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1. Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 15:06:39 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

   Alone in the Dark 2 celebrates its 30th anniversary today! 🎂 🎉

   Perfect timing to show off my copy and its gorgeous artwork 🤩

   Lots of photos to come! ⬇️

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   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 15:06:36 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     @Gamrok I'm convinced that nobody finished the game without cheating. A lot of it is near impossible because the development period was very short, and almost nobody on the team worked on the fist game, so they had to learn the tools, make AITD2 and Jack in the Dark all in just a few months.

   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 15:06:37 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     As in the first Alone in the Dark, there's a copy of "The Mystery Examiner" newspaper 📰 (4 pages)

     It's dated December 22, 1924.

     The daughter of producer Georges Sanders has been kidnapped! 😱

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   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 15:06:37 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     And to finish this thread, the back of the box 🔍 (French edition)

     The screenshots make me want to play it again 😀

     (especially as I hadn't finished the game at the time)

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   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 15:06:38 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     Before the advent of CDs, Alone in the Dark 2 fit on 9 floppy disks! 💾

     There's also a cardboard sleeve containing the game Jack in the Dark. It's a little adventure to tide players over until the release of Alone in the Dark 2.

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   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 15:06:38 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     Here's the copy protection! ♠️

     When the game calls for it, the player must overlap one game card on another, then give the symbol/color he sees in the indicated hole.

     Four of Diamonds over King of Spades, Hole #6, for e.g., is Diamond Orange.

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   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 15:06:39 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     Here's an overview of the box's contents 📦 ✨

     As you can see, it was quite full 😀

     I'll show you a few items in more detail 📸

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