Of course
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1637495123054321666?t=vnhlotNdV5N3ZGa1fdWnxw&s=19
Fri Mar 01 14:20:07 +0000 2024I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
Fri Mar 01 15:06:11 +0000 2024Replying to @ccordero90
DOSBox and its various branches.
DOSBox-X aims for execution accuracy
DOSBox Staging aims for ease of option tweaking, and various enhancers, such as CRT filters
Fri Mar 01 15:48:32 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog
Missing out
Fri Mar 01 16:05:38 +0000 2024Replying to @mdscntstmgm
I have 3 different 3D shutter glasses for DOS. Great to play Descent 2 with, even though you can't get more than 35 fps per eye.
Fri Mar 01 16:24:06 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: I have no idea what you all are talking about. I've been enjoying part 2 of Dune for a years! 🤷
Fri Mar 01 16:30:57 +0000 2024RT @MobyGames: Can you believe it? MobyGames has now been documenting and preserving video game history for a quarter century! Since March…
Fri Mar 01 17:34:22 +0000 2024Replying to @mdscntstmgm
The cap is the VGA refresh rate, which then has to be halved because of alternating frames. 70/2=35
Fri Mar 01 17:40:11 +0000 2024RT @m_bitsnbites: Want to run #DOOM. Need something to run it on.
✔️ Develop new CPU ISA.
✔️ Write new GCC backend.
✔️ Implement CPU and V…
Fri Mar 01 17:47:13 +0000 2024RT @XwingGameSeries: Framer was the tool used to create cutscenes in Landru engine. Landru (LucasArts' Native Development Resource Utility)…
Fri Mar 01 17:47:33 +0000 2024RT @stupac13: That’s it, #Ultima 3 by @RichardGarriott is done! I am proud of myself, unlike with Ultima 2, I consulted no guides but figur…
Fri Mar 01 17:48:20 +0000 2024RT @Retroldies: IBM diagnostics tool on my PS/2 model 30. Welcome back to the eighties!
Fri Mar 01 17:53:30 +0000 2024RT @Gammitin: This is an absolute game changer for that retro computer community, being able to change your CPU speed on many processors by…
Fri Mar 01 18:06:41 +0000 2024Replying to @VG247
.... overlooked??? 🤔
Fri Mar 01 18:08:58 +0000 2024Replying to @mdscntstmgm
VGA mode 13h has a hard limit of 70Hz. Decent's support for higher res unchanged modes I think is all limited to 60Hz.
Fri Mar 01 18:12:01 +0000 2024This is the reason I don't buy Ubisoft or Rockstar games anymore. https://t.co/JmiAqqICTS
Fri Mar 01 18:34:39 +0000 2024Replying to @AntonHand
I won't stand for this Future Shock/Skynet erasure!
Fri Mar 01 18:38:46 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Most immersive VR experience
Fri Mar 01 19:03:23 +0000 2024O Capstone, my Capstone
Fri Mar 01 19:38:35 +0000 2024This is what one had to resort to when access any kind of network wasn't an option.
Fri Mar 01 19:51:11 +0000 2024Replying to @HELLA_GIRTH
Rise of the Triad was Apogee.
Fri Mar 01 19:51:55 +0000 2024Replying to @HELLA_GIRTH
Nope
Fri Mar 01 19:56:07 +0000 2024Is it though? Modern updates come directly to your house, at fast speeds, for free, and don't require any actions except waiting. Say you bought a game that, let's say, crahes because of your sound card in 1993. What would you have to do to patch that at the time? https://x.com/CrunkComputing/status/1763655704462987394
Fri Mar 01 20:05:18 +0000 2024Replying to @CrunkComputing
What's with "to be fair"? No matter how slow your internet is, it definitely isn't slower than sending a physical letter to a publisher, and waiting on a reply, is it?
Fri Mar 01 20:19:52 +0000 2024Replying to @CrunkComputing
Listen, I get it. I also play modern games, and my Internet is garbage. And sometimes it can suck. But you'll never convince me that regular updates are somehow more annoying than virtually no updates.
Fri Mar 01 20:47:35 +0000 2024Replying to @TueElungJensen
Sure, but what are the chances of you getting the exact patch for the game by buying random magazine? What if you found the magazine issue you needed, but it's been several months since it's been published?
Fri Mar 01 21:00:20 +0000 2024https://x.com/last_pathfinder/status/1763670563048874410
Fri Mar 01 21:12:06 +0000 2024Replying to @AdrianWerner
And Eternam
Fri Mar 01 21:25:39 +0000 2024Replying to @AngryEd
Yes, they did. All PC gaming magazines with cover discs did. However, that of course adds its own element of certain patches being available only with certain issues. It's not like you could easily buy a magazine from 6 months ago, if you missed it.
Fri Mar 01 22:34:26 +0000 2024Replying to @Havergoe and @AlexLuck9
I mean, 100s of megabytes worth of patches point to the contrary, don't you think? 🤔
But yes, games generally worked out of the box, but often were plagued by hardware incompatibilities. The amount of issues largely depended on what kind of a machine you got.
Fri Mar 01 22:42:40 +0000 2024Wing Nuts: Battle in the Sky (Rocket Science Games/BMG Interactive Entertainment, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sat Mar 02 01:01:09 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ok, this is *great*! 😂
#DOSGaming #FMV
Sat Mar 02 01:08:06 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
No Elon this time around. Phew.
Sat Mar 02 01:13:59 +0000 2024RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded and ready to watch! https://youtu.be/RtMNRThlPH8
Sat Mar 02 01:56:34 +0000 2024RT @POStudios: Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon, 1989. Sierra On-Line.
Sat Mar 02 03:08:15 +0000 2024Replying to @KyneTheOrc
Yep
Sat Mar 02 03:48:00 +0000 2024Replying to @rosagi_99
That wouldn't be patching anything
Sat Mar 02 04:32:09 +0000 2024RT @mikko: March 1994 wasn’t that long ago. Here’s an article I wrote for The @Virusbtn Magazine that month. https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2016/08/throwback-thursday-olympic-games/ https:…
Sat Mar 02 12:46:35 +0000 2024RT @lazygamereviews: excitedly prepping for Dune Part Two by reading the Frank Herbert classic
Sat Mar 02 14:11:59 +0000 2024RT @NYVintageMicros: Man, it would be cool if this signature was real, but by 1992 this could have been printed. Still neat. https://t.co/p…
Sat Mar 02 14:59:47 +0000 2024Replying to @GrundislavGames
Stay for another. It's gonna rain for the entire next week here.
Sat Mar 02 16:01:49 +0000 2024Replying to @DominicTarason and @Real_Child_Dog
Bullshit. People been telling me I looked 40 since I was 19, and I basically live like a vampire. 🤷
Sat Mar 02 16:11:26 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog and @DominicTarason
Wait. I've been through 3 phones since then. Let's see if old files carry over.... 🤔
Sat Mar 02 16:15:17 +0000 2024Replying to @Real_Child_Dog and @DominicTarason
Good. Because I apparently lost that photo. And the hotdog bed lady too. 😥
Sat Mar 02 16:18:58 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Dune 2000: Long Live the Fighters! (Windows 9x, 1998) #NotDOS
A remake of the 1992 MS-DOS hit Dune II: The Building of a…
Sat Mar 02 16:41:34 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: As usual, John Rhys-Davies is giving his 100% as Atreides's mentat.
Sat Mar 02 16:46:38 +0000 2024Lol. It took less than six months for NYC to retire Mayor Adams's stupid robot. 😂
Sat Mar 02 18:22:43 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
*Everyone* already knew that a robot made for an urban environment is useless without being able to walk down a set of stairs for like 40 years now.
Sat Mar 02 18:25:25 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
But of course everyone knew that the robot being capable of actually accomplishing anything was never the point. Dear lord, we truly are living in the RoboCop future.
Sat Mar 02 18:29:01 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Play some DOS games. You have 20 seconds to comply.
Sat Mar 02 18:40:58 +0000 2024Replying to @keen_blaze
You're so fucking boring, man. If you're gonna attack someone at least try to make it entertaining.
Sat Mar 02 20:17:53 +0000 2024Replying to @RetroTechChris
Don't forget to register
Sat Mar 02 20:45:00 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Ok, this is *great*! 😂
#DOSGaming #FMV
Sat Mar 02 20:50:53 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: "Some guys have all the luck." - Rod Stewart on RPG characters.
Sat Mar 02 21:49:56 +0000 2024Replying to @starnamedstork and @RetroTechChris
Something like that
Sat Mar 02 23:03:33 +0000 2024Twitter moderation continues to be a joke. 👍👍👍
Sun Mar 03 00:12:16 +0000 2024Replying to @Weatherwalks
It's not just a themed account. It's Javier, the guy who owns "Keen Dreams" that is currently being sold on various platforms.
Sun Mar 03 00:22:47 +0000 2024Replying to @Dr_Hingis
I don't think they can. Although they might be able to do something about Keen Dreams on Steam, since he's calling it "Commander Keen: Keen Dreams Definitive Edition" & I'm pretty sure Bethesda owns the "Commander Keen" trademark
Sun Mar 03 00:53:36 +0000 2024Replying to @TetonsGrand
Ok, I'll bite. He sends me a pic of an antisemitic meme, obviously indicating my heritage this way. What could I have learned by "listening" to it?
Sun Mar 03 01:00:22 +0000 2024Replying to @stonkcat and @TetonsGrand
No, no. Let's let the "writer" do what he allegedly does best.
Sun Mar 03 01:01:59 +0000 2024Replying to @DOSSTORM
Indeed
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/808510990551814144
Sun Mar 03 01:13:49 +0000 2024
Sun Mar 03 03:28:56 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
In the 90s too. Big time.
Sun Mar 03 03:30:32 +0000 2024Replying to @TetonsGrand
That's not why I reported him, but okay. 🤷
Sun Mar 03 12:30:43 +0000 2024RT @nixcraft: it does not get any more USB than this
Sun Mar 03 12:58:20 +0000 2024RT @owlnonymous: I picked up an Pentium 90 setup from my friend. It has 16mb ram, SD card harddrive setup, Soundblaster 16, mt32 pi, Gravis…
Sun Mar 03 13:30:14 +0000 2024*Sigh*
Sun Mar 03 14:12:23 +0000 2024Replying to @gjjemhunter
86-DOS was never free or open source.
Sun Mar 03 14:38:01 +0000 2024My fellow New Yorkers, I'll be there, and I expect to see at least some of you: https://x.com/jmechner/status/1763958806294175882
Sun Mar 03 14:55:05 +0000 2024Replying to @GalexQuest
Are you going to GDC? He's gonna be there.
Sun Mar 03 15:43:48 +0000 2024That's enough Dark Forces for today
Sun Mar 03 16:22:32 +0000 2024I dislike Tomb Raider games. I will eventually buy the remastered trilogy just so I can confirm that after all these years I still dislike them.
Sun Mar 03 17:00:21 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I last played them half of my life ago. My memories of them seem to be fairly clear, but I'm a different person now. Who knows? Maybe I'll discover something appealing about them. Could happen.
Has this ever happened to you? As in you've grown to enjoy a game you disliked?
Sun Mar 03 17:02:40 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
One by the devs of the game you've posted a screenshot of a week ago. 😉
Sun Mar 03 17:07:04 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
My favorite game of theirs is also isometric
Sun Mar 03 17:10:30 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
It's Sanitarium (1998). It's a point & click adventure though, not an RPG.
Sun Mar 03 17:35:00 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
Indeed. I remember the conversation well. It was your idea to exchange numbers. 😄
Sun Mar 03 17:37:35 +0000 2024We were so in phase
In our MIDI days
We were cool on craze
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Sun Mar 03 17:43:07 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112032983077303165
Sun Mar 03 17:43:21 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
I'm LI Retro's PC section coordinator. Which is why you suggested we swap numbers. But in reality you'll never really see me, and it's George who you'll keep dealing with. I don't drive beyond Nassau country. 😅
Sun Mar 03 17:47:13 +0000 2024The Era of Skeuomorphism:
Sun Mar 03 18:46:17 +0000 2024Gear Works/Clik-Clak (Idea Software, 1992) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Mar 03 20:27:00 +0000 2024Dark Forces Remaster removes the ashtrays in the smoking area secret in Detention Center. 🚬🚭
Sun Mar 03 21:54:46 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I'm going to assume this was done to avoid including "Tobacco Reference" in the ESRB rating blurb.
Sun Mar 03 22:09:31 +0000 2024Replying to @sensha_do and @ArmyStrang
Yes. You can switch on the fly during the game (not during cutscenes). But the ashtrays are missing in the classic mode as well.
Sun Mar 03 22:13:46 +0000 2024Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic
Sun Mar 03 22:42:48 +0000 2024Replying to @Rationalbot
I mean, you can always switch back to the classic gfx mode. 🤷♂️
Sun Mar 03 22:46:30 +0000 2024Replying to @1000glockstare
The lighting works differently in the GPU rendering mode in the Remaster. The shading is still there.
Sun Mar 03 23:02:39 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Original release of Dark Forces didn't even have an ESRB rating yet. It had an RSAC.
Sun Mar 03 23:30:31 +0000 2024Oh, thank goodness! 🙏🎵 https://x.com/SVKaiser/status/1764429153539924438
Sun Mar 03 23:44:52 +0000 2024
Mon Mar 04 00:02:20 +0000 2024Replying to @Laika_one
Olden days:
Mon Mar 04 01:48:29 +0000 2024RT @PhintageCollect: Investigating something, but finding something else, like Windows 2000 retaining MS-DOS 7 when upgrading from Windows…
Mon Mar 04 02:00:14 +0000 2024Replying to @SWForce4EU and @DF21net
Do you not see cigarette butts on it and also on the ground?
Mon Mar 04 02:11:26 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Renaming the file "override.gob" returns the forbidden death stick bins.
Mon Mar 04 02:12:14 +0000 2024Replying to @Alexrosswrites
It's fine, although it introduced a few glitches that I find fairly annoying. But apparently some if not all of them are being addressed in the upcoming patch.
Mon Mar 04 02:30:43 +0000 2024Replying to @edskt_araujo
Relax, bud. You can get them back:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1764473897473159541
Mon Mar 04 02:53:21 +0000 2024Replying to @sensha_do and @Blackwolf454
https://youtu.be/oAsnzVSyznw?si=Qa98-vl_xhrP4-4F
Mon Mar 04 03:54:21 +0000 2024Replying to @MrMack303
They did. Whatever those things on the ground are. Can't quite make out what they're supposed to be.
Mon Mar 04 04:03:33 +0000 2024Replying to @Gluurak
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1764473897473159541?t=R3-Hu-wtVg6wrP00CezGmg&s=19
Mon Mar 04 04:11:35 +0000 2024Replying to @Gluurak
I have no idea. Didn't unpack it. It is pretty small in size.
Mon Mar 04 04:16:23 +0000 2024Replying to @joesparks
I was using the headlamp in that screenshot
Mon Mar 04 09:59:20 +0000 2024Replying to @SleepMastre
You can switch gfx into classic mode on the fly at any point in the remaster
Mon Mar 04 10:02:03 +0000 2024Replying to @TalesFan93
Oh boy. I guess I'll have to take screenshots of the low resolution medkit now too.
Mon Mar 04 10:08:23 +0000 2024RT @David_Mullich: On behalf of the Heroes of Might & Magic development team, we thank all of the fans who continue to enjoy and support ou…
Mon Mar 04 10:47:50 +0000 2024RT @Retroldies: The gorgeous contents of Ultima VI, The False Prophet. We have lost a lot with the end of big box games like this one https…
Mon Mar 04 10:50:51 +0000 2024RT @PixelArtSierra: Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti, Sierra On-Line (1989)
> Picture #415 (Drawing Timelapse) by William Skirvin &…
Mon Mar 04 10:57:55 +0000 2024Replying to @snakebyte85
It does replace the medkit graphic as well.
