RT @FreddyVETELE: #PicoMEM demo
At the Ouf Party
Sat Jun 01 16:32:55 +0000 2024RT @Retroldies: The gorgeous box cover for Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny. Great collector
Sat Jun 01 16:33:54 +0000 2024RT @RussianMemesLtd: Are you okay?
Yes
Sat Jun 01 18:46:43 +0000 2024Replying to @djtrekmixn
He was arrested for running a stop sign and driving without a license.
Sat Jun 01 21:56:47 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic:
Sat Jun 01 22:55:55 +0000 2024RT @kad3t_uk: You wanna see how the last great year for DOS gaming looked like? Well, here you go, I give you 1997!
https://t.co/Tey6VwHdg…
Sat Jun 01 23:09:54 +0000 2024RT @3five9:
Sat Jun 01 23:59:30 +0000 2024RT @mattbarton: 🎮 New Video! Join me, Rebecca Heineman (programmer of Tass Times in Tonetown), and Mat Bradley-Tschirgi as we dive into thi…
Sun Jun 02 02:13:34 +0000 2024Replying to @Extralongdokkan
Sometimes your past really sneaks up on you....
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/893954655830626305?t=5M-IUDDMMsuK5uS9QPV1ag&s=19
Sun Jun 02 03:11:11 +0000 2024RT @Liretro: Volunteers wanted for the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo! Get behind-the-scenes access, meet fellow fans, and score some cool p…
Sun Jun 02 03:42:33 +0000 2024Replying to @y_molodtsov, @MrFoxGray and @Dachsjaeger
As someone who runs a lot of legacy stuff all the time, I can assure you that apps from 2014 still do not fly today.
Sun Jun 02 10:56:29 +0000 2024RT @sawaratsuki1004: WinRAR https://t.co/49ePPQK2Tx
Sun Jun 02 11:31:30 +0000 2024RT @GameResearch_E: Just over thirty years ago, Doom was making rumbles.
This article is a super interesting look into the phenomenon that…
Sun Jun 02 11:37:22 +0000 2024Replying to @imabigfailure, @Takoberu2002, @peter_pallas and @Arvydas_B
Had there been actual prints made from the 2004 master? I haven't heard of any. As far as the original, yes, it was pretty green. But don't take my word for it, here's the DP in the American Cinematographer the month the movie came out:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1792277803733238203?t=971t9SScUPAF7Lz5mAtkFw&s=19
Sun Jun 02 14:41:12 +0000 2024Replying to @imabigfailure, @Takoberu2002, @peter_pallas and @Arvydas_B
Generally, prints of films weren't made 5 years after they were originally released during the 2000s unless there was an official theatrical re-release run. That's how I know.
Sun Jun 02 15:15:27 +0000 2024Replying to @imabigfailure, @Takoberu2002, @peter_pallas and @Arvydas_B
Also, original DVD isn't green? Yes it is. Just not nearly as green as the 2004 DVD.
Sun Jun 02 15:16:04 +0000 2024Bushido (Ebenel Enterprises/Advanced Computer Products, 1983) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Jun 02 17:34:16 +0000 2024Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there, and you'll be near
And that's the deal, my dear
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Sun Jun 02 18:53:53 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112548537568857718
Sun Jun 02 18:54:04 +0000 2024Replying to @peter_pallas, @imabigfailure, @Takoberu2002 and @Arvydas_B
Yes, the 2018 4K UHD is the closest we have to the original theatrical presentation. Definitely not the 35mm scan that's going around that doesn't have any green at all in any scenes, to the point where some of the scenes look like they are completely monochrome.
Sun Jun 02 21:31:07 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: DEGAUSS
Sun Jun 02 22:13:37 +0000 2024Replying to @banditloaf
Well, that reminds me of something - I saw that someone finally put up the Bruce Campbell one online. It's literally the only thing with Bruce Campbell in it that I haven't yet seen.
Mon Jun 03 01:56:06 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyM0user and @banditloaf
The most important bit:
Mon Jun 03 02:08:25 +0000 2024Replying to @GreyM0user and @banditloaf
VHS rip here: https://archive.org/details/love-bug-97
Mon Jun 03 02:09:55 +0000 2024Replying to @banditloaf
LOL. He's great. I've met him almost a dozen times at various events at this point. Thankfully he hasn't started recognizing me yet.
Mon Jun 03 02:12:53 +0000 2024RT @gifs_bot:
Mon Jun 03 03:27:17 +0000 2024RT @gnomeslair: A (very) detailed look at the beautiful but mostly forgotten Heart of Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55etbof58zY https://t.co/qm5mg4…
Mon Jun 03 11:33:00 +0000 2024RT @cyanworlds: It’s the news you’ve been waiting for. We’re BEYOND EXCITED to announce:
Riven will be available on June 25th! 🎉
See belo…
Mon Jun 03 14:26:04 +0000 2024(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ DOS GAMES ♥
Mon Jun 03 21:43:25 +0000 2024Replying to @meksivik
Jump n' Bump, as long as you have a joystick for the 4th player.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_%27n_Bump
Tue Jun 04 00:17:24 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
I mean, you still have until Tuesday. 🤷♂️
Tue Jun 04 00:25:55 +0000 2024RT @timeextension64: In 1989, A Teenage Atari ST Dev Made One Award-Winning Game Then Vanished - What Happened? https://www.timeextension.com/features/in-1989-a-teenage-atari-st-dev-made-one-award-winning-game-then-vanished-what-happened #At…
Tue Jun 04 00:27:28 +0000 2024RT @GameHistoryOrg: Tarzan for the Atari 2600 was canceled forty years ago and considered lost, until now! For the first time ever, check o…
Tue Jun 04 00:28:23 +0000 2024RT @StasisGame: This... is... CRAZY.
https://js13kgames.com/entries/q1k3
Quake in just 13 kb.
The image in this tweet is bigger than the game. https…
Tue Jun 04 01:42:46 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Old Godzilla was hopping around
Tokyo City like a big playground
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Tue Jun 04 01:47:56 +0000 2024Replying to @campibara and @StasisGame
kkrieger is more than 7 times larger.
Tue Jun 04 01:52:12 +0000 2024Replying to @campibara and @StasisGame
My personal favorite from the same competition was this one: https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1466551349970092039
Tue Jun 04 01:53:28 +0000 2024Replying to @campibara and @StasisGame
Anyone who has actually played kkrieger can tell you that it is really fucking boring. It's good looking, but that's about it.
Tue Jun 04 02:11:48 +0000 2024Replying to @BarrigaNo
Nice. The video footage is from the 1997 Windows version though, not the original 94 DOS one.
Tue Jun 04 11:05:01 +0000 2024RT @RetroTechChris: Just saw this on Facebook Marketplace. I. Want. This. 😂
Tue Jun 04 11:55:07 +0000 2024RT @jamesfmackenzie: New Video - “I Ported Commander Keen to WebAssembly”
Watch Here : https://youtu.be/H4GlVWbB3rY?si=xV8H5NjpVs-i9iPB
Enjoy! https://t.co/lksT7Q…
Tue Jun 04 15:58:56 +0000 2024Replying to @Dawmino_Draws
Remind me, was werkzueg commercial?
Tue Jun 04 17:26:26 +0000 2024Oh, I'm on the "For You" feed again.
Tue Jun 04 17:41:52 +0000 2024Replying to @ctrl_alt_rees
Ok, how do I collect?
https://discmaster.textfiles.com/search?q=duke.mov
Tue Jun 04 19:31:55 +0000 2024Replying to @ctrl_alt_rees
I love how underwhelming these finds can be. 😄
Tue Jun 04 19:33:40 +0000 2024RT @NightdiveStudio: 🌞 It's June which means there's a fresh batch of Nightdive deals over on @GOGcom including:
Bad Mojo Redux - 75% off…
Tue Jun 04 21:55:04 +0000 2024
Wed Jun 05 00:19:52 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: In 87 Huey released this 👉 Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip To Be Squar…
Wed Jun 05 01:28:01 +0000 2024Replying to @MobyGamer
This is a tough one, but this is something that I also did in the past (maybe to a lesser degree) because I felt that these days it's easy to reference something like that and thus contaminate future historical records potentially for a very long time.
Wed Jun 05 01:50:01 +0000 2024Replying to @MobyGamer
I corrected them. They unfollowed me. Then their official company account unfollowed me. (I had no idea both were following me in the first place.) And I think they also muted me since then. But at least I know there's a record attached to their tweets with my receipts. 🤷♂️
Wed Jun 05 02:02:06 +0000 2024Replying to @MobyGamer
(I also posted a summary of what happened on a different publicly searchable social network with screenshots of originals and corrections, just in case.) Either way, I've decided I'm just a guy on the Internet. I don't really lose anything if an 80s programmer doesn't talk to me.
Wed Jun 05 02:07:07 +0000 2024Replying to @MobyGamer
I think part of my reaction was their attitude as well. Everyone makes mistakes. Memories are unreliable. I wasn't there, and they were. But they were intentionally pushing a false narrative, and I felt that I couldn't just let that one go.
Wed Jun 05 02:09:11 +0000 2024Replying to @MobyGamer
Oof. Yeah, well, this is obviously a very personal decision. Idk why you're even bothering with asking the Internet. Of course it's easy 2 say you have to do the right thing because historical records are bigger than any of us. But that can't take away from personal relationships
Wed Jun 05 02:12:21 +0000 2024RT @philscomputerlb: PicoGUS 2.0 will be in stock with Belgium's Serdaco AKA DreamBlaster shop: https://www.serdashop.com/PicoGUS
Wed Jun 05 15:12:26 +0000 2024RT @ScottApogee: Oldest known Apogee disk found! H/T to Litude for finding this in his collection. This disk is one I sent out in Dec 1990…
Wed Jun 05 15:12:55 +0000 2024RT @RichardGarriott: I drew out each frame on graph paper and hand edited those frames in in binary!
Wed Jun 05 15:13:27 +0000 2024RT @MyDoomFolder:
Wed Jun 05 15:17:44 +0000 2024RT @cgingold: __Building SimCity__ launches today w @mitpress!
✨Alan Kay: "Highly recommended!"✨
👉🏻30% off today at 🐧https://t.co/xhNSyIe…
Wed Jun 05 15:34:19 +0000 2024Get Piste! (Hungry Software, 1997) #DOSGameScreenADay
Wed Jun 05 15:54:29 +0000 2024RT @gematsu: Unless I'm mistaken, @NightdiveStudio just casually announced a remastered version of the 1995-released horror first-person sh…
Wed Jun 05 19:50:55 +0000 2024Replying to @The_Khvostik
Well what?
