replying to @steve_steve9500 and @antipothis
Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries find out who gives a shit about Bigfoot 👆
Fri Feb 16 19:51:37 +0000 2024Replying to @TheLeggedOne
I've also been told that running the game with -nolegal parameter skips that screen entirely. 🤷
Fri Feb 16 19:56:42 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: DOS/4GW FTW!!! #DOSGaming
Fri Feb 16 20:55:10 +0000 2024Replying to @barte3k
Full Throttle
Fri Feb 16 21:12:55 +0000 2024Replying to @leezeldin
Fri Feb 16 22:04:42 +0000 2024HOT https://x.com/CopyToPage2/status/1758613011235778718
Fri Feb 16 22:06:03 +0000 2024Replying to @ScottApogee
Miyamoto isn't even graced with a first name.
Fri Feb 16 22:34:03 +0000 2024Replying to @mdscntstmgm and @ScottApogee
Listen, I might be the only Shashkin most people know, but I'd still like to hold on to my first name.
Fri Feb 16 22:57:52 +0000 2024Replying to @MitchellCo82872, @evssfr and @_retroapps
GW-Basic needed MS-DOS to run. Original IBM PC had IBM Basic in ROM.
Sat Feb 17 00:10:55 +0000 2024Among all the Starship Troopers takes today, I don't really have any new ones. However, let me point out one of its intentional angles that I very much agree with - a war film that portrays its characters' deaths as necessary & worthwhile, even if tragic, is a pro-war film.
Sat Feb 17 00:35:17 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
That's why I can't stand shit like Saving Private Ryan.
Sat Feb 17 00:35:58 +0000 2024Replying to @ReptileEnclosed
That's why it's one of my two favorite war films, the other being Apocalypse Now.
Sat Feb 17 00:41:47 +0000 2024Replying to @ReptileEnclosed
Both films show their framing of war right from the get go, even in their titles.
Sat Feb 17 00:53:16 +0000 2024Replying to @MitchellCo82872, @evssfr and @_retroapps
I mean, they both look the same, and both were developed by Microsoft.
Sat Feb 17 01:02:09 +0000 2024RT @Macaw45: I gotta stream a mysterious unknown Spanish DOS game https://www.twitch.tv/macaw45
Sat Feb 17 01:17:55 +0000 2024Replying to @jwkritchie
Nah, it's there. The book always comes up. What is missing from *that* discourse pretty much always though, is that in the book the bugs are explicitly equated with communists.
Sat Feb 17 01:43:37 +0000 2024This one is for @Macaw45 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1510313362747494403
Sat Feb 17 01:52:13 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic:
Sat Feb 17 02:02:09 +0000 2024Replying to @RetroSwimAU and @MobyGamer
I also find it curious. Link?
Sat Feb 17 02:14:04 +0000 2024Replying to @RetroSwimAU and @MobyGamer
Oh, man. I gotta check Aliexpress
Sat Feb 17 02:16:22 +0000 2024RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded and ready to watch! https://youtu.be/BE0DqddUegE
Sat Feb 17 07:33:21 +0000 2024Replying to @Cererean
Sat Feb 17 08:07:19 +0000 2024Replying to @ScrollBoss
This is news to me as I have never heard this take before. What I did hear, and also a take I subscribe to is that a lot of Robocop 2's satire is in conflict with that of the first film. The Neumeier-Miller dilemma. It's also just not as well made, so that adds to it.
Sat Feb 17 08:49:17 +0000 2024Replying to @ScrollBoss
Not much of a "choice" really as Kirsh came in 3 months before the shoot as a replacement for the original director. Probably more of a case of a reliable guy they could find available (& affordable) at the 11th hour.
Sat Feb 17 08:51:32 +0000 2024RT @cyanworlds: "...but it is an abominable solution, brutish and overwrought."
Sat Feb 17 09:17:07 +0000 2024RT @BrianFargo: So I'm out at dinner in Rancho Mirage and whose eating dinner 10' away but two of my biggest inspirations. Ken and Roberta…
Sat Feb 17 12:51:31 +0000 2024Replying to @DietGently and @timilehin_dev
You're probably thinking of QBasic. GW-Basic is from the 80s, and this is what it looked like
Sat Feb 17 12:57:48 +0000 2024I honestly can't believe we're on day 2 of the Starship Troopers discourse. Verhoeven accomplished the impossible: made a film about as subtle as a kick in the nuts that still somehow manages to confuse people a quarter of a century later.
Sat Feb 17 15:17:30 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I will never blame a teen in the 90s for not getting it. But seeing grown ass people go "well, the world it depicts is not that unappealing", especially in the time when we about 50 wars going on, is... idk... between disappointing and frightening.
https://x.com/Grassdragon193/status/1758874288491540620?t=qYWUO-yfEFphrx7JkH6FVw&s=19
Sat Feb 17 15:26:36 +0000 2024Replying to @Sztwilgzerd and @Grassdragon193
I mean 🤷
https://x.com/RoboCop_Doc/status/1064837789278187521?t=SqZvP9sqnqjcL34ggcPd5g&s=19
Sat Feb 17 15:28:18 +0000 2024Replying to @mielikai
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1758332026287997134?t=mNzerTdO9YKFfM80Lhnvrw&s=19
Sat Feb 17 17:30:18 +0000 2024Replying to @parttimesloth
I keep being told that it was lost in some, but I have never encountered this myself. Mostly because Robocop very clearly communicates that corporate bros = bad guys. It's a part of the plot. In this was ST is definitely more subtle because it leaves that up to the viewer.
Sat Feb 17 17:33:23 +0000 2024Does anyone remember that 2000 and Millennium were released the same year, 7 months apart? https://x.com/DayTechHistory/status/1758838716724900263
Sat Feb 17 18:04:18 +0000 2024Replying to @Cloak007
What did Win2k do to you?
Sat Feb 17 18:12:20 +0000 2024Replying to @hersonhn
I think it was meant to bridge NT between professional and home environments.
Sat Feb 17 18:19:28 +0000 2024Replying to @wowstartsnow
Caldera's lawsuit had nothing to do with Windows 95, but rather with Microsoft's previous anticompetitive practices, such as denying them Windows 3.1 beta code & building in incompatibilities with DR-DOS into various products.
Sat Feb 17 18:34:55 +0000 2024I haven't been less excited about technology in my whole life. Jfc.
Sat Feb 17 18:40:56 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Not just *a* technology. Just the tech field in general. And listen, I'm sure actual cool & amazing breakthroughs are being made as we speak, but all one hears about is dumb & destructive shit like that some douchebags can't wait to package & sell.
Sat Feb 17 18:46:13 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
https://x.com/sreekotay/status/1758926959562703011?t=IWFj0cCVIJc3Z5FFu8oi7g&s=19
Sat Feb 17 19:00:06 +0000 2024Replying to @TimVickerstaff
Idk, people *adore* XP.
Sat Feb 17 19:07:10 +0000 2024I bet you quite a few people who actually used it do https://x.com/starnamedstork/status/1758932335628526058
Sat Feb 17 19:13:25 +0000 2024And I haven't even gotten to the most terrible thing I've thought of today. 😅 Are you ready, kids?
Sat Feb 17 19:14:47 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
The Spongebob movie is turning TWENTY years old this year! 😱
Sat Feb 17 19:15:40 +0000 2024Replying to @sreekotay
Sat Feb 17 19:21:17 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Nickelodeon pretty much ran Spongebob into the ground and turned it into an annoying thing for babies, but remember the t…
Sat Feb 17 19:21:59 +0000 2024Anyway, I don't mean to be so negative. It's been a challenging week. Did anyone here play any DOS games recently? Tell me.
Sat Feb 17 19:28:08 +0000 2024Replying to @dan_goodnight and @stargazeruk7
And when then it wasn't yet called MS-DOS, as only IBM DOS was available. The first version that was sold by Microsoft and called MS-DOS was MS-DOS 1.25, released in 1982.
Sat Feb 17 20:05:36 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Use your fax machine to order!
Sat Feb 17 20:25:02 +0000 2024Replying to @wideboy64 and @hersonhn
Well, "meant to" and "actually accomplished" aren't the same thing.
Sat Feb 17 22:15:45 +0000 2024https://x.com/wiseconnector/status/1757802725977280780
Sat Feb 17 22:18:58 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
I am looking forward to his next one, for which he's teaming up with Ed Neumeier again.
Sat Feb 17 22:37:40 +0000 2024RT @oysterFAKE: THERE'S A FAN REMASTER OF THE STAR TREK BORG FMV GAME
https://borgremastered.com/
Sat Feb 17 22:41:22 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
Sat Feb 17 23:36:55 +0000 2024RT @benjedwards: A COMPACT CD-ROM SOLUTION
Sat Feb 17 23:47:08 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
Trump
Zelenskyy, Gates, Fauci, ???, Biden
Xi, Musk, Obama, Kim Jong Un, Greta
Zuck, Putin, Queen, ???, Murdoch
That's the best I can do. 🤷♂️
Sun Feb 18 00:38:47 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
I mean, if you consider his body of work, robots are only involved in about 10% of it.