Mon Mar 04 11:00:33 +0000 2024Replying to @V1deopolis
Mon Mar 04 11:28:25 +0000 2024Replying to @ViRaLuNdEaD
Yes
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1764325496328761456?t=gAvAshJs4OTI30BGHyJQOw&s=19
Mon Mar 04 12:51:01 +0000 2024Replying to @tedtropy
Yep. The "default" texture only seen in an normally inaccessible area has been redrawn as well.
Mon Mar 04 14:17:36 +0000 2024Replying to @LionHeartWill
You can get them back. And in HD.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1764473897473159541?t=iFw5cs5ESwgIV5dzU6K-fA&s=19
Mon Mar 04 16:01:45 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: The Era of Skeuomorphism:
Mon Mar 04 18:00:59 +0000 2024RT @ChrisBlundell: Ok, but I'm more interested in how Duke Nukem became guest bassist for The Police.
Mon Mar 04 18:16:15 +0000 2024RT @ben_304: Too much of my brain is filled with weird interface screens from VGA era games.
Mon Mar 04 18:26:21 +0000 2024RT @Gammitin: 25x Cd-r spindle is the perfect eco-friendly reusable bagel holder, 50x for two and 100x if you're extra hungry, or want to a…
Mon Mar 04 18:26:37 +0000 2024RT @qfgbook: Here's a close up of the back of a t-shirt that the Hero's Quest dev team received when the game shipped. The text reads "You…
Mon Mar 04 18:34:58 +0000 2024Replying to @chickadizzle and @ben_304
The virgin Dune
and
The chad Star Trek
Mon Mar 04 18:38:09 +0000 2024Replying to @BrandonBlume, @leandrinux and @MatthewH12
Actually Windows 3.11 is self-contained already, pretty much like Windows 95, just goes about it in a different way. It's like 3 VMs running at once. It had to be that way to be multitasking & networked.
Mon Mar 04 18:57:23 +0000 2024RT @OatmealDome: [yuzu]
yuzu, in its current form, will cease to exist.
Their settlement with Nintendo prohibits any distribution of yuzu…
Mon Mar 04 20:02:17 +0000 2024Replying to @CostanzaBrah
It's most likely for rating purposes, and can easily be reverted. You can get nice ashtrays redrawn in HD. But of course expecting you to read a bunch of text in a thread would be too much.
Mon Mar 04 20:11:10 +0000 2024Replying to @CostanzaBrah
I have no sources that confirm this, but I'm willing to bet this was more of Disney's doing.
Mon Mar 04 20:22:28 +0000 2024Replying to @RerezTV
Hmmm... 🤔
https://youtu.be/oAsnzVSyznw?si=-i0WcvTSHHNcJRN8
Mon Mar 04 20:38:30 +0000 2024RT @DF21net: In addition to the vault feature in Dark Forces Remastered, there are additional production screenshots not accessible via the…
Mon Mar 04 20:58:54 +0000 2024RT @qfgbook: Streamlining my autoexec.bat and config.sys files, also setting my sound card jumpers
Mon Mar 04 23:42:40 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I guess I should also point out that removing/renaming OVERRIDE.GOB also restores the original international law violating medkits with a Red Cross on them, but only in the classic rendering mode. Remastered sprite was made only with a blue cross. 🏴
Tue Mar 05 00:54:03 +0000 2024RT @RetroTechChris: Hi all! I have a cool announcement to share: there's a new NABU site out there for you to check out. If you are into N…
Tue Mar 05 01:39:40 +0000 2024Replying to @cooperx86
Well, you're just not looking in the right places. That's what I've been seeing all weekend.
Tue Mar 05 14:10:05 +0000 2024Replying to @St1ka
Yep, that's correct. As a European I find just about all American chocolate completely disgusting, but Hershey sure takes the cake. 🤢
Tue Mar 05 18:52:11 +0000 2024RT @Kalyoshika: Can we all just understand that lost media doesn't mean you can't buy it for $20, it means lost! As in no one knows if anyo…
Tue Mar 05 23:44:45 +0000 2024https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1764409105534333104
Wed Mar 06 00:30:25 +0000 2024Wtf is this UK ad for Dark Forces???
Wed Mar 06 00:57:30 +0000 2024For you, the day Street Fighter graced your YouTube for free was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday. https://x.com/Wario64/status/1765184547053007263
Wed Mar 06 01:45:06 +0000 2024Replying to @PushinUpRoses
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Wed Mar 06 03:20:31 +0000 2024Replying to @PatriciaYo52898
░H░A░D░O░U░K░E░N░ ░I░N░ ░B░I░O░
Wed Mar 06 04:46:39 +0000 2024Replying to @Bhaal_Spawn
My condolences
Wed Mar 06 15:43:16 +0000 2024Replying to @IlyaFeldshteyn
PC Zone
Wed Mar 06 16:12:46 +0000 2024I'll be thinking about this for the rest of the day now. We've dodged a big one, peeps. 😧 https://x.com/ScottApogee/status/1765438962246586752
Wed Mar 06 18:33:24 +0000 2024Replying to @SeeYouSpaceKira
But... but... What about Cryo's Dune?
Thu Mar 07 00:14:17 +0000 2024Replying to @ScottApogee, @trivonage, @remedygames and @Apogee_Ent
Ok, this was very unfortunately worded then. 😅😂
Thu Mar 07 01:00:46 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ok, we dodged a slightly smaller one then. 😅😂
https://x.com/ScottApogee/status/1765538833272066293
Thu Mar 07 01:03:02 +0000 2024Replying to @Blackwolf454
I mean, it still is, but... not even remotely as bad as how I originally read it.
Thu Mar 07 01:06:29 +0000 2024RT @TheNCSmaster: This masterpiece https://t.co/VRdhasgZ9n
Thu Mar 07 13:13:55 +0000 2024RT @lazygamereviews: Thunder Helix is very much the modern LHX adaptation I've been craving. Beautiful in both EGA & VGA modes!
It's so de…
Thu Mar 07 13:20:48 +0000 2024RT @taxxxon: @jessfromonline You can still do verbatim search on Google, you’ve gotta search something then drag right on the “images” “sho…
Thu Mar 07 13:51:43 +0000 2024RT @JikissGamer: This is like the longest escape sequence ever.
Thu Mar 07 14:01:24 +0000 2024I have never seen even a single Soviet floppy disk in person. https://x.com/sncmuseum/status/1765442378641379382
Thu Mar 07 14:15:12 +0000 2024Replying to @sncmuseum
Мажор. All the Spectrum clones I've encountered were tape loaded.
Thu Mar 07 15:28:41 +0000 2024Replying to @kpanic
Hmmm... Those don't look too Soviet
Thu Mar 07 16:07:37 +0000 2024Replying to @kpanic
The logo & packaging design is too slick. Must have been American.
Thu Mar 07 16:29:54 +0000 2024Replying to @kpanic
The rest of them do look very Soviet. 😅
Thu Mar 07 16:37:39 +0000 2024Wheel of Fortune (ShareData, 1987) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Mar 07 17:10:00 +0000 2024I'm not aware of too many MIDIs
I know what I know, if you know what I mean
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Thu Mar 07 17:30:04 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112055586309486497
Thu Mar 07 17:30:20 +0000 2024RT @damgentemp: So the same guy behind Ghostbusters is back again.
He's trying to fund a book about "the history of Lucasarts". This is not…
Thu Mar 07 18:50:54 +0000 2024RT @DOSSTORM: What shareware games did you play as a kid? Check out some I played the crap out of in my new video: https://youtu.be/hEvEBl9TyKU…
Thu Mar 07 19:36:21 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion and @damgentemp
https://x.com/damgentemp/status/1765710847379124600
Thu Mar 07 20:02:04 +0000 2024Electronic Arts "Interactive Stories" logo.
#DOSGaming
Thu Mar 07 20:32:12 +0000 2024🤔👀🐇
Thu Mar 07 20:59:47 +0000 2024RT @EA: Let the nostalgia begin!
9 classic EA games are available to play on @Steam starting TODAY!
➡️ https://go.ea.com/q8AKj
🪖 Comman…
Thu Mar 07 21:37:19 +0000 2024It is crazy how many times Killer Klowns has been remastered. I feel like there's been pretty much bi-annual releases, with a brand new scan each time. It's like Evil Dead in the 2000s DVD era.
Thu Mar 07 23:47:20 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
You remember it, I remember it.
Thu Mar 07 23:50:21 +0000 2024RT @AquaDoesStuff: Hello
Cave Story's 0.9.0.8 and 0.9.1.3 pre-release versions have finally been found after being lost for 20 YEARS due to…
Thu Mar 07 23:52:35 +0000 2024Replying to @Rimmy_Downunder
The same realization being made all the way back in 1996 during the making of Bad Mojo:
Fri Mar 08 00:00:02 +0000 2024A message in the executable of the PC port of Trolls (1992):
#DOSGaming
Fri Mar 08 00:29:30 +0000 2024Replying to @RocketFry
I have no idea. If there's a way to trigger it inside the game, I'm not aware of it.
Fri Mar 08 01:42:26 +0000 2024RT @kinsie: You know, of all the stuff I was expecting to see upon playing the infamous Trespasser for the first time (I know, I know...),…
Fri Mar 08 01:48:46 +0000 2024RT @VinciusMedeiro6: Nocturne's pre-rendered backgrounds and lighting are so awesome
Fri Mar 08 01:53:06 +0000 2024I had no idea that 4 years ago someone took another crack at the Jones in the Fast Lane formula:
https://youtu.be/alS-UTHuYcI?si=8zXpSkMPMA44_xqm
Fri Mar 08 02:35:13 +0000 2024An official promo screenshot for Battleground 4: Shiloh (1996)
Fri Mar 08 03:51:57 +0000 2024Good night.
Fri Mar 08 04:03:01 +0000 2024Adjusted for inflation that's $15,735 today. https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1766010977596658158
Fri Mar 08 11:40:53 +0000 2024Replying to @MuBtafa
I think none because I'm pretty sure that price is wrong
Fri Mar 08 14:16:58 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I'm at work right now, so I can't confirm my suspicion that the price listed in that tweet is wrong.
Fri Mar 08 14:21:24 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
As in, the configuration listed would have cost *more*.
Fri Mar 08 14:28:17 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
This sounds more like it. And that would be $23,769 today!
https://x.com/mikecel79/status/1766115686986772771?t=qYoSjJ8XhjxKr9wWZN9Bfw&s=19
Fri Mar 08 15:35:43 +0000 2024RT @lazygamereviews: Looking at the first Dune game 32 years later on LGR!
https://youtu.be/JvP3d3QB-4k
Cryo's Dune from 1992 is a hybrid adve…
Fri Mar 08 16:26:05 +0000 2024Replying to @lazygamereviews
Ah. Sorry, I have to: Conspiracy *is* the retitled CD release. KGB is the original one.
Fri Mar 08 16:27:50 +0000 2024Replying to @OriginalMeusli and @lazygamereviews
It happens to all of us. We're not getting any younger.
Fri Mar 08 16:33:30 +0000 2024RT @Wario64: Warner Bros. Discovery will likely delist all Adult Swim Games titles within 60 days
https://delistedgames.com/as-more-developers-confirm-it-looks-likely-that-all-adult-swim-games-titles-will-be-removed-by-may/
https://t.co/7…
Fri Mar 08 18:58:44 +0000 2024Replying to @aviacionado, @DavidB_Muso and @JennieSays_
Technically there's no such thing. The first revision of PC DOS that was available from Microsoft as OEM "MS-DOS" was version 1.25.
Fri Mar 08 19:01:36 +0000 2024Replying to @aviacionado, @DavidB_Muso and @JennieSays_
As stated on that screenshot, it's PC DOS, IBM's release.
Fri Mar 08 19:19:27 +0000 2024RT @pagb666: What I'm doing with my life...?
Fri Mar 08 20:22:53 +0000 2024Replying to @pagb666
High five
Fri Mar 08 20:24:43 +0000 2024Replying to @pagb666
👆 Btw, for all the people who will see this: for a long time Zorro was considered a terrible game. Worse than TekWar. As someone who actually completed Zorro I can confidently say: no, it isn't worse than TekWar.
Fri Mar 08 20:31:13 +0000 2024RT @Bhaal_Spawn: Yes, it's Friday night, yes I'm single and yes I had an invite to go out and mingle tonight.
Well, slap my imp. Because…
Sat Mar 09 00:13:22 +0000 2024Replying to @AaronicDraws and @pagb666
Nerves of Steel is pretty bad, but I'll raise you Angst. While it may look like a "game", I would say it doesn't deserve to be called one.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1588264285800910848?t=n9x1yKPNdJdOMCBU2FUB3g&s=19
Sat Mar 09 02:20:54 +0000 2024Replying to @pagb666 and @AaronicDraws
I would like to say what it does and what it doesn't do, but it really needs to be experienced to be believed.
Sat Mar 09 02:23:29 +0000 2024Replying to @pagb666 and @AaronicDraws
But here's a small teaser
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1588602537246015488?t=12TYfBFyKCoRk49k5fbQvg&s=19
Sat Mar 09 02:24:14 +0000 2024Replying to @RetroTechChris
Probably for Book8088 again.
Sat Mar 09 12:31:45 +0000 2024Replying to @synoizia and @RetroTechChris
Same, probably
Sat Mar 09 12:41:17 +0000 2024Replying to @pagb666
Well, you're a better player than most, myself included then.
Sat Mar 09 14:06:08 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen floppy disk installation animation. #DOSGaming
Sat Mar 09 18:19:03 +0000 2024Lol. What?! 😂
Sat Mar 09 18:21:30 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
How old does the algorithm think I am that I would want to purchase this combination of items? 😂
Sat Mar 09 18:27:19 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Any ladies up for a hot dinner date of Mountain Dew and Entenmann's? 🤔
Sat Mar 09 18:28:17 +0000 2024Replying to @mwilliamw87
I'm at the age where if I consume the last two items together, I'll probably die before I get to use the first one.
Sat Mar 09 18:40:02 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Now this is a classy floppy disk sleeve!
Sat Mar 09 20:20:20 +0000 2024Replying to @pagb666
Well, is it worse than Nerves of Steel?
Sat Mar 09 22:53:46 +0000 2024Replying to @HFSH
What do I do with Entennmann's?
Sat Mar 09 22:55:17 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
Easy money
Sat Mar 09 23:35:05 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Boy, it sure is raining cats and dogs
Sat Mar 09 23:49:37 +0000 2024
Sun Mar 10 00:33:49 +0000 2024Grab the re-release version of Mega-Lo-Mania that was pulled from digital distribution last year here:
(for Windows, Mac, or Linux)
https://archive.org/details/mega-lo-mania-2022 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1642621856028012545
Sun Mar 10 02:00:27 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Good night. 🎶
Sun Mar 10 03:41:21 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Happy #MAR10Day, Twitter!
Sun Mar 10 15:25:47 +0000 2024Happy #MAR10Day from *the* Mario on DOS!
#DOSGaming
Sun Mar 10 16:00:43 +0000 2024Replying to @BlacktopMagazin
It has PC Speaker sound, and yes, it would fit on a floppy disk, as it is only 58kb.
Sun Mar 10 16:06:34 +0000 2024Replying to @BlacktopMagazin
Selling free games is a scam as old as time.