Wed Jun 05 21:12:27 +0000 2024In a terrible mood. Send recent videogame-adjacent video essays.
Wed Jun 05 22:00:27 +0000 2024Oh yes. An appropriate classic way to spice up your flat shaded polygons - a noise texture. See: Alone in the Dark. https://x.com/Spottyroo/status/1798409889846571359
Thu Jun 06 00:15:02 +0000 2024RT @Wario64: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is $25.99 on Steam http://bit.ly/3u6kRcL
Xbox Walmart https://bit.ly/3Vb4ANo
Deck p…
Thu Jun 06 00:36:56 +0000 2024RT @BloodDeathWish: Using #leveldesign in Death Wish v2.0 for #Blood to make hitscanner encounters more fair, so players aren't forced to r…
Thu Jun 06 00:37:50 +0000 2024Replying to @mccrabb_will
Extremely talented. We even have some behind the scenes footage:
https://x.com/qrtrmusic/status/1178301414906445824
Thu Jun 06 00:50:39 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Vangelis composing the Blade Runner soundtrack:
Thu Jun 06 00:52:04 +0000 2024Replying to @FerretButler
Excuse me, this is a Wendy's.
Thu Jun 06 01:27:29 +0000 2024RT @3CC0__: Windows 3.1 Games - SimCity Classic & Indy Desktop Adventures
Thu Jun 06 01:48:27 +0000 2024Replying to @Thailer_Jaymz and @3CC0__
It's Godzilla in the original.
Thu Jun 06 02:21:18 +0000 2024Replying to @_KuIv and @3CC0__
Thu Jun 06 02:23:16 +0000 2024Replying to @PiRXlv and @3CC0__
Correct in this case, although SimCity for Windows did exist as well.
Thu Jun 06 03:59:59 +0000 2024RT @damsonwastaken: Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 2 - one of the best F1 driving sims for PC DOS, the other one being its prequel - F1GP. Thi…
Thu Jun 06 13:35:33 +0000 2024RT @SierraOnLineUni: 😂
Joke
EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus (1991)
1
#Joke #EcoQuest #SierraOnLine #SierraGames #Sierra #AdventureGame #…
Thu Jun 06 14:42:40 +0000 2024Replying to @berdyx and @jmechner
Thu Jun 06 15:26:54 +0000 2024RT @horrorvisuals: Looks like Nightdive is going to remaster The Thing next.👀 https://t.co/4FkMxVpyB4
Thu Jun 06 15:41:16 +0000 2024Bear Stormin' (Humongous Entertainment, 1993) #DOSGameScreenADay
Thu Jun 06 16:44:34 +0000 2024Oh my god. Another cybertruck. The power of Christ compels you! 😖
Thu Jun 06 23:57:36 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
This one was painted black, and that made it surprisingly less ugly than a plain one.
Thu Jun 06 23:59:31 +0000 2024Finally got around to seeing this film adaptation of the 1992 DOS real time strategy game. It was pretty good.
Fri Jun 07 00:17:43 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Once again an adaptation of Dune pretty much devoid of any subtlety, but this time the other way around. They *really* wanted you to know that Paul taking over was *definitely* not a good thing, and that no other reading was even possible.
Fri Jun 07 00:22:51 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
It's fine, though. It's fine. Clearly the task was to make Dune commercial and understandable, and both Villeneuve films very much achieve this.
Fri Jun 07 00:24:04 +0000 2024RT @TheColdBoot: Hahaha!
#TheLordOfTheRings #Interplay #MSDOS
Fri Jun 07 00:37:08 +0000 2024Replying to @ben_304
I would probably prefer a slightly different approach, BUT I've recently watched a 5th adaptation of one of my all time favorite novels, & while the overall angle was different, it also leaned into being more commercial. And I ended up loving it more than any other adaptation.
Fri Jun 07 01:12:01 +0000 2024Replying to @ben_304
While it has been published all over the world, and is really famous, I feel like it's near impossible to adapt for a non-Russian audience. I've checked out 3 English translations so far and found all of them lacking. But it is celebrated even in the non-Russian world as well.
Fri Jun 07 01:16:58 +0000 2024RT @NightdiveStudio: You’ve been asking for it and we’re excited to finally be able to share the killer news that Killing Time is BACK with…
Fri Jun 07 02:17:57 +0000 2024Idk about the virtually impossible bit. It's just not cost effective, but I feel like even a digital approximation of Technicolor should be possible. Surely a camera with a prism that splits the beam onto 3 digital sensors, instead of film strips, is within a realm of positivity? https://x.com/evermoresivy/status/1798050679497609721
Fri Jun 07 16:08:45 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
If someone with a real understanding of the Technicolor process can explain to me why I may be wrong here, I'm all ears.
Fri Jun 07 16:13:40 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
Technicolor is a bit more than that, so there has to be additional process involved at several stages to mimic the look.
Fri Jun 07 16:15:41 +0000 2024Replying to @andrewrstine
Jeez. Ok. But Suspiria wasn't actually shot in Technicolor, right? I thought it was used for the final prints.
Fri Jun 07 16:22:27 +0000 2024Huh. I wondered why Charlotte Rampling being the Reverend Mother in Jodorowsky's Dune wasn't covered in the documentary, only to discover that it was probably to avoid mentioning this bit.
Fri Jun 07 16:52:39 +0000 2024Replying to @bai0
See, I feel like these physical parts would be easier to emulate. You don't have to overlight anymore, so that's for the DP to figure out an approximation. And, of course, the rest falls onto the production designer, which was also an extremely important part of the look.
Fri Jun 07 16:57:29 +0000 2024Replying to @ClaraLaFlore
Fri Jun 07 17:04:48 +0000 2024Replying to @NihilismFeline
Yes, I've seen that, but that is a *completely* different case. We know how Technicolor works, it's been around for a while, and there are records & even some people still alive who did. Not to mention it's not a particularly complicated process to begin with.
Fri Jun 07 17:06:52 +0000 2024Replying to @plainoldchair
If it's a full remaster from a negative (as it should be) then no, it wouldn't have the grading. But whoever handled the grading should have a reference print, notes, or at least ask the DP for a review.
Fri Jun 07 17:25:43 +0000 2024Replying to @__pvg_ and @bai0
Someone recommended that I watch Pear, which apparently does just that. Withholding my opinions until I see it.
Fri Jun 07 18:52:20 +0000 2024Replying to @R0b0tSp1der
"Neutal nets are good now." Because that's what everyone misses about Technicolor - a computer taking a guess. Jfc.
Fri Jun 07 20:15:21 +0000 2024RT @NightdiveStudio: 🩸❄️ Get ready to rejoin Cpt. J. F. Blake at Outpost 31 because The Thing is BACK with… The Thing: Remastered! ❄️🩸 http…
Fri Jun 07 20:19:12 +0000 2024Replying to @R0b0tSp1der
Yeah, yeah, "people" like me were broken, but not the "people" who pay for Twitter and then spend their time on it seeking out targets to insult because their dick is too small or their dad didn't hug them or some such shit. Keep walking, buddy.
Fri Jun 07 20:28:52 +0000 2024Replying to @R0b0tSp1der
LOL. Actually opened your feed. 🤣 You have absolutely no right calling anyone else shit-for-brains! 😂 Jesus fucking Christ.
Fri Jun 07 20:31:25 +0000 2024Replying to @R0b0tSp1der
Yes, yes. Everyone is looking for self esteem except you, anonymous paid Twitter user. I get it.
Fri Jun 07 20:34:12 +0000 2024Yes, yes. I get it. Everyone loves a physical release. 😉
Fri Jun 07 21:05:55 +0000 2024Who knew that out of all the 90s gamedev things it would be (most of) the original art assets from Killing Time that actually survived.
https://www.destructoid.com/nightdive-outlines-the-process-of-remastering-killing-time/
Fri Jun 07 21:20:03 +0000 2024A few Gravis Ultrasound GUS PnP replicas are back in stock:
https://www.tindie.com/products/kdehl/gravis-ultrasound-gus-pnp-replica/
Fri Jun 07 23:55:57 +0000 2024Replying to @plainoldchair and @andrewrstine
That an HDR encode (probably only available on a UHD) is one that approximates the intended look of the film more closely than anything else.
Sat Jun 08 07:13:09 +0000 2024RT @RandalLinden: A long-lost archive of the DOOM/SNES source code, levels and artwork has been found and preserved here:
https://t.co/CIe…
Sat Jun 08 17:48:21 +0000 2024For people who grew up with Famiclones in Eastern Europe, Capcom's Disney games were our Mega Man. Both Rescue Rangers in particular are my comfort games. https://x.com/16bitnostalgia/status/1799370852145987791
Sat Jun 08 17:50:37 +0000 2024Someone mentioned Ice Spice whom I've never heard of before, and for a second I thought I was having a stroke since I couldn't remember a member of Spice Girls. #Old
Sat Jun 08 19:11:57 +0000 2024Are the L.A. people doing anything for the firehouse that was used as the interior? 🤔 https://x.com/GBNewsdotcom/status/1799504619216757204
Sat Jun 08 21:10:42 +0000 2024My first encounter with Gremlins was reading a translation of its novelization while being bored as hell staying at a distant relative's house in a remote village during a summer. https://x.com/joe_dante/status/1799441250481058290
Sat Jun 08 21:48:52 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
Also Gmail is free, so that's kind of expected in our day and age where the user is the product. But if one has to pay a subscription? That's a different thing entirely.
Sat Jun 08 21:53:19 +0000 2024RT @felipepepe: Baldur's Gate 1 in Korea didn't follow the usual "big box" packaging, they made it like a little laptop that opens and teac…
Sun Jun 09 03:12:49 +0000 2024RT @hajek_jaromir: 🏎️Screamer 2 (1996) + official 3DFX Patch, 3DFX Voodoo 4MB, Pentium 233MMX, MS-DOS. #screamer #3dfx #voodoo #milestone #…
Sun Jun 09 14:13:31 +0000 2024RT @gordoslair: More big box porn. Wing Commander (1990, MSDOS). Probably my favourite game from the #MSDOS era.
Sun Jun 09 14:30:39 +0000 2024RT @Vandaemon_: I now got the QUAKE logo done. 🤘🏻
Sun Jun 09 16:35:17 +0000 2024Replying to @Nachointhabox, @Mrwest16, @RealEOC and @BacktotheFuture
Fox managed to get his part knocked out in two months, and that's considering he also had to shoot Family Ties at the same time. It is fair to assume that Stoltz shot almost all of his part in 7 weeks he was on.
