Anatoly Shashkin💾

You should have to show you can play Civilization reasonably well to be eligible for president

Despite my (probably misguided) fond memories of the game, this is an excellent Ultima VIII: Pagan Retrospective. ⚔️ Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4h1...

An Imperial Trader ship docked at Old Blackelk Spaceport, on the planet of Hope in the Gateway system (-1,4). This is the DOS version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), released by Gametek in 1995.

An Imperial Trader ship docked at Old Blackelk Spaceport, on the planet of Hope in the Gateway system (-1,4). This is the FFFED3D-AJ version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), modified by Andy Jones (AndyJ).

Approaching Jupiter in the Sol system (0,0). This is the DOS version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), released by Gametek in 1995.

Approaching Jupiter in the Sol system (0,0). This is the FFFED3D-AJ version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), modified by Andy Jones (AndyJ).

When Frontier First Encounters launched in 1995, it was a DOS-only game in 320x200 resolution. Some 30 years later, we can all enjoy the same brilliant game in much greater detail, thanks to some enterprising and talented coders. Details of FFED3D are at tinyurl.com/FFED3D-AJ

This reminded me of this Rick & Morty bit

Yeah so media titles don't have to make sense to be cool. Doom? Quake? Those are cool, but mean nothing in relation to the games. Sure, "Avoid the Awful Thing that Vaguely Resembles a Banana!!" is a great title as well, imo, but that's a rarity.

"Resident Evil" is a great title. Idk what everyone is smoking. Keep your "Biohazard" in a lab where it belongs.

Just pretend they were talking about Unreal (Ubisoft) that was.

Finally reading the book about the making of Fury Road, and got to the chapter where they're casting the iteration that actually got made. And peeps, we dodged some major bullets there. Eminem as Max, and Gal Gadot as Furiosa? Holy hell.

I don't like the terms "copypasta" and "creepypasta" because being a pasta enthusiast I get hungry when I read them. 🍝

YouTube video by Dreya Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust! | Die by the Sword

We join Edric the lunk-headed war criminal as he wildly slashes his way through caves full of monsters to rescue his bikini-clad friend. He’s also dripping with chicken grease.

Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust! | Die by the Sword
youtu.be/6pD92LL1-TM

How I know that videogames is still very much a developing artistic medium:
No videogame so far had made me feel the same emotions as when I see this 👇

"Narcissus" aka Recruitment Theme from the DOS port of Cannon Fodder played on a real Roland MT-32. 🔊🎵⚰️
#DOSGaming #SensibleSoftware #MT32 #RolandMT32 #MIDIMusic

Yes, but these are remakes made using original assets targeting modern mobile phones. What I was talking about is a contemporary 90s demo.

Sort of. Uspensky wanted to retain the rights to the Kolobki name, and Tatarsky & Kovalyov wanted to keep own their characters, so that's how they decided to settle it.

YouTube video by LGR At last! New IDE Optical Drive Emulators for Retro PCs

Fresh new hardware for aging old computers on LGR!

youtu.be/td6QdOnMvnk

The ZuluIDE and PicoIDE optical drive emulators replace your old CD/DVD drive with a MicroSD card solution for loading ISOs, including support for Redbook CD digital audio! Among other features like virtual hard disks and more

Pilot Brothers games are based on a Soviet animated series "Kolobki are on the Case" co-created by Igor Kovalyov. In 1991 Kovalyov joined Klasky Csupo where he became responsible for the visual style of "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters," among many other things.

I had no idea that "Pilot Brothers" (1997) had an official English language demo. No changes have been made to the voices, but all graphics and text are indeed in English. And you get 3 whole levels out of 15.

All assets are still original

OpenOMF, an open source remake of "One Must Fall 2097" with new options and network play: github.com/omf2097/open...

And also stuff like this, if you own the European edition with bonus features:
bsky.app/profile/dosn...

We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell. Here's how. | Video Game History Foundation We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them.

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie.

Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL.

More info:

Bruce Campbell on Duke Nukem/3D Realms:

Yes, although ScummVM had support for non-adventure games for decades now. Mainly RPGs and such. But yeah, there's something about seeing it running a Tetris clone that feels a bit off.

Oh, the refrigerator puzzle in Pilot Brothers is giving you PTSD? Well, why then not try out a game of just THAT with "Flip - Flop" (1995)? 😂

Turns out that in addition to the first two Pilot Brothers games ScummVM now also supports a handful of other games developed by Russian company "Gamos", ones that aren't adventures. Such as the Windows 9x port of WildSnake!

Go up to your brother
Kill him with your gun
Leave him lying in his uniform
Dying in the sun

"There are no set territories, no rules of engagement."

My anaconda don't want none unless you got DOS, hun.

I understand. That's how I felt about Transformers 2. Haven't watched a Michael Bay movie since.