Sun Mar 10 16:12:28 +0000 2024Replying to @ArtifactEnabler
There was an unfinished version that has 4 levels and ends on a room without an exit. But in the full 6 level version there's a pipe you can enter, and then you get to replay the game in a Game+ sort of mode, where everything is fast, you jump higher, and enemies are stronger
Sun Mar 10 16:16:45 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Happy #MAR10Day from inside the NESticle emulator!
Sun Mar 10 17:47:53 +0000 2024A fun fact pointed out by @Newbilius in his most recent video:
In Duke Nukem 3D, the setup program and the game use different libraries to play MIDI music on an OPL.
Sun Mar 10 18:28:33 +0000 2024Replying to @GeoStreber
This game's been around for 30 years.
Sun Mar 10 18:53:19 +0000 2024Roger is gone, but he's still in our hears, and our DOS PCs.
Sun Mar 10 19:55:52 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Roger Ebert's Deluxe Computerized Movie Home Companion (MS-DOS, 1992)
Sun Mar 10 20:00:08 +0000 2024CROBOTS (Tom Poindexter, 1985) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Mar 10 22:04:48 +0000 2024RT @TheCacowards: Early March also celebrates the release of Origwad! For the uninitiated, this is arguably the first custom Doom level to…
Sun Mar 10 22:35:02 +0000 2024RT @Retro_Erik: Just posted a new video on a new #cga card from #aliexpress Also using the #MCE2HDMI from #Serdashop
https://t.co/PSQge1Yq…
Mon Mar 11 00:24:57 +0000 2024RT @AquaDoesStuff: Last night, 2 days after Cave Story pre-release 0908 was found, 8 new versions were found, including 0906 (2 versions ol…
Mon Mar 11 00:43:04 +0000 2024RT @ForateiS: What's this? A brand new multiplayer gaming service? and it's coming soon for Microsoft Windows 95/98? 👀
#windows95 #windows…
Mon Mar 11 00:53:09 +0000 2024Replying to @0xfda
Correct
Mon Mar 11 01:45:47 +0000 2024Good night.
Mon Mar 11 02:15:19 +0000 2024Ugh. Not going to work today because all my joints hurt like hell. Man, I'm so freaking YOUNG.
Mon Mar 11 12:06:22 +0000 2024RT @Keyboards_bot:
Mon Mar 11 12:44:13 +0000 2024Replying to @Cluster_M
What was the music device you selected in the setup?
Mon Mar 11 14:34:40 +0000 2024Replying to @Cluster_M
Hmmm... Was it OPL or MIDI synth?
Mon Mar 11 15:17:57 +0000 2024Replying to @kehander
Super Angelo is a different game.
Mon Mar 11 16:49:47 +0000 2024"What's in the box?"
Mon Mar 11 18:42:44 +0000 2024Replying to @Cluster_M
Time to investigate.
Mon Mar 11 18:46:52 +0000 2024Replying to @Cluster_M
Well... huh... They are both in stereo, but... different. What?!
Mon Mar 11 18:51:03 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
It looks like the entire sound library is different. Tried General MIDI output on the same device in both setup, and the game, and the results sounded the same, but recorded waveforms tell a different story.
Mon Mar 11 18:53:44 +0000 2024Replying to @mcjxmcj
Yep, but that's not all.
Mon Mar 11 18:59:20 +0000 2024Replying to @CastIrony
Seems to be no such line in this scene. 🤷♂️
Mon Mar 11 19:12:58 +0000 2024RT @davidmattingly: I am the artist who did most of the original Animorphs covers. I have an Etsy shop set up where you can buy signed (by…
Mon Mar 11 23:07:53 +0000 2024Replying to @hmemcpy
Yeah, it was included on one of the DVDs. Pretty cool.
Mon Mar 11 23:33:49 +0000 2024RT @RetroTechChris: Ok, my video on the AliExpress CGA card is ready for your viewing pleasure! I hope you like it... I kindof took somewh…
Mon Mar 11 23:59:37 +0000 2024RT @CrispinBurke: I discovered Wing Commander slightly late. My first WC experience was WC2, which came bundled with an Ultima game when I…
Tue Mar 12 02:25:38 +0000 2024Replying to @kena42 and @Cluster_M
This is General MIDI playback on SC-55, not OPL
Tue Mar 12 15:11:29 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: And we keep driving into the night
It's a late goodbye
Such a late goodbye
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Tue Mar 12 17:16:11 +0000 2024Replying to @BadGameHOF
Art Data's, promises for the 3DO DOOM & DOOM 2 are hilarious (in retrospect)
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1510315924800299013?t=Zd2Pp_Ch1BaD44HhowgQhQ&s=19
Tue Mar 12 17:33:34 +0000 2024Replying to @MeFaltanLaPilas
I think @avary mentioned that he wrote/managed the software on not-IBM machine.
Tue Mar 12 17:46:46 +0000 2024Replying to @MeFaltanLaPilas and @AVARY
Could have been an Atari, iirc. So no MS-DOS.
Tue Mar 12 17:51:10 +0000 2024👀 https://x.com/qubytegames/status/1767620583087296599
Tue Mar 12 21:49:19 +0000 2024Beneath the clothes, we find a man. And beneath the man we find his nucleus. https://x.com/DanielWienerson/status/1767410698194415780
Tue Mar 12 23:26:59 +0000 2024ScummVM posted their tasks for the upcoming Google Summer of Code, and there's some cool stuff ahead. A few surprises that stood out for me:
- Support for Silmarils games
- Alone in the Dark
- Dungeon Master
- Amberstar & Ambermoon
https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Summer_of_Code/GSoC_Ideas_2024
Tue Mar 12 23:58:16 +0000 2024Replying to @The_Khvostik
Yep
https://github.com/Pyrdacor/Ambermoon.net
Wed Mar 13 01:08:23 +0000 2024Replying to @ben_304
You can already do that with Ambermoon
https://www.pyrdacor.net/
Wed Mar 13 01:09:31 +0000 2024https://x.com/adashtra/status/1767671268822712523
Wed Mar 13 01:53:32 +0000 2024Replying to @AVARY and @MeFaltanLaPilas
Thank you, Roger. I'm glad that I managed to retain something from the podcast that wasn't about movies. 😅
Wed Mar 13 01:58:13 +0000 2024Replying to @Robert55349242
Ecstatica
Wed Mar 13 02:09:21 +0000 2024Replying to @Sztwilgzerd
Idk. Is it?
Wed Mar 13 02:37:39 +0000 2024I see that some "gamers" already devolved into yelling at devs who have "GDC" in their name the same as "pronouns in bio." Amazing. Great. That sure is gonna make games better.
Wed Mar 13 15:51:44 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
If you are convinced that there's some kind of a conspiracy where a handful of people that can turn your favorite $100,000,000 videogame into a world of butch lesbians & rainbows, please unfollow now. You can live without DOS screenshots, & will avoid an argument down the line.
Wed Mar 13 17:53:43 +0000 2024RT @ren_bocchi3: まんがでわかる！
MS-DOS
Wed Mar 13 19:52:20 +0000 2024Replying to @coleciona_dor
It's not a manual, it's a comic, and it's available on the Internet Archive.
Wed Mar 13 20:49:20 +0000 2024Replying to @coleciona_dor
Copy paste the original tweet into your favorite search engine.
Wed Mar 13 20:53:03 +0000 2024RT @SongbirdPro: Feels like time to announce our next release:
Songbird and @atari are bringing back Tempest 3000 for a limited physical r…
Wed Mar 13 21:44:44 +0000 2024Replying to @DavidEllis and @benjedwards
That's not actually the case. It was a case of mistaken identity. He's quite a character in real life, and there are a bunch of interviews with him online.
Wed Mar 13 23:27:56 +0000 2024Replying to @DavidEllis and @benjedwards
Can he possibly be any cooler?
Wed Mar 13 23:38:17 +0000 2024Replying to @DavidEllis and @benjedwards
Apparently he can - he's also a painter!
Wed Mar 13 23:40:13 +0000 2024Replying to @lefunny87104 and @RegularLodz
Ok, how much are we talking about? 🤔
Wed Mar 13 23:48:43 +0000 2024Let's see the frame rate!.... Wait. Didn't we just do this? https://x.com/Retroldies/status/1767954716292456569
Wed Mar 13 23:55:45 +0000 2024Feeling a bit down. Maybe it's time to cheer myself up with a movie.
Thu Mar 14 00:09:49 +0000 2024Replying to @bernardbrotha
No? Hmmm... How about this one then?
Thu Mar 14 00:12:52 +0000 2024Replying to @hkrob
Now we're talking!
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1768067737077584371?t=x6I73nnlZTzUO_kZbeUrWw&s=19
Thu Mar 14 00:13:42 +0000 2024Replying to @bernardbrotha
Alright alright
Thu Mar 14 00:15:37 +0000 2024Replying to @hkrob
I actually love this film. Bought it 3 times, seen it 25 times at least.
Thu Mar 14 00:18:02 +0000 2024Replying to @bernardbrotha
Thu Mar 14 00:21:58 +0000 2024Replying to @bernardbrotha
Too scary
Thu Mar 14 00:23:24 +0000 2024Replying to @jpkoch, @armatusG, @WitCoHE_Bak and @auntieamy90
There's no assembler used in QBasic Gorillas
Thu Mar 14 00:29:59 +0000 2024Replying to @Lemoor_Samurai and @moneyness03
If you got to "A:>", that was DOS. PC Booter games don't use the prompt because, well, there wouldn't be one without DOS.
Thu Mar 14 00:34:48 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Oh, wait. The Zone of Interest is on VOD? Well, then the choice is obvious!
Thu Mar 14 00:55:30 +0000 2024Through the darkness of future past
The magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds:
Fire walk with MIDI
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Thu Mar 14 01:15:46 +0000 2024Replying to @jpkoch, @armatusG, @WitCoHE_Bak and @auntieamy90
I know, but there's none of that in Gorillas.
Thu Mar 14 02:07:06 +0000 2024Replying to @redacted65, @rooteruditorum and @GrayConnolly
Where can I find out more about trap doors in MS-DOS, a system that doesn't even have built-in networking? 🤔
Thu Mar 14 11:07:54 +0000 2024Replying to @tonykchoi and @AnonymousLeftie
Millennials are pushing 40+ now. I can assure you many know their way around MS-DOS.
Thu Mar 14 11:10:09 +0000 2024Replying to @redacted65, @rooteruditorum and @GrayConnolly
US is "banning" TikTok because US can't handle that they can't profit off its mass data collection, but that's not a reason to make up lies to back that up.
Thu Mar 14 11:19:35 +0000 2024Glassdoor now apparently wants to add your real name to your account, among other things, and will do so *automatically* if they can identify you by data. Time to delete your account. https://x.com/athenalong/status/1768118566610501887
Thu Mar 14 11:28:00 +0000 2024RT @gnomeslair: The Entire History of RPGs by NeverKnowsBest is an impressively concise video, covering much in less than 3 hours.
Watch…
Thu Mar 14 11:28:32 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
When the Chinese do it, it's an urgent matter of national security, but in America when your very personal data gets passed around thousands of hands & can be viewed by anyone with a few bucks, well that's just good business. 🤷
Thu Mar 14 11:37:37 +0000 2024Replying to @awesomonster
Ratio?
Thu Mar 14 11:40:06 +0000 2024RT @mahahafilm: Helpful of the Mortal Kombat DVD to let me know everyone’s legal status
Thu Mar 14 11:58:45 +0000 2024RT @ScottApogee: Tim Sweeney paid me a few thousand dollars to get my Kroz customer database in 1991, which he used to market his own game…
Thu Mar 14 14:21:25 +0000 2024Ultima Underworld graphics detail levels:
- Very high (all textures)
- High (no ceiling textures)
- Medium (no floor or ceiling textures)
- Low (no textures at all)
#DOSGaming
Thu Mar 14 14:39:17 +0000 2024Replying to @Douggernaut_2
Thu Mar 14 14:55:29 +0000 2024Vintage bling
Thu Mar 14 20:49:29 +0000 2024Replying to @MistifiedEm
Well, if you don't know what it is now, you certainly don't really need to bother to find out anymore because their days are clearly numbered. 🤷
Thu Mar 14 21:43:18 +0000 2024"At the time (it) was around about $10,000 to get global rights for all electronic entertainment."
- Gary Bracey, software director of Ocean Software, on acquiring the RoboCop license.
(Excerpt from a deleted scene from "RoboDoc: The Creation of Robocop" (2023))
Thu Mar 14 22:08:49 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Here another clip that reveals the reason behind all those licensed games Ocean were doing - THE "GRANNY PURCHASE":
Thu Mar 14 22:18:43 +0000 2024I know I'm late, but I didn't expect a full on comedy. 👀Laughed through the whole thing! 😂 Emma Stone is great, & so is the writing, but the Most Hilarious award has to go to Ruffalo. Every second he's on screen is pure gold because he's allowed to be completely ridiculous.
Thu Mar 14 22:25:58 +0000 2024The Pinnacle of Entertainment Software https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1768378942631584251
Thu Mar 14 22:52:12 +0000 2024Replying to @RichDuckKing
Mine is probably The Holdovers.
Thu Mar 14 23:48:58 +0000 2024Replying to @RichDuckKing
It is wonderful, but also an extremely traditional old school style drama. Probably my favorite Alexander Payne movie now.
Thu Mar 14 23:51:18 +0000 2024
Fri Mar 15 01:33:56 +0000 2024RT @richardcobbett: https://t.co/InkHKUf3A5
Fri Mar 15 02:26:11 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: My cool classic Clouds of Xeen painting 1992!
#illustration #popculture #CloudsofXeen #boxart #retrogaming https://t.c…
Fri Mar 15 08:41:03 +0000 2024Replying to @TheOldKiwi1 and @sweetAFmaybe
From 1982 to 1992 Microsoft officially reported 100 million units of MS-DOS sold.
Fri Mar 15 09:09:37 +0000 2024Meow
Fri Mar 15 10:11:25 +0000 2024Replying to @suchminutiae
iz babby?
Fri Mar 15 12:54:37 +0000 2024RT @pcgamer: The original Alone in the Dark did more than invent survival horror—it pioneered new ways to play and new ways to fear. https:…
Fri Mar 15 13:29:20 +0000 2024"This isn't CGI. This is an actual practical LED screen."
Ok, WHAT THE FUCK?! Why is everyone doing this now? What's playing on this actual practical LED screen, Yorgos?
Fri Mar 15 14:36:23 +0000 2024Replying to @nanoSpawn
It is the very same thing, which became the norm in filmmaking now, but surely you can't call that "no CGI" with a straight face?
Fri Mar 15 14:39:57 +0000 2024Replying to @nanoSpawn
CGI is, very literally, Computer Generated Imagery. How was the imagery that is playing in said projection, especially considering that it isn't a recording but rather a real time rendering that is adjusting to the camera angle, generated?
Fri Mar 15 14:46:27 +0000 2024Replying to @furt1v3ly and @nanoSpawn
So a real time Unreal Engine 3D rendering is very definitely *not CGI* according to your definition, is that correct?
Fri Mar 15 14:48:09 +0000 2024Replying to @nanoSpawn
Sure, but... is one of those CGI, and the other isn't somehow?
Fri Mar 15 14:50:28 +0000 2024Replying to @nanoSpawn
It's not. It's multiple elements combined together, and they also point out they actually did extend the screen in post, as it wasn't large enough, as well as added water splashes hitting the deck.