Sun Jun 09 17:22:27 +0000 2024Replying to @warlockracy
"philosopher" 😂🤣🙃
Sun Jun 09 19:28:27 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: That's just the way MIDI is
Some things will never change
That's just the way MIDI is
Ah, but don't you believe them
🔊🎵…
Sun Jun 09 20:49:06 +0000 2024King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown VGA (Tierra Entertainment, 2001) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Jun 09 23:04:25 +0000 2024
Sun Jun 09 23:20:16 +0000 2024RT @SergeKise: I wrote an MS-DOS / PC DOS driver for DS12885/DS12887 based real time clocks. It is intended to be used with the RTC8088 car…
Mon Jun 10 00:11:32 +0000 2024RT @openbioforge: It's ALIVE! Good progress on "AI" for NPCs. First question from my 9yo - what happens if you turn off his cell bars whil…
Mon Jun 10 02:52:13 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Stay awhile and listen. 🎶
(Matt Uelmen - Tristram Village)
Mon Jun 10 13:48:23 +0000 2024RT @damgentemp: "Can I copy your homework?"
"Yes but don't make it obvious"
Mon Jun 10 17:28:50 +0000 2024I will remember Wii U.
Will you remember Wii?
Mon Jun 10 22:34:18 +0000 2024Replying to @pan_accindex
- Gary
- Lyle
- Martha
- Lucien
- Sigizmund
Mon Jun 10 22:43:46 +0000 2024Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring
A taco phone! https://x.com/gamesyouloved/status/1800284904187457658
Mon Jun 10 22:53:07 +0000 2024Replying to @TRoman85, @jslane11 and @PhysicalMedia_
I have floppy disks from the 80s that still work perfectly, and DVDs from the late 2000s that went bad in just a couple of years because they were poorly manufactured, and the glue that held two layers together came apart. It's not just about taking care of your stuff.
Mon Jun 10 22:57:36 +0000 2024Ever since I installed BlockTube half a year ago I've blocked over 200 channels. My only regret is not doing it sooner.
Tue Jun 11 00:18:15 +0000 2024- Manhunter: New York
- Nebulus
- Popcorn
- Arcade Volleyball https://x.com/TheMedievalNerd/status/1799967638170529917
Tue Jun 11 00:37:10 +0000 2024Replying to @blackhorse_pike
So I don't have to see their stupid shit when I do searches for other stuff, just because they tag their videos with everything.
Example: I look for film essays, but stumble upon a million rage-bait videos about how every new movie is woke.
Tue Jun 11 00:39:22 +0000 2024Replying to @blackhorse_pike
I also don't wanna see any Ben Shapiro-wannabes in my feed either. I'm never gonna watch them, so why do they need to be in my feed because YouTube decided to push them? Nope. Don't wanna even see them. Saves me both time and mental anguish.
Tue Jun 11 00:43:32 +0000 2024Replying to @AgustinCordes
It was attached to a special edition of the Compute! magazine.
Tue Jun 11 01:23:56 +0000 2024Replying to @DK1105
It would absolutely work for that, and I can't recommend it enough.
Tue Jun 11 02:08:12 +0000 2024Replying to @Xx_finkivi_xX, @Sorathegamer7, @Powercheif and @PeterOvo5
Correct. When Doom 64 was released the original DOOM was already available on:
- MS-DOS
- Linux
- Atari Jaguar
- Sega 32X
- PC-98
- 3DO
- SNES
- Macintosh
- PlayStation
- Windows 95
Tue Jun 11 13:52:52 +0000 2024Replying to @Starstreaker88, @Powercheif and @PeterOvo5
When Xbox port of Doom 3 was released the game was already available on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh.
Tue Jun 11 13:56:09 +0000 2024Saying "Doom 64 is best port of Doom" is the same as saying "Heretic is the best port of Doom." It makes no sense.
Tue Jun 11 14:31:17 +0000 2024Replying to @Amadeus484
Ummm... I'm pretty sure it actually runs on a modified Doom engine. But it still doesn't matter, since so did Heretic, Hexen, and Strife, and they are all different games.
Tue Jun 11 14:37:01 +0000 2024Replying to @FeoUltima
Nope.
Tue Jun 11 14:47:30 +0000 2024Replying to @Amadeus484
I think out of all 90s Doom ports the only one that wasn't based on the original code is the SNES port.
Tue Jun 11 14:49:04 +0000 2024Replying to @FeoUltima and @SantorioG
First, David never said Doom 64 is the best port. He, in fact, says "Doom 64 is not just a console port in the same way as all the others are, but an entirely separate game," which is an absolutely fair assessment
Tue Jun 11 14:59:15 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
Sure. Wrong, but valid.
Tue Jun 11 16:12:11 +0000 2024RT @noclipvideo: 🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️
Wipeout is one of the most fondly remembered video games of the 90's Playstation era, and a large part o…
Tue Jun 11 16:24:44 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: It's great to know that Tech Noir survived not only all the trials of the 20th century economy, but even the Judgement Da…
Tue Jun 11 16:43:19 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
Subjective opinions can absolutely be wrong if they go against objective reality. We can observe this happening on a daily basis.
Tue Jun 11 17:26:16 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
"I like game X more than game Y" is a subjective opinion. Everything else can be measured. That's why high skill music competitions aren't subjective either.
Tue Jun 11 17:45:09 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
I too can imagine many things.
Tue Jun 11 17:48:24 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
But games can't be art. Ebert, Spielberg, and I think maybe Coppola told me that.
Tue Jun 11 17:52:16 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1800561676129087598?t=0mq8UWffOVqedc16xlEtLQ&s=19
Tue Jun 11 17:53:59 +0000 2024Replying to @OfficialDJSoru
Original Doom is also pretty spoopy. You had to be there.
Tue Jun 11 19:29:30 +0000 2024Replying to @Monquit3st
Nightdive's port. I don't really like the game, so I might as well get the most convenient way to approach it.
Tue Jun 11 20:25:24 +0000 2024Replying to @groktrev
Tue Jun 11 20:48:42 +0000 2024Replying to @jwestonharvey and @Monquit3st
Yep, same. I like everything about it, but can't stand the maps.
Tue Jun 11 21:27:47 +0000 2024Replying to @Monquit3st and @jwestonharvey
I don't think you need to recreate them at all, pretty sure the format differences are minimal. Doom 64 is built on top of Doom PSX code.
Tue Jun 11 21:43:48 +0000 2024Replying to @davidcventura32
Tue Jun 11 23:12:24 +0000 2024Oh, thank heavens!
Tue Jun 11 23:54:03 +0000 2024Pretty sure the game is controlled entirely with a mouse. 🤔 https://x.com/OldInternetFeel/status/1800168131408871712
Wed Jun 12 00:00:48 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
It's also a pretty decent game, considering it's a licensed FMV tie-in. Gets benefits of a seasoned TV production and pretty high rate QuickTime video spread over SEVEN discs. 💿💿💿💿💿💿💿
Wed Jun 12 00:02:41 +0000 2024Replying to @ComChia430
It's quite a bit lower being crunched to low resolution and compressed to 4 discs with whatever the standard for PSX video was (MPEG1?)
Wed Jun 12 00:06:05 +0000 2024Replying to @JXPrime
Phantasmagoria, despite being on 7 discs, is actually only 2 gigs in size. That's how much repeating material there is.
Wed Jun 12 01:05:10 +0000 2024Replying to @JXPrime
Not to mention a lot of Phantasmagoria FMVs doesn't look particularly great.
Wed Jun 12 01:07:49 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Remember
Wed Jun 12 01:28:50 +0000 2024Replying to @RotgruenerFilz and @JXPrime
I am a Phantasmagoria 2 apologist.
Wed Jun 12 08:19:32 +0000 2024Replying to @KainXVIII
Haven't tried it. But I might now.
Wed Jun 12 08:21:46 +0000 2024No, thank you.
Wed Jun 12 16:34:02 +0000 2024Replying to @SievertVan
I did a short thread on commentary tracks I found entertaining in an unexpected way a while ago:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1383160153168568323?t=mcWKzAJtWfygZZIl06T1Tg&s=19
Wed Jun 12 17:16:14 +0000 2024Replying to @PostDrunkLove and @MobyGamer
The Specials, commentary by James Gunn and Paget Brewster
Wed Jun 12 17:23:17 +0000 2024Replying to @PostDrunkLove and @MobyGamer
... They were in The Specials together.
Wed Jun 12 17:29:38 +0000 2024RT @MyDoomFolder:
Wed Jun 12 17:49:37 +0000 2024RT @MyDoomFolder:
Wed Jun 12 17:53:32 +0000 2024https://x.com/jeffgerstmann/status/1800636286547702203
Wed Jun 12 18:13:17 +0000 2024Replying to @jbh1977 and @MobyGamer
There are a couple of other amusing in-character commentaries that I know of:
- Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (Entire "surviving" cast)
- Bubba Ho-Tep (Bruce Campbell as Elvis)
- Tropic Thunder (RDJ only)
Wed Jun 12 20:39:38 +0000 2024RT @yyzkevin: A bit of a messy video, but here is a PCMCIA Gravis Ultrasound, i feel like this must be close to the first time if not the f…
Wed Jun 12 22:43:18 +0000 2024RT @mdscntstmgm: I created a playlist for my growing number of videos playing Duke Nukem 3D grabbag on different devices and with different…
Thu Jun 13 00:21:59 +0000 2024RT @geekenspiel: PRO TIP: my standard OS stickers also make great SD card labels for for all you quick-change artists. 😎 https://t.co/rhnsO…
Thu Jun 13 00:24:15 +0000 2024Replying to @ryanmhickman
Thu Jun 13 00:27:26 +0000 2024Just reply "I liked this" instead, I guess. 🤷♂️
Thu Jun 13 00:31:12 +0000 2024RT @TheBobPony: Probably the most cursed thing in Windows ever:
Linux booting in Windows XP's Native Mode
Thu Jun 13 02:26:58 +0000 2024Good night.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CxnUfSNNntR/
Thu Jun 13 03:04:39 +0000 2024RT @RandalLinden: Now that the full source and assets for DOOM/SNES are out there, here's an amazing find ... what I hope is the first of m…
Thu Jun 13 14:15:48 +0000 2024Replying to @DominicTarason
Yep. I had that very same thing happen to me last year.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1663950929912004610?t=RX5W3uTsIflwwBeetOFCyw&s=19
Thu Jun 13 14:24:28 +0000 2024RT @RainbowCemetery: #gamedev #dos #qbasic
Thu Jun 13 18:58:47 +0000 2024Replying to @JikissGamer
Blasphemy. What about Jaffa cakes?