Sun Feb 18 00:40:39 +0000 2024Amiga fans, rejoice! Jump n' Bump, a 1998 freeware DOS classic where a bunch of cute bunnies get to cheerily massacre each other in deathmatches of up to 4 people on the same computer has been ported to Amiga. (500 minimum, 1200 recommended)
https://earok.itch.io/jump-n-bump
Sun Feb 18 01:22:32 +0000 2024I am a man with a sophisticated taste
Sun Feb 18 01:39:28 +0000 2024Replying to @MagoAgo1
I couldn't tell you, because the last time I touched ME was the year it was released.
Sun Feb 18 02:14:37 +0000 2024Replying to @MagoAgo1
6 is the last I used. 2005 is what is officially supposed to work, I think. But you might wanna look into it further because I believe some work was being done to backport later ones.
Sun Feb 18 02:31:05 +0000 2024Replying to @MagoAgo1
Oh, and for Net it's whatever the latest of 2.0 is.
Sun Feb 18 02:32:53 +0000 2024RT @qfgbook: *fires up Monkey Island 2 to unwind*
"Hey I bet I can make looping GIF out of that!"
*is me*
Sun Feb 18 03:42:29 +0000 2024Replying to @porttipahta, @Random832 and @Cloak007
As someone who ran Vista on all my machines from 2007 to 2017 I can tell you that Vista was fine too. All the features that people bitched abour when Vista was introduced are considered absolutely normal today.
Sun Feb 18 10:50:05 +0000 2024Replying to @Bruceflix1
Within the last couple of weeks
Sun Feb 18 10:50:51 +0000 2024Replying to @drc64
Sun Feb 18 10:59:50 +0000 2024RT @mattbarton: MC520: My interview with Ken and Roberta Williams. We chat about their past, present, and future projects. Colossal Cave, M…
Sun Feb 18 14:13:01 +0000 2024Replying to @AshChapelsGhost and @WaifuverseAI
Well, more like 4 years, but first previews appeared at the end of 83.
Sun Feb 18 15:24:35 +0000 2024Replying to @Fxg0dfan
-28 years
Sun Feb 18 15:27:32 +0000 2024Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine (MS-DOS) - Super Adventures in Gaming
http://superadventuresingaming.blogspot.com/2024/02/loadstar-legend-of-tully-bodine-ms-dos.html
Sun Feb 18 16:04:45 +0000 2024Dark Century (Titus, 1990) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Feb 18 18:29:30 +0000 2024
Sun Feb 18 18:58:12 +0000 2024Replying to @Cloak007, @porttipahta and @Random832
Yep. That was the #1 issue. The #2 issue was so many third party drivers were very unstable for the first half a year or so.
Sun Feb 18 19:58:23 +0000 2024RT @JikissGamer: The guided missiles in Descent 2 are the coolest fps weapon ever. I just killed a dude like 4 rooms away, even got an extr…
Sun Feb 18 21:06:26 +0000 2024RT @GarthBeagle: Utopia 386
Sun Feb 18 21:20:28 +0000 2024Replying to @MrNobre
But you skipped all the DOS games! 😂
Sun Feb 18 21:34:56 +0000 2024RT @MrNobre: My man @dosnostalgic knows what’s up
Sun Feb 18 21:34:57 +0000 2024Box art of the day: #DOSGaming
Sun Feb 18 21:36:07 +0000 2024RT @Scoobydouchebag: ░C░A░S ░K░░O░F░░ A░M░O░N ░T░I░L░ L░A░D░O ░░I░N░░M░ ░Y░░ C░E░L░L░A░R░
Sun Feb 18 21:42:58 +0000 2024RT @SlappyCromwell: The July 97 issue of PC Gamer reviewed TWO legendary Build Engine games.
Blood received a score of 85%.
Redneck Rampa…
Sun Feb 18 22:05:29 +0000 2024What else is a Sunday for if not for playing a demo of The Varginha Incident remake?
Sun Feb 18 22:29:12 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Sun Feb 18 22:33:09 +0000 2024Replying to @leonardoro_
https://rickomax.github.io/the-varginha-incident/
Sun Feb 18 23:30:45 +0000 2024Replying to @opticaldisks
Play some games!
https://archive.org/download/b7c759649fe8e4f4fafc73ec747a35b611f0694eddbbac059f9b5741d2dd2387/b7c759649fe8e4f4fafc73ec747a35b611f0694eddbbac059f9b5741d2dd2387.jpg
Sun Feb 18 23:34:59 +0000 2024Replying to @Apogee_Ent
That it can be watched in better quality here:
https://youtu.be/G13gffxxIlQ?si=Irpm_HR5zy-0uIrv&t=311
Mon Feb 19 00:21:07 +0000 2024Replying to @HeyyyitsRocco
Nope.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1532449150016569345
Mon Feb 19 00:27:28 +0000 2024Replying to @rfvilarinho
You're talking to a professional here
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1566082870611001345
Mon Feb 19 01:02:43 +0000 2024I love the fact the these screenshots also made it onto the original European game Alone in the Dark box: 😂
#DOSGaming https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/986621768872923136
Mon Feb 19 01:28:18 +0000 2024Replying to @OKutaro3
Get this instead:
https://gtaforums.com/topic/986492-grand-theft-auto-ready2play-full-game-windows-version/
Mon Feb 19 03:38:05 +0000 2024Replying to @RocketPulpHack
It is once again a joke. He very specifically says *American* Jesus in every interview. It's just like cars in US suburbia with I ❤ Jesus, 2nd amendment, & blue lives bumper stickers. American Jesus doesn't forgive, he's here to blow your ass away.
Mon Feb 19 16:37:07 +0000 2024Replying to @snakebyte85
Target
https://youtu.be/UYwh1GuKlLk?si=HP3Lo1xEaNKNWbmA
Mon Feb 19 17:11:06 +0000 2024Replying to @MagoAgo1
You're talking to a professional here
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1566082870611001345
Mon Feb 19 17:11:47 +0000 2024Replying to @MagoAgo1
You can still get the jewel case version.
Mon Feb 19 17:14:10 +0000 2024Replying to @snakebyte85
Mon Feb 19 17:20:21 +0000 2024Replying to @GerhardGroBler1 and @ashleykamigawa
We have technology for this!
https://archive.org/details/b1022001
Mon Feb 19 17:23:56 +0000 2024As Verhoeven discourse seems to continue, & is now expanding into his works besides Starship Troopers, allow me to address a thing that people started to love to bring up:
"RoboCop is a Jesus allegory." He dies, he's resurrected, he walks on water.
THAT'S MISSING A CRUCIAL BIT👇
Mon Feb 19 17:27:43 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
In *every* interview when asked about it Verhoeven very specifically says RoboCop is an *AMERICAN* Jesus. He is commenting on a specific Jesus US has invented. It's the same as when I see cars in US suburbia with bumper stickers for Jesus, 2nd amendment, and blue lives.
Mon Feb 19 17:31:19 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
American Jesus isn't coming back to forgive your sins. He comes back to blow your ass away. It is not just a Jesus reference, it is once again satirical, and very obvious to anyone from outside of US who's been to America.
Mon Feb 19 17:33:04 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Btw, did you know that Verhoeven wrote a book that examines Jesus as a political revolutionary instead of a deity?
Mon Feb 19 17:40:42 +0000 2024Replying to @STANN_co
As with many Verhoeven things, it manages to have its cake and eat it too. It's a shade at American culture in a fun action flick. One also could argue that nobody in RoboCop is actually a hero, and the whole story is extremely tragic when separated from its bravura action style.
Mon Feb 19 17:43:12 +0000 2024Replying to @PatriciaGa5559
Strange. My ass is right here behind me.
Mon Feb 19 18:07:30 +0000 2024Replying to @banditloaf
Ben, please. It's only 2 pm.
Mon Feb 19 19:09:10 +0000 2024RT @gnomeslair: Murder on the Zinderneuf remains a very cleverly designed and very atmospheric procedurally generated mystery game. You can…
Mon Feb 19 20:38:17 +0000 2024Replying to @nbcwashington
Mon Feb 19 20:47:30 +0000 2024RT @depthsofwiki: 110 years ago
Mon Feb 19 20:51:36 +0000 2024RT @PixelArtSierra: Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail, Sierra On-Line (1990)
> Picture #009 (Drawing Timelapse) by Peter Ledg…
Mon Feb 19 20:55:20 +0000 2024Rules of Engagement (Omnitrend Software/Mindcraft Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay
Mon Feb 19 21:12:27 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
So I hear you like UIs?... 🤔
Mon Feb 19 21:16:43 +0000 2024Replying to @AaronVictoria10
The remake is a part of the project for porting Acknex games to Unity.