Fri Mar 15 14:52:08 +0000 2024Replying to @furt1v3ly and @nanoSpawn
I mean, sure, but this just reeks of the recent trend of saying "no CGI" in promotions just because. Also in the very same clip Lanthimos points out that they did extend the screen in post because it wasn't large enough, as well as added water elements. 🤷
Fri Mar 15 15:00:08 +0000 2024RT @OutcastGame: Outcast - A New Beginning is OUT NOW on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Adelpha awaits. Journey to an alien plane…
Fri Mar 15 15:23:41 +0000 2024Replying to @TheOldKiwi1 and @sweetAFmaybe
Correct, although I was responding the claim that MS-DOS user base was "smallish". Sure, it's nothing like tech of today, but 100 million is not exactly smallish, especially by the standards of those days.
Fri Mar 15 16:27:08 +0000 2024RT @cbrzeszczot: Call to action: Use your retro IBM-compatible PCs to help the MegaZeux DOS port!
In the late 90s/early 00s, the game cre…
Fri Mar 15 16:43:49 +0000 2024RT @kalirion: @dosnostalgic FYI, $1 for this DOS bundle of 8 Apogee DOS games https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/3-d-realms-dollar-bundle
Fri Mar 15 18:27:49 +0000 2024Replying to @RyBrooks and @deek_aka
No. He bought a Disc Operating System from Seattle Computer Products. It already worked on an 8086, which is why he bought it. He licensed it to IBM to sell as PC DOS, and kept the rights to sell it himself as MS-DOS. Oh, and he also hired the guy who wrote 86-DOS.
Fri Mar 15 19:26:24 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
Ok, now name three movies that do that besides Lynch's Dune.
Fri Mar 15 19:42:02 +0000 2024Replying to @Retroldies
Original version of Prince of Persia was made for the Apple II
Fri Mar 15 20:32:20 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
Can you imagine?
Fri Mar 15 21:06:14 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAlien
I'm guessing yes, as there are later Robocop games that aren't developed by Ocean, but still. That's dirt cheap. Even if you adjust for inflation it's like $29,000. Still incredibly cheap.
Fri Mar 15 21:16:34 +0000 2024This robot is not threatening anyone's job because it is cheaper to pay someone minimum wage (or, as often is the case with cleaning staff in America, below) than maintain it. https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1768145352795054380
Fri Mar 15 21:28:07 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
With a few adjustments my job could also be performed by a machine, but it isn't threatened either for very similar reasons.
We were all promised robots doing service jobs by various media when we were kids, but a capitalist society won't let that happen.
Fri Mar 15 21:30:22 +0000 2024Replying to @gingerbeardman and @benjedwards
I'll accept Memento, but Fight Club's isn't the character's inner monologue, but rather a narration from a future point in time.
Fri Mar 15 21:33:42 +0000 2024Replying to @gingerbeardman and @benjedwards
In Taxi Driver the narration is Travis's letters being read out loud
Fri Mar 15 21:42:00 +0000 2024Replying to @Shmbler
I would probably die before it would inevitably kill me
Fri Mar 15 21:43:16 +0000 2024Replying to @gingerbeardman and @benjedwards
Personally I don't think that kind of noir-style narration counts as inner monologue, but I also think one could successfully argue against that point.
Oh, there sure are more than a handful, but I knew it was gonna be tricky. 😉
Fri Mar 15 21:52:38 +0000 2024Replying to @PushinUpRoses
I miss my blackout drunk clothing purchases, tbh
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1140661008102547456?t=PU7n24-8SEXNxwwX03qgYg&s=19
Fri Mar 15 21:54:09 +0000 2024Replying to @Retroldies
I see. The wording is confusing though.
Fri Mar 15 22:02:21 +0000 2024Replying to @Trodge1990
Idk what's missing, but Redneck Rampage and ROTT don't belong there in the first place.
Fri Mar 15 22:40:35 +0000 2024Ok, let's go.
Fri Mar 15 23:12:07 +0000 2024RT @MattRabbit: @KenMastersUSA @Gammitin I bought my Tandy 1000TL new in 1989 when I was a teenager. I saved for an entire summer to buy i…
Fri Mar 15 23:54:39 +0000 2024Replying to @Velocir35149743 and @Trodge1990
EASILY
Sat Mar 16 00:26:57 +0000 2024
Sat Mar 16 00:33:44 +0000 2024The way you make me feel
You really turn MIDI on
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Sat Mar 16 00:56:03 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112102643008194814
Sat Mar 16 00:56:28 +0000 2024Replying to @EchoAlpha_x5
While it is a bit weird because to me they look nothing alike, it's not completely unwarranted because they we created by the same people.
Sat Mar 16 01:04:39 +0000 2024Good night.
Sat Mar 16 02:58:32 +0000 2024Replying to @optoio
Yes
Sat Mar 16 12:23:26 +0000 2024Replying to @MedicFinland
1994
Sat Mar 16 13:02:01 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Game graphics trivia:
That colorful VGA title screen from Prince of Persia? It's only 16 colors. That mean the same asset…
Sat Mar 16 14:27:02 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Eric Chahi used only 16 colors in any given Another World scene.
Sat Mar 16 14:30:47 +0000 2024Replying to @GaranceAmarante, @Barbarian_LTF and @gonzatarget
Generally the games developed to be published on Amiga & ST didn't really get good EGA conversions, instead just settled on using 16 colors in VGA. Some didn't even support EGA at all, like Silmarils games being either VGA or CGA.
Sat Mar 16 15:10:54 +0000 2024Replying to @GaranceAmarante, @Barbarian_LTF and @gonzatarget
Yeah, and it's not good.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/721503259232509953?t=9wa0dV41oVilp4emek7PBg&s=19
Sat Mar 16 15:36:05 +0000 2024Replying to @GaranceAmarante, @Barbarian_LTF and @gonzatarget
This whole discussion is about Amiga games being deliberately limited to 16 colors so they could be easily ported to an Atari ST and DOS VGA with the *same graphics*. That never happened with EGA.
Sat Mar 16 15:39:38 +0000 2024Replying to @TheLincoln
I think some of this is due to the fact we've been living in a world where one curates their own entertainment 100%. Back in the day u were limited, & often would just turn on tv & watch whatever happened to be on. Now if one's bored they watch an online video, not a movie on tv
Sat Mar 16 17:16:35 +0000 2024Replying to @davidhampson
Sure, but what they're showing on the screen has been composited, and also they're still actually extending the screen in post because it isn't high enough.
Sat Mar 16 17:48:03 +0000 2024Replying to @LightningShade0 and @qntm
The thing with EGA is that you're stuck with a very specific palette. You can do *a lot* with just a few colors, if you get to choose them. This is Another World in EGA:
Sat Mar 16 17:50:24 +0000 2024Replying to @Barbarian_LTF, @GaranceAmarante and @gonzatarget
Yeah, and that's the 640x350 mode only. It's worse in 320x200
Sat Mar 16 18:01:12 +0000 2024Found a video review of EXTREME PAINTBRAWL. Goes deep on the soundtrack because why not.
https://youtu.be/TcrGW5-9CxE?si=NsddYAPYf0po9O_M
Sat Mar 16 18:18:06 +0000 2024RT @Wario64: Classic Marathon coming soon to Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/2398450/Classic_Marathon/
Sat Mar 16 18:36:26 +0000 2024RT @openbioforge: Dressing up to go outside! 👨🚀 Physics system progress (Gravity ✅ Root motions ✅ Stairs ✅) #bioforge #devlog #retrogames…
Sat Mar 16 18:36:41 +0000 2024Replying to @GargoyleMaid
I.... I don't want to know more about YTPs.
Sat Mar 16 18:46:05 +0000 2024Replying to @MaryMartis4, @pegasi51b and @wideawake_media
His mother did not work for IBM, and he didn't get DOS from IBM.
IBM contacted him to develop an OS for their upcoming PC, Gates both 86-DOS from Seattle Computer Products, licensed it out to IBM to sell as PC DOS, and kept the rights to sell it himself as MS-DOS.
Sat Mar 16 18:48:44 +0000 2024Replying to @vmenendezb
And this is the guy critics hated:
Sat Mar 16 18:58:13 +0000 2024Replying to @AgustinCordes and @vmenendezb
I've been on Twitter long enough to know that then I'd have to deal with a hundred motherfuckers trying to tell me how much Memoirs of an Invisible Man sucked.
Sat Mar 16 20:19:21 +0000 2024The real lesson of Back to the Future is to leave your hometown as soon as possible. This way if you time travel you won't have to worry about your mom accidentally fucking you. 🤷
Sat Mar 16 20:24:45 +0000 2024Replying to @mdscntstmgm
Oh yeah? What if your father is BI? 🤔
Sat Mar 16 20:45:36 +0000 2024Replying to @sibear71 and @vmenendezb
I'm fine with the man living out his days just smoking weed & pressing a few keys on a synthesizer occasionally. He earned it.
Sat Mar 16 20:47:10 +0000 2024Replying to @mdscntstmgm
So cold your mom. That's not a solution.
Sat Mar 16 21:05:30 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
All my judgemental relatives are dead, so they can't say shit anymore.
Sat Mar 16 23:23:16 +0000 2024Replying to @pegasi51b, @MaryMartis4 and @wideawake_media
His mother did not work for IBM, and IBM weren't the original developers of MS-DOS. These are easily verifiable facts.
Sat Mar 16 23:49:18 +0000 2024Replying to @optoio
Have you tried?
Sun Mar 17 00:01:07 +0000 2024Replying to @optoio
Here, inside the zip. Which I found using one hand on my phone while driving.
https://archive.org/details/universal-smf-midi-floppy-disk-pack-v-11/
Sun Mar 17 00:04:23 +0000 2024Replying to @MartinLaGrang10
Heart of the Alien is one of the worst things ever.
Sun Mar 17 00:06:52 +0000 2024Replying to @optoio
I see. You gotta generalize a bit. Looking for "standard midi files" and disk brings you to the Led Zeppelin disk archived. And in the comments of that someone kindly left the link to the archive of all of them.
Sun Mar 17 00:13:35 +0000 2024Replying to @MartinLaGrang10
I think I'd rather have nothing than a terrible disappointment. And when I want more of the actual good stuff, I play Heart of Darkness instead.
Sun Mar 17 00:20:17 +0000 2024Replying to @notanotherpnw
If you read the reviews of American critics from that time, most of Carpenter's films have been terribly reviewed. A lot of them also didn't do well financially, so it's pretty fair to say that back in the day his films weren't well received neither by critics, nor the audiences
Sun Mar 17 01:26:00 +0000 2024Replying to @notanotherpnw
There's a reason Siskel and Ebert make an appearance as a couple of aliens in They Live
Sun Mar 17 01:30:27 +0000 2024Replying to @notanotherpnw
And here are a few excerpts from contemporary reviews of The Thing:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1226376478167879683
Sun Mar 17 01:32:07 +0000 2024Replying to @dwkos and @TheBobPony
Hmmm... I honestly don't know how to fell about this post.
Sun Mar 17 01:52:29 +0000 2024Replying to @RetroGameGeeks, @alkalinebro1, @EverythingC64, @jasha_jasha, @MissMiaw, @RetroFeeder, @UndeadToTheEnd, @CiskoNokia, @Amiga_Paradise, @FlynnRetroGames, @PrinceWatercres and @Cerabelum1
OR IS IT?! 👻
Sun Mar 17 01:54:44 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
Does an HP200LX count as a PC in this case? Definitely never seen an actual desktop
Sun Mar 17 02:15:54 +0000 2024Replying to @pegasi51b, @MaryMartis4 and @wideawake_media
That is correct. And is also exactly what I said.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1769073331284611108
Sun Mar 17 02:17:21 +0000 2024Replying to @pegasi51b, @MaryMartis4 and @wideawake_media
I forgot more about DOS than everything you've just learned. But it is good that you're willing to actually read some stuff. Read up on Gates' mother not working for IBM, while you're at it.
Sun Mar 17 02:26:57 +0000 2024RT @JamesLiamCook: Thrilled to discover that the staff announcement voiceover actress from Theme Hospital does live performances https://t.…
Sun Mar 17 03:17:56 +0000 2024RT @CoolBoxArt: Shamus / PC / IBM / 1984
Sun Mar 17 12:58:10 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: My classic Land of Xeen map painting 1992!
#retrogaming #boxart #LandOfXeen #popculture #illustration https://t.co/BSB…
Sun Mar 17 13:08:30 +0000 2024RT @DF21net: With Jedi Knight's Sith engine being portal based, non Euclidean geometry was possible.
While not used extensively, it di sho…
Sun Mar 17 13:09:23 +0000 2024RT @MrGoodBits: Very surprised that this Toshiba Libretto 50CT was never used or charged for many years. Yet after all these years each of…
Sun Mar 17 13:46:59 +0000 2024RT @GohBilly1: I got these at the pinball convention I attended today. Sprite standies of my boys Reptile and Arch-vile! https://t.co/DOqu…
Sun Mar 17 14:00:52 +0000 2024RT @ChrisR3tro: My newest tool for MS-DOS is here. Ever wanted to know which programs/drivers are loaded in memory or even scan for a speci…
Sun Mar 17 16:23:35 +0000 2024RT @Static_and_Fire: I found an old computer someone trashed!
I fixed it up and found it running Windows 95 plus!
Its also making VERY re…
Sun Mar 17 16:24:51 +0000 2024RT @66mhzBrain: I was wondering about the min/recommended specs on a dos game like settlers 2🤔, how much difference it made. About to find…
Sun Mar 17 16:26:11 +0000 2024TIL that the PSX port Dark Forces features cutscene audio in a *much* higher quality than the DOS original 😮
https://youtu.be/k7xXhGFW8HU?si=dtJdUhPzBWxn4QTF&t=112
Sun Mar 17 16:59:06 +0000 2024Here is the map. Where do you wish to go?
Sun Mar 17 17:46:21 +0000 2024Huh. Didn't know Jabba's Ship was non-euclidean. 🤔
Sun Mar 17 19:26:40 +0000 2024Replying to @Bhaal_Spawn
Yes
Sun Mar 17 19:34:05 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I hope everyone explaining to me how this works knows that I have 27 years of playing MadSpace behind me. 👍
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1008174255270395904
Sun Mar 17 19:50:19 +0000 2024
Sun Mar 17 20:51:17 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Having fun with "Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story". A bit of a bummer about 16 bit stuff - Atari ST emulation is completely absent. The games listed as "Atari ST" are the Jaguar ports, and the very cool looking Trip-A-Thon is present only as a video and promo/included materials.
Sun Mar 17 20:59:09 +0000 2024Replying to @clintpup
No, the sewer level is level 3. Jabba's Revenge is level 10.
Sun Mar 17 21:00:55 +0000 2024Replying to @steeltoedheelys
I disagree
Sun Mar 17 21:46:18 +0000 2024Willy the Beer Varmit's War (Dan's Software, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Mar 17 23:23:30 +0000 2024Replying to @arracatinga
Yes, but also not really. You can do this in 3D space as well if your rendering is using portals.
Sun Mar 17 23:35:26 +0000 2024Replying to @arracatinga
Here it is in the sequel, which is fully 3D
https://x.com/DF21net/status/1769212930497585334?t=U99KrK-FfMU1oNOTL4f8-A&s=19
Sun Mar 17 23:37:37 +0000 2024Replying to @Kilgoar
This is Dark Forces: Remaster
Sun Mar 17 23:40:19 +0000 2024Replying to @St3v3_1
VADER IS LUKE'S FATHER
Sun Mar 17 23:46:40 +0000 2024Replying to @St3v3_1
Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
Sun Mar 17 23:48:10 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Green for St. Patrick's Day!
