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Coding, tinkering, ancient hardware and software.
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retrogaming #letscode #demoscene
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After at least 15 years we once more played Photopia by Adam Cadre. I would describe it as an „adventure on rails“ with very linear gameplay and hardly any puzzles but very surprising and dense story.
After at least 15 years we once more played Photopia by Adam Cadre. I would describe it as an „adventure on rails“ with very linear gameplay and hardly any puzzles but very surprising and dense story. Still a great classic.
Make sure you try it out.
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=ju778uv5xaswnlpl
#interactivefiction #retrogaming
@[email protected] probably on archive.org..? :)
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New video:
New video:
New Homebrew Sound Card: Sonic Buster 8
https://youtu.be/znpbPxCm3Yc
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #opl3
Dynamite Headdy is the game in which I am seeing the Game Over screen more often than anything else. It’s tough.
Dynamite Headdy is the game in which I am seeing the Game Over screen more often than anything else. It’s tough.
#sega #gamegear #dynamiteheaddy #retrogaming
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New video: Funny Playing 4.2 SEGA GameGear LCD Mod
New video: Funny Playing 4.2 SEGA GameGear LCD Mod
This is another GameGear mod. But as my favorite LCD mod is currently not available, I ordered a random one off of Aliexpress. It turned out to be a Funny Playing branded one -- it seems it's their version 4.2, with laminated screen and glass lens. Funny enough (haha!) I can't see it on their website. No idea what that's about, but let's give this mod a go, anyway!
#retrogaming #sega #gamegear
@[email protected] Regular GameGear would look like this.
New video for Patrons:
New video for Patrons:
Funny Playing 4.2 SEGA GameGear LCD Mod
#sega #gamegear #retrogaming
Gear Worx by Sony for the original GameBoy is a very fascinating puzzle game. The rules are a bit tricky at first, but easy enough. Haven’t figured out what the oil is for yet, but it has a password
Gear Worx by Sony for the original GameBoy is a very fascinating puzzle game. The rules are a bit tricky at first, but easy enough. Haven’t figured out what the oil is for yet, but it has a password system, which helps.
#retrogaming #nintendo #gameboy
@[email protected] they can be had for not much as they are all broken by now. For ~80€ and some (well quite a bit) of soldering experience you can revive them pretty darn well.
@[email protected] aliexpress one called 4.2. It is in fact a FunnyPlaying one it seems.
And it is done. I am not super happy with this mod. Needed a lot of cutting of the shell. The screen has very good quality though!
And it is done. I am not super happy with this mod. Needed a lot of cutting of the shell. The screen has very good quality though!
Would be nice if they sold aftermarket shells exactly for this mod. Screen is also a lot bigger than the original one!
#sega #segagamegear #retrogaming
By the way: The Pawn has an amazing yet tedious hint system. The hints are printed encrypted in the manual and the game itself decodes them. You really think twice before typing in three rows of gibberish and making one single mistake.
#interactivefiction #magneticscrolls #retrogaming
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New video: Commodore C16 From Hell Repair
New video: Commodore C16 From Hell Repair
This is another dead Commodore machine from the pile of machines that eazy brought over at the beginning of the year. This time it is a TED machine: the venerable C16. It is completely dead, shows no signs of life. But this has never stopped us. Probably a dead CPU. How bad can it be, eh?
#commodore #c16 #retrocomputing #retrogaming
The replacement display for @fiskelandslaget‘s GameGear arrived. I had to cancel my order from RetroKai as they seem to have hone AWOL. Sad. I liked their screens!
The replacement display for @[email protected]‘s GameGear arrived. I had to cancel my order from RetroKai as they seem to have hone AWOL. Sad. I liked their screens!
This one is from Aliexpress.
#retrogaming #sega #SegaGameGear
@umbraroze I still have mine! Awesome manual.
Before we continue much further into the game we better read the backstory in the game manual! I think maybe it contains a bit of lore that will help us in puzzles that we might otherwise miss…
THIS is a useful addition to a game! Nobody needs keychains or other gimmicks. But having game relevant feelies and backstories is great. The story also doubles as copy protection as on every restore you will be asked for a certain word from a random page.
…and we had to restart The Pawn. As we did not ask Kronos about THE FRIGGING WRISTBAND! Without that we don’t get the chest that we need to kill the rider with the horse with no legs. Oh how I hate such puzzle designs! Luckily this is a text adventure and we can skip all the exploring and catch up rather quickly.