Mon Feb 19 22:11:40 +0000 2024Immersive Sim
Mon Feb 19 22:12:14 +0000 2024This game was re-released on GOG last year without any documentation. 🤷♂️ https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1759688485659623846
Mon Feb 19 22:50:01 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Apparently its DOSbox config was broken for two months after the release as well. Great job, Throwback Entertainment. 👍
Mon Feb 19 22:57:02 +0000 2024Replying to @toxicTom, @GOGcom and @GOGcom
doesn't really handle DOS games themselves anymore. This should go out the current owner, @ThrowbackCorp.
Mon Feb 19 22:57:59 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I guess now I know why Breach 3, a game that's impossible to install in DOSbox's default configuration, wasn't rereleased along with other Omnitrend titles. The publisher had limited time on hand, & only used it to carefully set the prices to $8 on each title instead.
Mon Feb 19 23:08:44 +0000 2024Replying to @plainoldchair
GOG doesn't care for old games anymore, they are just a storefront that takes what they are given. They even sold old games they used to own themselves to a third party.
Mon Feb 19 23:16:42 +0000 2024Replying to @retroremakes
Well, mostly because every few months some dumbass loudly & publicly misunderstands it, thus reinforcing the myth.
Mon Feb 19 23:43:57 +0000 2024Replying to @AaronVictoria10
Oh, the project isn't mine. 😅 But you can follow the progress here: https://rickomax.github.io/the-varginha-incident/
Tue Feb 20 01:24:26 +0000 2024RT @Gammitin: Want to hear old HDD sounds on your modern near silent computer, check this out:
DiskClick!
Link: https://deervo.itch.io/diskclick htt…
Tue Feb 20 01:28:17 +0000 2024If you enjoy DOS games, and still for some reason haven't played Star Control 2 then maaaybe this can influence you to try it out? 🤷♂️ You *really* should check out one of the greatest DOS games of all time. https://x.com/theurquanmaster/status/1759610688711127356
Tue Feb 20 02:22:15 +0000 2024Found a 1999 file in my old backups called POKEMON.RAR with 154 pokemon in ICO format. 🤷♂️
Tue Feb 20 02:49:47 +0000 2024Replying to @twisted_eye
Same. I never even engaged with any Pokemon media? At best I might have watched one single episode of the show at some point.
Tue Feb 20 03:11:43 +0000 2024Replying to @ZebUrsoThera
You're right. I was looking at the file names. They are named 001.ico through 154.ico. Oops.
Tue Feb 20 05:08:01 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Good night.
Tue Feb 20 05:37:54 +0000 2024RT @Gamrok: The beautiful interfaces of Bitmap Brothers games 👊 ✨
Designed by Daniel Malone (Speedball 2, Chaos Engine) and Mark Coleman…
Tue Feb 20 11:27:25 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
In America this is extremely white behavior
Tue Feb 20 13:20:29 +0000 2024Replying to @Commanderraf
They are named 001.ico through 154.ico
Tue Feb 20 13:44:34 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
A hidden gem of a game as well. 👍
Tue Feb 20 13:52:24 +0000 2024RT @NYVintageMicros: This was the computer that got me into computer gaming. While it's not the exact computer I had, it is the same model.…
Tue Feb 20 13:52:27 +0000 2024Replying to @dorkysatan666 and @NYVintageMicros
Veil of Darkness
Tue Feb 20 13:55:06 +0000 2024Replying to @caradoaudio
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1759939740059480107?t=HsQu8f_uOj_bdrvkahRyNA&s=19
Tue Feb 20 14:09:41 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
No, but I really wanted to.
Tue Feb 20 15:08:48 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: "The only American picture I like is Starship Troopers." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
Tue Feb 20 16:09:15 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
But that's how I write *all* my code.
Tue Feb 20 16:27:25 +0000 2024Each one starring Peter Serafinowicz, right? Right? https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1759942187331002830
Tue Feb 20 16:38:16 +0000 2024Replying to @mookiethomas
https://youtu.be/Xd8fOouKiLc?si=_mUb9eB4W1Jdg5_N
Tue Feb 20 16:40:52 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: I think Regular Show is pretty amusing
Tue Feb 20 17:57:35 +0000 2024Replying to @banditloaf
Tue Feb 20 18:16:10 +0000 2024Replying to @StanTheToadMan and @Pixio01
Dafuq?
Tue Feb 20 18:25:32 +0000 2024RT @damgentemp: Thanks to the work of @Laserschwert_ we now have Loom 's manual, book of patterns, and hint books restored and uploaded on…
Tue Feb 20 18:58:28 +0000 2024Let's see the frame rate! https://x.com/Retroldies/status/1727807977644548564
Tue Feb 20 18:59:24 +0000 2024RT @NYVintageMicros: When retro computer enthusiasts hear the word "varta", this picture is what they are thinking.
Varta:
Varta bleeds s…
Tue Feb 20 19:21:57 +0000 2024I've never seen the official Russian localization of the first Fallout (by 1C Company) until today. Holy shit. It's fucking *awful*. 😨
Tue Feb 20 19:55:48 +0000 2024Replying to @Tommytwoshoes66 and @BDisgusting
Probably sounded more appropriate than "From the director of Cabin Fever, Hostel, and that Death Wish remake no one seen." 🤷
Tue Feb 20 20:28:46 +0000 2024Replying to @Tommytwoshoes66 and @BDisgusting
I'm guessing they deemed that approach not appropriate for the kind of a audience they are trying to reach.
Tue Feb 20 20:41:18 +0000 2024Replying to @TheHorrorGuru
I'm like one of the 10 people who has seen it when it came out. It wasn't received well.
Tue Feb 20 21:25:16 +0000 2024Oh damn. I guess you'll be able to find me in NYC sometime this weekend.
Tue Feb 20 22:06:18 +0000 2024Replying to @CopyToPage2
It's very possible that the sped up footage of a real birth is what did it.
Tue Feb 20 22:32:12 +0000 2024GameWHAT?! https://x.com/simoncarless/status/1760067801975566692
Tue Feb 20 22:50:53 +0000 2024Replying to @Sparque_
I guess not really, but I hold official translations to a higher standard. But at the very least Fargus left the original v.o. intact.
Tue Feb 20 23:35:13 +0000 2024RT @RetroTechChris: If you have a Tandy 1000 HX or 1000 EX and were wanting a 3-in-1 card, now's a good time to order one! Not sure if any…
Tue Feb 20 23:38:15 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Good command or file name
Wed Feb 21 00:00:19 +0000 2024RT @GoodPunk1: Current mood 😅 #DOSGaming
Wed Feb 21 00:00:48 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Well, I've been asked to share, so here it is. Enjoys your 32x32 pokemons:
https://dosnostalgia.com/files/pokemon.rar
Wed Feb 21 01:00:53 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
You know you want to
Wed Feb 21 01:20:52 +0000 2024In BASEketball (1998) during one of the Unsolved Mysteries gags MYST can be seen on one of the computers in the background
Wed Feb 21 03:00:49 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Wed Feb 21 03:00:58 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
UPDATE
https://x.com/EDarkav/status/1760143802310725807?t=Me2rDAxMhneHFuf5o6P7ag&s=19
Wed Feb 21 03:29:15 +0000 2024Replying to @lmfsilva
I'm also trying to figure it out. Seems awfully familiar. Not sure about racing, I was thinking space.
Wed Feb 21 03:34:16 +0000 2024Replying to @PushinUpRoses
Did they do the boohoo sad mime thing in return?
Wed Feb 21 04:44:03 +0000 2024RT @JikissGamer: These games had such awesome box art.
Wed Feb 21 05:23:11 +0000 2024RT @gnomeslair: Dungeon Crawlers (.org) is quite the unexpected rabbit hole. https://dungeoncrawlers.org/
Wed Feb 21 12:52:01 +0000 2024RT @C64Television: My #Ultima cloth map collection since 1983. @ultimadragons
@RichardGarriott
Wed Feb 21 22:51:58 +0000 2024RT @dethrace_labs: A real sense of achievement! I'll be putting this up on github once I've cleaned up all my debugging mess.
@samlittlewo…
Thu Feb 22 00:22:58 +0000 2024RT @66mhzBrain: Had a crappy white label cd version of this for a while, time to get the version I had back in the day. Many memories came…
Thu Feb 22 00:38:56 +0000 2024RT @JikissGamer: My dad let me set up one of my PCs in my old room, in the exact location I had my 486- as a kid.
I chose a Pentium III fo…
Thu Feb 22 00:55:45 +0000 2024I have no blue check, so you can be assured that all my takes that some of you may perceive as hot or otherwise controversial are at the very least honest.
Thu Feb 22 01:02:04 +0000 2024This version of the logo was the beginning of the end https://x.com/oldyzach/status/1760383036028592337
Thu Feb 22 01:09:02 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I'm sort of joking, but also not really. Mid-90s was the turning point for Sierra because it just started publishing so much stuff. AAA, budget, didn't matter. In sad later years it just became shovelware.