Thu Jun 13 19:38:35 +0000 2024RT @jmechner: OK, for all @princeofpersia fans out there who think you can beat the ORIGINAL (2D) game... 3 rare signed copies of my graphi…
Thu Jun 13 19:39:52 +0000 2024Replying to @JikissGamer
They are delicious. If you're in the US there are plenty of knock offs you can get at your local supermarket.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1319014801528553474
Thu Jun 13 19:44:45 +0000 2024Replying to @JikissGamer
It's actually a thread with pics of some other brands as well. Not all of them are good, but most big chain supermarkets (like Stop & Shop) will carry Pim's, or even have real Jaffa Cakes in the imported section.
Thu Jun 13 19:48:20 +0000 2024Replying to @JikissGamer
Orange is the traditional Jaffa cake, and the one you must try because of this discussion.
Thu Jun 13 19:51:43 +0000 2024Four MS-DOS games from 30 years ago. #Year1994
Thu Jun 13 20:25:48 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
(I took all these screenshots when these games were 20 years old.)
Thu Jun 13 21:51:22 +0000 2024Found a file CS.BMP in my backups from when I used to play Counter-Strike, dated October 9th 2000, so it predates Counter-Strike 1.0.
Thu Jun 13 22:23:03 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
If you miss old LAN games and you're in New York, you can always come down to @Liretro, August 9th - 11th, to play some classics, original Counter-Strike among them.
Thu Jun 13 22:29:57 +0000 2024Replying to @sherl0k
It was probably from an earlier one because I didn't have access to the latest stuff at the time.
Thu Jun 13 22:37:29 +0000 2024Yes, please.
Thu Jun 13 22:50:46 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
A common mistake that should be anticipated & avoided by anyone with experience in retail systems
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1017117074257309696?t=RfFv0NC8FbNNvubY2tMQew&s=19
Fri Jun 14 00:08:13 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
Just an extension of old timey SCIENCE
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/804340999568945152
Fri Jun 14 00:38:08 +0000 2024RT @MikeWinterbauer: Some of the cool hand painted game box titles I did in the early 1990s!
#illustration #popculture #movieart #boxart ht…
Fri Jun 14 03:24:34 +0000 2024RT @ScottApogee: Often in the shareware days in the early to mid-90's, other companies would create their own art for the shareware jewel c…
Fri Jun 14 14:03:17 +0000 2024RT @AdventurersCap: When I was a kid I blacked out GK2’s “MATURE SEXUAL THEMES” warning with a pen to hide it from my parents. https://t.co…
Fri Jun 14 14:23:03 +0000 2024He tried to give us the gift of Physical Media, but we rejected him.
Fri Jun 14 14:56:19 +0000 2024This was @Macaw45 last night: https://x.com/Macaw45/status/1801420866556989595
Fri Jun 14 15:05:24 +0000 2024Hello, my sister saw your profile while browsing x on my phone and she's asking if you've been playing DOS games recently.
Fri Jun 14 18:42:01 +0000 2024Replying to @Z0M8I3D
Originally, yes.
Fri Jun 14 21:16:38 +0000 2024Replying to @iluvconchshells
Fri Jun 14 21:42:41 +0000 2024Replying to @SelectPodStart
Could have been worse. Could have been playing the Genesis version instead. 😱
Fri Jun 14 22:46:43 +0000 2024RT @GameResearch_E: Have a read! My new post is all about the evolution of 3D graphics and the forgotten, incredibly important genre of fli…
Sat Jun 15 00:00:29 +0000 2024RT @ThisOldTech2: PC speaker sound wasn't always bad...
Sat Jun 15 00:25:13 +0000 2024RT @rmnvsl: I travelled back to my childhood. Duke Nukem 3D at #ReactSummit
Sat Jun 15 00:38:04 +0000 2024Well, seeing Riven in full 3D is pretty cool. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1801386760540180699
Sat Jun 15 01:20:55 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
I'm not a big fan of either Myst or Riven, but playing these remakes in VR had finally converted me. I'm no longer playing these games begrudgingly.
Sat Jun 15 02:50:08 +0000 2024RT @Official_GDC: Before Prince of Persia, there was Karateka. In this Classic Game Postmortem, Jordan Mechner discusses how he pushed the…
Sat Jun 15 13:43:35 +0000 2024Half of the replies are like https://x.com/IntNostalgia/status/1801899344523677903
Sat Jun 15 14:33:52 +0000 2024Replying to @Pat_Host
You can argue a lot of things about Windows, but *just* a gui it is not.
Sat Jun 15 14:44:46 +0000 2024Replying to @Pat_Host
Here's a question to ask: what features of a "full fledged OS" is Windows 3.x missing?
Sat Jun 15 14:46:23 +0000 2024Replying to @kilianhekhuis
Attorney Tom, log off
Sat Jun 15 14:56:36 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
This is a very healthy outlook on it. I would also add another essential OS component to this discussion - a bootloader.
https://x.com/lsthart/status/1801988929970634816?t=HmcWtF7p_7QZwCLLSqgbXA&s=19
Sat Jun 15 14:57:57 +0000 2024Replying to @LocalAitch
Windows 3.11 is like 3 VMs at once. I c can not, in good conscience, call that "a GUI on top of DOS".
Sat Jun 15 15:17:25 +0000 2024Just Zilog isn't gonna be making Z80 anymore, doesn't mean it's dead. Say hello to open source clones! https://github.com/rejunity/z80-open-silicon
Sat Jun 15 15:29:41 +0000 20240451? Pfft. Wake me up when it's 42069!
Sat Jun 15 15:39:53 +0000 2024Replying to @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
Windows 3.x kernel is like 3 separate VMs. Its gui is integrated. Its behavior is baked into its executable format. When running a DOS program Windows 3.x doesn't hand it over to DOS, but instead essentially emulates a closed environment for it.
Sat Jun 15 15:49:46 +0000 2024Replying to @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
For example, here's Win 3.11 running in 640x480 256 color SVGA protected mode while having two real mode DOS games open in separate windows. One in 640x350 EGA, another in 320x200 VGA. It's not "just a GUI". It functions in its own, fairly unique, way.
Sat Jun 15 15:51:31 +0000 2024Replying to @AgamemnonRiva, @dwkos, @ledow2 and @IntNostalgia
Yeah, no. For example Here's Win 3.x running in 640x480 256 color SVGA protected mode while having two real mode DOS games open in separate windows. One in 640x350 EGA, one in 320x200 VGA. Windows 3.x is 3 VMs in one. Just a gui it is not.
Sat Jun 15 15:55:24 +0000 2024Replying to @0x060x060x06
I'm not sure what this argument is. Dual booting exists, etc.
Sat Jun 15 17:17:42 +0000 2024Replying to @0x060x060x06
I mean, sure. And that's fine. It's a fairly unique approach, and it works. One can make similar arguments about Windows 9x as well. I'm mainly arguing against the "just a GUI" thing.
Sat Jun 15 17:27:24 +0000 2024Replying to @campibara, @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
What is this "core"? Can we define it in technical terms when it comes to program execution?
Sat Jun 15 17:31:47 +0000 2024Replying to @0x060x060x06
Well, then we agree. 🤷
Sat Jun 15 17:33:38 +0000 2024Replying to @ManxManuel
No, it launched a DOS VM, not unlike Windows 9x. You had to exit Windows completely to get back to original DOS.
Sat Jun 15 17:38:28 +0000 2024Replying to @igbayram
Sadly some refuse to accept that as well
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1707544317613482390?t=wWwgD2VtjHYuXigoC7XQFw&s=19
Sat Jun 15 17:39:29 +0000 2024RT @Campster: It’s been *checks watch* …months, but the new Children of Doom is up now! It’s 1999 and we’re looking at System Shock 2 and f…
Sat Jun 15 17:48:14 +0000 2024Replying to @ManxManuel
A Windows inside a Windows DOS VM? No.
Sat Jun 15 17:58:24 +0000 2024Replying to @igbayram
That's exactly what I said. No more arguments in this case. 🤷
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1707545106318758031?t=0W-he3R55yhQH52xmlAXVQ&s=19
Sat Jun 15 18:03:49 +0000 2024Replying to @sjfroos
FREDDY
Sat Jun 15 18:04:22 +0000 2024Replying to @1707Nobody
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1802006027853869367?t=N4DW0ibEzQfvJHnzjGQKQg&s=19
Sat Jun 15 18:06:37 +0000 2024Replying to @1707Nobody, @campibara, @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
Windows 3.x kernel is DOS? 🤔
Sat Jun 15 18:14:08 +0000 2024Replying to @1707Nobody, @campibara, @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
*Citation needed
Sat Jun 15 18:17:39 +0000 2024Replying to @1707Nobody, @campibara, @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
Ah, yes. Wikipedia, the most technical of reliable sources.
Do you really think that Win 3.x had no kernel?
I invite you to read these series of articles by a man who wrote a Win 3.x emulator:
https://medium.com/hackernoon/win3mu-part-6-memory-management-289233ef351#.5swuclp9p
Sat Jun 15 18:27:03 +0000 2024Replying to @autovate
No argument there
Sat Jun 15 18:27:34 +0000 2024Replying to @campibara, @1707Nobody, @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
Oh shit. This is actually *really* nice.
Sat Jun 15 18:39:58 +0000 2024Haven't seen this until just now, but I have a feeling I'll be referencing this a bunch going forward.
A nicely laid out, easy to understand technical explanation of how Windows 3.x functions:
https://www.xtof.info/inside-windows3.html
Sat Jun 15 18:48:14 +0000 2024Replying to @Gravarty
Correct
Sat Jun 15 19:17:07 +0000 2024Replying to @ledow2, @AgamemnonRiva, @dwkos and @IntNostalgia
DOOM had its own 32 bit memory extender, that's why.
You can argue a lot about Win 3.x, but it is a hell of a lot more than "just a GUI".
https://www.xtof.info/inside-windows3.html
Sat Jun 15 19:31:56 +0000 2024Replying to @AgamemnonRiva, @ledow2, @dwkos and @IntNostalgia
What does that have to do with anything? It's MZ because it's a standard stub. But Win16 has its own executable format, and so do Win32 and on.
Sat Jun 15 22:38:47 +0000 2024Replying to @AgamemnonRiva, @ledow2, @dwkos and @IntNostalgia
That has less to do with Microsoft and more with whatever compilers people use.
Sat Jun 15 23:35:46 +0000 2024Vigilance on Talos V (PolyEx Software/Square Wheel Studios, 1996) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sat Jun 15 23:37:00 +0000 2024Replying to @swedishfriend and @TexasLindsay_
The year before DOS Microsoft already had 40 employees and $8,000,000 in revenue, so MS-DOS wasn't the first thing Gates made money from. PC-DOS was supplied *by* Microsoft (who bought it from Seattle Computer Products) *to* IBM. PC-DOS most certainly wasn't free.