Mon Mar 18 00:13:16 +0000 2024She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Mon Mar 18 00:52:14 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112113954841899247
Mon Mar 18 00:53:13 +0000 2024Replying to @smith_rust
It's a silent teleport. However, this has nothing to do with the game's 2D map. You can do the same thing in a proper 3D engine, as long as it renders stuff with portals, and that's pretty much every engine, especially today.
Mon Mar 18 02:35:56 +0000 2024Replying to @RgnBetaParadise
Yes, yes.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1008204011516911616?t=dyHa4Zw-w2g83SIpzgdgXg&s=19
Mon Mar 18 08:14:16 +0000 2024Replying to @djgukie
I don't know what that means
Mon Mar 18 08:17:43 +0000 2024Replying to @Ian_Fisch
Is it? Pretty much every popular engine is a portal engine today. Seems to me like the biggest issue would be getting physics to work right, something nobody had to worry about back in the day.
Mon Mar 18 08:23:30 +0000 2024RT @pripyatbeast: TIL I'm one foot in the grave
Mon Mar 18 08:34:46 +0000 2024Replying to @ZenoRogue
"Modern invention" from 1997
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1008174255270395904?t=Dy7t7LjKbypqPc98XdBxPA&s=19
Mon Mar 18 08:51:20 +0000 2024Replying to @ZenoRogue
Yes, it was. That's why it's called MadSpace.
Mon Mar 18 08:59:18 +0000 2024Replying to @ZenoRogue
It was all over its marketing materials. Here's is its ancient website from back in the day
Mon Mar 18 09:05:50 +0000 2024Sometimes there's beauty in randomness https://x.com/3letter_/status/1769451321189347609
Mon Mar 18 09:30:52 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: My classic DarkSide of Xeen Map painting 1993!
#retrogaming #boxart #popculture #illustration #DarkSideofXeen https://…
Mon Mar 18 10:04:13 +0000 2024Replying to @Gammitin
This is Humongous erasure
Mon Mar 18 10:19:21 +0000 2024Replying to @Psiphor
Do you not see the sectors overlapping? Time for new glasses.
Mon Mar 18 10:39:17 +0000 2024
Mon Mar 18 13:27:10 +0000 2024If you're at GDC this week, have fun, and have an extra drink for me. 🥂
Drink responsibly, and be safe though. ❗
Mon Mar 18 13:59:47 +0000 2024REACH OUT
AND
TOUCH
CAT
Mon Mar 18 14:18:35 +0000 2024Enjoys fart-surfing
Mon Mar 18 14:31:37 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: This is not a MEME account.
This is a MEM account.
Mon Mar 18 14:32:54 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
👆 I always thought it was hilarious that Theme Hospital depicted such a capitalist hellscape where hospitals are judged solely on profitability. 😂 And then I moved to America. 😭
Mon Mar 18 14:44:42 +0000 2024Replying to @FarmerJenkenson
Darude - Sandstorm
Mon Mar 18 14:49:56 +0000 2024Replying to @tedtropy
It wasn't
Mon Mar 18 15:26:52 +0000 2024Replying to @tedtropy
I think it's more of a case of it being premixed with music in the PSX case.
Mon Mar 18 15:30:12 +0000 2024Replying to @kpanic
babby slep ❤
Mon Mar 18 15:30:41 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
Hmmm. So what happens when you go to get dental work done?
Mon Mar 18 15:48:21 +0000 2024Theme Hospital soundtrack. In both MIDI and OPL renditions:
#DOSGaming 🎶
https://youtu.be/_qROUPv-qM4?si=4NK87DSWjeGlfO0i
Mon Mar 18 15:51:35 +0000 2024Replying to @preymak
Meow
Mon Mar 18 15:56:29 +0000 2024Replying to @preymak
No. I slep.
Mon Mar 18 16:05:02 +0000 2024https://x.com/carterforva/status/1769565674022539280
Mon Mar 18 16:08:48 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic:
Mon Mar 18 16:13:51 +0000 2024Replying to @jaytholen
He's cool, but where's my main man - the blob from Lobotomy?
Mon Mar 18 16:29:12 +0000 2024I've been out of VR loop for a bit. Is PSVR still the only ready-to-go solution for watching 3D movies without a 3D tv? As in all you have to do is pop the 3D Blu-ray in.
Mon Mar 18 16:33:34 +0000 2024Replying to @stevemassart and @pripyatbeast
I don't think he designed this map, unless he was a very talented child.
Mon Mar 18 16:35:37 +0000 2024Replying to @Ecco_Storm
It's own engine. The Jedi engine.
Mon Mar 18 16:56:37 +0000 2024Replying to @Chrisfratz1
Jfc
Mon Mar 18 16:57:33 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAku
Mon Mar 18 17:09:22 +0000 2024Replying to @DiJJ897
It's not a bug, it's a feature. The designer just misjudged the height a little. It's fine.
Mon Mar 18 17:24:52 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: U see us as u want 2 see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that ea…
Mon Mar 18 17:39:34 +0000 2024RT @IGN: A veteran Star Wars: Battlefront modder has seemingly uncovered more evidence that the controversial Classic Collection used their…
Mon Mar 18 17:49:15 +0000 2024RT @RandalLinden: The actual development cable for Super FX DOOM
There are two controller connectors in the middle, one parallel port conn…
Mon Mar 18 17:55:58 +0000 2024Replying to @cefzanella and @Ecco_Storm
Actually...
https://x.com/DF21net/status/1769212930497585334?t=_1jkZUtFlchwf1PzIB2fJA&s=19
Mon Mar 18 17:59:25 +0000 2024When I was a kid I ran half a mile in a -40º weather while a state of emergency was declared in my hometown because at the end there was an entire building full of computers for me to mess around with. https://x.com/slimeguyethan/status/1768179102367039699
Mon Mar 18 18:55:08 +0000 2024Replying to @jessek
Yep. That's why I didn't bother specifying.
Mon Mar 18 19:04:27 +0000 2024Replying to @ImSpaceLover684 and @ZenoRogue
Mon Mar 18 19:27:58 +0000 2024Me when I switch to the "For You" feed
Mon Mar 18 20:46:24 +0000 2024RT @AgustinCordes: Wonderful video essay of Scratches that fans should enjoy. I had a blast reliving past times and some of its design deci…
Mon Mar 18 21:31:57 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
👆 Somebody get this man some Ecstasy, please.
Mon Mar 18 21:41:12 +0000 2024Replying to @yestinj
My condolences
Mon Mar 18 22:24:54 +0000 2024Replying to @ChaiBiskutBhai
These screenshots are from the 1999 remake. This is what the original looked like:
Mon Mar 18 23:05:35 +0000 2024Replying to @dondepre and @kr3at0r
👆 This screenshot is from the 1999 remake.
👇 This is the original.
Mon Mar 18 23:06:22 +0000 2024Replying to @Philou_X8 and @Ian_Fisch
If you just do a simple search, there are plenty of examples of portal trickery in modern engines. It's not that complex. I did not, however, consider that included tools might not be very suitable for that purpose, something I could see being an issue.
https://x.com/anarchyarcade/status/1769699380582330718
Tue Mar 19 00:17:46 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAku
It is a fairly well known easter egg from the original game. It's there just for fun.
Tue Mar 19 00:33:04 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAku
That's what I was talking about. 😅
Tue Mar 19 00:39:00 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAku
3D space thing is just a byproduct of how FPS at the time handled room-over-room issue. In reality they would just secretly teleport you from one location to another which looked just like it, but connected to a different section. Here the designer probably just misjudged a bit.
Tue Mar 19 00:45:43 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyAku
No so forgotten. Last year's fantastic MyHouse.WAD pretty much uses this x1000
Tue Mar 19 00:49:04 +0000 2024Replying to @MichaelHenry870
Tue Mar 19 00:56:50 +0000 2024It's been 5 days since I saw Poor Things, and I'm still thinking about this performance every day, and quietly giggling to myself. That's how funny Ruffalo was. https://x.com/incrdibad/status/1766988212440842518
Tue Mar 19 02:17:45 +0000 2024Replying to @Roobar_Plays
That just proves my theory
Tue Mar 19 11:09:43 +0000 2024RT @nanochess: bootLogo is a small Logo interpreter that fits in a boot sector (508 bytes). Implemented commands: CLEARSCREEN, FD, BK, RT,…
Tue Mar 19 11:14:32 +0000 2024Replying to @KBakilla and @Gormogons
Millennials are fucking 40, and grew up with MS-DOS. Let's see you network MS-DOS to send an email though.
Tue Mar 19 12:01:05 +0000 2024Millennials are fucking 40, and grew up with MS-DOS. Let's see you network MS-DOS to send an email though.
Tue Mar 19 12:02:44 +0000 2024Replying to @pallendromeda
😂
Tue Mar 19 12:26:46 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
(The last part was addressed to the author of the original tweet. But do feel free to share your DOS networking stories.)
Tue Mar 19 13:23:35 +0000 2024Replying to @basedtweetsonly and @The_PunKing
I feel like modern usage of "boomer" arose as a response to older people calling every young person a millennial.
Tue Mar 19 13:27:47 +0000 2024Replying to @JasonCo76584874 and @AlanWithTea
Boomer is being used ironically though. Ok, boomer is the same as ok, grandpa.
Tue Mar 19 13:49:06 +0000 2024Where are my MS-DOS millennials at? Let @Penguin_Pete know! 😄 https://x.com/Penguin_Pete/status/1770098566561730602
Tue Mar 19 15:09:34 +0000 2024Replying to @Kamenka_exe
Ok, boomer
Tue Mar 19 15:12:36 +0000 2024Replying to @Penguin_Pete
So? What would I be using when I was 8? Windows 2? Please.
Tue Mar 19 15:13:33 +0000 2024Replying to @Penguin_Pete
I mean, right back at ya? 🤷
Tue Mar 19 15:17:27 +0000 2024Replying to @Penguin_Pete and @TheDazzlingOne
Yes, when Windows 95 came out & everyone magically got a machine with it & the internet. That is exactly how it worked. Got it.
Tue Mar 19 15:18:41 +0000 2024Replying to @BuddOfCourse and @axfnapps
Actually DOOM has built in IPX game starter in its setup program. It's pretty easy if you already had a local network going
Tue Mar 19 15:22:34 +0000 2024Replying to @BuddOfCourse and @axfnapps
Oh, and modem too. It has a little field for you to put the number in
Tue Mar 19 15:23:08 +0000 2024Replying to @Penguin_Pete and @Doogie2K
I've networked MS-DOS and dialed BBSes at the age of 9. 🤷
Tue Mar 19 15:24:15 +0000 2024Replying to @Penguin_Pete and @Doogie2K
.... What did you mean I made it up? How did you arrive to this conclusion? Is this is quality of the so-called writing one can expect from the "writer of stuff"? That might explain a few thing, honestly.
Tue Mar 19 15:30:49 +0000 2024Replying to @Penguin_Pete
I'm wrote an intro to a book about boot sector programming. Why is this a dick measuring contest now?
Tue Mar 19 15:42:43 +0000 2024Replying to @Penguin_Pete
I love you too, honey
Tue Mar 19 15:47:04 +0000 2024Replying to @Penguin_Pete
Ah, I'm a bigot now. Nice.
Tue Mar 19 15:48:23 +0000 2024Replying to @thimker_ and @Penguin_Pete
My intention was never to start some kind of generational flamewar, but rather to show that millennials aren't "young". 40 year olds aren't young, and to say that millennials don't know how to use MS-DOS is pretty ignorant. Generally dislike when people come down on "kids today".
Tue Mar 19 16:01:28 +0000 2024Replying to @thimker_ and @Penguin_Pete
I'm being pretty nice. Unlike Pete here I didn't call anyone snot nosed or bigots.
Tue Mar 19 16:07:43 +0000 2024Replying to @JohnHaugeland and @Kamenka_exe
Brosky, I'm an American citizen living in America. I'm not in Ukraine and did not, in fact, have anything to do with Navalny's murder.
Tue Mar 19 16:23:20 +0000 2024Replying to @TheGameFreek
Kids are kids. You were a kid once, and I guarantee some adults said the same shit about your generation. Don't be that guy.
Tue Mar 19 16:41:39 +0000 2024Jeez, Twitter.
Tue Mar 19 16:42:30 +0000 2024Replying to @devops_is_life
You're talking to a millennial
Tue Mar 19 16:58:15 +0000 2024Replying to @Tiritiribobiri
Indeed
Tue Mar 19 17:01:51 +0000 2024Replying to @pdxdrunk1 and @AlanWithTea
I was born in the USSR. That hasn't even existed for 30+ years.
Tue Mar 19 17:09:15 +0000 2024Replying to @bai0
I feel like I already filled that quota a couple of hours ago.
Tue Mar 19 17:13:57 +0000 2024Replying to @JohnHaugeland and @Kamenka_exe
Love you too, bud
Tue Mar 19 17:27:27 +0000 2024Anyway, how's your DOS life?
Tue Mar 19 17:35:37 +0000 2024I just realized that this year is gonna be 30 years since the last stand-alone version of MS-DOS read released, and also 30 years since FreeDOS was started. 😧
Tue Mar 19 17:38:34 +0000 2024Replying to @drewwagar
That's a very correct assumption, which is why I think this person is full of shit.
Tue Mar 19 17:39:30 +0000 2024Replying to @lurkerkat and @mmcgrath42
Holy shit, which country is this? Nearly a *quarter* of households with computers in 1993 is *insanely good*. Now that I've seen it, I'm shocked. 1 in 4 is, in fact, totally normal.
Tue Mar 19 17:46:18 +0000 2024Replying to @PhilBennett3D
Is it too late for me to tell you that for DOOM and Retaliator you could accomplished the same result with a single null-modem cable? 😧
Tue Mar 19 17:56:20 +0000 2024Replying to @lurkerkat and @mmcgrath42
Yeah, not let's look up the chart were Macs that were x3 more expensive than already expensive pcs
Tue Mar 19 18:18:53 +0000 2024Replying to @Kamenka_exe and @JohnHaugeland
Just dudes being dudes. ❤
Tue Mar 19 18:27:39 +0000 2024Spare him, my Lord Raiden! American life has enfeebled his mind. Too much television.
Tue Mar 19 18:39:26 +0000 2024Replying to @pagb666
I have very complicated feelings about this
Tue Mar 19 18:53:54 +0000 2024Replying to @JustCliff_
Trust me, you don't want to be 40.
Tue Mar 19 19:03:55 +0000 2024Replying to @Unimportitis
You don't really have to be using them now either. Free yourself before it's too late!
Tue Mar 19 19:21:50 +0000 2024Replying to @devops_is_life
Have you touched MS-DOS though?
Tue Mar 19 19:22:28 +0000 2024Replying to @candle340 and @dgbretrogames
I'll do you one better: most *people* didn't use DOS to send emails. With an exception of a few very select groups people who claim this are full of shit. Hence my original statement.
Tue Mar 19 19:43:44 +0000 2024Replying to @MakJoris
Tue Mar 19 19:49:09 +0000 2024Replying to @KQscholar
Kiss babby
Tue Mar 19 20:09:04 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: In the night, in my dreams
I'm in love with you, cause you talk to me like lovers do
I feel joy, I feel pain, cause it's…
Tue Mar 19 20:33:49 +0000 2024Replying to @devops_is_life, @Doctors__TARDIS and @jamesmcconville
Ah, so you can't count after all.
Tue Mar 19 20:40:21 +0000 2024Replying to @devops_is_life, @LudusAurea and @jamesmcconville
Dude, if you were born in 1983, you'd graduate high school in 2001. I know it might be difficult, but you can count slowly & use your fingers to do the math.