Thu Feb 22 01:19:31 +0000 2024RT @pixelpipes: Only a few decades late to the party, but this is a very good sound card.
Thu Feb 22 01:21:50 +0000 2024Replying to @RichDuckKing
A little calm before the storm
Thu Feb 22 02:08:05 +0000 2024Some DOS games that are turning 30 this year:
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Jazz Jackrabbit
X-COM
WarCraft
Heretic
Beneath a Steel Sky
Ecstatica
Hocus Pocus
Magic Carpet
Little Big Adventure
System Shock
Under a Killing Moon
Wacky Wheels
Theme Park
Ultima 8
Raptor
TIE Fighter
Corridor 7
DreamWeb
TES: Arena
Thu Feb 22 02:23:49 +0000 2024Replying to @PocketSideQuest
You can actually easily check with a search filter. 🤷♂️
Thu Feb 22 03:05:12 +0000 2024Replying to @opticaldisks
In about a month it will be
Thu Feb 22 04:36:11 +0000 2024Replying to @delightphil
As one should. 👍
Thu Feb 22 04:37:33 +0000 2024Replying to @St1ka
Great opening chapter, then it's all downhill from there.
Thu Feb 22 13:02:06 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Happy birthday to my man here
Thu Feb 22 13:04:45 +0000 2024RT @Metataros: I really learned a lot tonight by playing strange MS-DOS games, like finding out that bobby prince was part of a game called…
Thu Feb 22 13:07:33 +0000 2024Replying to @LordScavamungus
What kind of consoles are we talking about?
Thu Feb 22 14:16:04 +0000 2024Replying to @LordScavamungus
Here's the biggest issue with running DOSBox on ARM cpus: DOSBox uses only one core, and the emulation is demanding. In most cases you won't be able to comfortably run DOS games that require anything beyond a beefy 386.
Thu Feb 22 14:47:00 +0000 2024Tim Cain on Interplay games Castles and Stonekeep:
https://youtu.be/-xkTHqrYr6U?si=N4Swr8QWZw3xusZn
Thu Feb 22 15:17:54 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Some DOS games that are turning 35 this year:
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SimCity
Budokan
Populous
MechWarrior
The Colonel's Bequest
Blockout
A-10 Tank Killer
Rockstar
Codename: ICEMAN
DeathTrack
Quest for Glory
Pipe Dream
Space Quest 3
Street Rod
Vette!
Chip's Challenge
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Thu Feb 22 15:36:10 +0000 2024Replying to @StochasticOoze
Easily
Thu Feb 22 16:21:37 +0000 2024Replying to @shermanzuki
DOOM shareware already turned 30 this past December
Thu Feb 22 16:32:49 +0000 2024Replying to @JenniferPh18996
░D░U░D░E░S░ ░A░R░E░ ░B░R░O░S░
Thu Feb 22 16:36:23 +0000 2024Replying to @GeoStreber
Decided to leave it out because everyone already knows when Doom 2 came out
Thu Feb 22 17:10:36 +0000 2024Replying to @shermanzuki
Decided to leave it out because everyone already knows when it came out
Thu Feb 22 17:11:53 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: TEMU, a Game Boy emulator for the ZX Spectrum +2a/+3 capable only of running a Tetris ROM. Check it out! https://t.co/emi…
Thu Feb 22 18:02:10 +0000 2024And still have time to watch WHO NOW?!?! Wtf is this shit?!
Fri Feb 23 01:27:02 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
This is *my* Duke.
Fri Feb 23 03:03:57 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: My classic Land of Xeen map I repainted in 2013!
#popculture #illustration #mightandmagic #boxart #retrogaming https:/…
Fri Feb 23 07:09:53 +0000 2024Yep. I had a cat that learned to do the same, and he didn't even need a platform because he could just reach a knobs standing up. Smart babby. https://x.com/ShouldHaveCat/status/1760787128206725202
Fri Feb 23 14:02:46 +0000 2024Replying to @LBoGaming1, @ElectronicEggs, @pablo_0151, @gamesyouloved, @timeextension64, @timson72, @american80s, @ausretrogamer, @SlopesGameRoom, @Amiga_Square and @RetroBoyJon
Correct, but the publisher also referred to Dune 2 as "an incredible sequel to an incredible prequel." 😂
Fri Feb 23 14:08:29 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Wait for me, guys!
Fri Feb 23 14:47:52 +0000 2024Replying to @claudiogonzalo
No. Just good ol polys.
Fri Feb 23 15:12:52 +0000 2024RT @ScottApogee: Terminal Velocity was the first game that @Apogee_Ent released using our "3D Realms" label, in 1995. The game was a partne…
Fri Feb 23 16:16:41 +0000 2024Replying to @pripyatbeast
Happiness is a worm gun
Fri Feb 23 16:49:59 +0000 2024Replying to @BowesChay
Fri Feb 23 17:53:50 +0000 2024Replying to @north0fnorth
First and only time I've been to Chicago in 2011, I walked from the Holiday Inn Downtown all the way to O'Hare, mostly because I had nothing better planned for my last day there. It was in April, so it was a bit chilly early when I started, but other than that it was lovely.
Fri Feb 23 18:10:26 +0000 2024RT @caboken: An ex Sierra employee (Craig Denny) sent me back-stage pictures he took while we were doing "blue screen" work on Roberta's Ph…
Fri Feb 23 18:17:06 +0000 2024RT @qfgbook: Did you know: Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley is a QFG fan, and included a massive homage to QFG2 in the Scott Pilgri…
Fri Feb 23 18:20:32 +0000 2024Easy. King of Chicago. One of the more interesting Cinemaware games. Let's be honest most of those just aren't that good if you don't have some sort of nostalgia for them https://x.com/MuseumCommodore/status/1760803573729042561
Fri Feb 23 18:28:32 +0000 2024Replying to @mappewpwellps
It's cute, but a great game it is not.
Fri Feb 23 18:34:50 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
The best Cinemaware-style game wasn't made by Cinemaware anyway:
Fri Feb 23 18:35:23 +0000 2024Replying to @shanselman
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1235773620116471808?t=HAH5ZhbYsquGIKPxQjO4zw&s=19
Fri Feb 23 18:36:50 +0000 2024RT @John_Capobianco: Everyone started with these files:
autoexec.bat
himem.sys
config.sys
Fri Feb 23 18:45:34 +0000 2024RT @DigitalEclipse: A true lost game: Jeff Minter's Attack of the Mutant Camels '89 was supposed to come out for the #Konix Multi-System, b…
Fri Feb 23 18:46:36 +0000 2024RT @Chronotope: An interesting little fact about Vice's content: a full site archive, including saving outbound links, was performed by the…
Fri Feb 23 18:58:10 +0000 2024
Fri Feb 23 19:53:18 +0000 2024RT @lazygamereviews: Checking out the Titans Sphere on LGR Oddware!
https://youtu.be/jJSCPIRdYVM
Intended by SGRL as the ultimate 3D game cont…
Fri Feb 23 20:30:13 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: My classic DarkSide of Xeen map I repainted in 2014!
#popculture #illustration #mightandmagic #boxart #retrogaming htt…
Fri Feb 23 20:53:05 +0000 2024RT @PixelArtSierra: Manhunter 2: San Francisco, Sierra On-Line (1989)
> Picture #089 (Drawing Timelapse) by Dee Dee Murry & Barry Murry
H…
Fri Feb 23 20:53:19 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
Fri Feb 23 21:43:21 +0000 2024Pre pandemic vs now https://x.com/Bhaal_Spawn/status/1761144352833736874
Fri Feb 23 21:50:34 +0000 2024RT @damgentemp: Just wanted to update Twitter that I finally got the hot new game that everyone is talking about.
Fri Feb 23 22:29:19 +0000 2024Replying to @oldyzach
Most games, retro or otherwise, are crap if you take all of the releases into account. And that's okay. Because we'll always have the good stuff floating to the top.
Fri Feb 23 23:02:24 +0000 2024RT @axstonee: Dangerous Axst ✿ ★♡✞♡★ ✿
Fri Feb 23 23:51:44 +0000 2024Replying to @SwtCharlemaigne, @Crypt0Listener and @shae33172
"he intentionally created a product made to succumb to viruses." Citation needed. 🤔
Sat Feb 24 00:16:29 +0000 2024Can I make it? 🤔 #GTA #Gouranga
Sat Feb 24 03:08:18 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Reminder that you can get a version of the original GTA that has been updated & runs perfectly on a modern Windows system here:
https://gtaforums.com/topic/986492-grand-theft-auto-ready2play-full-game-windows-version/
Sat Feb 24 03:22:21 +0000 2024Replying to @MrTheoRandle
What about a Gouranga with a model car?
Sat Feb 24 03:28:53 +0000 2024Replying to @3SwordStyle83
Hare Rama, hare Rama?
