Games

Post by **endar** » Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:30 pm

yes. Still i procrast

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:57 pm

dng wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2023 11:16 am blue fire - where someone decides to see what'd happen if you remade hollow knight in 3D but with charmless characters, boring environments, terrible controls, and loads of fiddly tedious platforming sections

i gave up on this because it was shit. but also now today i was reminded of it because i bought salt and sanctuary (its 84p on the PS4 for some reason), and this is dark souls, exactly, but in 2d

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:58 pm

i'm not sure why plagiarism in games is okay if you change the amount of dimensions you use but it is for some reason

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:58 pm

anyway this 2d dark soulds rip off is much better than the 3D hollow knight rip off was

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:01 pm

i also bought street fighter alpha 3 turbo or something (also 84p, approximately). i'd only ever gawped at this in the student union bar in 1999 or whenever before, but never actually played it. anyway its great, and maybe the last actual beautiful street fighter game before they decided that actually all the characters should be jaringly grotesque instead for some reason

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:05 pm

further also, i got judgment the other week too, which is some yakuza spinoff where you "play" a detective, but he doesn't really do any detectiving and actually its just identical to the rest of the yakuza games. but in the arcade in this they had motor raid, which is basically f-zero but with motorbikes, and it's amazing. so marvellously 90s it almost made me cry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Raid

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:07 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvLs9YhWSUY

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:07 pm

that youtube video looks like its running it at a much higher res than the version in judgment for some reason

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:11 pm

oh also whenever i look through the ultra cheap games on the ps4 shop, i'm always intrigued by the absolute shit garbage games that are always on sale for like 9p and just look completely genuinely insane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kA26x3CtCM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNMiMqEXBDs

i have no idea how/why these exist but one day i'm going to be brave enough to waste a whole pound buying them all

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:12 pm

i bet if you do you actually end up in the game for real and die and that's your punishment for buying them and you'd deserve it too

Post by **endar** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:12 am

motor raid looks amazing, i can't believe i've never seen it before. Why the hell didn't they bring it out on Saturn instead of bloody Manx TT

Post by **endar** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:13 am

also have you bought The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante on PS4 yet? It looks utterly miserable

Post by **dng** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:08 pm

i've never heard of it before

Post by **dng** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:09 pm

but once it costs 84p i'll definity get it

Post by **dng** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:10 pm

I bought Fifa 18 the other day (5p!) and then also today downloaded pro ego (now called efootball and free to play for some reason)

Anyway they're both shite obviously. Why are football games so slow and tedious? It's baffling

Post by **dng** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:11 pm

The realism of every player defaulting to walking speed and you having to actually press various other buttons in various combinations to make them run

Post by **dng** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:11 pm

Shite

Post by **dng** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:12 pm

Fully accurate hair cuts meaning efootball was a 50GB download

Post by **dng** » Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:13 pm

Even the outdated haircuts on fifa 18 needing a two hour installation

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:11 am

dng wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:11 pmShite

You're extremely correct about this!

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:13 am

dng wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:12 pm Fully accurate hair cuts meaning efootball was a 50GB download

It was worth it, though:

Post by **Pual** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:11 am

I wonder how many GB are required for a fully accurate representation of Kevin Toms’ beard

Post by **endar** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:40 am

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:51 pm

It needs 4GB because of his beard's colour-cycling properties.

Post by **dng** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:15 pm

Stupid sexy C64 footballers

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Nov 10, 2023 12:37 am

Stop undressing them with your eyes, David!!!

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:51 pm

The Impact of Gremlin Graphics on British Video Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwmRM4Msm20

79 minutes of retro-gaming comfort viewing!

Post by **vom** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:41 pm

I love the pixel art for the current steam sale

https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/stea ... 1700618391

Post by **dng** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:43 pm

that is nice

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:24 pm

Lovely! The animated bits please me muchly, also.

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:46 am

I have been playing the 3D remake of Colossal Cave Adventure by Roberta Williams. The original was one of the first ever text adventures from the late 70s. I'm quite enjoying it, despite the inevtiable "moon logic" puzzles. So far I've managed to rescue three treasures... and used a fourth one to buy some batteries from a vending machine for no reason at all. At the moment I'm not sure how I can get past a big dragon guarding its nest of gold.

Post by **endar** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:12 am

you need to buy the Ken Williams guide (£20)

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:23 am

Finally, finally, finally finished Wind Waker, 20 years after the first attempt (which was also the one that got furthest, before this one). Managed to save over my save game file with the new game quest file, but never mind.

Post by **vom** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:20 am

hooray

Post by **vom** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:20 am

the bit where you have to pretend to be a cat is still the best bit in any Zelda game

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:04 pm

Now I have to play Four Swords Adventures, but first I have to remember where I put Four Swords Adventures.

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:07 am

Have you got stables or an orangery? I'd check those, first, as I'm near constantly leaving cassette-based software in my orangery.

Post by **vom** » Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:08 am

You were Jet Set Willy all along

The signs were all there

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:53 pm

Damnit! Busted!

And this is my dating profile pic!

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Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:11 pm

I might play Zelda Oracle Of Ages or Seasons

I don't know why

Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:14 pm

Actually I do know why, it's because I got a nice new retro handheld thing, and I don't value my time at all

Post by **endar** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:48 pm

an Analogue Pocket by any chance?

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:25 pm

I watched a video of UK computer game legend Jeff Minter, standing in a field, feeding biscuits to his donkey/sheeps/alpaca(?), yesterday, and it was sweet.

I hope The Bitmap Brothers, Kevin Toms, and Hideo Kojima do similar things, but underwater.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:27 am

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Post by **endar** » Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:39 pm

jesus

get a bbc at half the price and half the size

Post by **endar** » Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:46 pm

Also i wish i knew what an MSX was at the time

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:24 pm

That computer program data recorder is a thing of great beauty.

Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:59 am

endar wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:48 pm an Analogue Pocket by any chance?

A Miyoo Mini

I love it

Post by **endar** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:40 pm

looks lovely