Tue Mar 19 20:43:50 +0000 2024Replying to @devops_is_life, @Doctors__TARDIS and @jamesmcconville
Yeah, there's a split there. That's why 1980 is considered Gen X.
Tue Mar 19 20:47:04 +0000 2024Replying to @lurkerkat and @mmcgrath42
I don't deal with absolutes, but I've been doing what I'm doing for 15 years, and I know what my demographics are, so I deal with millennials who know DOS literally every day of my life.
Tue Mar 19 20:57:47 +0000 2024Replying to @_crimedog
Is this what I get for defending my fellow millennials?
Tue Mar 19 21:47:42 +0000 2024Replying to @MaxBlanckSPQR
- Older millennials see familiar with DOS.
- I'd like to see that person send an email using DOS.
The point being that person is full of shit.
Tue Mar 19 22:55:57 +0000 2024Replying to @_crimedog
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_flash
Tue Mar 19 22:57:07 +0000 2024Replying to @CrasVox
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1770143069293179115?t=EoNckWokjZElhgwRwnqAcQ&s=19
Tue Mar 19 22:59:15 +0000 2024Replying to @Zio_Name
Well, there would be a bunch of things involved before you could even get to the telnet part. 😉
Tue Mar 19 23:18:19 +0000 2024Replying to @andrew_sears
Probably the same way I know that if you're playing a networked game of DOOM on Novell and some guy decides to print something on the network printer, all DOOM clients will hang.
Tue Mar 19 23:23:13 +0000 2024Out of all classic FPS games Quake is my favorite to watch speedruns of. Something about Quake's movement makes them very exhilarating. This is cool.
https://youtu.be/9DnYVtuRnGU?si=7aSjdESKQJkw0OyR
Tue Mar 19 23:42:13 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
The first Quake speedrun I saw was in 1999 when I discovered QRDQ on a magazine coverdisc. I was astonished.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/804058673249132545
Tue Mar 19 23:45:23 +0000 2024Replying to @RemyDontSleep
Wed Mar 20 00:02:44 +0000 2024A video review of the original Fallout game by @Lawnie10:
https://youtu.be/gcwPRhU5l9k
Wed Mar 20 00:03:02 +0000 2024Replying to @ConanTheLeader
DOS was that brief moment between BIOS boot & Windows 98 loading screen appearing.
Wed Mar 20 00:11:43 +0000 2024Replying to @samstod and @drewwagar
Yes, if you're a younger millennial, you've probably avoided the DOS era altogether, even with its fairly long tail. But I feel like even they could figure it out since they'd still have a general idea of how OSes work, having still learned on a Windows 9x.
Wed Mar 20 00:17:32 +0000 2024Replying to @samstod and @drewwagar
Now, a grown adult (Zoomer) told me recently they didn't know what either a directory or a folder was, and that was pretty terrifying. But I still don't blame them. It's a failure of education as well as phones & modern OSes endless obfuscating everything.
Wed Mar 20 00:18:57 +0000 2024Replying to @p1gl33t
I might even have one boxed right by me
Wed Mar 20 00:21:52 +0000 2024Replying to @maxlords
Exactly. That guy was full of shit.
Wed Mar 20 00:22:54 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
My god
https://youtu.be/vGYolaCaa78
Wed Mar 20 00:47:41 +0000 2024Replying to @ApolloSerenus and @ConanTheLeader
That is fair to say about Windows 1 - 3.x, but that's not the case with Windows 9X. It's a common misconception. In Windows 9x DOS is used as a bootloader to start, but after Windows' kernel takes over, original DOS is unloaded, & afterwards Win kernel takes care of 16 bit stuff
Wed Mar 20 00:49:35 +0000 2024Replying to @Zeebor15
I'm sure there's a Twitter client for DOS. There has to be.
Wed Mar 20 00:50:31 +0000 2024Replying to @ApolloSerenus and @ConanTheLeader
Not unless we also count previous incarnations of NT.
Wed Mar 20 00:58:53 +0000 2024Replying to @bronxbaumer
This is technically GeOS
Wed Mar 20 02:06:51 +0000 2024Replying to @jedocallblue
Gen Z is not millennials
Wed Mar 20 02:09:25 +0000 2024Replying to @ChrisPo70954821
Yes, as soon as Windows 3.1 appeared there was no need for DOS anymore, and all computers instantly got upgraded. What a time.
Wed Mar 20 02:19:39 +0000 2024Replying to @ChrisPo70954821
If a kid played PC games in the pre-Win 95 era, they weren't playing them in Windows 3.1, that's for sure.
Wed Mar 20 02:25:16 +0000 2024Replying to @ChrisPo70954821
First millennial would be 10 in 1991
Wed Mar 20 02:37:36 +0000 2024Replying to @chris_novelty
Wed Mar 20 02:50:43 +0000 2024Replying to @ChrisPo70954821
And now feel free to explore the replies to see millennial testimonies of DOS usage
Wed Mar 20 02:53:53 +0000 2024Replying to @ChrisPo70954821
Alright. 🤷 I'm glad we figured this out. 👍
Wed Mar 20 03:09:30 +0000 2024Replying to @ChrisPo70954821
You've been MILLENNIALED.
Wed Mar 20 03:13:42 +0000 2024Damn. Freeway is a better movie than I remember.
Wed Mar 20 04:06:40 +0000 2024Replying to @ChrisPo70954821 and @Dayglowred
This is actually my area of expertise, so I'm here to tell you that there were hundreds of DOS games released in the year 2000. They were mostly shareware/freeware downloadable games, but they were definitely DOS games.
Wed Mar 20 11:39:24 +0000 2024Replying to @TurboJJones
A person born in 1984 would be still be in school at the turn of the millennium. So just like that.
Wed Mar 20 11:42:42 +0000 2024Replying to @ChrisPo70954821 and @Dayglowred
Idk what you want. You asked a question, I answered it. Not a fan of constant goalpoast moving, tbh.
Wed Mar 20 11:50:26 +0000 2024Replying to @Arklytte
Yes, as soon as Windows was released there was no need for DOS anymore, and all PCs got automatically upgraded. Got it. What a time.
Wed Mar 20 11:56:01 +0000 2024Replying to @archive_keeper
I have a ZX Spectrum 5 feet away from me right now.
Wed Mar 20 11:57:14 +0000 2024Possibly a hot take:
Freeway would have been more interesting if it didn't reveal that it was Little Red Riding Hood before the movie even began. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1770300903280558329
Wed Mar 20 12:55:50 +0000 2024RT @Bhaal_Spawn: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) is now as old as Pool of Radiance (1988) was when Oblivion was released. https://t.c…
Wed Mar 20 15:18:38 +0000 2024Replying to @GrundislavGames
Come on. It's not *that* long.
Wed Mar 20 15:19:33 +0000 2024RT @caboken: Here's a strange bit of long-forgotten computer industry trivia....
Roberta and I were watching an old movie on TV last night…
Wed Mar 20 15:21:29 +0000 2024RT @BobbyBlackwolf: When I was in sixth grade, I "won" a contest on the original Prodigy service for the game CEO. I figured out how to gam…
Wed Mar 20 15:51:36 +0000 2024Replying to @TimBurtonDaily
There will be 100 names under the effects houses credits, but the press releases will still be like "no CGI here."
Wed Mar 20 17:29:14 +0000 2024Replying to @xNymia
But... that *is* what I was saying.
Wed Mar 20 22:40:57 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Remember
Wed Mar 20 23:29:43 +0000 2024Replying to @pegasi51b, @MaryMartis4 and @wideawake_media
She did not work for IBM.
Wed Mar 20 23:37:36 +0000 2024Replying to @pz9000
Trust me, I know it's possible. I'm posing that the guy who said it wouldn't know how to do it himself though.
Wed Mar 20 23:47:22 +0000 2024RT @fpalazzolo: 30 years ago next week, way back in 1994, I released my first piece of code on the internet. There was a new game called D…
Wed Mar 20 23:48:11 +0000 2024Replying to @Hamdi33727935 and @mjkhanga
Correct, but he didn't write MS-DOS. He bought MS-DOS later on. When he dropped out him and Paul Allen were making Basic interpreter for the Altair.
Wed Mar 20 23:49:28 +0000 2024RT @voxel: Updated my #msdos game jam entry from a couple of years ago to fix a crash, now you have no excuse not to minesweep floppy disks…
Wed Mar 20 23:53:06 +0000 2024Replying to @ThePlainMain
What was the game?
Wed Mar 20 23:54:37 +0000 2024Blackstar: Agent of Justice (Worwyk Software, 1995) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Mar 21 00:28:12 +0000 2024Replying to @TrekGamer86
Which part is confusing you?
Thu Mar 21 00:42:28 +0000 2024 Thu Mar 21 02:46:01 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Grab a Don't Forget to Register Guy t-shirt here:
https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/14765404-register-shareware-guy
Thu Mar 21 02:49:06 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: My cool painting for the PC game Spaceward Ho 1993
#illustration #popculture #boxart #retrogames #spacewardho https://…
Thu Mar 21 12:23:32 +0000 2024Replying to @gordoslair
I spent a chunk of my childhood with house. Tbh, they weren't particularly great.
Thu Mar 21 13:04:19 +0000 2024https://x.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1770602493698883632
Thu Mar 21 14:24:02 +0000 2024Replying to @JikissGamer
Asking questions like this on Twitter is pretty much useless because this is what happens 100% of the time. I only do this sort of thing on Mastodon where it seems to work out a lot better.
Thu Mar 21 14:33:12 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: When scrolling through a social media feed...
Thu Mar 21 14:42:01 +0000 2024I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken MIDIs
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Thu Mar 21 16:00:52 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112134475300976299
Thu Mar 21 16:01:06 +0000 2024Replying to @pegasi51b, @MaryMartis4 and @wideawake_media
It's not my opinion, but a very easily verifiable fact. Your refusal to acknowledge it means you are detaching from this reality that both of us happen to inhabit.
Thu Mar 21 16:30:25 +0000 2024Replying to @pegasi51b, @MaryMartis4 and @wideawake_media
Wait. Nevermid. "Hitler was a Marxist"??? Yeah, friend. You're either existing in a different reality, or just a complete moron. Ta-ta.
https://x.com/pegasi51b/status/1770844471522963912
Thu Mar 21 16:35:51 +0000 2024Little bitch. Go find a pit to fall into.
Thu Mar 21 17:23:34 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
This bit was more challenging than fighting Boba Fett
Thu Mar 21 17:28:29 +0000 2024The fact that in 2 days not a single website suggested anything about the new Alone in the Dark to me based on all the freaking data they have collected just proves how unreliable targeting algorithms are.
Thu Mar 21 18:03:49 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
So much so that I didn't even know it got released yesterday. Otherwise I'd be tweeting about the old AitD games the entire day.
Thu Mar 21 18:05:14 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: I'm disappointed in this casting. David Harbour looks nothing like this guy https://t.co/mWVHQ6ejzK
Thu Mar 21 18:05:34 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Apparently paying an extra $3 will let you play with retro-style models.
Thu Mar 21 18:53:12 +0000 2024Tom Rolander, the first DRI employee, recalls the events of *that* meeting between Gary Kildall and IBM for which he was personally present:
Thu Mar 21 19:46:27 +0000 2024Replying to @Bruceflix1
Yep
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1310410/Alone_in_the_Dark/
Thu Mar 21 22:55:13 +0000 2024Replying to @maxlords
Yep
Fri Mar 22 00:04:33 +0000 2024
Fri Mar 22 00:05:41 +0000 2024Tim Burton hasn't made a good movie in 20 years, so it's a bit difficult for me to get excited about his sequel to a movie from when he still cared about stuff.
Fri Mar 22 00:22:58 +0000 2024RT @Gammitin: The Secret of Money Island running on the new Book8088 V2, VGA and Adlib mode:
Fri Mar 22 00:23:30 +0000 2024NOW
That's What I Call
DOS AESTHETIC https://x.com/HiddenAsbestos/status/1770843242935783843
Fri Mar 22 00:26:50 +0000 2024Replying to @jwestonharvey
I wish I didn't.
Fri Mar 22 00:27:06 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Listen, as usual for my skepticism, I'll be glad if I'm wrong. 🤷♂️
Fri Mar 22 00:39:04 +0000 2024Replying to @CanetheSutter
For 20 years I've been pretending Big Fish was Tim Burton's last movie. It's also very fitting.
Fri Mar 22 00:41:13 +0000 2024Replying to @AdventurersCap
Basically a prime example of why LOOM™ VGA is inferior to the original:
Fri Mar 22 00:45:55 +0000 2024I said LET'S NOT DO THIS, PLEASE. Did someone misunderstand??? https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1252666282622758912
Fri Mar 22 00:50:17 +0000 2024Replying to @syllopsium
I don't care for either.
Fri Mar 22 01:29:25 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
Better wear a space blanket. 😅
Fri Mar 22 02:43:42 +0000 2024RT @ViridianGames: Ladies and Gentlemen, version 0.0.6 of Ultima VII Revisited is out now! This version adds object drawing to the world,…
Fri Mar 22 02:46:14 +0000 2024Replying to @stupidhoroscope
I will always defend Rides Again. Fixes a lot of this issues of the original, and is a lot more pleasant to play.
Fri Mar 22 02:50:51 +0000 2024RT @stupidhoroscope: Redneck Rampage is a guilty pleasure of mine. The gameplay is dogshit, sure, but I *love* the inventiveness of the lev…
Fri Mar 22 02:51:58 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
I bet it isn't. Turn them all on and get a month's worth of radiation in an hour. ☢️
Fri Mar 22 02:53:55 +0000 2024Replying to @WWSGames
What's wrong with Big Fish?
Fri Mar 22 06:54:45 +0000 2024Replying to @robec75
You could say that, but no C64 game looked like this.
Fri Mar 22 11:35:50 +0000 2024RT @Retro_Erik: Reviewing an 8 bit ISA card witch emulates HDD, Floppy, Memory, WiFi, Mouse and POST Code. - All in one card. I even got 73…
Fri Mar 22 11:48:29 +0000 2024Replying to @LovroHerbai1
I can't stand Sweeney Todd. Big Eyes was okay, I guess, but there was absolutely nothing notable about it.
Fri Mar 22 12:50:35 +0000 2024Replying to @LovroHerbai1
I just think it's kind of poorly made. Its only concerned with sets & costumes, but the rest is a mess.
Fri Mar 22 12:56:55 +0000 2024The new Scooter album is trash. Out of 14 tracks maybe only 2 I didn't flat out hate.
Fri Mar 22 12:59:56 +0000 2024Replying to @LovroHerbai1
Songs are good, but if you've seen the show, the movie can't even pull them off because most of the cast can't actually sing.
Fri Mar 22 13:11:12 +0000 2024RT @philscomputerlb: Maybe the most important project for DOS Retro PC Gaming! Sound Blaster Emulator: https://youtu.be/K6-AlpCEqpc?si=u6XKaFbyUg5Ntznt
Fri Mar 22 13:18:17 +0000 2024Replying to @_Lovejoy_
They have been putting out albums every 2 years or so. I know because I've paid for each one. I would be more impressed if it didn't feel like I'm doing that out of some weird obligation.
Fri Mar 22 13:19:38 +0000 2024Replying to @_Lovejoy_
EVERYTHING I DO IS A CHILDHOOD TAX FROM THE 90S
Fri Mar 22 13:27:14 +0000 2024Replying to @robec75
I actually had no idea there was a C64 version of Fighter Bomber. Looked at it, and yeah, it's definitely pushing into this sort of territory. But I'd still say that's more of an exception. Very impressive though, even if it runs at like 2 fps.