Sat Feb 24 03:31:56 +0000 2024RT @twitgera: When will Ubisoft reboot this game? #JusticeForKoshanConspiracy
Sat Feb 24 13:04:28 +0000 2024Replying to @sizzurpdotmp3
Anyone can request the removal of their tweets, you don't have to be related to anyone for that to happen.
Sat Feb 24 14:32:27 +0000 2024Replying to @RobRepMan
"Castle Wolfenstein" is a 2D stealth game from 1982 on the Apple II. The game the screenshot you posted is from is "Wolfenstein 3D", and it's not only not the first videogame to use perspective to stimulate a 3D environment, it's not even the first fps game by id Software.
Sat Feb 24 15:44:17 +0000 2024
Sat Feb 24 16:06:57 +0000 2024Replying to @catfish1983
Krishna withdraws.
Sat Feb 24 16:12:37 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Print Shop Deluxe v1.0. DOS, 1992.
Sat Feb 24 16:20:58 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: And now a message from our sponsors
Sat Feb 24 16:22:04 +0000 2024Replying to @thebugger1970 and @RobRepMan
As far as id's games go, yes. But Ultima Underworld is most certainly textured, and it beat Wolfenstein 3D shareware by two months.
Sat Feb 24 16:35:27 +0000 2024Replying to @cassetteweed and @north0fnorth
I only had a backpack.
Sat Feb 24 17:19:48 +0000 2024All you people who are spending time on the For You feed are sick. Sick, I tell you!
Sat Feb 24 18:01:11 +0000 2024I am an uninfluencer.
Sat Feb 24 19:28:49 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: М ож но
купи ть
са п оги
и уши
👢👢 🎧
Sat Feb 24 19:52:03 +0000 2024Replying to @Noga_Navon
Unfortunately no
Sat Feb 24 21:08:15 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Kai's Power Goo (Windows 9x/MacOS System 7, 1996) #NotDOS
Sat Feb 24 21:15:57 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Age of Empires: Gold Edition (Windows 9x, 1999) installation program. #NotDOS
Sat Feb 24 21:34:28 +0000 2024Hello, NYC
Sun Feb 25 01:16:58 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Well, I have an hour to kill. AMA!
Sun Feb 25 01:19:25 +0000 2024I guess MK2. It's a great port, they got it right the first time. The cheaty ai & long sweep distance kills me, but it is very exhilarating to play. https://x.com/tabmok99/status/1761561886200336465
Sun Feb 25 01:22:44 +0000 2024Replying to @RetroTechChris
This might surprise you then, but I'm a US citizen who's been living in NY for over 20 years. 😅
Sun Feb 25 01:32:59 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Yikes. Nobody is asking shit. If this isn't an obvious sign of the inevitable demise of Twitter, I don't know what is.
Sun Feb 25 01:50:27 +0000 2024About to see a new restoration of one of my favorite films - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, at the Alamo Drafthouse https://x.com/hireddivas/status/1761569825795514514
Sun Feb 25 01:54:22 +0000 2024Replying to @poik007
It is a great one
Sun Feb 25 01:57:26 +0000 2024Replying to @burgerbecky
Iz babby?
Sun Feb 25 02:14:24 +0000 2024Replying to @burgerbecky
Definitely babby ❤
Sun Feb 25 02:18:56 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Well, AMA is over, I guess. 😅
Sun Feb 25 02:19:56 +0000 2024Not a DOS game, but I do love it. I love basically everything about it, from its creepy art style to its full commitment to actually being educational. Definitely one of the stand out Macromedia Director CD-ROMs. https://x.com/UncrownedJules/status/1761577328185106805
Sun Feb 25 02:24:19 +0000 2024Sid Meier's Civilization https://x.com/Ret_Archaeology/status/1761577791303385543
Sun Feb 25 02:24:48 +0000 2024Replying to @ClocktowerNana
Ask away!
Sun Feb 25 02:27:04 +0000 2024Hmmm... I don't feel like it would be harder to conserve old media from the 2000s than, let's say, the 90s, there'd just be *more* of it. Things are always disappearing, so grab what you can. It's the media of today that seems to be a lot more ephemeral than before. https://x.com/ClocktowerNana/status/1761581472039805212
Sun Feb 25 02:44:24 +0000 2024Replying to @zd_willy
Beautiful babby ❤
Sun Feb 25 05:20:33 +0000 2024Replying to @MattEVthusiast
Sun Feb 25 05:54:02 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Do you think you're BETTER.MID off alone? 🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Sun Feb 25 06:03:18 +0000 2024Replying to @claudiogonzalo and @Ret_Archaeology
Developed by Firaxis, published by Electronic Arts. Not a MicroProse game.
Sun Feb 25 06:21:56 +0000 2024Replying to @claudiogonzalo
It couldn't pull off FM synthesis though
Sun Feb 25 06:23:55 +0000 2024Idk. I'm walking around with a 64 gb stick on my keychain that cost me a couple of bucks. I feel like we live in an era when storage space became the least of our concern. https://x.com/mysterydip/status/1761586142141370408
Sun Feb 25 06:27:12 +0000 2024RT @VinciusMedeiro6: Finished Prince of Persia 2.
Phew, this one took me longer to finish than I was expecting. The presentation is amazi…
Sun Feb 25 15:56:37 +0000 2024Replying to @VinciusMedeiro6
Which version did you play? Press ALT+V to find out.
Sun Feb 25 16:03:42 +0000 2024If you've played a pirated version of Prince of Persia 2, there's a really good chance you've played the pre-release version which is a lot more difficult that subsequent releases (which have their own bugs)
Pressing ALT+V won't display a version number in it, but just the title
Sun Feb 25 17:05:51 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
How to identify releases of Prince of Persia 2:
- Release floppy version will display PRINCE OF PERSIA 2 1.0 on ALT+V
- CD-ROM collection version same as above, but notes "v1.01" in the setup
- CD-ROM "Limited", which is even more broken, displays "v1.1" & title over the game gfx
Sun Feb 25 17:52:34 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I must confess, I too have been playing the pirated beta my whole life. Even though I do own the game in its iconic Hock Wah Yeo box.
Sun Feb 25 18:38:12 +0000 2024While I really enjoy the presentation, I think overall it's a letdown. First game is such an incredibly polished experience that it makes the rougher parts of the sequel stand out even more. Controls, overdesigned maps, annoying enemies, not well communicated puzzles, etc. https://x.com/ComChia430/status/1761823290287403356
Sun Feb 25 18:44:00 +0000 2024RT @bolex70:
Sun Feb 25 20:01:40 +0000 2024Loved seeing Amelie on a big screen again after 20 years. I'm glad that the film is so powerfully positive that I, now being older, more cynical & sad, still find it incredibly impactful.
However, I was a bit surprised to see that the "restoration" looked exactly the same.
🧵👇
Sun Feb 25 20:49:14 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
It basically looked like it was a fresh digital encode of the same master from 23 years ago. It exhibited all the imperfections one would expect from it. Now, it gives the film its signature look, so of course I loved it, but I wondered why no remastering has been done.
👇
Sun Feb 25 20:50:55 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
And it turns out I was right. Found an interview with Jean-Pierre Jeunet from two weeks ago that says no remaster was done because of a "guy, very mean with me, refused to pay for the elements 23 years ago (...) and I cannot kill this guy because he's already dead."
👇
Sun Feb 25 20:52:51 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
So basically Amelie only exists in a 23 year old 2K digital master, and that's it. It felt that the sound mix remained the same too. But the English subtitles have been punched up a bit. A few issues I had with the Miramax translation have been addressed.
Sun Feb 25 20:54:46 +0000 2024Replying to @CaptainCha0s76
Among other things, yes. 😄
Sun Feb 25 21:03:16 +0000 2024Replying to @rodneydgilbert
I have no idea, because there's no way I'm playing through it four times! 😅 And the differences haven't been documented in detail. Maybe it's a job for @DavidXNewton if he feels particularly masochistic one of these days.
Sun Feb 25 21:05:33 +0000 2024Replying to @DavidXNewton and @rodneydgilbert
It looks like v1.1 is completely broken. Several sources tell me so.
https://x.com/ZaxxerDog/status/1761833807546589637
Sun Feb 25 21:20:24 +0000 2024RT @SierraChest: Halfway through the walkthrough. This is level 51.
Sun Feb 25 22:32:49 +0000 2024Stephane Picq just released a non-FM version of one of his tracks from MegaRace:
https://youtu.be/fMaKDxjWVlY?si=VZ5MxZI9exhY-XUZ
Sun Feb 25 22:45:45 +0000 2024Replying to @digitalfoundry, @NightdiveStudio and @dark1x
Looking up & down was a thing in sector based games before Dark Forces, in both Heretic and Marathon in 1994.
Sun Feb 25 23:04:32 +0000 2024SvarDOS - an open-source DOS distribution that functions even on XT-class machines
http://svardos.org/
Sun Feb 25 23:08:29 +0000 2024Lol. Why the fuck did the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable just dump all of its install files in the root of one of my external drives?! 😂
Sun Feb 25 23:25:26 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Patiently waiting for the updated version of Cart Life to come out.
