Notices by Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social), page 25

Great example of a Boss Key in this game. Something of a lost art.

@dHeinemann It is a neat little game. I enjoyed it.

Neut Tower (Jeremy Penner, 2020) #DOSGaming

Unlimited Warriors (Digitalica/Space Interactive, 1996) #DOSGaming

@bthylafh Plumbers review was in the July 1994 issue. That's before Island Peril was released.

@bthylafh Windows version of Plumbers Don't Wear Ties got a 3% review.

Island Peril (electric fantasies/Atlantean Interactive Games, 1995) #DOSGaming

@muzej Well, technically they are making a game *just like that* right now. 😉
https://youtu.be/GGAdDxmZG-Y?si=d2WeMJPB5R40E0Kw

I'm going in for the kill
I'm doing it for a thrill
Oh, I'm hoping you'll understand
And not let go of my hand

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

@mirabilos @Quinn9282 @Gammitin @Foone I... don't actually know if that's the case. Until recently, for example, I believed that one couldn't reliably write an 320kb 5.25"' disk with an HD drive because everyone on the internet told me that, but that turned out to be not true. So now, because I personally haven't tested it, I don't actually know.

Here's a nice breakdown of how Quake 3 engine works by Fabien Sanglard:
https://fabiensanglard.net/quake3/

So the Quake 3 engine is cooler than I expected for a 1999 game. Turned out that it's not all one executable, but a bunch of DLLs that are loaded at runtime. So I just had to recompile the UI dll, and drop it in the BASEQ3 folder to override the included one, and it just works. 👍

Nerdly Pleasures: Tandy Deskmate - Tandy's Ace in the Hole
http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2024/07/tandy-deskmate-tandys-ace-in-hole.html

Trump Castle II (Brian A. Rice/Capstone Software, 1991) #DOSGaming

This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here:
HUGE SUCCESS.

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

@HauntedOwlbear A couple of months

@Illuminatus They are a nice couple that let an ageing depressed nerd live in their house for 15 years for not a whole lot of money. It's the system, not them.

My landlord just informed me that I need to move. My month is off to a great start. 😅

Bryce 2 (Windows 9x/MacOS System 7.1, 1996) #NotDOS

Friends, as some of you know I've had a bit of an "adventure" in the US healthcare system recently. Good part is - I have insurance through my job that covered most of it. But what's left comes at a time when I'm already struggling to begin with.

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