Sat Jun 15 23:50:24 +0000 2024RT @gifs_bot: COMPART/DISK.GIF
Sat Jun 15 23:54:21 +0000 2024Noooooooo. 😭 https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1801786933254787162
Sun Jun 16 00:24:14 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Had to go and install the original because I hated getting blueballed like that
Sun Jun 16 01:33:45 +0000 2024Replying to @ChrisR3tro
Yeah, you tell that to some people, and then they go..
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1707544317613482390?t=NNre2cy9iE9YoKzDHmTmrw&s=19
Sun Jun 16 11:18:57 +0000 2024RT @boulderpunch1: Latest video is now up!
Cyber-Raptors, Flutes & Backflips | BioForge
Please retweet if you'd be so kind!
https://t.co…
Sun Jun 16 11:29:08 +0000 2024Replying to @jasonandrade, @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
For a short bit Windows was called an "operating environment", but by Windows 3.1 all the materials referred to it as an "operating system".
Sun Jun 16 11:36:25 +0000 2024Replying to @jasonandrade, @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
Yes, DOS was required.
Sun Jun 16 11:56:42 +0000 2024Replying to @jasonandrade, @Donovan_Elk and @lsthart
Correct, although that's because it installed DOS itself.
Sun Jun 16 12:00:13 +0000 2024So, likes are now private and multitudes of porn bots are now free to automatically like every tweet a second after it's made. Thanks, Melon.
Sun Jun 16 12:02:11 +0000 2024RT @cinemassacre: Today might be the 20th anniversary of the Nerd's first on-screen appearance (Episode 2, Jekyll & Hyde). The digital file…
Sun Jun 16 12:17:46 +0000 2024RT @Retroldies: The Hobbit: A Software Adventure was an early DOS game with a cool map of Wilderland in the Tolkien style https://t.co/791S…
Sun Jun 16 13:14:34 +0000 2024RT @RetroSwanFI: Best game played on the best laptop, end of discussion 😜 #msdos #retrogaming #pc #scorchedearth
Sun Jun 16 14:38:58 +0000 2024RT @Palma3k: RainbowSnakeOS, a 512 byte OS and snake video game written in 16-bit x86 assembly language (FASM). It can be run from boot s…
Sun Jun 16 14:40:16 +0000 2024Replying to @LiamRMcGuire
This is a real registered Wolfenstein 3D manual with a pirated game disk.
Sun Jun 16 14:49:28 +0000 2024Replying to @LiamRMcGuire
For the registered shareware manual? Idk. I wouldn't pay more than $30. The disk is worthless.
Sun Jun 16 14:53:37 +0000 2024Replying to @LiamRMcGuire
This is the one.
Sun Jun 16 14:58:30 +0000 2024Replying to @popeyeotaku
Modern BIOS and bootloaders often have more functionality than the entirety of DOS.
Sun Jun 16 16:36:25 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Happy Father's Day to Doomguy, who spent more time with me throughout my life than my father ever did. https://t.co/y4kfP…
Sun Jun 16 17:52:58 +0000 2024Replying to @TheMedievalNerd
This person realized they were misinformed, but it is a very common opinion just because it's been repeated so much for so long. Most people rather just rationalize their existing belief than restructure something by accepting new info.
https://x.com/1707Nobody/status/1802042300945616923?t=6FLeptWq0fTQe7bS6cdsxA&s=19
Sun Jun 16 18:02:07 +0000 2024Replying to @zvikam and @TheMedievalNerd
DESQView is also *super* impressive for the time. Especially the later DESQview/X. And just like Windows, it is also it's own Operational Environment, and not just a GUI.
Sun Jun 16 18:07:17 +0000 2024Replying to @zvikam and @TheMedievalNerd
Like, DESQview/X allows running DOS, Windows, and Unix programs at the same time. That's pretty crazy.
Sun Jun 16 18:08:26 +0000 2024Replying to @Timeless_Cinema
Go ahead
Sun Jun 16 21:37:17 +0000 2024Replying to @Madness832
https://www.xtof.info/inside-windows3.html
Sun Jun 16 22:54:46 +0000 2024RT @eurogamer: The story of Captain Blood, in which you track down and murder your own clones - five times https://www.eurogamer.net/the-story-of-captain-blood-the-atari-st-classic-in-which-you-track-down-and-murder-your-clones-five-times https://…
Sun Jun 16 23:09:17 +0000 2024Replying to @eurogamer
"Captain Blood's 11-page short story begins not in outer space but on Earth" It's only 11 pages if you're reading a PDF that shows two pages at once. It's actually 23 pages. The US version shortened it to just 2 pages.
Sun Jun 16 23:10:36 +0000 2024RT @ClaymaticGames: 22 years later.. 💥 Our player ship has gotten RECLAYED in glorious HD!
👊 Pilot the F-27 "Platypus" in our upcoming rem…
Sun Jun 16 23:16:52 +0000 2024With the announcement of the Platypus remake I realized that it's 22 years old. Older than all of the C64 games it borrowed music from were when it was released. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1529950244393345048
Mon Jun 17 00:50:06 +0000 2024Replying to @greyRider78
69
Mon Jun 17 01:26:22 +0000 2024Replying to @mrmccrac83 and @Pat_Host
Oh, so Mac OS System 6 and 7 aren't operating systems either then. Got it.
Mon Jun 17 01:49:03 +0000 2024Best movie punch? THIS IS IT: https://x.com/BriAnimator_/status/1801632669102485599
Mon Jun 17 01:49:17 +0000 2024Replying to @mrmccrac83 and @Pat_Host
Actually, what am I saying? Didn't Apple only introduce preemtive multitasking in the year of our Luigi 2001 in Mac OS X?
Mon Jun 17 01:53:13 +0000 2024Replying to @mrmccrac83 and @Pat_Host
It's a bit weird to write off like half of the OSes of its day, but you're entitled to your opinions, of course.
Mon Jun 17 01:58:37 +0000 2024Replying to @mrmccrac83 and @Pat_Host
Windows 3.x actually has it too, just not between actual Windows programs.
Mon Jun 17 01:59:33 +0000 2024Replying to @ant_madness
Meh. For all the stuff I heard about it throughout my life by the time I actually got to see it, I was honestly a bit disappointed.
Mon Jun 17 02:00:58 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
It's almost unbelievable today that someone spent $10 mil ($18 mil today) on making a movie like Kung Pow, and it got a wide theatrical release. THAT'S the kind of stuff that doesn't happen anymore.
Mon Jun 17 02:06:26 +0000 2024Replying to @stagefatality
https://x.com/ClaymaticGames/status/1802107355087167803
Mon Jun 17 02:06:56 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Btw, anyone here speak Japanese? Is the song from the Kung Pow end credits actually in Japanese sung with atrocious accent as joke, or is it just made up gibberish?
https://youtu.be/hHNyB05H3go?si=oscvKd_w3ekahuLL
Mon Jun 17 02:09:08 +0000 2024Replying to @l422y
Orgasmo didn't get a wide theatrical release.
Mon Jun 17 02:09:27 +0000 2024Replying to @l422y
Not to mention it cost like a buck and a half. Almost direct to video movies made for a mil are plentiful.
Mon Jun 17 02:10:21 +0000 2024Replying to @l422y
Of course. I don't really remember it, but I have seen it.
Mon Jun 17 02:14:50 +0000 2024Replying to @Fractilion
I remember watching for the first time. I was out of breath for like half of the movie.
Mon Jun 17 02:53:05 +0000 2024Replying to @IQ_Adventures
Mon Jun 17 03:24:40 +0000 2024Again? https://x.com/IGN/status/1802703265965981862
Mon Jun 17 15:39:31 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Personally I'm still waiting for the return of the *other* Captain Blood.
https://youtu.be/vU9q7I0FMJM?si=J1aBZFnVar0Q2tFo
Mon Jun 17 15:41:54 +0000 2024I just flew in and boy, is my airplane tired.
Mon Jun 17 16:25:08 +0000 2024RT @PointThenClick: Just saw that it’s International #WaterfallDay. So many great options to choose from, but this was the first one to pop…
Mon Jun 17 20:19:39 +0000 2024It might just be me, but I feel like one can have updates of Fallout 1 & 2 that still comply with all these points. 🤷
Mon Jun 17 20:58:53 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Case in point: Command & Conquer remasters.
Mon Jun 17 21:01:42 +0000 2024Replying to @lesliegray81116
Lol. When did edgy shitposters turned into little bitchy babies all of sudden?
Mon Jun 17 21:04:22 +0000 2024Replying to @StochasticOoze
It really should have been "Ted Howard prioritizes not spending any money on classic Fallout."
Mon Jun 17 21:05:47 +0000 2024Replying to @helga_costeau
They are alright still, but they could use a few improvements here & there.
Mon Jun 17 21:10:38 +0000 2024Help. I've been thinking about gamedev a bunch again lately. 😬
Mon Jun 17 21:15:30 +0000 2024And this is why aspect ratios are important https://x.com/gifs_bot/status/1802813478698168674
Mon Jun 17 21:28:44 +0000 2024Replying to @kel_roth
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1802808866427847090
Mon Jun 17 22:57:16 +0000 2024Replying to @bigbeandotgov and @kel_roth
The point that Todd was actually making is that he just doesn't want to spend any money on making Fallout remakes with a limited market appeal.
Mon Jun 17 23:00:53 +0000 2024Replying to @CherryPixelBun and @kel_roth
It does, but apparently the community disagrees somewhat.
https://x.com/ArjAndInCharj/status/1802811027198783584
Mon Jun 17 23:03:31 +0000 2024Replying to @lesliegray81116
Stalking? Get over yourself. You're not important enough to be stalked.
Mon Jun 17 23:11:04 +0000 2024Well, ain't we a pair, raggedy man.
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Mon Jun 17 23:24:59 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112634544287499588
Mon Jun 17 23:25:56 +0000 2024🤔 https://x.com/gematsu/status/1802945852689801265
Tue Jun 18 11:22:31 +0000 2024Replying to @ChattJazz, @ItsCindyRae, @BadBradRSR, @MalcolmNance and @CheriJacobus
The only two pivotal things that Gates did for DOS:
- Bought it from Seattle Computer Products.
- Hired its developer, Tim Paterson.
He was most certainly not instrumental in the actual development of it.
Tue Jun 18 13:14:27 +0000 2024"1 other person has this in their cart"? Bitch, please.
Tue Jun 18 14:52:12 +0000 2024RT @GrundislavGames: Happy Gabriel Knight Day to those who celebrate!