🦙🔊🎵
Mon Feb 26 00:38:00 +0000 2024Replying to @josasis
Maybe not so many originals, but if you combine in other XT-class machines, there probably are a decent number around.
Mon Feb 26 01:13:13 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards and @ScottApogee
Excuse me, but I believe we have the evidence to the contrary: 🤔
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1165432914789765120
Mon Feb 26 03:57:35 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
And another one! Damn.
https://youtu.be/R7nQhsCPJQA?si=6ipegevfFGqBVlBG
Mon Feb 26 04:12:57 +0000 2024Good night
Mon Feb 26 04:57:05 +0000 2024RT @FrancoiseGamma: Fantavision sample animation for MS-DOS (1988) CGA Mode
Mon Feb 26 13:56:56 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic:
Mon Feb 26 13:57:46 +0000 2024RT @takeshi_no_uta: I put in way too much effort on this... https://t.co/K8Bg6mBill
Mon Feb 26 14:18:38 +0000 2024Replying to @folkhorrorforum
You crack me up, little buddy
Mon Feb 26 14:26:36 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: If you've played a pirated version of Prince of Persia 2, there's a really good chance you've played the pre-release vers…
Mon Feb 26 17:32:25 +0000 2024Replying to @SquareLukester
Somehow I haven't seen this until now. Not sure what you're asking. All of the games you've listed predate 1994.
Mon Feb 26 18:22:04 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Remember
Mon Feb 26 18:30:14 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Monet: The Mystery of the Orangery/Monet: Le Mystère de l'Orangerie (Windows 9x, 2000) #NotDOS
A 3D point & click adventu…
Mon Feb 26 19:27:43 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Monopoly Star Wars (Windows 9x, 1997) #NotDOS
Mon Feb 26 19:29:04 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Oh, hello, a person playing Duke Nukem 3D with a terrible frame rate in a background of a porno video! 👋 https://t.co/FnQ…
Mon Feb 26 19:41:55 +0000 2024As a kid I lived in a Soviet communal apartment, originally built in Stalinist times as elite-ish housing for successful engineers. As expected, service automobiles picked up these engineers for work. Soon they stopped bringing them back, until the house became unoccupied. 🤷
Mon Feb 26 20:56:11 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
This very much echoes some of the events in the novel that is being referenced, The Master and Margarita. Idk how can one get a reading that it wasn't all that bad.
The house:
Mon Feb 26 20:59:35 +0000 2024Replying to @jjsmclaughlin and @ross_couzens
In the 80s I lived in a Soviet communal apartment, originally built in Stalinist times as elite-ish housing for successful engineers. As expected, service automobiles picked up these engineers for work. Soon they stopped bringing them back, until the house became unoccupied.
Mon Feb 26 21:08:02 +0000 2024Replying to @jjsmclaughlin and @ross_couzens
Not sure how you read that into the novel, or that "the West" is butthurt about the movie. Last time I checked Simonyan, Solovyev, and other people butthurt about about it aren't "the West".
Mon Feb 26 21:10:08 +0000 2024Replying to @ADoesNotExist
They were gorgeous. But since they were communal, I got to share a kitchen and a toilet/bath with 5 other families.
Mon Feb 26 21:19:16 +0000 2024Replying to @lokshin
It doesn't look all that bad today, apparently.
Mon Feb 26 21:43:15 +0000 2024Replying to @elder_george and @AngryEd
Also, I've read 4 different translations, and all of them didn't really communicate the often sarcastic style well. A bit unfortunate.
Mon Feb 26 21:53:37 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
I'm "glad" that my father got arrested in 1957, and not a few years earlier. At least he got to live.
Mon Feb 26 21:58:44 +0000 2024Replying to @lokshin
I'm assuming the inside must be good as well. At least I hope. Properly renovated those would be great elite apartments with many rooms & high ceilings, in a beautiful historic part of the city, just a skip away from downtown.
Mon Feb 26 22:06:15 +0000 2024Replying to @lokshin
It even has a large backyard that has been used as parking even back in the day, so it would be doubly as useful now.
Mon Feb 26 22:07:35 +0000 2024Replying to @MaskymanG91447, @JXSnWp and @PlayStationCA
Mon Feb 26 22:19:59 +0000 2024Idk why Xbox vs PlayStation is such a big rivalry these days, but because of it I'm reading *so many* terrible gaming takes on a daily basis. 😅
Mon Feb 26 22:22:16 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I hope all these people are children. Because in the end I want to grab them and scream "who cares?!" in their faces. A regular person's life isn't gonna be affected if both platforms stop existing tomorrow.
Mon Feb 26 22:24:01 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
The events I describe took place in the Stalin era.
Mon Feb 26 23:01:23 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Exactly.
Mon Feb 26 23:02:46 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
The Western writer wrote an article about pro-Kremlin people having an axe at grind. Hope that helps.
Mon Feb 26 23:30:36 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Both
Mon Feb 26 23:31:13 +0000 2024Replying to @ClassicGameSess
Idk if 2.5D applies here. The way Underworld's world render works is basically full 3D, except for items and enemies. It's much less "2.5D" than, let's say, Doom.
Mon Feb 26 23:50:43 +0000 2024Replying to @LordScavamungus
They are not from the US, but the whole "not really" part still confuses me. Like, I get a feeling that they would consider themselves a dissident of sorts. Are they not allowed to live and work?
Mon Feb 26 23:54:50 +0000 2024The boat can leave now. Tell the crew.
🧟♂️🧟♂️
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Tue Feb 27 00:07:44 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112000533780716512
Tue Feb 27 00:08:45 +0000 2024Hey look, a demo of a Virtua Cop 2-style indie rail shooter! Wishlisted immediately
https://magellanicgames.itch.io/pointrescue-arcade
Tue Feb 27 00:22:03 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
If there are other indie rail shooters, please let me know.
Tue Feb 27 00:25:10 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
What do you mean he doesn't know it to be true? It happened. At any point right now you yourself can look up clips from Russian state TV, as well as pro-Kremlin youtube channels bitching about the movie. Different politics or not, surely we at least share a reality?
Tue Feb 27 00:34:28 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
I mean, it is officially recorded history of the building, "The House of Engineer Workers" built in 1930 in Gorky. Not sure what else is there to add. 🤷♂️ But you do you.
Tue Feb 27 00:38:17 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
What does the view have to do with anything? Are you saying these TV programs, articles, and videos didn't happen? I really have to know.
Tue Feb 27 00:41:40 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Like, here it is. Is this not real? Are these not Vladimir Solovyev and Margarita Simonyan talking about the film two days after its release? Am I imagining this?
Tue Feb 27 00:43:55 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Do you know who Vladimir Solovyev and Margarita Simonyan are? You might want to look them up them up.
Tue Feb 27 00:46:40 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Tue Feb 27 00:47:47 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
So if you, unlike me, understand what they are saying and doesn't even know who these people are, then maybe you shouldn't then discuss matters you have no idea about. That was also a hint.
Tue Feb 27 00:50:12 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
It doesn't prove my point because you wouldn't know what reality was if it jumped up and bit you in the ass.
Tue Feb 27 00:51:19 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Check this shit out, @Vokabre. I'm fucking dyin' over here. 😂😂😂
Tue Feb 27 00:57:49 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens
Oh, sure, you're so virtuous. I'll be honest, the "I'm not convinced Solovyev and Simonyan are pro-Kremlin" is the funniest shit I've heard in a *looong* time. I can only assume the rest of your material is just as hilarious.
Tue Feb 27 01:02:23 +0000 2024"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." - Bertrand Russell (Guinness Extra Cold)
Tue Feb 27 02:05:12 +0000 2024Replying to @WadjetEyeGames
Moscow subway is one of the very few things I still legitimately miss from back home. 😥
Tue Feb 27 04:02:12 +0000 2024RT @Alexander_Had1: I didn't really need to but, since I'm writing a piece on the original Alone in the Dark, I thought I'd revisit surviva…
Tue Feb 27 06:19:34 +0000 2024Replying to @damgentemp, @Nicozilla_FR, @Alexander_Had1 and @thebugger1970
The script programmer who was in charge of the opening section quit before the project was finished, and nobody knew he messed up the scene. Infogrames refused to extend the dev time to rebalance it because the Xmas deadline was approaching.
Tue Feb 27 12:42:07 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Simonyan is the HEAD of RT, and is basically officially Putin's minister of propaganda. Sonny, I'm Russian. Don't act like you're an expert ask of sudden just because you were forced to Google her last night.
Tue Feb 27 12:48:18 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Let's take a look at her own official Twitter, why don't we?
https://x.com/M_Simonyan/status/1762030391991423034?t=_Tmg1jLKNKIxna7vKTR3TA&s=19
Tue Feb 27 12:51:06 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Well, you're doing a shit job then, what else can I tell you? 🤷
Tue Feb 27 14:15:42 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Ok, I'll bite. What words does she have to say for you to maybe consider her pro-Putin? Gimme an example or two.
