Notices by Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)

I've been wanting to do this for a long time 💜

I recorded the interactive music Stéphane Picq had created for the game Extase and put it online:

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPpJV6fofJY&list=PLItzNsWwxWKc9Z5DwtDqFqsmsWzdgpqby&index=1

I hope you'll enjoy listening 🙂 🎶

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#Extase #CryoInteractive #RetroGaming #Amiga #AtariST #DOSGaming #StephanePicq #Chiptune #Trance #Android #Cyberpunk

Tidying up my LRG/Lucasfilm Games boxes 📦

Looks great! 🤗

I just added a little something to keep the boxes in place 🐶 🐰

#LucasfilmGames #LimitedRunGames #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #RetroGaming #BigBoxGames

@dosnostalgic The isometric z-ordering is working great! 👍 😁

Oh no ☹️

Stéphane Picq has passed away. He was 59 years old. I was chatting with him not long ago on Facebook. He still had lots of projects. Very sad... 😔

#StéphanePicq #RIP #Dune #LostEden #Kult #Atlantis #Megarace

@dosnostalgic It's been a long time since I've seen it! The film was front-page news in France at the time.

I have to see this movie again sometime!

@dosnostalgic I guess they developed their own driver to make this possible. If I get the chance, I'll give it a try one day!

Do you remember that on Amiga and Atari ST, players could play simultaneously with two mice plugged to the computer? ⚔️🖱️

Unfortunately, this is not possible on modern computers/OS 🪦

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#RetroGaming #AtariST #Amiga #Multiplayer #Lemmings #Settlers #BattleIsle #Extase

For example, here's a video of two people playing Lemmings together on Amiga. They each use a mouse 😀

➡️ https://youtube.com/watch?v=VAedz3nWn9E&t=221s

I wish we could create games that could be played with several mice today.

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#RetroGaming #Amiga #Multiplayer #SplitScreen #Lemmings

The Crimson Diamond, @JuliaMinamata 's new game, is out! 😀

➡️ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/

If you like old-fashioned adventure games à la Sierra On-Line, you should definitely check it out! 🔎

#TheCrimsonDiamond #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #SierraOnLine #TheColonelBequest

@dosnostalgic Too bad indeed 🙁

For rights reasons, according to Jean-Pierre Jeunet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM-deVf5zsQ&t=534s

How I love this movie! 😍 😍😍

It hasn't aged a day. As inventive and funny as ever. A real delight 😋

#Delicatessen #CaroJeunet #MarcCaro #JeanPierreJeunet #Cinema

So happy to own the vinyl record of The Quest for the Time Bird 🤩 (La Quête de l'Oiseau du Temps in French)

I've digitized the music composed by Charles Callet for everyone to enjoy 🎶

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI81IV8lu2E

Happy listening! 🎧

#RetroGaming #QuestForTheTimeBird #QuêteDeLOiseauDuTemps #Infogrames #AdventureGame #PointAndClick #AtariST #Amiga #DOSGaming #VGM

@dosnostalgic Wow! Happy Anniversary! 😀

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stéphane Picq has posted a demo version of the track Ecolove, which will feature on the remastered Dune soundtrack due out in 2024! (Vinyl + CD)

➡️ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/st-phane-picq/ecolove-remaster-for-dune
➡️ More Info: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276481461988631

#Dune #CryoInteractive #DuneSpiceOpera #OST #RetroGaming