Tue Jun 18 15:43:14 +0000 2024Replying to @pagb666
I wanted to pick this up for a reasonable price about 4 years ago, and now I regret that I didn't.
Tue Jun 18 17:36:59 +0000 2024Replying to @kkka
Интересно. Уже в следующем году он поддерживался Российскими играми от конторы Maddox Games: Stormfighter, MadSpace, и Z.A.R.
Tue Jun 18 18:32:53 +0000 2024Yep. I was made aware of this a few years ago, and it does seem to check out that Tetris would have been developed in 1985. Most convincing was Vadim Gerasimov's input pointing out that in 1984 he was a literal child, and wouldn't be near the Academy of Sciences. https://x.com/timeextension64/status/1803131838958805107
Tue Jun 18 19:46:54 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Weirdly Gerasimov isn't even mentioned in this article.
Tue Jun 18 19:49:25 +0000 2024RT @VGC_News: Ubisoft will finally unveil Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition during this week’s Limited Run Games showcase.
https…
Tue Jun 18 20:44:21 +0000 2024RT @Liretro: Without further ado, our special guests for 2024!
August 9th-11th. Tickets available at http://www.liretro.com https://t.co…
Tue Jun 18 21:12:56 +0000 2024Replying to @Bhaal_Spawn
When I'm asked why I think Blood is the most fun Build engine game, physics is the first on my go-to list.
Wed Jun 19 12:43:06 +0000 2024Any theater/lit enthusiasts in the house? Can anyone recommend a decent English translation of The Servant of Two Masters? Beginning to think that English may be too rigid of a language to preserve the flow of the play.
Wed Jun 19 16:13:46 +0000 2024RT @jmechner: I've signed and donated to @internetarchive. As an author, I'm VERY concerned about preserving access to the vast body of wor…
Wed Jun 19 18:04:21 +0000 2024meow
Wed Jun 19 18:35:28 +0000 2024RT @Nicozilla_FR: Incroyable interview de Mike Levine où l'on découvre pour la première fois des images d'un jeu Indiana Jones développé en…
Wed Jun 19 22:00:37 +0000 2024When playing the Atreides campaign in Dune 2 (1992)
Wed Jun 19 22:11:17 +0000 2024RT @fgasking: Did you know that Activision were due to release an ambitious Alien VS Predator game for #PC (possibly #Amiga too) in 1993, w…
Thu Jun 20 01:32:13 +0000 2024Oh shit. I've never seen the restoration of Bamboozled before, and... what's with this color grading? 😯 https://x.com/tj_mackey432/status/1803129900012020175
Thu Jun 20 02:04:40 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Ah, well, there it is. I understand why this was done, but honestly feel like it *really* contrasts with the DV footage. Enough where I stopped on that tweet while scrolling through the timeline, that's how much it stood out to me.
Thu Jun 20 02:13:15 +0000 2024RT @CounterStrike: Happy 25th birthday to the greatest video game ever made, Counter-Strike.
A Half-Life mod which has spawned communitie…
Thu Jun 20 11:51:05 +0000 2024I don't think I've ever had ice cream for breakfast in my entire life, but today that's about to change.
Thu Jun 20 12:49:49 +0000 2024Replying to @chiguire
My body disagrees
Thu Jun 20 13:05:03 +0000 2024Good morning, and a happy (belated) 40th birthday to X Window. 🎂
Thu Jun 20 13:34:26 +0000 2024I don't think this version of Tetris complies with the official Tetris Guideline, Quarterdeck. 🤔 (But the hint bar on the bottom is a nice touch.)
Thu Jun 20 14:25:43 +0000 2024Replying to @poik007
Shows which columns the shape is about to land on
Thu Jun 20 14:30:41 +0000 2024Replying to @Russia_NC
Серый дождик каплет прямо на стекло 🎵
Thu Jun 20 14:35:41 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
The UK probably.
Thu Jun 20 14:47:11 +0000 2024Rights change hands, but ZOOM Platform still remains the only place to get original Duke Nukem games legally. https://x.com/ZOOMPlatform/status/1803710994901819766
Thu Jun 20 15:56:38 +0000 2024Replying to @PhilBennett3D and @Vokabre
But I thought the UK even had celebrity Fort Boyard runs in the 2000s. 🤔 Weirdly, I associate The Crystal Maze exclusively with Richard O'Brien, but Wikipedia tells me he hasn't hosted the show in 30 years!
Thu Jun 20 16:05:55 +0000 2024It’s summertime
I want to come in
Gonna take off all my clothes
Put my balls on your chin
Thu Jun 20 16:48:52 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Summer is here
Thu Jun 20 16:49:42 +0000 2024In the summertime, when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got MIDI, you got MIDI on your mind
🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI
Thu Jun 20 17:07:07 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112650043198129182
Thu Jun 20 17:07:31 +0000 2024RIP Donald Sutherland.
Here is his only appearance in a DOS game - a CD-ROM update of Cryo Interactive's 1992 point & click adventure 'KGB' known as 'Conspiracy':
Thu Jun 20 17:38:16 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
And now almost an EXCLUSIVE: a native MPEG version of this cutscene from the ReelMagic version of the game, previously seen only by a handful of mortals:
Thu Jun 20 18:21:30 +0000 2024RT @PC98_Audi: Today is a special day. This will be a sincere, fun and personal collection. For those familiar with me from DF, it's well k…
Thu Jun 20 21:00:57 +0000 2024RT @bgegame: CHILI CON CARNEEEEE, Beyond Good & Evil is back!
Join the celebration with the 20th Anniversary Edition, including exclusive…
Thu Jun 20 21:13:29 +0000 2024RT @frankcifaldi: I'd love for someone to interview the marketing team for the first Bubsy, they somehow swindled every video game magazine…
Thu Jun 20 23:16:32 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Every time Bubsy is being resurrected, I'll keep requesting another horrible mascot's revival:
Fri Jun 21 01:15:01 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Super Bubsy (Windows 9x, 1996) #NotDOS
Fri Jun 21 01:17:46 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: The most terrifying thing about the Windows 95 high resolution version of Bubsy? It comes with the 1993 cartoon produced…
Fri Jun 21 01:17:49 +0000 2024http://vanBasco.com has been down for two weeks. I'm beginning to suspect this might be it. 😔
Fri Jun 21 01:47:55 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
vanBasco's MIDI search has been a source of many #opl3midi tunes over the years.
Fri Jun 21 01:51:17 +0000 2024RT @Apogee_Ent: 🕵️♂️ Agent. Secret Agent.
Relive all 3 original episodes in stunning HD, explore a new hidden island, and create your ow…
Fri Jun 21 02:04:34 +0000 2024Replying to @whilandsbacklog
The contact email is at the same server. 🤷♂️
Fri Jun 21 02:08:01 +0000 2024DEMO1.PCX
Fri Jun 21 02:11:40 +0000 2024Played around with DESQview/X today a bit. Pretty cool. Not sure what I'd ever be using it for. I guess if you wanted to run multiple text mode DOS programs at the same time - it's *really* good at that. But other than that, it's kind of clunky.
Fri Jun 21 02:44:55 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Of course an impressive feature is it being an X11 client/server. You can use Unix programs running on a Unix machine on your DOS PC, or you can stream DOS programs or even Windows 3.1 (real/standard modes only) to a Unix station. Not sure how often you'd want to do that though.
Fri Jun 21 02:48:31 +0000 2024Replying to @lsthart
Well, I meant it as if I was using it 30 years ago.
Fri Jun 21 03:13:16 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Oh, forgot to mention an important bit: it *requires* you run QEMM as your memory manager.
Fri Jun 21 03:18:19 +0000 2024Replying to @lsthart
Yeah, it's definitely targeting a very specific kind of user.
Fri Jun 21 03:20:40 +0000 2024Replying to @lsthart
I mean, it only works in DOS. There's no other way to use it.
Fri Jun 21 03:26:06 +0000 2024Replying to @lsthart
Yeah, as long as you have an X Window system networked to a DOS machine, you could potentially stream whatever to it. As long as it's X11, I guess. I don't have motivation to test it, but it would be cool if someone else did.
Fri Jun 21 03:31:08 +0000 2024Replying to @PandaRamble and @GabrielMEAT
Amiga version is not better. All the beautiful VGA art had to get crunched into 32 colors.
Fri Jun 21 05:20:20 +0000 2024Replying to @htfcuddles_nsfw, @RichiKupoTTV and @htfcuddles_
add > to an end of echo with a file handle to replace a file, or >> to append
Echo format C:|y > c:\autoexec.bat
Fri Jun 21 05:42:30 +0000 2024Replying to @PandaRamble and @GabrielMEAT
The soundtrack was actually written specifically for the AdLib card by Stephane Picq, same as Dune. But this time around he had more time to do conversions, so the results are good across all systems. The rest is up to a personal preference, of course.
Fri Jun 21 06:17:58 +0000 2024Replying to @htfcuddles_nsfw, @RichiKupoTTV and @htfcuddles_
Oof. That'll teach me to tweet at 2 in the morning. 😅
Fri Jun 21 13:53:23 +0000 2024😔
Fri Jun 21 14:02:11 +0000 2024My Steam wishlist is basically 90% re-issues of older titles now.
Fri Jun 21 14:06:15 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
So are mine.
Fri Jun 21 14:40:16 +0000 2024Replying to @Pixelmusement
What I'm saying is my wishlist is 90% remakes that are all coming soon.
Fri Jun 21 14:46:15 +0000 2024Replying to @ExposingUrLies
I mean, quite obviously it isn't legal. Obviously Larry denied any of it happening after the fact is how he got away with it.
What does "from the same group" mean?
Fri Jun 21 16:38:24 +0000 2024Replying to @ComplaymentdO
Obviously. ☭
Fri Jun 21 16:44:53 +0000 2024Tastes like baby food!
Fri Jun 21 16:57:05 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
RoboCop has got an amazing sound design. It got an Oscar for it. But for the sound effect in that shot I'm 99% certain it's just someone making diarrhea noises with their mouth. 😂
Fri Jun 21 17:03:13 +0000 2024It's for parties. Each room has its own theme and color. Quite a sight, actually. https://x.com/JasonKPargin/status/1804145747379540015
Fri Jun 21 17:15:28 +0000 2024Replying to @LimitedRunJosh
Skunny, obviously.