Tue Feb 27 14:19:34 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Ok, so why are we even here? All I did is point out that pro-Kremlin media had a vocal disagreement with the latest M&M film. You seemed to contest it. Now you're saying you don't care. If you don't care, why did even say anything? 🤷
Tue Feb 27 14:27:43 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Btw, the only reason I even saw the film was because of the fallout that followed its release. By day 5 when it devolved into "did you know the director is not only an American, but also a JEW?" I couldn't help it any longer. I had to see what all the fuss was about.
Tue Feb 27 14:29:22 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Scroll up, maybe you'll figure it out eventually.
Tue Feb 27 14:32:58 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens and @jjsmclaughlin
Oh, we're back to comedy routines already. Alright! 👍 Keep going. This is great stuff.
Tue Feb 27 14:52:50 +0000 2024"Just because one is the face of Russian propaganda, and the other is the boss of Russia's biggest state-owned propaganda media networks, and both support the war, doesn't mean they are pro-Putin." Sure is a take. 😂
Tue Feb 27 15:01:38 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
As humans we all enjoy confirming our own biases, but you have to hear yourself occasionally, right?..... Right? 👀
Tue Feb 27 15:04:45 +0000 2024Replying to @Rhuantavan
At least it's not as many as on the Amiga
Tue Feb 27 15:08:43 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: The U.N. building has always reminded me of Scandisk/Defrag in progress
Tue Feb 27 15:18:16 +0000 2024Replying to @LD_Tiger, @ross_couzens, @jjsmclaughlin, @JuliaDavisNews and @francis_scarr
Dude, he's not interested. His take is literally "the boss of the biggest state owned propaganda media network is not pro-Putin because she said something once" 🤷
https://x.com/ross_couzens/status/1762489592169591033?t=HfIYySp1TLQwsVYJTo8bkg&s=19
Tue Feb 27 18:20:46 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens, @LD_Tiger, @jjsmclaughlin, @JuliaDavisNews and @francis_scarr
I thought you muted me? 🤔 But please, keep going. Keep telling me more about my country. Clearly you, the guy who didn't even know who these people were until 12 hours ago, are the expert. 😂
Tue Feb 27 18:30:50 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens, @LD_Tiger, @jjsmclaughlin, @JuliaDavisNews and @francis_scarr
Well, mostly replies like this, to me honest, but there are other signs as well
https://x.com/ross_couzens/status/1762540916605174055?t=kEuNE0M5KnQWowzVm4rNNg&s=19
Tue Feb 27 18:46:16 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens, @LD_Tiger, @jjsmclaughlin, @JuliaDavisNews and @francis_scarr
Lol. I'm still very much tagged in that convo. 😂
Tue Feb 27 19:19:01 +0000 2024Replying to @lokshin
Sorry, but because you brought it up i have to share my pain. It's this guy
https://x.com/ross_couzens/status/1762557632106127445?t=MwXARQDJm-3G8dUjrVUVYQ&s=19
Tue Feb 27 19:22:04 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens, @LD_Tiger, @jjsmclaughlin, @JuliaDavisNews and @francis_scarr
Indeed. This is how Twitter works. I did it because I saw an opportunity to make you look like an idiot by only using your own words. It obviously worked.
Tue Feb 27 19:23:33 +0000 2024Replying to @ross_couzens, @LD_Tiger, @jjsmclaughlin, @JuliaDavisNews and @francis_scarr
Yes, my delusions. It was me who just invented a conspiracy just because I couldn't deal with how Twitter works. Sure. 👍
Tue Feb 27 19:28:05 +0000 2024Replying to @lokshin
He thinks the Russian Communist party is real.
Tue Feb 27 19:33:26 +0000 2024Replying to @tercio_miranda
It's the same chips as in the v1 of Book 8088
Tue Feb 27 20:32:12 +0000 2024Replying to @RetroTechChris
Here's something cool about it
https://x.com/RetroSwimAU/status/1758675583205306695?t=ZteMasiC0BMdqaMcxoE-ig&s=19
Tue Feb 27 22:38:57 +0000 2024RT @stephentotilo: NEW: Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's…
Tue Feb 27 23:41:54 +0000 2024RT @gelland_: Wing Commander (1990, MS-DOS)
Wed Feb 28 00:03:44 +0000 2024Replying to @GameHistoryOrg
Congrats! Nice deep cut of a screenshot too. 👍
Wed Feb 28 00:04:45 +0000 2024RT @Helm_ll: hear me out
Wed Feb 28 00:09:29 +0000 2024Me when I see a DOS game
Wed Feb 28 00:36:44 +0000 2024In DOS port of Zoop's main directory a file ZOOP.OLD is actually a 145k main C++ source code file for the game. 🤷♂️ https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1129905968291176448
Wed Feb 28 01:06:01 +0000 2024Replying to @Helm_ll
Hot
Wed Feb 28 01:16:22 +0000 2024Replying to @planeofmischief
There's so much beauty
Wed Feb 28 01:32:56 +0000 2024https://x.com/ATRightMovies/status/1762492789919793441
Wed Feb 28 02:11:48 +0000 2024This is cool af. Almost makes me want to buy the box set of this terrible movie.
https://youtu.be/CxfMou65c-c?si=U8NBLOTMGAyEiBia
Wed Feb 28 03:51:42 +0000 2024RT @FrancoiseGamma: Another sample animation from Fantavision for MS-DOS (1988)
Wed Feb 28 12:05:53 +0000 2024RT @gnomeslair: Unexpected reminder 🎉 You can still read my (almost) exhaustive take on the towns of the Monkey Island universe here: https…
Wed Feb 28 12:55:35 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
Elections are about to be 🔥 lit 🔥
Wed Feb 28 14:21:06 +0000 2024RT @DF21net: One of the best features of the new Dark Forces Remaster is the inclusion of the cut ISD Avenger level. Its map featured on th…
Wed Feb 28 18:28:09 +0000 2024Replying to @SharkaBytes
Wed Feb 28 18:32:31 +0000 2024Replying to @GmanLives
So I guess it turned out okay, eh? 😉
https://x.com/GmanLives/status/1697412481029997028?t=b1OQjnsILIRudhA8Z9Z0Ug&s=19
Wed Feb 28 21:04:56 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: @GmanLives So I guess it turned out okay, eh? 😉
https://x.com/GmanLives/status/1697412481029997028?t=b1OQjnsILIRudhA8Z9Z0Ug&s=19
Wed Feb 28 21:12:24 +0000 2024Replying to @GmanLives
Not really, but it was certainly memorable.
Wed Feb 28 21:45:58 +0000 2024Replying to @GmanLives
Great, now let's see Mon Mothma's hand! 🤔
All joking aside though, surely you knew that a lot could change in six months.
Wed Feb 28 21:54:19 +0000 2024Replying to @GmanLives
When someone posts about how excited they are about something, showing up with a variant of "actually, it sucks" is just not cool.
Wed Feb 28 22:02:01 +0000 2024Replying to @psybapunk
I retweeted it 2 seconds after posting it so it would appear in my timeline
Wed Feb 28 22:19:54 +0000 2024Replying to @GmanLives
So much for having "MAN" in your handle, I guess.
Wed Feb 28 22:22:41 +0000 2024Holy fuck. It's daily now. https://x.com/GIBiz/status/1762948663490269532
Wed Feb 28 22:48:38 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Is there a website that tracks videogame layoffs by date? I feel like we need one.
Wed Feb 28 22:52:30 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Jesus
https://x.com/JoshuaSkelly/status/1762975603979137190?t=s_NR_l-yuzQ0ziiV6pPsEw&s=19
Wed Feb 28 23:06:07 +0000 2024Replying to @EldritchNexus and @KiibouRanger
I think it was more of a case of artificially extending the game by preventing save scumming, as it only has 14 levels.
Wed Feb 28 23:51:37 +0000 2024Replying to @EldritchNexus and @KiibouRanger
Not really, since usually you'd need a few tries at a level before you could stampede thought it. I mean, this is how all games worked before saving was a thing.
Thu Feb 29 00:07:10 +0000 2024Replying to @EldritchNexus and @KiibouRanger
Like I said, I feel that was the motivation behind it. With the amount of cool tech Dark Forces has, I very much doubt they couldn't figure out mid level saving. It was definitely a deliberate choice. We can only speculate why.
Thu Feb 29 00:15:45 +0000 2024Replying to @EldritchNexus and @KiibouRanger
Obviously it was also a deliberate choice. 🤷♂️ I'm sure we'll find out about that one soon enough, because I see a lot of people complaining about it.
Thu Feb 29 00:21:55 +0000 2024Ok, I had to stop on the 2nd mission because I'm pretty sure the MIDI player is broken and it was hurting both my brain and my ears, but other than that, pretty solid. 👍
Thu Feb 29 01:13:53 +0000 2024Replying to @Chrisfratz1
The timing was so off on the 2nd map that I just had to quit. It really messed with me.
