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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 13:30:56 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   It is happening! ScummVM just announced a big list of Macromedia Director games open for public testing.
   https://www.scummvm.org/news/20230124/
   #ScummVM #MacromediaDirector #MadeWithMacromedia

   • mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 19:09:49 UTC mcc

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     @dosnostalgic omg time gal

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 20:49:36 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • poetaster
     • DrMcScott

     @DrMcScott @poetaster There are hundreds of Director games. Basically any 90s Windows/Mac multimedia CD-ROM game has a 90% chance of being one. Damn near every Myst clone is, and so are most kids educational animated cd-roms.
     ScummVM has an official list that covers a fraction of the total amount:
     https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Director/Games

   • DrMcScott (drmcscott@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 20:49:43 UTC DrMcScott

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     • poetaster

     @poetaster @dosnostalgic weirdly don't know these games off the top of my head. Was there a standout game or two?

   • poetaster (poetaster@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 20:49:45 UTC poetaster

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     @dosnostalgic oh, man now I have to dig out my director games. From some DVD no doubt.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:54:00 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • poetaster

     @poetaster Myst was never a Director game, as far as I know. Original Mac version is Hypercard, but the Windows version from spring of 94 is already on the custom engine that would power all the versions going forward.

   • poetaster (poetaster@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:54:01 UTC poetaster

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     • poetaster

     @poetaster myst was hypercard, then director, then custom engine ...

   • Pelayo (pelayonastaviek@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 22:36:00 UTC Pelayo

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     @dosnostalgic just tested two of the shitty minigames that came with the Independence Day toys, they are glitchy, but playable! (but well, IIRC they were already glitchy back then).