Fri Mar 22 13:57:07 +0000 2024Ok, who moved the full screen button in the YouTube app? I want that motherfucker's name! 😠
Fri Mar 22 15:03:29 +0000 2024Replying to @tedtropy
Oh, absolutely. Every moment he's on screen is pure gold.
Fri Mar 22 15:47:29 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: You never know when the inspiration to become an indie game developer can strike you
Fri Mar 22 15:56:53 +0000 2024RT @agAitcheson: Really interesting talk from @GameHistoryOrg at @MAGFest about the state of game preservation today. I can recommend givin…
Fri Mar 22 16:42:51 +0000 2024🎶
BOOM
BOOM
BOOM
BOOM
I want a port of DOOM 🎶
Fri Mar 22 16:59:00 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Look at this photograph
Every time I do, it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red?
And what the hell is on Joey's he…
Fri Mar 22 19:30:22 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
What is really demonstrates is what pre-Another World Eric Chahi was capable of with just 16 colors
Fri Mar 22 19:50:41 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Winamp. It really whips the llama's ass. 🦙
(Winamp v2.0, Windows 9x, Sep 8 1998)
Fri Mar 22 20:33:42 +0000 2024Replying to @pegasi51b, @MaryMartis4 and @wideawake_media
Amazing
Fri Mar 22 22:36:20 +0000 2024Replying to @afrocosmist
Sat Mar 23 02:16:59 +0000 2024RT @Bhaal_Spawn: Can someone please explain how we are meant to play new video games when there are thousands of old video games to play????
Sat Mar 23 02:32:38 +0000 2024RT @FrancoiseGamma: FANTAVISION for MS-DOS (1988) Sample animation (3)
Sat Mar 23 13:58:06 +0000 2024RT @RetroTechChris: My Tandy 1000 keyboard arrived today! It's a beaut!!! Did some light cleaning and it looks really good. Testing check…
Sat Mar 23 15:45:28 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: #NotDOS, but WOW
Sat Mar 23 17:07:52 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: TurboTax Personal/1040 HeadStart v9.0 (MS-DOS, 1991)
Sat Mar 23 18:08:20 +0000 2024
Sun Mar 24 01:12:57 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Sun Mar 24 01:31:54 +0000 2024Good night. 💤
Sun Mar 24 02:35:00 +0000 2024Replying to @SFBA4ever, @TerryWh65740260 and @SwannMarcus89
The wording of this is a bit unfortunate. The film was released in its only very much uncensored form in 1985, but it took 7 years to get the screenplay approved for the production.
Sun Mar 24 12:28:34 +0000 2024RT @OldManThatGames: Boot up porn , amstrad 1512 with original hardcard still going
Sun Mar 24 13:14:23 +0000 202440 years ago today...
Sun Mar 24 14:12:53 +0000 2024A thing about Phantasmagoria is that despite being on SEVEN CDs, the game's total data is only 2.1 gigabytes because of how much overlap there is between discs 1 - 6.
For a comparison Gabriel Knight 2's 6 discs are 3.1 gb
and much technically improved sequel is 2.2 gb on 5 CDs. https://x.com/AdventurersCap/status/1771535756038643720
Sun Mar 24 14:27:31 +0000 2024Replying to @tomerg
Sun Mar 24 14:38:32 +0000 2024I got tired of waiting for a patch, and finished Dark Forces Remaster anyway. 🤷♂️
Sun Mar 24 16:39:19 +0000 2024Replying to @Bhaal_Spawn
Remember, guys: always show up to a date with 300 ccs of thorazine
Sun Mar 24 17:51:23 +0000 2024Replying to @Nycteris and @scottmonaghan
https://www.bryanbraun.com/after-dark-css/all/flying-toasters.html
Sun Mar 24 17:55:48 +0000 2024Replying to @Bhaal_Spawn
It's best not to think about Ghostbusters too seriously, or try to deconstruct it. This is the reason why there's only one good Ghostbusters movie.
Sun Mar 24 19:01:14 +0000 2024Replying to @Bhaal_Spawn
Well, at least I paid to see it. Which is more than most people who bitched about it at the time could say. But I think the less I say about it at this point the better.
Sun Mar 24 19:04:34 +0000 2024Finally a review of Bart's House of Weirdness that doesn't immediately write it off as the worst thing ever. 👍 #DOSGaming
https://youtu.be/XQ8OtR0fJiA
Sun Mar 24 20:45:38 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
It's "improvement" was actually a trade off. Which is why you can have pretty great quality sound out of a Covox, if you have the CPU power, but not the DSS
https://youtu.be/yEwpZDbKSQM
Sun Mar 24 20:51:05 +0000 2024Replying to @S1R1L
It has a few annoying bugs, but it is very playable and obviously completable.
Sun Mar 24 21:16:22 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
Exactly the same as in DSS, because both its sfx player code & quality of the samples don't account for anything better. Also the game doesn't support Covox out of the box, you need to run a tsr that enables it.
Sun Mar 24 21:49:42 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
Ok, the buffer doesn't make the game sound better, it's just makes it easier to program. HOWEVER, the buffer also forces the device to a certain rate. On DSS you cannot physically produce sound at a rater different from 8Khz. On Covox you can do *whatever* as long as (cont.)
Sun Mar 24 22:02:05 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
... the CPU allows it. Like you've seen me play a 44Khz MP3 on my Pentium 2 in that video. Games are, however, on a case by case basis. But most games don't support both devices anyway. Plus Covox design is easily cloneable, hence devices with better components than original.
Sun Mar 24 22:04:23 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
Oh, it's definitely great to have. I've got both a DSS and an original Covox. And 3 Covox clones too. 😅 I should probably finish the video I got all them for 6 years ago.
Sun Mar 24 22:05:43 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
Here's a crazy Covox thing you can do if you have lots of RAM (at least 6 mb) and a fast CPU - play MIDI files mixed in real time!
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1632497479831769090
Sun Mar 24 22:08:38 +0000 2024Replying to @TehMafiaJoe2
Here. Didn't test it, but should work. Try at your own risk.
https://archive.org/details/3d-maze
Mon Mar 25 01:23:10 +0000 2024
Mon Mar 25 01:26:30 +0000 2024RT @corpsepile: Was doing some research and went down the "90's educational games" rabbit hole. Here's a few of my favorites that I remembe…
Mon Mar 25 03:53:31 +0000 2024Replying to @frankoz95967943, @WSC0_X and @davepl1968
I literally do this every day. It's fine.
Mon Mar 25 13:35:09 +0000 2024Command & Conquer Remastered is on sale for $6.99
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1213210/Command__Conquer_Remastered_Collection/
Mon Mar 25 14:45:14 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: "It's 19 minutes after the hour, and now it's time for our daily feature The Astrological Report..." https://t.co/bB3LhEc…
Mon Mar 25 15:10:22 +0000 2024RT @chris_jh: i had an amiga 1000 for 5 seconds
Mon Mar 25 15:29:46 +0000 2024Is being unemployed in Greenland really all that bad? 🤔
Mon Mar 25 16:47:00 +0000 2024RT @66mhzBrain: More or less recreated the setup I had in 1989. 16mhz olivetti pcs286, though this has 4mb, I had 2 back then, 8 bit sb2 cl…
Mon Mar 25 16:49:25 +0000 2024Replying to @CodeRed_dev and @KhlofiBeats
I too would like to think that Genesis games were 20 years ago. 😥
Mon Mar 25 17:18:46 +0000 2024RT @stenagovorit:
Mon Mar 25 17:19:59 +0000 2024TIL that Windows had a software reset button all along https://x.com/wowstartsnow/status/1771960548181029265
Mon Mar 25 17:35:39 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: I have just learned that Windows has a built-in LinkedIn keyboard shortcut that is CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+WIN+L, and now I'm just…
Mon Mar 25 17:40:10 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Witchwood, a cancelled Team 17 game. #DOSGaming
Mon Mar 25 22:53:39 +0000 2024Replying to @NYVintageMicros
A playable demo, where these screenshots came from, is out there:
http://kultcds.com/Games/index.php?page=game&game=59
Mon Mar 25 23:08:23 +0000 2024Replying to @WorldGoneKrazy
He actually started his career by writing a Basic interpreter for the Altrair together with Paul Allen, 6 years before DOS became a thing.
Mon Mar 25 23:17:34 +0000 2024RT @ClassicGameSess: The Terminator / 1991 / DOS
Bethesda Softworks
#terminator #dosgaming #retrogaming #cibsunday
Mon Mar 25 23:18:38 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is TORN.MID
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI https:/…
Mon Mar 25 23:27:40 +0000 2024Tamriel Holiday Calendar with manual corrections from the first edition of Arena.
Happy birthday, The Elder Scrolls! 🎉🎂🍾🥂💾
#DOSGaming
Tue Mar 26 01:05:42 +0000 2024RT @MsDOSClub: ¿Quieres hacer un juego para MS-DOS?
¿Tienes la espinita de acabar ese juego que emezaste en los 90?
Aprovecha y presénta…
Tue Mar 26 02:43:51 +0000 2024RT @gnomeslair: PC Gamer is celebrating 30 years of Elder Scrolls RPGing, and those celebrations do include all the (old & new) TES reviews…
Tue Mar 26 11:35:30 +0000 2024RT @tonywarriner: Who remembers this one??
Tue Mar 26 11:47:42 +0000 2024Beat the rush! Go out and buy LOOM™ today!
Tue Mar 26 13:17:23 +0000 2024And that's how your end up with this shit https://x.com/Yoh31/status/1772642917204561980
Tue Mar 26 15:49:26 +0000 2024Replying to @Yoh31
I *bet* many engineers begged not to do that, but all of them just got yelled at.
Tue Mar 26 15:51:31 +0000 2024Replying to @ghauraghaura
I mean quite obviously it was intentional. Intentional decisions can very much be garbage.
Tue Mar 26 15:56:43 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Differences between Jobs and Gates:
Gates...
- actually directly participated in developing his company's earliest products
- yelled at his employees a bit less
- believes in medical science and is therefore...
- alive
That's about it, really. 🤷
Tue Mar 26 16:15:08 +0000 2024Replying to @AlyxxTheRat
Idk if this was ever officially confirmed, but there's a theory that it was done for charging issues, and because Steve hated the idea of permanently plugging in his wireless mouse
https://x.com/ghauraghaura/status/1772653462032945448?t=KBlhFZ3_wDQgxyK3v3TwKQ&s=19
Tue Mar 26 16:20:55 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Someone at Microsoft wrote THREE artillery games in 1990:
QuickBasic Castles/Catapult
from MS-DOS 5 betas
Micro…
Tue Mar 26 19:58:56 +0000 2024Replying to @elnikoman
There kind of are. Including a slew of modern Basic interpreters.
Tue Mar 26 20:17:04 +0000 2024Replying to @SVKaiser
Pie in the Sky 3D Game Creation System is back???
Tue Mar 26 21:31:16 +0000 2024Space Pirates (American Laser Games, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay
Tue Mar 26 23:54:32 +0000 2024Replying to @Flashn00b
A mouse
Wed Mar 27 01:19:25 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Sokoban.bat (2008) by Aleksej Borisov
A text mode Sokoban clone in a Windows batch file
Wed Mar 27 02:00:06 +0000 2024Replying to @siliconundergro, @NYVintageMicros and @geekenspiel
He's a co-host of a very popular podcast where they complain hope woke everything is.
Wed Mar 27 03:17:30 +0000 2024As much as I enjoy immersive sims, all of this just looks way too familiar to be exciting https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1772662167629680819
Wed Mar 27 03:23:47 +0000 2024Replying to @gmzanatta
oh please 😂
Wed Mar 27 11:45:50 +0000 2024Replying to @gmzanatta
That's not the part I disagree with
Wed Mar 27 12:49:27 +0000 2024It's hilarious that some people think that just because I have an MS-DOS-centered account I would be insulted if I heard something negative about Bill Gates or Microsoft. 😂 Guys, please. I'm the first one to agree with you!
Wed Mar 27 12:56:57 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
In fact, more "platform" fans should consider this approach. Looking at you, PlayStation and Nintendo kids.
Wed Mar 27 12:57:58 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
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Wed Mar 27 12:59:12 +0000 2024Replying to @MargaretHa69893
I DID, AND I FOUND NOTHING PARTICULARLY CRAZY, MARGARET
Wed Mar 27 13:16:30 +0000 2024Catch-22? Pfft. Wake up up when it's catch-69!
Wed Mar 27 15:07:55 +0000 2024Replying to @THEBaratusII
😂
Wed Mar 27 15:12:28 +0000 2024RT @kasamikona: Sorta announcement coming soon maybe: the Casio Loopy emulator LoopyMSE is getting mostly-functional sound emulation! Based…
Wed Mar 27 17:16:31 +0000 2024🎵 All we are saying is give DOS a chance 🎵
Wed Mar 27 17:43:11 +0000 2024Replying to @alexandersibert
TR-DOS, obviously
Wed Mar 27 17:46:25 +0000 2024RT @davepl1968: This is me at Microsoft in 1994, posing with the dollar bill I won in a bet over the Windows 95 shell.
I was working with…
Wed Mar 27 18:18:19 +0000 2024RT @NYVintageMicros: 1998 was a great year for half-baked technology, like this body-worn PC called the Xybernaut 133P. It only cost $6,495…
Wed Mar 27 19:29:47 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Eyewitness Virtual Reality: Cat (Windows 9x, 1996) #NotDOS
Wed Mar 27 19:40:22 +0000 2024First in the series of Czech adventure games is now on Steam, and in English:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2762710/Polda/ https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1517652197152104449
Wed Mar 27 20:59:46 +0000 2024Commemorate Senator Joe Lieberman's passing by playing 2 out of 3 games he named in his hearings, on DOS: Mortal Kombat & Night Trap.
"We're talking about video games that glorify violence and teach children to enjoy inflicting the most gruesome forms of cruelty imaginable."
Wed Mar 27 23:16:31 +0000 2024Oh, Howard Lincoln absolutely used this opportunity to take a shot at a competitor. I always think of the bit where he goes look, our gun is obviously a toy, but Sega's gun looks like a real weapon. https://x.com/primarylupine/status/1773128667771621455
Wed Mar 27 23:26:08 +0000 2024RT @gifs_bot:
Thu Mar 28 00:24:37 +0000 2024Vince, blink twice if you've been taken hostage. https://x.com/RWSstudios/status/1773152509898432730
Thu Mar 28 02:33:10 +0000 2024RT @gnomeslair: 10 facts you and I both didn't know about the Star Wars: X-Wing series (by Bryant Francis) https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/10-things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-star-wars-x-wing-series https://…
Thu Mar 28 13:59:09 +0000 2024RT @oerg866: MORE BIOS HACKING INSIGHTS:
I decided the BIOS must be prettier! I reverse engineered how the string printing code works, whe…
Thu Mar 28 14:05:19 +0000 2024RT @Gammitin: One of my all time favourite simulation games, Theme Hospital was released 27 years ago today (yes, 27 years ago!), on 28th M…
Thu Mar 28 14:08:33 +0000 2024Replying to @NothingPhoneX
Industrial machinery and other legacy stuff. 🤷♂️
Thu Mar 28 14:54:09 +0000 2024RT @deadl0ck_eire: Very nice collection of DOS games for MiSTer here - all ready to run directly and each game in its own sandbox - they ad…
Thu Mar 28 14:56:57 +0000 2024RoboMaze II: The Lobby (Wetware/MVP Software, 1991) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Mar 28 16:00:10 +0000 2024Pocket 386, a follow up to Hand 386 and Book 8088, is now available on Aliexpress:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805356267711.html
Thu Mar 28 16:57:44 +0000 2024Sooooo... All the Duke Nukem rights are in one place now? (Except Bobby Prince's music, obv) https://x.com/GearboxOfficial/status/1773195417653506202
Thu Mar 28 17:14:56 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
A bit, but it's workable since you get a speed boost because of flash storage
Thu Mar 28 17:15:31 +0000 2024Replying to @Hairyheadhoncho
Thu Mar 28 17:23:19 +0000 2024Replying to @Prius_Patrol and @jamesfmackenzie
Open the page. It has a 16:9/4:3 switch, and a VGA breakout port.