Thu Feb 29 01:20:12 +0000 2024Replying to @Chrisfratz1
Ah, good to know. Definitely looking forward to that.
Thu Feb 29 01:25:06 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
Apparently it's a known issue, and a patch is already coming. Quite an unfortunate oversight tbh, as it is even noticeable in the main menu.
Thu Feb 29 01:35:07 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
OPL3 is a bit easier on the ears, but the timing is still broken. Sometimes it's not very noticeable, but other times it's OUCH
Thu Feb 29 01:37:58 +0000 2024Replying to @RichDuckKing
Just tried it, and OPL3 is a bit easier on the ears. I wonder if some of the instruments in the included GM soundfont introduce additional delay, but unfortunately timing still seems to be broken in both MIDI and OPL renditions.
Thu Feb 29 01:42:28 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
░D░E░A░T░H░ ░S░T░A░R░ ░P░L░A░N░S░ ░I░N░ ░B░I░O░
Thu Feb 29 01:49:01 +0000 2024Replying to @RealLordDalek
Apparently a patch is already incoming. 🤷♂️
Thu Feb 29 01:51:24 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Thu Feb 29 01:55:24 +0000 2024Replying to @beeradmoore
I'm being told that there's a patch coming that addresses the music player issue, so it seems to me that something else was also broken.
Thu Feb 29 01:59:23 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
While that does help a little (I think the GM soundfont is partially at fault here,) the timing on the player is broken.
Thu Feb 29 02:22:52 +0000 2024Nobody ever brings up the fact that RoboCop was nominated for 3 Oscars, and won one.
Thu Feb 29 02:44:02 +0000 2024Replying to @exp_rat95
I believe they might have written their own implementation using The Force Engine as a reference.
Thu Feb 29 03:24:06 +0000 2024Replying to @exp_rat95
But also, iMuse has been reverse engineered quite a while ago. ScummVM has several implementations.
Thu Feb 29 03:24:39 +0000 2024Replying to @RichDuckKing
As someone who has seen it over 100 times, I can concur.
Thu Feb 29 03:46:54 +0000 2024Replying to @BiscuitCollect1
I've blocked for less
Thu Feb 29 04:10:02 +0000 2024Replying to @BiscuitCollect1
Pfft. As if that's a hot take.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1633148231205912576?t=cemGF4UmKq7mD5e-dBrCYA&s=19
Thu Feb 29 04:27:15 +0000 2024Replying to @lonseidman and @xabi
And then there was also...
https://youtu.be/2rw6ZMAZAOA?si=FNxKB7jFHSY4enuG
Thu Feb 29 04:31:10 +0000 2024Replying to @sithmartyr
That'd be nice too.
Thu Feb 29 04:57:06 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
I'd like to think that, but I think it just wasn't as concentrated in single spaces, so we just didn't realize the real scope of it.
Thu Feb 29 05:46:38 +0000 2024Replying to @mattertransfer
I would quit
Thu Feb 29 14:24:36 +0000 2024Replying to @cucisan
Well, the Remaster offers features not available in TFE, and is available on platforms other than PC.
Thu Feb 29 14:26:06 +0000 2024Replying to @mikehealthai1, @TVDadsdotcom, @SawyerMerritt and @elonmusk
It is apocryphal because it's been confirmed many times over that the meeting did happen, and Gary just didn't want to accept IBM's terms.
Thu Feb 29 14:34:26 +0000 2024Replying to @retronianne
No. I want to be basked in Clint Bajakian's interactive tunes, like intended.
Thu Feb 29 14:48:35 +0000 2024RT @Civvie11: It's been FOREVER since we've looked at a weird DOS game.
What could possibly go wrong?
https://youtu.be/2pTN75L0ZeA
#RetroGam…
Thu Feb 29 15:16:27 +0000 2024Ok, so the previously unavailable Dark Forces level "The Avenger" is pretty cool, but...
Thu Feb 29 16:42:23 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
There are glitches. Like enemies being seen through the bridge here...
Thu Feb 29 16:43:16 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I was only able to pick up the Blue key if I jumped while crouched. 🤷♂️
Thu Feb 29 16:44:31 +0000 2024Replying to @a_non_e_moose
I generally recommend all commercial re-releases of old PC games on other platform, regardless of their price. There are new bugs though, so there's that.
Thu Feb 29 16:47:51 +0000 2024The price for original Dark Forces was $44.95, that is about $91.50 when adjusted for inflation.
#DOSGaming
Thu Feb 29 16:53:17 +0000 2024RT @RevSoftGames: We're doing it 🥳🎉✨
http://revsoft.games/brokenswordkickstarter
A Kickstarter exclusive Collector's Edition full of exciting collectibles to…
Thu Feb 29 16:58:36 +0000 2024Replying to @AceParty
It's included now, so the bugs that are critical should still be ironed out.
Thu Feb 29 17:05:53 +0000 2024RT @atc1441: DOOM on a Toothbrush? Sure!
Thu Feb 29 17:07:34 +0000 2024Leaper (Lee Chapel, 1992) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Feb 29 17:08:49 +0000 2024Replying to @AceParty
Nightdive's Quake II had a whole slew of cut content included, all fixed up and fully functional.
Thu Feb 29 17:10:45 +0000 2024Replying to @AceParty
And not for nothing, I paid Disney $30 for this. Essentially a full game price for a nearly 30 year old game. What I'm paying for *are* the new features/additions, so they should all be functional, as far as I'm concerned.
Thu Feb 29 17:12:35 +0000 2024Replying to @AceParty
Unless we're talking AAA, which is only a small percentage of overall releases, no, most games are not, in fact, far above $30.
Thu Feb 29 17:17:24 +0000 2024Here are some PC RAM prices from March of 1995. $1 back then is basically $2 today. https://x.com/ryangs/status/1763251839321936355
Thu Feb 29 17:28:15 +0000 2024Replying to @damgentemp
It's not that great.
Thu Feb 29 17:33:30 +0000 2024Replying to @damgentemp
It's just a few lewd textures
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/778475683815100416
Thu Feb 29 17:34:54 +0000 2024Replying to @galgomite
Idk, how many?
Thu Feb 29 17:59:04 +0000 2024Replying to @TeamBeefVR
A patch is coming to address the issue, so obviously it was a bit more than that.
Thu Feb 29 18:06:18 +0000 2024Replying to @TeamBeefVR
Thu Feb 29 18:12:57 +0000 2024Replying to @fjoppe, @DonDubya200 and @eloffd
You can absolutely have networking on Windows 3.1, and even more so on Windows 3.11 which was very specifically marketed as a networking OS. There's a slew of browsers you can use, and Microsoft's own Internet Explorer works on it up to & including version 5.
Thu Feb 29 18:51:07 +0000 202490s arcade games: WINNERS DON'T USE DRUGS
90s kids:
Thu Feb 29 19:07:10 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Thu Feb 29 19:07:56 +0000 2024Replying to @retro_sphynx
I know.
Thu Feb 29 19:39:44 +0000 2024Replying to @toxicTom
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1763264446439248123?t=x1dOpSWPvP3nAMhKcmOrSQ&s=19
Thu Feb 29 22:15:14 +0000 2024Why would I want to escape a room they're in? Are they *that* annoying? 🤔 https://x.com/SQHistorian/status/1763329157566750808
Thu Feb 29 22:26:47 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Escape the room with Daryl F Gates would be a terrifying experience, I'm sure, especially for certain demographics. Fortunately we're a decade late there.
Thu Feb 29 22:28:24 +0000 2024Replying to @AGHotspot and @SQHistorian
In his pants?
Thu Feb 29 22:32:37 +0000 2024The *only* way to do a true Sierra escape the room experience https://x.com/ClaraLaFlore/status/1763333325954113575
Thu Feb 29 22:41:14 +0000 2024Replying to @richardcobbett
That's what I meant
Thu Feb 29 23:11:55 +0000 2024Man, seeing this movie 20+ years ago for the first time felt so new & fresh, it was incredible. Sadly few works manage to be mass appealing while daring to break out of the box so much.
#Amelie
Fri Mar 01 01:10:59 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
The craziest thing to me about Amelie's success is that an American studio, Warner Bros, gave Jean-Pierre Jeunet $55 million to do *whatever* afterwards, and he turned in a 2+ hour World War I movie entirely in French with paragraphs of subtitles on screen for the US version. 😂
Fri Mar 01 01:23:06 +0000 2024
Fri Mar 01 02:27:43 +0000 2024Again
Fri Mar 01 02:42:50 +0000 2024Replying to @Mr_GoofAss
You missed out
Fri Mar 01 03:18:43 +0000 2024Replying to @WizkidCoder
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Fri Mar 01 04:03:23 +0000 2024Replying to @WizkidCoder
It's intentional
Fri Mar 01 04:07:29 +0000 2024H O T
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