Fri Jun 21 17:31:00 +0000 2024RT @timeextension64: "I Have No Interest In 3D Games" - Meet The Devs Keeping EGA Alive In The Modern Day https://www.timeextension.com/features/i-have-no-interest-in-3d-games-meet-the-devs-keeping-ega-alive-in-the-modern-day #Retro #P…
Fri Jun 21 17:34:10 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Today in #DOSGaming gifs you can hear! 👂
Fri Jun 21 17:46:26 +0000 2024Replying to @MatWBT
Yep. I even imported the UK Blu-ray set that included an extra disc of unused material.
Fri Jun 21 18:55:09 +0000 2024Replying to @MatWBT
He's always been notoriously difficult, so I wasn't surprised. But it is a very amusing story. Loved the doc, and appreciated its honesty.
Fri Jun 21 19:00:50 +0000 2024Replying to @MatWBT
I am so afraid that it's what the Sierra doc is gonna turn out to be.
Fri Jun 21 19:17:22 +0000 2024Replying to @SQHistorian and @MatWBT
I mean it would be a bit weird if they said that it's what it is was going to be.
Fri Jun 21 21:34:02 +0000 2024Replying to @SQHistorian and @MatWBT
Everyone says that. Or "definitive". And then FPS: The Documentary comes out.
Fri Jun 21 21:35:34 +0000 2024Replying to @Gommash
I mean XP *is* old. It's 23 years old. XP is as old today as the Apple II was when XP came out.
Fri Jun 21 22:46:58 +0000 2024Replying to @ScottApogee
Could it be this one?
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1390002650037592067
Sat Jun 22 00:15:43 +0000 2024RT @DanielWienerson: he mad
Sat Jun 22 00:18:55 +0000 2024Replying to @bai0
Part of the game takes place on an alien ship. 😄
Sat Jun 22 06:19:28 +0000 2024Replying to @ben_304 and @ComplaymentdO
No community note. Must be true.
Sat Jun 22 13:26:24 +0000 2024I doubt last week was the last time I've burned a CD. 🤷 https://x.com/OldInternetFeel/status/1804290268985987176
Sat Jun 22 15:55:22 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
(This tweet is gonna be hilarious if I die in the most immediate future. 😅)
Sat Jun 22 15:59:09 +0000 2024Replying to @Vokabre
Sat Jun 22 16:04:31 +0000 2024Replying to @Urzaz and @Papapishu
You can switch it to pillar boxed 4:3 at 640x480.
Sat Jun 22 19:22:16 +0000 2024Replying to @philspil66
It was the date the shareware version was uploaded online, by id. MS-DOS only. GT Interactive published retail version didn't arrive till August. Linux port didn't arrive till July, and Windows not till 97.
Sat Jun 22 19:46:44 +0000 2024Replying to @Trodge1990
Screenshot from an episode that wasn't available on this date.
Sat Jun 22 23:05:49 +0000 2024Replying to @badjano
I didn't. But I do own a Nero license.
Sat Jun 22 23:44:00 +0000 2024RT @ACarmackArtist: Happy Birthday Quake! Here’s a few concepts.
Sat Jun 22 23:50:46 +0000 2024Happy birthday to the SHAREWARE version of Quake! 🎂🎉🍾🥂
Remember, it was only 8 maps long. To get the full version you had to order it for $45 + $5 S&H (about $100 today) and wait for it to get finished and shipped to you.
Sat Jun 22 23:54:00 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Quake original shareware FILE_ID.DIZ file:
Sun Jun 23 00:04:34 +0000 2024Replying to @kalirion
I have one of those official Quake shareware discs.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1481345118066126849
Sun Jun 23 00:11:04 +0000 2024Replying to @jammajunk
Network game demo
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/702669079530893312
Sun Jun 23 00:20:30 +0000 2024Replying to @elder_george
He quit Microsoft to work on Quake.
Sun Jun 23 00:47:23 +0000 2024RT @gelland_: i286
Sun Jun 23 02:16:50 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Remember: Quake is good for you #DOSGaming
Sun Jun 23 14:49:01 +0000 2024RT @tindie: Back in Stock! RetroPrompt: Miniature CRT Monitor MS-DOS Prompt https://www.tindie.com/products/questwise-ventures/retroprompt-miniature-crt-monitor-ms-dos-prompt/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tweet&utm_campaign=product_back_in_stock_tweets #Arduino
Sun Jun 23 16:59:18 +0000 2024Sure, the Super Mario Bros (1993) Umbrella set was crazy, but this is almost just as insane. FIVE cuts of Caligula. 😅 https://x.com/UmbrellaEnt/status/1803678849097679239
Sun Jun 23 17:11:42 +0000 2024Replying to @patrickamendoza
ME
Sun Jun 23 17:15:08 +0000 2024Front Page Sports: Baseball '94 (Dynamix/Sierra On-Line, 1994) #DOSGameScreenADay
Sun Jun 23 18:21:25 +0000 2024Finished a 9 episode series "History of Russian Computer Games". It was alright. Tons of inaccuracies & omissions. Last couple of episodes are embarrassing. But it was nice to see 80s & 90s devs & hear them talk. Also a pretty big public admission by the founder of Akella.
Mon Jun 24 00:14:30 +0000 2024RT @Ollie_XVX: Met this cat in Milwaukee last night. His name is Windows 95
Mon Jun 24 08:07:46 +0000 2024RT @TheHorrorMaster: Star on The Hollywood walk of fame?? There must be some mistake.
Mon Jun 24 21:44:05 +0000 2024RT @GreyAlien: Might fire this up one day soon for a blast. It’s got a lot of classic games on it. @dosnostalgic @RMCRetro https://t.co/H…
Mon Jun 24 22:40:57 +0000 2024And I can still sing the entirety of it phonetically without understanding a word of Romanian. https://x.com/notgwendalupe/status/1804347879320097143
Tue Jun 25 01:58:39 +0000 2024RT @C_Notepad: Started playing Loom (MS-DOS)
Tue Jun 25 03:29:05 +0000 2024Replying to @FixTechStuff1 and @LordScavamungus
Gary is a legend.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1240846641210458112?t=1sEyJhJkUWGVgJq4scQ-2g&s=19
Tue Jun 25 12:55:22 +0000 2024RT @cyanworlds: Riven is available worldwide NOW! 🎉
We're SO proud of this one, friends. We can't wait for you to play it! 💙
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Riven i…
Tue Jun 25 16:30:20 +0000 2024Idk. Hugh Grant looks nothing like this guy. https://x.com/A24/status/1805586747897922033
Tue Jun 25 18:57:03 +0000 2024RT @atari: Atari 50 is expanding! 🥳
Coming later this year to an #Atari50 near you,
39 playable games and TWO new timelines:
🕹️ The Wide…
Tue Jun 25 19:51:57 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
I'm glad someone else picks a Sandy Petersen Quake level as their happy place. 👍
Wed Jun 26 01:53:18 +0000 2024Replying to @MobyGamer
Who I aspire to be, in a nutshell.
Wed Jun 26 01:58:21 +0000 2024RT @MobyGamer: Me in a nutshell.
Wed Jun 26 01:58:31 +0000 2024RT @GOGcom: The game that defined the survival horror genre returns – uncut, compatible with modern machines, and scarier than ever...
Res…
Wed Jun 26 11:43:18 +0000 2024RT @GOGcom: The good news does not end on Resident Evil 1.
Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 are both coming soon to GOG, and you can pr…
Wed Jun 26 11:43:24 +0000 2024RT @Microids_off: 📢 TWINSEN IS BACK!
🔮 Watch the Reveal Trailer of Little Big Adventure - Twinsen's Quest & Wishlist: https://t.co/uj4DFN…
Wed Jun 26 11:47:08 +0000 2024
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Wed Jun 26 18:25:13 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Wed Jun 26 20:35:09 +0000 2024RT @DementedSalad: With the GoG versions of RE slowly releasing, I made a quick lil video on how to install the Classic Rebirth patch by @C…
Thu Jun 27 01:16:29 +0000 2024Nuked-SC55: True Roland SC-55 Emulation is Here - Nerdly Pleasures
https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2024/06/true-roland-sc-55-emulation-is-here.html
Thu Jun 27 11:49:13 +0000 2024Just got out of ER. You're not rid of me, fuckers. Or at least not yet. 😅 Meanwhile, KEEP PLAYING DOS GAMES!
Thu Jun 27 17:34:15 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Every time I watch the scene in Scanners where the protagonist connects himself to a computer I think "He's more of a mod…
Thu Jun 27 18:15:53 +0000 2024Replying to @MatWBT
Kind of. Until the bill comes in. 😅
Thu Jun 27 18:35:12 +0000 2024RT @KevEdwardsRetro: Here's what early PC DOS gaming looked like. This IBM PC-AT is running "Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel" b…
Thu Jun 27 21:51:37 +0000 2024
Thu Jun 27 22:12:56 +0000 2024Replying to @porttipahta
And just like MS-DOS, I've been dead inside for 30 years.
Thu Jun 27 22:15:00 +0000 2024RT @MobyGamer: Well, crap.
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles-living-computers-museum-logs-off-for-good-as-paul-allen-estate-will-auction-vintage-items/
Fri Jun 28 00:33:01 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: This was the best debate I've seen on tv. A quarter of a century ago.
Fri Jun 28 01:42:43 +0000 2024I already have my candidate picked out anyway.
Fri Jun 28 02:08:09 +0000 2024Replying to @ChildOfKarn, @Cariblife05 and @RealEmirHan
None of those were the reasons. Everyone said it was a gory remake with no story that ruined a classic.
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1226376478167879683?t=vT8C1Y4zCSTa_W0hVPT3Dw&s=19
Fri Jun 28 11:11:21 +0000 2024RT @philscomputerlb: DOSBox-X Review: https://youtu.be/XQM0dP2is5E?si=SVFDl2FHRe9mD8kl
Fri Jun 28 13:10:06 +0000 2024Replying to @BeardedJarl
Oh, and mpegging can't?
Fri Jun 28 15:32:18 +0000 2024To people who have never seen Coraline in 3D: it's a great 3D movie. And it looks like it's coming back to theaters this August, so there's your chance. It's worth it.
Fri Jun 28 16:35:49 +0000 2024Replying to @ReddMcKnight, @GideonOnGaming, @JoshuaMFrench, @CapcomUSA_, @ColonelFalcon, @FrappMocha, @supersisi_, @techittothemax, @Arin_Plays, @XxKNIGHT742xX and @Dustman_B
Age only anime games accepted in this category? Quite a few games did it before Knights of Xentar otherwise, including a few Sierra Online titles.
Fri Jun 28 19:13:05 +0000 2024Replying to @AdamCrosswhite3
This was on *every* DVD
Fri Jun 28 20:02:29 +0000 2024RT @dosnostalgic: Abrams Battle Tank (Dynamix/Electronic Arts, 1989)
Fri Jun 28 21:19:33 +0000 2024Hello, stranger.