Thu Mar 28 17:30:31 +0000 2024Replying to @Prius_Patrol and @jamesfmackenzie
It didn't, but Hand 386 had a VGA out. The question now is it on a separately powered source in Pocket, since it wasn't in Hand, and that was an issue.
Thu Mar 28 17:32:21 +0000 2024Replying to @fusedotcore
I doubt anyone who sells on Aliexpress could pay me any amount that would affect my life. But the creator ended up sending me the two previous computers they made, so that was nice of them.
Thu Mar 28 17:41:55 +0000 2024Replying to @Flashn00b
This isn't really worth it for Win9x gaming since it's below the minimum requirements.
Thu Mar 28 17:42:44 +0000 2024Replying to @Valgar666
No. The mouse is the cursor keys and two buttons next to them.
Thu Mar 28 18:21:57 +0000 2024Didn't realize Cinemaware was sold earlier this year, and the Cinemaware Anthology was pulled from Steam
Thu Mar 28 19:19:38 +0000 2024Replying to @Flashn00b
It would be able to run anything, 16 or 32 bit, as long as it is fine with a 40Mhz SX CPU.
Thu Mar 28 19:22:07 +0000 2024TIL about JFC, either an individual or a group, who spend a lot of time converting 2D movies into 3D. Their choice of material, well, let's just say is *very* varied.
Thu Mar 28 19:37:58 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Now that's dedication. I kind of want to check a few out.
Thu Mar 28 19:46:37 +0000 2024Some
times
Some
crimes
Go slipping through the cracks
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Thu Mar 28 21:46:41 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
(Based on the song recorded by The Jets, not the animated series intro version.)
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112175510484073519
Thu Mar 28 21:47:53 +0000 2024Replying to @MatWBT
Nuked emulator for OPL3. Creative SB16 OPL MIDI drivers.
Thu Mar 28 21:57:19 +0000 2024The DOS port of The Bitmap Bros' Magic Pockets has this weird quirk:
In EGA mode the game is ugly when played on an actual EGA card, but EGA mode on a VGA card uses a new custom palette, but the colors are different from 16 colors from in actual VGA mode
EGA -> EGA on VGA -> VGA
Thu Mar 28 23:12:24 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ok, had to go check if the same thing happens in Gods, and it totally does!
EGA Gods on EGA
vs
EGA Gods on VGA
Why? 🤷♂️
#DOSGaming
Thu Mar 28 23:18:15 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
That's crazy. Someone actually put some extra effort in when seemingly none was required. Can't say I see this often.
Thu Mar 28 23:21:55 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
It probably does (same as Duke 2 or Darkseed), but still, why?
Thu Mar 28 23:31:06 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
They technically are, but not in the 320x200 mode. You can't change the palette in this mode.
Thu Mar 28 23:41:46 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
Oh, it's very easy. You literally just change the first colors of the VGA palette. But this person still needed to work out another 16 color palette, and program a function in. I mean, it's cool, but not a lot of edge cases for it tbh.
Thu Mar 28 23:43:26 +0000 2024Replying to @DeusExMachina69 and @Pixelmusement
But EGA can't do that. The support would have to be added on a VGA machine.
Thu Mar 28 23:55:32 +0000 2024
Fri Mar 29 00:59:04 +0000 2024Aha. Yes, it absolutely does. Here it is. EGA 640x350 while using custom VGA colors. https://x.com/Arantor/status/1773517408608690643
Fri Mar 29 01:19:21 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ok, mystery solved! These games are actually EGA games with custom VGA palette, just like Duke Nukem 2. Here's what happens when you pick VGA, but run it on a EGA machine:
Fri Mar 29 01:23:02 +0000 2024Replying to @Angelgreatking
No, I think it's a new design. It has a few features Hand386 didn't offer, like a 16 bit ISA breakout in addition to the 8 bit one, and a parallel port.
Fri Mar 29 02:54:37 +0000 2024Oh, cool. The Konami Code works in Tetris Effect! Used as a part of the cheat to unlock the 1984 level without meeting the special conditions.
Fri Mar 29 03:06:36 +0000 2024Replying to @hmemcpy
Yep, I remember it vividly. A lot of that translation doesn't make sense. It actually kind of sucks.
Fri Mar 29 09:57:18 +0000 2024Replying to @Harriso65402504, @a2611058 and @RetroTechDreams
The first version of MS-DOS that used a blue installer was version 5 from 1991. Norton Commander predates it by 5 years.
Fri Mar 29 10:11:37 +0000 2024Replying to @Roobar_Plays
It uses exactly the same memory. Like, exactly the same.
Fri Mar 29 10:13:58 +0000 2024RT @openbioforge: BioForge turns 29 today! 🥳 Could the upcoming 30th be the start of something new for this classic? 😉 #OpenBioForge #BioFo…
Fri Mar 29 10:26:11 +0000 2024Replying to @MitchellCo82872
This is not a retro thing, but a brand new product.
Fri Mar 29 10:32:35 +0000 2024Replying to @StudiousKuwaba1
What do you mean? MK had grey blood and no graphic fatalities on the SNES.
Fri Mar 29 11:36:50 +0000 2024Replying to @MitchellCo82872
Yes?
Fri Mar 29 12:24:52 +0000 2024Replying to @Skull3732
It has a 386 cpu.
Fri Mar 29 14:18:57 +0000 2024Replying to @Skull3732
You most certainly can. It's not gonna be very efficient, but it'll run.
Fri Mar 29 14:21:55 +0000 2024Replying to @jamtits, @zeromega64 and @Vokabre
4mb minimum
Fri Mar 29 14:28:55 +0000 2024Replying to @ZenOfDesign
Greatest Hits:
Fri Mar 29 14:45:13 +0000 2024RT @ScottApogee: Since the late 80's, Apogee has used three variations on our name, starting with Apogee Software Productions. Later we use…
Fri Mar 29 14:46:24 +0000 2024Replying to @razimus and @payphoneexhibit
After the invention of the TV most movies stated to be intended for widescreen presentation. Even when they weren't shot in anamorphic formats, they were meant to be matted for widescreen. This happened over 50 years ago.
Fri Mar 29 14:50:21 +0000 2024Replying to @NoodlesTech
I won't be getting one because I have no direct use for it. But I got a somewhat positive impression of its predecessor - the Hand386, and this one seems to offer a few improvements.
Fri Mar 29 14:52:03 +0000 2024Replying to @TWKW and @MitchellCo82872
And that's fair, but there's merit for new retro-style products as well. It's a good thing to have choices and options. I'm not gonna be buying this machine either, but it doesn't mean it won't appeal to somebody else.
Fri Mar 29 15:16:39 +0000 2024Replying to @dandouglas
Jesus Christ
Fri Mar 29 15:19:11 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Some Brandon from The Legend of Kyrandia animations #DOSGaming
Fri Mar 29 15:27:36 +0000 2024RT @qfgbook: Quest for Glory 4 wasn't my first introduction to Tarot but it definitely helped establish the ability of a Tarot deck to act…
Fri Mar 29 16:02:13 +0000 2024Replying to @StudiousKuwaba1
Only because Nintendo allowed them to.
Fri Mar 29 16:08:39 +0000 2024Replying to @StudiousKuwaba1
Today all MK games comply with the classification requirements put forth by platform owners and the territories where they are distributed. Rating systems exist for this very reason.
Fri Mar 29 16:20:59 +0000 2024Replying to @StudiousKuwaba1
How so? Australia is a territory with stricted regulations, and MK distributor is complying with laws by not making the game available. 🤷 Surely "not caving in" would mean the game made available despite the laws?
Fri Mar 29 16:29:03 +0000 2024Replying to @StudiousKuwaba1
Also Australia introduced a higher rating two years later, and MK 2011 then became available.
Fri Mar 29 16:38:34 +0000 2024Replying to @StudiousKuwaba1
I'm not arguing that your opinion is not your opinion. I'm arguing that your opinion is wrong.
Fri Mar 29 16:40:33 +0000 2024Replying to @StudiousKuwaba1
If you think that a new rating for a government regulation agency was instructed because of NetherRealm Studios, I have a bridge to sell you.
Fri Mar 29 16:42:44 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I'm so sorry. This is not what I meant.
https://x.com/GFuelEnergy/status/1773425393158013220?t=unIItNBS4F1d3gERotIt4Q&s=19
Fri Mar 29 16:55:53 +0000 2024Twitter's been regularly crapping out for a few minutes every few hours now, right? It's not just me?
Fri Mar 29 17:10:35 +0000 2024Replying to @d4rk_0men
- It has a breakout for plugging in a PS/2 mouse.
- The machine also emulates a mouse via cursor keys.
- One can control Windows 95 purely with a keyboard, if one's so inclined.
- Yes, this machine meets the absolute minimum system requirements for Windows 95.
Fri Mar 29 17:12:41 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
What about this past week?
Fri Mar 29 17:40:38 +0000 2024Yes, I *would* buy a Pong game collection.
Fri Mar 29 21:54:06 +0000 2024RT @DF21net: The Jedi engine power Dark Forces supported a more complicated lighting system for 3D objects that was sadly underutilized.
Ke…
Fri Mar 29 23:07:42 +0000 2024RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded and ready to watch! https://youtu.be/RFsHqfYc8Gg
Sat Mar 30 00:08:01 +0000 2024What's it gonna be 'cause I can't pretend?
Don't you wanna be more than friends?
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Sat Mar 30 00:48:18 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112181883180081465
Sat Mar 30 00:48:32 +0000 2024RT @mgc_inventory: :videogame: ID_0718
Wasteland (1988)
Developer : Interplay Productions, Inc.
Publisher : Electronic Arts, Inc.
Ver : US…
Sat Mar 30 01:46:58 +0000 2024Replying to @ecto_fun
Oh god, YES. They wrote a script that they thought would get them off making a sequel, but Crank made so much money on DVD Lionsgate approved the sequel without reading it. So they just went ahead & did it. It's the craziest modern studio movie there is.
Watch Crank 1 first tho
Sat Mar 30 02:16:16 +0000 2024Do you sell hubcaps for a '72 Pinto hatchback?... Ooh, Mini-Trucker Magazine!
Sat Mar 30 03:48:30 +0000 2024Replying to @LiveNudeDann
I doubt that is going to happen, but I don't think we'll have to wait all that long to find out.
Sat Mar 30 04:31:29 +0000 2024Replying to @aarkay_14
Sat Mar 30 11:37:56 +0000 2024Replying to @Bhaal_Spawn
Most likely because it's a more clearly defined rectangle.
Sat Mar 30 13:07:39 +0000 2024I don't quite understand why depopulation conspiracy theories are so popular while human population almost doubled in the last 40 years. 🤔 Like, that's not a very effective depopulation then. 🤷
Sat Mar 30 13:17:36 +0000 2024Replying to @myhiddenvalue
If Gates is so good at depopulation, why did we go from 4.5 billion people to 8 billion in the last 40 years? 🤔 Sounds like he really sucks at it then, if you ask me.
Sat Mar 30 13:28:28 +0000 2024Replying to @JeremiahGowdy
Yes. Depopulation conspiracies usually involve rich people orchestrating long term plans that result in mass death. Often there's a large overlap with anti-vax prone, since vaccines are often cited as one of the means of depopulation.
Sat Mar 30 13:56:52 +0000 2024Replying to @JeremiahGowdy
Are we concerned? It's not really a great mystery. Economic situation and future prospects aren't great for younger people, so they are not having kids. I'm not even all that young, and I don't have any children. But I don't see any governments trying to improve that.
Sat Mar 30 14:12:45 +0000 2024Replying to @miskatonicfox
Ok, so if they are degrowing the population, they aren't being too good at it.
Sat Mar 30 15:07:54 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: My cool painting and pencil drawing of Xeen’s Back!
#illustration #popculture #boxart #movieart #cloudsofxeen https://…
Sat Mar 30 17:28:27 +0000 2024RT @TheBobPony: UPDATE: THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT SUGGESTED USING THE PARALLEL PORT WRAPAROUND CONNECTOR METHOD TO REMOVE THE BIOS STARTUP…
Sat Mar 30 17:39:59 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: JFK Reloaded (Windows 9x, 2004) #NotDOS
Sat Mar 30 20:14:22 +0000 2024Replying to @joshuasmyth
Hand386 did, so I'm sure this one does as well
Sat Mar 30 21:06:48 +0000 2024Replying to @IgorHardy and @HiddenDeepGame
Do you like Sam Raimi? Time to watch Equinox (1970) then.
Sat Mar 30 21:37:05 +0000 2024Replying to @IgorHardy and @HiddenDeepGame
And just wait till you see The Hidden Fortress. 😅
Sat Mar 30 21:38:10 +0000 2024Replying to @IgorHardy and @HiddenDeepGame
No, but if you recall the book wasn't called the Necronomicon in the first film either.
Sat Mar 30 21:49:27 +0000 2024Replying to @JOliverAmos and @M_Millerman
King's Quest
Sat Mar 30 21:52:44 +0000 2024CJ's Elephant Antics (Genesis Software/The Codemasters Software Company, 1993) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sat Mar 30 23:36:13 +0000 2024Replying to @MootePoints
It was good for you. Builds character.
Sat Mar 30 23:57:03 +0000 2024RT @wolf3dnews: The main community fork for Wolf4SDL is still being updated, for the source port is still being maintained, with bugfixes a…
Sun Mar 31 13:20:05 +0000 2024Replying to @oleivarrudi
The Matrix has so many incredible effects that will last forever, but also a few incredibly poor very simple compos, and I always wondered why.
Sun Mar 31 15:04:17 +0000 2024RT @nivrig: Was X-Wing hard? I finished it, and TIE-Fighter, and all the mission packs. Some missions were tricky sure but I never felt lik…
Sun Mar 31 15:05:07 +0000 2024He has risen!
Sun Mar 31 16:10:38 +0000 2024RT @ViridianGames: So...I was considering doing an April Fool's joke about how I was refocusing the Ultima VII Revisited project into an FP…
Sun Mar 31 18:49:23 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: It's Easter Sunday, a perfect day to play some EGG-themed games! 🥚
Why not start with some British classics, the Dizzy se…
Sun Mar 31 19:22:44 +0000 2024Happy 25th, old friend. 🎂
#TheMatrix
Sun Mar 31 20:56:54 +0000 2024Every goddamn time. Get an American release of a French movie - no choice of French subtitles.
Sun Mar 31 21:12:47 +0000 2024He has also risen. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1774469362910429640
Sun Mar 31 21:22:54 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
🦙🔊🎵 #TheMatrix
Sun Mar 31 21:59:50 +0000 2024Replying to @DavidXNewton
You believe it's the year 1999
Sun Mar 31 22:32:18 +0000 2024Scrambled Eggs (Hamster Republic Productions, 2001) #DOSGameScreenADay
Mon Apr 01 00:03:22 +0000 2024Good night.
Mon Apr 01 02:39:49 +0000 2024