#magneticscrolls #interactivefiction #commodore #c64
We are not yet continuing with Wonderland, but some days ago I upgraded the black A500 to 1MB of chip RAM by way of mainboard swap. And a quick session on one of the later savegames didn‘t reveal any
We are not yet continuing with Wonderland, but some days ago I upgraded the black A500 to 1MB of chip RAM by way of mainboard swap. And a quick session on one of the later savegames didn‘t reveal any crashes. Even with lovely graphics enabled! So this bodes well.
#retrogaming #commodore #amiga500 #interactivefiction #magneticscrolls
On our way to the palace we come across a hut in the palace gardens. There is a doormat in front under which there is a wooden key. If course it doesn’t fit…
In the western part of the country we find a hut with a monk inside. However he starts laughing uncontrollably… we manage to take his bowl of rice though…
Interesting enough the usual enter/leave or in/out directives don’t work in this game.
Quickly thereafter we meet Kronos the Magician. He offers us a note that we are supposed to bring to Erik the King.
We start off waking up in Kerovnia without knowing how we got here.
As we are currently stuck due to technical difficulties with Wonderland, we switch to a different Magnetic Scrolls game: The Pawn.
As we are currently stuck due to technical difficulties with Wonderland, we switch to a different Magnetic Scrolls game: The Pawn.
It is a humorous, weird fantasy text adventure set in the mythical kingdom of Kerovnia.
#interactivefiction #magneticscrolls #retrogaming
Also: this is one of the few games that were actually targeted for the EGA 640x350 mode. Also supported Hercules in monochrome. I spent countless hours on the Shareware version as a kid, which had a nag screen appearing after a certain score, making it unplayable. But I loved it. It was a success to get further into the next room.
@[email protected] it was best on a 286
One of my favorite childhood games: The Game of Robot by TOM Productions. German shareware action adventure. Bit like Zelda meets Boulderdash and Robots (UNIX)
One of my favorite childhood games: The Game of Robot by TOM Productions. German shareware action adventure. Bit like Zelda meets Boulderdash and Robots (UNIX)
#shareware #gameofrobots #retrogaming #msdos
@[email protected] yes it requires a bit more advanced solder skills. If you never soldered before I would advise not to try it. But GameGears can be repaired very well. Lots of replacement parts available. And with a new TFT screen they are immense fun, I think. Pick up a cheap flash cart and go nuts! Total invest with screen and flash cart is not cheap though. Will come to about 120€. Doing only the capacitor replacements is only about 8€ in materials.
I just unpacked @fiskelandslaget's GameGear. It is dead, and most probably suffers from crappy capacitors. I already have a full replacement set here, so I will post some updates in the next days to
I just unpacked @[email protected]'s GameGear. It is dead, and most probably suffers from crappy capacitors. I already have a full replacement set here, so I will post some updates in the next days to weeks. Let's see if the LCD screen is still viable, or a TFT mod is also required.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #sega #segagamegear
TIL there was an Apple II version of Maniac Mansion.
TIL there was an Apple II version of Maniac Mansion.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/714/maniac-mansion/screenshots/
#retrogaming #maniacmansion
Alright, here goes "Wonderland" by Magnetic Scrolls. While arguably less famous than #infocom, their titles were quite highly regarded. They came with a fancy windowing system of their own. We start
Alright, here goes "Wonderland" by Magnetic Scrolls. While arguably less famous than #infocom, their titles were quite highly regarded. They came with a fancy windowing system of their own. We start off playing Alice, accompanied by her sister on a meadow.
#retrogaming #commodore #amiga500 #interactivefiction
I am trying to get OMF2097 to run on RetroPie with two no-name PS3 gamepads... The gamepads work fine in Emulation Station. They do things in DOSBox-pure. However both are mapped to the SAME keys.
I am trying to get OMF2097 to run on RetroPie with two no-name PS3 gamepads... The gamepads work fine in Emulation Station. They do things in DOSBox-pure. However both are mapped to the SAME keys. DB-Pure even has OMF2097 mappings, one using WASD and the other numpad. However it seems both controllers are treated as WASD. What am I doing wrong?
#retropie #retrogaming
I have to try this on my 286 with @hkz's CGA Redux card:
I have to try this on my 286 with @[email protected]'s CGA Redux card:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL_rGQMi5g8
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #cga #doom
Quick reminder: There are TWO excellent casual JRPGs on the C64: Briley Witch 1 & 2. Even for me as a newbie when it comes to CRPGs it was great fun. Lots of story, easy to get into, sane fighting
Quick reminder: There are TWO excellent casual JRPGs on the C64: Briley Witch 1 & 2. Even for me as a newbie when it comes to CRPGs it was great fun. Lots of story, easy to get into, sane fighting mechanics.
The games are currently on sale:
https://sarahjaneavory.itch.io/briley-witch-chronicles
#retrogaming #commodore #c64