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1. Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Nov-2022 14:45:49 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

   30 years ago, a game redefined the survival horror genre 🧟♂️

   Happy Anniversary to Alone in the Dark! 🎂 (released in November 1992)

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   #AloneInTheDark #FrédérickRaynal #Infogrames #SurvivalHorror #HPLovecraft #RetroGaming #BigBoxGames

   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Nov-2022 14:45:46 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     Finally, here's the tiny copy protection booklet that is barely bigger than a paper clip! 📘📎

     It's 256 pages long! And on each of these pages, you can see the two objects you have to select on the screen 🔍

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     #AloneInTheDark #FrédérickRaynal #Infogrames #SurvivalHorror #HPLovecraft #RetroGaming #DOSGaming

   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Nov-2022 14:45:47 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     The news are bad in Louisiana on this Thursday, August 25, 1924! 📰

     Here's the front and back of "The Mystery Examiner" newspaper (8 pages)

     I really like the illustration on the back! 😍

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     #AloneInTheDark #Infogrames #SurvivalHorror #HPLovecraft #RetroGaming #BigBoxGames #DOSGaming

     Anatoly Shashkin💾 repeated this.
   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Nov-2022 14:45:48 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     I was waiting for this event to show you my copy I received last month 😀

     It's the first edition, recognizable thanks to the illustration and the title "Virtual Dreams" 💫

     I think it was only released in Europe.

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     #AloneInTheDark #SurvivalHorror #RetroGaming #BigBoxGames

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 13:17:00 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     @Gamrok Oh, shit. The paper is different in the US release. 😯

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 13:18:13 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     @Gamrok a fun only recently discovered fact: you can type in BENJAMINYAELFRED to skip the copy protection check.

   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 15:55:55 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     • Anatoly Shashkin💾

     @dosnostalgic I didn't know! Thanks for the tip 🙂

   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 15:57:21 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     • Anatoly Shashkin💾

     @dosnostalgic What do you mean by different?

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 16:11:08 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     @Gamrok the format is different. In the US release its the size of the real newspaper, and everything got moved around to fit on both size of one folded sheet

   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 16:18:20 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     • Anatoly Shashkin💾

     @dosnostalgic Ok! In the French version, it's 8 pages printed on two sheets of newsprint.