Fri Jun 28 23:52:48 +0000 2024RT @Pixelmusement: New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded and ready to watch! https://youtu.be/eVsT-ks0LTU
Sat Jun 29 00:37:42 +0000 2024RT @Pixelmusement: I don't think the average person understands how crazy "Spinball" actually is. I actually have QUICKBASIC SOURCE CODE fo…
Sat Jun 29 11:43:30 +0000 2024RT @banditloaf: me and who
Sat Jun 29 11:47:26 +0000 2024Replying to @lukaaash and @PcPhilanthropy
Or just run DOOM. The game has its own memory manager, and I think requires less than 300k of conventional memory to run. They didn't even bother putting a conventional memory requirements anywhere (readme, manual, box) because of that. 🤷
Sat Jun 29 11:56:02 +0000 2024It is so weird to see DOOM be used as an example of this so often. DOOM only requires 325k of base memory to start. It is so unlikely that you have less that id Software didn't even bother putting conventional memory requirements anywhere, like a readme, a manual, or a box.
Sat Jun 29 12:46:24 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
The game doesn't even have a "not enough conventional memory" error message. If you have less than 320k free, it'll just lock up your machine. 🤷
Sat Jun 29 12:47:27 +0000 2024Replying to @GarethStep
Yep. There are hundreds of examples of games with high conventional memory requirements. Doom isn't one of them.
Sat Jun 29 12:51:34 +0000 2024RT @arstechnica: 30 years later, FreeDOS is still keeping the dream of the command prompt alive https://trib.al/eLnA8TH
Sat Jun 29 13:23:10 +0000 2024Replying to @therealzomg
A whole bunch, but they are usually from the pre DOS4GW era, so think of complicated games (a lot of simulators, for example) between 91 and 93.
Sat Jun 29 13:29:48 +0000 2024Replying to @therealzomg
Here's Falcon 3.0, for example
Sat Jun 29 13:32:34 +0000 2024Replying to @benjedwards
- = L A M E R = -
Sat Jun 29 14:17:39 +0000 2024Replying to @lukaaash and @PcPhilanthropy
I checked after I made my tweet, and Doom requires 325k of base memory. But the rest of my point is still accurate. The game also doesn't even have an error message like "not enough conventional memory". If you have less than 320k it just locks the machine up.
Sat Jun 29 14:21:42 +0000 2024Some people make burner accounts just to pull shit like this. 😂 Well, I happen to have a video of me installing and running Syndicate with music & sound on real hardware without ANY changes to my configuration. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/E4NAOrXLRy0?si=1-ygA0mHyFcZlwTq https://x.com/Tyr4000/status/1807059484713574444
Sat Jun 29 14:48:39 +0000 2024Replying to @PeterNikolow
Ok, THAT I need to see.
Sat Jun 29 14:49:40 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
You think you can do this shit to me? You motherfuckers. DONKEY KONG AIN'T GOT SHIT ON ME.
Sat Jun 29 14:52:54 +0000 2024Replying to @higHChloride
Oh, ORIGIN games were the *worst* at this.
Sat Jun 29 15:00:37 +0000 2024Replying to @maesetote and @toxicTom
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1807066649293390159?t=UbFROuS4du12Wpx9Q3DSyw&s=19
Sat Jun 29 15:03:40 +0000 2024Replying to @wotyagerrin
Doom's performance depending on the CPU speed has nothing to do with the discussion at hand, as it is unaffected by the DOS configuration, unless you have HDD caching driver installed or something like that.
Sat Jun 29 15:33:02 +0000 2024Replying to @AllanRicharz
Diablo has some of the lowest Windows 95 game requirements possible for the time.
Sat Jun 29 16:45:55 +0000 2024Replying to @miketheitguy
It's probably the other way around. If you only had 4 megs of high ram, Doom didn't run if you didn't have entire 4 megs free, as it would need *all* of it. The solution was then to load all the drivers into conventional memory instead, as Doom cares very little about that.
Sat Jun 29 16:50:09 +0000 2024Haha. Get the fuck outta here. https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1803078264383996281
Sat Jun 29 16:52:08 +0000 2024Replying to @lukaaash and @miketheitguy
Doom allocates all of the memory it needs and loads up most of its resources before the game even draws a menu. It all happens during that memorable R_Init: Doom refresh daemon [.... ] sequence. Its memory extender is built in instead of being external, so you can't configure it.
Sat Jun 29 17:01:39 +0000 2024Replying to @lukaaash and @miketheitguy
You can find out just about everything about how classic Doom (and its ports) worked in this great book:
https://fabiensanglard.net/gebbdoom/
Sat Jun 29 17:03:54 +0000 2024Replying to @izmozero
It would have to have been a 386, as that's what was required. Here's some nostalgia for you then:
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1783558684959764762?t=t4degoFgk4luspzcNu_-VA&s=19
Sat Jun 29 17:16:19 +0000 2024Replying to @tufo80
Not for DOOM though.
Sat Jun 29 17:19:24 +0000 2024Replying to @apbusch and @izmozero
Trust me, familiar with that one as well
https://x.com/dosnostalgic/status/1380970144080494603?t=-mKUeP2lwyNv9iUB4fsz7w&s=19
Sat Jun 29 17:41:07 +0000 2024Replying to @tufo80
What I meant it is you didn't need to do that for Doom. Many other games - sure, but not Doom.
Sat Jun 29 18:20:16 +0000 2024RT @afrocosmist: logging on. uncredited, 1987
Sat Jun 29 19:26:06 +0000 2024Replying to @RotgruenerFilz
I recently tried Doom on a 40Mhz 386, and even that I wouldn't qualify as "playable" by the standards I have today. 😅
Sat Jun 29 19:37:55 +0000 2024Replying to @RotgruenerFilz
We did put up with a lot back in the day because we didn't know any better, that's for sure.
Sat Jun 29 19:40:00 +0000 2024Replying to @MaxKriegerVG
This is what I get for moving from one to the other. 😔
Sat Jun 29 20:54:23 +0000 2024Replying to @MaxKriegerVG
It's been a downward spiral for like a decade now. I'm too exhausted to be really invested at this point.
Sat Jun 29 21:00:01 +0000 2024RT @MK_habit_addict: Kool thank you to the MK kommunity from Travis Goddard the son of Trevor Goddard aka Kano! 🐉#MortalKombat https://t.co…
Sat Jun 29 21:35:25 +0000 2024Replying to @0utworld
Sat Jun 29 23:30:35 +0000 2024RT @GameHistoryOrg: Lemmings 3D is not one of the most-beloved entries in the classic action-puzzle game franchise, but this 1996 print ad…
Sun Jun 30 00:58:12 +0000 2024Replying to @Rudolph_Kohn
Falcon 3.0 requires 602kb free, but I'm still somewhat certain that isn't the highest one I've seen, just the one that comes to mind immediately because it has a flyer about it included in the box.
Sun Jun 30 01:08:54 +0000 2024RT @MrBButterfield: Two flags at Glastonbury!
Sun Jun 30 02:07:27 +0000 2024RT @SlappyCromwell: BREAKING #DUKELORE! I've found that Duke Nukem Advance has two different English localizations with differing plot poin…
Sun Jun 30 02:37:30 +0000 2024Replying to @RadicalEmu
Amateur. I ran it on a ZX Spectrum.
Sun Jun 30 10:40:25 +0000 2024Replying to @Iamsuchanerk
Weird as in one could pick a lot of games that flat out required custom configurations, like later Ultima or Wing Commander or Falcon or whatever, but Doom isn't one of them. Nobody needed to configure anything to run Doom.
Sun Jun 30 13:09:46 +0000 2024Replying to @BecomingTheNext
It didn't.
Sun Jun 30 13:54:45 +0000 2024RT @Benjojo12: Do/Have you used a CD/DVD/Bluray in a while?
What about burning a disk?
I'm surveying modern day awareness of optical medi…
Sun Jun 30 16:30:52 +0000 2024Replying to @noop_dev and @RotgruenerFilz
Not really. And to *really* drive the point home, here's me playing the SNES port for the first time and concluding that it is a lot more playable than most people claim it is
https://www.youtube.com/live/gEbRhjl7ZY8?si=xA-Xh5kj9WnBoTLk
Sun Jun 30 16:45:10 +0000 2024Replying to @noop_dev and @RotgruenerFilz
Ooh. The goalposts keep moving. 👍
Sun Jun 30 16:51:13 +0000 2024Replying to @noop_dev and @RotgruenerFilz
Feel free to follow up when you do.
Sun Jun 30 16:51:38 +0000 2024Replying to @noop_dev and @RotgruenerFilz
My standards of "playable" are defined solely by my ability to play the game & control it in a way that allows me avoid dying until at least the final map of episode 1. Something I don't find possible on an SX in full detail mode, even with reduced screen.
Sun Jun 30 17:02:43 +0000 2024Replying to @noop_dev and @RotgruenerFilz
So no, once more, I do not find most console ports of Doom unplayable. You can start splitting hairs about simplified geometry or other assets, but the bottom line is only this: can I play it comfortably or not. So I reject you hypothesis completely.
Sun Jun 30 17:04:18 +0000 2024Replying to @noop_dev and @RotgruenerFilz
I have also dedicated weeks and maybe even months of my life to games I've played in single digit frame rates back in the day. Doesn't mean I would do the same today.
Sun Jun 30 17:24:01 +0000 2024*Sigh*. For a long time I thought I had at least one unrealized game idea that was actually somewhat original, thinking that some day I'll actually get around to implementing it. Well... literally just stumbled onto an FORTY year old Mac game that matches that idea 90%. 🙃
Sun Jun 30 20:00:50 +0000 2024Replying to @Fractilion
Eh. I still feel like my idea is better (mostly because it's in my head, and I can see the 40 year old game and its shortcomings play out in real time). That extra 10% goes a long way.
Sun Jun 30 21:21:44 +0000 2024
Sun Jun 30 21:56:01 +0000 2024RT @RichardGarriott: Me too… oh, I started that. ;)
Sun Jun 30 22:34:15 +0000 2024
Sun Jun 30 23:46:37 +0000 2024Guys you know you'd better watch out
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Mon Jul 01 00:40:25 +0000 2024Replying to @dosnostalgic
Full length video over on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@dosnostalgic/112708446866000700
Mon Jul 01 00:40:41 +0000 2024Replying to @lazygamereviews
Congrats!
Mon Jul 01 01:19:36 +0000 2024Replying to @lazygamereviews
It's crazy how 15 years feels simultaneously so long ago, and not really, right?
Mon Jul 01 01:20:37 +0000 2024