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Living in the past. The IBM PC past that is. YouTuber/Podcaster.
Ask me about DOS games! Tell me your DOS game memories!
I swear and boost toots a bunch. 🥂
(He/Him) I don't describe images

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With inflation, you should now never pay more than $46.80 for a video game.

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@vampiress There's a website for that: https://fineleatherjackets.net/monkeyinflation

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System Shock's manual goes out of its way to not mention the gender of the hacker, referring to them as "person" or "friend" instead. The only time a pronoun is used in such a way in the entire manual is to identify SHODAN. And even in the CD version, it's still "him".

Entering Cyberspace It takes a while to get a feel for cyberspace, so take your time and don’t get too zoned your first few times. Jack in to cyberspace by double-left-clicking on any cyberspace terminal. After a moment of static, your neurosensors will register glowing lines and floating geometric shapes — the nervous system of the Net. Citadel’s Net is divided into three primary realms: research, military and the security platform that houses SHODAN, the omnipresent computer that regulates all of the station’s systems. If you’re not careful, you’ll get kinked by his cyberspace watchdogs.
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    • dosnostalgic OP ,
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    @vampiress Yes, that's the 1994 one. The new one surprisingly also comes with a cool looking manual, but I haven't read it because, unlike the original, one can control it without reading the manual. 😅

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    @vampiress It's actually very interesting specifically in reference to SS remake. The unruly controls of the original definitely played into the whole survival horror aspect of the original. The remake absolutely trades that for accessibility, and... idk, maybe even loses something because of it.

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    Happy 25th birthday to The Matrix! 🎂🎉🍾🥂

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    Commemorate Senator Joe Lieberman's passing by playing 2 out of 3 games he named in his hearings, on DOS: Mortal Kombat and Night Trap.

    "We're talking about video games that glorify violence and teach children to enjoy inflicting the most gruesome forms of cruelty imaginable." - Joe Lieberman (1942 - 2024)

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    @vampiress Everything you've might have imagined about this movie is probably in the sequel.

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    @vampiress

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    Immersive Sim

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    Rules of Engagement (Omnitrend Software/Mindcraft Software, 1991)

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    So I hear you like UIs?... 🤔

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    dosnostalgic OP ,
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    👆 This game was re-released on GOG last year by Throwback Entertainment without any documentation. 🤷‍♂️

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    @vampiress Oh no, it's been scanned. That's just how little effort TE were going to put into re-releasing Omintrend's games. I believe they didn't even configure DOSbox well at first. And I saw that the 3rd game was never re-released, I bet it's because it's impossible to install in the standard DOSbox configuration, and they couldn't figure it out in 15 minutes they were gonna devote to the project.

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    A photo by Anastasiya Berthier.

    HEY WAIT A MINUTE! 👀👀👀👀

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bra35drF4Jr/

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    Boris Bugomirsky MS-DOS 6.2 New possibilities for a user 1995 book

    Generated description: A stunning woman with long, dark hair sits gracefully in a leather armchair, clad in a striking red dress that accentuates her elegant figure. Behind her, a towering Christmas tree adorned with twinkling lights and shiny baubles adds a festive touch to the scene. The woman's posture exudes confidence and poise as she gazes intently at the book in her hands, her fingers delicately tracing the pages. The room is dimly lit, with a soft glow casting a warm light on the woman's features. In the background, a shelf lined with books and a globe can be seen, adding a scholarly vibe to the image. The image captures a peaceful moment, where the woman is lost in her own world, surrounded by the comforting familiarity of her home. Her serene expression and the cozy setting make us feel like we are peeking into a private moment, adding a sense of intimacy to the photograph.
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    I was shocked by how good & timely the newest adaptation of The Master and Margarita turned out to be, and I sincerely hope that everyone directly involved with it had already left Russia. 😯

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    @vampiress It's one of my favorite novels. It's the fifth adaptation I've seen, and honestly the only worthwhile one.

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    @vampiress I mean, that NES game did sell A LOT though. It was quite literally the most sold 3rd party NES game.

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    @vampiress Yeah, but that overworld music is instantly in my head. Quite funny, I was playing it on my brand new famiclone once back in Russia when I was a kid, and my mother was tutoring some Americans (adults), and on their way out one of them went "I heard you playing Turtles through the wall!" Makes sense too, since it happened something like 8 years after the release of the game.

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    @vampiress Just went to double check myself, and looked at the NES best sellers list and...
    in number 10, the first party game that beat out TMNT only by 10,000 copies is....

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    @vampiress We just Chinese pirate carts, which were dumped from Japanese ones. So I played many Western games in Japanese. I didn't know a foreign language then, but being in Japanese made them even more impenetrable because I couldn't ask anyone or look up words in the dictionary. 😅

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    @vampiress Also because I assume some of the more advanced mapper chips were not easy to copy, some of more technically complicated games haven't made it into Eastern Europe. Like, I've never seen any Mega Man games till emulation & internet started to really become a thing. My Mega Man was Capcom's Disney games.

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    @vampiress Brøderbund's final C64 release ended up happening in 1990.

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    @vampiress Hmmm... I might watch after it's over then. I only ever saw the first season.

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